April 2, 2007
So You Want to be a Star: Reality TV Tryouts (Part 14)
How to get your 15 seconds of fame. âInTurnâCompete for a role on âAs the World Turnsâ and impress your grandmother when you become the next James Stenbeck (ask her...
Trading in the Xbox 360
I was at a GameStop this weekend, when I happened to enquire about the trade-in value of a 360. You know, since the 360 Elite is coming out soonish. According...
Download these games this week
Without further ado, the following games are available for download this week. Now available via your Wii's Virtual Console...Dragon's Curse (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)Hahaha, "dragons." Side-scrolling action role-playing...
Tribeca Ripoff, cont'd
Just to throw my two cents in: the brief story I wrote on Saturday about the Tribeca tix hike contained part of communications director Tammie Rosen's lengthy statement to me...
The President's Trophy
With a few games left to play, the trophy is still up for grabs by Detroit and Buffalo, with Anaheim and Nashville in the best position to challenge the top...
Julien Fired, Lamoriello Takes Over
Despite coaching the Devils to the second-best record in the East, Claude Julien was fired today. Not only did Julien enjoy great success in his second season as head coach,...
Say It Like You Mean It
Before the rise of the House of Holland, slogan T shirts were alive and well in the heart of Soho.Every weekend Rebecca Sgan-Cohen or Rebecca-A can be found outside Balthazar...
The NHL Blog
Hey, hockey fans. For a more complete picture of the entire League, check out our new NHL blog.
Tribeca Ripoff
Add my voice to those outraged by the price hike for tickets ($18 plus $2 Internet fee!!) at the Tribeca Film Festival. What started as a way to help downtown...
An Island of Trouble
This next week will be crucial for bubble teams as the NHL regular season comes to an end. This year's has been one of the toughest battles for post-season position....
OPENING DAY: SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
I just shook hands with Bobby Murcer in the Yankees clubhouse. He looks good, is in great spirits and to see him is one of the joys of Opening Day.For...
Deal of the Day
Watch this space. Funky, chunky, colorful, gummy watches and Swatches are coming back en vogue.And Harajuku Lovers has some adorable ones including this Orange Canvas Strap Watch which has been...
Thoughts on Alou, Valentin and Melky
Welcome to Hardball. I am sitting in the pressroom at Yankee Stadium early on the morning of the opener and here a few quick thoughts on the two New York...
UPDATE: Time for your gratuitous Monday cherry blossom pic
LOVELIEST OF TREES: Time for a gay romp with George and Laura at Washington April showers bring May flowers, right? Don't let today's weather stop you from playing hooky to...
Priced Out Of Tribeca?
I wrote a long post on Saturday about the whopping 50 percent price hike for most tickets at this year's Tribeca Film Festival and the pointed initial reaction by some...
JOB LINES
WORKERS take what they can get from their offi ces: lucre, frustration, achievement, stress, boredom, friends, enemies. Now, three New York City novelists have drawn something else from the offices...
DREAM JOB: COLIN COWIE
Mention the name Colin Cowie to Oprah Winfrey, and she'll shriek with excitement. He's responsible for producing all of her events, including the recent star-studded bash she threw to launch...
YOUHIRED
RAYMOND Swegger didn't need to polish his shoes as he got dressed for his job interview with Thorpe Capital. For that matter, he didn't even need to put on pants....
GOOD FORM
This is the busy season for Jack Cohen. Cohen, 48, a certified public accountant, is working 14-hour days trying to get corporate and individual tax returns in before the April...
VITAL STATS
* Number of workers in survey who reported having an office romance: 42 percent * Number of those who hid it from coworkers: 48 percent * Number of those who...
GO TO GREG
Q. Go to G, what gives? Every week you answer questions for white-collar people who sit in an office all day. What advice do you have for a construction guy...
POCKET CHANGE
FORGET what your mother told you. This season, go ahead and put your hands in your pockets. Many of spring's stylish dresses come with places to tuck your hands or...
