May 19, 2007
Game 2 pick
By MARK HALEI didn't have the score exactly right in my Game 1 prediction last night -- I predicted a 6-5 Mets win -- but hey, I got the winning...
Yeah, But What a One-Sheet
Killer opening of a Cannes Festival review by Duane Byrge of the Hollywood Reporter: "Girl in black underwear with Luger tucked backside over her tramp stamp -- that's about the...
Big Deal on the Croisette
Columbia Pictures has snapped up North American rights to James Gray's "We Own the Night'' for around $11 million ahead of its premiere next Friday at the Cannes Film Festival,...
Michael Moore's 'Sicko' Gets Healthy Reception on French Riviera
"This is the movie where Michael Moore gets a few Michael Moore haters off his back,'' writes Kirk Honeycutt of the Hollywood Reporter, a conservative critic who was no fan...
METS TOWN, USA
So much for Jeff Van Gundy turning the Rockets around. No surprise here after watching Van Gundy help send the Knicks into ruin. But thatâs another story. This is Yankee-Met...
It's Good Being Green
Looks like "Shrek'' is capturing his own box-office crown this weekend. Steve Mason at Fantasy Moguls has an early Friday estimate of $35 million, which he figures will work out...
Coen Bros. Score at Cannes
Here's how Todd McCarthy of Variety raves about the latest from Joel and Ethan Coen, starring the great Tommy Lee Jones, bowing at the Cannes Film Festival: "A scorching blast...
BOOKED FOR THE SUMMER
CIRCLE July 21 on your summer reading calendars. That's when the seventh, and supposedly fi nal, Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," is set for release. Not...
WHAT'S UP
TODAYLARGER THAN LIFE: And you thought "Jurassic Park" was scary. The new IMAX film "Dinosaurs Alive!" features frighteningly realistic computer-generated creatures, plus footage from a paleontologist's quest for fossils through...
BLAKE FIRES SPARKS PLUG
'AMERICAN Idol" beat-boxer Blake Lewis believed that this Wednesday's finale was going to be a battle between Jordin Sparks and Melinda Doolittle. "I thought it was going to be Melinda...
MATINEE 'IDOL'
IF ever a guy was born to be a soap star, it's Constantine Maroulis, the heartthrob from the 2005 season of "American Idol." Constantine made his debut yesterday on the...
N.Y.'S 'HUMAN RIGHTS' FARCE
Three lawsuits in two-plus months. That's the tally for the state Division of Human Rights commissioner, Kumiki Gibson, who took office March 6. Let's be clear, though: Three is not...
WOLFY & THE JACKALS
Paul Wolfowitz's enemies have claimed his scalp, forcing him to step down as president of the World Bank - even as the venerable institution's board said it accepted his insistence...
OLD-BOY ELIOT
Eliot Spitzer campaigned for governor on a pledge that "everything changes" with respect to, among other things, New York's corrupt campaign-finance system. Now he's in office - and exploiting every...
THE PREJUDICES OF THE ELITE
RADICALLY different conclusions about a range of issues have been common for centuries. Many have tried to explain these differences by conflicting economic interests. Others, like John Maynard Keynes, have...
STAFFING SCHOOLS
THERE has been much hue and cry because City Hall and the Department of Education finally did something they had long resisted doing - listen to parents, students, teachers and...
GONZO GAMBIT HATED ON HILL
ATTORNEY General Alberto Gonzales' stock on Capitol Hill dropped even lower among Republicans when he tried to make his second in command the fall guy for firing U.S. attorneys on...
REMEMBERING FALWELL AND HIS POLITICAL GOSPEL
THE ISSUE: The death of Rev. Jerry Falwell, who preached religion - and politics. While we don't want to see any leader pass on, let's not make the Rev. Jerry...
SORRELL MAY HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR 24/7
After a flurry of rich deals for Web ad firms, some investors are betting that ad giant WPP Group will have to sweeten its initial takeover offer for online ad...
