July 10, 2007
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Titania Inglis works at vintage haven No. 6. Her prairie dress is vintage from No. 6 and her ankle boots are from DKNY. "I'm normally more modern and more dark....
E3 preview, courtesy of Konami
Gaming extravaganza E3 starts tomorrow. To eliminate some of the twittering excitement over what games are being shown out this year, Konami's sent out a list of what they're previewing.-Castlevania:...
"Boogie" woogie oogie
Heard about "Boogie" yet? No? It's EA's new dance/karaoke game that's out for the Wii on Aug. 7. Not only do you belt out oldies like "ABC" and "YMCA" alongside...
E.T. phone GameStop
Spielberg...video games...arm yourself with smelling salts because fanboys are passing out left and right.Or they would be, if EA had bothered to actually release any real details about the games...
Attention guitar nerds
"Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock" has loads of guitar porn, just for you! Activision's announced an exclusive partnership with Gibson Guitar Corp., resulting in over 20 classic and modern...
Stars Over Toronto
Tony Gilroy's "Michael Clayton,'' starring George Clooney as a Manhattan corporate lawyer at a crossroads in his life, is among the galas and special presentations announced today by the Toronto...
Deal of the Day
To get the metallic look for the beach, pick up this Nahui Surf and Sand Large Tote.Made of recycled materials, the tote with bold red contrast straps is large enough...
Quentin over Ron
By MARC BERMAN LAS VEGAS - I spoke to two potential Knick starting small forwards yesterday in Las Vegas - Ron Artest and Quentin Richardson.Came away feeling a lot better...
The Long Goodbye
The seventh and final "Harry Potter'' book comes out a week from Saturday, and the movie version of that book is at least two years away from reaching movie screens....
Happytimes!
I'm sure the resemblance between DVD cover for the Weinsteins flop "Nomad,'' out July 24, and the hugely successful "300,'' released by Warners a week later, is purely coincidental. "Nomad''...
EATS: The gelato at home
Cool off at La Divina in New Orleans/Rob Mangione If you saw this week's print cover story (David Appell has a one-man gelato orgy in Rome) and thought that sounded...
THE MONKEY KING
Adopted From the Classic Chinese Tale by Ji-li Jiang Illustrated by Hui Hui Su-Kennedy STORY SO FAR. Stone Monkey, having led the monkey clan through the waterfall to the Cave...
INTERPOL'S ANIMAL INSTINCTS
WITH a photo of lions about to crunch into an antelope on the cover of Interpol's new album, "Our Love to Admire," one would imagine the New York band was...
MPFREES
To download these songs, right click on the links and hit "Save Target As." Interpol, "Heinrich Maneuver" The lead single off the New York indie band's latest album, "Our Love...
A DOSE OF THAT OLD TIME RELIGION
IF Bad Religion only surfaced on your radar when it broke onto the charts in the early '90s with the hit song "21st Century (Digital Boy)," you might be surprised...
STARR REPORT
Stevie wonder Former Jerry Springer bouncer Steve Wilkos, who launches "The Steve Wilkos Show" Sept. 10 on Ch. 11, is teaming with The St. Bald rick's Foundation, which shaves heads...
MUSIC & LYRICS
IF you don't find yourself laughing out loud tonight, then you aren't watching "The Singing Bee." It's the most clever idea for a game show in, well, forever. And the...
ARTFUL DODGERS
IN less time than it took Derek Jeter to win the World Series as a rookie, three more championships and play in this year's All-Star Game, the Dodgers changed the...
NEW 'CAVE' DWELLER
WHAT, the guy couldn't play caveman well enough? Dash Mihok has been replaced on ABC's upcoming sitcom, "Cavemen," based on those now-famous Geico commercials. Mihok's being replaced by Sam Huntington,...
JASON A DAD
FORMER "90210" star Jason Priestley, 37, is now a first-time dad. His wife, Naomi, gave birth to a baby girl July 2 (they haven't revealed her name). Priestley shot to...
DUMB & DUMBLEDORE
THE latest Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher outlaws magic at Hogwarts in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" - and so, I'm afraid to report, do the...
FILM BIG LAYS IT ON THE NEW LINE
ROBERT Shaye, who is celebrating 40 years as co-founder and co-chairman of New Line Cinema, has been through a lot in the last couple of years. He spent six weeks...
