July 11, 2007
Arm Candy on the Cheap
Seen in the window of ace Soho vintage shop, Legacy - cloth covered bangles from Philly designer Lenora Dames for $38.(pictured left)Or get the look for less from Karina Matias...
Rangers, Lundqvist Agree To 1-Year Deal
The Rangers re-signed their star goalie Henrik Lundqvist to a one year deal worth $4.5M today. The move lets the Rangers avoid arbitration, but -- as had already been said...
Scene
Joanne Pak, who works at Olive and Bette's, wears a dress by Sophie Eugene, cool bag by Anna Corinna, Devotte flat studded strappy sandals, and bracelets from Olive and Bette's....
Team Player
Brendan Shanahan has, through more than just his play, shown that he is willing to do what it takes to help the Rangers continue recapturing their past glory. Shanny took...
Deal of the Day
Breezy silhouettes are the key to beating this stifling heat, and nothing is less clingy than this Clean Bubble Skirt from the Gap.The cotton skirt has a raised dot pattern...
Thank You For Smoking: 'Hairspray' Butts Draw PG From Ratings Board
Who would have thought the movie ratings board had a sense of humor? Earlier this year, the folks who oversee the board, faced with ridiculous demands that smoking in films...
AWARDS WEDNESDAY: THE NY VERSION
Week 14 of Awards Wednesday and we are going to change it up for this week. Since the All-Star Game reduced the games played in the past week, we will...
IN THE MAIL: Book 'em!
As far as our mail here at NYP Travel goes, it's nothing but a giant mountain of dead trees, usually addressed to our misspelled names, that arrives each and every...
THE MONKEY KING
Adopted From the Classic Chinese Tale By Ji-li Jiang Illustrated by Hui Hui Su-Kennedy STORY SO FAR: The Monkey King, in pursuit of a sage who can teach him the...
SEX, LIES & FROZEN MARBLES
ARE you interested in participating in erotic sex? What about learning "7 Boundary-Pushing Moves All Men Secretly Crave"? No, you don't need to adjust the spam filter on your e-mail...
XANADON'T
THE road to "Xanadu" - the Broadway musical, not the stately pleasure-dome of Coleridge's Kubla Khan - led from the 1980 iconic flop movie starring Olivia Newton-John. And, living up...
'MESS' AT BET
TWO major advertisers have yanked their ads from a controversial new BET show - before it's even aired. Home Depot and State Farm Insurance beat a hasty retreat from "Hot...
TAKE TWO
CHELSEA Handler's second go-round as a late-night host on E! kicks off Monday. "Chelsea Lately," airing weeknights (11:30-midnight), will incorporate several elements from the comedienne's "Chelsea Handler Show," which aired...
PETRA'S 'MODEL' BEHAVIOR
ONE model is too "pear- shaped." Another model's face is "too round." And yet another one - a 16-year-old beauty from Brazil - is advised to lose her "Brazilian attitude"...
BAUER TAKES CHARGE
JACK Bauer, the nearly invincible super secret agent from "24," is going rogue next year, says show star Kiefer Sutherland. While in Brazil recently filming a commercial, Sutherland let it...
GAME OVER FOR GSN EXEC CRONIN
RICH Cronin has re signed as chief of GSN - cable's game show network. Cronin, who's been at the network for more than six years, plans to leave at the...
STARR REPORT
The fall guys Fox, usually the first network out of the box with its fall schedule, didn't disappoint this year - announcing its fall lineup yesterday. The network's fall season...
MEX MIX MAKES FLICK CLICK
THE only thing hotter than the weather is "Drama/Mex," the latest feverish import from Mexico. (Remember "Battle in Heaven," "Amores Porres" and "Y Tu Mama Tambien"?) "Drama/Mex" - which just...
WILD KINGDOM
WANT to see a real urban jungle? Take a stroll through the most famous city park in America. From The Pond to the Harlem Meer, Central Park is crawling with...
STAR OF AVENUE 'Q
SOMEDAY, maybe by Thanksgiving, I'll be in the mood again for white tuna and Kobe beef. But for now, my idea of a "luxury" item is the barbecued splendors that...
