November 5, 2000
'DISNEY BUYS NBC' - THE HEADLINE YOU ALMOST SAW
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amGE chief Jack Welch came thisclose to snookering Disney's Michael Eisner in a deal to buy half of NBC. In recollections of the legendary GE chairman and CEO published in...
PROSPECTIVE BUYERS WILL GET THE ROYAL TREATMENT AT MARIE-CHANTAL'S HOUSE
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amPSST . . . wanna see how "royalty" lives? The couple that forbids us to forget they're titled, Princess Marie-Chantal of Manhattan (nee Marie Miller) and Prince Pavlos of Greece,...
ROOSEVELT ISLAND PLANS MOVE AHEAD
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amA $440 million Roosevelt Island hotel and conference center is a step closer to becoming reality. Developer Stephen S. Jemal of SSJ Development just met with new members of the...
SALSA'S SEISMIC SHAKE THE LATIN MUSIC BOOM WILL HAVE LASTING EFFECTS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe Latin music boom that rocked the nation more than a year ago has subsided - but the effects are still being felt across the nation. Last summer, the hip-shaking...
TALK TO TACKLE TABLOID TOME; HISTORY OF NATIONAL ENQUIRER IN THE WORKS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amTINA Brown has been caught in a supermarket tabloid shocker. The Talk editor-in-chief is climbing into bed, figuratively, with the National Enquirer, the tabloid put out by David Pecker's American...
MUSIC'S NEWEST REBEL BERTELSMANN'S SCHMIDT TAKES ON THE WORLD WITH NAPSTER DEAL
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amBERTELSMANN'S digital chief Andreas Schmidt demonstrated impressive diplomatic skills in pulling off his company's recent deal with Napster. But now he'll need all those skills and then some if he's...
THE RICE IS NICE - AND FAST - AT RISOTTERIA
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amRisotteria 270 Bleecker St. (at Morton Street) (212) 924-6664 Cross risotto with cafeteria and you've got Risotteria. The popular Northern Italian rice dish is in the spotlight at this brightly...
THEY'RE MIXING IT UP: GOTHAM'S TOP BARTENDERS INFUSE BOOZE WITH A GARDEN VARIETY OF NEW FLAVORS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amManhattan has always had first class chefs who love to experiment and create new taste combinations. Now some Big Apple bartenders are taking their lead, infusing vodka and other liquors...
BLAZER SHARP
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe blazer's back - but not the kind your father wears. The jacket styles currently making the rounds in fashionable circles have decidedly modern lines (even though they often steals...
FRONT AND CENTER: TODAY'S TIGHT-FITTING MEN'S PANTS EXPOSE YOUR EVERY SHORTCOMING
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amIf you're a guy and looking to buy a new pair of pants, check your modesty at the door. That's because fashionable trousers these days really grip you where it...
'ALMOST' NOT ENOUGH
November 5, 2000 | 5:00am"Almost Famous" is growing by 40 minutes - but you'll have to wait until its release on DVD sometime next year to see the new version. Director Cameron Crowe is...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: SEBASTIAN LACAUSE
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe title role in Broadway's "The Rocky Horror Show" may be a small one, but actor Sebastian LaCause's solid six-pack and bulky biceps should go a long way to making...
SECRET LIFE OF A '70S RADICAL
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amVolker Schlondorff, director of the Oscar-winning "The Tin Drum" back in 1979, returns to form with "The Legends of Rita" (2000), which is part of the Museum of Modern Art's...
BOOK REVIEW
November 5, 2000 | 5:00am"HIT LIST" BY LAWRENCE BLOCKWILLIAM MORROW 272 PAGES, $25 It sounds like a good idea: a novel in which the hero is a contract killer but so likable, conflicted and...
CHARLIZE'S ANGEL SEEMS TO BE LANDING EVERYWHERE
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amWhen it comes to casting a love interest for Hollywood's top actors, there seems to be only one choice these days: Charlize Theron. But the statuesque South African beauty is...
THE MIGHTY NEWK JUST DRANK DUBYA DOWN UNDER THE TABLE
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE is no excuse for drunken driving - I have used up all those excuses. As someone who has been associated with standing close to a bottle, I have no...
HIT-RUN LADY IS 'SORRY' FOR PLOWING INTO HARLEM KIDS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe Harlem woman busted in a hit-and-run accident that sent three kids and two adults to the hospital tearfully apologized yesterday, saying she "panicked" - as cops revealed her boyfriend...
