December 5, 2000
THE KING OF THE CLASS-B BUILDINGS: STEPHEN GREEN TAKES ON MIDTOWN
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amSTEPHEN Green, king of the class-B buildings and big brother of mayoral wannabe Mark Green, couldn't have picked a better day than yesterday to make a deal. SL Green Realty,...
LVMH THINKS OF VUITTON GLOBALLY, ACTS ON 5TH AVE.
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amIt's just the start. Bernard Arnault's LVMH plans to roll out its new global store concept for Louis Vuitton to many of the existing Louis Vuitton stores across the country....
IT'S A GUCCI COUP ; DE SOLE GRABBING MCQUEEN FROM ARNAULT
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amHe swears it's unrelated to their epic slugfest. But Gucci's Domenico De Sole will snap up hot young designer Alexander McQueen just as soon as his contract with Bernard Arnault's...
SCROOGE HITS DOUBLECLICK: ONLINE AD FIRM FIRING 170 FOR XMAS
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amDoubleClick began its expected housecleaning yesterday, firing around 170 of its 2,100 staff. The company announced the move yesterday morning in a brief statement. "The steps we have taken were...
USA NET LOOKS TO SELL TV STATIONS FOR $1B
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amBarry Diller's USA Networks plans to sell off its TV station assets or get them into a joint-venture in a deal that could fetch the company approximately $1 billion. Diller...
NO PRESIDENT, BUT ELECTION BOOKS ARE COMING
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amCampaign 2000 may spawn as many books as O. J. Simpson - but so far there is a scarcity of big ticket advances for authors. At least a half-dozen deals...
CRAMER PACKS IT IN: SAYS HE'LL RETIRE FROM HEDGE FUND BUSINESS
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amA $100 million nest egg is probably enough for Jim Cramer. Cramer - the workaholic hedge fund founder and glib financial columnist - is taking his chips and retiring from...
RUMOR-MONGER'S ADDING ; WEB TO WIRELESS
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amIn a tribute to the old trades and crafts, wireless rumor mill dotcomscoop is launching a Web site. Previously a newsgroup for cell-phone users based on the UPOC network, dotcomscoop...
LISTENING PAYS OFF AT TALBOTS
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amRETAILERS may be moaning about a lackluster Christmas and having to mark down merchandise - but Talbots won't be joining them. The women's specialty store - known best for its...
CHILLY INVESTORS WINTERIZE WITH BLUE CHIPS
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amInvestors circled their wagons behind solid blue chips yesterday to hunker down to what could be the harshest winter in years for Wall Street. Caution sent buyers scrambling for old-line...
READY FOR CLOSEUPS: NEW DIRECTORS TAKING TALENTS TO SUNDANCE
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amA TRIO of high-profile directing debuts are among the most highly anticipated films at next month's star-studded Sundance Film Festival. Actress Christine Lahti, who won an Oscar for her 1995...
GORGEOUS IN GREEN; IN VANCOUVER, NATURAL BEAUTY GETS TOP BILLING
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amYOU will excuse Vancouver its youthful exuberance. As cities go, it's fairly young. The region has grown significantly only in the last 50 years, which is not to say that...
THE LADIES WHO LAUNCH ENTERTAINMENT TRENDS
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amSUPERSTAR Julia Roberts proves she's more than just a pretty woman, making her debut at No. 3 on the Hollywood Reporter's annual roll call of the most powerful women in...
MARTIAL-ING ALL THEIR STRENGTHS ; MOVIE TOUGH GIRLS INSPIRE FITNESS BUFFS
December 5, 2000 | 5:00am'AND that's kicking your a - -!"When Drew Barrymore's "Charlie's Angels" character triumphantly cleans up a bunch of thugs with her bone-crunching karate chops, what New York tough girl doesn't...
HERE COMES THE PRINCESS BRIDE
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amTHE story of a love-struck Marine, his Saudi princess bride and the yet-to-be written fairytale ending to their real-life saga will be turned into an NBC movie. "The Princess and...
LOSER'S LOUNGE CRACKLIN' WITH THIS GEM
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amTHE lovable Loser's Lounge presents "Hot December Nights," its tribute to Neil Diamond. Besides his own hits with "Sweet Caroline," "Cracklin' Rose" and numerous others, the Brooklynite penned the Monkees'...
ME, POSE NAKED FOR PLAYBOY..? MAG POLL TO PICK SEXIEST SPORTS BABE
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amPLAYBOY is asking its readers to decide who is the sexiest sports reporter on TV. And the winner will be asked to pose nude in a future issue, magazine insiders...
