May 22, 2007
Times Columnist Pans Times Article
Sharon Waxman has a long piece in the New York Times today about the new boom in 3-D movies, something I wrote about in The Post a year ago. But...
VH1 goes 8-bit
"She's got legs and she knows how to use them." Wise words from ZZ Top. VH-1 knows that they rule, so they've introduced a web game involving the bearded ones,...
Sweet music
Nothing made me happier than seeing Warrant's "Cherry Pie" as a song in Guitar Hero II. But now, I am like, gasping with anticipation over the songs that will be...
See the Fall Previews
ABCHighlights: "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff, "Sex and the City" for broadcast TV ... and cavemen.abc.go.comCBSHighlights: "Lord of the Flies" in a ghost town, Jimmy Smits in a new series ... and...
Here Come De Judd
Just ten days to go until "Knocked Up," writer-director Judd Apatow's ridiculously entertaining new comedy starring Seth Rogen as an ordinary schlump who finds himself a daddy-in-waiting, hits theaters. Not...
Madden goes metal
Ozzy. Madden. It's a match made in heaven. Or whatever. Our favorite bat head chomper's lead single, "I Don't Wanna Stop" (off his new album "Black Rain"), will be the...
Hot-lanta and series pick
By MARK HALEGot into Atlanta a few hours ago, and it's pretty hot here, even more so than I would have expected. Then again, it's not as hot as my...
Starlets Cruise for Kaiser
Last week, Karl Lagerfeld unveiled Chanel's resort collection in a clever jet set themed show at the Santa Monica airport. When the Sun Kaiser comes out, so does every starlet...
Check Out 'The Good German'
Soderbergh did find time to record a commentary for Criterion splendid new two-disc edition of "The Third Man,'' which coincidentally is also being released today. So is the Japanese-language "Letters...
Detroit Faces Elimination
The Detroit Red Wings have racked up bitter disappointments of early playoff exits since their '02 championship season, but a loss tonight will be no less disappointing. It will, in...
Deal of the Day
Open the page of any fashion magazine and there will be at least one spread on colorful rock candy for your fingers.A chunky cocktail ring can stand alone as the...
Blame Isiah
Of all the sporting events I've covered, sitting inside that Secaucus studio for the NBA Lottery is one of the most tension-filled. As a Knicks beat writer, I've spent too...
Smell like a purple superstar
The 3121 fragrance will be the first of many products under the umbrella of the 3121 brand. It will be available in 100 ml EDP ($70), 50 ml EDP ($52),...
NORTH DAKOTA - THE ROUGHRIDER STATE
North Dakota became our nation's 39th state on Nov. 2, 1889. It covers 68,994 square miles and the capital is Bismarck. NATIVE Americans settled the area that would become the...
ALL THE NEWS - BEFORE IT HAPPENS
COMEDIAN Andy Borowitz doesn't just make fun of the news, he "predicts" it. For example: "Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky will toss her hat into the ring for the...
2 OUT OF 3 AIN'T BAD IN BALANCHINE/STRAVINSKY TRILOGY
HOW things are danced will always be important, but the New York City Ballet's strength lies in the matchless, dazzling diversity of what it dances: its repertory. Sunday, it offered...
MPFREES
LAST week the MTA held its 20th annual auditions for MUNY (Music Under New York), a program where musicians get to be heard by countless city subway riders. This week's...
BRAVERY IS NOT AFRAID OF CHANGE
SELF-PROFESSED New York music aficionados either love the Bravery or hate them. Fans dig the band's electro-rock sound and DIY aesthetic, while the hipster haterati loathe the members' too-sharp style,...
THE 'END' IS NEAR
AS plays go, "Journey's End" seems to have it all - some of the best reviews of the year, six Tony nominations and hunky Hugh Dancy. Everything, that is, except...
STARR REPORT
Setting the Barr Well, at least she's honest. Roseanne Barr told E!'s Debbie Matenopoulos that she's interested in replacing Rosie O'Donnell on "The View," but that "I don't give a...
THE LAST SONG
THE winner of the "American Idol" songwriting contest will be unveiled tonight - with finalists Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis both crooning the winning tune. The identity of the victorious...
'L&O' FATIGUE HAS SET IN: NOTH
'LAW & Order: Criminal Intent" star Chris Noth says the entire "L&O" franchise needs to change - or risk going under. "There are so many 'Law & Orders' out there,...
