September 15, 2000
DONNA'S GETTING IN TENTS YET AGAIN
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amDonna Karan is trying life in the tents again. She will show her women's collection in Bryant Park next Friday, after several years of shunning the CFDA venue. "We feel...
JUST THIS SUMMER, J.P. MORGAN RIPPED CHASE
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amTO fully appreciate the irony in Chase's acquisition of J.P. Morgan & Co., you have to go back to mid-May. That's when a Morgan banking analyst downgraded her investment recommendation...
CDNOW'S OLIM NOT TOO BUSY NOW
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amThe exec who ran CDnow into the ground and then saved it by selling it off has been booted upstairs. Jason Olim, a co-founder of the Web-based music retailer that...
STEINER SPORTS SOLD FOR $25M TO OMNICOM
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amSteiner Sports Marketing - home to the Derek Jeter signed baseball and the Magic Johnson-signed warm-up jacket - was bought by Omnicom Group for about $25 million. The New York...
FASHION DIRECTOR AT ELLE IS LEAVING
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amMarin Hopper is leaving Elle, after seven years as the magazine's fashion director. "I've had a wonderful time here, but I really want to explore other avenues in fashion," Hopper...
MEREDITH DROPS SHOP ONLINE AFTER 1 ISSUE
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amAttention shoppers - the store is closing. Meredith Corp., headed by CEO William Kerr, had been gearing up for its second annual issue of Shop Online 1-2-3 this holiday season...
M'SOFT EXEC EXITS WINDOWS - PAUL MARITZ WALKS AWAY WITH $120M
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amMicrosoft's top Windows executive quit the company yesterday - on the day of the launch of the latest version of Windows. Group Vice President Paul Maritz stepped down after 14...
CURRY SUIT ENDS - MORGAN STANLEY, EX-STAFFER CALL TRUCE
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amA resolution to Christian Curry's explosive $1.78 billion racial discrimination suit against Morgan Stanley Dean Witter is set to be announced today, The Post has learned. The end to the...
LONG DISTANCE HANG-UP - AT&T MULLS SALE OR SPINOFF
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amAT&T finally confronted its demons in a meeting with top Goldman Sachs analysts, who said the embattled phone and cable company will likely sell or spin off its consumer long...
KARAOKE CRAZIES IN OFF-KEY 'DUETS'
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amDUETS Gwyneth Paltrow sings - ouch! - in this rambling, pointless, '80s-style ode to personal freedom, as expressed by a half-dozen karaoke nuts. Running time: 110 minutes. Rated R. At...
'STRANGERS' DOCUMENTARY EMBRACED WITH OPEN 'ARMS'
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amINTO THE ARMS OF STRANGERS1/2 Riveting documentary of the remarkable stories of Holocaust survivors who were rescued as children from the Nazis during World War II.Running time: 117 minutes. Rated...
WISH FOR CUT 'BAIT'
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amBAIT 1/2 Glossy but overheated and overlong thriller with comic patches. Starring Jamie Foxx and David Morse.Running time: 118 minutes. Rated R. At the E Walk, the 84th Street, others....
SOME CLOSE ENCOUNTERS IN THE VILLAGE
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amURBANIA Unforgettable performance by Dan Futterman as a traumatized gay man from Greenwich Village who confronts his demons in surprising ways in director John Shear's tough, demanding debut.Running time: 104...
HOLD THE GUILT
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amCRIME & PUNISHMENT IN SUBURBIA ** 1/2 IT'S perfectly understandable that "Crime + Punishment in Suburbia" is less an updated version of the Dostoevsky novel than an unusually somber Hollywood...
GREAT PLAY FOR THE IRISH ; A POPULAR BROTHER-SISTER ACT READY TO BLANKET U.S. 'IN BLUE'
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amIN Britain, the Corrs need no introduction. The Irish quartet, a brother and three sisters, are so popular that early this year the group owned three of the top 15...
RUNAWAY TEEN 'DREAM'
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amTHE DREAMCATCHER 1/2 THE world may need another gloomy indie movie about two delinquent teenagers on the Middle-American road, about as much as it needs another "Highlander" sequel, but Ed...