85% SOLUTION
Afraid of being left behind in the online ad race, Microsoft ponied up $6 billion in cash for Web ad firm aQuantive - the biggest acquisition in its history -...
TRUMP TALK PUMPS PRICE
Donald Trump outdid his usual $1 million-per-speech payday and picked up a tidy $25.6 million in just a few hours yesterday without even saying a word publicly. Shares of the...
TIPPING THE SCHOOL-BUDGET SCALE
THE ISSUE: New York's statewide vote on district school budgets on Tuesday. Congratulations to The Post for having the courage to urge readers to vote "no" to school budgets, even...
SUNDAY POST $1
Starting tomorrow, the price of the Sunday Post will increase to $1.00. The paper will still feature The Best Sports in Town, great gossip and celebrity snaps, news, opinion, coupons...
OUTRAGE OVER LT. GOV'S 'DOUBLE-DIPPING' PLAN
ALBANY - Lt. Gov. David Paterson's recent move to create a campaign fund separate from the governor's is being ripped by critics as a way around Gov. Spitzer's self-imposed donation...
POL SUPPORT GIVES RUDY A 'HOME' RUN
Nearly all of New York's Republican state legislators will endorse Rudy Giuliani for president next week, The Post has learned. Giuliani plans to do a fly-around tour of Albany and...
HIPPIE DIPPY TRIPPY
A chocolate maker and health-food consultant who goes by the name of Love Sky Dancer was arrested for trying to bring too much joy into the country - in the...
WINNING AN AMAZIN' RACE
If you're willing to work up a sweat, commuting in the Big Apple doesn't have to be an exercise in frustration. A cyclist won the Transportation Alternatives' rush-hour race to...
'CROSS' THIEF KILLED BY BX. BUS
A brazen thief who stole a golden crucifix and chain from a Bronx jeweler yesterday was hit and killed by a bus as he tried to escape on a bicycle....
2 COPS NAILED IN DRUG-DEAL 'ROB'
Two NYPD officers were arrested in New Jersey yesterday for trying to rob a drug dealer, law enforcement sources told The Post. The cops - who graduated from the Police...
ALL EYES ARE ON 'KID-GRAB PERV'
The Brooklyn families on edge after hearing that a judge allowed bail for a hulking suspect who allegedly tried to abduct an 11-year-old girl can breathe a little easier now...
CRUELLA GALS HAVE FAITH
The women kept as slaves by a wealthy Long Island couple are happy they can now practice their Muslim religion freely after years of ridicule while in captivity. Indonesian Consul...
'WALLED-OFF' COUPLE BLOW HOT & COLD
The war between a married couple who live together in a house divided by a wall is heating up . . . and freezing . . . and overflowing. Yesterday...
PLUNGE LEADS TO GRATING RATING
Con Edison yesterday hired a metallurgy expert to test the defective Midtown sidewalk grating and that caused a woman to plunge 12 feet on Thursday. "This was an accident, and...
'METHOD' MELLOW IN POT BUST
Grammy Award-winning rapper Method Man lived up to his stage name - Staten Island slang for marijuana - when he was busted by a toll-booth cop for smoking a blunt,...
HERE COME TATTOO-TIMERS
Get some color in your skin this weekend without going outdoors - 90 tattoo artists are offering their wares at a Midtown convention this weekend. The three-day showcase features needlework...
POLICING PROPOSAL IS INSANE: HIZZONER
A section of the new immigration-reform package that forces undocumented workers to return home every two years is an unenforceable "fraud," Mayor Bloomberg contended yesterday. But the mayor expressed support...
GOOD NEWS FOR 2-LEGGED PUPS
Hundreds of big-hearted New Yorkers have contacted the North Shore Animal League to help find a home for three adorable Chihuahua pups born without front legs - and now it...
CITY MUSEUM BELTS HISTORIC 'HOME' RUN
Sure, this weekend's Mets vs. Yankees matchup is a pretty good show - but the curators of an upcoming museum exhibit say it pales next to the Subway Series this...