SHOCK TREATMENTS
PACKED with vitamins, amino acids, fat burners and lots and lots of caffeine, energy drinks mixed with alcohol have kicked champagne, vodka and beer to the curb. "It's insane how...
COURAGE IN A LINE OF FIRE
This chilling video footage shows a wounded cop returning fire on the armed thugs in a stolen SUV who had just gunned down his partner in Brooklyn yesterday. The dramatic...
DREAMS TURN TO NIGHTMARE
They are both the sons of hardworking immigrants, two bright, idealistic young cops who were thrown together for the night to patrol a crime-riddled part of Brooklyn. Officer Russel Timoshenko,...
SYPHILIS SPIKES
Syphilis infections in the city have surged this year, health officials said yesterday. For the first three months of the year, there were 260 new cases, compared with 128 at...
AG EYES COP FILES IN 'SPY'TZER PROBE
ALBANY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo will seek access to a wide range of State Police records, including e-mails and other correspondence with Gov. Spitzer's top advisers, as he investigates...
BUTTS KICKED OFF BUILDING
A toilet company has to keep its rear ends out of Times Square - for now. A Manhattan judge yesterday signed a temporary order banning a billboard featuring bare butts...
BEAUTY STIX TO HER PIX
Embattled beauty queen Miss New Jersey yesterday refused to make her Facebook pictures public - even though releasing them could end a blackmail attempt against her. Amy Polumbo, 22, revealed...
KIDS MEET GOV. CLOWN
Like the late Rodney Dangerfield, Gov. Spitzer can't get no respect. Spitzer, who was at an Albany child-care center yesterday to read to preschoolers, told the kids they should call...
NOISE IN THE 'HOODS
Canarsie residents should stock up on earplugs. The south Brooklyn area logged the most noise complaints with the city's 311 hot line both this past weekend and during the first...
FIRED VIOLA HOPES FOR LAST LAUGH
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn yesterday fired a top aide to Councilman Charles Barron for refusing to agree to behave better during legislative meetings. The letter of termination for Viola...
E'STEAMED' NYERS
Thought yesterday was hot? Well, you ain't felt nothing yet! Temperatures that hit the mid-90s yesterday were just a prelude to what might reach triple digits today. "It's going to...
NASCAR IN NEW TALKS WITH N.J.
Forget about Staten Island, NASCAR wants to make the Meadowlands its next pit stop. Five years after a similar plan crashed and burned, Mark Stefanacci, chief operating officer of the...
RACEWAY TO SHIP OUT
A massive tract on the Staten Island waterfront once pegged to become a NASCAR raceway is now in line to become a shipping-industry hot spot. International Speedway Corp., the nation's...
SPECTOR SWEATIN' BULLETS
An irate, misogynistic Phil Spector was thrown out of two Joan Rivers Christmas parties, in consecutive years, after ranting that women "all deserve a bullet" in their heads, a former...
GAL FIGHTS OFF SEX SUSPECT
A tough-as-nails woman fought off a would-be rapist who viciously attacked her on an East Harlem street in front of shocked onlookers, authorities said yesterday. The victim, 37, was walking...
DATE DOES BIG-SCREEN PREEN
This guy better be worth it. Performance artist Lian Amaris Sifuentes has spent the past 72 hours getting ready for a date - all in front of the public under...
PERVY DOC GROPED GAL
A Park Slope urologist was convicted yesterday of fondling a female patient during an after-hours appointment at his clinic. Saeid Shamsian, 54, now faces up to a year in jail...
DOCTOR'S 'ORDERS' SEX PIX
A model and holistic healer testified yesterday that the Manhattan psychologist who allegedly groped her during a job interview also showed her pornographic pictures - and "assigned" her to bring...
THE BRINK OF BANKRUPTCY
This is the second of a five-part series marking the 30th anniversary of New York City's tortuous summer of 1977. Ungovernable. That was the prevailing wisdom about New York City...
STARRETT PURCHASE SHOT DOWN
The second time was no charm for a developer trying to buy Brooklyn's Starrett City - federal housing officials yesterday rejected the firm's resubmitted $1.3 billion bid, citing concerns that...
WRONG MAN IS FREED AFTER 22 YEARS IN CELL
The prosecutor called him a "coward" and said the death penalty wasn't punishment enough for the crime he committed. But yesterday - after 22 years behind bars and eight weeks...