GREEK BUS HIJACK DEFUSED
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amA Greek gunman held a bus full of elderly Japanese tourists hostage yesterday, forcing the vehicle to drive up and down an Athens highway for nine hours before surrendering to...
ELIAN BRINGS A LOTTO LUCK
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amLottery players who bet the house on Elian Gonzalez have hit the jackpot. Almost two hundred Floridians played the address of the Miami house that was at the center of...
MAN STABS 2 ON CEMETERY VISIT: POLICE
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amA talk about spirits and the afterlife on a walk through a Staten Island cemetery turned violent early yesterday when a 19-year-old man beat with a rock and stabbed two...
A PREZ VETO IN NAME OF DEMOCRACY
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton yesterday vetoed a controversial government-secrets bill, saying it might "chill legitimate activities that are at the heart of a democracy." The bill would have criminalized -...
MOM DROVE DRUNK WITH 2 KIDS: COPS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amA 31-year-old Queens woman was busted on child-endangerment charges yesterday after she spent 12 hours getting drunk while driving around with her two kids, police said. When police were called...
LAZIO KEEPING PRESSURE ON FOE IN LAST PUSH
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe final weekend of the senate race kicked off yesterday with Rick Lazio hammering at Hillary Clinton for a letter she sent to Muslim supporters - while she ignored the...
IS A 'DEEP IMPACT' COMING?
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amThere's a 1-in-500 chance that an asteroid-like object will smash into the Earth with the force of 100 Hiroshima bombs in the year 2030, an international team of astronomers said....
BUSH CAN'T IGNORE THE ISSUE IF HE WANTS A WIN
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amGEORGE W. Bush apparently thinks he stands a better chance of winning if he says nothing else about the last-minute drunken-driving revelation. This is most likely a bad call. Most...
A LONG RUNNING SHOW GOOD VIEWING IS AVAILABLE IN ALL 5 BOROUGHS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe runners will race 26.2 miles through the five boroughs, beginning in Staten Island and ending in Central Park, as more than 2 million spectators wildly root them on. Yesterday,...
CLINTON HAS MORE TO EXPLAIN THAN LAZIO
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amIF Hillary Rodham Clinton is so profoundly offended by any suggestion that she's soft on terrorism, why is she working so hard to keep the issue alive? And if, in...
HILLARY SENT 'BEST WISHES' TO MUSLIMS SECOND LETTER HAILED ANTI-U.S. MEETING IN '98
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amHillary Rodham Clinton wrote a warm, welcoming greeting to a 1998 Islamic conference in which the keynote speaker trashed the United States and Israel as "the true terrorists," The Post...
'MODERATE' MUSLIM LEADER SHOCKED AT FLAP
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amAbdurahman Alamoudi is amazed his fiery anti-Israel stance has put him at the center of the Muslim flap in the New York Senate race - since he calls himself a...
PREZ PULLS MIDEAST FOES FOR SEPARATE D.C. TALKS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - A weary hope sprang up amid the ruins of Mideast peace yesterday as the embattled leaders of Israel and the PLO accepted invitations from President Clinton to meet...
*NSYNC-ER WANTS TO HIT FLOOR AS NIGHTCLUB OWNER
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amOne of the members of the mega-popular boy band *NSYNC is reportedly planning to open his own nightclub in Manhattan. Lance Bass has partnered with club owner Eytan Sugarman to...
SENATE RIVALS WILL CRISSCROSS STATE IN 3-DAY MARATHON
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe New York Senate marathon will be ending in a three-day sprint with Rick Lazio and Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigning across the state in a last-minute feeding frenzy for votes....
NUDES BULLETIN: SKIN IS IN ON STAGES EVERYWHERE
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amI still remember my first glimpse of a naked woman - naked women, actually. I was 12 years old, and for months afterward I could think of comparatively little else....
RICK CLOSING GAP AS HE SHAKES OFF 'TERROR' FLUB
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amRepublican Rick Lazio gained some ground on Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday, but still trails her by 4.4 points in their contentious Senate campaign, a New York Post/Fox 5...
'EVERYONE WANTS TO KILL' ME: DWI LEAKER
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe Maine lawyer who leaked George W. Bush's drunken-driving arrest says he's received death threats and garbage has been thrown on his lawn. As tears welled in his eyes, Tom...
