August 26, 2005

SI EYES TV DEAL - MULLS VENTURE WITH COMCAST'S OUTDOOR LIFE NETWORK

Sports Illustrated once again has TV ambitions. More than three years after Sports Illustrated's TV venture with corporate cousin CNN failed, SI is now eyeing a partnership with Comcast's Outdoor...

CONSOLATION PRIZE; BKF STAKES LEVIN AFTER PROXY LOSS

For John A. Levin, losing a bitter proxy battle for control of his company may prove very rewarding. Despite being forced out from his roost atop BKF Capital Group, the...

GERSHWIN IN $345M DEAL

Real estate investment trust Archstone Smith is in contract to buy the Gershwin rental tower for around $345 million. The 550-unit building, developed and being sold by Jack Resnick &...

H+M TAKES FIFTH AGAIN

Hennes + Mauritz will open its eighth city store in time for the holidays at 111-115 Fifth Ave., the home of Ford Models. The new 21,000-foot space is located in...

WEINSTEIN STAFF TAKE TRIBECA

The Weinstein brothers' new movie company is moving most of its staff to a new TriBeCa location near its headquarters. Bob and Harvey Weinsteins' new firm, dubbed for the moment...

SCAM COMEBACK ; VONAGE CEO CITRON SET TO SCORE WITH UPSTART'S IPO

Vonage chief Jeffrey Citron, banned from Wall Street for fraud, stands on the brink of taking his Internet telephone startup public in what could be a $600 million stock offering....

'NET AD SALES BOOM

With more and more advertising dollars chasing the Internet, sellers of online ad space are suddenly confronting soaring prices and growing competition for premium inventory. A number of companies -...

MAGNUM P.U. THUG 'PARCO' IS WATCHING YOU - BUT WHO'S WATCHING HIM?

"Parco P.I." Sunday night at 10 on Court TV * (one star) IT'S too bad that Court TV has decided to join the growing, distasteful stereotyping of Italian- Americans with...

'NYU SUICIDES' DEAD ON ARRIVAL

THE NYU SUICIDES* (one star) Failing grade.Running time: 70 minutes. Not rated (sensitive subject matter). EXCITING title, boring content. That about sums up "The NYU Suicides," a dry documentary about...

BORING 'WALL' FALLS FLAT

WALL* (one star) Dull as cement.Running time: 98 minutes. Not rated (disturbing images). At the Quad, 13th Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. THE tedious left-wing documentary "Wall," about Israel's...

I'LL SHOW YOU MINE ; MARTHA FINALLY FLASHES ANKLE BRACELET TO HYPE TV COMEBACK

QUOTE 'I DON'T THINK THE PRISON AND HOME-CONFINEMENT EXPERIENCE REALLY CHANGED ME' MARTHA Stewart is turning her prison stay into a stand-up comedy routine. For the first time yesterday, the...

FIND 'UNDISCOVERED'

UNDISCOVERED ** ½ (two and a half stars) Teen-friendly.Running time: 97 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual situations, partial nudity, profanity, drug use). At the Empire, the Union Square, the 84th Street,...

FORMULAIC 'FORMULA'

FORMULA 17 ** (two stars)THERE are no women or straight men left in Taipei. At least that's the impression left by "Formula 17," in which every single person (except for...

'GRIMM' TIDINGS - GILLIAM FAIRY TALE DOESN'T FLY

THE BROTHERS GRIMM (two stars) More grim than Grimm Running time: 118 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, frightening sequences, brief suggestive material). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Cinema 1,...

'CAVE' NOT WORTH EXPLORING

THE CAVE* (one star) Lame sci-fi.Running time: 90 minutes. Rated PG-13 (intense creature violence). At the Empire, the Orpheum, the Harlem USA, others. 'LET'S go deep!" exclaims one of the...

SCHLEMIEL, SCHLEMOZZLE; 'BAXTER' WON'T WOO YOU

THE BAXTER* (one star) 98-pound weakling.Running time: 90 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual humor, drug references). At the IFC Center, the Ziegfeld, the Chelsea West, others. SOME may dismiss "The Baxter"...

BOW WOWS 'EM LIKE A LUCKY DAWG

BOW WOW WHATEVER the Scream Tour lacked in hip- hop, it made up for in screams. The fourth annual edition of the all- star hip- hop concert came to Madison...

D.L.'S WEEK ENDS EARLY

COMEDY Central has lopped a night off D.L. Hughley's new show, "Weekends at the D.L." "Weekends" will now air only Friday and Saturday nights (11 p.m.). The Sunday-night edition of...