FANCIEST OF THE NEW FOODS
SOME standouts from the 53rd Summer Fancy Food Show at the Javits Center, where 140,000 products were introduced over the three-day event: * Wasabi-flavored sesame seeds, from American Roland Food...
HE'S SPANISH 'FLY'
Admit it, you've probably fantasized about being holed up in a hotel room with hunky Spanish actor Javier Bardem. You just never pictured him dressed down in a pair of...
FUN STARTS HERE!
Latin American Music Conference The musical tornado that is the Latin American Music Conference sweeps into town with an amazing lineup. La Mala Rodriguez is a bad-ass Spanish hip-hop artist...
ART & PARADES
ART ATTACK'Comercial: Puerto Rico' Santurce-based Galeria Comercial, which specializes in young avant-garde artists, is in town for the summer showing work by Carolina Caycedo, Adriana Lara, Fernando Pintado and other...
ALL THE RIGHT 'MOVIES'
LATINO FEST HIGHLIGHTS Spending every day in an air-conditioned movie theater sounds pretty good right about now, doesn't it? The New York International Latino Film Festival is kicking off its...
'DINE'-AMITE DISHES
'STAND' AND DELIVER Summer means sampling everything under the sun at the Red Hook soccer field trucks. Every weekend from late April through October, a slew of vendors representing eight...
HERE'S WHAT'S ON THE MENU
Looking for a delicious dining experience featureing a variety of authentic Latin eats? No matter what your craving, we can help you find a cool place to indulge your exotic...
DANCE FEVER
Noche Flamenca Led by artistic director Martin Santangelo, this acclaimed troupe can't help but ignite the stage every time they perform. Expect passion, agony, joy and plenty of heat. July...
FORWARD, MARCH!
Colombian Festival Flushing Meadows Park's biggest Independence Day celebration is a wave of yellow, blue and red flags. Go munch on tamales, empanadas, arepas, chorizos and other temptations at this...
TEMPO LISTINGS ONLINE
MUSIC Dave Valentin The virtuoso has collected flutes from all over the world. Tonight, alongside his Tropic Heat Quintet, he plays them all and explains their cultural meanings. Should be...
WANTED: SEX ON THE JOB
A psychologist told the prospective employee he allegedly groped that her job duties would include sexually gratifying male and female patients, the woman said yesterday. "He even told me there...
NEXT STOP, CELLS
Subway platforms may soon cease to be safe havens from annoying ringtones. The MTA is moving ahead with plans to bring cell service to all 277 underground stations, and expects...
GUNFIGHT COP A SUPER HERO
Cool-headed cop Herman Yan went into autopilot - and followed his NYPD training to the letter - as he ignored the bullets raining down on him and fired back at...
ROOKIE'S KIN BLAST 'PLUG PULL' HOSP DOCS
The stricken family of Police Officer Russel Timoshenko last night angrily accused hospital doctors of giving up hope too early on the critically wounded rookie cop, after one physician suggested...
QUEENS GI TEEN KILLED IN IRAQ
A Queens soldier who wanted to serve in the Army so badly, he got his mother to give him permission to join early as a 17th-birthday present, was killed in...
QUEENS POL PROBED IN SEX RAP
A Queens city councilman is under investigation for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman he picked up at a local bar and brought back to his office, sources told The Post...
PAGEANT BOARD'S 'SNAP JUDGMENT' FOR BEAUTY
Miss New Jersey officials said they're unfazed by blackmail photos of embattled beauty queen Amy Polumbo and will likely let her continue to represent the Garden State. Three of the...
KID CRIES FOR KILLER DWI DAD
With tears in his eyes, 13-year-old Thomas Bain yesterday listened intently as his father apologized for the deadly drunken-driving crash that killed his mother. Then he watched as his beloved...
100G-A-YR. SARGE DEAL
Police sergeants will get six-figure salaries for the first time, under a contract announced yesterday by Mayor Bloomberg. The 74-month, $200 million contract with the Sergeants Benevolent Association includes 4...
HIP-HOP HOORAY: BUSTA WINS A COURT ROUND
Misdemeanor-magnet Busta Rhymes was smiling for a change yesterday as he left his latest appearance in Manhattan Criminal Court - after a critical legal ruling went his way. Prosecutors had...