WHEN THE FIX IS IN: COMPLICATED SETS AND HIGH COSTS MAKE RETOOLING TODAY'S SHOWS DIFFICULT
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amIT'S "All Whos on Deck" in Boston for the next two weeks, as the $8.5 million "Seussical, the Musical" undergoes major revisions before opening in New York in November. Writers...
BUOY WONDER: ONLY ONE THING CAN SINK 'ELIAN' MOVIE: IT'S TOO DAMN GOOD
September 15, 2000 | 4:00am"The Elian Gonzalez Story" Fox Family, Sunday at 8 IF too much Elian Gonzalez is never enough Elian Gonzalez, then fire up the old microwave, pop some corn, grab a...
SEX-FILES BABY SHOCKER; MISSING MULDER MAY BE A DADDY
September 15, 2000 | 4:00am* WARNING: The following may contain information that some readers may not want to know about the new season of "The X-Files" before it airs. THIS fall on "The X-Files,"...
THE STARR REPORT
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amNo debate: Hill-Rick good news for Ch. 4 Wednesday's Hillary Clinton-Rick Lazio Senate debate was a ratings hit for Ch. 4, which aired the often-caustic proceedings from 7 to 8...
TOP AIDES CAN'T EVEN VOTE HERE
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amCAMPAIGN aides are working their hearts out for Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rick Lazio - but several top staffers won't be able to cast a ballot for their bosses because...
THE SKINNY ON FAT: IT'S CRUCIAL
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amHere's some good news for members of the Chub Club: Scientists say fat plays an important role in helping the body work properly. And they've suggested that fat should no...
CITY SPENDS FAR MORE ON CONS THAN KIDS
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amNew York spends a whopping $53,224 a year on every prisoner in city jails - compared to $9,573 for every student in public schools, a new report says. The Department...
HEROIC COPS JUMP-START MAN'S HEART ON STATEN IS.
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amTwo hero cops saved the life of a Staten Island man by using a defibrillator to revive him minutes after a severe heart attack, police said yesterday. The Police Department...
A SIP THAT TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amFrancisco Rizzuti's life has been turned into a nightmare since doing one of the simplest acts imaginable - taking a sip of water. He can't drive. He can't work. And...
RUDY TO GENNARO FEST: STOP WHINING ABOUT BOOZE LIMITS
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani threatened yesterday to ban booze at the popular San Gennaro Festival if he keeps hearing complaints about new restrictions on beer and wine sales. The mayor said revelers...
OLYMPICS BY THE NUMBERS
September 15, 2000 | 4:00am3.7 billion: The number of people, out of a world population of 6 billion, expected to tune in. 20: The number of hours of Olympics coverage the average American will...
BLOWN IMPLANT SAVED BETSEY - HELPED UNMASK CANCER
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amSeventh Avenue's queen of funk, Betsey Johnson, said yesterday that a breast implant may have saved her life - after it collapsed. The 58-year-old Johnson, who dazzled the fashion world...
FANNING THE OLYMPIC FLAMES DOWN UNDER - CONTROVERSY FINALLY TAKES BACK SEAT TO THE ATHLETES
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - After seven years of preparation - and weeks of ticket snafus, transportation problems and protests - the curtain lifts today on the most expensive, extravagant and controversial Olympics...
ELTON'S CONCERT WALKOUT SOUNDS SOUR NOTE
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amA hissy Elton John made like a candle in the wind and blew out of a sold-out concert in Portugal - leaving 1,250 of his fans in the lurch. Organizers...
PAKISTANI NUKE LEADER: WE CAN WIPE OUT INDIA
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amThe man who developed Pakistan's nuclear program issued a blunt warning to India yesterday by claiming his country now has enough nuclear weapons to wipe out major Indian cities. The...
MEMORIES OF '82 TYLENOL TERROR LINGER
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amNearly 20 years have passed since Mary McFarland died after taking a poisoned Tylenol, but her mother still refuses to take the painkiller. "The word 'Tylenol' goes against me," said...
JACKO'S KIDS DON'T LOOK A BIT WACKO IN NEW PIX
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amHere's a rare look at Michael Jackson's kids - who don't look anything like him. The National Enquirer caught blond-haired Prince, 3, and his sister, Paris, 2, recently as they...