HE'S GOT THE RX

TED Leo is dedicated. Last year, when the folk-punk rocker was slated to rock the Seaport Music Festival, rain threatened to cancel his performance. But instead of a quick exit,...

J&R OUTDOOR FEST HAS SOUL

AS if you needed another excuse to leave the office early today: The free outdoor J&R Downtown MusicFest 2005 rumbles on. Soul singer Leela James and gospel duo Mary Mary...

FOREIGN AFFAIR; INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS ARE THE ONLY HOPE FOR 'LENNON' PROFIT

WHAT'S the prognosis for "Lennon"? The producers of the critically battered jukebox musical - which, around Shubert Alley, is known as "Yoko's Folly" - are desperately trying to keep the...

STARR REPORT

Broadcast news National Geographic Channel's four-hour Sept. 11 special, "Inside 9/11," has caught the attention of the Department of Homeland Se curity. NatGeo received a call from DHS officials this...

MARY'S HOT PICK

The 13th Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival this weekend is a free two-part outdoor concert. Tomorrow, the music swings into action at 3 p.m. at Marcus Garvey Park (just south...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

You could say Gianluca DeMarco is a red-hot student. The Illinois teen admitted pouring gasoline in his locker at Lake Park HS and starting a fire so he'd be expelled....

N.Y.'S FINEST $UPPORTER

Even New York's Finest need a little assistance sometimes - and Pamela Delaney comes to the rescue. As president of the New York City Police Foundation, Delaney raises money from...

IT'S NOT CANCER, GOTTI - AND I SHOULD KNOW

AFTER a lifetime of carefully watched but suspicious mammograms, I was diagnosed with lobular carcinoma in situ in my right breast in 2001. I did not then, and do not...

CRUEL LOTTO SCAM; VICTIM LOSES 20G

A Long Island woman was hoodwinked out of her life savings by a thieving couple who promised her a share of their nonexistent lottery winnings in exchange for $20,000, authorities...

YOU GOTTA LOVE THIS RAT; MIKE DOES A NUMBER ON HIS PALS

'MIKEY Scars" DiLeonardo also loved Bobby Boriello, who was shot dead outside his Bensonhurst house on April 13, 1991. "He said on the stand that when my husband was murdered...

'NET-PERV RAP FOR L.I. LAWYER

A Long Island attorney was arraigned yesterday for setting up a sexual rendezvous with a 13-year-old girl - who was actually an undercover officer involved in an Internet pedophile sting....

JEANINE MORE HUBBY-HOBBLED

Jeanine Pirro beats Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton by a mile - in the contest over whose spouse is a real louse, a new poll shows. The survey that no wife...

SURPRISE $UGAR DADDY FOR BUBBA CONFAB: GOLISANO

WASHINGTON - Bill Clinton has snagged major financial support for his powwow with world leaders next month from potential New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Golisano. Golisano is now the...

BITE OF RUSTY NAIL LEAVES LAWYER IN SALAD DAZE

A Midtown lawyer says he got a little too much iron - an inch-long piece of rusty metal - in his salad from an upscale eatery. "I pulled out this...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

MANHATTAN *** (lcf) A 19-year-old man was fatally shot during a dispute with four men on a Harlem street yesterday. After the victim, Darnell Moore, was wounded on West 151st...

PUMP POLITICS; ANGER THAT DEMS IGNORE

IN the category of dumbest poll question ever, you'll be delighted to know we have a winner. It's ABC News, which has taken the coveted prize because it actually paid...

ESCAPE ON A WING & PRAYER ; B'KLYNITES' GRACE IN AMAZON JET HORROR

A Brooklyn man urged his nieces to give thanks to God as they stood in the Amazonian hail and muck after their airliner crash-landed in the Peruvian jungle. Joshelyn Vivas,...

14 DEADLY INCHES ; PLAYLAND BOY FELL THROUGH TINY CRACK IN WATER RIDE WHILE WORKERS WERE GONE

A 7-year-old boy, killed earlier this month on a placid water ride at Rye Playland, died after falling through a 14-inch gap between conveyor belts and getting jammed underneath them,...

GAZA WEIGHS YASSERVILLE

JERUSALEM - The Palestinian Authority plans to rename some former Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip after dead Palestinians - possibly including Yasser Arafat and the founder of Hamas. "It...