WIDENING 'SERIAL-SLAY' PROBE
Investigators are combing through the case files of unsolved murders to see if a man recently nabbed for the 2003 slaying of a prostitute in a Midtown hotel and tied...
SHOCKING DEATH OF SUNY STUDENT AT SEA
A promising SUNY maritime student - who dreamed of following his dad into the FDNY - suddenly fell ill and died at sea, just a day after he'd set off...
LATINO COP CHIEF RETIRING
Chief Nicholas Estavillo, one of the two highest-ranking Latinos with the NYPD, has filed for retirement after nearly 39 years on the force. Estavillo, 63, has been the chief of...
TOTAL 'RAPE' RECALL
A chance sighting of a long-time aide at his former Queens elementary school triggered flashbacks of alleged abuse at her hands for an 18-year-old boy that led authorities to charge...
DEADLY BX. ROAD-RAGE INCIDENT
An off-duty cop was involved in a shootout last night on a desolate Bronx street that ended when the other man died in a fiery car wreck as he tried...
'ROBBER' PETE
A Cincinnati psychologist testified in chilling detail yesterday about being robbed in his office by the fugitive Peter Braunstein, recalling how the "fire fiend" raised a gun to the shrink's...
'SIT' UP & TAKE NOTICE
WASHINGTON - The White House yesterday officially unveiled its new super-secret, high-tech Situation Room beneath the West Wing where the president will be briefed on intelligence matters and can command...
INSURER $ICS A SUIT ON DE NIRO
A California insurer says Robert De Niro is full of raging bull. The Fireman's Fund claims the Oscar winner lied about his health and is suing him for fraud because...
TRUMP'S A QUITTER WITH NBC
Donald Trump to NBC: "I quit!" The Donald, whose low-rated reality TV show "The Apprentice" was left off next season's prime-time fall lineup, said yesterday he has informed the network...
CANDIDATES IN 'ALIEN' WAR
WASHINGTON - The leading presidential candidates in both parties sharply split yesterday over the immigration deal that President Bush and key senators negotiated. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, long the...
RAISING MCCAIN
WASHINGTON - Presidential hopeful John McCain - who has been dogged for years by questions about his volcanic temper - erupted in an angry, profanity-laced tirade at a fellow Republican...
BIZ ILL AT EA$E OVER ILLEGALS
The sweeping immigration agreement reached in Washington is sending shock waves of fear through New York's economy, which depends heavily on illegal workers. Restaurant owners and managers, working parents who...
PHIL'S HAIR-BRAINED STUNT
Most people thought Phil Spector lost his mind when he showed up at a 2005 court hearing with a crazy coiffure that looked like he'd been electrocuted - but the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn* A Bronx man was busted for trying to kill his own brother and shooting his friend to death, authorities said yesterday. Larry Pannell, 47, allegedly gunned down Xavier Harrison,...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 086; Lucky Sum: 14 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 2921; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 131; Lucky Sum: 5 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 6417;...
ROUSH RIPS HMS ON COT
NASCAR The winner-take-all format of tonight's Nextel Cup All-Star Challenge (7 p.m., Speed) should play right into the hands of the drivers at Hendrick Motor Sports (HMS), who have done...
'TATER' BY PHOTO
First race post time at Pimlico will be 10:30 a.m. today. At Belmont Park, admission gates open at 10 a.m. with NYRA telebet opening at the same time. Select self-service...
HONDO: MAN OF ACTION
Hondo's Hell Week raged on last night when the Yankees burned him by going down lamely at Shea to cut the earnings to a skimpy 160 raschis. Today, he'll invest...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Giants hire scout director At heart, Jerry Reese is a scout, but with his increased workload in his first year as the Giants general manager, he had to give...
A SECOND CHANCE
Trainer Larry Jones prepared Kentucky Derby runner-up Hard Spun for today's 132nd Preakness Stakes, hoping to derail the Triple Crown bid of Street Sense. This week, he shared his thoughts...
