September 10, 2001

BCBG LOOKS TO DIG ITSELF OUT OF CASH CRUNCH

The show must go on, but at BCBG Max Azria, the seams are beginning to wear thin. Though the fashion house will be putting on an extravagant fashion show under...

WWD.COM AXES EDITORS

JUST in time for Fashion Week - layoffs of some big names at Fairchild Publications. The president of wwd.com, Rochelle Udell, and the site's editor-in-chief, Stephen Dowdell - a 15-year...

GATES' GAME PLAN ; MICROSOFT PLANS TO WIN WITH NEW XBOX

Bill Gates is moving in to take over your home with video games. Microsoft is already working on the next generation of its Xbox gaming console. Said to be code-named...

ALL EYES NOW ON CONSUMER SPENDING

Investors will be closely watching economic indicators this week in the wake of a devastating jobs report last Friday that Wall Street fears could tip the nation's economy into recession....

SUCH GOOD 'COMPANY'

IF television can come up with an adorable gangster, why not a lovable CIA too? For years, the intelligence agency has had a serious image problem. TV writers searching for...

THE SONGS ARE LUSTY, BUT THE BOOK'S TOO MUSTY

GIRL CRAZYAt the Mainstage, 14th Street Y, 344 E. 14 St. Through Sept. 16. Call (212) 362-0713. CONCERT revivals of old musicals come in all shapes and sizes. There's Encores!,...

'MARRIED' NOT MADE IN HEAVEN

PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED LONDON - Going to almost any new musical in London is somewhat like attending a Broadway preview - since so many of the shows here eventually...

CLINIC'S RX FOR HO-HUM ; LIVERPOOL BAND HITS TOWN WITH DEBUT CD

CLINIC, formed in Liverpool in 1997, slams the United States with its big debut CD, "Internal Wrangler," which updates organ-drenched garage rock with spooky, electronic touches and sounds of breaking...

STARR REPORT

'Tenors' return to airwaves - on A&E A&E has snatched "The Three Tenors" away from PBS - and will air their concert from Beijing's Forbidden City on Sunday, Sept. 30...

MAKING OF THE MAYOR

"Campaign Confidential: The Men Who Would Be Mayor" Tonight at 8 on WNET/Ch. 13 Confidentially, I don't think Michael Bloomberg's going to make it. Not if he's really like the...

FILMGOING IN MONTREAL TRÈS BIEN

'THIS is my 30th movie of the festival," a man sitting behind me at the Cinema Imperial remarked to a companion on the final day of the Montreal World Film...

CANADIAN BOUNTIES ; HOLLYWOOD SENDS ITS BIG GUNS TO TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL

TORONTO - You know the fall film season has arrived in earnest when the populace of Toronto, North America's most movie-mad city (with stats to prove it), line up for...

IT'S LADIES' NIGHT: FASHION WEEK'S DESIGNING WOMEN RULE THE RUNWAYS

Anyone who's felt out of fashion because they won't deign to wear one of the skimpy mini-skirts that are all the rage for fall owes a debt of gratitude to...

IMITATION OF PRESS

The backstage manager's orders were firm. "OK, ladies! No smiling, no hands on hips. You're stars! You're gorgeous! Now get out there!" Pretty typical pre-show backstage talk, except at the...

THREE'S COMPANY AT GENART'S SHOW

Designers Liz Collins, Keanan Duffty and Danenberg/Castro's Rebecca Danenberg and Anthony Castro shared the spotlight at Saturday night's GenArt/Nokia runway show, an annual Fashion Week event that spotlights fledgling fashion...

FERRER FALLOUT COULD KO MCCALL GOV BID

THERE's "growing alarm" that Carl McCall's bid to win the Democratic nomination for governor will be harmed by Fernando Ferrer's primary campaign for mayor. Senior state Democrats told The Post...

WHY EVERY CITY DEM SHOULD FEAR FERRER

PETER VALLONE may be the best man we've got to fill Rudy Giuliani's loafers - an experienced, moderate, humorous fellow intent on preventing this city from sliding into the sewer....

RICE: PALESTINIANS 'CAN DO MORE' TO END VIOLENCE

WASHINGTON - President Bush's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, yesterday put the onus on the Palestinians for new Mideast violence and said they "need to do more" to end it....

