Since 2007, New York has lost two classic neon and chrome diners, the Moondance and the Cheyenne, to Wyoming and Alabama. Last week came the unwelcome news that art deco gem Empire Diner was up for lease, leaving its future up in the air. And that came on top of the Odessa Diner scaling back its once 24/7 schedule to close at 2am on weeknights. This is a trend that needs to stop...

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One of the issues many people (myself included) have with charity events is the over-achieving press release. Usually, what happens is something like this: the PR firm handling the event sends out a info sheet to various media outlets, announcing, briefly, what will be going on, who it's for, and who the sponsors are, followed by a long list of attending stars and starlettes. A few of these, namely the ones being paid, or who want something in return (like a $1,000,000 cc membership), will actually show, although unless the event involves a sport the celeb actually practices, the appearance is generally of the wham, bamn, take-my-picture-maam. A tipster informed us that such was the case at the Hamptons Golf Classic, where, apart from host David Tyree, very few of the guests even showed, and Tyree himself did little more than pose for pictures with the Hawaiian Tropics girls. More»

Do you like your links with a side of hip-hop-heavy stardust? If you can make the trek out to Westhampton, the 4th Annual Hamptons Golf Classic is going down at the Hamptons Hills Country Club today. Registration for the tournament, which benefits the fantastic Make-A-Wish Foundation, starts at 10; the game itself will get going at 11. David Tyree's going to be hosting, and, according to the press release, Kelsey Grammar, Russell Simmons, Lorraine Bracco, Amanda Hearst, Billy Crudup, Fat Joe, Rocco DiSpirito, Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Consuelos, Stephen Baldwin, Steven Klein,  Jason Binn, and Chace Crawford are expected to appear. But where is Chuck Bass? Oh.