THIEVES NET 500G IN 'SURGICAL' STRIKE
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amTwo bandits wearing surgical lab coats robbed a check-cashing office at New York Hospital of $500,000 yesterday, moments after the money arrived, police said. Investigators said the two men apparently...
MAYOR TELLS SAN GENNARO: STOP WHINING ABOUT BOOZE
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani threatened yesterday to ban booze at the popular San Gennaro Festival if he keeps hearing complaints about new restrictions on beer and wine sales. The mayor said revelers...
RICK HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO GO FOR BLOOD
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amRICK LAZIO'S fans are drying their tears and straightening their ties. The boy is still in the game. He was blowing it big-time, as Lazio himself might have put it....
DUBYA DRUBS GORE OVER NEW $$ FLAP
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amSANTA ANA, Calif. - Taking a tough new tack, George W. Bush charged yesterday that rival Al Gore "crossed a serious line" if a presidential veto led to campaign cash....
STOLEN BUSH TAPE IS REAL DEAL
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amSANTA ANA, Calif. - George W. Bush's campaign last night confirmed that a video mysteriously delivered to a top adviser to rival Al Gore was indeed "an authentic tape" of...
VEEP IS COURTING SAME DEVIL HE'S VOWED TO EXORCISE
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE is no question tobacco millionaire Al Gore knows we are a bunch of fools barely out of diapers. Here he was last night taking millions of dollars from a...
BOTTLERS GIVE THEIR PLANTS A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amThe bottled-water scare may have some consumers ditching their name-brand fluids for plain old tap, but those who bring the designer variety to the stores are confident their products are...
SUPERVISOR IGNORED SCHOOL-SEX ATTACK
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amA special-ed supervisor was yanked from a Harlem school and demoted after failing to report that a 9 year-old girl was sexually molested by two classmates. The Board of Ed...
BUSH MADE BUNDLE ON MOVIE VIOLENCE
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amGeorge W. Bush, who has decried the "pervasiveness of violence" in Hollywood, served on the board of a movie company that financed more than two dozen R-rated films, including a...
CITY TEACHERS QUITTING PROFESSION IN DROVES
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amNearly 40 percent of the city's 1991 rookie teachers quit the profession within six years, state statistics show. While the problem is not unique within the state, it is substantially...
SCARE TAPS INTO FEARS OF CUSTOMERS
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amA rash of tainted bottled water had some drinkers swearing off store-bought H2O yesterday, but others shrugged off the poisonings as nothing more than a frightening aberration. "People are still...
MILITARY CAN'T HIDE TRUTH ON YOUTHS
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amSHRAPNEL from an explosion knocked 12-year-old Calvin Graham down three flights of stairs aboard the USS South Dakota during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. Despite his wounds, Calvin managed...
HILLARY: SOFT-$$ 'STUNT' CHILDISH
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amA day after their dramatic televised face-off, Hillary Clinton and Rick Lazio yesterday continued their heated debate - with the first lady saying her GOP foe pulled a "stunt" by...
WEST NILE PESTICIDE SPILL LEAVES SCHOOLKIDS GASPING
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amBrooklyn students choked on potentially toxic fumes yesterday morning after a container of a West Nile virus pesticide banned from schools cracked open and leaked into their classroom. Sixteen students...
FOURTH VICTIM OF 'POISONED' WATER - AND POLICE PROBE YET ANOTHER CLAIM
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amA Westchester police department employee yesterday was identified as the fourth victim of the poisoned-bottled-water scare - as Long Island cops investigated the claim of still another possible victim. Francisco...
IT'S MUSIC TO GORE'S EARS - NETS $6M AT RADIO CITY
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amVice President Al Gore capped a big-money week with a $6.5 million celebrity rock 'n' roll fund-raiser at Radio City last night, amid criticism that he's bashing Hollywood types while...
DIESEL SPILL FOULS N.Y. HARBOR
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amCoast Guard and Navy crews were working last night to clean up 30,000 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled into New York Harbor yesterday, officials said. The spill happened at...
