November 23, 2001
SHOPPING PARADISE - RETAILERS FORCED TO OFFER DEEP DISCOUNTS
The consumer is in the driver's seat this holiday season, and the name of the game is promotions. The holiday shopping season, which kicks off in full force today, is...
G+J INKS SWEET IN-HOUSE DEAL
FOR Rosie and Family Circle, printing contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars are now all in the family. After a down-to-the-wire negotiation, Daniel Brewster, the CEO of the magazine...
ASHLEIGH COME HOME - WAR BABE'S POP WANTS HER TO COME HOME
WAR babe Ashleigh Banfield's dad is an overprotective papa who's begging his daughter - and her NBC employers - to keep her out of Afghanistan. John Banfield told a Canadian...
STARR REPORT
No wavering: Choppers up and running Ch. 4, CH. 11, CH. 5 have joined Ch. 2 and Ch. 7 in getting a waiver from the FAA to fly its news...
TOM SKATES OVER TO WB
GROSS-OUT comedian Tom Green is headed back to TV. Green is developing a half-hour variety show that revolves around skateboarding for the WB network. The program will include reality-based comedy...
'JUNG' PUTS A FACE ON SUFFERING IN AFGHANISTAN
JUNG (WAR) IN THE LAND OF THE MUJAHEDEEN [ 1/2] Timely documentary about the setting up of a hospital in Northern Afghanistan. Running time: 114 minutes. Not rated (distressing footage...
STYLISH SAGA OF A DEAF-MUTE HIT MAN
BANGKOK DANGEROUS [] Stylized, blood-soaked gangster yarn from Thailand. In Thai, with English subtitles. Running time: 105 minutes. Not rated (violence). At the Screening Room, Varick and Canal streets. -------...
PREGNANT STAR: I'LL BE XENA LATER, 'X-FILES'
'XENA" star Lucy Lawless is having another baby and will not appear on the "X-Files" again - at least for now. Lawless, who hung up her sword as battle-babe Xena...
HOT TIME IN 'BEDROOM'
IN THE BEDROOM [ 1/2] A triumph. Running time: 131 minutes. Rated R (violence, profanity). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Angelika. -------------- THE quality-movie season begins for real with...
HE'S ONE SPICY CURRY - TIM PLAYS SCROOGE
TIM Curry can sound an awful lot like Scrooge - especially when he talks about child actors." One rather dreads them," he said the other day. "I did the film...
CITY BALLET'S GRACEFUL GALA
NEW YORK CITY BALLETNew York State Theater, Lincoln Center. (212) 870-5570. Season runs through Feb. 4. ------------- GALA performances, those festive society beanfeasts that raise money and start off seasons...
'STREETS' COMES ALIVE
THE STREETS OF NEW YORKIrish Repertory Theatre, 132 W. 22nd St. Through Dec. 30. Call (212) 727-2737.Donna Kane (foreground, from left), Peter Cormican and Danielle Ferland in "The Streets of...
MAN PLUNGES TO HIS DOOM FLEEING FIRE ON W. SIDE
A panicked 21-year-old man fell to his death last night while trying to flee a small kitchen fire on the Upper West Side, officials said. The victim was in his...
OSAMA AIDE SPILLS GUTS UNDER SAUDI GRILLING
A senior al Qaeda officer, tracked to Saudi Arabia in an elaborate international effort, provided details of attempted and successful terrorist attacks on U.S. targets, it was reported yesterday. The...
CENTRAL PARK GUITAR MAN'S COMEBACK IS NOTE-WORTHY
A former Central Park pariah, chased last year for playing amplified music without a permit, will be strumming a happier tune next week when he appears in the park as...
WTC KIDS LEAD HEROES' MARCH - EMOTIONAL MOMENTS AS PATRIOTISM REIGNS
Kids whose relatives were lost in the World Trade Center attack led the 75th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade yesterday, proudly sporting insignia of city emergency agencies. The kids - excited,...
'PARADE' NEW YORKERS ARE THANKFUL FOR RUDY
To chants of "Rudy! Rudy!" and "USA! USA!," outgoing Mayor Giuliani rode in his last Thanksgiving parade as the city's chief executive yesterday. Preceded by a phalanx of mounted cops...
POP DIVA HITS NEW J.LOW WITH DEMANDS
Pampered pop princess Jennifer Lopez is giving another "demand" performance - this time in England. The 31-year-old Bronx-born beauty agreed to appear on Michael Parkinson's British talk show - but...
BEAUTY IS THE LEAST BEHIND BRAVEST & FINEST
Wearing a white evening gown, Miss Universe made her Broadway debut yesterday - but she found herself thrust into a supporting role in the parade spectacular. A beaming Denise Quinones...