CITY PLAN TO REPLACE BRIDGES IS ALL WET
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amDon't be surprised if you see a bridge floating by as you drive along the Harlem River. Six city spans over the river, some more than a century old, are...
DUBYA'S BACK TO HIS GOOD-OL'-BOY SELF
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amAlthough the polls say the presidential race is very close, Al Gore is acting like a winner. And so is George W. Bush - although the disclosure of his drunken-driving...
BUSH HEADS TO FLA. AS RACE NEARS FINISH
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amGLENSIDE, Pa. - George W. Bush kicks off a saturation tour of Florida today, fresh on the heels of a new poll showing most likely voters say his drunken-driving arrest...
LAZIO UNDER ATTACK ON BREAST CANCER
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe Senate race's final weekend kicked off with a negative ad blitz as Hillary Clinton charged that her GOP foe "walked away" from breast-cancer victims, while Rick Lazio claimed the...
HOLOCAUST GROUP SAYS ITS LAWYERS GOUGED ON FEES
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amA court battle is brewing over legal fees in the landmark $1.25 billion Swiss bank settlement with Holocaust survivors - with the head of the World Jewish Congress pitted against...
BILL RALLIES CITY FAITHFUL IN SOLO STOPS FOR WIFE
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amPresident Clinton went solo yesterday - sweeping across New York City to campaign for his wife's Senate campaign and the Gore-Lieberman ticket. As the first lady campaigned elsewhere, the president...
GOP RELIEF AS VOTERS SAY IT'S NO BIG DEAL
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amJITTERY Republicans let out a sigh of relief yesterday as an ABC News poll hinted that voters - even Democrats - are shrugging off George W. Bush's long-ago DWI woes...
FOR $6.9M YOU CAN LITERALLY BUY YOUR OWN WHITE HOUSE
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amFor years, cynics have claimed the White House is for sale. And it is - the White House in Dallas, that is. A 17,500 square-foot, red-brick replica of 1600 Pennsylvania...
GORE IN PLEA TO HOME-STATE VOTERS FOR HELP
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amMEMPHIS, Tenn. - Al Gore yesterday spoke of salvation and painted the election as a choice between good and evil as he urged black voters to help him win his...
EITHER SIDE COULD TAKE CONGRESS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amOn the brink of the Nov. 7 vote, the battles for control of the House and Senate look just as close as the presidential race - and the White House...
SHANE SUPER SWEET IN CROWN DEFENSE
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amSugar Shane Mosley had hoped to be impressive in his first fight as the WBC welterweight champion. Consider his mission accomplished. Mosley knocked down Antonio Diaz in the second round,...
NEW 'DREAM TEAM' PLANS SLAVERY SUIT
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amA new posse of high-powered lawyers - including Johnnie Cochran, who got O.J. Simpson off the hook - intends to sue the United States for damages Other targets of the...
TEACHER, 31, THIRD WEEKEND MURDER
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amA city school teacher was found stabbed to death in her Brooklyn apartment last night, police said. The body of Walani Stephens, 31, clad only in her bra and panties,...
CELEBS' VIEWS OF A MEMORABLE ELECTION SEASON
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amWhat will you remember most about the current election season 20 years from now? Will it be Al Gore's liplock with wife Tipper at the Democratic convention? Or Rick Lazio's...
H'WOOD MASTERS OF 'REMAKE' DISASTERS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amThat's what we are with this Elizabeth Hurley-Brendan Fraser remake of "Bedazzled."THE half-wits in Hollywood are at it again - remaking perfection into disaster. Last week it was "Charlie's Angels,"...
NEW KID ON THE AUCTION BLOCK IS MAKING BIG 'IMPRESSIONS'
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amFor New York's major art houses, the fall auction blitz is not just a battle over Picassos, Cezannes and Warhols - it's a full-scale marketing war. The two-week period is...
ARAFAT PLAYS POLITICS WITH U.S. ELECTIONS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amJERUSALEM. FAR from the spotlight of the U.S. presidential campaign, top Clinton-administration officials are working nonstop to end the raging violence between Israel and the Palestinians. The all-out push included...
INSECURITY COMPLEX AT FED BLDGS.
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe agency responsible for managing the nation's federal buildings has repeatedly dropped the ball in its dash to enhance security after the Oklahoma City bombing, government documents reveal. Since the...