DIANE DRESS DOWN DIANE DRESS DOWN
FORMER Vice President Al Gore lectured Diane Sawyer yesterday about her shallow questioning during a "Good Morning America" interview. "Listen to your questions," an exasperated Gore said halfway through his...
XM BLACKOUT SATELLITE SNAG
THOUSANDS of XM satellite radio subscribers lost their service yesterday due to computer problems at the Washington D.C. headquarters. "We are experiencing a temporary degraded performance issue," XM officials said...
EXPLOSIVE FINISH
THAT was a close one! The destruction of New York was narrowly averted last night on the season finale of "Heroes" when the explosion that was supposed to obliterate the...
AVAST CONFUSION
WHEN audiences talk about wanting to get lost in a movie, this is probably not what they had in mind. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" opens Thursday, and...
FAT CHANCE
HOW you diet is about to change - radically. Starting June 15, Alli - the first FDA-approved over-the-counter weight-loss pill - will be available in stores. Today, the company behind...
PROBLEM DISSOLVED
SURE, everyone's looking for that magic bullet to make pounds vanish, but the truth is - Alli notwithstanding - it ain't gonna happen. That said, for the right person, some...
CITY'S POMP OVER RECORD HS GRAD RATES
New York City's high-school graduation rate reached a record high of nearly 60 percent last year, Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday as he sought to settle a thorny debate with the...
FDNY CHARRED BY FEDS' HIRE-BIAS SUIT
The Fire Department discriminates against blacks and Hispanics in its hiring practices, according to a lawsuit filed against the city by the U.S. Justice Department yesterday. According to the suit,...
'BURGLAR' LEFT CALLING CARD AT POL'S PAD
A harebrained house burglar left his keys and his résumé at the crime scene after breaking into the Clinton Hill brownstone of Brooklyn's deputy borough president, police said. Al Waxter,...
TENANT SUIT A BLAST
A tenant's complaints about a noisy neighbor in her luxury West Village building fell on deaf ears with her landlord - but a Manhattan judge has heard her loud and...
BUSTA SETTLES LAWSUIT
Busta Rhymes has apparently had enough of courthouses. The oft-arrested rapper settled a suit yesterday just one day before he was supposed to appear in Manhattan Supreme Court to try...
TRACKING DANGEROUS HABITS
Weeks after two track workers were killed on the job, a disturbing number of transit employees are not following safety procedures, officials said yesterday. Inspectors at 80 work sites May...
KIN BLAST BRASS OVER GAL'S SLAY
The parents of slain beauty Guiatree Hardat said the NYPD - desperate for new recruits - is partly to blame for the shooting death of their 24-year-old daughter, allegedly gunned...
LURED BY SUBURBS' SIRENS
When they said New York's Finest, they weren't talking about the pay. So says a suburban police-department recruit who abandoned his dream of joining the NYPD because the starting pay...
COP COMMISH IN CRI$IS CALL
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly warned yesterday that the NYPD is in an unprecedented labor crisis because low pay for rookies has let the department recruit only about a quarter of...
NEXT STOP: YANKEE STADIUM
Beginning in 2009, Yankee fans will be able to take Metro-North out to the ballgame. A new $91 million station will be opened to go with the new stadium rising...
IVY BIG I$ CUT DOWN
ALBANY - Columbia University yesterday fired David Charlow, its long-time top student-aid officer, just hours after The Post disclosed that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's college-lending probe had found "smoking gun"...
NEIGHBOR 'TERRIFIED' BY DRIVER-SLAY COP
Two years before off-duty Police Officer Raphael Lora fatally shot a Bronx driver outside his home, the cop "came out with his gun drawn" to angrily confront a neighbor playing...
B'KLYN BRIDGE DRAMA
Two cops talked a heartbroken young man out of jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge last night. The 19-year-old, who was upset over a problem with his girlfriend, hopped off the...
EAST SIDE BAR 'BRAWL' IN COURT
A scion of the city's Dorrian tavern dynasty went on trial yesterday for allegedly heaving a tourist out the door of the family's flagship Upper East Side bar with such...
BLOOMBERG SKIPS GOP RUDY FEST
New York's Republican Party is in a Rudy Giuliani state of mind - virtually the entire state GOP leadership yesterday endorsed the former mayor's bid for the presidency. But notably...
NO PRISON FOR QUEENS BIAS BEATER
A Queens man who shouted racial epithets as he beat two Asian-American teens escaped jail time when a judge sentenced him to probation and community service yesterday. Before his sentencing,...
