Lots of nominations in film and television categories, but the real winner was the Hamptons International Film Festival selection "La La Land," which sweeped most categories.

"The Underground Railroad" won the National Book Award for fiction. Robert Caro was honored for his body of work.

The Hamptons International Film Festival announced its award winners this week.

Ned Smythe's colossal "Male Torso," a 12-foot-high form made out of Styrofoam, was installed in front of Guild Hall on Saturday.

Colson Whitehead has won this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

The Hamptons International Film Festival will host three screenwriters and their mentors at its annual Screenwriters Lab over the weekend of April 7. Returning this year is a screenwriting master class, which will be open to the public.

The 32nd Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards at New York City's Rainbow Room honored Susan Stroman for performing arts, Edwina von Gal for visual arts, Philip Schultz for literary arts, and Cheryl and Michael Minikes for their philanthropic efforts.

Imagine all of the attitude of the corporate boss Jack Donaghy, from the cult-favorite television series "30 Rock," packed into a toddler with a passing resemblance to Sean Spicer, and possibly a cousin of "Family Guy's" Stewie, and you might have some idea of the elevator pitch for “The Boss Baby."

In addition to the 45 nominations that the Hampton International Film Festival selections garnered, there were two films with direct local connections.

Questlove will be the D.J. for Guild Hall's after party for its summer gala tonight at the museum and then a private residence. A few tickets in several categories are still available.

There are still tickets available in some categories for Fly Into the Sun, the Watermill Center's annual summer benefit. For those who cannot make it, works from the benefit's auction are online at Artsy.

There are still tickets available for Boom! the Cosmic Benefit, Saturday’s celebration of Jack Lenor Larsen’s 90th year at the LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton. Now, the benefit’s art auction is available for bidding online at Paddle8.

Four authors, three judges, two rounds, and one final reading/writing slam add up to a night of highbrow hilarity.

Although shy of its self-imposed goal, the Sag Harbor Partnership said it was confident this week that they would raise the money necessary to purchase and rebuild the Sag Harbor Cinema.

The Hamptons International Film Festival's SummerDocs film series will return to Guild Hall on July 8.

Although still a small segment, East End artists were far more in evidence at Frieze New York this year.

A backyard barbecue and tunes by popular local musicians was a recipe for success for the Sag Harbor Partnership's Turnpike Block Party on Sunday night, the finale of a successful Harborfest weekend.

Those attending the 25th anniversary Hamptons International Film Festival this year should expect lots of star power, serious cinematic achievement, and some surprises.

     Shigeru Ban, an architect known for both high-end and humanitarian projects using environmentally sensitive and recycled materials, has won this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize it was announced Monday.

     On the South Fork, he is best known for  designing one of the Houses at Sagaponac, Furniture House 5, with his American colleague Dean Maltz.

Donald Robertson, who is also known by his Instagram handle, donalddrawbertson, is a nonstop art-making tour de force.