'MILLION' TV CHAMP BUSTED AS CHEAT
Jail may be the final answer for a "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" contestant arrested last night for allegedly cheating his way to a $1.4 million jackpot. Maj. Charles...
JOY & SORROW FOR KENNEDYS
It's as traditional as turkey with all the trimmings - the Kennedy clan's annual Thanksgiving Day gathering at the family compound in Hyannis, Mass. But this year's celebration coincided with...
STORES TRY EVERY TRICK TO ATTRACT $HY BUYERS
Panicky stores are rolling out the red carpets today in a desperate attempt to woo customers on what is traditionally one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Dawn...
5 GAZA KIDS KILLED - OLD ISRAELI EXPLOSIVE DETONATES AS THEY WALK PAST
JERUSALEM - Five Palestinian boys were killed by an Israeli mine on the way to school yesterday in the Gaza Strip, authorities said. Palestinian officials decried the "massacre" and said...
QUEENS MAN SLAIN IN ROW OVER WIFE
A Queens man was stabbed to death with a kitchen knife last night in a violent struggle with a man he found in his home with his wife, police said....
PARENTS FLIP-FLOP IN BID FOR NEW HS
An Upper East Side parents group wants the Board of Education to torpedo a new neighborhood high school they once fought for because it would admit students from other parts...
FEDS FEAR KILLER DELIVERED SPORES
The twin mysteries of how two women - one a hard-working Manhattan hospital clerk, the other a frail Connecticut retiree - contracted inhalation anthrax have raised the specter of the...
LOVELY LIZA TO 'RING' IN A FOURTH HUSBAND
Diva Liza Minnelli is planning to marry again - and she's showing off a 3.5-carat diamond ring as dazzling as her new romance. Minnelli, 55, is said to be as...
PICTURE OF A MADMAN - PHOTOS A GLIMPSE OF HIJACKER'S PRIVATE LIFE
These chilling snapshots of hijacker Ziad Jarrah embracing the banal hide the desperate evil that lurked in his cold heart. Jarrah, 26, was the suicide pilot who crashed United Airlines...
TOUCHING TRIBUTES TO SLAIN BX. GIRL
Several pots of flowers and a handful of candles flickered in silent testimony yesterday to a little girl's life snuffed out too soon. Outside the Bronx apartment where little Inez...
PAKISTAN KICKS OUT TALIBAN'S DIPLOMATS
Pakistan slammed the door on the Taliban's embassy yesterday and told its diplomats to get lost - shutting the last outpost in the outside world for Osama bin Laden's protectors....
FIVE VICTIMS, BUT FEW CLUES
They are the fatalities of the anthrax war. The five victims include 94-year-old Ottilie Lundgren of Oxford, Conn., who died Wednesday after mysteriously contracting the inhalation form of the deadly...
APPLE OPENS UP ITS HEART AND KITCHENS FOR HUNGRIEST
Thousands of New York's neediest had plenty of reasons to be thankful yesterday as the Big Apple threw open its pantries and dished out heaping portions of turkey and pumpkin...
BROOKLYN TEEN SHOT DEAD RUNNING ERRAND FOR MOM
A Brooklyn teen who left home to buy cooking pans for his mother's Thanksgiving turkey was gunned down in the street by a gang of heartless thugs for a gold...
IT'S FOUL BRAWL ON ONE-TIME NETS HERO
Retired New Jersey Net Jayson Williams may soon find himself in a different kind of full-court press after an early-morning brawl yesterday. Cops in Branchburg, N.J., charged the 33-year-old former...
ANTHRAX HITS CHILEAN KIDS' HOSP
A powder-laced envelope with a Swiss postmark and a Florida return address that was mailed to a children's hospital in Chile has tested positive for anthrax, the U.S. Centers for...
WE'RE SHRINK-ING VIOLETS ABOUT THE 9/11 BLUES
This will surely be the bluest holiday season for many New Yorkers, but it seems they'll be handling it on their own, thank you very much. Shocked and saddened New...
B'KLYN TEEN SLAIN WHILE ON ERRAND FOR MOTHER
A Brooklyn teen who went to buy cooking sheets for his mother's Thanksgiving turkey was shot to death in a street holdup, police said. Three men were charged with murder...
STORES PULL OUT ALL STOPS TO LURE HOLIDAY SHOPPERS
Panicky stores are rolling out the red carpets today in a desperate attempt to woo customers on what is traditionally one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Dawn...
NETS ARE OK WITH BYRON'S OUTBURST
NET NOTES LOS ANGELES - Byron Scott had no additional comment, Karl Malone had no grudge and the league had no penalties in the wake of the explosive verbal barrage...