PULSE SALES
MARIE MARIE 257 W. 39th St. (10th floor), between Seventh and Eighth avenues; (212) 840-4061 Sale: April 4, 5. Wed., noon-7 p.m., Thu., noon-9 p.m. Past and current season pieces...
CRAZY, IN LOVE
MORE than any other composer, Gia como Puccini of fered opera a pop ular, identifiable face. His heroes and heroines, given their sad endings, were the stuff of newspaper headlines,...
'SELF-DEFENSE' DOESN'T PACK MUCH PUNCH
WITH last year's "Red Light Win ter" - his acclaimed drama about a toxic love triangle - prolific playwright Adam Rapp showed a rare degree of creative self-discipline. Unfortunately, his...
WISE GUIDES
WHEN "The Sopranos" comes back on Sunday night, it will be two years later in the story. As you might have guessed, much has happened between 2005, when the storyline...
CAVEMEN LEFT IN RUBBLE
TALK about reinventing the wheel. None of the three ac tors who play cavemen in the beloved Geico commercials will get to star in the ABC comedy they've inspired. John...
NOW ROSIE VS. BILL O
THAT didn't take long. "The View," which had not been in a feud since January, is back in a full-scale shouting war with Fox News Channel star Bill O'Reilly over...
STARR REPORT
Summer series set The "Today" show's annual summer concert series kicks off this year on May 11 (Mar tina McBride, Josh Turner, Gretchen Wilson) and runs through Aug. 31 (although...
CHANGE YOUR LIFE IN 5 DAYS
PAUL McKenna has discovered the biggest threat to America's health, and it isn't soft drinks, candy or Monster Thickburgers. "Diets are evil," says the United Kingdom's top-selling self-help guru. "There's...
CHINA CHOW HOUND
Now all you have to do is teach your pet to use chopsticks. Panicked dog and cat owners struggling to find alternative food for their animals in the wake of...
FOUND! BELLO COMES FULL CYCLE
How do you make a sad clown laugh? Return his bike. Bello Nock, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's high-haired clown, was head over very large shoes yesterday after a...
COP'S HIGH DRAMA
A coolheaded cop chats with a disturbed man five stories up in Midtown yesterday, ultimately talking the potential jumper down off his dangerous perch. Officer Jarred Barretti, backed up by...
CALL FOR SLOTS BOOST TO OTB
A study commissioned by the city recommends that the state revamp the racing industry - including OTB - using the surging revenues from slot machines at racetracks, The Post has...
PAC-MAN PATAKI IN SLUSH FUN
ALBANY - Former Gov. George Pataki is sitting on a $2 million special-interest-fueled political slush fund stashed in three accounts in Virginia and Washington, D.C., official records show. Pataki, who...
POLS SERVE UP PORK
ALBANY - The state budget given final approval yesterday - hours after the start of the new fiscal year - contains at least $170 million in new pork projects, including...
DEAR ELIOT: YOU IGNORED SOUND ADVICE
Dear Gov. Spitzer, This is a sad follow-up to the open letter I sent you in November in the exciting, hope-filled hours before a historic landslide victory gave you a...
HIGH-TECH HELPER AIDS FDNY SAVE
Firefighters rescued an Australian man from his burning Upper East Side home yesterday - thanks to a thermal-imaging sensor that detected the unconscious victim face-down in the smoke-filled apartment. A...
JUDI'S JOB WITH PUP-KILLER FIRM
Judith Giuliani once demonstrated surgical products for a controversial medical-supply company that used dogs - which were later killed - in operations whose only purpose was to sell equipment to...
SPARE THE A-ROD: SITE
Yankee fans bordered on pathological last season - if the team lost, it was because A-Rod grounded out with two out and a runner on third, but if he swatted...
MISSING NUMBER
If you want to spot the Yankees' starting pitcher today, look for his No. 45 jersey - it'll probably be the only one in sight. Oft-hurt hurler Carl Pavano -...
