February 13, 2005
CONCIERGES OF LOVE SOLVE VALENTINE'S
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amGot cash but lack imagination for Valentine's Day? If you're tired of flowers and chocolate, a new breed of companies promise to create the gift of a lifetime. Xperience Days...
FIRMS WANT THEIR MOMS BACK
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amExecutive moms have new suitors - former employers, who are wooing them back to work in unique ways. Deloitte & Touche is leading the pack with Personal Pursuits, a pilot...
GOING DUTCH AT THE MOVIES
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amCINE File has returned from his annual pilgrimage to the Rotterdam International Film Festival, where he battled jet lag to squeeze in as many movies as he could in eight...
NO LEGAL MOVESYET FOR FISCHER
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amBARRING a sudden development, Bobby Fischer will be celebrating his 62nd birthday next month in Japanese detention, where he has been for the past seven months. Fischer's legal efforts to...
HOT LIST - WHAT WE'RE OBSESSED WITH THIS WEEK
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amDoggy day afternoon The Westminster Kennel Club's annual neurotic pet-owner fest - we mean, Dog Show - kicks off tomorrow at Madison Square Garden for two fun-filled days of canine...
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE? A GRAMMY WOULD MAKE BRIAN 'SMILE'
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amGrammy honcho Neil Portnow said it best: "Songwriter, producer, arranger and composer, Brian Wilson is one of pop's most influential creators and one of music's most revered figures. His contributions...
HAVE A GREEN DAY - BAND COMES OUT ON TOP IN 'AMERICAN'
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amA producer might hope a band catches fire the first day in the studio, but when Green Day began recording "American Idiot," their L.A. studio almost went up in flames....
SHE'S SMOKING
February 13, 2005 | 5:00am"I was never a very accomplished pot smoker," Sigourney Weaver tells The Post. So the 55-year-old actress didn't have much personal experience to draw on for her newest movie, "Imaginary...
I LOVE PARIS - WHO BETTER THAN A GUY TO PLAY A GAL-ABOUT-TOWN
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amWe'll always have Paris. Or so it seems, seven months and three Paris Hiltons into "I Love Paris." Intended as a six-week run - booked Monday nights only, at a...
EAT YOUR ART OUT - NAT'L ARTS WOOS SOHO HOUSE CROWD
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amDuring Fashion Week, the hottest spots are usually slick, modern and vibrating with loud music. This year, however, the toughest invite of the week to wrangle was not an alcohol-soaked...
HOLMES CALLS VILLAGE HOME
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amKatie Holmes is now a New Yorker: The 26-year-old "Dawson's Creek" star rented a West Village apartment this month. She 's keeping the house in Los Angeles she shares with...
RUNWAY HITS - FASHION WEEK BRINGS BACK THE FUN AND FLIRTY
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amNEW YORK 'S top designers have spoken - and the trends for next season are,for the most part,feminine and flattering. Unlike last fall 's prim and proper ladylike looks,next season...
THIS WEEK'S MOVIES
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amCINEVARDAPHOTO A trio of shorts from French filmmaker Agnes Varda - "Ydessa, the Bears, and Etc.," on an exhibit of early 20th century photos featuring teddy bears; "Ulysses," about a...
MEET MARKET - THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amBEAUTY CUTIE SWF SKS 'LEFTOVER' SM MEET Kristin, a 23-year-old beauty and fashion junior publicist who describes herself as vivacious and funny, with a dry sense of humor to boot....
LOVE ON THE ROCKS - WHAT'S MIKE HIDING ON 'HOUSEWIVES'?
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amWILL the women of Wisteria Lane have a good or a bad Valentine 's Day on "Desperate Housewives "? The search for love has not been easy.Some have betrayed their...
KINSEY - RESEARCHER SPARKED SEXUAL REVOLUTION
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amALFRED C.KINSEY became so famous in the middle of the last century that a new documentary about his life carries the one-word title "Kinsey." No explanatory subtitle is apparently necessary...
JACKSON'S SHADOW - A CONFIDENTIAL REPORT LED TO THE STORY OF DIANE DIMOND'S CAREER
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amIT 'S strange,but true:ace reporter Diane Dimond, CourtTV 's primo pundit on anything Michael Jackson,owns a piece of the performer.Literally. Oddly,it 's the black fedora hat the freaky American pop...
