Animal Rescue Fund (ARF) of the Hamptons held their annual gala,
“Meow Meow Bow Wow Ball”
L. to r.: Kitties looking for a home; Chad Scarborough, Sylvia Kokis, Chuck Scarborough, Ellen Scarborough, and Oliver.
Last Saturday night in Southampton the Animal Rescue Fund (ARF) of the Hamptons held their annual gala, the “Meow Meow Bow Wow Ball” at Chuck and Ellen Scarborough’s house on First Neck Lane. Maria Bockmann, Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman, Ellen Scarborough, Helen Schifter were Gala Chairmen.

They honored H. Virgil Sherrill and Peter Marino for their extraordinary generosity to ARF and their commitment to its mission to care for our four-legged friends.
DPC's rescue, Missy
JH's super-mutt Oliver, fast asleep (don't worry folks, he's just fine)
There were cocktails before 7:30 and dinner at 8:30 with dancing – music provided by Peter Duchin and his orchestra – and an auction conducted by Christie’s George McNeely.

Among the ARF supporters attending: Tina and Anthony Addison, Muffie and Dr. Sherrell Aston, Sara and Charlie Ayres, Cornelia and Marty Bregman, Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller, Anne Hearst, Woody Johnson, Sandra McConnell, Katharina Otto- Bernstein and Nathan Bernstein, Anne and John Pyne, Carol and Stewart Rahr, Kathy and Billy Rayner.

Animal Rescue is an issue where, like domestic and child abuse, the task is always pressing and at times seems endless. Those who are actively involved know the pain and anguish of these little creatures who have to endure abandonment as well as the insensitivity, stupidity and cruelty of those of us humanoids who create burdens for the rest of us. Anyone who gives time and money to assist is a hero in my book. ARF deserves your support.

NYSD readers know that a few years ago JH adopted Oliver at one of these benefits. Mr. Oliver, pictured above with one of his distant cousins – also adopted, Missy — continues to serve as that man’s best friend, not to mention the best friend of a lot of JH’s acquaintances.
Anthony and Tina Addison
Ellen Scarborough and Oliver
George McNeely and Helen Lee Schifter
Sarah Davison, Ellen Scarborough, Chuck Scarborough, Betty Sherrill, and Zita Sheehan
Mickey Siebert, Saul Negreann, and Beverly Negreann
Claire Grimmer, Bedy Belyea, Holly Burck, Sarah Davison, and Frances Hayward
Mac
Katharina Otto-Bernstein
Sandra McConnell and Chris Obetz
Tina and Anthony Addison with Elizabeth Scarborough
Virgil and Betty Sherrill
Nathan Bernstein and Katharina Otto-Bernstein
L. to r.: Debbie Bancroft and Linda Schaller; Jane and Peter Marino; Richard and Kristen Thompson.
Top: An ARF interview. Above: The Scarborough home; Sarah Ayres and Lisa Jackson.
Eric Olsen, Prudence Peiffer, Bruce Bockmann, and Maria Bockmann
John Pyne, Kitty Sherrill, Stephen Sherrill, Virgil Sherrill, and Betty Sherrill
Tim Schifter, Don Jackson, and Charlie Ayres
Jack and Barbara Couglar, and Chuck Scarborough

Photographs by Patrick McMullan/PMc


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The Hamptons Film Festival, Elle Accessories, and David Yurman hosted a screening and dinner for “Proof”
Annelise Peterson, Calvin Klein, and Elle's Robbie Myers
"Proof" producers John Hart and Jeffrey Sharp

The Hamptons International Film Festival and Elle Magazine ended their sizzling Summer Premiere Series, chaired by Cinema Society founder Andrew Saffir, with a special screening of the much anticipated “Proof”. The film, from Hart Sharp Entertainment & Miramax, is based on the acclaimed Broadway play, and stars Gwyneth Paltrow as a young woman haunted by her father's past, having spent much of her life caring for her mathematical genius father (Anthony Hopkins). The arrival of a former student of her father's (Jake Gyllenhaal), forces her to confront the most perplexing problem of all ... how much of her father's genius - or madness - did she inherit?