GEORGE'S BIDDER 'DIVORCE'
The Steinbrenner divorce may have claimed its first casualty yesterday when the Yankee boss announced the family's withdrawal from a horse-racing franchise bid led by his soon-to-be ex-son-in-law. Steve Swindal...
DRUG TRIALS FOR PAINKILLER ADDICTS
Pill-popping addicts could get dope through NYU Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital - just like heroin junkies receive methadone - to wean them off the prescription pain killers that have...
SICK! NO CITY HOSP HAS SAFE RATING
A medical-watchdog group has recognized 242 of America's safest hospitals for committing the fewest medical errors on patients - and not one New York City facility makes the grade. The...
STATE OKS 'SCANDAL' DOCS
Some of the city's most frequently sued doctors are still practicing with the blessing of the state Health Department, The Post has learned. Despite a litany of litigation against several...
SHOP CLOTHES KIDS FOR FREE
Passover begins at sundown tonight, ending the busiest time of year for a special Brooklyn shop that brings holiday joy to thousands of needy kids by clothing them for free....
DETECTIVE ACCUSED IN SEX SUIT
A Bronx woman has filed a $20 million lawsuit against the city and the NYPD, charging a detective sexually assaulted her after threatening her with arrest. The woman, whose name...
SON EYED IN COUPLE'S MURDER AT L.I. HOME
A Long Island woman and her ex-husband were shot to death inside her home last night - and cops were looking to question the couple's 20-year-old son. A neighbor discovered...
TOT HURT IN 'DWI'
A drunken driver slammed his SUV into a building in Brooklyn yesterday, seriously injuring a toddler who was in the vehicle, police said. Efrain Chiclana, 22, of The Bronx exited...
FEDS PROBE TOWN
A bitter battle over the development of a ruined historic property on Long Island has pitted a wealthy developer against a local village - and resulted in an FBI investigation...
BOY 'CRIED' OVER FATAL HOOPS HIT
The schoolyard bully accused of fatally punching a 13-year-old Queens student on a basketball court broke down in tears later and insisted that it was an "accident," a friend said...
MASS APPEAL
A heartless brother and sister were arrested yesterday trying to take charity money from a Brooklyn church's collection box in an attempted Palm Sunday plundering, police sources said. Plainclothes cops...
'PONZI' PAL ROBS DEAD MOM: BRO
A Long Island lawyer says his sister hijacked their dead mother's estate - and his sons' trust funds - as part of her efforts to persuade New Yorkers to invest...
HOLOCAUST-DENY TEMPLE BURNS
The synagogue owned by members of a Jewish sect that attended a Holocaust-denial conference in Iran last December was destroyed by a fire last night, on the eve of Passover....
GAY POL KEEPS A SECRET
ALBANY - Staten Island's newest assemblyman is an openly gay lawyer who supports same-sex marriage - but whose construction-worker boyfriend remains in the closet at work. Matthew Titone, 46, last...
COP'S TIX BLITZ
Residents of a quiet Brooklyn block were up in arms yesterday after a cop plastered their cars with nine parking tickets in five minutes. A quick-handed officer from the 70th...
BEACH WELCOME MATS WILL AID DISABLED
The city is making it easier for people in wheelchairs to use the beaches this summer. Starting in June, some city beaches will have portable mats and flooring to provide...
THE NAME GAME
After two blockbuster deals for stadium naming rights in the last year, the New York Giants and Jets are salivating to put a name on their planned $1 billion-plus stadium....
TEHRAN SET TO BARE NUKE NEWS
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promised his countrymen yesterday that they would soon hear more about Iran's nuclear program. Iran has been hit with sanctions for ignoring United Nations deadlines to stop...
PELOSI'S MESSAGE FOR SYRIA
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will tell Syria during her controversial visit there that Israel will engage in peace talks only if Syria stops supporting Palestinian militants, Jewish authorities said yesterday....