I DETEST TV CAST REUNION SPECIALS
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amCBS is really scraping the bottom of the barrel with its upcoming reunion special celebrating the nine-season run of "One Day at a Time." The irony is:It will probably be...
MOVIE PIX - OUR MOVIE CRITIC MEGAN LEHMANN'S BEST FILMS OF THE WEEK
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amWITNESS S Su un nd da ay y,,1 1 p p..m m..,,W WP PI IX X Harrison Ford 's city-slicker cop and Kelly McGillis ' Amish widow cross a cultural...
REMEMBERING OSSIE DAVIS ON 'CAR 54'
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amTV likely makes no greater impression on today 's 10-year-old as it did on 10-year-olds 40 years ago.The impressions they leave may be very different,but their staying power is probably...
APPEALS PANEL $LAPS 2 LAWYERS
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amAn appeals panel has slammed two prominent lawyers with fines for "frivolous conduct" after they represented a man who complained about judicial conflicts of interest. The state Appellate Division fined...
PHONE ESCORTS STILL TREADING - BUT CAREFULLY
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amA police crackdown on Manhattan's most expensive call girls has made it difficult to partake of the world's oldest profession - but not impossible. A handful of escorts contacted by...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amA 75-year-old woman was chased through her home by a naked man seeking sex, cops said. Dean Schwankert, 37, of Mont Vernon, N.H., was charged Thursday with indecent exposure and...
BIG APPLE GETS THE BIG ORANGE - ART LOVERS IN AWE AS 'THE GATES'OPEN IN CENTRAL PK.
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amThey stormed "The Gates" of Central Park yesterday. Tens of thousands of visitors - many with cameras in tow - roamed the park yesterday, following workers as they debuted the...
LET'S CASH IN ON SPORTS BETS: PANEL
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amNew York would break the bank if the state rolled the dice on sports betting, an influential local business group has found. Albany's coffers could balloon by as much as...
'PATIENT ZERO' IN AIDS AID ; TRACKING NEW STRAIN
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amThe New York man at the center of a potential new AIDS crisis has been "extremely cooperative" with officials as they work to track down a slew of sexual partners,...
LONG IS. HATCHET ATTACK
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amA 23-year-old Long Island man miraculously survived a hatchet attack that nearly severed his spine early yesterday during a vicious New Hyde Park street fight. Cops said that two groups...
L.I. COPS SHOOT 'GUNMAN'
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amCops shot a Long Island man in the hip when he refused to drop his gun after a domestic dispute with his girlfriend, police said. John Svegliano, 42, aimed a...
JENNIFER'S JITTERS; BACKSTAGEBROUHAHAIN J.LO'S BIG DEBUT
February 13, 2005 | 5:00am>IT was almost 5 p.m. on Wednesday - 48 hours be fore Jennifer Lopez was scheduled to debut her first runway collection in front of the fashion elite - and...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amTHE BRONX *** Cops have released these sketches (above) of two gun-toting thugs wanted for raping a woman inside her Soundview apartment and holding her teenage sister prisoner, police said....
'GANG' MURDERS TEEN GRID STAR
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amA fearless teen football star who refused to be intimidated by local gang members was gunned down and killed in a vicious ambush across the street from his home in...
BYE TO BEAUTY; TEARS FALL AT FUNERAL FOR HUBBY-SLAY VICTIM
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amThe beautiful Russian hairdresser slain by her jealous ex-husband was "living the American dream" when she was gunned down in Midtown last week, her celebrated boss told mourners as Inessa...
HIS LAST OVATION; TEARS & LAUGHTER AT STAR'S FUNERAL
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amIt was the final curtain call for actor, playwright and civil rights activist Ossie Davis as a playbill of celebrities and loved ones paid him tribute with tears and laughter...
INSIDE HER 'AFFAIR' WITH STUDENT, 13
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amMcMINNVILLE, Tenn. - The torrid "affair" between a stunning teacher and a 13-year-old student began with innocent online chats, but ended with the teen losing his virginity and the temptress...
HIS LAST OVATION ; TEARS & LAUGHTER AT FUNERAL
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amIt was the final curtain call for actor, playwright and civil rights activist Ossie Davis as a playbill of celebrities and loved ones paid him tribute at Manhattan's Riverside Church...