'NET' RECEIPTS - MARIA & SERENA SERVE UP SALES, TOO

Glammed up to the nines, tennis starlets Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams rolled into the Big Apple this week, ready to do battle for the title of Queen of the...

HASH-SMASHERS BUST UP $4M RING

Authorities busted up an international hashish- smuggling ring, seizing $4.4 million worth of the drug as they rounded up 10 suspects in New York, officials said yesterday. The arrest of...

JUDGE: OK TO FURNI$H CITY

A Manhattan Supreme Court judge has cleared the way for the city to proceed with a giant franchise for new newsstands, bus-stop shelters, public toilets and other "street furniture." Owners...

A BASE HIT FOR HILLARY; UPSTATE HQ SPARED

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton scored a clutch political save yesterday as a federal panel changed course and voted to keep open a military accounting facility in upstate Rome...

NYPD ADDS TOP GUN TO ANTI-TERROR FIGHT

The NYPD has added two of the military's most powerful sniper rifles to its arsenal in a bid to stop terrorists from using boats or small aircraft to attack the...

FREDDY RIPS POL PAL FOR 'JEWISH' REMARK

Fernando Ferrer slammed Bronx Democratic Party boss José Rivera yesterday for making "divisive" and "unacceptable" remarks about Jewish lawmakers, notably Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Rivera - one of Ferrer's leading...

MIKE'S METER VETO HASN'T GOT A PRAYER: COUNCIL

If you want to pray, you have to pay. Mayor Bloomberg vetoed a bill yesterday that would have eliminated parking meters on Sundays - but the City Council immediately said...

REV. AL WILL JOIN GI MA IN ANTI-WAR TEXAS VIGIL

The Rev. Al Sharpton will go to Texas on Sunday to support anti-Bush protester Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq and who is demanding a troop pullout...

BEAST SELLER CONTAINS AN EPIC GOOF

Random House had an unexpected surprise for readers who picked up the hot new fantasy book "Eldest" this week - in some copies, the story suddenly stops after a few...

'RUSSIAN ROULETTE' SLAY IN BRONX

A Bronx man shot and killed his cousin early yesterday morning, and then told cops he fired the fatal bullet during a game of Russian roulette. But police weren't buying...

'SCARS': JUNIOR MY BRO; CANARY'S SOB SONG

In a startling bid for pity, mob turncoat Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo broke off his testimony yesterday to lock eyes with his former best friend John "Junior" Gotti and call...

INSULTS 'RING'ING IN EARS OF MOGUL

A millionaire who sued his young girlfriend to get back the $53,000 engagement ring he gave her is "a mutt" and "an Indian giver," the woman's family raged yesterday. Emily...

GOODEN GIVES UP TO POLICE

Fugitive fireballer Dwight Gooden came out of left field yesterday when he surrendered to authorities, four days after fleeing from a police traffic stop, officials said. The former star pitcher...

YOUR DISHONOR; JUDGE MILLS CENSURED FOR DWI & RACE-BAITING

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Donna Mills is not having a good week - she was censured yesterday for drunken driving and claiming she was arrested because she's black. The action...

BOOZY REVEREND 'CROSSED' UP: LAWYER

Judge Donna Mills' minister boyfriend was lost in a boozy hell and thought he had found salvation when he saw a cross over Narva David's apartment door, his lawyer claimed...

PA. MAN MISSING AFTER LEAVING WALL ST. JOB

A Pennsylvania man who works on Wall Street left his job Monday - and vanished, friends and family say. Joe Colangeli, 47, of Bushkill, Pa., left 7 Hanover Square at...

BETSY'S 'STALKER' HOMELESS

Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's "stalker" is a homeless man who shows up at her press conferences and yells at her, sources told The Post yesterday. The sources said the vagrant...

WEINER IN BID TO SEIZE PLO HOUSE

Rep. Anthony Weiner has joined the battle to seize the Palestinians' U.N. Mission building and sell it to pay a $116 million legal judgment they owe to an American Jewish...

SISTER GIVES MIKE AN 'A'

He may not have gotten the best grades in high school, but Michael Bloomberg's is doing a great job as mayor, his big sister said yesterday. Marjorie Tiven, speaking at...

SUBWAY MURDER; BRONX MAN WAS PUSHED: CORONER

Early Memorial Day, a man was found dead under a southbound No. 6 train after mysteriously toppling off a Bronx subway platform, leading cops to wonder if he'd stumbled, fainted...

DADDY & DAUGHTER PUMMEL GAL: COPS

A Bensonhurst restaurant owner was beaten up twice in one week, police said yesterday - first by a partner trying to force her to sell the business to him, and...