IN TYSON'S OWN WORDS: 'I'M ALMOST AN ANIMAL'
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amBoxer Mike Tyson said in a bizarre Los Angeles press conference yesterday that he's so violent, he's "almost an animal" and is forced to take anti-depressants to keep a leash...
CLINTON & RENO SPAR OVER NUKE DOC
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amA nuclear war of words erupted yesterday between President Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno over her controversial prosecution of a former Los Alamos scientist. A defiant Reno said she...
JUST WARMING UP: METS KO 'SPOS, EYE ATLANTA SHOWDOWN
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amMets 10 Expos 4 MONTREAL - This is how you get ready for the title fight. You spar against some palookas, throw some haymakers, hit them hard and come away...
ON CRUZ CONTROL: 2-RUN SHOT IN 11TH LIFTS JAYS PAST YANKS
September 15, 2000 | 4:00am11 INNINGS Blue Jays 3 Yankees 2 A wonderful pitching duel staged between Andy Pettitte and David Wells last night at Yankee Stadium was decided by Jose Cruz's two run-homer...
IN MIKE THEY TRUST: METS SURE SLUMPING PIAZZA WILL BREAK OUT IN A BIG WAY
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amMONTREAL - After Wednesday's 4-1, 10-inning win at Shea - in which Mike Piazza struck out four times for just the second time in his career - the Mets took...
CANSECO'S BAT MAN:TORRE SAYS JOSE IS YANKEES' DH
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amJoe Torre did not anoint Jose Canseco the Yankees DH forever because that is never Torre's style when it comes to distributing playing time at a spot where there are...
SPACE IN RACE TAKES WEIGHT OFF TINO
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amReality has set in for Tino Martinez - and not a moment too soon. "I know my numbers aren't going to be good," Martinez said before the Yankees played the...
CAUTIOUS TORRE KEEPS WRAPS ON WILLIAMS
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES When hitting instructor Chris Chambliss posted last night's Yankee lineup on the clubhouse door, Bernie Williams wasn't in it for the fourth straight game. "They are doing their...
MLB TAKES WAIT-AND-SEE STANCE WITH STRAWBERRY
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amHaving suspended Darryl Strawberry for a year when Strawberry violated his after-care program by failing a drug test this past January, Major League Baseball is taking a wait-and-see attitude when...
WELL OUT OF REACH: ANDY & BOOMER RUB EACH OTHER OUT OF CY RACE
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amTHE race for the AL Cy Young Award is taking on the feel of the PGA Tour. You know who the clear cut favorite is. The real suspense is waiting...
PETTITTE'S FAUX PAS SPOILS 100-WIN BID
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amClearly, Andy Pettitte has this whole throwing-to-the-plate thing down. Now he just has to work on picking up the ball and getting it to third. His failure to do the...
JUST WARMING UP: METS KO 'SPOS EYE ATLANTA SHOWDOWN
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amMets 10 Expos 4 MONTREAL - This is how you get ready for the title fight. You spar against some palookas, like Les Expos, throw some haymakers and come away...
JENNY POISED FOR RECORD
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amU.S. swimming sensation Jenny Thompson, here for her third and final Games, has six Olympics medals at home. That means she's two short of tying Aussie Dawn Fraser, fellow Yank...
SCOTT TO NETS: FOLLOW MY LEAD
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amThere is no brash, unsupported cockiness in the claim. Instead, a cool and undeniable confidence spills forth. Byron Scott, the man chosen to lead the Nets away from the historical...
FOUR FOES CHALLENGE 'THE KID'
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amLeading Horse of the Year candidate Lemon Drop Kid tops a field of five older horses, including Skimming, Behrens, Gander and last-minute surprise entry Ecton Park, going a mile and...
CHANGES ON THE MENU
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amTHE ocean gives and it takes away. While the bluefish and fluke action has dropped off in the New York Bight and in Long Island Sound, there seems to be...
MITCHELL'S READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amHe sat back and watched all the fun, eager but not ready to get in the game. Running, passing, tough yards, game-breaking plays, it was all there for the Giants...
SLUMPING STARS EYE PLAYOFF REVIVAL
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amA month ago, the MetroStars were the best team in the MLS and going for a Triple Crown: tops in the regular-season standings and winning both the MLS Cup and...
