December 26, 1999
WHAT NEXT? DIMON FOR PRESIDENT?
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amIS there a leader-less bank or brokerage in the country that Jamie Dimon is not a candidate to run? Ever since Dimon got booted out of Citigroup by his longtime...
CNNFN FLACKS HYPE WILLOW
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amCNNfn's PR department has been working overtime to dispel the notion that Moneyline anchor Willow Bay is a lightweight. A team of flacks has been calling all over town telling...
UPDATING AN INSTITUTION MOE GINSBURG CHANGES SUITS TO BEAT BARNEYS AT ITS OWN GAME
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amPAUL Ginsburg, proprietor of the New York institution Moe Ginsburg, straddles two worlds. One is old New York: He's got a trace of a Brooklyn accent and sprinkles his conversation...
KIDS BUGGED ABOUT EFFECT OF Y2K ON BANKS
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amFORGET what the experts say about our banking system's Y2K preparedness -- what do the children say? This was evidently the thinking of Junior Achievement, which actually went through the...
PLAYBOY STAFFERS FEEL NAKED FEAR
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amMERRY Christmas -- you're fired!Hugh Hefner is planning a gala New Year's Eve millennium bash at the mansion in Los Angeles, but there is plenty of fear and loathing among...
CNBC NEEDS TO FOCUS ON THE RIGHT DETAILS
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amCNBC insiders tell Bull's Eye that network brass has been trying to make "Squawk Box" host Mark Haines look hipper lately by decking him out in a variety of monochrome...
THE FIRST REAL CYBER CELEBRITY ETOURS AMERICA
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amMAHIR "I kiss you" Cagri, the world's first Internet celebrity, is also the world's biggest pen pal -- inviting everyone to visit him in Turkey. Mahir shot to fame when...
THE CENTURY IN CYBERSPACE
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: So what's it going to be - clinking champagne flutes with the beautiful people, swaddled in pashmina, decked out in a tux? Or slumped alone in front of the...
MEALS & DEALS
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amHourglass Tavern373 W. 46th (between Eighth and Ninth avenues) (212) 265-2060 With time running out on this millennium, you'll want to head over to the Hourglass Tavern, a quaint, Restaurant...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: TARA REID
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amTara Reid was only 2 when she began performing. During a shopping trip with her mom in a New Jersey mall, tiny Tara stood up on a table and started...
HANGOVER HELPERS
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amThis New Year's is the dawn of a new millennium - but that doesn't mean you have to endure an apocalypse-size headache after going overboard on the bubbly the night...
BALL'S NOT ALL AS WORLD ; WATCHES TIMES SQUARE ; PERFORMERS FROM AROUND GLOBE WILL WELCOME Y2K EVERY HOUR ; BALL'S NOT ALL IN TIMES SQ. BASH
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amMermaids, manta rays, Sri Lankan monks, belly dancers, bagpipes, Lakota Sioux storytellers, Yup'ok Eskimo chants, Samoan baton throwers -- and one really, really bright ball. These are some of the...
RUTH'S HOUSE ; A BIG HIT SINCE '23 DEBUT
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amEach day until Jan. 1, The Post will take a look at one of New York's landmarks on the eve of the new millennium. We'll talk to people who work...
GOV WHERE MARIO 'LEFT' OFF ; LIBERAL MAKEOVER SHOCKS OBSERVERS
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amALBANY -- Call him Gov. Mario Pataki, as an increasing number of state political insiders have begun to do. "George Pataki started out as the 'unCuomo,' but now he's evolving...
PORN STAR BARES AGONY ; CALLS HERSELF A VICTIM OF FEDS AND PALS IN STOCK CASE
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amOn-the-lam porn queen Marylin Star spoke out for the first time yesterday -- saying she's the victim in the tawdry, pillow-talk stock deals that got her slapped with insider-trading charges....
BRUTAL HIJACKERS UP THE STAKES ; DEMAND RELEASE OF MUSLIM LEADER
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amA gang of bloodthirsty hijackers yesterday issued their first public demands as they continued to hold a planeload of terrified Indian Airlines passengers captive: India must free a Muslim religious...
IN POLITICS, MCCALL IS PARE GAME
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amALBANY -- A Pataki-administration publication contains a doctored photo from which Democratic Comptroller Carl McCall's image has been removed, The Post has found. The taxpayer-financed publication, a just-issued glossy annual...
MOON-LIT MATCHMAKERS ; NIBBLE AT APPLE
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amLooking for love and companionship? Forget the bar scene -- join the Moonies. A small army of Moonies has taken to the streets to woo recruits for the Rev. Sun...
