January 13, 1999
CASH COUNSELING FOR CELEBS IS CASH COW
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amMost money managers like to boast of their clients' wealth, but Martin Weinberg, chief executive officer of Assante Corp., really has bragging rights. Weinberg's firm provides financial counseling to some...
SENATE THREATENS TO SILENCE GREENSPAN
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amInvestors may be losing their twice-annual Alan Greenspan fix. The Senate Banking Committee is threatening to end the semi-annual Humphrey-Hawkins speech in which the chairman of the Federal Reserve comments...
IS LVMH GOING TO GRAB GUCCI?
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amLVMH Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy boss Bernard Arnault just took another bite of Gucci, but it's not saying whether it wants to swallow the whole thing. The world's largest luxury...
MSNBC.COM NETS CYBER PIONEER AS HEAD
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amFollowing six months of executive turnover, MSNBC has handed over the reins of its popular Internet operation to cyber-pioneer Jim Kinsella. Kinsella, one of the founders of Time Inc.'s Pathfinder...
ABC UNION LOCKOUT IS NEARING RESOLUTION
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amThe 10-week old ABC imposed lockout of NABET workers could end as early as today, according to union officials. "We are nearing a conclusion of our negotiations with the company...
TIME, CONDE NAST AD-DING UP RESULTS
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amTHE competition between Time Inc. and Conde Nast is expected to intensify today when the Publishers Information Bureau releases its final year-end tally for consumer mag ad pages and revenues....
BARRY'S BID: BYE-BYE; DILLER DROPS HUNT FOR OCTOBER FILMS
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amBoard members couldn't agree on a price, or the idea of working for Diller.Barry Diller's return to Hollywood has been put on hold following his decision to drop a bid...
OLD HAUNTS: SERYNA; LA CARAVELLE
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amNEW restaurants are fun, but old ones are haunted. Forget model meccas. In the dead of winter, give me a place full of time-textured mystery. I hadn't been to Seryna...
ROCK REVIEW: CROWES FLY HIGH AT BOWERY
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amE VER since the early '90s, Chris Robinson's gritty vocals, backed by his brother Rich's slide guitar work, have sounded perfectly natural - as if Southern-fried blues-rock was the blood...
A HOMEY CHILEAN BECKONS IN MIDTOWN: POMAIRE
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amIT might be the best spot in town to eat pretending you're in Santiago. Or, as the sign outside puts it, "The only Chilean restaurant in N.Y." Is the claim...
THEATER REVIEW: LACKLUSTER, LAME 'LYZ!'
January 13, 1999 | 5:00am'LET'S go on a sex strike and make the men stop this annoying Peloponnesian War," decide the women of Greece in Aristophanes' racy comedy "Lysistrata," written in 411 B.C. The...
STEWART SLIPS BEHIND NOT-THE-NEWS DESK ; JOHNNY HITS SPOT IN HIS 'DAILY' JOB
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amJON STEWART's debut as host of "The Daily Show" was so seamless you'd hardly know he was new to the job. His comedy style - characterized by a wry, knowing...
NOEL COWARD: COMPLETE BRIT WIT
January 13, 1999 | 5:00am"The Noel Coward Story" AFTER Noel Coward re-invented himself, he threw away the molds. But he left behind enough material for a miniseries about his public and private lives. Alas,...
AL SHARPTON GETS MEDIA EXEC BOOTED FROM KING DAY PANEL
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amCOMPLAINTS from Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday got a controverial radio industry exec booted from a Martin Luther King Day event being sponsored by fellow reverend Jessie Jackson. Stuart Olds, president...
TV VS. LARRY FLYNT ; NERVOUS NETS AGONIZE OVER AIRING SMUT KING
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amLARRY Flynt is the most sought-after talk show guest on TV this week, even as he jangles the nerves of the people trying to book him on their shows. TV...
BRONX IS UP,BATTERY'SDOWN - &'TOWN' IS OUT
January 13, 1999 | 5:00am"I'm sorry it didn't catch on the way we had hoped, but I have no deep regrets. I love the show and I loved this production."Adolph Green THE Public Theater's...
TV TICKER
January 13, 1999 | 5:00am'Hill' Flick? Pasadena, Calif. - Get ready for a King of the Hill movie. Greg Daniels, co-creator of the hit Fox cartoon series, told The Post yesterday that he's had...
