Hudson Buzz

"Gossip Girl" star Blake Lively recently took over the Bedford Post Inn's kitchen to showcase her puff pastry recipe and culinary skills for a Vogue video posted to YouTube.

Sure, her segment with Vogue's Elettra Wiedemann is informative, but Newsday Westchester's further analysis yields five more things we can learn about the Bedford resident that go beyond the four balsamic vinegars...

Glitz and glamour are the hallmark of the annual Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off in the French Riviera Wednesday. While the event will attract movie stars and filmmakers from around the world, it will also feature two talents with Westchester ties, both of whom are Oscar winners but are attending the festival for very different reasons.

Bedford resident Michael Douglas will be in Cannes...

Moms all over the world will be celebrated on Mother’s Day this Sunday, including quite a few famous mothers who hail from the Hudson Valley. Some of these moms raised kids who are notable in their own right, and also have local ties. Here’s a look at the four celebrity mother/daughter pairs.

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton: Hillary and her husband, Bill, are Chappaqua residents, and their 33-year-old...

A-listers with Hudson Valley ties including Beyoncé, Anne Hathaway, Rooney Mara and Blake Lively rocked the red carpet at Monday night’s Met Gala with wild outfits in the spirit of the museum's latest exhibit: “PUNK: Chaos to Couture.”  Here’s a rundown of their red carpet looks.

This girl was on 'fire': Beyoncé in Givenchy

The Met Gala’s honorary chairwoman...

Celebrities are often called upon to parade down the red carpet in haute couture fashions, but the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala takes it to a whole new level. Dubbed the “Oscars of fashion,” the annual event, which is tied to the opening of the museum’s sartorial exhibit, is a showcase for top designers’ most audacious creations, worn by a bevy of A-listers.

The 2013...

Martha Stewart, Rosie O'Donnell and Susan Sarandon are this week's winners for the Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week, honoring Twitter greatness from stars with connections to the region.

Because the following embedded tweets, links and photos involve HTML coding, this feature is best viewed with a Web browser. If you missed previous installments of the Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week, click...

Although "House of Cards" star Kate Mara isn't in "Iron Man 3," she revealed to Newsday Westches ter the source of her "Iron Man 2" inside joke about her Westchester upbringing.

Just after the 10-minute mark of 2010's "Iron Man 2," Tony Stark (played by Robert Downey Jr.) leaves his own Stark Expo with assistant Happy Hogan (director Jon Favreau) to...

It's a particularly visual edition of the Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week, which, as usual, focuses on the best of Twitter from celebrities with connections to the Hudson Valley.

Because the following embedded tweets, links, pictures and videos involve HTML coding, this feature is best viewed with a Web browser. If you missed previous installments of the Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week,...

This year's White House Correspondents' Dinner will be served up with a heavy sprinkle of Hudson Valley star power: Hayden Panettiere, Michael Douglas and Kate Mara will be among the celebs upping the glam factor.

Dubbed the "Nerd Prom" in recent years, the Saturday dinner will be headlined by talk show host Conan O’Brien, returning to host for the first time since his original stint...

With today marking the deadline for most Americans to file taxes, Hudson Valley celebrities are among those who have had recent tax troubles.

Stephen Baldwin, who lives in Upper Grandview and was just eliminated as a contestant on NBC's "All-Star Celebrity Apprentice," allegedly failed to pay more than $350,000 in income taxes in Nyack, but he appeared to work out a plea deal late...