February 7, 2007
Hip hop hooray
The "Def Jam: Icon" demo is going up on the Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow. That's assuming you can tear yourself away from the "Crackdown" demo, of course.What can you expect...
IT'S A BARGAIN: Go somewhere warm
Newport Beachside Resort Remember all those people bellyaching about it being too "balmy" outside? Let's all get together and torture them. Slowly. But first, let's warm up. Somewhere, preferably, where...
ILLINOIS - THE PRAIRIE STATE
Illinois became our 21st state on Dec. 3, 1818. It covers 55,593 square miles and its capital is Springfield. he land that would become Illinois was home to several native...
FREAK CHIC IS BIG EEK!
Late last night, Heatherette's soul sister, Kimora Lee Simmons, joined design duo Richie Rich and Traver Rains in celebrating the more-is-more school of design. The label's fall (freak) show, a...
LIQUID-DIETING RUNWAY WAIFS RUN FROM FOOD
You can lead a model to the deli tray, but you can't make her eat. Despite new guidelines to fatten up the waifs, a survey of the backstage spreads at...
ROYALTY ROW AND A PARIS NO-SHOW
Heatherette's front row was a lineup of downtown royalty: Kenny Kenny and Susanne Bartsch, Destiny's Child's Kelly Rowland, Kim Kardashian (who was wielding an "Extra TV" microphone), Alan Cumming, Lady...
JACKIE ROGERS SHOW
The only venue more perfect than Scores for Jackie Rogers' fall selections would be an Atlantic City gift shop. It's also the place where you'd expect this stuff to retail....
TIBI SHOW
Business woman turned dress designer Amy Smilovic knows what her girls from Tibi. And, it's reassuring that season after season you can trust her to send feminine dresses with funky...
GENERRA SHOW
Stripes, plaid and an assortment of mod meets lower east side hipster looks made their way into Generra's fall collection of trapeze jackets, tunics and short knit dresses. This line,...
DOO.RI SHOW
Young designers have it rough. Between finding backing and forging their way through the labrynth that is the fashion business, it is challenging at every turn. And then there is...
BETSEY JOHNSON SHOW
Between her runway-side tea parties and the signature cartwheel at the end of her shows, it's clear nobody has more fun than Betsey Johnson. And maybe that's why she sells...
PSYCHED FOR B'WAY
IT'S beginning to look a lot like "Frasier" - as a perfect storm of stars from the long-running show congregate over Broadway in the next few weeks. Five - count...
OUT'LAW'
THERE are more than 16,000 actors in the Naked City - and seemingly all of them have appeared on TV's "Law & Order." Well, not quite all. We refer you...
PAULA'S PICKS
MEMO to wannabe "American Idols": If you want to impress Paula Abdul, you'd better look and act the part. "I love when contestants come in and they have their look...
COURT TV GRACE-D 10 YEARS
THE "Nancy Grace" moments are commonplace now, quick hits of parody on "Boston Legal," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "Saturday Night Live." The characters have names like Gracie Jane...
BATTLE GROUND
TWO duelling serials are forcing fans of both shows to make a tough choice on Monday nights. For three consecutive weeks, the two best serialized dramas on television - "24"...
ULTIMATE FIGHTING TAKES ON NETWORK TV
CHANNEL 9 is climbing into The Octagon - the controversial caged ring where Ultimate Fighting Championship's mixed-martial-arts bouts have been settled in blood, only on cable until now. The new...
STARR REPORT
'Grey' matter Shows you what a good word from Rosie O'Donnell can do. O'Don nell, Joy Behar and Jane Kra kowski were sing ing Chris tine Eber sole's praises last...
'BURNING' IS NO MATCH
IT'S amazing that young filmmakers still try to make "Woody Allen movies." Perhaps it's because Allen means so much to neophyte helmers. This certainly seems to be the case with...
BEHNAZ SARAFPOUR SHOW
The mood was tough but muted at Behnaz Sarafpour - simple little dresses in gunmetal or black, toughened up with grommets or asymmetrical zippers. But her proportions were a bit...
NARCISO RODRIGUEZ SHOW
To a capacity crowd -- including BFFs Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld, Rachel Weisz and Darren Aronofsky, Amber Valetta, Claire Danes and Julianna Margulies -- designer Narciso Rodriguez demonstrated that he...
RODARTE SHOW
Since arriving in New York almost two years ago, sisters Laura and Kate Mulleavy - the designers behind Rodarte - have been literal fashion darlings, heralded by many in the...
