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**** HAMPTON'S STYLE Photos By: Patrick McMullan **** Jean Shafiroff Helen Shelton With Mia Shelton And Flo Anthony Jeffrey Bradford With Andrew Flach And Kevin Relihan 25A Magazine Publisher Chase Backer, Editor-In-Chief Christopher Pape and Southampton Inn owner Dede Gotthelf celebrated philanthropist Jean Shafiroff‘s July 2015 cover at the Inn. John Wegorzewski With Katherine Andreassen And Gary Andreassen Bobbie Catala 25A Magazine featured cover girl glamourous philanthropist Jean Shafiroff, and spoke with her regarding her noted philanthropic work. Jean sits on the boards of eight different charitable organizations- New York Women’s Foundation, Couture Council, NYC Mission Society, French Heritage Society, JBFCS, Lighthouse Advisory Board, Southampton Animal Shelter Honorary Board and Southampton Bath and Tennis Club's Charitable Foundation - not to mention all of the other organizations she has lent her support to....

Edward Callaghan Noted arts and entertainment publicist, Edward T. Callaghan, of Manhattan and Southampton, died at home of complications from cancer on April 25th, it was confirmed today by his brother, John Callaghan. He was 66 years old. Ed Callaghan, as he was generally known to press, clients and colleagues, had been a virtual fixture on the New York arts and entertainment scene – with a heavy emphasis on music and theatre – since the late-1970s. He began as publicity and marketing director of the now-defunct Entermedia Theater and continued to the present: first with his company Burnham-Callaghan Associates throughout the 1980s, in partnership with Jacqueline Burnham-Kurta; then several solo enterprises; and, for the past 15 years, with his life and business partner, John Wegorzewski, in Alchimia Public Relations & Marketing. It was primarily through this final entity that Callaghan also ventured into the areas of hospitality, fashion, fine art, and high-en...

Edward Callaghan As most of you have heard by now, our good friend for many years Edward Callaghan has died.We will be writing a story at a later date, but below is the wake and funeral information for the so many friends of Edward Callaghan. Ed is survived by his soul partner in life and Public Relations, John Wegorzewski and so many loving friends. On Thursday, April 30th 2015, family and friends will gather to share their sorrow and celebrate the wonderful life of Edward Callaghan. Church of Our Saviour (Roman Catholic) - 59 Park Ave Avenue at 38th St, NYC From 9AM to 10:30 AM is the Wake At 10:30AM is the Funeral Mass  Photo By: Annie Watt Agency

**** HIGH SOCIETY Photos By: James Edstrom **** Jean Shafiroff Jean Shafiroff With Victor De Souza Michelle Javian With Dawne Marie Grannum And Sophia Bishop Ed Callaghan And John Wegorzewski Ann Rapp Jean And Martin Shafiroff Flo Anthony With Claude Stanton Jean Shafiroff And Charles-Édouard Catherine Cassandra Seidenfeld New York philanthropists and benefactors Martin and Jean Shafiroff hosted a gala cocktail event in their Park Avenue apartment, benefiting Surgeons of Hope Foundation over the weekend. Serving as a “kick-off” event for the upcoming Surgeons of Hope Gala Dinner and Auction, which will be held on Friday, May 1, 2015, the major annual fundraiser for New York-based Surgeons of Hope Foundation, the Shafiroff event recognized the work of SOH. Established in 2002 in New York, SOH is committed to bringing open-heart surgery to the poorest children in the poorest countries in Latin Americ...

**** INCOMPARABLE COUPLES Photos By: James Edstrom **** Jean Shafiroff Rose Hartman Suzette Charles With Jean Shafiroff And Flo Anthony Rick Freeman And Jamie Colby Noted New York philanthropist Jean Shafiroff hosted a celebration of photographer Rose Hartman’s new book, “Incomparable Couples”, at Upper East Side bistro, Swifty’s, on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Over 60 guests came together to enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in Swifty’s elegant private dining room. Author Rose Hartman signed selected snapshots from her book which highlights fashion’s greatest couples over three decades—including Claudia Schiffer and Valentino, Bianca and Jade Jagger, Andy Warhol and Lou Reed, Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley, along with the event’s host Jean Shafiroff who is featured in the “Pets” section with her pit bull. Rosemary Ponzo Jamie Colby Jean And Martin Shafiroff Katlean de Monchy And Couri Hay Cassandra...