MAN OF THE 'CATHOUSE'; 'PIMP'S' LAWYER TAKES REINS
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amDespite a crackdown on high-end hookers, one of Manhattan's most expensive "escort services" was back in business just three days after being busted - and it's now listed in the...
COURT $LAPS LAWYERS IN CONFLICTS CASE
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amAn appeals panel has slammed two prominent lawyers with fines for "frivolous conduct" after they represented a man who complained about judicial conflicts of interest. The state Appellate Division fined...
BIG APPLE GETS THE BIG ORANGE ; * THOUSANDS GAWK AT 'GATES' * $21M PARK 'MASTERPIECE'
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amThey stormed "The Gates" of Central Park yesterday. Tens of thousands of visitors, many with cameras in tow, roamed the park yesterday, following workers as they debuted the massive public...
'FRIENDS' STAR SUFFERS RX SEIZURE
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amMatthew Perry has apparently been done in by drugs again - prescription drugs. The ex-"Friends" star was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Wednesday after a bad reaction to prescription medication...
AGUILERA SET TO SING 'I DO'
February 13, 2005 | 5:00am"Dirrty" girl Christina Aguilera may be cleaning up her act for an upcoming white wedding. The sultry songbird's longtime beau, music exec Jordan Bratman proposed Friday after a romantic private...
PLUMBERS-UNION LOBBYISTS OPEN THE $PIGOT
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amTHE plumbers union has piped more than $30,000 into the campaign coffers of City Council members supporting one of two competing bills to overhaul the city's building code. That, in...
STATE SITES SUFFER HACK ATTACKS
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - Dozens of state Web sites, including those for the National Guard and Department of Motor Vehicles, have been successfully hacked by outsiders over the past several years, a...
UNDERCOVER OWNER ; FED AGENT TAKES AIM AT BEST IN SHOW
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amFederal agent Tresa Bellmon is declaring war on terriers tomorrow. She and her cavalier named Ace will compete at tomorrow's Westminster Dog Show - and the dynamic duo are aiming...
DOG FIGHT OVER WASH. SQUARE
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amWashington Square Park in Greenwich Village is getting a $16 million overhaul - but pet owners are barking about plans to move the dog runs, and parents are growling about...
MAN OF THE 'CATHOUSE' ; 'PIMP'S' LAWYER TAKES REINS
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amDespite a crackdown on high-end hookers, one of Manhattan's most expensive "escort services" was back in business just three days after being busted - and it's now listed in the...
SERENE DEAN IS A WINNER
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Howard Dean muzzled himself as he got crowned Democratic National Committee chief yesterday. He wore a suit instead of his ready-to-rumble shirtsleeves and spoke more in a monotone...
DEAN ALL SERENE
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Howard Dean muzzled himself as he got crowned Democratic National Committee chief yesterday. He wore a suit instead of his ready-to-rumble shirtsleeves and spoke more in a monotone...
TOMATO-CAN CHAMPION? HOPKINS' LEGACY UP FOR DEBATE AS HE MAKES 20TH DEFENSE
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amWHEN boxers talk of making history in the ring, it's usually just that - talk. But Bernard Hopkins will indeed write his name among boxing's elite Saturday night when he...
NHL WON'T GIVE THE CUP MINOR STATUS
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amThe champs of the American Hockey League, the East Coast League, the NCAA, the Russian, Swedish Elite and Czech Extra leagues can save their stamps. They won't be getting a...
DEVILS' AFTERTHOUGHT IS TERRAPINS' HOLY GRAIL
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amCOLLEGE PARK, Md. - The level of unbridled animosity that exits between Maryland and Duke in basketball usually is reserved for football rivalries in the Southeastern Conference. Quite simply -...
IT'S ALL YOU, GARY ; BETTMAN TO BLAME FOR DISASTER
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amIN GARY Bettman's vision as depicted through Wednesday's offer to the NHLPA, the three lowest spending teams in the NHL would establish the payroll structure and competitive agenda for the...
A GOOD READ ON HURLEY'S FRIARS
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amBob Hurley saw his St. Anthony team drop an agonizing game in four overtimes to Dominguez (Calif.) last week, the Friars' third loss of the season. "It was hard," said...
