SOCIAL DIARY
The final chapter of the Astor saga and the future of Brooke Astor's nonagenarian son who may be jailed this week.

HOUSE
"Big Old Houses" goes to Lenox, Mass, the "Newport of the Hills," and John Foreman explores a lucky house called Belvoir Terrace.

GUEST DIARY
LIZ SMITH: Will We Be Spending Our Late Nights with Neil Patrick Harris Soon? ... Powerful Web Site Gossips Battle ... Melissa McCarthy Brushes Off Negative Reviews ... Linus Roache Brings "Law and Order" to Those Wild and Crazy "Vikings."

SOCIAL DIARY
Beautiful weekend in New York. Last Thursday's auction at the Boesky Gallery for the Humane Society with an appearance by Ali MacGraw, Plus the Municipal Art Society honored the Rockefeller Foundation at Grand Central; and remembering Paul Soros who died this past Saturday night.

PARTY PICTURES
The 30th Annual Calvary Hospital Awards Gala; The Culture Project Commemorative gala; YWCA USA Women of Distinction Awards Gala in Washington, DC; "Where There is Help, There is Hope", benefitting the Mental Health Association of New York City; "I Have A Dream" Foundation's annual "Spirit of the Dream" Spring Gala; Weeksville Heritage Center's "Save The Memories of Self" Awards Benefit.

GUEST DIARY
LIZ SMITH: "Freud's Mistress" — She Put Up With a Lot.  Surprised?   Brooke Shields — From Child Icon to Living Landmark.

SOCIAL DIARY
Beautiful, overcast sometimes rainy day in New York. JH and DPC visited Joel Kaye in the apartment of Leo Lerman and Gray Foy where they frequently held their legendary entertainments playing host to New York's glitterati, literati and friends and acquaintances for almost a half century.

PARTY PICTURES
The New York Philharmonic's Spring Gala benefit; A summer evening to support The Battery Conservancy; American Museum of Natural History's 21st Annual Corporate Dinner; Einstein Emerging Leaders' second annual Gala.

ART SET
Charlie Scheips writes about The Jugglers, a nine-minute, 18-screen video installation by David Hockney who explores the use of multiple perspectives and "moving focus."

GUEST DIARY
LIZ SMITH: "The Devil Wears Prada" — Again!
Lauren Weisberger Pens A Sequel To The Novel/Manifesto Of Fashion. Could There Be Another Movie In The Works?

SOCIAL DIARY
Beautiful day in New York; the Michael's lunch, and remembering Morton Downey Jr.

PARTY PICTURES
The American Institute for Stuttering's annual gala; Mount Sinai Children's Environmental Health Center's Sixth Annual Greening Our Children Benefit Luncheon; The Fresh Air Fund 's annual "Salute to American Heroes"; The Children's Storefront's Black and White Extravaganza; Publicolor's Top Coat cocktail party at 4Food; Hunter College's reception to celebrate the launch of its new art exhibit.

GUEST DIARY
LIZ SMITH: Channing Tatum — From "Big" to "Huge?" The Box-Office Will Tell ... Vanity Fair Publishes "The Secret Conversations" of Fabulous Ava Gardner ... Get In on the Great Lighthouse Gala in NYC ... Tim Gunn on Leggings for Men — He Does NOT approve.

SOCIAL DIARY
Theatre, arts and fashion celebrated in the galas around town this week in New York.

PARTY PICTURES
Wildlife Conservation Society's annual gala, "Wonders of Southeast Asia"; The Museum at Eldridge Street's annual Spring Gala & Celebration; "Women in Leadership" series honoring noteworthy Canadian women.

ACROSS THE WORLD
Washington Social Diary. Carol Joynt covers May and June in our nation's capital with "bipartisan" baseball, fetes at Tudor Place and Marjorie Meriweather Post's Hillwood estate, and the Ford's Theatre gala.

GUEST DIARY
LIZ SMITH: "Love, Marilyn" — Everybody Did and They Still Do.
HBO Presents a Touching Documentary on This Most Fragile Legend.

SOCIAL DIARY
Rainy days couldn't keep away the clamoring crowds for last night's galas in New York; plus lunch with Bonnie Strauss and her plight and projections for a cure for Dystonia, a terrible disease that affects both adults and children.

HOUSE
John Foreman meets a man he wishes were still alive, when "Big Old Houses" makes a safari to the famous Austin House in Hartford, CT.

GUEST DIARY
LIZ SMITH: Cyndi Lauper — Broadway's "Kinky" Broadway Star ... Richard Pryor's Triumphs and Torments ... Channing Tatum — Hot Stuff who Can Act (Matthew McConaughey, Too) ... HBO and Showtime Face Fan Fury.

SOCIAL DIARY
Big doin's last week as we near the end of the Spring social season in New York, including the Conservatory Ball at the Botanical Garden and the Gordon Parks Foundation gala at the Plaza; plus a book signing for Barbara and Renee Stoeltie at the Gerald Bland Gallery.

PARTY PICTURES
The Conservatory Ball: An Evening in the Italian Renaissance Garden of Padua benefitting the New York Botanical Garden; The Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction.

GUEST DIARY
LIZ SMITH: Esther Williams — Wet a Star, Dry and Dishy! ... Helena Bonham Carter and Dominic West Channel Liz n' Dick (Listen, Anything's Better than Lindsay!) ... Le Penguin in Greenwich — Hurry, It's Lovely Up There.

PARTY PICTURES
NYPL's Spring Dinner for Education; New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund's Kick Off to Summer Benefit; Doubles Club's Associate Party; Southampton Fresh Air Home Decorators-Designers-Dealers Sale and Auction Benefit Gala, and the kickoff party at Gracious Home.

HOUSE
Revisiting Sian and Leslie's visit with innovative and influential textile designer Jack Lenor Larsen in his Murray Hill apartment, photographed by Jeff Hirsch.

ART SET
The Art Set: The Glass of Art Architecture and Nature. Charlie Scheips visits Philip Johnson's Glass House and his great art collection in New Canaan, Connecticut.

GUEST DIARY
LIZ SMITH: A Cheery Letter From The Lone Star State.

SHOPPING DIARY
Graduate with DVF from What2WearWhere.

SOCIAL DIARY
A beautiful sunny day in traffic congested New York with a busy lunch at Michael's and an amazing "Cabaret For A Cause" with Willie Nelson and family performing at the Four Seasons Restaurant last night.

PARTY PICTURES
New York Restoration Project's 12th Annual Spring Picnic; 2013's Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation Gala.

ACROSS THE WORLD
San Francisco Social Diary. Jeanne Lawrence attends the San Francisco Ballet's Cinderella Gala, closing its 2013 season with the US premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's "Cinderella." Plus the Drama League Awards Luncheon in New York.

GUEST DIARY
LIZ SMITH: Brad Pitt's Zombie Movie — "World War ... Zzzzzzzzz?" Helen Mirren Mows 'em Down Again in "Red 2" ... Let's All Get in Bed With Birthday Girl Joan Rivers.