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Crain's New York Business, October, 2002 by Brady, James

Byline: James Brady The strange, black-garbed, cell phone-addicted, grainy-eyed folks swarming up and down East Hampton's Main Street over the weekend that ended Oct. 20 were in town for the 10th annual Hamptons International Film Festival. I love East Hampton. But Cannes it ain't. Just ask Sudsy.

Sudsy is the gossip columnist for the weekly Montauk Pioneer. And after writing about the film festival for all these years, he was stiffed this time on his free press pass. Leaving Sudsy understandably irritated. As he told me the other afternoon as I strolled past: ``They couldn't even get Sylvia Miles to attend! And you know she'll go to the opening of an envelope.'' We all realize that last line isn't original with Sudsy, but you get the point. We don't...

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