BOARD OF ED MAY ASK BIZ HONCHO TO REPLACE CREW
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amOusted Chancellor Rudy Crew's temporary replacement may be a business leader -- possibly the head of the New York City Partnership -- instead of a career educator, City Hall sources...
HUBBLE'S BACK IN ORBIT AFTER FIX BY SHUTTLE CREW
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amThe Hubble Space Telescope made it home for the holidays -- after the crew of the Discovery shuttle completed its repair mission yesterday. The $3 billion observatory was released from...
CLINTON HOMELESS GRANT TWEAKS RUDY
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amPresident Clinton yesterday plunged into the hottest issue in the Senate race -- doling out $900 million to help the homeless nationally, with more funding targeted for New York City...
WILL LIZ TAYLOR BECOME THE NEXT BRIDE OF JACKO?
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amThe British report says he is most excited about the fact Liz is willing to "accept" a no-sex marriage. Hold onto your surgical masks: Michael Jackson reportedly wants to marry...
SHOPPERS READY TO SALE INTO THE NEW YEAR
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amWith visions of after-Christmas sales dancing in their heads, shoppers were expected to flock to stores today for the last mega-markdowns of the millennium. Some department stores, including Macy's and...
BRUTAL HIJACKERS DEMAND RELEASE OF MUSLIM LEADER
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amA gang of bloodthirsty hijackers yesterday issued their first public demands as they continued to hold a planeload of terrified Indian Airlines passengers captive: India must free a Muslim religious...
BACHELOR 'BASH' WAS KEPT STRICTLY KOSHER
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amJerry Seinfeld celebrated his last night of freedom with brisket and a Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray soda at the Second Avenue Deli. There was no booze, no women and no music...
FIRE HERO SAVES WOMAN, 90
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amA 90-year-old woman was brought back from the brink of death yesterday morning after she was rescued from a blaze that erupted inside her Brooklyn apartment when her Christmas tree...
JERRY AND JESSICA ; PLAY BRIDE & SEEK ; TRY TO DITCH PRESS, THEN TIE KNOT
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amJerry Seinfeld and Jessica Sklar had themselves a marryin' little Christmas in Greenwich Village last night, getting hitched in a surreptitious ceremony shrouded in more secrecy than Santa's naughty-and-nice list....
PARTYGOERS WON'T BE LEFT IN THE DARK
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amRevelers planning to welcome the new year in restaurants and clubs won't have to stop partying if Gotham goes dark at midnight, thanks to backup generators, giant batteries and old...
CHINA ON EDGE FOR TRIAL OF FALUN GONG
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amLeaders of the outlawed Falun Gong spiritual movement - minus their New York-based leader - go on trial today in Beijing as Chinese police impose tense order in Tiananmen Square....
NEIGHBORS MOURN SLAIN GARDENER
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amNeighbors in Queens yesterday were mourning the mysterious Christmas Eve slaying of a beloved gardener and handyman who was shot to death in his own backyard. Bradley Durant - who...
COPS MAKE TOAST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENTS SENT TO ELIAN
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amBomb-squad police detonated two suspicious packages sent to the Miami home of 6-year-old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez - but the boxes turned out to contain Christmas gifts. "We are in...
GROOM SERVICE FOR JERRY: ALL 'SEINS' POINT TO SECRET CEREMONY
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amJerry Seinfeld and Jessica Sklar had themselves a marryin' little Christmas yesterday at a ceremony veiled in more secrecy than Santa's naughty-and-nice list. "No, no, no. It's not today," the...
HOW & WHERE: ALTERNATIVES TO TIMES SQUARE
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: With Times Square promising to be a New Year's nightmare of crowds and chaos - not to mention the roving bomb-sniffing dogs - plenty of New Yorkers plan to...
PRE-PLAYOFF PLAYOFF ; HAMILTON KNOWS GIANTS MUST COME UP BIG
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amHe is not a star, never has been, but he's been a valued starter for nearly his entire career. He has seen others around him receive deserved accolades, watched as...
JINT LINEMEN BRACE FOR LOUD-MOUTHED RANDLE
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Get the earplugs ready. John Randle, the most notorious trash-talker in the NFL, will be on the field today for the Vikings. The defensive lineman is renowned for...
JUMBO HAS PLANS FOR 2000 ; ELLIOTT WANTS TO CONTINUE CAREER -- SOMEWHERE
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amFor what Jumbo Elliott has put into this 1999 season, you'd think he's earned the right to do whatever he wants wherever he wants to do it in 2000. Playing...