JERRY STILLER HAS HAPPY STORY TO TELL
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amPASADENA, Calif. - "King of Queens" co-star and former Seinfeld icon Jerry Stiller is close to signing a book deal. Stiller, who played the irascible Frank Costanza on Seinfeld, told...
THE DEATH OF THE SUPERSTAR CHOREOGRAPHER
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amAlong 44th Street, right around the corner from Shubert Alley, you will find some of the best dancing Broadway has ever seen. The trouble is, most of it is at...
BROTHERS, 3 AND 4, DIE IN L.I. FIRE
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amTwo little brothers died yesterday in a fast-spreading Suffolk County house fire, despite heroic rescue attempts by neighbors, including a deputy sheriff. The blaze erupted before 8 a.m. at 13...
U.S. JET ATTACKS SIXTH IRAQI MISSILE SITE
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amAnother U.S. jet fired on an Iraqi missile site in the northern "no-fly" zone yesterday as a result of what the Pentagon called a much more aggressive strategy by Saddam...
SCALPERS $CORE OFF JETS FANS ; TICKET PRICES ROCKY MT. HIGH IN COLO.
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amAt least somebody in Denver loves New York: ticket scalpers. Prices for tickets to Sunday's American Football Conference championship game between the Jets and the Broncos has soared to nearly...
BRADLEY ANNOUNCES 2000 BID
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Bill Bradley really is taking a shot at the White House. After just a month of "testing the waters," the ex-senator/ex-Knick yesterday said he's filing a formal statement...
EX-MODEL RAPED IN RITZY BUILDING
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amA 37-year-old former model was raped in the stairwell of her luxury East Side high-rise building early yesterday morning, police said. The attacker - a 40-something white male with streaks...
ACTRESS WHO CLAIMED SEX WITH BILL SAYS ; IRS IS HOUNDING HER
January 13, 1999 | 5:00am"You should really keep your mouth shut about Bill Clinton and go on with your life. You could be discredited. You could have an IRS investigation."AN ALLEGED CALLER TO ACTRESS...
KNICKS WON'T HAVE ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES TO BLAME
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amNO MORE Michael. No more excuses. Michael Jordan's retirement opens the gates of basketball Heaven or Hell for the Knicks. What the Knicks do with that opportunity is their choice,...
RUDY RETHINKS B'KLYN HOMELESS PLAN
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday backed off his plan to replace a mental-health center in downtown Brooklyn with a homeless shelter - saying he wanted to test the "good faith" of opponents...
POLS STEP ON GAS FOR SCHOOL-BUS SAFETY
January 13, 1999 | 5:00am"We don't think there is anything more important . . . than to protect our young people."STATE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JOSEPH BRUNO ALBANY - Republican lawmakers yesterday introduced a package...
KOSOVO REBELS TO LET YUGOSLAV SOLDIERS GO
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amKosovo guerrillas agreed yesterday to free eight Yugoslav soldiers in a move that could end the latest Balkan crisis. The soldiers were captured Friday in northern Kosovo by ethnic Albanian...
KI$$ THAT BABY GOODBYE ; MCGWIRE BALL SELLS FOR $2.7M
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amMark McGwire's 70th home-run ball smashed a second record last night, selling for a walloping $2.7 million - an all-time high for a baseball. An unidentified telephone bidder got the...
NOSE KNOWS DENVER'S FULL OF BULL
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amThe Mile High city is a true cow town - and damn proud of it! The stench of cow manure wafted like a bad dream across this city's diminutive downtown...
ADORING FANS BEG MIKE: DON'T GO! ; CHICAGO AND NEW YORK WANT A JORDAN ENCORE
January 13, 1999 | 5:00am"He can't just quit now. Basketball really needs someone like him."RUSSELLINO BARRI Hoop fans everywhere made a last gasp for His Airness yesterday, begging Michael Jordan to stay in the...
TRIPP STUMBLES TO TOP OF MR. BLACKWELL'S LIST
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amSome call Courtney Love "the new goddess of glam - but lately she looks more like cold cuts and Spam."MR. BLACKWELL Linda Tripp, who already has an "F" in friendship,...
FILES ON ISRAELI CANDIDATE STOLEN
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's election took a Watergate-like turn yesterday when it was disclosed that the FBI was investigating a break-in at the U.S. office of the leading opposition candidate's pollster....
