May 1, 2005
DIAGEO VOLLEYS BULLEIT TO JOIN BOURBON WARFARE
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amElbows are about to start flying in the red-hot super-premium bourbon business. Maker's Mark, Knob Creek and Woodford Reserve Small Batch - which have seen sales soar thanks to young...
CINETIC MINDS TRANSFORM SLEEPER FLICKS INTO HITS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amFor a group of film buffs who make a living selling and financing movies, Cinetic Media's executives see very little of the inside of a theater. "None of us go...
B-SCHOOL BOON - PROSPECTS BRIGHTEN UP FOR MBAS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amThose grueling corporate finance classes are finally paying off as newly minted MBAs reap bigger bucks and more job offers than any class since the dot-com boom went bust. Recent...
DRIVERS, START YOUR ENGINES...
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amPack the car and hit the road - this summer's specter of $3-a-gallon gas has suddenly evaporated. Analysts say tri-state drivers for months have dreaded filling SUVs for summer trips...
NO MORE MR. WISEGUY - 'SOPRANOS' THUG SWITCHES SIDES ON 'LAW & ORDER'
May 1, 2005 | 4:00am" Sopranos" fans might be jarred by the sight of Tony Soprano's "nephew" working the streets of New York as a police detective. Then again, maybe not. "I think fans,...
'SPONGEBOB' - CARTOON HERO IS STILL A BIG SQUEEZE FOR KIDS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amTHERE 's huge news in the 12-and-under set:SpongeBob is back. The fourth season of Nickelodeon 's "SpongeBob SquarePants " premieres Friday, May 6 - the first time in a year--...
'VICTORY ' PAYS TRIBUTE TO WWII BLOODBATH JAPANESE SOLDIERS IN "VICTORY."
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amTO defend their outer islands from U.S.invasion forces in 1945,Japan pioneered the concept of the suicide bomber. As you will learn if you watch the new two-hour documentary "Victory in...
MTV GETS DEEP WITH HOLOCAUST DIARIES
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amMTV is taking a break from tours of rappers ' McMansions to address a serious topic. The network known for reveling in pop culture minutiae is premiering "I 'm Still...
THE DON'T MISS LIST
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amMADE FOR TV O'DONNELL AND MCDOWELL TEAM UP A busy,self-involved fashion photographer learns to cope graciously with unglamorous familial responsibilities in "Riding the Bus With My Sister." Rachel Simon (Andie...
REEL GOOD: LINDA STASI PREVIEWS THIS WEEK 'S BEST MOVIES
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amSCARFACE (1932) Monday, 1:30 a.m., TCM The original over-the-top gangster flick which inspired the over-the-top Al Pacino remake.Paul Muni is a killing machine who mows down Irish gangster Boris Karloff...
'ANATOMY ' A CROTCH--ETY NEW DRAMA
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amABC 's new,young-doctors/old-prescription drama,"Grey ' s Anatomy ," is a well-acted,worthwhile watch, in spite of itself.It suffers from one obvious new-age disease: Crocthilism,as in crotch-aholic. It 's addicted to crotchahol.A...
AMERICAN TEEN MAKES GMS LAUGH
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amTHEY laughed when Hikaru Nakamura, the new star of U.S. chess, sat down to play his seventh-round game at the recent Sigeman international tournament in Copenhagen last month. They laughed...
LIGHTS, CAMERA, MURDER
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Film Society of Lincoln Center is marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Michael Powell with an ambitious 32-flick retrospective. Perhaps appropriately, it kicks off next Friday with...
FOR THE WET PET - GET YOUR DRENCHED POOCH TRENCHED
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amFinally, it's time to retire those four-legged winter sweaters. But what to do about the spring showers that plague the weather forecast? Some dogs loathe getting wet, so it's a...
LEWIS BLACK
May 1, 2005 | 4:00am'I'M mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!' That classic rant, from the 1976 film "Network," could be the mantra for comedian Lewis Black, who's been...
HOT LIST - WHAT WE'RE OBSESSED WITH THIS WEEK
May 1, 2005 | 4:00am1) Photoshop-ing Brad & Angelina Cut-and-paste cover art: Making your "reporting" and coverage just that much more credible; as seen in this week's Star magazine! We see a coffeetable book...