EX-COPS JAILED IN ROB PLOT
A pair of disgraced former NYPD cops, accused of trying to break into a New Jersey drug den, were each ordered held in lieu of $1 million bail yesterday, as...
'QAEDA' DOCTOR CONVICTED HERE
A former doctor was convicted on terrorism charges yesterday for swearing allegiance to al Qaeda and promising to treat wounded jihadists. Rafiq Sabir stared straight ahead as the Manhattan federal...
COPS INFLICTED HERNIA HELL: SUIT
A Brooklyn student is looking to put the hurt on the city after spending an agony-filled night in a precinct cell just one day after hernia surgery - minus his...
ANGELINA'S CANNES HEAT
A dazzling Angelina Jolie strolled onto the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival last night with two of the event's other big draws: beau Brad Pitt and the woman...
BLITZING 'QAEDA'
TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Lebanese troops blasted a Palestinian refugee camp with artillery and tank fire again yesterday, seeking to destroy a militant group with al Qaeda ties. The barrage smashed...
U.N. BIG $TEERED BIZ: FEDS
A United Nations official guided $100 million in contracts to companies controlled by a business pal after striking a secret deal to collect cash and gifts, including a discounted luxury...
PAULA'S PAINFUL PUP TRIP
Spacey "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul broke her nose last weekend - after tripping to avoid stepping on her pet Chihuahua, Tulip. Her fall and busted honker won't keep Abdul...
AMY AIMING FOR MRS. JOEY
LOS ANGELES - Love-crazed "Lolita" Amy Fisher - who once pumped a bullet into the head of her married lover's wife - yesterday seethed that her new rival is "history."...
JEDI HOLIDAY
Local "Star Wars" fans are polishing their imperial storm-trooper helmets and warming up their lightsabers in anticipation of the 30th anniversary of the legendary sci-fi flick on Friday in Los...
GENERAL'S LETTER URGES IRAQIS: CHOOSE PEACE
The U.S. military commander in Iraq has written an extraordinary plea to the Iraqi people, telling them in an open letter that after four years of mayhem, "it is time...
MCCAIN SORRY FOR OUTBURST
WASHINGTON - White House hopeful John McCain apologized to a fellow Republican senator for last week's potty-mouthed temper tantrum during heated negotiations over immigration reform. Texas Sen. John Cornyn said...
DEVIL'S IN ALIEN-BILL DETAIL: POLS
WASHINGTON - Opposition mounted yesterday to a controversial immigration-law overhaul, as critics focused on new details of a Senate agreement - including provisions that would give illegals up to 2...
FLA. CRASHES THE 'PARTIES'
WASHINGTON - Florida plunged the 2008 election into chaos yesterday by making its presidential primary one of the earliest in the country - blowing up both parties' plans for an...
HUNGRY POL IN JELLY JAM
An Ohio congressman who is trying to live on $3 worth of food a day to make a point about food stamps had his peanut butter and jelly confiscated by...
'SHACK' ATTACK ON NUPS
The U.S. divorce rate has dipped to its lowest level in decades, but there's a hitch - more couples are living together without tying the knot, experts say. The nation's...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan* This man (pictured) is wanted for robbing an Upper West Side bank. He passed a note to a teller at the Commerce Bank branch at Broadway near West 73rd...
'I HAD NEVER SEEN HIM LIKE THAT'
LOS ANGELES - How sweet it is that testimony from Phil Spector's former whipping boy will likely determine whether the musical madman faces justice. If the jury believes the eyewitness...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 505; Lucky Sum: 10 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 8789; Lucky Sum: 32 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 821; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Win-4 Mon.: 1541;...
THE GREATEST ALLIANCE
At about 1:30 today, a World War II-era British Lancaster bomber will land at Republic Airport's American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, L.I. British vets living in the area will present...
MORE BILE FROM THE SIMP
Jimmy Carter, showing all of the toughness he displayed as president, yesterday skittered away from his weekend attack on President Bush - though, predictably, not without attempting to cast himself...
MIKE, RAY & THE ROOKIES
Yesterday's extraordinary public rift over cop pay between Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly underscores yet again the fundamental idiocy of a $25,000-a-year starting salary for NYPD rookies. The...
'SICKO': WHITEWASHING FOR FIDEL
IS all that ails the U.S. health-care system that it's not run by a communist dictatorship? That has long been a premise of apologists for Fidel Castro who extol the...
