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The Transom in Print, August 27, 2008: The Almost-End of Another Summer in the Hamptons; Josh Lucas at the DNC

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:11:34 -0400

Transom correspondent Spencer Morgan is in Denver this week, talking his way into all sorts of political-slash-celebrity bashes. At the Creative Coalition event on Monday evening, he cornered Josh Lucas, Alan Cumming and the West Wing's Richard Schiff.

Meanwhile, in the Hamptons, George Gurley sunned his buns and found Russell Simmons, Stephanie Wei and Liam McMullan hanging out at an American Red Cross party at the estate where Mariah Carey got married a couple months...

Stephanie Goes Bombs-A-Wei From Plane In Lark with Liam McMullan

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:34:50 -0400

On Saturday, Aug. 23, several hundred people gathered at Stone Meadow Farm, an estate in East Hampton where Mariah Carey recently got hitched, to celebrate the 125th birthday of the American Red Cross. Russell Simmons, whose eponymous jewelry line was one of the evening’s sponsors, told us that it had been the summer of Barack Obama, as well as yoga, the environment, PETA, the Humane Society and fund-raisers (his July 19 Art for...

Ed Westwick Opens Up to Page Six Mag: "It's Not True, But Hilarious," He Says About Being Gay

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:42:58 -0400

As our fascination with Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick continues, we direct you to a Page Six Magazine profile of the British actor, in which Mr. Westwick has a few things he'd like to clear up.

For one thing, while he may go out quite a bit, it's for fun--not tabloid mentions.

“If I want to go out and drink and throw a glass in the street, I’ll do it,"...

Fore! The Birdie of the Beatrice Inn

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:05:23 -0400

Since Stephanie Wei graduated from Yale in 2005 and moved to New York, she’s worked at a law firm and an investment bank. The last time she scored her golf game regularly, her handicap was 0.9, and she guesses that these days she’d be a 4 or 5 from the men’s tees. Now she works at a public relations firm, a fine perch from which to make a stab at becoming a known quantity...