TEMPERLEY LONDON SHOW
Calling her collection "Beauty in Exile," designer Alice Temperley was inspired by Paris in the early 1900's, when it was teeming with exiled Russian nobility. This set the tone for...
VENA CAVA SHOW
At Vena Cava, they showed these great necklaces that looked like they were strung with children's building blocks - but that was as whimsical as it got. Brooklyn-based designers Sophie...
BILL BLASS SHOW
If the front row was any indication, Michael Volbracht is going to have to inject a bit more youthful vigor into the Bill Blass label if he hopes to win...
BRUCE SHOW
Returning to the runway after a several season hiatus, designers Nicole Noselli and Daphne Guttierrez have obviously been studying up on the 1980s. Jackets were long and paired with skirts...
MONIQUE LHUILLIER SHOW
The usually sweet and demure Monique Lhuillier has developed an edge. Citing "industrial chic" as the mood behind her collection, it should be no surprise that it was awash in...
MATTHEW WILLIAMSON SHOW
Matthew Williamson knows what his women like -- and offered it up over and over again on the runway at Bryant Park. Brightly colored floaty chiffon dresses were the predominant...
GALS: CLOTHES OVER SEX
If women had the choice between sex and clothes, they wouldn't hesitate to put style over a lusty bedroom encounter. At least, that's what a new poll says.On average, most...
CARLOS MIELE SHOW
After last season's over-the-top floral and chiffon extravaganza, Carlos Miele's most recent collection felt like a much needed breath of fresh air. Still, despite a number of pretty pieces and...
PETER SOM SHOW
Peter Som has earned himself a loyal socialite following, and with clothes like those in his Fall 07 collection, it's easy to see why. He had Tinsley Mortimer and Camilla...
RICHARD CHAI SHOW
Richard Chai made his mark with an affinity for fabrics, working in everything from silk to Jacquards and manipulating those in a multitude of feminine ways. For Fall, he took...
CATHERINE MALANDRINO SHOW
Catherine Malandrino believes in a woman's legs. Showing a collection that was 95 percent dresses (there were a pair of genie pants and a tuxedo, and a smattering of skirts),...
BEST IN JOE
THE world of caffeine got a jolt last week when Consumer Reports tested Starbucks coffee against fast-food chains' lowly joe and the winner was ... McDonald's. Beating out Burger King...
A BEEF WITH NEW MEAT-STREET HITS
KOBE Club and Quality Meats, West 58th Street's dueling carnivore haunts, are full of scary, sharp edges: 2,000 samurai swords hung tip-down from Kobe Club's ceiling, and meat hooks turned...
HOST YOUR OWN ROAST WITH THESE HOME TIPS
WHILE doing the legwork for "Gourmet Shops of New York" out in May (Rizzoli), co-authors Susan Meisel and Nathalie Sann fell hard for two coffee spots. One is Eli's Vinegar...
JUST OPENED
* Satsko 245 Eldrige St. between Houston and Stanton streets (212) 358-7773 Starters: $5 to $14; entrees: $14 to $28. Sake Bar Satsko in the East Village now has a...
DEM WINS L.I. RACE IN BIG BOOST TO GOV
Gov. Spitzer scored a victory over Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno last night when Nassau County voters elected Democrat Craig Johnson to the state Senate over Republican Maureen O'Connell. Johnson...
TIME IS MONEY
Charlize Theron could be out more than $20 million after allegedly two-timing a high-end watchmaker by acting as other companies' arm candy. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, watchmaker...
'PERVY' PROF IS BUSTED
A hands-on biology professor has been busted for giving personal anatomy lessons to two female students, police sources said yesterday. Sikdar Masood, 49, fondled the women while teaching at Brooklyn...
WE'RE GONNA BREAK THE ICE
It looks like the city has survived Mother Nature's best arctic shot. Temperatures will be in the mid-20s today, peaking at around 26, with a low of 17 - a...
POLS HAVE BEEF WITH EATERY LAW
City Council members are picking a food fight with Mayor Bloomberg over whether fast-food joints must prominently post calorie content on menu boards, The Post has learned. A council proposal...
$37M ICE PALACE FOR PROSPECT PK.
Brooklyn's Prospect Park will have a new $37 million ice-skating center by 2010, officials said yesterday. The project calls for a $25 million facility, to be called the Lakeside Center,...
MRS. KIDD BID FOR QUIET SPLIT
The salacious allegations streaming out of the Jason Kidd divorce case could soon stop, if lawyers for the NBA star's wife, Joumana, have their way. They yesterday asked Bergen County...
