March 25, 1999
IS REVLON'S CEO PERELMAN GOING TO TAKE A POWDER?
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amRon Perelman is nearly $1 billion richer today thanks to takeover speculation concerning his Revlon Corp., but the cosmetics king may not be ready to give up his throne. The...
LATIN LOOK FOR VOGUE
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amHola, amigas! Conde Nast is revving up its efforts to reach upscale, fashion conscious women in the Hispanic market with a plan to introduce Vogue en Espanol to Latin America...
KARAN BEATS 4Q ESTIMATES
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amDonna Karan International is on the mend - but there are still a lot of alterations needed, said Chief Executive John Idol. The clothing designer said yesterday that cutting prices...
BILL HITS THE CITY - BACKS SETTLEMENT TALKS; KEEPS BOOK FANS WAITING
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amBill Gates's may have pleased Wall Street by saying he'd like to settle his antitrust case - but he certainly didn't win any fans in midtown. Sporting a new less-moppy...
MEL'S WORKED UP OVER NETWORK MERGER
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amMEL Karmazin wants to buy NBC more than ever. Of course he can't: federal rules don't allow a company to own two broadcast networks - and NBC is not for...
HILL COPS A PLEA
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amAFTER nabbing more Grammys in a single night than any other female in history,Lauryn Hill put on a concert worthy of the woman who has become hip-hop's reigning queen. Tuesday's...
BEATEN TO DEATH WITH A 'SHTICK'
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amWHAT do the great archetypal Borscht Belt comedian Henny Youngman and the founder of Theosophy, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, have in common with modern dance? Both would turn in their graves...
PRO-'BURBS 'BERLIN' A LAWN TIME COMING
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amIN ''Judy Berlin,'' debut director Eric Mendelsohn goes slouching toward Babylon, L.I. - and won't diss suburbia. Call it un-''Happiness.'' The Edie Falco-Madeline Kahn charmer earned the South Shore native...
ADAPTATION DOESN'T STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amHENRY James' 1898 ghost tale, ''The Turn of the Screw'' - the story of a governess who comes to believe that her two young charges, a boy and a girl,...
IT'S LADIES FIRST AT MOMA
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amMEET Judy and Lola. The women share opening-night honors at the 28th annual New Directors/New Films series at the Museum of Modern Art. Curated by MoMA and the Film Society...
BOYLE MAY MISS 'RAYMOND' FINALE
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amEVERYBODY Loves Raymond" co-star Peter Boyle, who suffered a minor heart attack on the set of the show last Monday morning, may not be back in time to shoot the...
'THORNBERRIES' SHOW IS NEXT BIG-SCREEN MOVIE
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amNICKELODEON'S "Wild Thornberrys" one of the most popluar kids' shows on TV, will be the next animated show to be made into a theatrical movie, The Post has learned. The...
TV TICKER
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amRichie rich? Ron Howard, classic TV icon turned big-shot Hollywood director was awarded $605,000 Monday after a jury found he was defrauded by a Malibu real estate investor. Howard will...
HOWARD'S BEGINNINGS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00am'NEW York City is the greatest,'' says Ron Howard, director of ''EDtv,'' the new movie that casts a sharp, humorous eye at the price of celebrity. ''People are moving, everyone's...
THIS LOW-BUDGET CYBER-THRILLER SHOULD BE DELETED, NOT SAVED
March 25, 1999 | 5:00am"Fatal Error"8 p.m. Sunday on TBS Alas, 'Error' is no Irwin Allen thriller. Just an amateurishly executed disaster. MOVE away from your Web TV screen! Drop your remote control! Don't...
WORM TO GUEST ON 'DOCS'
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amDENNIS Rodman will guest star in an upcoming episode of "L.A. Doctors." The part-time L.A. Laker, husband of Carmen Electra and full-time headline maker, ended his unexplained leave of absence...
GEORGIE BOY: A SNITCH, IN TIME
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amSO George Stephanopoulos, presidential turncoat and erstwhile Columbia University professor, reportedly has a new girlfriend. I'm not exactly known for picking winners in the men department, but even I wouldn't...
BART, I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN SPRINGFIELD ANYMORE
March 25, 1999 | 5:00am"Futurama"8:30 p.m. Sunday on WNYW/Ch. 5 WE have seen the "Futurama" and it is a "Simpsons" for a new millennium. Not the next millennium, but the one after that, a...
MOST FAVOR GIULIANI'S POLICY: POLL
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amALBANY - A majority of New Yorkers give a thumbs-up to Mayor Giuliani's program to seize cars from suspected drunken drivers, a new poll shows. The statewide survey by Quinnipiac...