**** HAMPTON'S STAR POWER Photos By: Rob Rich **** Jean Shafiroff Jean Shafiroff With John And Margo Catsimatidis Georgina And Dad Michael Bloomberg Jean Shafiroff And Georgina Bloomberg Sara Herbert Galloway Michael Bloomberg And Jean Shafiroff Dawne Marie Grannum And John Wegorzewski Jean Shafiroff With Johnathan McCann And Beth Stern Jean And Martin Shafiroff The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF) held its 5th Annual Unconditional Love Gala on Saturday, July 19TH at a private waterfront home in Southampton. Gala chair Jean Shafiroff, Board President Jonathan McCann and Chairwoman Emeritus Susan Allen hosted this year’s James Bond themed event, which honored animal advocate Georgina Bloomberg. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, came out to support Georgina and the Shelter, as did Southampton Mayor Mark Epley and Mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis and his wife, Margo. Honorary Corporate Chairs for the U...

**** 2011 Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Nominees Announced Catch Me If You Can Snares 6 Nominations **** Lee Roy Reams And Kathleen Marshall Bill Irwin And Gregory Speck Angie Schworer With Rachel de Benedet And Jennifer Frankel Catch Me If You Can led the pack in scoring 6 nominations for the 29th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards. The nominees were announced by choreographer & director Lee Roy Reams at a special reception hosted by Carolyn Kendall Buchter, Ronald Buchter and Patricia Watt, Producer of the Astaire Awards at Theater Row’s Firebird Russian Restaurant,. The “Astaires” are the only awards to honor excellence in dance and choreography on Broadway and in film. This year’s Nominating Committee Chair is Sylviane Gold. Committee members include Anna Kisselgoff, Damian Woetzel, Wendy Perron, Manny and Lani Azenberg, Donna McKechnie, Lee Roy Reams, Wendy Federman, Barbara and Buddy Freitag, Michael Riedel, Marge Champion, Margaret Selby, Melinda Atwood, Bryan Bantry, ...

**** IS THE WORLD READY FOR JAMES EDSTROM'S REALITY? **** Story By: Edward Callaghan **** Phil Michas With Joey MHZ, John Wegorzewski, Edward Callaghan, John Brand And James Edstrom With this weekend’s oppressive heat and humidity, we decided to forgo our planned jaunt to the beach to scout locations with producer Phil Michas and director Joey MHZ for a planned reality show featuring my boss Times Square Gossip Editor James Edstrom. Instead, we convened on a local institution, The Driver’s Seat Restaurant to fuel up for hitting the streets and checking out some old faves as well as the new kids on the block on Southampton Village’s tony shopping meccas – Job’s Lane and Main Street. Our gracious host proprietor Irma Herzog had the Prosecco chilled upon our arrival with which our pal Sidii Belqaid kept our glasses filled as we settled in for lunch in air-conditioned splendor! Gorging ourselves on the juiciest hamburgers, cheese oozing quesadillas, spicy barbecued pulled pork sliders ...

**** SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL HAS SMASHING KICKOFF BASH **** Story By: Edward Callaghan **** Hosts Myra And Frank Weiser Martin And Jean Shafiroff With Robert Chaloner Myra and Frank Weiser hosted an elegant poolside cocktail reception at their magnificent Southampton estate to kick off “An Enchanted Evening” Southampton Hospital’s 52nd Annual Summer Party to benefit The Jenny and John Paulson Emergency Department. The annual party is the highlight of The Hamptons social season. On hand to welcome the guests and speak about the importance of the gala to the Hospital’s operation were this year’s gala chair Jean Shafiroff and her husband Martin Shafiroff, Southampton Hospital President & CEO Robert Chaloner and past chair Jean Remell FitzSimmons. “An Enchanted Evening”, will take place on Saturday, August 7, from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Chaired by Jean Shafiroff, the event will take place under the tents on Wickapogue Road in Southampton. The Hospital is also pleased to announce that the Hono...