EVEN INSIDERS ADMIT: SPORTS TV'S HOPELESS
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amIN THE last two weeks we spoke with two longtime network sports employees, one a director, the other a commentator, who were of the opinion that my job is as...
WHERE'S ANGER AT TED? TURNER'S WCW EVEN VILER THAN ROCKER
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amFRANKLY, I like this John Rocker fool. He performs a great social service. He makes fools of all of us. Take the Braves, Rocker's employers. The Braves absolutely are appalled...
PAYING RAPT ATTENTION ; LAKERS KEEP EYES ON TORONTO'S MCGRADY
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amDESPITE Raptors GM Glen Grunwald's contention that Tracy McGrady isn't going anywhere, sources say the Lakers are the latest team who feel confident they have the 6-foot-8 capacity to acquire...
COMING UP EMPTY ; WATERED-DOWN NHL HAS FANS TURNING AWAY
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amTHOUSANDS of empty seats -- many, alarmingly, already bought and paid for -- in major media markets across the continent cannot be ignored, not now, three months into the season....
PARCELLS WARNS KEYSHAWN
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amJET NOTES Bill Parcells has been in Keyshawn Johnson's ears this week as Johnson prepared to face Miami Pro Bowl cornerback Sam Madison for the second time in three games....
RANGER$ RUN A DISMAL ONE
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amThe winless streak against the Devils, who come to the Garden this afternoon, has reached 15 games, the Rangers losing 11 and tying four since Jan. 12, 1997. Failure to...
FIRE AND RAIN FACES A LONG, TOUGH TASK
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amIt's only fitting that the final graded stakes race in New York this millennium is also one of the longest: today's 61st running of the Grade 3 $100,000 Gallant Fox...
SWORDFISH PLAN NEEDS YOUR INPUT
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amTO HELP rebuild depleted stocks of Atlantic swordfish and billfish, the National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing a year-round closed area in the Atlantic Ocean. Along with the closed area...
REMATCH OF THE WRETCHED ; NETS LOOK TO BURY CHICAGO DEBACLE
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amIt was a game that would cause grown men to tear their own heads off rather than watch it again on film. It is believed at least 74 percent of...
TWO WINS + HELP = HOME GAME
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amNot only can the Giants clinch a wild-card berth if they win their remaining two games, they also have an increasingly plausible chance to play a first-round game at Giants...
KNICKS' PUNCH SPIKED ; BLOWN OUT BY PACERS AFTER THOMAS SKIRMISH
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amPacers 101 Knicks 90 INDIANAPOLIS -- In the ugliest of games, there was nothing uglier than Knicks forward Kurt Thomas' attack on Jalen Rose last night. Thomas, with one right...
KURT'S JAB HITS KNICKS WHERE IT HURTS
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES INDIANAPOLIS -- Kurt Thomas had his villain look on last night. Ironically, he had just sheared off his mini-Afro and had his hair braided ala Allen Iverson. Then...
NBA LOOKING TO ENTICE VIEWERS
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amIS THE NBA and its television partners starting to panic over the disappointing ratings and attendance numbers being produced this year? Well, perhaps panic is too strong a word but...
GREEN'S NO COACHING GIANT ; DENNIS MENACED BY QUESTIONABLE DECISIONS
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amTHE GIANTS have to keep it close to the end today and give Dennis Green a chance to think of something. The Vikings coach did it again Monday. Leading Green...
CHILDS GETS BACK TO WORK
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Chris Childs made his presence known before his official return to action, saying on Friday he was "offended" by the "The Big Backcourt." Last night in Indy, Childs'...
EWING DELIVERS CHANGE-UP
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - Patrick Ewing has changed his mind. He says his infamous "I'm not going to change" Purchase parking-lot remark after last season's Finals stemmed from frustration of...
WONDERBALL : COMIC-BOOK TYCOON TODD MCFARLANE PAID $3M FOR MCGWIRE'S NO. 70 & NOW HE'S GIVING IT YOU FOR FREE
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amTEMPE, Ariz. - There is a sense of wonder when you first hold a baseball in your hand. The feeling never passes and is witnessed every time someone young or...
STEADY EDDIE
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: It seems nothing can stop Brooklyn's Ed Cota from becoming No. Carolina's all-time assist leader - not even a 10-day suspension for his participation in fight, one Cota says...
SAY WHAT? CHIN MUSIC'S COLLECTION OF THE BEST BASEBALL QUOTES OF THE 20TH CENTURY
December 26, 1999 | 5:00amBest baseball quotes of the 20th century.