CHEAT SEATS; FANS INFLAMED OVER KNICKS TIX
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amGrieving Knicks fan Maged Riad, a season-ticket holder for 35 years, doesn't want a Valentine's Day card tomorrow. He wants a sympathy card from Knicks president Isiah Thomas. "When they...
'IT'S 'CHRISTMAS' AT BIG A
February 13, 2005 | 5:00am2ND RACE - He's a Mystery, with Pedro Cotto Jr. up, and 4-5 favorite One Tough Dude, under Stewart Elliott, hooked up in speed duel out of gate, around clubhouse...
LONGSHOT STEALS WHIRLAWAY
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amEveryone was pretty sure a New York-bred colt was going to win yesterday's $75,000 Whirlaway Stakes at the Big A, a mile-and-a-sixteenth prep for the Kentucky Derby now 12 weeks...
HALL OF A CHANGE - MORRIS STRUGGLESIN NEW ROLE FOR SLUMPING PIRATES
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amDespite having just about every offensive weapon back from last season - except Andre Barrett - Seton Hall has gone from one of the Big East's best offensive clubs to...
MICHEAL RAY LIFTS SKIDDING KNICKS
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amIt has come down to this. Old Knick guard Micheal Ray Richardson was sent to rescue the Titanic yesterday. Desperate to prod the sinking Knicks out of their historic freefall,...
MAILMAN FAILED TO DELIVER RING
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amSEEMS only fitting Reggie Miller and Karl Malone are going out together, though I don't see it getting that serious. What would happen when it became time to exchange rings?...
CHARLES IN CHARGE ; TINA'S TALENT HAS CTK ON A ROLL
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amChrist the King 67Arch. Carroll 54 Tina Charles knows the history at Christ the King, the numerous championships and the great players who have come out of the Queens school....
KENYON SET FOR RETURN
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amKenyon Martin knows the Nets could use a power forward and a little more muscle in the paint, but he reserves little sympathy for his former employers who virtually turned...
VINCE MEAT ; CARTER A MARKED MAN
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amVince Carter claimed he approached the refs and told them that last year, Bruce Bowen took out his feet on touch down from a jump shot. Carter was injured on...
TERPS LEAVE DEVILS BLUE
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amOVERTIMEMaryland 99Duke 92 COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Police in riot gear were on hand and the Yankees and Red Sox weren't even playing. Welcome to the ACC's nastiest rivalry. Duke-North...
HAPPY HOMECOMING ; WARRICK & ORANGE CRUSH THE WILDCATS
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amSyracuse 90Villanova 75 PHILADELPHIA - Syracuse forward Hakim Warrick leaped higher than Villanova's Randy Foye to grab the missed shot. He took a slap on the arm from Kyle Lowry,...
REDICK IS 'JETER WITH A JUMP SHOT'
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amCOLLEGE PARK, Md. - The last shot J.J. Redick took in Duke's 71-70 upset of North Carolina Wednesday night wasn't just your ordinary run-of-the-mill air ball. It was an ugly-looking...
MAD AS HELL - ROD LIVID OVER 'DANGEROUS' FOUL ON VINCE
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amVince Carter claimed he approached the refs and told them that, last year, San Antonio's Bruce Bowen took out his feet on touch down from a jump shot. And last...
LEAGUE'S LAST-DITCH EFFORT ; ONE LAST EFFORT FROM NHL
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amIt is all but impossible to know whether phone calls, placed yesterday by individual owners to players on their respective clubs, represented a good-faith effort to initiate meaningful negotiations and...
MCHALE DANCES WITH WOLVES
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amI know what tinhorn Kevin McHale is thinking as he begrudgingly makes his way slowly down from his haughty presidential steeple to replace Flip Saunders and rescue the Timberwolves from...
A HALL OF A FINISH ; PIRATES RALLY PAST UNFORTUNATE STORM
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amSeton Hall 57St. John's 55 St. John's learned yet another hard lesson on the road last night, while Seton Hall put its lessons learned to good use. The Red Storm...
NHL WON'T PASS CUP
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amThe champs of the American Hockey League, the East Coast League, the NCAA, the Russian, Swedish Elite and Czech Extra leagues can save their stamps. They won't be getting a...