AMERICAN ANGLERS GET HELP FROM FISHING POLS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amIN response to the growing number of proposals to limit recreational fishing along America's oceans and coasts, the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) took the lead in developing legislation with Congressional...
AVALANCHE WARNING! JETS TRY TO AVOID SNOWBALL OF LOSSES
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amWelcome to the dangerzone of the Jets' 2000 schedule. The feel-good phase of their 6-2 first half was slapped away in a sobering way by the Bills last Sunday like...
DEDRIC NOT HAPPY WITH ROLE
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES Keep a close eye on Dedric Ward today when the Jets play the Broncos at Giants Stadium. Ward, according to sources familiar with his thinking, is very dismayed...
LIGHT BROWNS NO TEST FOR BIG BLUE WIN TODAY PROVES LITTLE
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - Let's see. Next comes the Rams, which should be quite a challenge and could be quite a show. The Giants believe in their defense and what a test...
WHAT'S SECRET TO WINNING? IT'S THE TURNOVERS, STUPID
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - Art Modell will be forgiven here today before the last-ranked offense in the National Football League will shove the ball down the throat of its second-ranked run defense....
SURPRISE, SURPRISE: JETS FEELIN' SUPER
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Jets know where they are, and who they are, and what they can be. They have been around long enough not to dare overlook the dangerous Broncos today, but...
JESSIE: BEWARE OF DAWG POUND
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES CLEVELAND - This warning comes courtesy of Jessie Armstead, who has not played a game here since 1994 but is confident he knows what to expect today when...
LEETCH: FORGET NAGANO TALENT, NOT REDEMPTION, KEY IN 2002
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amMONTREAL - Say, Brian Leetch, do you think those wild and crazy Team USA kids from Nagano have redemption on the mind for 2002 in Salt Lake? "Actually, I really...
SEND IN THE SHOCK TROOPERS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amLOUISVILLE - On a day of numbing shocks, the 17th running of the Breeders' Cup rolled to a blazing climax in the $4 million Classic with a spine-tingling stretch duel...
STEVENS CHALKS UP WAR CHANT VICTORY
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amLOUISVILLE - With the deadly precision that is the hallmark of his big-race training, Neil Drysdale sprang War Chant to win the Breeders' Cup Mile yesterday and give shell-shocked horseplayers...
MARBURY STEPHS UP AND SILENCES HIS CRITICS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amHe didn't mouth the words, but Stephon Marbury said "I told you so" in the most obvious and effective way possible: with his game. And just as apparent and equally...
IN TIME, CAMBY WILL DELIVER
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe most noteworthy stat on Marcus Camby's line Friday night in Washington was not his 20 points, eight rebounds, four blocked shots and three steals. It was his 40 minutes...
PURINTON FINALLY GETS CALL
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amMONTREAL - Ranger fans, your long wait is over. Dale Purinton was in the lineup last night. With a defense weakened by injuries to Vladimir Malakhov and Kim Johnsson, Ron...
FAST TIMES IN FORECAST
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amRunners have come from all 50 states and twice as many countries for today's New York City Marathon. More than 30,000 runners with just as many stories - from those...
SUGAR SHANE & DAD MAKE SWEET TEAM
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe business relationship took root about 21 years ago, when Sugar Shane Mosley was just Shane Mosley and decided he wanted to be a champion boxer. The blood relationship began...
SHOWING SOME HART EX-WWF STAR STARTS TO BLOW WHISTLE ON MCMAHON
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amNEWS Item: Vince McMahon, last week, settled a wrongful death suit filed by the widow of WWF pro wrestler Owen Hart for a reported $18 million. The fact that this...
DOLLARS & NONSENSE BIG MONEY AND BIG TALK RULE AT GM MEETINGS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amAMELIA ISLAND, Fla. - There will be discussions of trades and disgust over contracts. Agents will make pitches and everyone will search for pitchers. The quest for talent will be...
TELL-TALE TIME FOR ISLES
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amKINGSatISLESToday1:00 - FSN WJWR (620 AM) We learn today if Friday's 4-3 overtime collapse to the lowly Lightning caused the Islanders any irreparable damage. By their 1 p.m. faceoff with...
'STING' RACE JUST PERFECT IN F&M TURF
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amLOUISVILLE - Perfect Sting, a beautiful, tenacious filly who likes nothing more than to win, staked a major claim to be crowned America's champion female turf star with a dashing...