"Proof" Director John Madden and Producer John Hart

The film’s Oscar-nominated director John Madden (“Shakespeare in Love”) and Hart Sharp Entertainment partners Jeffrey Sharp and John Hart joined a super-VIP crowd of Hamptons movers and shakers, including Barry Diller, Calvin Klein, Aerin and Eric Zinterhofer, Christine and Steve Schwarzman, Ross Bleckner, Queer Eye’s Thom Filicia, Bruce Wasserstein, Kelly and Gilles Bensimon, Marty Richards, Daniel Benedict, Cliff Robertson, Jerry Della Femina and Judy Licht, Douglas Hannant and Frederick Anderson, Zani Gugelmann, Olivia Chantecaille, Eleanor Lembo Ylvisaker, Jodi and Jessie Della Femina, Elle’s Robbie Myers, The B-52’s Fred Schneider, Sandy Gallin, Andrew Stein, Robert Zimmerman, R. Couri Hay, James Laforce, Leslie Stevens, Ashley Schiff, Polo player Nacho Figueras, Annelise Peterson, Caroline Berthet, Fabiola Beracasa, Harry Lefrak, Diana and Olivier Picasso, Leslie Stevens, Hart Sharp’s Brett Williams, Executive Producer Julie Goldstein and Producer Robert Kessel, Elle Magazine’s Carol Smith and John Rollins, Hachette Filipacchi President Jack Kliger, and Hamptons International Film Festival Chairman Stuart Match Suna.

After the screening, also sponsored by David Yurman, the glittering crowd moved on to supper at Chow in East Hampton, and there were copies for every guest of the debut issue of chic new mag, Elle Accessories.

Andrew Saffir and Jessie Della Femina
Hachette Filipacchi President Jack Kliger and Elle's Carol Smith
Jen Cohen, Daniel Benedict, and Annelise Peterson
Cliff Robertson
B-52's Fred Schneider
Kelly and Gilles Bensimon
Andrew Saffir, Thom Filicia, Michael Flutie, and Christina Juarez
Steve and Christine Schwarzman
Barry Diller and Kelly Bensimon
Fred Anderson and Douglas Hannant
Delfina Blaquier and Nacho Figueras
Fabiola Beracasa
Aerin and Eric Zinterhofer
Daniel Benedict and Olivia Chantecaille
Jodi and Jessie Della Femina
Harry LeFrak
Eleanor and John Ylvisaker
Zani Gugelmann
Marty Richards
Olivia Chantecaille

Photographs by Neil Rasmus/PMc



Meanwhile, more Hamptons ...
Al Reynolds and Star Jones Reynolds
Libby Langon and Alec Baldwin

Roberta Shields and Gayle King
Award-winning R&B songstress Toni Braxton closed out the 3rd Annual VH1 Save The Music celebrity fundraiser hosted by VH1 Save The Music Foundation board member Morris L. Reid, and his wife, Jaci with a show-stopping 20-minute performance of her greatest hits and select songs from her new album, Libra.
Jaci Wilson Reid, Keri, Morris Reid, and Toni Braxton
The high profile summer party, Crest Whitestrips Presents: Music of Love, A White Hot Benefit For The VH1 Save The Music Foundation, was held at the Reid’s East Hampton Estate last July 29th. Celebrities and entertainers in attendance included Russell Simmons, Alec Baldwin, Gayle King, Donna Karan, Star Jones Reynolds, Victoria Gotti, T-Boz, Ines Rivero, Alexandra Richards, Douglas Hannant, B. Smith, Tom Calderone and John Sykes.

The Reids host this benefit every year because “we believe that we are investing in our children’s education and helping to ensure a brighter future for our youth,” said Morris Reid, managing director of Westin Rinehart, a New York and Washington D.C.-based strategic communications and marketing firm. “Each year we aim to raise the caliber and success of the event. This year we more than doubled the amount raised in years past.”

“Because of the Reids and VH1 Save the Music more public school studnets will be able to experience music firsthand,” said Paul Cothran, Executive Director, VH1 Save The Music Foundation.
Toni Braxton
Nikki Jean
There was a live auction of several items including a Pamela Hanson print, a Vespa motorized scooter, MAC gift boxes, spa packages and a day on the set of The Big Idea With Donny Deutsch all of which raised an additional $15,000 for the Foundation.

This year’s title sponsor was Crest Whitestrips (“for smiles that sizzle”); along with Westin Rinehart, Grey Goose, Hamptons Magazine, Blue Star Jets, London Jewelers, MAC, Blue & Cream, Daily Blossom, Cain at Cabana, and Iceberg Water.

Since VH1 Save The Music was created in 1997, almost $30 million worth of new musical instruments have been donated to 1,200 public schools in 80 cities, improving the lives of more than 500,000 children. VH1 Save The Music’s many honors include the Governors’ Award (a special Emmy Award), the George Foster Peabody Award for broadcast and cable excellence, and many Beacon Awards. The national sponsor of VH1 Save The Music is Procter & Gamble.
Jaci Wilson Reid and Roberta Shields
Gayle King and Star Jones Reynolds

Al Reynolds and Barbara Thomas
Wafah Dufour
Tom Calderone, Paul Cothran, Jaci Wilson Reid, and Morris L. Reid

Russell Simmons


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