CLERK AND PALS LIVED HIGH ON STOLEN $2M: DA

A $35,000-a-year shipping clerk for an online luxury-goods shopping company swiped more than $2 million from her bosses - then lavished cars, jewelry and other goodies on her friends, family...

LAWYER GUILTY OF FAX FORGERY

A Queens lawyer was convicted of forgery yesterday for inventing a judge's decision and faxing it to the opposing lawyer in his civil case against an investment firm. Perry Reich,...

NEW TWIST IN OLIVIA BEAU MYSTERY

LOS ANGELES - A man who was on two-day fishing trip with Olivia Newton-John's missing beau believes the wayward angler vanished almost a day before the charter boat pulled into...

PEDESTRIANS HIT AMID CAR-VAN-BUS CRASH

A suspected drunken driver, who had been celebrating his new job with Amtrak, broadsided a minivan in Brooklyn yesterday, critically injuring a man inside the van and sending the vehicles...

TWO SHOT IN CAR ON GRAND CENTRAL

Two men were shot while riding in a car on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens early yesterday, police said. One victim, 21 and from Howard Beach, was hit in...

DA'S CROWE WOE; MORGY FOE RIPS PLEA AS 'BOUGHT'

Leslie Crocker Snyder blasted Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau yesterday for working out a sweetheart plea deal with Hollywood hothead Russell Crowe. Under the deal, the multimillionaire New Zealander will serve...

MURDER IN THE SUBWAY ; BX. MAN PUSHED: CORONER

Early Memorial Day, a man was found dead under a southbound No. 6 train after mysteriously toppling off a Bronx subway platform, leading cops to wonder if he'd stumbled, fainted...

MISSTEP DAUGHTER; BEATS UP SAME GAL AS HER DAD: COPS

A Brooklyn restaurant owner was beaten up twice in one week, police said yesterday, first by a business partner trying to force her to sell the eatery to him -...

DEADLY GUN'PLAY' - BX. SUSPECT: I SHOT CUZ IN RUSSIAN ROULETTE

A Bronx man shot and killed his cousin early yesterday morning, and then told cops that he fired the fatal bullet during a game of Russian roulette. But police weren't...

YOUR DISHONOR - JUDGE MILLS CENSURED FOR DWI & RACE-BAITING

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Donna Mills is not having a good week - she was censured yesterday for drunken driving and claiming she was arrested because she's black. The action...

'RUSSIAN ROULETTE' SLAY IN BX.

A Bronx man shot and killed his cousin early yesterday morning, and then told cops that he fired the fatal bullet during a game of Russian roulette. But police weren't...

STILL SMOKIN' ; PEDRO, CLUTCH BATS CINCH MET SWEEP

Mets 3D'backs 1 PHOENIX - Mike Jacobs was held without a homer last night and the Mets did not shatter the 20-run barrier. All the Mets needed to complete a...

STEVENS LEANS TOWARD RETURN

Scott Stevens appears to be leaning toward coming back to play this season, according to a source close to the 41-year-old Devil captain. The source, however, cautioned that although Stevens...

TRAVERS FOES EYE 'ROAD' KILL

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Bellamy Road, the towering 3-year-old supercolt owned by George Steinbrenner, is getting most of the ink for tomorrow's $1 million Travers Stakes, which marks the first start...

'UNDISCLOSED' BLINKERS BLINDSIDE SPA BETTORS

Stewards were confronted by pressbox delegation after Nolan's Cat, maiden who ran third in Belmont Stakes, finally graduated by nose over 4-5 favorite Sir Halory while wearing blinkers for first...

SHAKE OUT THE SALT, FISHING IS JUST FINE

THE SALTWATER action in New York's marine waters continues to offer a wide variety of species from top water gamefish to bottom feeders like sea bass and porgies. The waters...

MONEY BAWL PUT MICHAEL WAY OFF BASE

AS Jorge Posada batted in the fourth inning Monday, Michael Kay, calling the game on YES, grew indignant. Posada, the previous game, Kay told us, had a ground-rule double, his...

SHEFF WON'T LOSE FOCUS ; GOODEN SAGA A DISTRACTION

When Dwight Gooden became a fugitive Monday, Gary Sheffield's life became more complicated again. Nobody would've faulted Sheffield if he left New York to track down his troubled uncle, or...

SNEE: LINE WOES NO GIANT PROBLEM

GIANT NOTES It's not a big problem. That's the assuring word from right guard Chris Snee, who insisted the breakdowns in protecting the quarterback the Giants experienced last weekend are...

