April 27, 2000
DOING A DELILAH: 'FELICITY' IS CUT, WB UPS AD $$$
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amWhen sexy "Felicity" star Keri Russell cut her long, curly hair this season, the first thing to suffer was the show's ratings. But Russell's hair isn't the only thing being...
BEARS RECLAIM CONTROL OF MARKETS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amThe stock market turned south again yesterday, continuing to alternate up and down days. Wall Street insiders blamed two forces for the renewed bearish sentiment: crummy earnings from prominent companies...
AT&T TESTS IPO WATERS: STORMY MARKETS MAY SINK $10.62B WIRELESS IPO
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amNo one's going to be watching the market more closely today than Michael Armstrong. The AT&T chief's reputation is on the line as the initial public offering of a tracking...
BODY SHOP REVIVED ; TURNAROUND EFFORT PAYS OFF WITH PROFIT
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amThe Body Shop has finally cleaned up its act. The London-based skin and hair care chain that has built an empire on political correctness by frowning upon animal testing and...
NIKE RIPS INTO WAL-MART FOR SELLING CHEAP KNOCK-OFFS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amArchrivals Nike and Adidas teamed up yesterday to sue Wal-Mart, charging the discount department store is selling counterfeit T-shirts and other items bearing their company logos. Wal-Mart "has engaged, and...
BERGDORF'S ACTING CEO HUNG OUT TO DRY
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amBergdorf Goodman stunned the fashion world yesterday when it tapped an outsider to be CEO of the luxury department store. Ron Frasch, who resigned suddenly from his post as president...
DOBBS-CNN REUNION OFF ; INSIDERS SAY SPACE MAN WANTED TOO MUCH
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amNegotiations between Lou Dobbs and Ted Turner to engineer a triumphant return to CNN for Dobbs have hit a brick wall. The entire media industry was buzzing yesterday as CNN...
CNN STAFF ARE FURIOUS, CURIOUS ABOUT RETURN
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amDespite CNN's rating slump since Lou Dobbs' departure last summer, he may have few allies at the network who would welcome his return - except for long-time pal Ted Turner....
ANTITRUST PROBING REALTY WEB LISTING
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amThe government is rooting about in the online world again. The target is California-based Homestore.com, the country's biggest residential property-listings service. A spokesperson for the Justice Department's antitrust division yesterday...
CARS YOU WON'T SEE ON CITY STREETS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amEVERY time I travel to Europe or further east, I see vehicles that make me wonder why these sedans, SUVs and minivans are not brought to the US by their...
'THE '70S:' IT'S WORSE THAN DISCO
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amThe '70s Sunday and Monday at 9 on NBC ZELIG was a lightweight and Forrest Gump an amateur compared to Byron Shales. Byron (Brad Rowe), one of four best friends...
THE STARR REPORT
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amJane airs it out Jane Leeves to NBC: Shut up already! Leeves, who stars as Daphne Moon in "Frasier," is peeved at NBC for running misleading promos hyping a romance...
CALL IT A SQUASH RACKET
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amSMASHING PUMPKINS HEAVIER than a load of Allan Bloom books but more powerful than a Con Ed system surge, the Smashing Pumpkins were simply smashing at their Hammerstein Ballroom concert...
BECOMING SOLD ON WIRELESS SHOPPING
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amI'VE always struggled with the idea of entering the wireless world, whether it's through wireless personal digital assistants - such as a Palm VII, a wireless e-mail pager such as...
EX 'WON'T PAY 5ó' TO SEE NUDE DARVA
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amDARVA CONGER'S plan to pose nude in Playboy was slammed last night by her bitter ex-hubby, Rick Rockwell. The jilted comic - who wed Conger in February on Fox's "Who...
IT'S ALL IN THE GIFT BAG: FREEBIES WILL TELL YOU IF A PARTY'S HOT
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amAn open bar or star-studded guest list used to be the way to pack a New York party. These days, a fete's success rests on the quality of its gift...
TECH WHIZZES WORKED MAGIC ON SETS, TOO
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amMANY key scenes in "Gladiator" take place in what looks like an amazing, full-scale re-creation of ancient Rome's Colosseum. But even a $103 million budget wasn't enough to actually build...
DEAD MAN ACTING - COMPUTER FX RESURRECT 'GLADIATOR' STAR
April 27, 2000 | 4:00am'GLADIATOR," the budding blockbuster epic set in ancient Rome, is poised to dazzle audiences next week with its computer-generated effects, but the film's most remarkable achievement may be the way...
