“Hey Bruce!” Joy Behar calls out to Bruce Willis. “How are you, kid?”

On an idyllic summer afternoon in the Hamptons, the Blackstone Group billionaire reflects on philanthropy, the “old man’s death,” and his daughter’s dirty book.

The global celebrity adoption didn’t start with Madonna.

Scammed clients look to sell.

A Fontainebleau shonda!

In this slow year, some owners are patiently waiting to get their price. Others just can’t find a taker. But all of them have unique houses they want to sell—and haven’t.

How a Central Park West penthouse went from being a Depression-era rental to Calvin Klein’s home to years of unoccupied limbo.

6 most gracious hosts on the East End

Sex, tides, and videotapes! A Wall Streeter goes to war over a Hamptons gay beach.

Where to go to escape the city's relentless social whirl? How about a string of remote hamlets seething with high-strung New Yorkers, where potato fields go for $2 million an acre, potato salad starts at $12 a pound, and Jerry Della Femina is the Old Guard. Enjoy your stay, Mr. President.