JETS, JINTS PUT GAME FACES ON; CURTIS HOPING TO CARRY LOAD

Tonight's game against the Giants at Giants Stadium not only figures to feature spirited play between the two rivals, but also in a sense is the final preseason test for...

WRIGHT ON TRACK ; METS STAR ERUPTS IN 2ND HALF

MET NOTES PHOENIX - Since the All-Star break, the best hitter in baseball has been David Wright. Wright is ridiculously hot right now - 10 hits in his last 22...

STARTER SHAKES OFF JAM

Seven innings, six hits, two earned runs. This is what it's like when Shawn Chacon struggles. Saying he "didn't really feel like I had anything" yesterday, Chacon improvised his way...

UNIT NEEDS BIG GAME

JOE Torre referenced the "Big Guy" both before and after yesterday's 6-2 win over the Blue Jays, and on neither occasion was he speaking of George Steinbrenner. These days, the...

KNICKS LOSE OUT ON JONES

The Knicks' chances of netting Pacer reserve swingman James Jones were thwarted yesterday when Indiana pulled off a sign-and-trade with the Suns. Knicks president Isiah Thomas was offering Jones a...

YANKEES' BATS BACK CHACON; HOMERS HELP SHAWN HOLD OFF BLUE JAYS

Yankees 6Blue Jays 2 Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez draw on bigger biceps to hit balls over the fence more often. Jason Giambi is a sexier story. Mystique and aura...

HASSELBECK CAN EARN BIG BLUE BOOST

When Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce was with the Redskins in 2003, he had a definite opinion who Washington's quarterback ought to be. Pierce wanted Tim Hasselbeck on the field, running...

TORRE: UNIT'S BEST IS STILL TO COME

YANKEE NOTES Joe Torre may be in the minority when it comes to what Randy Johnson can contribute to the Yankees' march toward October. Despite a pedestrian 11-8 record and...

MAC: CORTISONE SHOTS MAY DO AGASSI HARM

John McEnroe expressed concern yesterday that aging Andre Agassi has needed cortisone shots to compete this year, saying it was a risky move that could adversely affect him in the...

TRACH 'N FIELD - HURLERTAKES HILLTONIGHT

PHOENIX - Just over six months after having back surgery, Steve Trachsel will take the mound tonight for his season debut. Trachsel, who's been out all year after having surgery...

LIBS' SLIP SHOWIN'

Sting 78Liberty 66 The Liberty lost a game they could afford to lose, but worse, they may have lost a player they likely can't do without. Elena Baranova was hit...

UNDER THE INFLUENCE - FUTURE STARS LEARNING FROM FORMER STARS' ERRS

PHOENIX - For two games in this series, the Mets offense was spectacular. But for all four games, the starting pitching was splendid. Last night, it was Pedro Martinez who...

WIDE 'OPEN' - WOMEN'S FIELD FEATURES WHOLE LOTTA CONTENDERS

The women's bracket of the U.S. Open really does justice to the name of tennis' final major of the year. "It is a wide-open Open," said USA Network's Tracy Austin,...

MARCUS CUT BY CBS - HALL OF FAMER OUT AT NFL TODAY

After seeing his airtime diminish year by year since he started on the NFL Today in 1998, Hall of Famer Marcus Allen is now out at CBS, NYP TV Sports...

5 QUESTIONS FOR DESMOND HOWARD

This week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with 1991 Heisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl XXXI MVP Desmond Howard. Howard, 35, has been hired by ESPN to work on...

MEMO OF THE WEEK

To: Mario Lopez From: Andrew Marchand Re: ESPN Hollywood CC: John Tesh Dear Mario: Start auditioning for acting roles now! Before becoming a co-host on ESPN Hollywood - the network's...

ROOKIE SETS RECORD WITH AMAZIN' START

Four games into his career, a 24-year-old Met has made home-run history. Mike Jacobs is off to the greatest power-hitting start ever in major league baseball. The rookie Met catcher...

LIBS AREN'T THIRSTY WITHOUT WAUTERS

When Ann Wauters was placed on injured reserve on Aug. 14 after suffering a broken wrist, the Liberty's future was left very much in doubt. Wauters had become one of...

RIGHT ON TRACH FOR START TODAY

PHOENIX - Just over six months after having back surgery, Steve Trachsel will take the mound tonight for his season debut. Trachsel, who's been out all year after having surgery...