HE WAS ABSOLUTELY RUTHLESS - AND GOD, I'LL MISS HIM!
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amDavid Merrick got the nickname "the Abominable Showman" the old-fashioned way - he earned it. One of the last of the old-time, hands-on impresario producers, Merrick had many hits and...
BATTLE OF THE TV TITANS ; ABC PITS 'MILLIONAIRE' VS. CBS'S '60 MINUTES'
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amWho wants to beat "60 Minutes?" ABC will try to blow away the hugely popular CBS news show this weekend by pitting a special edition of its top-rated "Who Wants...
TRIPPING ON LSD, HO-DINI THOUGHT COPS WERE MARTIANS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amThe Houdini-like hooker who slipped her cuffs off and vanished with a police van after being busted said yesterday she did it because she was high on LSD and thought...
RUDY WON'T CATCH HIS WIFE'S ACT
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani will be a no-show when wife Donna Hanover opens in "The Vagina Monologues" next month - and probably will skip all of her performances, The Post has learned....
250G FOR FORGOTTEN VICTIM IN LOUIMA CASE
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amPatrick Antoine - the other Haitian immigrant arrested and beaten by cops involved in the Abner Louima torture case - has quietly settled his civil suit against the city for...
PINT-SIZED SAMARITAN SAVES PREGNANT MOM
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amA talent agent with a big heart but a small build risked his life to prevent a knife-point robbery yesterday, then chased the fleeing suspect into the arms of an...
RUSSIAN TEA ROOM'S TOP CHEF DEFECTS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amChefs are rushin' out of the beleaguered Russian Tea Room. Executive chef Fabrice Canelle is the latest to leave the famed restaurant amid persistent rumors he and owner Warner LeRoy...
TERROR CONTINUES FOR TARGETED DRIVERS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amThe assault on livery drivers is raging unabated - with another pair of carjackings and two more narrow escapes from death for cabbies since Tuesday night, police said. Yesterday, teen...
LAWYERS TO BE REAL STARS OF O.J. MINISERIES
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amCBS is betting the O.J. saga still has the juice to attract viewers. The Tiffany Network is planning a four-hour miniseries about the legal drama surrounding the sensational 1995 Simpson...
HIZZONER HAS HEALTHY ATTITUDE AFTER HOSP TESTS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani quietly underwent tests yesterday at Mount Sinai Medical Center - but City Hall won't say why. Giuliani, who'll turn 56 on May 28, was spotted entering the Guggenheim...
CAPTORS WANT $2.4M FOR MALAY HOSTAGES
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amThe Muslim rebels who seized hostages at a Malaysian island resort - but spared a feisty upstate couple - are demanding a $2.4 million ransom for their release, police said...
LIGHTS DIM FOR B'WAY GIANT ; LEGENDARY PRODUCER MERRICK DEAD AT 88
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amDavid Merrick - Broadway's "Abominable Showman," who was as famous for his publicity stunts, feuds and tumultuous marriages as for the string of hits he produced - has died. He...
CITY HALL VISITORS NOW REQUIRED TO SHOW THEIR METAL
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amCity Hall Plaza and its steps were officially reopened to the public yesterday, but with one catch - people have to walk through metal detectors. The installation of two metal...
KIN BLAST COLUMBINE VIDEO SALE
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amFamilies of Columbine victims were horrified yesterday when authorities began selling a video of the carnage that happened inside the school - set to a pop-music soundtrack. The video shows...
HERO CHOPPER PILOT RECALLS MASSACRE AT MY LAI
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amArmy helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson couldn't believe his eyes that March day in 1968 - and neither would much of America when the story broke 18 months later. Buzzing along...
ARTIST'S DEATH SHOCKS IDYLLIC ISLAND ; SOME FEAR TORTOLA COPS ARE NOT UP TO THE PROBE
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amJIM MORRIS wakes up every morning terrified the killers of his beautiful former girlfriend, Lois Livingston McMillen, will never be brought to justice. On Jan. 15, McMillen, 34, known to...
YOU CAN'T BLAME CAUTIOUS CABBIES
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amWILLIAM JOHNSON of The Bronx is tense and nervous inside a livery cab these days. He doesn't know if he's going to be kidnapped, beaten or even killed. He's not...
DEATH THREAT PUTS DIALLO COPS UNDER HEAVY GUARD
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amThe four cops acquitted in the fatal shooting of Amadou Diallo have received a serious death threat, resulting in beefed-up protection from the NYPD. Threatening fliers from an organization calling...