SWEENEY THE LAST ROYAL BLUE CHIP
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amThe Royals last week watched the Tigers risk $75 million on Magglio Ordonez's left knee after risking $40 million on Ivan Rodriguez's back last year. They have seen the White...
PUT YOUR FAITH IN COD
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amTHERE was a time when codfish fed most of the western world - now we are happy to see just a few fish being caught by recreational anglers. After decades...
U-NET-ED THEY STAND ; SERB KRSTIC, CROAT PLANINIC PUT BALKAN WAR IN PAST
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amThey have grown from scared children on opposite sides of a bloody Balkans civil war to NBA millionaires, gone from would-be enemies to willing neighbors and teammates - and most...
MAMA KNOWS LAST . . . AND OTHER TALES FROM COLLEGE FOOTBALL SIGNING DAY
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amUP HERE in New York, we think we're pretty slick. Nothing surprises us, the world's hippest sports fans. But we don't know the half of it. The other half. For...
ONE LAST EFFORT FROM NHL
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amIt is all but impossible to know whether phone calls, placed yesterday by individual owners to players on their respective clubs, represented a good-faith effort to initiate meaningful negotiations and...
BARRY BOMBSHELL: EX-GAL PAL SAYS BONDS JUICED
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amThe former mistress of Barry Bonds says he admitted to her that he used steroids. The jolting admission by Kimberly Bell to Fox News Channel's Geraldo Rivera last night simply...
RED HOT PURSUIT - YANKS FACING
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amFOR the first time in forever, there will be a whiff of uncertainty filling the Yankees clubhouse at Legends Field when they report to spring training. For the first time...
IT'S A WHOLE NEW 'ROID GAME - PLAYERS WILL BE NEEDLED BY SPRING TRAINING QUESTIONS
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amAs teams descend upon Florida and Arizona this week to open spring training, the normal questions will be asked about lineups, rotations and expectations. But there also will be a...
HEAD TO HEAD LOCKING THE HALL DOOR
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amPost baseball writer Mark Hale and columnist Mike Vaccaro slug it out over whether Mark McGwire, Pudge Rodriguez and Rafael Palmeiro should be barred from Cooperstown if Jose Canseco's allegations...
MCGWIRE CAUGHT IN CANSECO'S STORM - BOOK RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT MARK'S STEROID USE
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amWhile many of Mark McGwire's former teammates and coaches flock to his defense, some around baseball view Jose Canseco's accusations about the slugger using steroids as confirmation of their longtime...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH ...DAVID WRIGHT
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amThe Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Mets' phenom third baseman about life in the bigs, the future Mrs. Wright and a few of his favorite things. Q: Describe your...
WHO'LL THRIVE & DIVE IN 2005? HARDBALL'S LOOK AT RISING AND FADING STARS, UPSTARTS AND STORYLINES OF NEW SEASON
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amEvery player is in the best shape of his life. Every player returning from an injury is well ahead of the healing schedule. The two great lies - or is...
TAMPA VS. ST. LUCIE - FAN'S GUIDE TO YANKS' & METS' FLORIDA EXPERIENCE
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - The sign out front the International House of Pancakes on Dale Mabry Boulevard, just a short bumper-to-bumper drive from Legends Field, says it all: Stuffed French Toast is...
ALL EYES ON BIG UNIT, PAVANO, WRIGHT AND REBUILT YANKEE ROTATION
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amThe question on every Yankee fan's tongue is this: Will adding Randy Johnson, Carl Pavano and Jaret Wright be enough to lead the Bombers to their first World Series title...
THESE ARE THE 10 KEYS TO THE CITY: AFTER ADDING PEDRO, BELTRAN, METS CAN'T AFFORD ANY WEAK LINKS
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amNew GM in Omar Minaya. New manager in Willie Randolph. New franchise player in Carlos Beltran. New superstar ace in Pedro Martinez. So the question now is, can the "new...
LONGSHOT SORT IT OUT CAPTURES WHIRLAWAY
February 13, 2005 | 5:00amEveryone was pretty sure a New York-bred colt was going to win yesterday 's $75,000 Whirlaway Stakes at the Big A,a mile-and-a-sixteenth prep for the Kentucky Derby now 12 weeks...