February 20, 2007
The Longest Night?
The polls in California closed a couple of minutes ago -- the Oscar polls, that is. "I've talked to lots of people and almost no one really loves any of...
Eyes to the Tigers
By GEORGE KING Gary Sheffield believes Doc Gooden's life is in a higher hand and talks about how he rebuilt his body. Gary Sheffield says Dwight Goodenâs fight to remain...
World's Most Mancunian Supermodel
Agyness Deyn, heralded on the cover of the brand-spankingest new issue of style-setting POP magazine as the world's most Mancunian supermodel, is setting catwalks afire everywhere she goes. She's already...
Making a Stand Against the Devils
With two games against the Devils, one against the Habs and two upcoming against the Isles, the Rangers are in control of their own destiny.Tonight, they play the division-leading Devils...
This week, on the Wii Virtual Console
In case you missed it yesterday or were so frustrated with Xbox Live going offline for a couple hours that you defected to the Wii side, here's what's new on...
Fernando-mania
By MARK HALE When Fred Wilpon was asked after watching 18-year-old Fernando Martinez in batting practice what he thought of the kid, the principal owner said, "Wow."Martinez took some BP...
Bonds Arrives
Barry Bonds arrived in Scottsdale yesterday and is taking part in the Giants first workout today. The controversial slugger is scheduled to meet the media this afternoon. Barry's first address...
Isiah: "Zero'' trades
By MARC BERMANI hope Mr. Freeman, who sends me five emails a day asking if the Knicks are going to make a trade, won't do anything drastic now. But with...
Delgado, Alou and more
By MARK HALECarlos Delgado just spoke to the media and said he is near 100 percent after having surgery on his wrist and elbow. Delgado believes he can have an...
Deal of the Day
Tranquilo chic LES boutique, Lola y Maria(175 Rivington St) has togs by hot Swedish designer H Fredriksson for a steal.This deep V printed dress began at $260 and is marked...
TRENDS: Drink up, Los Angeles
Like NBC âdiscoveringâ the prime time game show almost a decade after ABC first aired Millionaire, Los Angeles has recently picked up the 90s wine bar trendâ¦and, in many ways,...
FRIENDS TO THE OPT-OUT END
By KEVIN KERNAN Note to all my friends, hey, weâre still best friends, even though we havenât talked in years.The latest Yankees soap opera is just like going back to...
Day 11: The A-Rod/Jeter Dynamic
A question I get asked frequently is why does the media report so much about the relationship between Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.I think it is the same reason that...
FORGET THE MANE: BALD BRITNEY CAN NOW BE HEADSTRONG
DON'T listen to them, Britney. You are bald and you are beau tiful, and this could be the most brilliant career move you've ever made. All you need is a...
HE'S GOT JUST THE RIGHT MIX
ROLLING Stone columnist Rob Sheffield can expertly identify some of the most important mix-tape categories currently known to man, like "The Party Tape," or "We're Doing It? Awesome!" He even...
INSPIRED WORK DOESN'T MERELY REST ON ITS OARS
NEVER get into a rowboat with opera composer Tobias Picker. Last season, the Metropolitan Opera gave the world premiere of Picker's "An American Tragedy," in which the heroine was pushed...
STARR REPORT
Split personality I'm wondering who'll get better ratings - Oprah Win frey or . . . Oprah Winfrey? Winfrey will be going up against herself on Thursday, here in New...
'LOST' AND BOUND
WHO knew "Lost" actress Michelle Rodriguez was both a horrible driver and a tell-all blogger? In a rambling message posted on her Web site yesterday, Rodriguez revealed details of her...
COOKING AFLAC DUCK'S GOOSE
AFLAC is downsizing the duck. The insurance company, which enjoys one of the most recognizable brand names in the world thanks to its quacking mascot, is shifting away from the...
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
IT'S a worse urban myth than the guy with the hook who kills teenage lovers in cars. It's the myth of the glamorous model. The myth that being a piece...
SPECTOR TO PHIL O.J. SHOES
TV buzz is starting to grow around a little-reported court decision late last week in California - Phil Spector's spectacular murder trial will be televised. Wall-to-wall. It will be the...
WHAT GYMS REALLY COST
HERE'S a fun experiment: Next time you're working out at the gym, ask the people around you what they're paying for their memberships. We're betting that no two answers will...
SAY ALOE TO HERBAL REMEDIES
FOR centuries before the invention of drugs and antibiotics, medicines were made from herbs. And in spite of all the advances of modern science, some herbal remedies found in the...