HANDICAPPING THE FIELDS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amA look at some of the favored runners in today's marathon: MEN 1. John Kagwe, 31, Kenya. Won in '97 and '98. Experience could be his edge. 2. Japhet Kosgei,...
MACHO UNO MAKES IT 2 FOR ORSENO
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amLOUISVILLE - Macho Uno, after swerving near the wire, barely held on to beat a fast-finishing Point Given by a nose in yesterday's Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Street Cry came on...
DEVILS SUFFER A DOUBLE LOSS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amKings2Devils1 This double loss hit the Devils right where Scott Niedermayer isn't. They have until Wednesday to ponder their three-game winless streak, and wonder where the offense has gone at...
KALANISI SAVES DAY FOR EUROS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amLOUISVILLE - Strike up the band - the Europeans win a Breeders' Cup race. On a day when one European grass shipper after another bit the turf, the Aga Khan's...
'CANES LEVEL VA. TECH DOMINATE HOKIES IN BIG EAST WAR
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amMIAMI - Quarterback Michael Vick tried playing on one leg. He couldn't. Star wide receiver Andre Davis gave his bum ankle a couple of plays. He sat. And the Virginia...
DOUGLAS OUT OF LIMBO SHERM UPS TRADE VALUE COMING OFF NETS BENCH
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Rod Thorn wasn't too thrilled when Sherman Douglas exercised a $1 million option, which financially locked the Nets into him for this season. In fact, the Nets president...
COUNTRY HIDEAWAY RUNS AWAY
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amCountry Hideaway took the lead on the far turn and drew off in the stretch to win the Grade 2 $150,000 First Flight Handicap by 3½ lengths yesterday. Pacesetting Go...
KONA GOLD RUSHES TO TRACK RECORD
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amLOUISVILLE - Last year at Gulfstream Park, Kona Gold ran the second-fastest Breeders' Cup Sprint ever but fell a half-length short of catching Artax, who ran the six furlongs in...
HEAT GET INJURY EXCEPTION
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amMore bad news in the Knicks' attempt to land free-agent forward Joe Smith. The Heat yesterday were officially granted a $3.88 million injury exception for the loss of Alonzo Mourning...
CARESSING HAS TOUCH AT 47-1
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amLOUISVILLE - Early in the summer, jockey John Velazquez thought he'd found his meal ticket for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies when he rode Raging Fever to win her first...
SPAIN'S REIGN NOT SO PLAIN
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amLOUISVILLE - Are there any words in the dictionary to describe the training magic of D. Wayne Lukas, the greatest trainer of the 20th century? Just as the big crowd...
'TIZ' A TRUE CLASSIC TIZNOW OUTDUELS 'CAUSEWAY' FUPEG FLOPS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amLOUISVILLE - Tiznow, a late-developing colt supplemented to the Breeders' Cup Classic for $360,000, threw his hat into the ring for Horse of the Year yesterday with a hard-fought, upset...
HAMPTON METS ON SKID ROW
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amIf Mike Hampton ends up leaving town, then his exodus started yesterday. According to Hampton's agent, Mark Rodgers, the Mets haven't raised their offer from before the season so Hampton...
SAFETY'S THE DIFFERENCE FOR MSGR. FARRELL
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amCHSFL AAA PLAYOFFSFarrell2CTK0 Playing without star running back Jason Sullivan for almost the entire game, Monsignor Farrell needed a great effort from its defense, but even the Lions couldn't have...
KNICK OFFICIALS QUESTIONED BY NBA
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amWhile Latrell Sprewell won't square off against the NBA until tomorrow, Knick management has already been interviewed as part of the league's investigation into whether Spree violated tampering rules regarding...
MACHO JR. WINS LACKLUSTER DECISION
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amHector Camacho Jr. came into the ring wearing blue trucks with red and silver tassels that went well past his knees. They were meant as stylish decoration, but turned out...
YOUNG NETS LOOK LIKE OLD SELVES AGAINST HORNETS
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amWhat you must remember about this year's Nets is that they are a work in progress, going through a learning experience. They're learning how to play together, learning a new...
RANGERS KEEP THE GOALS COMING
November 5, 2000 | 5:00amRangers5Canadiens2 MONTREAL - The most critical play of this young and still-below .500 Ranger season was the Theo Fleury offensive-zone slash in the waning minutes of last Friday's loss to...