COP CAR HITS FLEEING BIKER
A motorcyclist was hit by a police car chasing him last night in Harlem, police sources said. The biker, whose name was withheld, was critically injured in the accident at...
MOB BOSS 'BRAGGED ABOUT' HIT
Famous last words. Four years ago, dimple-cheeked Bonanno crime-family boss Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano was so sure he'd never get charged with killing neighborhood junkie Frank Santoro that he bragged...
LIVE EARTH, DEAD RATINGS
Live Earth, Al Gore's globe-spanning day of megaconcerts to save the environment, turned out to be a lot of hot air - at least on TV. NBC, which devoted prime-time...
I'LL HAPPILY BE SPOKES-MAN FOR FREE BIKES
Yesterday, I rode in the Tour de Free. They gave me a bicycle for 30 minutes: no charge and no strings attached. I thought it had to be a scam,...
TURKEY'S BORDER THREAT
Turkey is massing 140,000 soldiers on its border with Iraq, and is threatening to turn one of the quietest regions of the beleaguered nation into a war zone, officials in...
PAKISTANIS STORM MILITANT MOSQUE
Amid a series of explosions and sounds of gunfire, Pakistani commandos stormed a mosque packed with children in the capital city of Islamabad early today to clear out militants after...
MADAM'S-LIST SENATOR SORRY TO GOD & WIFE
A U.S. senator issued an apology last night after his name was found on phone records belonging to "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey. "This was a very serious sin in...
NOSE-JOB FOLKS ARE HEAD CASES
Many people who have cosmetic nose jobs could also use some work on their personalities, says a new study. Patients who opted for rhinoplasty often showed personality abnormalities, including obsessiveness,...
TALKING 'CRAZY' ASTRONUT WANTED TO CHAT
Space cadet Lisa Nowak drove 950 miles toting duct tape, pepper spray and diapers so she didn't have to make a pit stop - all to confront the engineer dating...
KILLER'S CURSE RIPS INTO DAD OF BX. TEEN HE SHOT
A double killer about to be sentenced flipped out in court yesterday - as a heartbroken man told of losing his stepson and the teen's Army-sarge pal during a botched...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
STATEN ISLAND A father used his 3-year-old daughter as a shield to try to keep cops from arresting him in his Eltingville home, authorities said yesterday. Officers, armed with a...
WIERD BUT TRUE
Hell can't go to them - so the family says they can go to hell. Max Hell, 5, was denied admittance to St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School in Melbourne,...
USE MORE CAMERAS TO ZOOM IN ON SLIMEBALLS
OK, Ms. Donna Lieberman, you have finally caught my attention. Having said that, I'm angrier than a fox in a firestorm. While Officer Russell Timoshenko, 23, was clinging to his...
HOW I HELPED PUT JUICE BACK IN THE BIG APPLE
THE year was 1977 and I was run ning for mayor against Mario Cuomo, Mayor Abe Beame, Congresswoman Bella Abzug, Congressman Herman Badillo, Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton and Joel...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 366; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 0907; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 187; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Win- 4 Mon.:...
WEST SIDERS TO CITY: DROP DEAD
Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn yesterday shared the stage with the Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Charles Rangel (D-Harlem) and a squadron of state and local legislators elected...
OFFICERS DOWN
Once again, New Yorkers have been rudely reminded of the dangers that can attend uniformed service to the city. Two of New York's Finest were gunned down on the streets...
'LIFTING THE PALL'
GEN. David Petraeus, our nation's senior soldier in Iraq and the commander of Coalition forces, this week took the time to ex plain to Post readers where he believes we...
'08 MONEY RACE IS A MARATHON
THE money totals are stunning: With the first presidential pri mary ballot to be cast more than six months from today, Democrats and Republicans running for the nation's highest office...
THE 'LIVE EARTH' SELF-DECEIT SHOW
ONE obvious irony of this past weekend's Live Earth concerts is that it took an event that increased energy usage to get people around the world to participate in "saving...