LET ALIENS VOTE: ACTIVISTS
Immigrant-rights activists yesterday renewed their push to allow legal noncitizens to vote in the Big Apple. A bill that would grant permanent residents and other legal immigrants the right to...
CATSKILLS CASINO COMING UP ACES
ALBANY - City gamblers who want to try their luck may soon be able to roll the dice - legally - a lot closer to home. After decades of ups...
PEDICAB A DRIVING FORCE IN I LOVE N.Y. COMMERCIAL
While the city tries to clamp down on all the pedal-powered taxis clogging Midtown streets, the state has made a pedicab driver its tourism pitchman. A helpful pedicab driver carting...
THE NIGHT BRIT CRACKED
These are the photos Britney Spears never wanted you to see - capturing the first hours of a weeklong breakdown that began with her dumping her babies at a New...
BUS DRIVER CHARGED IN BX. ATTACK
A sicko bus driver abducted a teenage girl walking down a Bronx street yesterday - but his attempt to rape the victim was thwarted by an alert passerby, cops said....
BRUNO SUPPORTS EARLY PRIMARY
The likelihood that New York will have one of the earliest presidential primaries in the nation - on Feb. 5 - grew yesterday as Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno endorsed...
CAR-HIT MIRACLE IN CHELSEA
A 20-year-old pedestrian survived a horrific traffic accident in Chelsea yesterday. A BMW was headed west on 15th Street at 4:25 p.m. when the man darted into traffic near Seventh...
DIMMING 'EMPIRE' TO SAVE SIGHT
The world-famous tower lights of the Empire State Building will be turned off for 28 minutes on March 1 to remember the 28 million people around the world that an...
LOVE & LAW FUROR
Pillow talk between a Brooklyn prosecutor and her defense-attorney beau went too far when she allegedly passed sensitive witness information to him during a trial, The Post has learned. The...
CARJACK DRAMA
A brazen thief stole an SUV from a Queens carwash yesterday and then nearly ran down a cop on the Whitestone Bridge - who bravely squeezed off three shots before...
INDIAN PT. NUKE WORKER KILLS FAMILY, SELF
A stressed-out worker at the Indian Point nuclear-power plant strangled his teenage daughter and his wife in their home before killing himself, State Police said yesterday . The bodies of...
VID GAMES BOOST SURGEONS
Playing video games helps doctors improve their high-tech surgery skills, according to a new study. At the Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, 33 surgeons were asked about their gaming...
B'KLYN ARENA TIP-OFF
Brooklyn developer Bruce Ratner is expected to finally break ground today on his controversial $4 billion Atlantic Yards project, The Post has learned. Preliminary work on the 22-acre Frank Gehry-designed...
A 'WEEK' TRY BY JETBLUE
JetBlue executives yesterday promised that all flights would be back on schedule by tomorrow - a full week after a combination of ice and bad decisions sent the airline's passengers...
ROCKY RAIDED
Australian customs officials raided Sylvester Stallone's hotel room and private jet in Sydney yesterday after members of his posse were seen tossing items from the window of the luxury suite....
A SMALL WONDER
A proud Florida couple is taking their record-setting miracle child home today - a 4-month-old girl who is the most premature baby to ever survive. Amillia Sonja Taylor was only...
LOCKED AND LOADED: SHE DONS A WIG AND HITS THE BARS - AGAIN
From brunette to bald - now Britney Spears is back to being a blonde. A day after shaving her head, the singer stayed true to her hard-partying ways and showed...
CO-ED KILLER'S HELL PATH
The madman who gunned down two co-eds from Long Island because he blamed one of them for trying to wreck his relationship knew he was on a booze-fueled trip to...
HILL'S HIRE CALLING
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Hillary Rodham Clinton stood shoulder to shoulder yesterday with a controversial "supporter for hire" as she appeared here before a mostly African-American crowd. South Carolina state Sen....
MONICA BOOSTS SEN. CLINTON: POLL
ALBANY - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's decision to stand by her man after the Monica Lewinsky scandal is seen as a sign of strength by 56 percent of voters, a...
LETTING SLEEPING DOG LIE SAVED MT. HOOD CLIMBERS
A loyal dog saved three climbers from an icy death after they fell from a ledge and became stranded on Oregon's Mount Hood, officials said yesterday. The two women and...
GAY-SEX REV.'S 'SINS' REVEALED
"Numerous" people, including young male staffers, have stepped forward to reveal "sordid" behavior by the disgraced megachurch founder Rev. Ted Haggard, his former congregation has been told. An outside panel...
ANNA NICOLE WILL BE GOING IN STYLE
A Beverly Hills designer who was Anna Nicole Smith's favorite dressmaker will fashion the gown she'll wear to her grave, sources close to her said yesterday. If a Florida judge...
REVOLUTIONARY PREZ
WASHINGTON - President Bush honored the memory of George Washington yesterday and compared the current war against terrorism to the American Revolution. Bush led a Presidents Day ceremony at spectacular...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn* Cops arrested three teens after they allegedly robbed an East New York grocery store, authorities said yesterday. The teens, wearing ski masks, grabbed money from the register and robbed...
K-FED'S A BETTER MA THAN SHE
BRITNEY SPEARS must be stopped. Now! She's finally done it. Britney has demonstrated to every sentient being inhabiting this planet that she does not possess the adult capacity to care...
IWO JIMA HERO HURLS GRENADES AT SHAMEFUL POLS
IF GUTS were traded on Wall Street, these guys would be richer than Donald Trump. Angelo Ciotta, 81, of East Meadow, L.I., who joined the Marines when he was 17,...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 576; Lucky Sum: 18 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 3726; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 251; Lucky Sum: 8 / Evening Win-4 Mon.: 4888;...
PREDATORS PROTECTED . . .
The arrest of a serial sexual molester out on Long Island over the weekend underscores the need for quick action by the Legislature on a long-stalled bill that would permit...
. . . AND CRONYISM TRIUMPHANT
Speaking of Sheldon Silver, his hand-picked new state comptroller, former Assemblyman Thomas DiNapoli of Nassau County, stopped by a Democratic Party fund-raiser in Manhattan the other night to say hello...
GOODBYE & TOUGH LUCK
IMAGINE shopping at an open market. Lots of people buying, selling, having fun. Suddenly a parked car explodes. People standing closest are vaporized. Body parts fly everywhere. You're one of...
NOW THEY TELL US
THE four "Ghostbusters" in the classic 1984 movie warn New York's mayor of some "real wrath-of-God-type stuff" - that we're all "headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. Fire and...
'TREASON': RALPH PETERS NAMES CONGRESS' CRIME
THE ISSUE: The House vote to condemn President Bush's request for an Iraq troop surge. Once again, Ralph Peters gets it exactly right ("Treason," Feb. 17). Giving aid and comfort...
SPACE FOR TWO
The highly anticipated merger of satellite radio operators Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio Holdings became a reality yesterday, as the two companies reached a deal to combine their...
SOME DOUBT MERGER WILL GET PAST FCC
XM Chairman Gary Parsons and Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin say they are confident that their $4.6 billion deal, which would create a satellite radio industry monopoly, will receive regulatory approval....
THERE'LL BE NO OPTIONS BONANZA THIS WEEK
THERE won't be any hundred-point moves in the Dow Jones industrial average this week - at least not any triple-digit gains. This'll be a quite boring week, if historical patterns...
BIG SHAREHOLDER IS HEDGING BETS ON EMI
EMI Group Chairman Eric Nicoli got his clearest sign yet that investors finally are growing restless with his company's performance when a hedge fund shareholder sent a sharply worded letter...
FREEZING BLUE
The meltdown of JetBlue that's ruined thousands of planned holidays in the sun will cost the airline about $13 million - just about what it spends to gas up its...
NOTHING FOR NORDSTROM
WE don't often open this column with a deal that didn't happen, but this one is just too juicy. Until a few weeks ago, luxury retailer Nordstrom was in big-time...
CHINA TRADER
It's not a happy Chinese New Year at 195 Broadway, where Beijing-based company Vantone just scuttled a signed lease by reneging on a letter of credit for the second time...
PEERS TO THE RESCUE
Artsy publisher Louise T. MacBain has turned to Wall Street Journal veteran Alexandra Peers to try to bring some stability to her chaotic LTB Media. Peers, former arts editor and...
'BAY' BREEZE IN CAPOSSELA
Bill Place, coming off 31/4-length score in Jan. 15 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes at Big A for Tony Dutrow, was 3-5 favorite under Eibar Coa in $65,000 Fred Capossela at same...
HALL GIVES PITT SCARE
For one night, Seton Hall threatened to throw the Big East Conference postseason possibilities into disarray. The Pirates began the night in 13th place in the league, meaning they are...
SPORTS SHORTS
FOOTBALL: Bolts name NorvNorv Turner got his third shot at an NFL head-coaching job when he was hired yesterday by the Chargers, a week after the surprise firing of Marty...
NO PAU-WOW DEAL AHEAD
LAS VEGAS - Two days until the trading deadline and Jason Kidd's divorce lawyer still hasn't asked for a change of venue. Pau Gasol's exodus from Memphis has lost momentum....
BARRY THE HATCHET
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Mark Sweeney has spent 12 seasons in the major leagues. He has played for six different teams. He's never been an All-Star. He's never made $1 million...
PSAL FLIP-FLOPS ON AA PLAYOFF BRACKET
The PSAL yesterday reverted to the model of disorganization it was several years ago, switching several seeds in the boys AA playoff bracket and leaving some league officials fuming. After...
LEYLAND: 'WE'RE HERE TO WIN'
LAKELAND, Fla. - No soap operas here like the Yankees. Even though Detroit's spring training home is called Joker Marchant Stadium, no jokers here, either, like Carl Pavano. There are...
ISLES: SID DOWN, KID
As the Islanders' Trent Hunter tried to stay with Penguins star Sidney Crosby behind the net in the final minute of a tie game yesterday at the Coliseum, the defenseman...
PLAYOFF PUSH
If the Knicks can just get to the playoffs, coach/president Isiah Thomas believes they can advance. That's like a mediocre student saying that if he just gets into Yale, he...
MILL-POWER
PORT ST. LUCIE - The biggest lesson that Lastings Milledge learned from last year was about growing up. "Just being a man," Milledge said yesterday. "Handling responsibility." It seems as...
CARLOS CRAVES THE MVP
PORT ST. LUCIE - Carlos Beltran admitted yesterday that winning an MVP award is something that's important to him. "It is," the superstar center fielder said. "Last year, it was...
NO LOOKING BACK
PORT ST. LUCIE - If Scott Boras had gotten his way a couple of years ago, if he could have convinced the Yankees to accept his Grand Concourse discount, then...
KIDD'S FOCUS: NET RETURN, NOT TRADE TALK
Jason Kidd has heard the trade rumors, too. But he's just concentrating on the present, hoping to return from a bum back tomorrow night when the Nets host the Hornets...
THIS MAY BE RIVALS' LAST SWAMP FLING
The Era of 19,040 probably ends tonight. The memories made legends: Over there, Mark Messier finished off his Called Shot of '94. Down there, Messier drilled Doug Gilmour into LaLaLand...
A-ROD SAYS HE WON'T BOLT FROM BRONX
TAMPA - Alex Rodriguez never said he wouldn't exercise his contractual right to opt out of the final three seasons of his contract following this year. However, he did say...
NO CALL YET FROM BERNIE
TAMPA - On his way out of Legends Field yesterday, Joe Torre told The Post he hadn't heard from Bernie Williams after calling him Sunday. Later, GM Brian Cashman said...
SWINDAL SORRY ABOUT DUI BUST
TAMPA - A remorseful Steve Swindal addressed the media in the Legends Field press box yesterday to say how sorry he was for being charged for DUI early last Thursday...
INFIELD ON THE OUTS
TAMPA - Alex Rodriguez confirmed yesterday what everybody has known for years: The relationship between Rodriguez and Derek Jeter has grown icicles. Skin tight before Rodriguez slapped Jeter in a...
AT LAST, A-ROD CAN JUST GO OUT AND PLAY
TAMPA - Alex Rodriguez streamlined his body by dropping 12 pounds this offseason in attempts to regain his full agility. Yet the most important weight shedding began yesterday when A-Rod...
TAKE ME BACK
MAYBE this is a bit of an exaggeration, but for the purposes of illustrating a point, let's say that a typical announcement of an opening coming to us from the...
SET JETTING
FOUR years ago when we first awarded prizes for our favorite film locations in these pages, the idea of trips inspired by films wasn't exactly new. But now, things have...
IN THE BEGINNING
WHEN you're in a town where it's done right, one breakfast may not be enough. Try them all (we have). 1) PACIFIC DINING CAR Downtown Start the day any time...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Most of the witnesses at an upcoming wedding in suburban St. Louis are already forever holding their peace. The town of Pacific, Mo., approved a request for a couple to...
Most Talented Met Ever
By Mike VaccaroPORT ST. LUCIE -- OK, admittedly this is a lot different question than if we'd subbed "Yankees" in the subject line, and maybe when we switch to the...
Fully fashioned
With an alumni roster that includes (but is not limited to) names like John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, Gilbert & George, Luella Bartley, Jarvis Cocker, A.S. Byatt, Terence Conran,...