Finally the law catches up with the infamous Miss Paris Hilton who feigns innocence about driving with a suspended license. She was so generous to let her publicist Elliot Mintz take the hit by allowing him to say it was his fault for not having explained the conditions of the judge's ruling in her notorious DUI case. Does anyone seriously buy this? I think not. Then I learn that it has been reported that mom Kathy Hilton was out there pitching exclusive stories to the press about Paris' incarceration in an attempt to cash in on the situation. There's getting lemons and making lemonade but this strikes me as a little beyond the pale. But what would you expect from a family who so blithely tossed off the vile sex tape scandal with Paris' onetime beau Rick Solomon as if it was just a simple youthful indiscretion.

Vera Wang and husband Arthur BeckerPhoto by PatrickMcMullan.com

So Paris is now shopping for a new PR rep who's going to have to pull rabbits out of hats as the lawsuits continue with the $10,000,000 slander lawsuit filed against the cell phone attached to her ear, mini dog toting, hotel heir-head by actress Zeta Graff. Whoever is desperate enough to jump on this out of control tsunami of bad press should demand combat pay. Nuff said.

Also on the court docket scene, we learned that our darling Vera Wang is being sued! Getting ready to launch a new clothing line Simply Vera for discount chain Kohl's, Wang got stopped in her tracks by The Vera Company founded by textile designer Vera Neumann in the 40s, famed for its silk scarves popularized by the likes of film goddess Marilyn Monroe. I would scarcely confuse the two – Vera scarves are what my grandmother would buy at Lord & Taylor or Bloomie's. They're hardly to be mixed up with sexy, flirty and youthful Wang looks – and for Kohl's no less.

That's exactly the point that Vera Wang's husband Arthur Becker made, who when it comes to his wife is ready to put on the boxing gloves with anyone, and rightly so. I mean when does it become law that you can't use your own name? I have no intention of suing Jennifer Aniston if she puts out a line of seven day a week panties. I've never even blinked when Jennifer Lopez slapped her (my) name on everything from perfume to shades. Simply too much, if you want my 25 cents worth.

Fashionable feuds are spilling over from Seventh Avenue to Times Square with the current tussle between members of the legendary theatrical family the Nederlanders, who rival the Shubert Organization not only in shows on Broadway but in the all important arena of theater ownership here and across the country.

With Clear Channel ready to sell off The Pace Theatrical Chain of large Broadway-size houses that are the backbone of touring companies, an interesting struggle has ensued. No, it's not Shubert vs. Nederlander - but Nederlander against Nederlander in what is shaping up to be an epic family battle.

Eric Nederlander, the 40-something son of Robert Nederlander, long a figure on the Hamptons social landscape, is taking on his uncle James Nederlander Sr., an almost mythical power on the Great White Way, in a fight to wrest control of the lucrative touring circuit, which is where producers – and investors – finally make some money even after a successful Broadway run. There's no love lost between the relatives. Young Eric is seen as a bit of a renegade and branched out on a few projects the family wouldn't support. He's made some money – and lost some. It's the kind of juicy, dynastic scenario that theater wags relish - well liked, brash, risk taking youth versus deeply respected, and feared, elder statesman. Sounds like a great script to me. Stay tuned for future developments.

Enough with the girls gone wild, corporate muscling, and family feuds.

On to the fun stuff. First a special shout out to Alicia Wegorzewski, daughter of Hamptons.com contributor John Wegorzewski and a girl definitely in control. Alicia, a Dean's List scholarship student at the prestigious University of Jacksonville's School of Art, graduated summa cum laude this weekend walking away with not just her diploma but first prize for an extraordinary mixed media work. The triple major - Art, Art History, and Psychology – will move on to grad school and pursue art therapy and hopefully a career as a working artist. Guild Hall are you listening? Congrats Alicia and Good luck!

And more good new from and about our neighbors.