HOUSE OF LAX - REMAKES LIKE 'HOUSE OF WAX' LACK THE THRILLS AND CHILLS OF ORIGINAL B'S
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amPOOR Paris Hilton. In "House of Wax," opening Friday, Paris and her boyfriend take a camping trip into some dark and spooky woods - and you can imagine what happens...
IN PERFECT ORDER - '80S ICONS COME TO TERMS WITH DARK ROOTS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amTWENTY-FIVE years ago on May 18, Joy Division's Ian Curtis, whose voice penetrated dark-hearted souls with "Love Will Tear Us Apart," hanged himself. And New Order was born. Formed by...
IT'S THE MANN EVENT - BOXING & BELLES APPEAR IN AIMEE'S NEW RELEASE
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amWHILE recording "Lost in Space" in 2002, Aimee Mann realized that what she was creating had the makings of a concept album. So, the next time around, Mann decided to...
THIS WEEK'S MOVIES
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amTHE GIRL FROM MONDAY Hal Hartley sci-fi comedy in which people have bar codes affixed to them and sex is a commodity that can be traded on a stock-like exchange....
MEET MARKET - THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT: GRAD-SCHOOL GIRL SKS GOOD-TIME GUY
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amMEET Zoe, a beautiful 23-year-old graduate student who describes herself as "smart, funny, outgoing, silly, easygoing and friendly." When she's not in school or working at her part-time job as...
'REALITY' INTRUDES
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amSOUNDS like the families of "Amazing Race" stars Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich - who wed April 16 in the Bahamas beneath a cloud of confidentiality agreements - are mad...
HEAR THIS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amIN CONCERT * At Irving Plaza: Emopunks the Academy Is . . . and the AKAs on Tuesday. Pop-rockers All American Rejects on Thursday. Jazz jam band Soulive with the...
THIS WEEK'S CDS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amTHE RAVEONETTES "Pretty in Black" [...1/2] (three and one-half stars) Columbia Records NO fuzz is the buzz on the new Raveonettes record. The sophomore record by the Danish boy/girl duo...
FALL OUT GLOWS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amWITH pop-punk on it's way out, "softcore" is stepping up to be the new sound of Gen Y. "We grew up as hardcore kids in Chicago and just started playing...
'TEETH' AND NAILS - TRENT REZNOR BATTLES BACK TO THE MUSIC
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amWHEN Trent Reznor, who records under the name Nine Inch Nails, wrote his '90s masterpiece, "The Downward Spiral," it wasn't fiction - it was a journal chronicling his descent into...
NINE INCH NAILS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amNINE INCH NAILS "With Teeth" [...1/2] (Three and one-half stars) Interscope WHILE you'd need an industrial-strength imagination stretcher to place the new Nine Inch Nails album into the pop category,...
SITH SNEAK PEEK
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amJOHN WILLIAMS AND THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA "Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the Sith" [...] (Three stars) Sony Classical LIKE the cinematic blockbuster "Star Wars," the accompanying music to...
SALES - THE BEST BUYS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amCLOTHES Tse 102 Wooster St., between Prince and Spring streets; (917) 606-6795 Sale: May 3-7. Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-7 p.m./Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Luxury silks, cashmere, fine wools and cottons are...
REQUIRED READING
May 1, 2005 | 4:00am"The Rock Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Rockological Knowledge" is for any music fan who wants to distinguish the Godfather of Soul (James Brown) from the godfathers of grunge...
A-ROD TOT A BIG HIT
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe wife of Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez was too busy kissing the couple's baby, Natasha Alexander, at an Upper East Side eatery yesterday to catch her superstar hubby hitting a...
COPS ID DUMPED BODY
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amA murdered man dumped in Brooklyn's Plum Beach last week has been identified as a notorious Mexican gang leader deported 17 months ago, The Post has learned. Felipe Martinez, 22,...
HARLEM HOSP LEGIONNAIRES' SCARE
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amTwo locations at Harlem Hospital have tested positive for the deadly bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease. As a precaution, a spokeswoman said, the hospital is using bottled water in the...
FLAILING FREDDY'S NEW TOP AIDES
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amFernando Ferrer moved to pick up the pieces of his crumbling mayoral campaign yesterday by naming a new director of communications after his old one bolted. Ferrer announced that fleeing...