PREZ POSTS 850G PAULA PAYOFF
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The check's in the mail - an $850,000 kiss-off from President Clinton to Paula Jones. Clinton FedEx'd the $850,000 check to Jones last night, ending the 1994 sexual-harassment...
FAMILY RIPS ROLE OF RESEARCH IN DEATH OF MENTAL PATIENT
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amMARIA Santana and her family are raging mad. They're angry because yesterday their worst nightmare was confirmed by the city's medical examiner. Maria's brother, Joseph Santana, a physically healthy mental...
BICYCLE MESSENGER KILLED IN TRUCK SMASH
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amA 20-year-old bicycle messenger was struck and killed by an oversized, 60-foot tractor-trailer along Sixth Avenue yesterday, officials said. The bicyclist, a native of Cleveland whose identity was not immediately...
VA. GOV: WE 'REFUSE' TO BE APPLE'S GARBAGE DUMP
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amThe city's plan to ship nearly a third of its household waste to Virginia is sparking a backlash - with the Southern governor now vowing his state won't become "a...
STATE'S GOOF LETS 4TH-GRADERS ; GET THE BEST OF TEST
January 13, 1999 | 5:00am"I thought it was pretty easy because we read most of the stories on the test."LANCE BIVENS Fourth-graders at dozens of city schools got a big break yesterday - the...
HIS GRAND EXIT LEAVES GREEDY NBA DANGLING FROM THE RIM
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amAS IN the case of just about everything else he has ever done in his basketball career, Michael Jordan could not have chosen a more perfect time to bid the...
MIKE'S NIKES WILL BE HARD TO FILL: HE'S LEAVING JUST WHEN NBA NEEDS HIM MOST
January 13, 1999 | 5:00am"He is the most important man in the world of sports . . . It is a sad day."MSG PRESIDENT DAVE CHECKETTSThe days ahead could be the darkest in the...
THE BULLS MAY FALL APART BUT NBA WILL THRIVE
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amTHERE'S much to be said for going out a winner, for taking your team to the peak of perfection, keeping it there for much of '90s, then retiring on your...
NO BIDDING FAREWELL TO HANK'S LAST HOMER
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amA 160,000 percent return on a $5 investment wasn't enough for Richard Arndt, who decided yesterday that an $800,000 bid was too low for Hank Aaron's historic 755th home-run ball....
CH. 9 PULLS THE PLUG ON MIKE TYSON XXXCLUSIVE
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amMike Tyson forced a local TV station to cut short an interview about his upcoming comeback fight last night when he launched into a series of X-rated answers that had...
NO TOYING WITH PARANOID FED SPY AGENCY
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amIt's back outside for the Furby who came in from the cold. The National Security Agency has banned Furbys from its offices for fear the chatterbox computer toys will gather,...
JINTS PUT TITO ON DRAFT LIST
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amThere were no surprises among the five players the Giants will leave unprotected for the Feb. 9 expansion draft to stock the Cleveland Browns. As expected, the Giants put one...
HOW TO HIT ON A NEAR-MISS
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amIn his search for today's winners, the average handicapper focuses on horses that finished first, second or third in their last start. But often a horse's beaten-lengths at the wire...
DON'T RULE OUT ANOTHER COMEBACK ; HE'S ONLY 35 - & STILL THE BEST IN THE GAME
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amJordan is the basketball equivalent of [a Picasso or a Mozart] and he still has the stuff to create masterpieces. He's done it before, so don't be shocked if Michael...
IT'S PARTY TIME AT BELLEAYRE
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amIT was the post World War II era when skiing began to catch on in America and Belleayre Mountain Ski center was in its infancy. It wasn't the first ski...
PUBLISHERS IN FAST BREAK TO SCORE ON THE SHELVES
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amFor publishers with Michael Jordan bios, the imminent retirement of the Chicago Bulls legend means their books are hitting nothing but net. Random House is pulling out all the stops...
AIR-MERCHANDISE SALES ARE SOARING
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amHis Airness yesterday generated a near meltdown in cyberspace, and his merchandise was selling like hotcakes in gift shops across the city. Michael Jordan, whether on trading cards, jerseys, steak...
CLARK RANKS POTVIN RIGHT BEHIND HASEK
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amMike Milbury takes the heat and the hits for all trades made on Long Island. But Gordie Clark, the Isles' assistant GM and Milbury's right-hand man, heavily influences all deals....