THE STARR REPORT
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amNBC's Lennon biopic is a big moptop flop NBC's bid to cash in on the resurgence of Beatlemania took a hit Sunday night. While the "Beatles Anthology" book and the...
REAL DEAL COPS: 'BROOKLYN NORTH' DOESN'T FLINCH FROM THE DIRTY WORK
December 5, 2000 | 5:00am"Brooklyn NorthHomicide Squad" Tonight, tomorrow and Thursday at 10 p.m. on Court TV IF you love "Homicide: Life on the Street," you'll be fascinated by "Brooklyn North Homicide Squad." This...
THESE MEN WANT TO KNOW . . . AM I HOT?
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Web hasn't seen this much action since that funny Turkish man Mahir shouted "I Kiss You" on his Web site in 1999.The newest mass procrastination tool to storm the...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amTwo-hour whale-watching trips in Virginia Beach. Wanna watch?There are many ways to pass the time at Virginia Beach, and whale-watching is one you shouldn't skip. Beginning Jan. 3, the Virginia...
COVERS ARE ALL THE RAGE
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amRAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE "Renegades" ½ Epic While fans are still reeling from the October announcement that Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha is quitting the band...
VENUS & SERENA SIS-ZLE
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amWatch out, John McEnroe - the sassy Williams sisters say they're proud of their take-no-prisoners style on the tennis court, and the world had better get used to it! "Serena...
HEX AND THE CITY? URBAN MEN DIE YOUNG
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amLiving in a big city like New York is a risky proposition for men, an alarming new study shows. Researchers report city-dwelling males are 62 percent more likely to die...
SPENDING LEAK HAD ELTON LIVID: EX-FLAME
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amElton John's temper burned like a candle in the wind when intimate details of his outrageous spending habits were bared, it was revealed yesterday. "He was incandescent with rage," John...
DEMS ON HILL HOLD LINE: LEADERS CALL FOR PARTY'S PATIENCE AS GORE APPEALS
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democrats in Congress insisted last night that nobody is antsy for Al Gore to wrap up his legal crusade to win the White House. The two top Democrats...
Q & A ON THE FLORIDA FIASCO'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amQ: Where are we now? A: Al Gore took a one-two punch yesterday as courts ruled twice for George W. Bush -- and the question is whether Gore is down...
ONCE-RAILROADED TWU ACTIVIST ; SOLID PICK FOR UNION PREZ
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amROGER TOUSSAINT lives in Brooklyn, unknown and unemployed. But, chances are, everyone will soon know his name and will have to respect his ideas. Toussaint, 44, is challenging incumbent Willie...
ZETA-JONES CITES WEALTH OF REASONS TO SIGN A PRENUP
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amCatherine Zeta-Jones says women who marry multimillionaires should have to sign prenuptial agreements - and insists she's perfectly happy with the contract Michael Douglas made her ink. "I think prenups...
COURT QUESTIONS PINOCHET'S INDICTMENT
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amA Chile appeals court yesterday ordered a crusading judge to explain why he indicted Gen. Augusto Pinochet on homicide and kidnapping charges last week. The appeals tribunal gave Judge Juan...
VACCINE COULD CONQUER KIDS' LEUKEMIA
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amScientists are eyeing a miracle vaccine that could prevent childhood leukemia. They believe kids born with a certain genetic abnormality linked to leukemia could be given a shot to keep...
BUYING PRESENTS FOR PETS NEEDN'T GIVE YOU PAWS
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amYou probably won't buy your four-legged friend something he's already bought himself.Savvy Shopper has a pet peeve: people who, at this festive time of year, forget about the animals who...
BIBI MULLING POLITICAL COMEBACK AS ISRAEL HITS 'ROCK BOTTOM'
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday Israel was at "rock bottom" after two months of violence - and said he would decide "in the very near future"...
HEARTBREAK KIDS' LETTERS ASK FOR CHRISTMAS CHEER
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amLittle Demi from The Bronx, who is stricken with cerebral palsy, wants a computer for Christmas. Rafael from Brooklyn needs a pair of boots so kids at school won't poke...
MORTAR FIRE SPURS FEARS OF KOSO WAR
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amEthnic Albanian rebels fired mortars at Serbian police along the Kosovo-Serbia border yesterday, leading to fears of a new Balkans war - with U.S. and NATO peacekeepers caught in the...
PAPA BUSH TO GET A HIP OP
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amFormer President George Bush will undergo hip-replacement surgery today at the Mayo Clinic, officials said yesterday. The clinic confirmed the operation would take place but gave no details pending a...
PARKS BOSS TRIED TO PUT JAZZFEST IN 50G JAM
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amParks Commissioner Henry Stern tried to extract a $50,000 "donation" from a major retailer before issuing a permit for a summer music concert in City Hall Park, The Post has...