SPITZER'S POWER PLAY: BURNING BRUNO & BRIDGES
Nothing will happen to Gov. Spitzer ("Spitzer's Spite," Editorial, July 9). He's a Democrat, and that means you never have to say you're sorry. You can imagine the media frenzy...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Marts gain The Dow Jones indus trial average increased 38.29 to 13,649.97. The Nasdaq composite index added 3.51 to 2,670.02. The S&P 500 rose 1.41 to 1,531.85. Apollo bid Apollo...
TRADING PLACES
LaBranche & Co., the largest trading firm on The New York Stock Exchange, has officially put itself on the auction block in another sign that computers are quickly decimating the...
LIMITED GIVES AWAY STAKE IN STORES
Limited Brands yesterday announced plans to shed its namesake clothing business, allowing the company to focus on its better performing Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works chains. The agreement...
LAWMAKERS EYE ENERGY MARKET SPECULATORS
YOU would have missed it if you blinked, but Washington has finally awakened from its snooze and is taking on Wall Street speculators for causing energy prices to spike. But...
SEE JANE FOLD
It turns out, Jane, the magazine, could not survive without Jane, the person. Condé Nast Publications yesterday said it was closing the magazine aimed at 20-something women. The August issue...
FOX TAPS PROGRAM EXECUTIVE
Less than two months after being pushed out as programming chief at ratings-challenged NBC, Kevin Reilly has landed a job at Fox Broadcasting. Fox, a unit of News Corp., which...
COCKTAIL WEEKLY DOWNED
Bauer Publications is nixing its latest project, Cocktail Weekly it said yesterday, two months before the magazine targeting women in their 20s was scheduled to debut. Cocktail Weekly was to...
BOSS BAGS LUGGAGE
When complaining about a company's customer service, sometimes it pays to go right to the top. That's what happened yesterday when John Chute, supposedly an analyst with John Chute Inc.,...
HEDGER BERGER NABBED
Police have picked up fugitive financial scammer Michael Berger, five years after he fled New York to avoid jail time for covering up $400 million in losses in his hedge...
KICKBACK GUILTY PLEA
Milberg Weiss ex-partner David Bershad agreed to plead guilty to charges related to a scheme to pay illegal kickbacks to plaintiffs in securities lawsuits, federal prosecutors said. Bershad, 67, will...
SWINGING JIMMY'S ON 'COURSE' AT BEAR
Some shareholders of beleaguered Bear Stearns complain that CEO Jimmy Cayne is spending too much time on the golf course at the expense of business - and it hasn't even...
ICAHN'S SWEETER LEAR BID
Still smarting from setbacks hurting his other takeover plays, Carl Icahn is sweetening his bid for Lear Corp. just days ahead of a crucial shareholder vote. Icahn yesterday upped his...
MAD ABOUT MADISON
THE restless investors at L&L Acquisitions, David W. Levinson and Robert T. Lapidus, have snatched up a small but prime parcel of Manhattan earth - the land under 635 Madison...
DECK TOPPED
Baseball card maker Topps pressed shareholders yesterday to vote for a $385 million takeover by former Walt Disney Co. chief Michael Eisner despite a higher tender offer launched by rival...
CBOT MERGER WITH CME OK'D
CBOT Holdings shareholders approved the $11.3 billion merger agreement with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc., ending a three-month battle to create the world's largest futures exchange. "They've approved it," said...
TV GUIDE PARENT EYES SALE
Gemstar TV Guide International has put itself in play. The company, 41 percent-owned by News Corp., which publishes The Post, said yesterday that its board has decided to explore strategic...
'CLONES JAMMED
The minor leagues are all about opportunity, and J.R. Voyles is making the most of his. Filling in at third base since the Mets' fifth-round pick, Zach Lutz, went down...
SPORTS SHORTS
OBIT: Ex-Giant MacAfee, 77Kenneth A. MacAfee, who played pro football for the Giants in the 1950s, has died. He was 77. MacAfee, an end who played for the Giants from...
HONDO LOVES AL
Hondo has good, bad and ugly news to report on yesterday's foray into animal racing. THE GOOD: Due to excessive warmth, the card at Delawuss Park was canceled, which prevented...
RICE STAR OPTS TO STICK WITH LOUISVILLE
PHILADELPHIA - More and more basketball players, like Rice's Lamont Jones, decide to commit to a college during their junior season - some even earlier. Southern Cal even has gotten...
NATIONAL TREASURE
BETHESDA, Md. - K.J. Choi will never forget winning Tiger Woods' AT&T National, especially the culmination of his sterling four-day performance during Sunday's final round at Congressional Country Club. But...