PEDOPHILE TEACHER FACES AX AFTER 7 YEARS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amThe Board of Education will finally fire a Bronx high school teacher who openly advocates sex between men and boys - seven years after he was removed from the classroom...
TWO SIDES IN CONFLICT OVER A BOY'S BELIEFS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amHAVANA. ELIAN Gonzalez will never be the same. Whether it's in the United States or Cuba, Elian will never have a chance to be just a little boy again. He...
GORE FUMES AT FEDS' FUNDING QUERIES
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Vice President Al Gore blew his top when he was grilled last week by funny-money investigators - because they asked about his illegal Buddhist temple fund-raiser for the...
LEVY: END BOGUS GRAD RATES, BOOST NEW TEACHERS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amInterim Schools Chancellor Harold Levy yesterday vowed to abolish the practice of inflating high-school graduation rates - and pitched a new recruitment plan to train mid-career professionals to become teachers....
CONVICTION IN FATAL COP COLLISION
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amA New Jersey man was convicted yesterday of negligent homicide in a 1999 car crash on Valentine's Day that killed a Staten Island cop. Ciardi Franklin, 28, said he was...
FEMINIST AUTHOR GREER ATTACKED AT HOME IN ENGLAND
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amA screaming teen stalker tied up feminist author Germaine Greer and smashed property in her English country home - but luckily, some of Greer's friends interrupted the attack and called...
CNN HELPS HILL BUFFALO VIEWERS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amIT WAS dubbed a "town meeting," but CNN should have dubbed Hillary Clinton' s hourlong appearance on its airwaves last night a "Potemkin village meeting." The term "town meeting" suggests...
HILLARY IS PULLING FOR ELIAN'S DAD TO DEFECT
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton last night said she hopes the father of Elian Gonzalez defects from Cuba and remains in the United States with his 6-year-old son. Speaking at a town-hall...
SENIORS' RX $OARING
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amPrices for prescription drugs used by senior citizens shot up at nearly double the rate of inflation last year, a new study shows. President Clinton cited the findings yesterday to...
ELIAN SHRINK: KEEP FLA. KIN AWAY
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amA government psychiatrist who interviewed Elian Gonzalez and his father said yesterday they're doing great - and a visit by the 6-year-old's Miami relatives would be "disruptive." After four unsuccessful...
DAD-SON E-SCAMMERS PAY THE PRICE
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amA father-son Internet-scam team has avoided jail time, but had to repay $53,000 they stole from online customers. Suffolk police arrested 17-year-old Steven Kamensky last October at the suburban Huntington...
TRUTH IS, DEMS DON'T BELIEVE BILL
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amIN THE Senate, Democrat Bob Graham of Florida is seen as a careful, methodical centrist who keeps his word and is respected by both parties. Hardly the universal view of...
UKRAINE CAN'T AFFORD TO CLOSE CHERNOBYL
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amUkrainian officials solemnly marked the 14th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster yesterday - but said they couldn't afford to close the damaged plant. Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday...
COURT DOUBTS MERIT OF GAY SCOUT RULING
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court justices yesterday suggested that New Jersey's high court wasn't playing straight when it barred the Boy Scouts from banning gay troop...
RUDY AND HILL MAY NIX INDY IF PAT'S ON TICKET
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amThe state Independence Party was thrown into chaos yesterday when a judge ousted the leader of the party just days before a gathering of Senate candidates looking for its backing....
NEWT TO WED WIFE NO. 3 IN AUGUST
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Newt Gingrich, the chubby former House Speaker and Republican firebrand from Marietta, Ga., has - for the third time - found a soul mate. Sources say Gingrich, 56,...
FEDS TAKE $10M BITE OUT OF 'MIRACLE DIET' COMPANY
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amA firm that promised a weight-loss "system" that allowed users to avoid dieting - and even eat fried chicken - has agreed to pay customers a record $10 million to...
ELIAN SHRINK: KEEP COUSINS AWAY
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amA government psychiatrist who interviewed Elian Gonzalez and his father said yesterday the two of them are doing great - and a visit by the 6-year-old's Miami relatives would be...
THE MATCHUPS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amTORONTO - Dormant flowers bloom in spring, and the Devils' dormant scorers better do so, too, or they start gardening next week. In the most unconvincing sweep of this millennium,...