SPLIT DECISION ON PINOCHET
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amBritain's highest court yesterday upheld the arrest of former Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet, but tossed out nearly all the torture and murder charges against him. The 6-1 ruling by a...
POLLS: AMERICANS SPLIT ON USE OF ARMS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Polls taken on the brink of yesterday's airstrikes found Americans almost evenly split on military action in Kosovo. An ABC poll said 47 percent were for the bombing...
'ACTION JACKSON' TOO BUSY AS ACTIVIST TO RUN FOR PREZ
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amThe Rev. Jesse Jackson said yesterday he has better things to do than run for president. "Time spent running for president is time that cannot be spent doing something else....
MCDOUGAL: HUBBY SAID TO MAKE UP BILL SEX TALE
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Whitewater figure Susan McDougal charged yesterday that her ex-husband told her to make up a story about a sexual affair with President Clinton just to please Kenneth Starr's...
RUSSIANS DEFIED U.N. TO ARM SERBIA'S BUTCHERS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00am"Russia's role in Kosovo has been pernicious." CLINTON ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL Russian generals have been secretly arming Serbian troops for the last year, despite the United Nation's international arms embargo. U.S....
BILL'S CIGARS PROVIDE GIFT OF HUMOR
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amPresident Clinton returned from Central America bringing cigars as gifts for two senators - a gesture that may reignite some risque ribbing at his expense. Clinton sent cigars to Senate...
NO ESCAPING THE DELUGE OF FIRE AND FURY; NO ESCAPING RAIN OF FIRE
March 25, 1999 | 5:00am"I can't believe it. This is the 20th century in the middle of Europe, and this is war!" MILICA MILOJEVIC Yugoslavia's darkened cities were lit up with blazing, orange explosions...
CITY FILES TO DEFEND DWI CAR-SEIZURE LAW
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amThe city is filing court papers today, defending its seizure of the car driven by a Staten Island man charged with drunken driving - setting the stage for a test...
COURTS AIM AT REDUCING CLOG IN CITY'S SUE-R SYSTEM
March 25, 1999 | 5:00am"Right now, . . . if you sue the city, it just festers and keeps going on and on and on." JONATHAN LIPPMAN, TOP ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE The state court system...
RUDY SIGNS 'FIRST STEP' SPRINKLER BILL INTO LAW
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday hailed the City Council's sprinkler bill as a positive "first step" as he signed it into law, but said there's more to be done to prevent fire...
COP-SEX INDICTMENTS DUE SOON - BROTHEL-PROTECTION SCANDAL JOLTS PRECINCT
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amThe first indictments are expected soon in the notorious police sex-for-protection scandal, two top law-enforcement sources said yesterday. The scandal ripped through the Midtown South precinct last summer - shocking...
HEAT'S ON CITY AS FEDS FILE $60M GLOBAL-WARMING SUIT
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amThe feds yesterday sued the city and the Department of Sanitation, accusing them of damaging the ozone layer by improperly handling discarded refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners. Manhattan U.S. Attorney...
$2B STEALTH BOMBERS GO TO WAR FOR FIRST TIME
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The B-2 stealth bomber made its combat debut yesterday. Two of the $2 billion, radar-evading, bat-winged planes were used in the first wave of airstrikes against Serbia. The...
HOLLYWOOD HOWIE NO STRANGER TO HIGH LIFE
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amFrom opening night at the opera to the New York Giant locker room, Howard Safir has quietly thrust himself into the city's limelight during his three years as police commissioner....
YUGO CENSORS GET BUSY - NIX TV PIX AND REPORTERS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amYugoslav authorities tried to stop Western TV crews from beaming images of NATO airstrikes yesterday - shutting down transmission facilities, seizing equipment and threatening journalists. The crackdown differs sharply from...
MASTERMIND OF MAYHEM - VICIOUS MILOSEVIC CASHES IN ON HATE
March 25, 1999 | 5:00am"He's the slickest con man in the Balkans." WARREN ZIMMERMANN He is the Butcher of the Balkans - a sadistic strongman who waged a civil war that killed hundreds of...
INDICTMENT OF DIALLO COPS LIKELY NEXT WEEK
March 25, 1999 | 5:00am"Murder Two seems the likely top charge." MEMBER OF COPS' DEFENSE TEAM A grand jury investigating the Amadou Diallo shooting is poised to vote an indictment - with charges against...
DC 37 HONCHO PLEADS GUILTY TO VOTE-RIGGING AND KICKBACKS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amA top District Council 37 official pleaded guilty yesterday to stuffing ballots in a citywide contract vote and taking thousands of dollars in kickbacks from a holiday turkey scheme. The...