Another set of East End theater producers, East Hampton husband and wife team Stewart Lane and Bonnie Comley Lane, are so busy with a myriad of amazing projects they haven't been able to take a breath, much less a good gulp of ocean air. Stewart is racing uptown and down for signings of his new book, "Let's Put on a Show, Theater Production for Novices", a sort of Broadway for Dummies, meant with all the best possible compliments. He was at the venerable Players Club in Gramercy Park mixing and mingling with a delightful crowd of theater pros and beginners.

This week, he'll be toasted at celebrity waterhole Elaine's at a benefit for The Theater Museum, his pet project and rounding up the committee for The Museum's annual awards in October. The multiple Tony Award and Drama Desk winners for such smash hits as "The Will Rogers Follies", "La Cage aux Folles", "Thoroughly Modern Millie", "Gypsy", and the recent record breaking revival of our neighbor Sheldon Harnick's "Fiddler on the Roof", Stewart and Bonnie are doing the happy dance up and down Broadway with the box office success of "Legally Blonde" starring the enchanting Laura Bell Bundy (whom I told you to watch out for!).

Add to this the promotional efforts for their extraordinarily detailed documentary "Show Business: The Road to Broadway" which traces the development of four Broadway musicals – "Avenue Q", "Taboo", "Caroline or Change", and "Wicked" - from idea to ovation. Directed by Dori Berinstein, the film which opens this week chronicles the exhausting rehearsals, frayed tempers and nerve wracking opening night jitters. Featured are Kristen Chenoweth, Boy George, Rosie O'Donnell, and Alan Cumming. An absolute must-see not only for theater junkies but those who love to peel away the onion skin to see what really lies underneath.

Now the dynamic couple, who in addition to raising five children, are at the helm of a new film "Brooklyn Rules" as co-executive producers and have assembled quite a team. The story by Emmy winning Terence Winter, of "The Sopranos" fame, is set in Brooklyn, 1985, with the mob world as a backdrop and follows three life-long friends struggle with questions of love, loss and loyalty. Freddie Prinze, Jr., Mena Suvari, and Scott Caan are the trio in crisis with "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin as the mobster trying to break them apart. Caan, a swaggering muscular Marlon Brando type, is the son of coincidentally Brando's good friend James Caan. Directing is Michael Corrente who brought David Mamet's blistering "American Buffalo" to the screen.

Needless to say the Comley-Lane household is eagerly looking forward to the post-awards season in early June when they can finally savor life on the East End.

Bonnie and Stewart are newlyweds compared to that other golden Hamptons couple Arlene and Alan Alda who are celebrating their 50th Anniversary of wedded bliss.

The pair met when Alan saw her playing clarinet with a chamber ensemble performing Mozart's Quintet for woodwinds and Strings and was immediately smitten. Arlene who studied music in Europe on a Fulbright Scholarship also played with the Houston Symphony.

Although Arlene essentially gave up her professional music career to raise their daughters, she supported her struggling young husband in the early days of his acting career by giving private clarinet lessons and playing in obscure suburban orchestras. Later taking up photography, she launched a career writing a string of children's books which have been praised by critics worldwide and like her husband shows no sign of stopping! Clearly, the word retirement is not in this couple's vocabulary. Congratulations! May your great works go on and on!

Little known TV trivia, Alan a genuine sentimentalist incorporated the Mozart quintet into the soundtrack of the final episode of M*A*S*H – now that's what you call love.

A little last minute dish for two big name gals.

A black baseball cap wearing Liza Minelli looked cozy and comfortable at a front banquette with her attorney Allen Arrow last week at celeb eatery La Goulue on Madison Avenue. Liza and her companion dined on soft shell crab, duck sausage, Tarte Tatin and seemed to imbibe nothing but cranberry juice, coffee, and iced tea. It was an early evening for the twosome who closed their check by 9:20 pm. FYI - Allen Arrow was the attorney who defended Liza when David Guest sued her for $10 million dollars accusing his estranged wife of alcohol-fueled violence that caused neurological damage and headaches.

It was a later evening for Barbara Walters who could be seen strolling arm and arm heading north past La Goulue at about 10:45pm with what appeared to be a new beau close to Bab's age. As Bab's strolled by in a skirt and jacket that showed off her great legs, one outdoor diner remarked, "you have to hand it to that woman, she has great gams."