BROOKLYN POWER PLAY
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amADAM Victor is at it again. Victor, you might recall, is the wacky (if brilliant) gadfly who offered the MTA $1 billion for the West Side stadium site - more...
A HEART TO HEART - PUMP SAVES INFANT
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amA baby heart patient has gotten a new - but temporary - lease on life. Aidan Campos, a three-month-old baby in dire need of a heart transplant, has become the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A man who has been missing from the psychiatric ward of Terence Cardinal Cooke Hospital for about three weeks, was found safe yesterday, police said. Juan Oviedo, 40,...
BATTLING TO TAKE POPE FOR A RIDE
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amNow that a new pope has been chosen, the next big decision to be made is: Who will build the new Popemobile? The unique, hump-backed, bulletproof vehicle that has been...
MARTHA'S BIG PERP-WALK WORKOUTS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amNow the feds are investigating Martha Stewart's "workout routine." A week after questioning Stewart's attendance at a Manhattan black-tie gala, probation officials said Friday they will look into the domestic...
THE SKINNY ON DIVA'S GLOWING JAILHOUSE SKIN
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amMartha Stewart says her skin "got nicer" in prison because she could afford the cosmetics sold in the commissary. "Luckily, I could buy them," she says in a new magazine...
ANGER OVER JAYSON - GUS' SIS STILL BITTER
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amWhile Jayson Williams is struggling to revive his basketball career, the grieving sister of the man he shot dead is struggling just to live her life. "I've been very upset....
PROBERS TRASH 'SAFER' CANS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe Washington, D.C., transit system is investigating claims that an expensive bomb-resistant trash can used there and in New York is a dud. The probe comes a month after two...
NYERS' TWEET CHARITY - HELP FOR BIRDS IN HIGH-RISE COLLISIONS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amA flock of avian advocates is crying fowl in its bid to save the tiny yellow warbler and other migrating birds that get hurt after crashing into skyscraper windows in...
NOISY CD IS PLAYBACK PAYBACK
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amThere's a new CD for sale - and it's not music to anyone's ears. It's called the "Revenge CD" and if your neighbors from hell play their music too loud,...
COLLAPSE NIGHTMARE - FAMILY SUES OVER BUILDERS' BUNGLE
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amFive generations of a Brooklyn family left homeless by a construction accident have filed a $3 million suit against the real-estate developer they charge caused their house to collapse around...
SCANDAL BOSS KEEPS 'SWEETHEART' PENSION
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amSex cost him his job - but not his pension. John J. Murphy, chief of the city's largest retirement system, retired Friday with an estimated $114,000-a-year pension despite having been...
AT BAT FOR METS FANS - POLS' BID TO BUST TV BLACKOUT
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Two state lawmakers today are going to bat for angry Mets fans who cannot watch their favorite team's games on Time Warner Cable. Assemblyman Michael Gianaris (D-Queens) and...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amA Rhode Island man who propositioned an undercover cop was serious when he offered her something beefy, police said. Wayne Glaude had no cash, so he offered to trade a...
SHE FELT UN-BRIDAL-ED FEAR
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amIt may not have been pre-wedding jitters that sent runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks packing - but a fear of telling her upper-crust fiancé she felt "trapped," psychiatrists say. Dr. Seeth...
19 FLOORS, THOUSANDS OF STORIES
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amHearts were indeed warm yesterday as staffers at The Plaza bid one another au revoir - if not adieu - while recalling the many A-listers, Hollywood honchos and other notable...
LOWER E. SIDE HORROR - STAB VICTIM DIES
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amA man found stabbed on the street, just steps away from the Bowery Ballroom, died yesterday. The cause of the killing at Delancey and Chrystie streets is still under investigation,...
FEAR AT HARLEM 'SLAY' CLUB
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe early-morning murder of an ex-con outside a trouble-plagued East Harlem nightclub yesterday has anxious neighbors fearing for their safety and demanding the dance hall be shut down. The latest...
LAST CALL AT PLAZA FOR GUESTS & OAK BAR-FLIES - RUNNING OUT CLOCK AMID CHEERS, TEARS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amIt came down to a test of wills: who'd flinch in his bid to be the last guest out of The Plaza before it closed forever as an 805-room hotel....