DEVILS AND LEAFS READY TO RUMBLE
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amTORONTO - The pot is already stirred. Briskly. Accusations and insinuations are flying. The Maple Leafs' coach says the Devils hit and run. The Devils' captain wants to know if...
LOU WON'T SWAP PICKS WITH BLUES
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amTORONTO - The GM made it official. The Devils will continue waiting for the Blues to have a fat first-rounder before they annex it. Lou Lamoriello has until May 1...
JETER'S MIGHT IS RIGHT
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amJOE Mays had time to think about the pitch that resulted in the breaking of a scoreless tie, time to digest what exactly he could have done differently to get...
STANTON'S PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amA relief pitcher is useless if he doubts himself. Earlier this season, Mike Stanton looked as if he was on his way to becoming useless. But just as quickly as...
PETTITTE, POWER & PEN LIFT YANKS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amYankees 2 Twins 0 Out of the woods? Not quite. Two runs against Joe Mays, Mark Redman and Bob Wells one day after Sean Bergman, Travis Miller and Hector Carasco...
GRANT CAN WIN EVEN WITH DEFEAT TO LEWIS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amLENNOX LEWIS and his trainer, Emanuel Steward, have made it clear that they intend to use Saturday night's heavyweight title fight against Michael Grant to solidify Lewis' standing as the...
DERBY GETTING CROWDED
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amFollowing last Saturday's final major preps for the Kentucky Derby, now nine days away, it appeared the Derby field would come in under the 20-horse limit. But since then several...
BOXING COMMISSION OUT TO LUNCH
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amCONTRARY to popular opinion, the New York State Athletic Commission is not a rubber stamp. How can you tell? Because at least a rubber stamp leaves an impression. If the...
HISTORY LESSON ON ICE
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amTORONTO - Wendel Clark wouldn't talk about it then and he won't talk about it now. "It has no bearing on any of this; it was 11 years ago," Clark...
IT'S CASE(Y) CLOSED! NETS PUT DON OUT OF HIS MISERY, START OVER AGAIN
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amThere was no public parading around the arena in Miami, no long ride in a stretch limo, no senseless flight to Toronto for an additional flogging before the eyes of...
MARTINA WANTS ONE MORE TITLE
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amTennis great Martina Navratilova plans to shake off nearly six years of rust by playing doubles at Wimbledon this year. Navratilova, 43, retired in November 1994 but was apparently inspired...
WANG WANTS ISLES TO WIN
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amCharles Wang figured that after agreeing to pay $190 million to buy the Islanders Monday, he should begin learning something about hockey. So with some extra dough to spare from...
IT'S LJ'S TIME OF YEAR ; JOHNSON COMES UP BIG AGAIN IN PLAYOFFS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amIf there were any additional proof needed to show the Raptors that the playoffs are indeed a second and new season, they need only to consider what Larry Johnson did...
HONEST LADY MULLS OPTIONS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amHonest Lady, who was entered in last Saturday's Grade 3 Bed o'Roses Breeders' Cup Handicap but scratched due to a muddy track, may turn up next in the Grade 1...
ROOSEVELT RALLY CUTS DOWN CARDOZO
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amRoosevelt 5 Cardozo 3La Salle 8 Clinton 7 Cardozo pitcher Eric Morrissey made a big mistake in the sixth inning of yesterday's game against Theodore Roosevelt and he knew it....
SPREE, KNICKS PUT CHOKE ON RAPTORS: LATRELL'S HEROICS PLACE TORONTO ON BRINK OF SWEEP
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 2 Knicks 84 Raptors 83 It was Latrell Sprewell's murderous defense in Game 1. It was his frenetic carry-the-team-on-his-back offense that beat the Raptors in Game 2 last night...
SPRINGER SHOW'S A REAL 'HIT'
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amDennis Springer's performance last night looked more like one of those tawdry Jerry Springer shows than a major league baseball start. All that was missing from Springer's start for the...
REY, ROJAS GET BACK TO BUSINESS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES A day after sitting out Tuesday's game as a sign of protest of the forcible removal of Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relatives' home Saturday, Met shortstop Rey...
KNUCKLEHEADS FOR A NIGHT ; AMAZIN' STREAK DEAD AT 9 AS REDS SLUG SPRINGER SLOP
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amReds 12 Mets 1 The Mets' nine-game winning streak came crashing to a halt last night, and Ken Griffey Jr. had nothing to do with it. Knuckleballer Dennis Springer struggled...