POST-COLD WAR RUSSIA JUST DON'T GET NO RESPECT
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amRUSSIA acted like the Rodney Dangerfield of nations yesterday, fuming about how President Clinton went ahead and bombed Serbia and paid no respect to Moscow's angry complaints. It seemed a...
MAYOR STANDS BY HIS MAN SAFIR - BUT LAUNCHES PROBE OF COMMISH'S OSCAR TRIP
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday insisted that Police Commissioner Howard Safir is here to stay - while city lawyers began probing whether the top cop broke ethics rules by taking an Oscars...
BITTER BORIS BLASTS ATTACK
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amBombing Kosovo anBut aside from urging more peace talks, it's unclear what the money-strapped Russian government will do about the bombing. If the conflict grows, Russia reserves the right to...
QUEENS GIRL, 5, KILLED BY SCHOOL BUS BEFORE HER HORRIFIED MOM
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amAn angelic 5-year-old Queens girl - apparently trying to shoo a pigeon out of harm's way - was hit and killed by her school bus as her mom looked on...
MAYOR, COMMISH MEET WITH BLACK LEADERS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani and his top cop met separately yesterday with black leaders - a dramatic shift in strategy for dealing with growing outrage over the police killing of Amadou Diallo....
NATO GIVES SERBS A KICK IN THE BALKANS - BILL TELLS NATION IT'S 'A MORAL CRUSADE'
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton last night said NATO launched airstrikes against Serb targets because it has a "moral imperative" to keep people from being "massacred" in Kosovo. "I am convinced...
PREZ WANNABES WEIGH IN ON KOSOVO
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The top Republican presidential contenders split on Kosovo yesterday, as Elizabeth Dole backed President Clinton's decision to bomb while Texas Gov. George W. Bush was noncommittal. On the...
COURT ERROR LETS VICIOUS PSYCH PATIENT SLIP AWAY
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amA paperwork snafu in a Bronx courthouse led to several hours of freedom yesterday for a violent mental patient who had been locked up since he was a teen, cops...
BITTER BORIS: WE MAY HIT BACK
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amRussia reserves the right to strike back with "measures ... of a military character" if the conflict in Kosovo threatens its security, Russian President Boris Yeltsin said yesterday. Bombing Kosovo...
YUGO CENSORS GET BUSY - NIX TV AND REPORTERS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amYugoslav authorities kept Western TV crews from beaming images of NATO airstrikes yesterday by shutting down transmission facilities, seizing equipment and threatening journalists. The crackdown differs sharply from the tack...
BOMBS OVER BALKANS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: U.S.-Led NATO forces pounded targets throughout Yugoslavia with $1 million cruise missiles and one-ton bombs as the year-old Kosovo crisis escalated into an air war. On the first day...
CHELSEA & LAZIO CHASE FINAL 'CUP'
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amLONDON - European club soccer becomes a little less confusing but a lot more watered-down from next season, when the ridiculously-named European Cup-Winners' Cup is scrapped and merged with the...
LUCKY 17 BAG PICK SIX POT
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amWith a $195,841 two-day carryover up for grabs at Aqueduct yesterday, bettors dumped another $773,932 into the pool. Four lucky on-track fans and 13 off-track each cashed $36,067 for nailing...
YANKEES' LF DERBY CLOSE IN STRETCH
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amPORT CHARLOTTE - Until yesterday, the competition among Yankee left fielders was a billboard smothered in vanilla. Shane Spencer had fought his way off the back field to make a...
EL DUQUE'S DATA HARD TO ANALYZE
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amPORT CHARLOTTE - Since there is nothing to compare it to, there is no way of knowing if this is a normal spring training for Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez. A...
ANDY BACK IN (BP) ROTATION - PETTITTE'S SET TO GIVE ELBOW ANOTHER TEST
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES PORT CHARLOTTE - In order to take the next step in his comeback from what continues to be called a minor left-elbow problem, Andy Pettitte will board a...
SCALPERS BEWARE! - TICKET SECURITY BEEFED UP IN ST. PETE
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amFINAL FOUR NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - Thinking about coming down to Florida and scalping a couple of Final Four tickets? Think again. Local authorities intend to have 140 private security...
GRETZKY RUMOR IRKS SMITH
March 25, 1999 | 5:00am"Wayne has a no-trade contract, so how could I talk to anybody about trading him even if I wanted to, which, and please emphasize this, I do not want to....
'SORRY CHARLIE' - WARD'S SLUMP HURTING KNICKS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amSACRAMENTO - Jeff Van Gundy talked about Charlie Ward moving into the NBA's Top 15 of point guards before the season started. Considering the Knicks had just shelled out $26...