POLL: GREEN LEADS BY 8

A just-completed poll of 1,205 Democrats finds Mark Green with 28 percent of the mayoral primary vote, followed by Fernando Ferrer at 20 percent and Peter Vallone and Alan Hevesi...

ACTOR MATT RUSHES TO AID STRICKEN FAN

Hollywood heartthrob Matthew McConaughey has earned a four-star rave for his real-life heroics after he rushed to the aid of a woman who collapsed at the Toronto Film Festival. During...

CANCER VICTIMS, KIN COPE WELL

Encouraging new studies show that cancer sufferers cope with the illness - and their families handle the bad news - better than previously thought. Researchers in the United States and...

HARRY POTTER'S LOST NUDE SCENE

Red-faced producers had to reshoot a scene in the new "Harry Potter" film after a few extras were accidentally filmed topless. The nudity was found in an aerial shot of...

PROBE RIPS ANDY IN $130M HUD MESS

WASHINGTON - Federal watchdogs today will testify that Andrew Cuomo's "lax oversight" let crooks loot a housing program for the poor that will now cost taxpayers $130 million to bail...

GRISTEDES PUTS COUNCIL RACE IN THE GROCERY BAG

One of the city's biggest supermarket barons is giving special help to first-time City Council candidate Elana Waksal Posner - he's stuffing shoppers' grocery bags with her campaign literature. Gristedes...

VIDEO CAPTURES AALIYAH'S LAST DANCE

Hours before she tragically died in a plane crash, Aaliyah's last carefree moments of dancing and singing were captured on a home video. The amateur video shows Aaliyah with dancers...

NOW THEY START FIGHTING? THE MAYORAL WANNABES BEGIN TO MIX IT UP, TOO LATE

WHAT IF? That's the question raised by the three televised debates conducted yesterday, with the New York mayor's race about to reach its climax. Two of the debates were among...

EX-COP SLAIN IN BRONX

An ex-cop was killed in a push-in robbery attempt in The Bronx yesterday after he fatally shot one of the thugs who attacked him, police said. Michael Brown, 44, was...

CATHOLIC HS STRIKE OK'D

The teachers union for five city Catholic high schools plans to strike this week - but the exact day is being kept a secret to prevent the archdiocese from replacing...

SOUTER: I JUST MISSED TILTING COURT FOR GORE

WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter believes he could have swung the court's crucial election ruling in favor of Al Gore if he'd had "one more day," a...

N.Y. SENS.: DOCK AID TO DIPLO-SCOFF NATIONS

New York's senators want to cut countries' foreign aid - by the amount of their diplomats' unpaid parking tickets. "This is an issue that drives me, and most New Yorkers,...

JACKO FAINTS AFTER PARTY - WHISKED OUT OF TAVERN ON GREEN

An exhausted Michael Jackson collapsed into his handlers' arms as he was about to leave a glittering post-concert party at Tavern on the Green over the weekend, sources told The...

B'KLYN PARENTS: WE'LL SUE TO HALT BOARD OF ED. CUTS

A group of Brooklyn parents will go to court this week to prevent the Board of Education from slashing programs to close a nearly $200 million budget shortfall. Their lawyer,...

THEIR SLOGAN SHOULD BE: OUR SLOGANS STINK

WOULD you vote for a man who promises that he's "making a difference"? How about a woman who says she's "on your side" or a guy who claims to have...

BABY IS BORN ON CENTRAL PK. ROCK

A baby girl was born in Central Park yesterday and left by her mother on a rock with the umbilical cord still attached, police said. A homeless man saw the...

'SO MUCH OLDER' DYLAN HAS TROUBLE WITH BIO

The times they are a-changing, but for aging rock pioneer Bob Dylan, so is the past. He can't remember much of it, so he's relying on friends to supply anecdotes...

BADILLO RIPS BLOOMBERG OVER 'GAGS'

Republican mayoral hopeful Herman Badillo yesterday lashed out at primary rival Michael Bloomberg in their only TV debate, charging that insulting jokes attributed to the media mogul prove he's "guilty...

SHOFAR, SO GOOD - TRUMPETS HERALD REBIRTH OF BURNED 1872 SYNAGOGUE

New York's oldest synagogue reopened to the sound of shofars yesterday, more than three years after it was gutted by a devastating fire. "For me, it's a microcosm of the...