HE LIGHTS TERI'S FIRE
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amHe may look grungy, but the new boy toy of sizzling siren Teri Hatcher is a posh production assistant named Benjamin "Benjie" Bamps (left), friends said yesterday. The two were...
'FAMILY' PLOTS- 'SOPRANOS' BACK IN QUEENS FOR THEIR 'FINAL' HIT SEASON
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amIt's going to be another mob hit! The goodfellas cast of the emmy-award winning show "The Sopranos" were back in action at the Silvercup Studios in Queens on the first...
LAST CALL AT PLAZA - LOYAL OAK BAR FLIES RUN OUT CLOCK
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amIt came down to a test of wills: who'd flinch in his bid to be the last guest out of The Plaza before it closed forever as an 805-room hotel....
SEXY TERI ON A ROLL
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amThose come-hither eyes must be working. This shot of "Desperate Housewives" bombshell Teri Hatcher (above) was taken just a day after she was spotted getting hot-and-heavy with a young stud...
APRIL SHOWERS - METS WEATHER ANOTHER STREAK IN LONG MONTH
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The end of the month is shaping up a lot like the beginning for the Mets. April ended last night, and entering action against the Nationals, the Mets...
POUHA 'NOSE' HE'LL HELP JETS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amSione Pouha wears a size 52 or 54 sports jacket. His neck size is 21. He is 6-foot-3, 320 pounds. The Jets had themselves a big hole in the middle...
NETS WITHOUT WIGGLE BROOM - MUST WIN TODAY TO AVERT SWEEP
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amThere they were for all to see - Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson working together, showing how it could be. The Big Three in Game 3. Oh, joy....
YANKEES GET WIN IN WANG'S DEBUT - RALLY IN 9TH; NO DECISION FOR ROOKIE
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 4 - Blue Jays 3 Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang rocketed from the launching pad in his major-league debut yesterday, throwing perfect ball for 3 1/3 innings. Wang is slated...
RJ MAY START IN GAME 4
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amNET NOTES Richard Jefferson has brought energy, life and 15.3 points a game to the Nets in the playoffs. But he hasn't yet brought a starting assignment. That could change...
BUD-DY SYSTEM - COMMISH WANTS 'ROIDS CRACKDOWN
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amAfter nearly two months of harsh criticism by everyone from the media to a congressional committee, Major League Baseball has begun working on a tougher steroids policy, including a 50-game...
REAL HEAVY WAIT - DON'T EXPECT BOXING BIGS TO PUNCH UP THEIR ACT
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amThis was supposed to be the year for rebirth and reunification of the heavyweight division. This was supposed to be the year that a true, undisputed heavyweight champion of the...
CHEERS FOR JASON TO OPEN SEASON ARE LONG GONE
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amIT WAS open arms on Opening Day. The Stadium crowd roared for Jason Giambi, a symbol of encouragement and forgiveness to the most obvious juicer in the game. The cheers...
WE HAD IT ALL IN KEY LARGO
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amKEY LARGO, Fla. - You come to the Keys to catch bone fish and tarpon, but when they don't cooperate, there is always something that does - and that's the...
SCRAPPY T. CAPTURES WITHERS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amDespite weaving in and out in the stretch drive, Scrappy T. held off Park Avenue Ball to win the Grade 3 $150,000 Withers Stakes by a length at Aqueduct yesterday....
APRIL SHOWER OF HOMERS FOR FIERY A-ROD
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe month of April has been hell for the Yankees, but a slice of heaven for Alex Rodriguez. Go figure. A day after he ripped a sports memorabilia firm for...
RIVERA'S REVIVED - ALL BETTER, MO GETS BIG WIN
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Mariano Rivera suffered from a stomach virus that had him vomiting on Thursday and still weak on Friday, and he left Yankee Stadium before the games started on...
DOC HAS NO CURE
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amUNLIKE Cry Me A (Doc) Rivers, I'm wildly impressed with how quickly NBA referees seem to be catching on to Reggie Miller's multifarious tricks of his trade. Even the most...
ROOKIE GIVES STAFF YOUTHFUL SHOT IN THE ARM
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amCHIEN-MING WANG is young, which is not in consequential to the majors' oldest team. Nothing will matter ultimately if Wang is not talented enough to sustain success in the majors,...