'NEW MAN' $ORELY LACKING
ALBANY - The man who could soon be in charge of the state's $145 billion pension fund has a lot to learn about managing money - he has little in...
ANTI-GOV REBELS SEIZE COMPTROL
ALBANY - Brushing aside the appeals of Gov. Spitzer, state lawmakers are ready today to select one of their own - most likely Assemblyman Thomas DiNapoli (D-L.I.) - as the...
'RIP YOU APART & BURN YOU INSANE' - DANCER EX'S 'HELL' DIARY
Manhattan prosecutors call it the diary of a murderer - a look inside the psyche of someone so twisted, he could slit his ex's throat, watch her bleed to death,...
TV JUDGE PIRRO GETS BENCHED
Jeanine Pirro will have to wait for her close-up a little while longer - if it ever happens at all. "Celebrity Jury," a syndicated Warner Bros. show on which Pirro...
ZONE BONEHEADS STIFF KIDS
Hugh and Rory Owens live 53 feet from a free ride to school - so they have to walk across one of the busiest intersections in the city to get...
KLEIN: NOT WITH MY KID, YOU DON'T
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein said last night there is no way he would let a 6-year-old child of his take public transportation to school - a predicament many parents have...
CALLERS CRANK 'GONG' SHOW
Crank callers from China have been hogging telephone ticket hot lines here in an attempt to sabotage a Chinese variety show at Radio City Music Hall because it puts a...
ROOKIE BONUS
Two fresh-out-of-the-academy cops who chased down a bat-wielding Queens goon after he allegedly bashed another rookie officer in the head were honored yesterday with a plaque and a $500 check....
NORMAN PUT ON '$QUEEZE'
A key adviser to a Brooklyn judicial candidate allegedly shaken down by Clarence Norman told jurors yesterday how he begged the former party boss' right-hand man to back off his...
BONFIRE OF THE BONANNOS BUSTS 19
Two top Bonannos got unpeeled yesterday when feds arrested the reputed acting underboss and the reputed acting consigliere of the notorious crime family. Acting underboss Nicholas "Nicky Mouth" Santora and...
HIT-&-RUN KILLER ISRAELI STAYS IN JAIL
An Israeli national who had sought to shorten his seven- to 20-year vehicular-manslaughter sentence by agreeing to deportation was turned down by state parole officials, the victim's family told The...
CORRECTION
Due to incorrect information provided by the Department of Buildings, The Post reported yesterday that the Lefrak City elevator where two brothers died on Sunday had been cited for a...
S.I. SINGER'S BIG CHANCE JUSTIN TIME
Keeping track of Justin Timberlake's women isn't easy these days, but you can help pick the one he steps out with this Sunday night - and she may be from...
ONE DEAD IN DOUBLE HIT-RUN
A driver who got out of his car after it was hit on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens was struck and killed early today by a second car, authorities...
'SUPREME' ANGUISH FOR KID
A weeping teen brought Brooklyn jurors to tears yesterday when he testified in the death-penalty case of drug kingpin Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, convicted of ordering the murder of the boy's...
2 HURT IN ROCK CTR. CRASH
Two women crossing a busy street at Rockefeller Center were hurt when they were caught in a smashup last night, cops said. The two were crossing 48th Street at Fifth...
'I'M GOING TO ; BE SICK . . . WE'RE IN JAIL, DUDE'
A stunned U.S. attack-jet pilot exclaimed, "I'm going to be sick" - then added, "We're in jail, dude" - when he realized he opened fire on a British convoy during...
CLOSE CALL FOR QUINN IN ISRAEL
A Palestinian rocket landed near Sderot, Israel, yesterday, shaking up City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and the 11 colleagues she took with her on her visit. The delegation was vis...
BARACK SMACKS SMOKES
WASHINGTON - Quitting cigarettes is stressful enough, but doing it in the white-hot spotlight of a presidential campaign has to be downright grueling for Sen. Barack Obama. The Illinois Democrat,...
CAGE COPS MOSQUE SLAY ROLE
Hollywood megastar Nicolas Cage has purchased the rights to portray an NYPD detective and shop the investigator's take on a controversial cop-killing, an author and agent said yesterday. "Circle of...
SPACE CASE IN 'MURDER BID'
A sickie spacewoman nicknamed "Robochick" planned to kill the NASA co-worker dating the hunky astronaut she secretly loved - a desperate move that could put the once-rising-star pilot behind bars...
