January 13, 2000
TV'S NEW MONEY WARS: KELLEY'S PACT UPS THE ANTE FOR OTHER PRODUCERS
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amTop TV producers are expected to demand their piece of the action after "Ally McBeal" creator David E. Kelley inked a whopping $300 million production deal with Fox. Kelley pulled...
COSTAS CATCHES BASEBALL BOOK CONTRACT
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amBob Costas, the super star of TV sportscasters, is expected to blast the lords of baseball in his first book, which he just finished writing for the Broadway Books imprint...
OPRAH MAGAZINE GOES WITH O
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amJust call it the story of O. After months of research, Oprah Winfrey has decided to call her new magazine "O, the Oprah Magazine." "It was one of the names...
BLOCK, ONMONEY DEBUT ONLINE FINANCIAL ADVISERS
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amJust in time to take advantage of all those Americans who made New Year's resolutions to take control of their finances, H&R Block finally unveiled its long-awaited plan to expand...
GIORGIO ARMANI CAN DIG IT: 'SHAFT' STAR WILL WEAR HIS THREADS
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amGiorgio Armani has outfitted Annette Bening, Jodie Foster and Eric Clapton in his understated, elegant designs -- but his latest project is the wardrobe for the private investigator "that's a...
ANOTHER DISNEY EXIT: STUDIO CHIEF ROTH QUITS ON EISNER
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amThe exodus continues at Michael Eisner's Walt Disney. Joe Roth, Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios, is the latest runaway mouse to ditch the Big Cheese. The studio chief resigned...
BARNESANDNOBLE.COM CEO OUT
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amBarnesandnoble.com CEO Jonathan Bulkely has resigned after just a year on the job. Steve Riggio, COO of parent company Barnes & Noble and the younger brother of Chairman Leonard Riggio,...
AOL, TIME WARNER KEEP SLIDING; NASDAQ TUMBLES
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amShares of AOL and Time Warner continued to slide yesterday with their blockbuster deal now worth $29 billion less than when it was announced Monday. AOL shed $4.88 per share...
AUTO INDUSTRY GIVES SNOWSPORTS A LIFT
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amEVEN though it's possible to arrive close to your favorite ski area by plane or Amtrak, it is impossible to ski without being in a car, SUV or shuttle van...
STURR CRAZY: WHO'S GOT MORE GRAMMYS THAN MADONNA & WHITNEY COMBINED? THE POLKA KING
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amJIMMY Sturr calls himself "just a lucky guy," but this undisputed king of polka music makes his own luck. The 50-year-old Florida, N.Y., native has recorded an astonishing 101 albums...
EARLY MAMET RETRO IS JUST 'DUCK'Y
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amTHE plain-covered Playbill boldly announces "Sexual Perversity in Chicago," and then in smaller letters, "The Duck Variations." Which might prompt the unwary stranger at the Atlantic Theater to wonder just...
GIFFORD'S GOT IT 'TOGETHER'
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amTHEATER REVIEW ACTORS are like chocolates: They come with soft and hard centers. With actors, the hard centers are usually better. Before we get too Forrest-Gumpy about this, I must...
MY PLEA TO THE; 'SOPRANOS' ; STRONG ADVICE TO ; THE SOPRANOS ; MOB OPERA IN DANGER OF OVERKILL
January 13, 2000 | 5:00am"The Sopranos"The Second Season Sunday at 9 p.m. on HBO 1/2 UNLESS you live with Bedouins, you know that TV's biggest Mob hit is "The Sopranos." And I'm here to...
FAKE SIGN OF THE TIMES
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amPASADENA -- CBS officials yesterday defended their decision to use new digital sleight of hand to superimpose the network's logo over an NBC sign in Times Square during Dan Rather's...
THE STARR REPORT
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amWarner on Warner Good sport Warner Wolf's upcoming memoir includes his "most embarrassing" on-air moment -- the night his choppers took flight. In "Let's Go to the Videotape! All the...
JEWISH TOMBSTONE ART ON EXHIBIT
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amGROWING up in the predominantly Jewish city of Minsk in the Soviet Union during the 1930s, David Goberman was fascinated by the stone carvings that adorned tombstones in Jewish cemeteries....
'ANGELS' A BLUEPRINT FOR MINORITY SHOWS: BOCHCO
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amPASADENA -- Steven Bochco, the creator of the highly anticipated inner-city hospital drama "City of Angels," acknowledges that his ethnically diverse show may become a role model for future series....
'THE SIMPSONS' X; THE CARTOON CELEBRATES ITS 10TH BIRTHDAY. YOU FORGOT?