MLB SOURCE: NOMO CLEARED WAIVERS - METS' RIGHTHANDER STILL GETS START TONIGHT
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amIf he has indeed passed irrevocable waivers, the Mets can now send him to the minors, release him or just have him make the team as they had originally planned....
NETS' GOAL SIMPLE: LET'S WIN TONIGHT
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amCan you feel the fever pitch? It's building. The Nets' magic number, with Cleveland, to clinch a playoff spot is 35. Any combo of Net victories and Cavs defeats equaling...
CUBS TAKE LEAD IN RACE FOR OREL
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amFORT LAUDERDALE - The Mets appear to be falling out of the race for Orel Hershiser. A source familiar with the negotiations said the Cubs, who are desperate to replace...
YOSHII GUNNING FOR RESULTS AS EXPERIMENT TIME ENDS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amMET NOTES FORT LAUDERDALE - Masato Yoshii started last night's game against the Orioles looking to go about his business as he would in the regular season. Yoshii has had...
AMAZIN'S DEMOTE NOMO TO NORFOLK - RIGHTY CAN OPT TO BECOME FREE AGENT
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amFORT LAUDERDALE - In a surprising move, the Mets have outrighted Hideo Nomo to Triple-A Norfolk, and Nomo has until Saturday at 5:30 p.m. to decide if he will accept...
POINT, COUNTERPOINT - THESE 4 LEADING MEN HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amST. PETERSBURG - They are four points of light, similar and distinct, each one a source of energy, a guiding beacon for their teams. It's no coincidence that of the...
SMITH SLAPS SLATS OVER GRETZ RUMOR
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amSUNRISE, Fla. - Wayne Gretzky laughed off reports initiated by Glen Sather that the Oilers GM had called Neil Smith Tuesday to try to bring The Great One back to...
FRAN TURNS DOWN AZTECS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amSACREMENTO - Fran Fraschilla turned down the San Diego State job yesterday. Fraschilla was the Aztecs' second choice behind Rick Majerus. Majerus had a contract written up and was ready...
BOMBINGS TORMENT KINGS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amSACRAMENTO - The hearts and minds of a pair of Kings' big men were a long way off from ARCO Arena last night when the Kings played the Knicks. With...
AND THE STENCH GOES ON - LIFELESS NETS REACH NEW LOW VS. PISTONS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amThere are no words to describe it. There is no stench to match it. There is no punishment to forgive it. To say the Nets were lifeless last night would...
METS, CUBBIES FIGHT FOR OREL
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amFORT LAUDERDALE - Like combatants in a taut pennant race, the Mets and Cubs are battling it out down to the end for Orel Hershiser. General manager Steve Phillips was...
LAETTNER: REF SCREWED ME AGAIN
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amNET NOTES Well, Christian Laettner should have a real swell time when ref Jack Nies next handles one of his games. Laettner bitterly complained about a flagrant foul two call...
RANGERS MUST RUN THE TABLE - START WITH WIN OVER PANTHERS
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amRangers 2 Panthers 1 SUNRISE, Fla. - They have 10 games to go, and after last night's bounce-back 2-1 victory here over the Panthers, the Rangers will probably need to...
VALENTINE'S HEART NOT IN DECISION TO DEMOTE NOMO
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amMET NOTES FORT LAUDERDALE - Bobby Valentine was visibly unhappy at the treatment of Hideo Nomo last night, although he did his best to hide it. Valentine was asked if...
V'S 'NO COMMENT' SAYS IT ALL; VALENTINE'S HEART NOT IN DECISION TO DEMOTE NOMO
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amMET NOTES FORT LAUDERDALE - Bobby Valentine was visibly unhappy at the treatment of Hideo Nomo last night, although he did his best to hide it. Valentine was asked if...
EW KNOW THE ROUTINE - KNICKS FALL TO KINGS AS PATRICK MISFIRES AT :07.2
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amKings 92 Knicks 91 SACRAMENTO - The Knicks continue to find new ways to embarrass themselves. They blew a nine-point, fourth quarter lead to the Kings last night at the...
VAN HORN ENJOYING WIDE-OPEN SPACES
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Keith Van Horn feels he has turned over a new leaf. On turnovers. In his 20 games under John Calipari, Van Horn averaged nearly four turnovers a game -...
VG MULLS STARTING DUDLEY
March 25, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: SACRAMENTO - The Knicks have hit on hard times, so Jeff Van Gundy said he was toying with the idea of starting Chris Dudley at power forward last night...