FRAUDCASTING
Iranian television yesterday showed images of two of the 15 British sailors and marines held in Iran, saying they admitted that they were in Iranian waters when captured. State-run Al-Alam...
BARACK HARD FOR HILLARY TO $HAKE
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton shattered presidential fund-raising records by raising $26 million over the last three months - but even that mountain of money could not shake Barack Obama,...
CLINTON, RUDY ROMP IN POLLS
Rudy Giuliani and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton both hold double-digit leads in at least a quarter of the "Super Duper Tuesday" states that will hold primaries on Feb. 5 and...
NO CABINET BIZ FOR LIZ
WASHINGTON - Outspoken political spouse Elizabeth Edwards is taking a swipe at Rudy Giuliani by insisting she has no interest in attending Cabinet meetings if her hubby, John, is elected...
TRUMP HAIR TODAY & HAIR TOMORROW
The Donald won by a hair. Donald Trump's grappler "won" a pro wrestling grudge match last night against Vince McMahon's fighter, leading to a dramatic shave for the World Wrestling...
'BLADES' ICES ITS RIVALS
"Blades of Glory" glided over the competition to take first place at the weekend box office. The ice-skating comedy, starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder, debuted with $33 million in...
GRAVE CHARGES
The former KGB spy exposed to a lethal dose of radioactive poisoning last year was assassinated in a failed bid to stop him from publishing a book charging Moscow's security...
TAXPAYERS SKIPPING GIVEBACK
Millions of Americans are missing out on a one-time-only refund of up to $60 - tied to the Spanish-American War - because they're skipping over a new line on their...
HER SPACE RACE
Talk about your long-distance runs! NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, here training aboard the International Space Station, plans to run the Boston Marathon - from space. While her fellow racers are...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BrooklynA man was critically wounded by a knife-wielding assailant in Williamsburg. Pedro Torres, 29, knifed the 24-year-old man, whose identity was withheld, three times in the torso at about 8:55...
CUOMO CLEANS HOUSE
STATE Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has fired the wife of disgraced former Brooklyn Democratic leader Clarence Norman Jr. from the job she was given by now-Gov. Spitzer, The Post has...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 125 Lucky Sum: 8 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 9484; Lucky Sum: 25/ Evening Nos. Sun.: 565; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Win-4 Sun.: 2150; Lucky...
SHELLY'S SAME-OLD SAME-OLD
First the good news: The state Senate last week passed the so-called "Granny Bill" - legislation to substantially increase penalties for physical assaults against the elderly. The bill passed unanimously...
COLUMBIA IS OUT-PACED
Well, whaddya know? A university president - Pace's David Caputo - actually apologized last week for his school's campaign to quash politically incorrect speech on campus. That sure sets him...
LIBS: LAWSUITS 1ST, SAFETY 2ND
WHY must Democrats constantly defend against charges that they can't be trusted on issues of national security? Well, consider what went on in the House of Representatives last Wednesday night....
DEMS' NEXT DEBACLE
DEMOCRATS in Congress are heading into a game of chicken with the Bush White House akin to the Gingrich-Clinton government shutdown battle of 1995-96. The roles are reversed this time...
A BIG WIN ON SCHOOLS
THIS weekend, the New York State Legislature authorized the creation of 100 more public charter schools in New York state - with 50 for New York City - bringing the...
WHAT THE GOV GOT
AS the $121 billion state bud get was heading toward passage late last week, some observers jumped to the conclusion that Gov. Spitzer had conceded too much, too soon in...
A SOVIET SLAVE
Letter writer Jared Reinmuth criticizes The Post for its "attack on Paul Robeson, the son of a former slave who grew up to be one of the world's greatest talents...
CAN HILLARY POLL VAULT INTO THE WHITE HOUSE?
THE ISSUE: A poll reporting that 50 percent of people wouldn't vote for Sen. Hillary Clinton. I'm curious as to why Ian Bishop uses the term "Clinton-bashers" to label people...