A TASTE FOR TERROR
TERROR in Tripoli. Havoc in Gaza. Palestinians assassinating the innocent and blaming it on their own victimization. Sounds a lot like 1982. Except that yesteryear's political hit-men are now fanatics....
THE AMNESTY FRAUD
NOTHING is more common than political "solutions" to immediate problems, which create much bigger problems down the road. The current immigration bill in the Senate is a classic example. The...
USEFUL HYSTERIA
THE American Right is up in arms. The new immigration-reform bill announced with great fanfare last week is, say my fellow conservatives, a disaster of Biblical proportions. Virtual spittle is...
NEW DIGS IN BROOKLYN
Steve Dunleavy got his facts wrong ("Pols All Wet on Fire Sale," May 16). In 2002, Mayor Bloomberg ordered the closure of Engine Company 204 in Brooklyn, along with seven...
IMMIGRATION ON THE HILL: AN ILLUSION OF PROGRESS?
THE ISSUE: The immigration bill being introduced in the Senate this week. Sen. Ted Kennedy is at it again ("Rewarding Lawbreakers," Kris W. Kobach, PostOpinion, May 21). In 1965, when...
BID WAR LOOMS
EMI Group finally reached a deal to sell itself to Terra Firma Capital Partners for $4.7 billion yesterday, but the world's third-largest music company could still end up in the...
GLASS LEWIS EXEC EXITS IN PROTEST OF SALE
A senior executive at Glass Lewis, one of the three major governance firms that advises shareholders on reform issues of the day, has resigned in protest over the background of...
WHY FILLING YOUR TANK COSTS AN ARM AND A LEG
WHAT do the French and a possum have in common? No, this isn't a column about scents, you ugly American! Today I'm writing about the excuses being given for the...
SUITE SWITCH
CHICAGO - The jury at Conrad Black's fraud trial heard yesterday how the deposed newspaper baron allegedly swindled shareholders in a pricey Park Avenue apartment swap in 2000. Taking the...
HE CALLS FEDS' CASE BULL****
Conrad Black jeered in an interview with a London newspaper that the prosecution's case against him is "hanging like a toilet seat around their necks." Apparently unable to keep his...
DOW(N) JONES AGAIN
The stock of Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones & Co. sank nearly 3.5 percent after an analyst report predicted News Corp. might pull its $60-per-share offer because the controlling...
DEMAND WOES AT HOME DEPOT SUPPLY BIZ
The softening housing market and other complications are creating headwinds for Home Depot as it tries to sell its professional supply business, according to people familiar with the situation. Three...
PRIVATE POWER
Now that Chrysler is going private, Madison Avenue is bracing for the new owners to accelerate changes and further shake up the stodgy world of auto advertising. While ailing automakers...
THE PLAZA & THE PLAUSIBLE
YITZHAK Tshuva's Elad Group last week trumpeted that it will build a $5 billion "Plaza Hotel" project on the Las Vegas Strip, including a casino, 3,500 hotel rooms, stores and...
KIRK CASHES IN SOME CHIPS
Sun-drenched billionaire Kirk Kerkorian is shaking fruit from his MGM money tree again. He plans to carve out one of the most prized assets of the MGM Mirage casino group...
SAKS SALES COME BACK
The turnaround at Saks Fifth Avenue is in full swing. Saks said yesterday that sales jumped 16 percent in the first quarter to $793 million from $684 million a year...
SPORTS SHORTS
SOCCER: Bulls stadium delayed The opening of the Red Bulls' new $140 million stadium in Harrison, N.J., has been pushed back two months until September 2008 because of delays in...
HONDO CRIES WOLF
Give him this day his daily disaster. It saddens Hondo to report that while his Chisox pick came through Sunday, Contreras did not pitch, so the earnings were at 100...
'500' CAR JAM HITS TIMES SQ.
Before they race through traffic at the 91st Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, the 33 drivers participating in the race converged at one of the busiest intersections in the world yesterday....
LPGA-ERS TEE OFF VS. BREAST CANCER
RATHER quietly, a fifth major championship on the LPGA Tour took place yesterday at Ridgewood Country Club. The field had the look of a U.S. Open, Kraft Nabisco, LPGA Championship...
BULLS HOPE KNICK PICK A LUCKY ODEN
The Knicks will hope to avert disaster tonight when another Chicago festival takes place in Secaucus. The last remnant of the blockbuster trade that brought Eddy Curry to New York...
