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Hamptons Film Festival round-up
Yesterday, Sharon Stone accepted the outstanding achievement in acting award at the 17th annual Hamptons International Film Festival. Read more about the festival's closing-night festivities here.
Wondering what the stars were eating out East? Read about Steven Spielberg, Emmy Rossum, Alec Baldwin and more over at Feed Me.
From left, Stuart Match Suna, Paprika Steen and Sharon Stone attend the Hamptons International Film Festival Sloane reception at Wolffer Estates in Sagaponack on Oct. 9, 2009. Photo by Rob Rich
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Celebs expected at Hampton International Film Festival
Now that the summer party season is over, the 17th annual Hamptons International Film Festival is just beginning.
Regulars to this shoulder-season cultural tourism draw will note that it has been bumped up one week (to the long Columbus Day weekend) and one day (it starts on a Thursday rather than a Wednesday). And the headquarters are no longer East Hampton's The Huntting Inn but the nearby and newly spiffed-up Maidstone Hotel. (Beg your pardon -- it's officially called "c/o The Maidstone," an odd name that may take a while to catch on.)
The festival's boldface-name quotient is looking promising. Remember last year's mostly empty red carpets, and the bored paparazzi reduced to chasing Judith Giuliani? This year's "expected" guests include Sharon Stone, Pierce Brosnan, Alan Alda, Steve Buscemi, Ethan Hawke, Cheryl Hines and Bryce Dallas Howard, among others. Directors MiraNair and James Toback will also be anchoring events.
Note that the festival is calling these people "expected." That means there ain't no guarantees. Already Emma Stone has dropped out of the fest to promote her current hit "Zombieland," and Neve Campbell won't be showing up with the documentary she narrates, "Dirty Oil." But Stone is a safe bet (she's getting an Outstanding Achievement in Acting award) and we can always depend on longtime festival supporter Alec Baldwin to bring some juice.
Films to look forward to, in no particular order:
"City of Life and Death," a Chinese drama that made a splash at Toronto recently; "The Young Victoria," starring Emily Blunt as the rising English queen; "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond," starring Bryce Dallas Howard and based on a long-forgotten Tennessee Williams screenplay; an advance peek at the George Clooney comedy-drama "Up in the Air"; and the closing film, Terry Gilliam's much anticipated (and somewhat dreaded) fantasy "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus," the last movie to feature Heath Ledger.
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