'PROBLEM' SOLVER
Melvin Creddle has been exposed. The "Problem Child" has been wreaking havoc on the streets of New York, and his identity can not be concealed any longer. Creddle, a native...
NOT BAD, VLAD
SAN FRANCISCO - No Barry Bonds. No true splash hits into McCovey Cove. The Home Run Derby last night became a battle of right-handers, won by Vladimir Guerrero. The Angels...
GIVE 'EM A BREAK
With four Mets and three Yankees participating in the All-Star festivities, most of New York's baseball players are using their three days off to relax, and just . . ....
SUMMER OF '77
Remember the sizzling, scintillating summer of 1977 when Billy Martin's Yankees stormed past the Red Sox and went on to capture their first World Championship in 15 years by beating...
BONDS & A-ROD POUR ON THE PRAISE
SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds will soon become the all-time home run champ, breaking Hank Aaron's record, but he knows he is just keeping baseball's most hallowed mark for a...
MLB'S BIG DAY BY THE BAY
SAN FRANCISCO - The way the Mets and Yankees see it, tonight's 78th All-Star Game at AT&T Park is one of the most important games of the year because the...
ESPN STUDIO SHOW BANNED
SAN FRANCISCO - ESPN won't be allowed to broadcast its "Baseball Tonight" show live from the All-Star Game in San Francisco tonight. Major League Baseball limited ESPN's access this week...
ISLES 'C' GUERIN AS NEW LEADER
There's a price of leadership to be paid, and it isn't the $9 million over two years the Islanders will pay Billy Guerin over the next two seasons, but rather...
ARTEST: KING ME!
LAS VEGAS - In a stunning reversal, the flaky Ron Artest told The Post yesterday he wants to retire a Sacramento King and isn't advocating a trade to the Knicks....
RICHARDSON'S RETURN FROMBACK SURGERY A SLAM-DUNK
LAS VEGAS - Quentin Richardson brandished a brand-new diamond watch, a new back and a new weapon to his game - the dunk. Richardson, who had disc surgery in April,...
'WORK TO DO'
Last year, Mets fans savored their team's huge lead over the All-Star break like a great summer book at the beach. This year, there's blood in the water and a...
WAGNER: 'WE'VE UNDERACHIEVED'
SAN FRANCISCO - Billy Wagner called his teammates on the carpet yesterday, saying the Mets were big-time underachievers in the first half, even though they are in first place at...
NEW NET HAS 'FOUL' WELCOME TO NBA
The NBA education of Nets first-round pick Sean Williams began in a summer-league game last night. That was right after they got the real important stuff - his rookie contract...
'A' FOR APPLE
SAN FRANCISCO - Alex Rodriguez is at peace with himself and New York. Whether he opts out or not, A-Rod has earned his Pinstripes. "It took me a while to...
IT AIN'T OVER YET
The company line, and the Yankees are sticking to it, is the only fixing that needs to occur is within the standings. The individual components supposedly don't need changing. Even...
HUGHES STRONG IN REHAB START
Yankees rookie right-hander Phil Hughes is tentatively scheduled to pitch for Double-A Trenton on Friday or Saturday after last night making his first rehab start since going on the disabled...
DON'T GET SOAKED!
MOST people already know that visiting one of the world's most treasured cities can be as exasperating as it is memorable, mostly down to lack of planning. The good news...
BIENNALE GOT BACK
EVERY other year since 1895, Venice has been the site of the art world's answer to Miss World, the Biennale. This year, it runs June 10 through November 21 and...
GO HOME
TOM and Katie took over a town. George and pals commandeer Lake Como at will. When Richard Gere needs to unwind, he heads for his villa, also on the lake....
IT'S ALL WET
LA COLUCCIA Sardinia If this "fashion hotel" had a No Vacancy sign, be sure it'd be flashing up a storm all summer long (lucky, then, this is classy Sardinia, where...
OUT OF THE HOUSE!
FOR the last decade or so, my family and I have spent a week or two nearly every summer in Panicale, a hilltop town in the Central Italian region of...
COLD WAR
Gelato is to most American ice cream what silk is to burlap. There's just no getting around the fact that more than anyone, the Italians know what they're doing when...