BAT FUNK BAFFLES DELGADO
Carlos Delgado is still not hitting. The Mets first baseman went 0-for-4 in Sunday night's 6-2 loss to the Yankees at Shea, striking out twice, hitting into a double play...
HEADED SOUTH
Their nemeses are waiting down at Turner Field, ready to attack and potentially reclaim first place. The Mets are now rolling into Atlanta to take on the Braves tonight, set...
KIDD WON'T COMPLAIN
Jason Kidd won't be peeved again. When the Nets traded Kenyon Martin in 2004, Kidd was furious and let it be known. Now with Vince Carter facing free agency, Kidd...
SHOULD HE STAY OR SHOULD HE GO?
There are numerous factors to weigh, Vince Carter insisted, when deciding his future and whether he will stay with the Nets. They will include dollars, contract length, the status of...
WINCING AT THOUGHT OF VINCE RETURN
MIKE Brown made several decisive adjustments for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semis between his Cavaliers and the Nets. Having studied the tale of that tape, Lawrence Frank has...
RANGERS CATCH CAP BREAK
The NHL legal department informed the Rangers yesterday that any payments they might owe Bobby Holik under his signing-bonus grievance will not be applied against their 2007-08 cap, The Post...
STAR FOR A DAY
The reality of it all hit Tyler Clippard yesterday morning. "It was funny," Clippard said before the Yankees faced the Red Sox last night. "My brother knocked on my hotel...
JOE AWAITS CLEMENS' GREEN LIGHT
Joe Torre said it's up to Roger Clemens to decide if tomorrow night's start for Trenton (Double-A) is his last in the minors. "It will be his last if he...
MOOSE ON THE SPOT
Julian Tavarez is a fifth starter, someone who can slide into or out of the rotation seamlessly. "To me, I can go a month without pitching and I'll be fine,"...
YOU KNUCKLEHEAD!
Tim Wakefield left the bullpen for his start last night thinking he had a good handle on his knuckleball. Then Alex Rodriguez deposited one of them into the Boston pen...
IDIOT'S DELIGHT
The Idiot returned, and his timing was pretty darn good, with his old team in town and his old bones making the Yankees wonder how much production and enthusiasm to...
SAYING HALO
MLB isn't the only outfit interested in Jason Giambi. According to a person with knowledge of the Angels' thinking, the AL West leaders have an interest in acquiring the Yankees'...
CANO CAN DO AGAIN
Robinson Cano doesn't even remember Saturday. Who did the Yankees play again, and how many errors did he make? An exaggeration, yes, but last night maybe underscored the idea Cano...
WANG MAKES THINGS RIGHT
Two dry days don't guarantee a drunk is going to be sober forever. But sobriety has to start somewhere, and that's the genesis of the "One Day At A Time"...
AMID ALL THE HEAT, HE'S STILL JOE COOL
BY simply answering the question about how well he handles crises, Joe Torre revealed precisely why he is so good at handling crises. I wanted to know if Torre, as...
LA VIE EN ROSE
DRIVING along the Niagara Escarpment on a gorgeous Saturday morning in late spring, sky cloudless and vineyard floors carpeted with dandelions, you could easily imagine yourself anywhere but convenient to...
CAR TALK
It's no secret to anyone who tries to leave town now and again that renting a car is expensive, if there are any cars left. But staying in all weekend...
GAMBLING ON FAME
FOR a long time, Turning Stone, sitting in a field ten miles south and west of Rome, New York, and operated by the Oneida Nation, has been happy to exist...
READY, SET, RELAX!
NEW Yorkers have never had so much choice when it comes to a quick spa break. Here, my top picks of the newest places to rest and relax close to...
THAT'S HOT!
JUNE is about to bust out all over. Along with it comes a host of new ways to spend your free time. Here, a look at what's happening in some...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
German zoo officials, worried that chimps, baboons, gorillas and orangutans, were becoming sick and aggressive due to excess boredom, have hired a professional clown to keep them amused. The clown,...
PRINT 'N SAVE: The Niagara guide
Image courtesy of Cave Springs. Today's cover in print featured the Niagara wine region of lovely Ontario - that's Canada, for those of you keeping score at home. It's quite...
Scene
Carly Easterbrook, visiting from San Francisco, walks on the Lower East Side. Her Chartreuse cut-out top is Max Azria, the jeans are Joe's, vintage sunglasses and Anthropologie bag. "This is...