PLETCHER'S 'PANTY' A WINNER
BALTIMORE - Trainer Todd Pletcher may be winless in Triple Crown races, but he's batting a thousand so far this year in stakes for 3-year-old fillies preceding the Triple Crown...
DRIVEN OCHOA RALLIES TO TIE LEE FOR LEAD
By the time Lorena Ochoa teed off at noon yesterday for the second round of the Sybase Classic at Upper Montclair Country Club, she and the rest of the field...
'SENSE' JOCK GUARANTEES VICTORY
BALTIMORE - Twenty-four hours before post time, the most popular jockey in the country, Calvin Borel, issued a gold-plated guarantee: His mount, Street Sense, will win today's Preakness Stakes at...
BEATING THE ODDS
BALITMORE - Go to the windows, says jockey Calvin Borel. Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense is going to win today's 132nd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, then head to New York...
DEVILS PICK UP BRYLIN'S OPTION
TRENTON - Lou Lamoriello yesterday told The Post the Devils will pick up the option on Sergei Brylin's contract, preventing their ace utilityman from becoming an unrestricted free agent. In...
PEDRO MAY PAY A VISIT TO SHEA
About two weeks ago, some Mets called Pedro Martinez from the trainer's room to see how he was doing. Last night they were hoping to get an up-close look ....
GOOD GOLLY! A GEM FROM OLLIE!
Finally, Oliver Perez broke the string of inconsistency. And for Mets fans, it couldn't have come at a better time. Perez's first seven starts looked like this: W, L, W,...
ENTER WAGNER, AND EXIT YANKEES
And the real Sandman in town is . . . Can it be anyone other than Billy Wagner? The left-hander's perfect season continued last night with a scoreless ninth inning...
SERIES BEGINS WITH BIG ENDY
Willie Randolph had a plan. But it changed after one pitch. With one out in the fifth inning and the Mets down a run against Andy Pettitte, Endy Chavez was...
SPOTLIGHT TURNS CHAVEZ INTO KING OF QUEENS
HE is the most improbable People's Choice imaginable, an erstwhile itinerant who spent the early portion of his career perfecting the job description of "journeyman," who lived out of his...
DONYELL, CAVALIERS CELEBRATE
As last night's unsung hero/birthday boy Donyell Marshall was being interviewed on the Meadowlands court moments after the final buzzer, LeBron James jumped onto his Cavaliers teammate's back in glee....
NET THIS TIME
The first 15 minutes were indescribably bad. Maybe the Nets were getting the nastiness out of the way early. Maybe. Especially when you saw how an incomparably good Jason Kidd...
VINCE HINTS HE'LL BE BACK
Nets coach Lawrence Frank, hurting from another playoff defeat, said it wasn't time just yet to talk about next year. But some players, including Vince Carter, made their intentions known....
STUFF OF LEGENDS
TAMPA - They call this place Legends Field, so it's only fitting that Roger Clemens began his latest comeback here last night on a warm Florida night with the Single-A...
RASNER HOPES TO GO DEEP
If Darrell Rasner has formed an identity, it's as the Yankees starting pitcher who gets the least run support. Not that Rasner has worked deep enough into games to help...
BOBBY IS BENCHED
Joe Torre finally put Bobby Abreu's dead wood on the pine. "I wanted to keep Melky [Cabrera] and Johnny [Damon] in the lineup, and with [Oliver] Perez the type of...
WOES FOR JOE
THIS Subway Series is about the Yankees. More specifically, it is about Joe Torre. It is about making inroads toward survival, for a star-filled team and its famous manager. Torre...
UNEASY 'ROIDER?
With the cooperation of the Yankees, Major League Baseball is looking into Jason Giambi's recent comments in which he all but admitted using steroids without uttering the exact word. "The...
ANDY ALL ALONE
One mistake should never get a pitcher beaten when he works in front of a lineup that houses Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Johnny Damon, Robinson Cano and Hideki...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
An angry Minnesota man is in deep doo-doo for mailing dog poop along with his payment for a parking ticket. The 22-year-old man was charged with disorderly conduct after the...