NEDVED, KLOUCEK DOUBTFUL VS. CAPS
WASHINGTON - While Dan Blackburn gets the start in nets here tonight, the Rangers are likely to face the Capitals without both Petr Nedved and Tomas Kloucek. Nedved, who suffered...
ISLES HOPING TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AGAIN
The Islanders are hoping that they have some leftover momentum tonight to go with their leftover turkey. After turning Colorado's cranberry jerseys into sauce in a thrilling 5-4 win Wednesday,...
KIDD, VAN HORN (34) CUT DOWN CLIPPERS
Nets 95 - Clippers 90 LOS ANGELES - Just when you thought it was safe to stay out of the emergency room. The old familiar worries, medical concerns, popped up...
REAL GIANTS MUST SHOW UP
THERE is nothing New York admires more than a team that overachieves, and nothing New York loathes more than a team that underachieves and cheats its fans, and cheats itself....
CIGAR MILE DRAWS NINE TO THE BIG A
Aqueduct hosts the last big day of racing in New York this year tomorrow with three major stakes: the Grade 1, $350,000 Cigar Mile and the Grade 2, $200,000 Remsen...
MARC DOWN THIS DATE - CAMBY TO TEST HURTING FOOT TODAY IN PRACTICE
Today marks the most important practice for the Knicks this millennium. Marcus Camby gets it on, for the first time since preseason. There is still hope - although small -...
YONAGUSKA ROLLS HOME TO WIN FALL HIGHWEIGHT
Yonaguska, breaking from post 1 under a back-breaking 131 pounds, dug in with grim determination down the stretch yesterday at Aqueduct to win the Grade 2, $100,000 Fall Highweight Handicap...
FIX CHARITY POINT, STANDINGS
TAMPA - Enough with the charity point. Overtime without risk may be wild, but it is not hockey. And it ruins the standings, which are already a wreck. As the...
MAKING CASE FOR PACE - RAMS' ROCK-SOLID OT WORTHY OF MVP VOTES
IF WE were ever encouraged to watch football games as football games as opposed to events that give rise to statistics, I'm convinced that we'd see the game with greater...
BAKED ALASKA SHOOTOUT - ST. JOHN'S GOES COLD VS. 'ZAGA AT TOURNEY
Gonzaga 64 - St. John's 58 ANCHORAGE - First it was the 2000 NCAA Tournament. Now it is the 2001 Great Alaska Shootout. St. John's hopes it never sees Gonzaga...
DIXON RETURNS LEAVE JINTS IN DEEP HOLE
GIANT NOTES Ron Dixon likes the glory that comes with a dynamic kickoff return. "I like it when you break that first wave and you're headed for a touchdown," he...
METS, YANKS IN CEDENO HUNT
There is one free agent the Yankees and Mets may slug it out over this winter, and his name isn't Jason Giambi or Barry Bonds. Former Met outfielder Roger Cedeno,...
MESSIER MAKING IT WORK
WASHINGTON - There are maybe a handful of people in hockey you simply follow straight down the line in good times and bad because you know what they're all about....
HOUSTON: WE CAN'T TAKE NIGHTS OFF
KNICK NOTES In a role reversal with Latrell Sprewell, captain Allan Houston questioned whether his Knick teammates have the professionalism and spirit to make the playoffs. Houston believes some players...
RUSTY WARD MAY GET JOB BACK
Could Charlie Ward have won back his backup point-guard job back by shooting 1 of 8 and throwing a pass five feet over Latrell Sprewell's head in Wednesday night's 96-72...
GIANT CBS ON RED ALERT - ROOKIE CORNERBACKS GOING UP AGAINST RAIDERS' RICE & BROWN
He watched as Randy Moss took advantage of a blown blitz by Jason Sehorn and walked in for a touchdown, but not before Moss stopped and back-pedaled across the goal-line...
DUANY'S ON HIS WAY - SYRACUSE JUNIOR FINALLY BLOSSOMING
Preston Shumpert always knew his teammate Kueth Duany had talent. He just wondered if Duany would ever use it. "He definitely had the physical capability to be a great player,"...
SCOTT, MALONE: IT'S OVER - NETS COACH, MAILMAN PUT WAR OF WORDS BEHIND THEM
LOS ANGELES - There will be games that start streaks and end streaks; games that delight, games that depress for the Nets this season. And then there'll be Dec. 22...
BAN MAY HELP ME IN LONG RUN, ODOM SAYS
NET NOTES LOS ANGELES - Clipper Lamar Odom admits he is trying to figure it all out. Suspended once by the league for violating the NBA's anti-drug policy - a...
STORM HAVE THE MARC OF A CHAMPION
ANCHORAGE - By the time Marcus Hatten was in middle school, it was apparent to his friends and family that he had a gift for playing basketball. The question was,...