THE NASTINESS BEHIND, AND AHEAD

REMEMBER Fun City? Remember when voices raised in counterfeit anger were certain to get City Hall's undivided attention? No, not the Dinkins years - but way, way back, when John...

DESIGNER HELPED BY HER RICH TRADITION

Democratic fund-raiser and posh Pardongater Denise Rich knows how to throw a party - especially when it comes to her designing daughter, Ilona. Rich yesterday hosted a star-studded gala for...

'SCANDAL' OVER MIKE IS THE REAL JOKE

REPUBLICAN mayoral candidate Michael Bloomberg is a villain who quite obviously should be publicly tarred and feathered. Of course, I am talking about the "outrage" of the so-called "joke-gate scandal"...

SERENA'S SERENITY IN DEFEAT GIVES WAY TO TEARS

While walking off the court after her defeat Saturday, Serena Williams put on a brave face. But her stoic mask shattered when she burst into tears in the hallway. Nearly...

RECORD MOB RUSHES NETS

This year's star-studded U.S. Open smashed all previous attendance records - even before Lleyton Hewitt's stunning defeat of Pete Sampras last night. Last year, the event, which has the highest...

ARAB THUGS KILL SEVEN ON 'BLOODY SUNDAY'

JERUSALEM - The Israeli defense Cabinet approved stringent West Bank security measures to box in the Palestinian Authority after a wave of three terror attacks left seven Israelis dead and...

'A CITY DIVIDED': VALLONE, FERRER TRADE BARBS OVER RACE

Peter Vallone made a last-minute lunge at Democratic mayoral foe Fernando Ferrer yesterday, charging that his campaign tactics were "encouraging bigots like Sonny Carson to come out of holes." Trailing...

NEW YORK POST: FROM SEPT. 10, 1924

"Chicago - Sentences of life imprisonment for the murder of 14-year-old Robert Franks and 99-years' imprisonment for kidnapping the boy were meted out today to Nathan F. Leopold Jr. and...

OSCAR-WINNER HOPKINS: 'I'M JUST A STUPID ACTOR'

If you see somebody eating human flesh and playing twisted psychological games a la Hannibal Lecter, don't worry - it's "just a stupid actor." That's the word from Anthony Hopkins,...

4 SLAIN IN NEW CALIFORNIA RAMPAGE

The shellshocked city of Sacramento was hit with another grisly massacre over the weekend as a fired security guard allegedly blew away four people, including three co-workers. A massive manhunt...

THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT: MINIS GIVE WAY TO MAXIS ON THE RUNWAYS OF FASHON WEEK'S FIRST DAY OF SHOWS

Anyone who's felt out of fashion because they won't deign to wear one of the skimpy mini-skirts that are all the rage for fall owe a debt of gratitude to...

'LARGEST POLL OUT THERE' GIVES MARK 8-POINT LEAD

A just-completed poll of 1,205 Democrats finds Mark Green with 28 percent of the mayoral primary vote, followed by Fernando Ferrer at 20 percent and Peter Vallone and Alan Hevesi...

BADILLO THROWS THE 'BOOK' AT BLOOMY

Republican mayoral hopeful Herman Badillo yesterday lashed out at primary rival Mike Bloomberg in their only TV debate, charging insulting jokes attributed to the media mogul prove he's "guilty of...

TERRORISTS KILL EIGHT ON 'BLOODY SUNDAY'

JERUSALEM - The Israeli defense Cabinet approved stringent West Bank security measures to box in the Palestinian Authority after a wave of terrorism yesterday left eight dead and more than...

PEDRO'S SEASON COMES TO CLOSE

Pedro Martinez, barring a miracle rebound by Boston, won't pitch again this year. And his spot in the Red Sox rotation is going to a reliever who hadn't thrown from...

CONE'S SAVVY TO MOOSE'S PSYCHE

For David Cone, it was a gesture of gratitude. Nobody knows for certain how Mike Mussina took it, but Cone made time to talk to Mussina before the Yankees' 7-2...

RICE OPENS RAIDER RUN WITH WIN VS. CHIEFS

Raiders 27 Chiefs 24 KANSAS CITY - In the victorious visiting locker room in Arrowhead Stadium, guard Ed Wisniewski, the former Dallas Cowboy, thanked Al Davis for bringing him to...