WHY POLITICOS HATE YOU(TUBE)
THE ISSUE: The role of videos posted on YouTube in the American political debate. YouTube threatens the monopoly that the media and politicians currently enjoy. No wonder they are eager...
HITS AND ERRORS
Typically, baseball is very, very good to . . . sports magazines. Here's a look at the top mags on the opening week of the 2007 pro season. Sports giant...
LANCOME: TREE'S COMPANY IN A WRINKLE-WORRY WORLD
Cosmetics brand Lancome will soon join a fast-growing roster of companies offering customers a chance to feel more Earth-friendly - without giving up their fancy cars or corporate jets. The...
T-BONE CLONE
Regulators are taking a giant step closer today to let stores and restaurants sell cloned T-bone steaks and pork chops - all designed to be tastier, healthier and cheaper. After...
HEDGE$ IN LONDON
SkyBridge Capital, a New York firm that invests in new hedge funds, said it will make an investment in Ironshield Capital Management, a London-based hedge fund scheduled to launch later...
ZELNICK'S NEW TAKE
Investors believe Strauss Zelnick - the new leader at violent-video game giant Take-Two Interactive - can dump its hardcore edge without losing fans. Strauss, the guitar-playing chairman, admits he's looking...
TRIBUNE SET TO 'ZELL' OUT
Tribune Co. was in last-minute negotiations last night over a pact that could hand the keys of the Chicago newspaper and TV-station empire over to real-estate mogul Sam Zell. The...
FREE FALLING: FTS ARE SIMPLY FOUL
FIRST, running to first base became a matter of whether you feel like it. And now foul shots don't count? Ohio St.-Georgetown, Saturday, was a close game, with 6:37 left....
ODE TO BILL
ATLANTA - The Bill Russell comparisons are silly because they are so premature. Patrick Ewing was going to be The Next Russell, remember? It does not mean that Greg Oden,...
DOTTING THE 'EYES
EACH day during the NCAA tournament, hoop maven Tim Sullivan, the Post's two-time defending Saturday's Heroes champion, will offer his plays of the day. The final entry: Ohio State (+4...
OHIO STATE VS FLORIDA
SMALL FORWARD Ron Lewis vs. Corey Brewer Lewis, whose clutch 3-pointer sent the Xavier game to OT, had been torrid connecting on 12 of 26 3-point attempts (46 percent) before...
REPS ON LINE
ATLANTA - History beckons. It has called the Florida Gators since April 7, 2006, when surefire NBA first-round picks Joakim Noah, Al Horford and Corey Brewer chose the chance to...
BREWER CATALYST OF MANY HAPPY RETURNS
ATLANTA - Corey Brewer carried Florida in the first half of its 76-66 win over UCLA in Saturday night's national semifinals, which was only fitting because the Gators wouldn't have...
LEGENDARY FINISH FOR RUTH, TAYLOR
Lawrence Taylor made a Hall-of-Fame career out of chasing people down. Today, with some help from you, he'll need to do it all over again. In the final day of...
VOLS GET ANOTHER TITLE SHOT
CLEVELAND - Seven times since she won her last NCAA championship in 1998, Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt has been back to Final Four, hitting her head against the brick wall...
KNIGHT TIME! RU IN FINAL
CLEVELAND - Rutgers cut Sylvia Fowles, LSU's prodigious 6-foot-6 center, down to size and routed the Tigers 59-35 last night to move into the national title game against perennial powerhouse...
MAKE ROOM FOR 'DADDY'
Fresh off his convincing 11/4-length score over a solid field in Saturday's $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park, Scat Daddy fits the traditional profile of a Kentucky Derby winner...
HONDO: SAY IT LOUD . . .
He's in the black and he's proud. The Metamucils did a fabulous flush job on the Cards last night, sending Hondo into the wonderful world of positive numbers at 65...