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amIF IT were easy to make TV shows as good as "The Simpsons," there would be a whole lot more of them. As it is, it's darn near impossible. That's...
SNOW JOB: ONCE AN INDIE HAVEN, THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL IS NOW ABOUT THE ART OF THE DEAL
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Sundance Film Festival, created as a cozy showcase for the work of young and independent filmmakers, has become a sprawling Wal-Mart where studios go on buying frenzies in hopes...
NEW NOVEL BY HART JABS AT MEDIA LUST FOR SCANDAL POLITICS
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amEx-Sen. Gary Hart has written a thriller that explores the themes of his failed presidential campaign. The novel, "I, Che Guevara," set in Cuba and written under the pseudonym John...
BUSTED L.I. MAN'S HOME WAS AN ARSENAL: COPS
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amA Long Island man who tried to file a harassment charge against a contractor he said frightened him was himself busted - for hoarding an arsenal including grenade launchers, AK-47s...
RAPPER ODB COURTS NEW WOES IN DRUG CASE
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amOl' Dirty Bastard got a brand-new rap yesterday - from a Brooklyn Criminal Court judge irate that the singer missed his day in court on a drug charge. Judge Charles...
'SPIDER-MAN' CROOK GIVES BX. A BREAK
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amA knife-wielding mugger dubbed "Spider-man" for eluding cops by jumping between the roofs of two high-rise office buildings doesn't like robbing Bronx residents, a police source said last night. The...
RUSSIA CLAIMS RECAPTURE OF 3 CHECHEN TOWNS
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amRussia claimed it had regained the momentum in the Chechnya war yesterday after retaking three key towns and pushing into the rebels' mountain enclaves. Muslim militants had been holed up...
POLL: YELTSIN LOOKING BETTER IN HINDSIGHT
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amTwo weeks after quitting as Russia's president, Boris Yeltsin's popularity is soaring. The beleaguered former Communist who led Russia in its first post-Soviet years had been hugely unpopular, even while...
REV. AL MAY JOIN RUDY TO BLOCK LEVY
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani may have an unlikely ally in his fight to kill the appointment of Harold Levy as interim schools chancellor - the Rev. Al Sharpton. Sharpton, a Democrat and...
SUPPORTERS CAN JOIN HER NEW 'PARTY'
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amHillary Rodham Clinton's campaign is organizing "house parties" around the state to wire up supporters for the official announcement of her Senate run. On Feb. 6, the campaign will use...
MADONNA PUNTS ON SUPER BOWL GIG
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amMadonna stunned fans yesterday by pulling the plug on her highly hyped appearance at the Super Bowl. The Material Mom, who had planned to perform her remake of Don MacLean's...
BORIS BETTER IN HINDSIGHT
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amTwo weeks after quitting as Russia's president, Boris Yeltsin's popularity is soaring. The beleaguered former Communist, who led Russia in its first post-Soviet years, had been hugely unpopular, even while...
HOW TO MUSCLE THE BOARD OF ED: A POLITICAL PRIMER FOR THE CANDIDATE FROM CHAPPAQUA
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amMRS. Butter-Wouldn't-Melt-in-Her-Mouth, the first lady, tossed in her two cents' worth on the city's continuing school crisis this week: "It is distressing to see that we are now on our...
'CATASTROPHIC' GAS-BLAST RISK AT CITY 'CLEAN AIR' BUS DEPOT
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amEveryone wants more clean-burning, natural-gas buses on the streets, but the Transit Authority has learned they come with potentially explosive problems. Gas leaks and other foul-ups pose a safety hazard...
HIGH COURT WEIGHING PARENTS VS. GRANDFOLKS
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court yesterday dived into the debate over whether parents have the right to keep grandparents or other relatives away from their kids. Most of the nine...
IT'S ALL PART OF HER POLITICAL FACE-LIFT
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amANALYSIS Hillary Rodham Clinton would sooner have had gum surgery than sit down with David Letterman in 1999. But a Senate campaign will inspire you to do some funny things...
COURT GIVES COPS A 'FLEE' HAND
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Police can stop and frisk people who run at the sight of a cop, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday. In a split 5-4 decision, the high court said...
HILL KEEPS COOL ON LETTERMAN GRILL: DAVE TRIES, BUT CAN'T STUMP HER
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton last night aced a surprise pop quiz about New York -- shocking even the man who tried to trip her up with it -- TV's...
MORAL QUANDARY MAY RETURN TO HAUNT U.S.
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amWHAT does Elian Gonzalez really want? What does his father truly desire for his son? We can't be absolutely certain, which makes deciding moral right from wrong in this case...