END OF THE 'BULL' MARKET ; SUPERSTAR GENERATED $10B FOR ECONOMY
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amMichael Jordan's expected retirement today isn't just a disaster for hoop fans. It's lousy news for the economy. Fortune magazine says Jordan contributed some $10 billion to the economy in...
NEW YORK SCHOOLKIDS STILL WANNA BE LIKE MIKE
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amIf only he had remained in Brooklyn, where he was born, Michael Jordan might have become a PSAL or CHSAA legend. Although he spent his school days in North Carolina,...
FANS STILL ON REBOUND FROM LAST TIME
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amJAMES JORDANDeath devastated son. As Yogi Berra once said, "It's like deja vu all over again." The news that Michael Jordan is bidding farewell to basketball hit hoop fans like...
HOW IRON MIKE TURNS TO MUSH
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amLAS VEGAS - There is only one type of fighter that gives Mike Tyson any trouble. The record shows he is not particularly troubled by tall fellows, or studs who...
VINNY EYES 1ST MILE HIGH WIN
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amJets quarterback Vinny Testaverde has one more hill to climb to get closer to the top of Super Bowl Mountain. Testaverde, who had been 0-6 against the Jaguars before last...
NFL LEGEND JIM BROWN HAS SPECIAL INSIGHT
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amJim Brown, one of the greatest football players who ever lived, says he's glad Michael Jordan is going out a winner. "If he retires, and it's what he wants to...
MLB SETS SALARY LIMITS ; PLAYERS WARY, BUT TEAMS AREN'T BOUND BY ARBITRATION CEILINGS
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amAfter losing hundreds of millions of dollars in a lawsuit over collusion, could it be possible that the baseball owners are tempting fate once again? Probably not, but Major League...
JORDAN CAN WRITE HIS OWN TICKET - EXPERTS
January 13, 1999 | 5:00am"He can really do anything he wants to do: acting, coaching, teaching - you name it."ELLIE COPE, CAREER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Michael Jordan's next career move could take him to Hollywood,...
JAYSON: DON'T PLAY LOW BALL WITH ME
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amThere was no explosion, but there was an unmistakable edge, maybe even a threatening edge, in the words from Jayson Williams yesterday. The message was clear: Don't try to go...
JETS BELIEVE IN BELICHICK
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amAFTER two days off, the Jets' defensive players will assemble in the meeting room this morning eager to digest the new plan that they believe will bring them to the...
MAD DUNKER TARGETS MSG BACKBOARD AFTER SHATTERING CARDOZO'S
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amWhile practicing for Sunday's high school slam-dunk contest at the Garden, Cardozo junior Ryan Williams shattered a backboard on his school's court. "I was happy," the 6-foot-4, 215-pound Williams said...
BROWN: MARTIN CUT ABOVE ; LEGENDARY RUNNER SAYS JET BACK PLAYS 'MY KIND OF FOOTBALL'
January 13, 1999 | 5:00am"Curtis Martin showed what I call a football attitude, my kind of attitude."JIM BROWN With the New York Jets on the eve of their biggest football game in a generation,...
THIS TIME, JORDAN LEAVES NO DOUBT - 'HE'S THE BEST'
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amDEERFIELD, Ill. - Here at the Berto Center, where Michael Jordan did his greatest work - making champions out of teammates - the retirement talk had a more sincere feel...
IT'S UP TO VIN BRONCOS WILL DARE TESTAVERDE TO BEAT 'EM
January 13, 1999 | 5:00am"[Testaverde's] been composed. He's had a great year. He's a leader. But the key is to get him rattled. We have to do it early. And we can't give up...
JONES' REP: WAIT FOR ALL THE FACTS
January 13, 1999 | 5:00am"There's more than one Charles Jones in the United States of America."Ex-LIU star CHARLES JONES The agent for Charles Jones, the former Long Island University basketball star, said last night...
NETS REMEMBER A CAREER OF ; HIGHLIGHT-REEL PLAYS
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amThere have been so many memories, so many Michael moments that flood the senses. For Nets coach John Calipari, there was Jordan's cross-over in Utah to win the sixth title...
SJU FORWARD GRANT HURT IN B'KLYN ACCIDENT
January 13, 1999 | 5:00amSt. John's forward Tyrone Grant was hurt in an automobile accident last night in Brooklyn, but the injuries were not believed to be serious. According to a reliable source close...