VICTORY MO PROBLEM FOR REVIVED RIVERA
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Yesterday morning, Mariano Rivera told reporters he was looking forward to getting back on the mound. Well, he didn't spend much time there. After missing the Yankees' previous...
CRAMPING HIS STYLE - TIGHT FOREARM KOS GIAMBI
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amJason Giambi took two trips to the plate yesterday afternoon but was forced to bail out of the Yankees' 4-3 win over the Blue Jays because of a cramp in...
SEE THE LIGHT, BOXING FANS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amDON'T worry, it'll get better. James Toney versus John Ruiz for the WBA heavyweight championship last night at the Garden was a tougher sell than Enron stock and ultimately tougher...
PIAZZA'S DROPPED TO 5 SPOT IN LINEUP
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES WASHINGTON - Cliff Floyd's been moved up and Mike Piazza's been moved down. Met manager Willie Randolph made his first significant lineup move of the season last night,...
TONEY WINNER - JAMES OUTPOINTS RUIZ FOR SHARE OF HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amWe don't know who the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world is, but we know who is the most disliked. John Ruiz was booed during introductions. He was booed at...
THIRD'S THE WORD FOR YOUR ROTATION
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amTHE No. 3 starter gives us chills. Yes, having a shutdown stopper such as Randy Johnson or Pedro Martinez or Jason Schmidt is nice, but the difference between winning and...
PIAZZA'S DROPPED TO 5 SPOT
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES WASHINGTON - Cliff Floyd's been moved up, and Mike Piazza's been moved down. Met manager Willie Randolph made his first significant lineup move of the season last night,...
NHL GETS TURN ON D.C. HOT SEAT
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amORIGINALLY scheduled to begin a two-day round of collective bar gaining meetings on Thursday, the NHL and NHLPA may have to defer to a higher authority, and, no, we're not...
FRANK-LY SPEAKING IRKS SHAQ
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amBetter late than never to start a feud. Shaquille O'Neal took serious exception to the Nets' coach's claims of favoritism. "What Lawrence Frank doesn't want to do is wake me...
ZITO'S ROSEY RUN - TRAINER'S FIELD OF FIVE INCLUDES BOSS' HOSS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - The sky was sullen, the air raw yesterday at Churchill Downs, opening day of the legendary racetrack's spring meet and a week away from the Kentucky Derby. No...
A-NOTHER DEBACLE - HARD TO SYMPATHIZE WITH ALEX THE VICTIM
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amI WANT to believe that Alex Rodriguez is simply taking his turn at bat as America's Most Unfairly Persecuted Man. I want to believe Rodriguez has merely become the Lemony...
THE 'ROID DIAGNOSIS - NEW TESTING POLICY SEEN AS FACTOR IN INJURY BARRAGE
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amSIX closers are currently on the disabled list. The date of reigning NL MVP Barry Bonds' first at-bat remains a mystery. Boston's 1-2 starters are on the DL and the...
METS LET FINGERS DO WALKING FOR NEW ARMS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amTwo executives say no club is being more aggressive in that pursuit of bullpen arms than the Mets. One of the executives said, "I don't know whether to admire [the...
PHIL 'ER UP? - POST COLUMNIST STEVE SERBY AND BASKETBALL WRITER MARC BERMAN SLUG IT OUT OVER WHETHER PHIL JACKSON IS THE BEST CHOICE TO COACH THE KNICKS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amSteve Serby: Marc, I will concede that no one, not even some hybrid of Red Auerbach and John Wooden in their primes - could rescue these Knicks as presently constituted....
WASHED AWAY - METS TO PROTEST NATS RAIN-SOAKED WIN
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Nothing seems to be going right for the Mets these days. They end the month of April much the same way they began, on a losing streak. The...
MAKING A FORTUNE - NBA'S YAO MOVIE IS $MART BUSINESS
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amYAO now cash cow. Doesn't much matter who is named this season's NBA MVP. The league's most valued player, by far, is Yao Ming. The league's entertainment division is in...
LOOKING FOR GOOD OLD DIAZ
May 1, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES WASHINGTON - Looks like the league may be catching up to Victor Diaz. The Mets' right fielder has been one of the team's early-season surprises, and a week...