SPORTS SHORTS
GOLF: Pressel makes hers-toryMorgan Pressel, at 18 years, 10 months and nine days, shot a 3-under 69 to become the youngest major champion in LPGA Tour history yesterday at the...
LITTLE GIONTA'S BIG FOR SURGING DEVILS
A little goal-scoring and a little goal-scorer worked wonders. Now, the Devils' magic number is five points to clinch their seventh Atlantic Division title. "It's a good spot to be...
PRESSURE DEFENSE
With his team on the verge of falling out of the playoff race, Isiah Thomas is now under league investigation for his late Saturday-night remarks in Oklahoma City that suggested...
RETIRING REED LAUDS EDDY
Knick legend Willis Reed, feted at halftime Saturday night in Oklahoma City as he heads into retirement at season's end, saw Eddy Curry at his best. Curry looked like a...
START A NEW IN ST. LOO
ST. LOUIS - The season-opener couldn't have gone any better. "Unbelievable," Paul Lo Duca said after the Mets scored an impressive 6-1 victory over the defending world-champion Cardinals last night...
A LITTLE EARLY MOTIVATION
ST. LOUIS All along, they scoffed at the concerns that would visit Port St. Lucie, the skeptic strain and the cocked eyebrows visitors brought with them. It wasn't just the...
RANDOLPH KEEPS EYE ON FLAG
ST. LOUIS - Willie Randolph said before the game that he wouldn't make his players watch the Cardinals' 2006 World Championship banner-raising ceremony, saying it was their call. Yet he...
NETS ARE HUMMIN' ON BACKUP POWER
So you ask what's the biggest difference in the Nets this season from last, and the obvious answer is 11 games. This time last year, they were cruising toward the...
AVERY GOOD NIGHT
The Rangers are 12-2-3 since the Feb. 27 trade deadline, a record that is better than Buffalo's, better than Ottawa's, better than Pittsburgh's. Fact is, in playing at a .794...
YANKEES READY FOR ARMS RACE
A third deck has been added to the ballparks. Las Vegas and your local bookies are taking serious money on games that count. And a lot more people are watching....
NOTE TO A-ROD: ENJOY YOURSELF
DEAR A-Rod, Just wanted to drop you a note to tell you I care. The season is starting and there is not a person I talk to in the Yankee...
THE LONG WAIT'S OVER FOR PAVANO
CARL PAVANO walked into the Yankees clubhouse yesterday and saw that his locker was now on the other side of the room, right next to Andy Pettitte's. Pavano's old locker...
YANKS MISS BERNIE
It was another Yankee catcher who said, "It ain't over 'til it's over." When it comes to Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada believes the same thing. Posada said yesterday that he's...
PETTITTE RETURNS TO MOUND OF SUCCESS
Until yesterday morning Andy Pettitte hadn't been on the Yankee Stadium mound since Game 6 of the 2003 World Series against the Marlins. Saturday evening Pettitte called Jorge Posada and...
LONG ROAD TO OPENER FOR PHELPS
Josh Phelps homered twice in a game against Roger Clemens five years ago, but he figures today might rival that as the highlight of his career. An opening-day start at...
KAZMIR BACK ON BIG STAGE
Scott Kazmir already possessed tremendous ability as a prospect. But the way Johnny Damon figures it, the Mets' horrendous trade that sent Kazmir to Tampa Bay in July 2004 gave...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Amsterdam's famed Red Light District held an open house over the weekend, using sex workers as tour guides. Hundreds gathered to check out its sex clubs and peep shows Saturday....
More Offense, More Defense
The Rangers went down 1-0 early to Toronto, but that would be the only time they trailed throughout the game. Two goals later, the Rangers were on top. The tying...
MR. OCTOBER AND METS MAGIC
Spent the day at Yankee Stadium where itâs always fun to see Reggie Jackson. Jackson was wearing a light blue Yankee windbreaker, and had to go in to change and...