STARKS: I'D LOVE TO COME BACK
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amJohn Starks was riling up the Garden crowd by waving a towel on celebrity row last night. But next season he hopes to be back in his No. 3 Knick...
VAN'S GOT REASON TO SMILE ; JEFF'S CLUB PROVES IT KNOWS HOW TO WIN
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amTHE difference is knowing how to win a game they had no right to win. The Knicks gave another textbook example why they are the best in the East last...
LJ RE-STARTS KNICKS' HEART WITH FLURRY IN 4TH
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amBefore there was Latrell Sprewell, there was Larry Johnson. Before there was the Sprewell takeover, there was the Johnson eruption. The Knicks wouldn't have been saved without either one. Sprewell...
VG CREW FINDS A WAY TO WIN
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amLuck or design? Experience or simply good fortune? The Knicks aren't quite sure, but they do know they are somehow up 2-0 in their first-round playoff series with the Raptors,...
HEROIC SHOT BY LATRELL PUSHESTORONTO TO BRINK
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amKnicks 84 Raptors 83 Sorry, commish. Your golden boy Vince Carter is being outclassed by the guy you once wanted out of the league for good. With David Stern on...
TORONTO'SLAST GASP JUST THAT
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amIt was time for Vince Carter to win the game, you know, Jordan style. There were 7.9 seconds left, with the Raptors trailing by one point. Carter, who had stormed...
WHEN IT'S CRUNCH TIME, SPREWELL'S IN-VINCE-IBLE
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Knicks stole this one only because they have a player with the guts of a burglar. With the offense shriveled to nothing, with Vince Carter foiling their double teams...
THREE BAD QUARTERS NOT COSTLY
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES For three quarters, the Knicks played like playoff neophytes, looking sloppy and disinterested, ready to chuck away their whole season. They fell behind by 15 points in the...
LJ PROVING IT'S HIS TIME OF YEAR
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amIf there were any additional proof needed to show the Raptors that the playoffs are indeed a second and new season, they need only to consider what Larry Johnson did...
SPREE WASN'T TO BE DENIED: FOURTH-QUARTER HEROICS STEAL CARTER'S THUNDER
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Knicks stole this one only because they have a player with the guts of a burglar. No way, with the offense shriveled to nothing, with Vince Carter foiling their...
SIDELINE SIDESHOWS
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amSOMEDAY, Jeff Van Gundy will smile at his team's success and, at the same time, quit trying to make Patrick Ewing out to be Joan of Arc. Someday his Toronto...
CARTER NEEDS QUICK FIX :RAPTORS' STAR HAS HISTORY ON HIS SIDE
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amVINCE Carter went to playoff school Sunday. The Knicks didn't accept his advanced placement credits, flunked him on the stop-and-pop quiz, then gave him a ton of homework. Game 2...
SPREE HAS HIGH REGARD FOR BOGUES
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amLatrell Sprewell still has special feelings for Muggsy Bogues, the pint-sized point guard who stood tall in his Golden State teammate's corner after Sprewell choked coach P.J. Carlesimo. Bogues, inserted...
COOKIE & REY RETURN: BACK WITH METS AFTER ONE-DAY ELIAN PROTEST
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amA day after Met shortstop Rey Ordonez and third base coach Cookie Rojas sat out Tuesday's 6-5 win over Cincinnati as a sign of protest of the forcible removal of...
MAKE NO MISTAKE, TINO'S SURGING
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amEveryone knows the Yankees' offense has been struggling lately, but nobody told Tino Martinez. The first baseman continued his recent surge with his 2-for-3 performance in yesterday's 2-0 Yankee win...
O'NEILL LEAVES WITH BLURRED VISION
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The Yankees will learn today why Paul O'Neill was forced to leave yesterday's game due to blurred vision in his right eye. "We don't know," Joe Torre said...
STRAWBERRY BOLTS REHAB IN FLA.
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amDepending on how you view it, Darryl Strawberry stayed almost a month longer than planned or left roughly a month early. However which way you cut it, the troubled slugger...
BRUNSON GETS ASSIST FOR 'BIG L'
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Give credit where credit is due. Knicks third-string point guard Rick Brunson is the man who turned Larry Johnson on to the "Big L" sign that he began...
VG SKIPS BIG CHANCE: DECLINES TO GO TALL AGAINST MUGGSY
April 27, 2000 | 4:00amIn this first-round chess match, Toronto coach Butch Carter blinked first. We'll see if Jeff Van Gundy follows, although he said he's not likely to counter. After losing a close...