PRAYERS FOR FIRE HERO HIT BY CAR
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amAn off-duty fireman was fighting for his life last night after being struck by a car zooming down Queens Boulevard at more than twice the speed limit, authorities said. Derek...
PUZZLED COPS FREE BUSTED BUDDY OF SLAIN JOCKEY
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amBaffled Pasadena cops yesterday released a man arrested near the home of tragic, troubled jockey Chris Antley hours after his slaying - and admitted they have no suspects in the...
PRINCIPALS WANT MORE SECURITY: SURVEY
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amSixty percent of principals complain they don't have enough security officers, a survey conducted for the Board of Education found. The widespread belief among principals that they're shorthanded comes to...
'CRUELLA' GETS LAST LAUGH ON DETRACTORS ; DECISION VINDICATES FLA. OFFICIAL
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amLOOK who's chuckling into her mascara wand now. Cruella De Vil has been vindicated. The woman whose eye makeup was compared unfavorably to a drag queen's by the Washington Post's...
THE TRAGIC DOWNFALL OF A TROUBLED JOCKEY ; CHRIS ANTLEY'S HARROWING RIDE ENDS IN MURDER
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amJOCKEY Chris Antley rode hard, lived hard and died hard. The 34-year-old turf superstar - nicknamed The Ant - was the greatest jockey of his generation - but one eternally...
IT TOOK A LOT OF HEART AND SAULS TO TURN DOWN AL
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amJUDGE N. Sanders Sauls, a real ol' Southern boy, yesterday told another Southern boy named Al Gore, "Your dog doesn't hunt, son." This was in the same breath that he...
COBBLE HILL IS GETTING A CAFFEINE JOLT
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amIF YOU lived in Cobble Hill and wanted to taste the burned-to-a-crisp goodness of Starbucks coffee, you used to have to schlep to Brooklyn Heights. Not anymore. Starbucks is about...
RECOUNT BID IS SHORT-CIRCUITED ; JUDGE NIXES GORE'S SHOT IN 2 COUNTIES
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In the 16 minutes it took to read his decision, circuit Judge N. Sanders Sauls demolished every major claim Al Gore's lawyers raised in seeking to overturn...
'LAST' ROUND FOR BLOODIED VEEP
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Al Gore, knocked flat by yesterday's twin court rulings against him, dusted himself off last night and vowed to fight one more round. "They won. We lost. We're...
AT LAST, IT'S NEARLY OVER!; 28 DAYS OF GORE DEFEATS
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amIT'S been four weeks. Four weeks since the election. Twenty-eight days of maddening gamesmanship by Al Gore and his supporters, who have made claim after claim about the essential fraudulence...
THROW IN THE TOWEL OR BE HUNG OUT TO DRY
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amIt's over - legally and politically - so if Al Gore doesn't concede fast to George W. Bush, he risks going down in history as the symbol of a sore...
AL SOCKED WITH DOUBLE WHAMMY: SUPREME, FLA. COURTS LEAVE HIM ON ROPES
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amAl Gore's White House hopes were barely alive yesterday after a one-two punch from the U.S. Supreme Court and a Florida judge who flatly rejected his claim that he really...
BUSH IS CHEERING COURT VICTORY WITH ; GLEE BUT NO GLOAT
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amAUSTIN, Texas - A beaming George W. Bush played the gracious winner yesterday - backing off his own camp's call for rival Al Gore to drop out. "That's a very...
DEM FRONT SHOWS CRACKS ; CONGRESS BIGS ASK PATIENCE AS SOME LOSE FAITH
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Top Democrats in Congress insisted last night they're not antsy for Al Gore to wrap up his legal crusade to win the White House - but a few...
SCHEDULE'S BEEN KIND EARLY ON
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe Knicks had a chance to go a season-high five games over .500 last night with a win over the lowly Clippers. But would that 12-7 mark accurately reflect where...
STEADYING FORCE: HOUSTON'S COME UP BIG DURING KNICK STRUGGLES
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amGlen Rice has been unsteady, occasionally moody and too concerned about adjusting to his bench role or being on the court in the fourth quarter instead of just sticking J's....
YANKS SEEK NEW NELLIE
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amMore and more it looks as if the Yankees' efforts to replace Jeff Nelson will come from within the organization despite each arm having a question mark attached to it....
KNICKS HAVE HAD EASY ROAD
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES The Knicks went a season-high five games over .500 last night with a 106-78 romp over the lowly Clippers. But does that 12-7 mark accurately reflect where they...