ANNA BEAU DENIES SON DRUG STORY
Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer lover denied allegations he gave drugs to the model's son before his mysterious death. "I would never hurt Daniel in any way and to implicate me...
DUKE JURORS RIP RAPE RAP
Two members of the grand jury that indicted three Duke University lacrosse players on charges of raping a stripper at a party say they doubt they would have done the...
RUDY SURGES VS. MCCAIN IN NEW POLL
Rudy Giuliani is gaining ground on Sen. John McCain in New Hampshire and boasts favorability ratings that are the envy of the presidential field, a new poll shows. "America's Mayor"...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN Cops say this man , along with an accomplice, tried to rob a Downtown Brooklyn bank last month. The two walked into a Washington Mutual branch at 192 Smith...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 709; Lucky Sum: 16 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 3743; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 498; Lucky Sum: 21 / Evening Win-4 Tue.: 3382;...
MODEL MADNESS
Like father, like nanny? As chairman of the City Council's health committee, 28-year-old Joel Rivera has made a name for himself attempting to ban things other councilmembers haven't yet thought...
. . . AND IRANIAN CHUTZPAH
Get this: Iran is griping that one of its envoys was kidnapped in Baghdad. Iran - complaining of a kidnapping. We're talking the world's leading terror sponsor - a regime...
A COWARDLY CONGRESS . . .
President Bush Monday survived the first attempt by congressional Dem ocrats to undermine the U.S. mission to Iraq - a bid to declare "no confidence" in his ongoing troop surge....
SAVING FREEDOM
FIVE and a half years late, Ground Zero is finally showing progress. The Port Authority is industri ously building the east bathtub so developer Larry Silverstein can start work on...
A BATTLE OF WILLS
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is adapted from Sen. Joseph Lieberman's remarks to the Senate Monday on the Warner-Levin resolution to condemn the president's new Iraq strategy. OUR nation has reached...
PUTTING REFORM FIRST
EDITOR'S NOTE: Gov. Spitzer sent this letter to state lawmakers yesterday. YOU are about to select a new comp troller for the state of New York. In making your decision,...
SURE-SHOT SHARPTON
Sharpton is unreal. Race is always an issue with this guy ("Al's Misdirected Anger," Editorial, Feb. 5). The police have a job to do, and they attempt to keep our...
CITY'S CATTY MOVE OVER PETS
The city's Department of Homeless Services should instead be banning drugs, prostitution and the rats that infest these dwellings ("Homeless and Catless," Feb. 2). Show some human kindness, and give...
PLUCKED PEACOCK
General Electric Chairman Jeff Immelt's increased involvement in the direction of NBC Universal could be a sign that the entertainment giant's parent is mulling an eventual exit from the TV...
AMAZON SETS TV TIE-UP WITH TIVO
In a partnership that unites the leading digital video-recording company with one of the biggest media retailers, TiVo and Amazon.com will team up enable consumers to download TV shows and...
YOUTUBE ZUCKER PUNCHED
Just days after Viacom demanded YouTube take down all its content, Jeff Zucker, the newly appointed head of NBC Universal, seized the opportunity to criticize the popular video-sharing site. Like...
HE'S DUNN IT AGAIN, WITH WEB OF SMOKE
MARTIN Dunn, editor-in-chief of the Daily News, has dumped his stock in Front of Mind, a London-based Web design firm that he co-founded with backing from The Daily Mail and...
JOBS: YOU CAN'T POLICE PIRACY
Apple boss Steve Jobs said his company would be willing to open up its iTunes Store to gadgets other than the iPod if major music companies agree to do away...
TWO OUT THE DOOR AT ZWIRN
The fallout from a bookkeeping scandal at a $5 billion New York hedge fund continued with the departure of two of its top executives. D.B. Zwirn & Co. Chief Operating...
OSCAR NIGHT
Oscar de la Renta has gained a devoted following among celebrities and socialites for his pretty and oh-so-feminine clothes, but, unlike some of his peers, that look has come at...
BUILDING'S REALLY WIRED
SCOTT Lawlor's Broad way Partners have swooped in and tied up 450 W. 33rd St. for north of $700 million. The chunky former John Hancock Building is being almost entirely...
BLACKSTONE IN THE EOP DRIVER'S SEAT
Blackstone Group, the powerful investment firm run by billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, appears to have outwitted rival Vornado Realty Trust for control of Equity Office Properties, the nation's largest owner of...
COMCAST TO 'FACE' VIDEO
Ziddio.com, the YouTube wannabe created by cable giant Comcast, is hoping to boost its profile by partnering with popular social-networking site Facebook. Under a pact unveiled yesterday, Facebook users will...