'VOODOO' TOO POWERFUL FOR GARDEN CITY FIELD

Who do the voodoo that you do so well? Voodoo Dancer, that's who. Yesterday at Belmont Park, trainer Chris Clement's standout 3-year-old grass filly proved her recent fourth in the...

GIANTS DEAD ON ABOUT OPENER

DENVER - It is not as if the Giants don't know what they are getting themselves into. "It," safety Shaun Williams said, "is going to be deadly." How else to...

KNOBBY JOINS LINE TO TRAINER'S ROOM

YANKEE NOTES Yankee trainer Gene Monahan is going to need a velvet rope outside his room to keep order inside it. With Derek Jeter, Paul O'Neill and Scott Brosius already...

ANDY FLIES AGAIN WITH ROCKET BOOST

LOSER of one game, Roger Clemens goes for his 20th win tonight at the Stadium against what's left of the Red Sox. No Major League pitcher ever has been 20-1....

GANG GREEN WON'T BLAME THE SYSTEM

JET NOTES To a man, the Jets blamed themselves for yesterday's 45-24 loss to the Colts, refusing to blame the Herman Edwards or his assistants or the new systems that...

COLTS RUN JET 'D' RAGGED

Suddenly, Al Groh's tough 2000 training camp looks a lot more productive than his former naysayer players made it out to be. The Jets' players might remember starting 2000 4-0...

ONE TO REMEMBER ; JOHNSON BLASTS FIRST HR, YANKS ROLL

Yanks 7 Red Sox 2 Tino Martinez and Nick Johnson. You can't mention one without thinking of the other. How does it go? Johnson is pushing Martinez out of The...

HERMAN'S HORRORS HAVE JUST BEGUN

THE unraveling of Herman Edwards is going to be a sad thing to witness. It may not come today, or even next week or next month, but if you know...

POSADA BAN MAY GO INTO '02 SEASON

With his son back in a Manhattan hospital due to a post-surgery infection, Jorge Posada has more important issues than when MLB will hear his appeal of the six-game suspension...

O SAY CAN YOU HEAR?

GIANT NOTES DENVER - The new home of the Broncos is built adjacent to Mile High Stadium, which served as a hostile environment for opposing teams for 41 years. Tonight's...

RAMS SURVIVE LATE BIRD RUSH

OVERTIME Rams 20 Eagles 17 PHILADELPHIA - A 26-yard field goal by Jeff Wilkins in overtime gave the Rams a 20-17 win over the Eagles yesterday at the Vet, saving...

NWOKORIE RUMBLES INTO HISTORY BOOK

If there was one image that defined the humbling start to the Herman Edwards Era, one picture that summed up the Jets' 45-24 season-opening loss to Indianapolis, it was DE...

COLTS' NO-HUDDLE MEANS NO HOPE FOR GANG GREEN

The Jets were determined to double-cover Indianapolis WR Marvin Harrison and take away the deep passing game. So the Colts just harried them with the no-huddle, dissected them with short...

FONZIE'S AIMING TO PLAY IN PITTSBURGH

MET NOTES MIAMI - Edgardo Alfonzo's sprained left index finger felt better yesterday, but it didn't feel good enough for him to start. He is hopeful to play tomorrow in...

SAMPRAS: MAJORS HAVEN'T PASSED ME BY

Despite being humiliated in his second consecutive U.S. Open Final, despite not having won a tournament in his last 18 events, despite failing to win one Grand Slam in a...

WHAT ELSE IS NEW? JETS FUMBLE SEALS WIN FOR COLTS

The final note of the national anthem dissolved into the Meadowlands air and Herman Edwards took brief pause to look toward the sky with thoughts of his late father, Herman...

THE CHASE JUST GOT TOUGHER

Marlins 4 Mets 2 MIAMI - The impossible became harder yesterday; the scoreboard explained that. Braves win. Phillies win. Mets lose. The miracle run may not have ended with yesterday's...

NO CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION IN CLUELESS HEWITT'S WIN

THE GRAND celebration of the comeback of an all-time champion prematurely presumed to be over the hill turned into a first-time triumph of a kid from down under a rock....

HEWITT MASTERS SAMPRAS: PETE FALLS IN STRAIGHT SETS FOR 2ND YEAR IN ROW

When Lleyton Hewitt whizzed one final backhand passing shot by Pete Sampras on match point, the stunned 20-year-old Aussie baseliner fell flat onto his back. For those few seconds, roles...