JUREVICIUS PLAYS THE WAITING GAME
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES One of the most noticeable aspects to the new Giants offense this summer in training camp was the obvious improvement of Joe Jurevicius. The towering third-year receiver from...
HEY, RICK, YOU'RE WRONG - YOU COULD LOOK IT UP
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amRICK Lazio, Republican candidate for New York Senator, chose to quote a local baseball icon in his closing remarks after Wednesday's televised debate with Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. Said Lazio:...
CHANGE STILL IN AIR AT MSG
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amTHE restructuring of Madison Square Garden's executive branch continued yesterday. Mike McCarthy, 18 years with MSG Network, the last eight as its highly-regarded Executive Producer, has been named the network's...
MCGUIRE AWARD GRANTED TO FIVE
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amFrank McGuire is synonymous with New York. The former St. John's coach left an indelible mark on the city and all he encountered, going the extra mile for his players....
RANGERS TRIM ROSTER
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amBURLINGTON, Vt.-The first cuts came yesterday and they were not kind to Stefan Cherneski, the former first-round draft choice who is attempting to resurrect his career after losing the last...
IT'S MILLER SLIME! LED BY WISEGUY DENNIS, MNF REACHES NEW LOW MNF REACHES ALL-TIME LOW
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amGARBAGE fight! Hey, kids and desensitized young adults! Good news! ABC's Monday Night Football wants back all those tens of thousands of viewers it had lost in recent years to...
BEGIN THE SPLASH TALK: U.S. SWIMMERS SET FOR BATTLE
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - This is about older women and younger men. Of how the vestiges of the USSR's sports machine are helping the USA. And how the most interesting stress in...
VELAZQUEZ TAKES THE DAY OFF
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amJohn Velazquez took off his scheduled mounts yesterday, but not because he was injured. According to his agent, Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr., Velazquez had to go for...
ANDERSON'S WINDOW OPENS: DO-IT-ALL RICHIE MAKING MOST OF JET OPPORTUNITY
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amRay Lucas was pacing the Giants Stadium sideline Monday night in the most frustrating position of all. He wasn't playing, so there was nothing he could do to help as...
U.S. BOXING HITS BROCK BOTTOM
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY-Calvin Brock may be the biggest fighter on the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team, but he will be among the first to tell you he is far from the best. However,...
DREAM TEAM BIG YAWN
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - The Dream Team gathered for the world's media today and the only pertinent question was whose dream is this anyway? Does anyone's nighttime reveries really contain Vin Baker...
AT 3-0, GANG GREEN WILL LOOK LIKE PLAYOFF LOCK
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amThey're not printing playoff tickets yet over at Weeb Ewbank Hall, nor will they regardless of what the outcome is Sunday at Giants Stadium, where the 2-0 Jets play the...
DEVILS ARNOTT SMART BATTLING WITH JASON
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amTHE risk Lou Lamoriello runs is that of being millions-wise but future foolish. And he risks another failure to defend the Stanley Cup. Everyone remembers what happened last time. When...
DANTZSCHER ADDS TWIST
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - So you thought the scenario for the U.S. women's gymnastic team couldn't get any more contrived or dramatic than the 1996's squad in Atlanta when Keri Strug, on...
FRIARS, LIONS READY FOR WAR
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amHIGH SCHOOL GRID PREVIEW Who's the best in the CHSFL? You won't have to wait very long to find out. Msgr. Farrell and St. Anthony's will provide an answer tomorrow,...
SLIDIN' MIKE HAS REMEDY
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amMONTREAL - Mike Piazza knows what is wrong. He knows why he went 0-for-3 in last night's 10-4 drubbing of the Expos. He knows why he is 2-for-his-last-26 (.077) and...
BUM TOE COULD GIVE HAMILTON BOOT
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - Darryl Hamilton knows because of his bad big left toe, which is the reason manager Bobby Valentine has limited his playing time, he could be left...
JETS FILL THE BILL! GANG GROH'S GOT THE GOODS TO COVER
September 15, 2000 | 4:00amAL Groh certainly knows his team. Before the opener, he said the Jets would be a tough, resilient bunch and that's exactly what they've been in posting fourth-quarter comeback wins...