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"Billy Joel Yearning For Katie Lee Joel"
By: Richard Johnson
(August 3rd, 2009)

Billy Joel should have tried to "Get It Right The First Time" with soon-to-be ex-wife Katie Lee Joel. Sources say the aging pop star, who is legally separated from Katie Lee, is completely distraught over the June break-up and wants to get his woman back.

According to friends of the couple, "Billy is obsessed with her" and is trying to rekindle the relationship. The two split because Katie Lee - a TV food critic and chef - wanted to have kids and a family, and Joel did not. Adding to the tension were Katie Lee's many nights out with designer Yigal Azrouel.

"Billy never wanted to go out with her. She wanted to have fun and promote herself, so she started hanging out with Yigal," a source told us. Insiders say that Joel now believes Azrouel and Katie Lee were never more than friends and he's doing everything he can to win her back. But a friend of Katie Lee told us, "They're not getting back together. She is trying to move on."

And it looks like she's doing just that. A spy who saw Katie Lee at the Metropolitan Club Thursday night, during the Moet party for Meryl Streep's new movie, "Julie & Julia," said she was "talking about visiting Paris, and mentioned going there on her own to study cooking."

The following morning, Katie Lee was spotted at Norma's in the Parker-Meridien hotel "chatting up and flirting with (E! correspondent) Ben Lyons."

Joel, however, is not enjoying the same carefree life. He recently postponed two concerts with Elton John upstate because of "flu-like symptoms."

Last month, Page Six reported that Joel was dating former soap star Alex Donnelley, but it seems that romance has fizzled.

A rep for Katie Lee had no comment. Joel's spokeswoman told us, "The split between them is amicable. They remain friendly, and they do communicate."

"Surf Sayonara For Billy Joel"
By: Richard Johnson
(August 18th, 2009)

Billy Joel is divesting. The "Piano Man," 60, bought two adjacent oceanfront properties for his third wife, Katie Lee Joel, 27, in 2007. Now their marriage is kaput, and he's trying to sell them for $35 million, reports The Post's Jennifer Gould Keil. Joel bought the first house for $16.7 million from Roy Scheider. The four-bedroom house - now for sale at $22.5 million - was renovated by celebrity designer Nate Berkus. Later that year, Joel bought a beach bungalow next door on 1.2 acres - now for sale at $12.5 million. Corcoran's Biana Stepanian has both listings. Joel will stay in his Sag Harbor house, where he's been romancing Alex Donnelly, an ex-soap star.

"Billy Joel Asking $35 Million For Sagaponack Properties"
By: Patricia Kitchen
(August 18th, 2009)

Singer Billy Joel has put his two adjacent oceanfront properties in Sagaponack up for sale for a mere $35 million.

The larger house, a four-bedroom, six-bathroom beach house at 9 Gibson Lane - purchased in June 2007 from the late "Jaws" actor Roy Scheider - is going for $22.5 million.

Joel bought the two-story home, overlooking the ocean and bordering farmland, for $16.75 million as a surprise for Katie Lee Joel, former host of Bravo's "Top Chef" series, whom he married in 2004. The relationship has soured and divorce is on the horizon.

Later in 2007, he purchased the property next door at 23 Gibson Lane - a one-story, three-bedroom oceanfront cottage which had an asking price of almost $13 million.

Biana Stepanian, vice president in The Corcoran Group's Sag Harbor office, is the listing agent for the two properties.