ALLIED ADMITS TO SPY JOB
Allied Capital suffered a sharp setback in its bitter five-year war with New York hedge fund manager David Einhorn, when it acknowledged that a private investigator it hired illegally obtained...
WVU SOPH NO ORDINARY JOE
AFTER his team was soundly beaten by West Virginia and one of the best college basketball coaches in the country - John Beilein - Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez had...
ROBESON COACH PONDERS FUTURE
Todd Myles thought he'd be preparing his team for the playoffs right now. Instead, Robeson's head coach watches his players work out and wonders if he'll be back at his...
JOHNNIES NEED MASE'S MUSCLE
Anthony Mason was a 6-foot-7, 250-pound muscle-bound junkyard dog who backed away from no one and believed pain didn't hurt when he played for the Knicks. He epitomized New York...
COLD KOS PHILLY PARK
Racing at Philadelphia Park was canceled yesterday for the second straight day due to cold temperatures. Mountaineer, Beulah Park and Penn National were also forced to close. Penn National will...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Celtics lose 15th straight game The Celtics dropped their 15th straight game, losing 109-102 to the Pistons last night in Auburn Hills. The Celtics, who extended the worst losing...
DEVILS SO GOOD
The Rangers shuffled Jaromir Jagr adroitly, then dealt him right out of the shootout. They lost that turn of cards. On a night when the Rangers accomplished so much of...
QUINN TAKES JETS JOB
The Jets yesterday hired former Dolphins assistant coach Dan Quinn to be their defensive line coach, The Post has learned. He replaces Denny Marcin, who had coached the defensive line...
KNICKS GIVE CLIPS THE SLIP
The Garden has gone from booing the Knicks to performing spontaneous waves. As the Knicks pulled away from the Clippers down the stretch last night, the giddy Garden near-sellout crowd...
PLAYOFFS A PIPE DREAM NO MORE
FORTY-seven days the Knicks had gone without winning back- to-back games, which is no way to go about get ting anyone to take them seriously in their struggle back from...
FRANCIS RETURN (AND BIGGER ROLE) AT HAND
Gone are the whispers of a buyout, the questions of whether Steve Francis will ever play a major role for the Knicks, or even play at all. The guard, out...
TIM KNOWS EDDY'S DEAL
Raining half a dozen 3-pointers, pouring in a team-high 22 points and throwing down a pair of poster-quality first-quarter dunks - the second of which left David Lee with a...
ISIAH: DON'T LOOK FOR KNICK TRADE
Isiah Thomas put a damper yesterday on expectations the Knicks could make a deal by the Feb. 22 trade deadline, indicating he's not willing to add payroll. "Right now we're...
BUZZ-KILLED
ATLANTA - The painful defeats keep mounting, the late-game execution keeps failing and the Raptors' lead in the Atlantic Division keeps growing. Yet the Nets insist they will get it...
THORN AWAITING RETURN OF R.J.
ATLANTA - Richard Jefferson would help. And he will help the Nets. The question is when. "Richard hasn't started working out, so there's no way to put a timetable on...
MESSIER'S MISSION MISGUIDED
LET'S get this straight right here and right now. The Ranger front office is not a monarchy. The Rangers are not a royal family, as anyone who can read the...
SATHER VOWS TO KEEP KIDS
They have lost four straight now despite adding a point in the standings with last night's 3-2 shootout loss to the Devils at the Meadowlands, but the questions confronting the...
A-ROD TROUBLES ARE OPEN BOOK
What A-Mess. Call it Alex in Blunderland. Alex Rodriguez's appearance at a signing for his children's book was mishandled by his publicist and bookstore staff members, turning the ballyhooed event...
P.R. CAMPAIGN DROPS THE BALL
THIS was classic Alex Rodriguez. He wrote a children's book and invited the media to a midtown bookstore yesterday for a little promotion, the kind of cocktail that usually fosters...
YANKS STILL TOP CHOICE FOR BERNIE
Bernie Williams, reportedly invited to Yankee camp as a non-roster invitee, hasn't made up his mind yet, according to agent Scott Boras, adding there still is "deliberation on both sides"...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
He got nailed! A middle-aged Illinois man, accused of failing to pay for his pedicures, led officers on a foot chase before he was brought to heel. Marshall Wolbers, 56,...
Fun with A-Rod
While reporting on the A-Rod book signing in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon (which turned into a complete circus), I picked up something very interesting on my tape recorder... "Are you...