After a busy 2006—during which Baldwin led a public crusade to stop a porn store from opening in Nyack; wrote his own born-again memoir, The Unusual Suspect; and starred in a slew of low-budget films—the Upper Grandview resident spent much of 2007 focusing on his spiritual side. As self-appointed leader of the evangelical, extreme-sports-based Breakthrough Ministry, St. Stephen preached the Good Book out of the back of his van and was even appointed as a “cultural advisor� to President Bush. Alas, his acting career wasn’t as enlightened. While brothers Alec and Billy had hits with 30 Rock and Dirty, Sexy, Money, the best Stephen could do was Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge. It was painful to watch, and we’re not just talking about Baldwin’s broken rib and shoulder.

Prediction for 2008: Let’s hope that was his last celebrity-themed reality-TV travesty. Why not try teaming up with fellow man of faith Mel Gibson?

Ed. Note: Yes, another Baldwin. And Yes, it has finally happened: Stephen has outranked one of his brothers on a list. Granted, the two were separated in our magazine versions of “People of the Year” (Billy appeared in InTown, Stephen in Rockland). But for the purposes of this celebrity-only list on Suburbarazzi, Stephen still comes out on top in our estimation.

Adapted from “People of the Year,” Rockland Magazine, December 2007

Illustration by Ismael Roldon

While brothers Alec, Stephen, and Daniel were making news for all kinds of antics—irate voicemails, evangelizing, and rehab recidivism, respectively—Billy (a.k.a. William) kept his risqué behavior squarely where it belongs: on screen. In his new ABC dramedy, Dirty, Sexy, Money (Wednesdays, 10 p.m.), the Bedford resident is a Senate candidate and billionaire brat—and in a deeply committed relationship with his transgender mistress. The show, a quirky cross between Dynasty and Arrested Development, is one of the breakout hits of the fall season, and watching Baldwin’s squirmy scion is one of its biggest guilty pleasures.

2008 Prediction: Billy may finally get some Emmy love for Dirty. Let’s just hope that doesn’t mean moving the Baldwin brood (wife Chynna Phillips and their three kids) to L.A., where the show is filmed.

Adapted from “People of the Year,� InTown Westchester, December 2007

(Photo: ABC / Tom Nycz)

If you’re one of the lucky subscribers to InTown Westchester or Rockland Magazine, by now you’ve probably received your copy of the December issue. And if you happen to have made it through our 20+ page gift guide, you no doubt came upon our year-end roundup of the local residents “who most affected the news in 2007—for better or worse.”

I’d always planned to bring the lists to the Suburbarazzi faithful, but three things got in my way: 1. Our magazine websites are now three months out of date and unfortunately it doesn’t look like our web team will get caught up any time soon. 2. With 20 people on each list, I should have started in November to get them all in before New Year’s. And 3. Seeing as how the list has so many obvious non-celebs—the Great China Buffet back-alley garlic stomper, the Bedford Dominatrix, the John Jay “vagina” Three still crack me up, but are hardly Suburbarazzi regulars—it would need to be weeded down anyway.

Simple solution: Whittle down the list to the top 25 celebs (sorry, Skip Storch!), both Westchester and Rockland, and post everything here.

The fun begins tomorrow.

In the mean time, take a look at the fantastic design of the printed versions, courtesy of our superstar art director, Ali Burke. (Both files are downloadable as PDFs.)

InTown Westchester:

Rockland Magazine: