February 26, 2007
PICTURE PERFECT SWING
The mystery of the hitting photos in Lastings Milledgeâ locker has been solved.Milledge had posted pictures of Stan Musial, Gary Sheffield, Jay Buhner, Ken Griffey Jr. and Derrek Lee in...
Alomars 7, Manuels 2
By MARK HALE In the Mets' intrasquad game, Carlos Delgado and Jose Reyes both homered for Sandy Alomar Sr.'s team.Julio Franco also hit a two-run single, while Carlos Beltran went...
Wii/XBLA's latest downloadable titles
Tomorrow, XBLA-ers can download "Alien Hominid HD" for the low, low price of 800 Microsoft Points.In it, you're an "adorable" alien, fending off the evil FBI to make sure your...
Updated Bracket
We're three days from the beginning of March and two weeks from Selection Sunday. What a week for the top teams in the bracket. Wisconsin lost two tough ones and...
Deal of the Day
Whenever you can score anything from Anthropologie for under $25, buy first and ask questions later.This pleated pencil shaped Missus Skirt is marked from $88 to $24.95. And unlike most...
Day 17: Games Are Near
The Mets were scheduled to have an intrasquad game today, Monday, and the Yankees tomorrow. These are greeted as a blessing in camp. By now, players are bored senseless by...
Today's intrasquad game
By MARK HALEHere are the lineups for the Mets' first intrasquad game today: Jerry Manuel's team goes: Anderson Hernandez, Damion Easley, Carlos Beltran, Moises Alou, Shawn Green, Ruben Sierra, Ramon...
Cue Maureen McGovern
It was a long night here in Hell's Kitchen and I'm still in my pajamas. It will take a few more cups of java before I can manage a full-blown...
One Classy Dame
Nice touch for Helen Mirren to dedicate her Oscar to Queen Liz Windsor. At the rate things are going, she may want to don a tiara again for a sequel...
Sample Sales!
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A PAIN IN THE NECK
JOE Silverman is only 31, but the physical demands of his job are already taking a fierce toll. The result is pain that dogs him through the workday. Is Silverman...
DREAM JOB: SEAN PATTERSON
SEAN Patterson got his first glimpse of the fashion world as a college-age club promoter, parting velvet ropes for everyone from photographers and stylists to models and agents. He went...
IN NEED OF A LIFT
SHE'S a self-described feminist and the CEO of a luxury home furnishings company in Manhattan. By any measure, this 61-year-old woman is a success. But three years ago, "Jeanne" (a...
GO TO GREG
Q. I'M having trouble with some personal matters, and it's starting to affect my job performance. I'm thinking of turning to the company's employee assistance program. Can I trust them...
BEFORE YOU GET SORE
Breathe: Most of us hold our breath in times of stress, which affects the oxygen flow needed to keep our muscles and joints loose and limber. Every hour or two,...
POWER POINTS
Family values? The U.S. gets a miserable rating when it comes to family-friendly workplace policies, lagging behind virtually all wealthy countries, according to a new study by Harvard and McGill...
DRED SCOTT - FREEDOM LONG OVERDUE
Today's page looks at the infamous Scott vs. Sanford case and its shameful conclusion. Dred Scott was born a slave in Virginia in 1795. He was owned by Peter Blow,...
MARTY TIME AS DEARLY 'DEPARTED' SCORES BIG
Big Apple favorite Martin Scorsese yesterday departed from his role as perennial runner-up and scored a huge double win - snagging Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture. "Could you...
THE INCREDIBLE, INVISIBLE ELLEN
IT WAS almost as if there were no host at all. Ellen DeGeneres' role last night in her first outing as host of the Academy Awards was so infinitesimal, it...
'DREAMGIRL'S' WAKE-UP CALL
'I CAN'T believe I'm here," said "Dreamgirls" star Jennifer Hudson, arriving at the Academy Awards last night. Funny, we can't believe she wore that. Hudson may have won Best Supporting...
LIVE NUDE GIRLS!
IN an understated - or, put another way, boring - Oscar red carpet, Hollywood starlets ditched the glamorous look for a natural approach to hair and makeup. From nude lips...
GORE SCORES 'TRUTH' AWARD
Former Vice President Al Gore snatched the Oscar for Best Documentary for his film "An Inconvenient Truth," and told his cheering audience that global warming is "a moral issue." "My...
TAKE YOUR PIC NOW
The red carpet at the Kodak Theatre hasn't even been rolled up, and Tinseltown is already talking about next year's Oscar race. That would be the Best Picture cliffhanger between...
AUTISTIC HOOPS HERO SETS SCREEN
Jason McElwain has only one suggestion for the producers putting together the potentially Oscar-worthy flick about the autistic Rochester teen's life. He'd like to be played by Matthew McConaughey. "It's...
BEST OF THE PRE-SHOW BANTER
* Worst red carpet voice: Believe it or not, Ryan Seacrest takes second to Andre Leon Tally for the most irritable banter ("What ... a ... fabulous ... evening"). *...
RITZY RAGS THE REAL HEADLINERS THIS YEAR
HOLLYWOOD - Forget Best Director, the best line was Leo DiCaprio's. To Martin Scorsese, up for "The De parted" after years of snubs, Leo said: "Well, we broke your cherry."...
COMPLEX 'SIMON'
IT is claimed that some thing too silly to be said can still be sung. And the story of Ver di's great opera "Simon Boccanegra," handsomely restored to the repertory...
DATED AND ANGST-RIDDEN TALE IS ALSO STALE
THE marquee at New World Stages may announce that its latest production is "Sealed for Freshness," but something seems to have sprung a leak along the way. Doug Stone's play,...
BOLEYN BLING
COMPARE the famous portrait of the naughty, hot-headed Anne Boleyn (painted while she still had a head) with the photo of actress Natalie Dormer, who stars as Anne in the...
AN INSIDE JOB
'THE Black Donnellys," NBC's midseason replace ment for the equally self-indulgent "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," is not nearly as gripping as the executive producers, Paul Haggis and Bobby...
BINDI MANIA
IN months since her fa ther died last fall, little Bindi Irwin has been on the road non-stop. Bindi has been performing to sold-out crowds around the U.S., Canada and...
'DON'T BOOT ANTONELLA'
THE Internet was buz zing over the week end with the news that compromising photos of "American Idol" semi-finalist Antonella Barba popped up on the Web. But on comment boards,...
'BYE-BYE'
'AMERICAN Idol" is replacing Daniel Powter's 'Bad Day" with an exit song by one of its own. Get used to Chris Daughtry, an "Idol" finalist last year, singing a new...
STARR REPORT
It's 'All' unscripted Here's a first: The March 9 episode of "All My Children" will feature transgender actors/actresses, playing themselves, in scenes in which Zoe (Jeffrey Carlson), a transgender woman...
'GHOST' HOVERS AT NO. 1
"Ghost Rider" kicked into gear over Oscar weekend, driving off with the top box-office prize for the second straight week, according to studio estimates released yesterday. The film, based on...
OLD FOE DONALD WON'T TRUMP CATSKILL CASINO
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer's plan to bring a $600 million Indian-run casino to the Catskills is getting the green light today from the most powerful opponent of New York gambling:...
UPS DRIVERS IN SIDEKICK SCHEME
Cops have disconnected an identity-theft ring that brazenly snagged $300,000 worth of popular and pricey Sidekick cellphones, and then dispatched them around Brooklyn via crooked UPS drivers, The Post has...
CITY (AND JETBLUE) READY FOR 7 INCHES
Today's snowstorm is expected to drop two to seven inches on the city, turning this morning's commute into a long sloppy slog. But for drivers and airline passengers, things won't...
IN VILLAGE, RATS ENTERTAINMENT
Sure they were creeped out, but gawkers yesterday couldn't take their eyes off a fast-food joint that rats have turned into Manhattan's newest tourist attraction. Ex-customers were among those peering...
FROM REAL COP TO FAKE
A troubled ex-NYPD cop, who stocked an arsenal of weapons in his suburban home, was charged with impersonating an officer after he used a phony badge to pull over a...
L.I. STUDENT DIES IN BLAZE NEAR BOSTON U.
A Boston University student from Long Island was killed and another injured in a raging weekend blaze that swept through a top-floor apartment near the campus. A third BU student,...
DANCE WITH DEATH
A hardworking young Manhattan man who helped support his large family was fatally stabbed in front of his brother on a subway platform yesterday - for dancing with a young...
DAD DIES IN QNS. CRASH
A man was killed yesterday when the car in which he was driving his wife and son collided with another vehicle and ended up on the front lawn of a...
PROSECUTOR-LOVER A SERIAL SPILLER, PROBERS SAY
A Brooklyn prosecutor accused of slipping witness information to her defense-attorney fiancé had done the same thing in as many as 10 other cases, officials said yesterday. Sandra Fernandez was...
OPERA GUY PLEADS TO GO FREE
Former philanthropist and opera lover Alberto Vilar is singing the blues to a federal judge - begging to be freed from house arrest so he can play daddy to his...
NYC IN IRAN'S SIGHTS: KELLY
The NYPD fears that Iran has targeted the Big Apple for terror attacks, a grim new report reveals. "We're concerned that Iranian agents were engaged in reconnaissance that might be...
POLS PUSHING STARRETT BILL
State lawmakers want to end an exemption that allows building owners to opt out of affordable-housing programs - and they hope the bill will pass in time to block the...
BOY-BAND BOSS SUED BY FAMILY
A Manhattan dentist said yesterday that he, his parents and his brother got drilled for more than $1 million by boy-band impresario and alleged Ponzi schemer Lou Pearlman, saying he...
'ABORT' SHOCK IN GIANT DIVORCE
Giants star Amani Toomer is splitting with his wife, claiming she not only reneged on a pact to have kids with the veteran wide receiver but went so far as...
'SICK' PAY AT HOSPS
Top New York hospital executives griping about Gov. Spitzer's proposed cuts in health-care spending are personally netting millions of dollars in salaries and benefits, a Post probe has found. A...
BIZARRE BAZAAR
Decades from now, historians sifting through the city's archives will find 1,000 origami cranes, two scarves from Pakistan and even a framed certificate from Kurt Vonnegut commissioning Mayor Bloomberg as...
BIZ BUCKS LET CHARLIE PAC A PUNCH
WASHINGTON - Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel has already turned his powerful House committee chairmanship into a corporate cash machine, disclosure reports reveal. In December, a month after Democrats won the...
ANNA FEARED HER PHONE WAS BUGGED
Anna Nicole Smith feared her phones were being bugged in the days before she died, her former personal trainer and lover says. Smith, who collapsed in a Florida hotel room...
ASTRONUT CRACKER
If an astronaut goes wacko in space, crew mates should tie him down with duct tape and a bungee cord and, if necessary, inject him with tranquilizers, NASA instructions say....
OBAMA FAN CONDI
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gushed yesterday that Sen. Barack Obama is an "extraordinary person" and said it won't be long before the nation gets its first black...
LAUGH LINES FOR HILLARY AT RACE AWARDS
Politicking was shelved for wisecracks yesterday as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted her seventh annual African-American Heritage event. Award recipient Elsie Crum McCabe, head of the Museum for African Art,...
NYPD BLOTTER
BrooklynPolice are investigating the possible kidnapping of a woman in Williamsburg. A 31-year-old woman told cops that she and the alleged victim drove to a store at Broadway and Hooper...
SPITZ MEDICAID CUTS IN TROUBLE
GOV. SPITZER'S battle with the Legislature will take a dramatic new turn this week as lawmakers unveil state revenue forecasts $1 billion larger than he outlined in his budget a...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 947; Lucky Sum: 20 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 9320; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 567; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Win-4 Sun.: 8497;...
DEMS COURTING DANGER
Congress' recent anti-Iraq War votes left little doubt that Democrats are willing to elevate party politics way above national security. But who knew they would likewise elevate Big Labor's special...
BAD-NEIGHBOR POLICY
At Columbia University, the wheels of justice grind exceeding slow. If at all. It's going on five full months since a flying squad of Columbia students and some hooligan allies...
INTEL ERRORS
LAST week, American troops checking traffic from Iran detained Amar al-Hakim, a cleric and the son of the head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)...
MORE PATHETIC ANTI-WAR ANTICS
DEMOCRATIC senators this week will face trouble trying to cleanse themselves of the stain left by voting for President Bush's Iraq war resolution. Republican senators who have turned against U.S....
NOT THAT SIMPLE
REPORTS on the global-warming debate have now become part of our daily diet of news. Actors, musicians, politicians, columnists and even the occasional climate scientist all weigh in on how...
BLACKS MAY DOOM BARACK
WITH polls showing Barack Obama winning less than half of the African-American vote in trial matchups with Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, the question is: Can the Illinois senator start...
A REASON TO LOOK BOTH WAYS . . .
"Dozens of high-level officials joined in a White House drill yesterday to see how the government would respond if several cities were attacked simultaneously by the type of roadside bombs...
TENANT EVICTS AID
"Facing Boot by the Homeless" (Feb. 21) is grossly misleading in its reporting of an unfortunate situation playing out at a development the Coalition for the Homeless operates on the...
UNDER THE CIRCUS TENT: SMITH'S TABLOID TRIAL
THE ISSUE: The Florida hearing to determine where Anna Nicole Smith is to be buried. This case is the worst miscarriage of justice since the O.J. Simpson trial ("And the...
TRINKET TROUBLE
The auction for preteen trinket retailer Claire's Stores appears to be stumbling after several private-equity firms dropped out ahead of the deadline for final bids Wednesday, according to sources close...
BOOMER UNIT FAILING TO FILL THE GAP
When Gap Inc. launched its Forth & Towne division a year-and-a-half ago, it was meant to provide the company with a new path to growth by attracting the over-35, baby...
DEAL TO FINISH IN RUNNING MAG BIZ
Looking to extend its lead in the fast-growing media market for running enthusiasts, Runner's World publisher Rodale has agreed to buy smaller magazine Running Times from Fitness Publishing. Running Times,...
FEDERAL POWER PLAY MAY SPUR BLACKOUTS
Dead of winter or not, the heat's coming and with it the specter of major power blackouts far worse that last year's Queens fiasco. A little-known federal agency is on...
NEW FIELD GOAL$
Mega-bucks NFL players are bundling off to Harvard's famed business school for spring training - to guard their millions from scams and their own business ineptitude. Players kick off the...
FORTRESS EYEING EMI
Hedge fund giant Fortress Investments is the latest private equity fund said to be interested in troubled British record company EMI. Fortress, which raised $635 million in an initial public...
SELLING ENTHUSIASM
What will $1 billion buy on the newsstand? Ownership of 80 magazine titles with more than 10 million in circulation. That's what buyout king Henry Kravis expects to fetch for...
RADIO DUO RISKS DOLAN'S WRATH
HERE'S how Jim Dolan's Madi son Square Garden Reign of Error has made everyone a little nutty, including me: Friday night, Bucks-Knicks was headed for OT; Stephon Marbury's buzzer-beater had...
STORM CLODS
That's what St. John's scored in the first half of yesterday's 67-50 blowout loss to Duke at the Garden. Ten. Norm Roberts blamed it on a higher power, but clearly...
A DISGRACEFUL SHOWING
ST. JOHN'S, the team and its fans, should have walked out of the Garden yesterday with hoods pulled over their heads after a 67-50 loss to Duke. The Red Storm...
FARRELL SHOWS FORTITUDE, TOPS MOLLOY IN OT
James Hett has been around the New York City basketball scene long enough to know what chance people gave Msgr. Farrell going into yesterday's CHSAA Intersectional first-round game. "A team...
'SPUN' TRAINER RIPS OAKLAWN
Hard Spun: Racing's next superstar, or flash-in-the-pan? Last Monday, we found it isn't the former after Hard Spun, a Pennsylvania-bred colt who was being compared to Smarty Jones after winning...
C.C.'S INSIDE INFO HELPS OLIVINE
Does any jockey in room here understand potential power of inside speed going two turns over Big A's inner dirt better than C.C. Lopez? In first race, Lopez busted Lady...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Nash undergoes autopsy The St. Louis County medical examiner's office yesterday said results of an autopsy on Broncos running back Damien Nash may not be known for days. Nash,...
CLEMMENSEN SAVORS 1ST 'W'
WASHINGTON - This victory ranks as the biggest "must" of Scott Clemmensen's NHL career. He might not have much more of one without it. If Clemmensen had lost to the...
FRYE, KNICKS CAN'T KEEP GAME IN HAND
Channing Frye flew in the air, bearing down on the rim, right arm cocked, ready to throw down a monster slam. Except the ball slipped out of Frye's hand as...
NO FREE PASS
IT WAS sometime dur ing the third quarter - when the Nets were in the midst of wiping out the Knicks' halftime lead and taking emotional and physical control of...
FRANCIS MAY HAVE TAKEN FINAL SHOT
A confused Steve Francis said last night his season might be over. It took waking up yesterday morning with a sore right knee to make the Knicks point guard wonder...
MONEY BALKS
PORT ST. LUCIE - It looks to be a longshot that Paul Lo Duca will sign a new contract with the Mets prior to the season. Lo Duca, the All-Star...
ON A SLIDING SCALE
PORT ST. LUCIE - Call it Pelfrey Progress. The most important story line in Mets camp is the development of young starters Mike Pelfrey and Phil Humber. Humber is throwing...
HOJO HAS NO PROBLEMS RIDING COACH
PORT ST. LUCIE - With the first couple weeks of spring training behind him, Howard Johnson is enjoying his new gig as first base coach. "It's been good," HoJo said...
JUST VIN, BABY
In Jason Kidd's view, Vince Carter - since the All-Star break - "is attacking, not settling" while "taking the [Nets] on his shoulders." In Cliff Robinson's eyes, Carter has been...
KIDD OPTS TO PLAY HIS GAME
There was a time when Jason Kidd might have tried to go point-for-point with Stephon Marbury. But not anymore. So when Marbury started out scorching last night, scoring 13 points...
RANGERS SHORT ON TRADE BAIT
THE NHL trade deadline comes up tomorrow at 3 p.m. but that's not the most important deadline this week for the Rangers' organization. Rather, the important deadline is Thursday, when...
THE KING OF PAIN
TAMPA - The MRI tube at St. Joseph's Hospital should have Yankee pinstripes and the No. 45 painted on the side. When the Yankees' medical staff told Carl Pavano yesterday...
BROADWAY J.
TAMPA - In the end, it should matter little what the sum total of Jason Giambi's numbers are when his seven-year, $120 million contract expires after the 2008 season. Maybe...
DAMON TO RETURN TODAY
TAMPA - Johnny Damon is expected to rejoin the Yankees today at Legends Field. With the Yankees' permission, Damon missed workouts Saturday and Sunday for personal reasons. It's not believed...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A high-end pet shop in Wallingford, Wash., has been catching flack about its name. "It's just a word - it's what veterinarians call female dogs. It's how the American Kennel...
LIVEBLOG/MIAMI BEACH: That's a wrap
At Best of the Best, it looks as if the hostesses could use a bite to eat. (Good thing there's plenty of free food.)The annual South Beach Wine + Food...
LIVEBLOG/VIENNA: Day 1 - Bitte ein wurst
Orderly Vienna's just under three hours and a world away from scruffy-fabulous Budapest on the express train (Deutsche Bahn, nach Wuppertal), so we hopped on board, in order to a)...
Looking for a hat to eat
Because he's too modest to point it out himself (or perhaps just hasn't gotten around to it yet), I'd like to note that Lou correctly predicted every major category except...
Marty's Party
So what finally landed Marty Scorsese and one of his movies in the winner's circle after he came home empty handed on six earlier occasions? Was it that "Departed'' was...
Maybe He Shoulda Done Lear Instead
It was good to be the king, or the queen, if you were looking for an Oscar this year, as Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker took home their royally deserved...
Small Frye
By MARC BERMANIn Philadelphia last week, Isiah Thomas was asked a question about Eddy Curry and he turned it into an ode to Stephon Marbury. Isiah said that Curry was...
Oscar Night
Looking for the gorgeous gowns or the borrowed bling?We've got it covered in our Oscar Diary.Also, check out our Oscar fashion preview, Serena nailed a couple looks!
Cut to the Chase Indeed
"The Departed'' has pulled even with "Little Miss Sunshine'' and the win came in a key category: film editing, which some experts see as a harbinger of the Best Picture...
More Wit and Wisdom From Kyle
Eddie Murphy may not have won but when Al Gore won I thought...."Who says you can't win an Oscar if you wear a fat suit?" I wonder if Jack Nicholson...
Second Gear
"Little Miss Sunshine'' has picked up a second award, for original screenplay, and is now officially leading the Best Picture pack.
Hudson Flows
Congratulations to Jennifer Hudson for her totally deserved Best Supporting Actress win and her heartfelt acceptance speech. I was afraid she'd lose if a "Little Miss Sunshine'' sweep materialized.So far...
The Best Revenge
Kyle Smith was watching closely when deposed Paramount chief received the humani- tarian award from Tom Cruise, who was also shown the gate by that studio. "What do you think...
Technical Loss
So how can the brilliant "Pan's Labyrinth'' lose the award for Foreign Language Film to Germany's "The Lives of Others'' (an excellent film, incidentally) after winning three Oscars in other...
A Day Late and a Goal Short
The 2-0 lead turning into a 3-2 defeat is too familiar, happening mere days ago against the Devils. At least Friday's loss was to an opponent near the top of...
Halftime Score
It's a dead heat between "The Departed,'' "Letters from Iwo Jima'' and "Little Miss Sunshine'' with one award apiece. My favorite film of the year, "Pan's Labyrinth,'' is 3 for...
The Bridesmaid
Well, it looks as if "Norbit'' and his hubris might have indeed cost Eddie Murphy the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, which he lost to Alan Arkin for "Little Miss...
Nightmare vs Dream
Half an hour in, "Pan's Labyrinth'' leads with 2 for 2, and "Dreamgirls'' is 0 for 1. And I'm 3 for 4, have whiffed on "The Danish Poet'' for Best...
The Big Show
I'm not a Red Carpet kind of guy; I tend to zone out during the Academy Award arrivals. Fortunately, my colleague Sara Stewart is wide awake and providing a blow-by-blow...