BOOK: G.W. IS DAD-ICATED TO 'RETAKING' WHITE HOUSE
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amGeorge W. Bush's political ambitions have been primarily fueled by a need to avenge his dad's loss to Bill Clinton, an unauthorized biography of the Texas governor claims. Writer Elizabeth...
THREATENING E-MAIL STARTS RUCKUS AT BX. SCIENCE
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amThe whiz kid busted for allegedly threatening to kill two of her teachers was "p---ed off" about a low grade she landed at the prestigious Bronx HS of Science, a...
L.I. 'RAMBO' BUSTED AS COPS SEIZE 'ARSENAL'
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amA Long Island man who tried to file a harassment charge against a contractor he said frightened him was himself busted -- for allegedly hoarding an arsenal that included grenade...
RUDY BIDDING TO PEEL $2B FROM APPLE'S BIZ TAX
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amSeeking to portray the city as the "tax-cutting capital of the world," Mayor Giuliani today will call for $2 billion in tax cuts for businesses over the next four years....
PREZ WALKING INTO SLAY MYSTERY: DEATH AT COLLEGE HE VISITS TODAY
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amA small Brooklyn college is enmeshed in a bizarre murder mystery as President Clinton comes to visit today. When Jorge Cordova, a custodian at Boricua College, died Monday night, a...
L.I. JAIL GUARDS PLEAD GUILTY IN PRISONER'S BEATING DEATH
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amTwo Nassau County Jail guards have confessed to beating a prisoner to death a year ago as he wailed about missing the methadone treatments he needed to beat heroin addiction....
BOSS BIDS TO BECOME HEAD DEVIL
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amGeorge Steinbrenner appears ready to continue hellacious on-again/off-again talks to buy the NHL's New Jersey Devils. The Boss, head of the YankeeNets organization, has stepped up the pace of months-old...
'RAGTIME' STAR FILES BIAS SUIT VS. NYPD
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amA Broadway star is hoping to go from "Ragtime" to riches -- and make a point about police racism -- in a federal lawsuit alleging the NYPD falsely arrested and...
SHARPTON MAY JOIN RUDY TO BLOCK LEVY
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani may have an unlikely ally in his fight to kill the appointment of Harold Levy as interim schools chancellor -- the Rev. Al Sharpton. Sharpton, a Democrat and...
WHY BUSH SHOULD BE PULLING FOR BRADLEY
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amREPUBLICAN George W. Bush should be rooting for Democrat Bill Bradley -- for now. And Veep Al Gore should root for Republican John McCain. That's because, in a unique twist...
LIMO DRIVER SLAIN DURING HOLDUP IN BRONX
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amA Washington Heights livery cabdriver was shot to death during a Bronx stickup yesterday -- the day he got back behind the wheel after being sidelined for two weeks. Jose...
ROCKER TO NYERS: YOU STARTED IT
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amFoul-mouthed Atlanta Brave pitcher John Rocker says the hate-filled rant against New Yorkers and foreigners that landed him in major-league hot water was retaliation for abuse by Big Apple fans....
3 KEY CHECHEN TOWNS RETAKEN, RUSSIA SAYS
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amRussia claimed it had regained the momentum in the Chechnya war yesterday after retaking three key towns and pushing into the rebels' mountain enclaves. Muslim militants had holed up in...
CANDIDATE BIDS FOR A REHEARSAL OF FORTUNE
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amDAVID LETTERMAN and Hillary Rodham Clinton were on their best behavior last night. Hillary proved she could sustain a smile for longer than a 4-second sound bite. Dave proved he...
BRONX TEACHER CHARGED WITH SCALDING TEEN
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amA Bronx teacher threw a cup of scalding-hot water on a 17-year-old student after the girl yelled at him about having to pay 27 cents for the water, police said....
CHICHI GUCCI SHOP FACES BIAS CHARGE IN LAWSUIT
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amA former sales assistant at Gucci's Midtown store charges the posh retailer discriminates against blacks -- customers as well as employees. In a lawsuit filed yesterday in Manhattan federal court,...
'SPIDER' THUG FREES BX. VICTIM FROM WEB
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amA knife-wielding mugger, dubbed "Spider-man" for eluding cops by jumping between the roofs of two high-rise office buildings, doesn't like robbing Bronx residents, a police source said last night. "Spider-man"...
PUFFY POISED FOR GUN-RAP INDICTMENT
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amSean "Puff Daddy" Combs is braced for the likelihood a Manhattan grand jury will indict him on gun charges, sources close to the case said yesterday. As he awaits the...