BRANDON - HOUSTON DEAL ON TAP
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amOK, so the Knicks were 3-1 going into last night's game against my Clippers with Latrell Sprewell caretaking the point in Charlie Ward's absence. But, you know, of course, they're...
FASSEL WON'T FEEL GOOD, YET ; COACH SAYS JINTS STILL HAVE WORK
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amWhen you smile, the whole world smiles with you, but don't let Jim Fassel catch you in the act. Fresh off a breakthrough victory that sets the Giants up magnificently...
JIM FEELS FOR FIRED BUDDY NORV
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Jim Fassel as coach-killer? The same head coach whose job security was in question as recently as two weeks ago learned yesterday that his friend, Norv Turner of...
BYRON ORDERS LARGE SHAKE
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - There will be changes. Shakeups. Different rotations. Fire from the heavens, boiling seas ... Sorry, we got a little carried away. But coach Byron Scott announced there will...
STRATEGY VS. RAIDERS: JUST WIN, BABY
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe playoff scenario for the Jets is simple: A win over the Raiders in Oakland coupled with a Giants win or tie against the Steelers at Giants Stadium and the...
KENNEDY QB ERASES ALL THE DOUBTS
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amJerry Horowitz said that he had been questioned before Sunday's game about whether he thought quarterback Morris Alvarez was good enough to bring his team from behind in the PSAL...
DITKA MAKES NO APOLOGIES
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amListen closely kids because Mike Ditka's theory goes like this: "Opinions are like noses or [bleeps]," he said yesterday at the annual Division I-AA College Football Awards at The Downtown...
LEON SHOULD BE IN UNIFORM THIS WEEK
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES The Jets are expecting return specialist Leon Johnson to be ready for action Sunday in Oakland. Al Groh said yesterday he decided late the night before Sunday's game...
NAMATH, LT PRAISE FASSEL GUARANTEE
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe greatest Giant and the greatest Jet in history watched Giants coach Jim Fassel guarantee his team would make the playoffs and had similar reactions: two thumbs up. "I loved...
SATHER SET FOR SALARY DUMP - HE'LL EAT $$, AIM TO LAND BIG STAR - EXCLUSIVE
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amRanger GM Glen Sather (top, left) wants to clear salary room to set up future deal - and is offering Theo Fleury, among others, around league, Post has learned.New York...
METS LAG IN ARMS RACE
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe Mets lost out on Mike Mussina, Steve Phillips explained, because the righty wanted to stay in the AL. The team lost out on Denny Neagle, the GM said, because...
DEVILS FACING THEIR TOUGHEST TEST YET
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amDevils' Martin Brodeur was sharp vs. Isles over weekend - and will need to be just as sharp against Avs tonight.Neil Miller The showdown arrives with minimal buildup, except in...
JIM AND NORV: A TALE OF TWO COACHES
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amJIM Fassel got the game ball and Norv Turner got the boot. There wasn't a crystal ball in East Rutherford, Washington or Las Vegas that forecast such a scenario back...
MSG HIRES ARCHITECTS TO LOOK INTO NEW ARENA
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amThe folks over at Madison Square Garden, continuing to explore options for the future of the arena, have hired the architects who designed L.A.'s sparkling new Staples Center to dream...
NELLIE EAGER TO FACE YANKS
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amJeff Nelson has a new address in Seattle and a three-year contract for a hefty raise from the Mariners. Yet the veteran right-handed reliever didn't lose any of the confidence...
WOLF MAN ALLAN? KNICKS MAY TRADEHOU FOR BRANDON
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amSO the Knicks, after beating my Clippers last night, are 4-1 with Latrell Sprewell caretaking the point in Charlie Ward's absence. But you know, of course, they're not fooling anyone,...
GRIFFIN DOWN IN WIN
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amSOUTH ORANGE - Even in the midst of an at-times awesome athletic display, even in the closing moments when The Post's No. 14 Seton Hall should've been sealing its 97-87...
OAKLEY-MCINNIS WAR LOOKS FAR FROM OVER
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amSo, this is the story: Here are the Raptors on Saturday night; down two at home to the Clippers with six seconds remaining in regulation; no Vince Carter again due...
NIFTY KNICKS KNOCK CLIPS INTO LA LA LAND
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amKnicks 106 Clippers 78 Jeff Van Gundy said before last night's game that the Clippers would contend for the eighth seed if they were in The East. Maybe the Big...
CHILD'S GETTING BIG PICTURE
December 5, 2000 | 5:00amBackup point guard Chris Childs had bit his tongue for the last eight days since Jeff Van Gundy went with the controversial "Big Backcourt" that features no point guard. But...