DID ELIAN SAY HE WANTS TO GO BACK?
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amThe tug-of-war over Elian Gonzalez took another bizarre turn yesterday when a battle erupted over whether a TV news tape caught the 6-year-old saying he wants to return to Cuba...
MCCAIN WRAPPED UP IN REBEL-FLAG DEBATE
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Republican presidential contender John McCain, trying to wrest South Carolina from George W. Bush, yesterday attempted to untangle himself from a Confederate-flag flap. McCain, in his latest flip-flop...
CO-SURVIVOR: HERO MOM GAVE HIM LAST OF HER WATER
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amElian Gonzalez's doomed mother gave the boy her last drops of fresh water and her coat as they drifted on an inner tube after their boat sank on the trip...
GRIEVING KNICKS RIP NBA: WANT UPCOMING GAMES VS. HORNETS CANCELED
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amAUBURN HILLS - The Knicks passed around magic markers before last night's game at the Palace of Auburn Hills, each player scrawling "BP13" on their sneakers. The players did not...
SPREWELL KNOWS IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIM
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES AUBURN HILLS - Latrell Sprewell knows he's a lot luckier than Bobby Phills. Sprewell has had his share of dangerous speeding episodes during his Golden State days. The...
PEREZ, FISK NEW BREED OF FAMERS
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amOne-team baseball superstars never will become extinct but they are fading into the realm of rarity. The newest class elected to the Hall of Fame serves as evidence. Tony Perez...
TEMPLE SCHOOLS FORDHAM:RAMS OUT OF LEAGUE VS. SANCHEZ & OWLS
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amTemple 78 Fordham 61 Yesterday morning Fordham coach Bob Hill was talking about building a much-needed identity for his team. He spoke about how the name Temple conjured images of...
DEVIL THERAPY WORKING
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amThe difference, the root of the Devils' growing faith that this season will not end like the past four, is simple. "We're scoring goals," Ken Daneyko said, succinctly. Hypnosis strikes...
GETTING WITH PRO-GRAM: BARKLEY SCHOOLED ON NBA BY ARTEST & BRAND
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amThey talk more now than they did a year ago, when they were teammates at St. John's. Now it's the teacher, Ron Artest, and the pupil, Erick Barkley. Whenever the...
JEFFERSON HAS NO STAGE FRIGHT
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE is no doubt a great story inside of David Telesco, and yesterday he had the perfect forum in which to tell it. A private room away from the hubbub...
BUC DEFENSE WILL NOT REST ; AIMING TO STIFLE SKINS' MIGHTY 'O'
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amThey would have it no other way. Put the entire load on the shoulders of the Buccaneers' defense and don't expect any moaning or complaints. Insist that the outcome of...
WOODY MAY 'SHARE' JETS WITH FRIENDS
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amIf you ever dreamed of owning a piece of the Jets and have a spare $60 million or $70 million lying around, maybe you should give Woody Johnson a call....
MANHATTAN C. CLOCKS WADLEIGH IN DISPUTED FINISH
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amMan. Cent. 61 Wadleigh 60 You've heard of a long 10 count in boxing. At Wadleigh, they will surely be talking about the long 11 count for quite a while....
OWNER BEGINS TUNA CAMPAIGN
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amShortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a silver Mercedes drove Robert Wood Johnson IV, the new owner of the Jets, into his new playground -- Weeb Ewbank Hall. Johnson, who...
BELICHICK HEARING JUST A FORMALITY
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amIn what seems like a fruitless exercise, the NFL will conduct a hearing today between the Jets and Bill Belichick to discuss the validity of Belichick's contract and the grievance...
TEMPLE SCHOOLS FORDHAM: RAMS OUT OF LEAGUE VS. SANCHEZ & OWLS
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amAfter Temple had dismantled his young Fordham team 78-61, coach Bob Hill talked about the need to build an identity for his Rams. He spoke about how the name Temple...
SPREE: IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES AUBURN HILLS -- Latrell Sprewell knows he's a lot luckier than Bobby Phills. Sprewell has had his share of dangerous speeding episodes during his Golden State days. The...
EWING-LED RALLY COMES UP SHORT
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amPistons 114 Knicks 108 AUBURN HILLS -- This time it was the Knicks coming back in the fourth quarter, chopping into a big deficit. This time it was Patrick Ewing...
GRIEVING KNICKS RIP NBA: WANT HORNET GAMES POSTPONED
January 13, 2000 | 5:00amAUBURN HILLS -- The Knicks passed around magic markers before last night's game at the Palace of Auburn Hills, each player scrawling "BP13" on their sneakers. The players did not...