'GORGEOUS' CHEATER'S LOVE LINE
Before he was in the big house, he was in the doghouse. At a meeting in December 2003, former Bonanno crime-family boss Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano told a wired-up informant...
B'KLYN 'RAT'FELLA
Pyotr Sarkisov was just 17 in 1992, a small-time punk running with a crew of Russian and Ukrainian toughs in Brooklyn, when his friend and mentor told him he'd have...
RIDERS SNATCH UP MTA REPORT CARDS
First they swiped their MetroCards, then they took swipes at the MTA. More than 35,000 straphangers snatched up the "rider report cards" that transit officials handed out yesterday on the...
KIN OF BX. KID WHO LOST LEG IN COLLAPSE SUE FOR $55M
The family of a 10-year-old Bronx boy whose leg was partially amputated after a storefront parapet crashed down on him has slammed a developer with a $55 million lawsuit, claiming...
THE WONDER OF REGGIE
The irony is that even as he denies to this day saying the words, Reggie Jackson indeed was the straw that stirred the drink for the 1977 Yankees, a fractured...
AN OVERDUE REVIVAL AFTER BUSHWICK'S BUSHWHACK
When the Rheingold brewery closed in 1976, the once-proud industrial center of Bushwick was on the brink of ruin. But it was the city's calamitous blackout and the ensuing chaos...
'PITCH' BLACK
The Yankees weren't New York's only baseball story in the summer of 1977. The Mets had their own little bit of history - they were the Big Apple team playing...
IT TAKES A PILLAGE, BUT BIZ LIVES ON
This is Part 3 of a five-day series marking the 30th anniversary of New York City's wild summer of '77. Right after the 1977 blackout, shop owner Roy Alesi often...
PROBER HITS 14G TUTORING 'RIPOFF'
A city special-ed teacher who set up a private tutoring business bilked the city out of $14,000, according to a report released yesterday by the special schools investigator. "We don't...
'AMBUSH' THUG FLIES THE COOP
The twisted triggerman who critically wounded a cop hid out in his girlfriend's home before eluding detectives and fleeing the state, as authorities nailed the driver of the stolen SUV...
SO HOT, THEY SIZZLE
Posh and Becks ooze sex appeal in these raunchy photos shot for the latest issue of W magazine. The Spice Girl and her soccer-superstar hubby were photographed by Steven Klein...
POLS GO 'POST'AL AGAINST GUN LOBBY
WASHINGTON - Rep. Patrick Kennedy held aloft yesterday's New York Post as he pushed to defeat a proposal in Congress that he said will make it harder to keep guns...
GAY FOCUS IN DEMS' DEBATE
WASHINGTON - Democratic White House front-runners have agreed to a debate next month devoted to the issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, according to two leading activist groups....
REELING MCCAIN WIELDS AX
WASHINGTON - John McCain yesterday dramatically shook up his struggling campaign, ousting two of his most senior aides. The move comes after six months of McCain falling in the polls...
BORAT FILM NOTORIETY NOT NIIIICE
A Bronx man who became an instant movie star among friends, family and even strangers after he appeared in a candid subway scene in the film "Borat" has sued the...
CONGEST TAX PLAN IN LIMBO
WASHINGTON - Mayor Bloomberg lobbied federal transportation officials yesterday for a $537 million federal grant for his congestion-pricing plan and repeated that Albany must OK it by Monday. "We're talking...
JT LEROY SCAM 'COST ME A MIL'
A movie producer racked up more than $1 million in legal fees to prove he fell prey to a literary hoax when he bought rights to a novel by sham...
D'OH-SIGNATED SPRINGFIELD
As C. Montgomery Burns would say: Excellent. Springfield, Vt. - home to a bowling alley, a bar, a prison and a nuclear-power plant - has won "The Simpsons Movie Springfield...
PLANE HORROR
SANFORD, Fla. - A small plane carrying the husband of a NASCAR executive crashed into a neighborhood yesterday and engulfed two houses in flames, killing both people aboard the aircraft...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN A fingerprint match led to the arrest of a thief who swiped more than $3,000 in medical equipment on the Upper West Side, authorities said yesterday. The theft occurred...
QUINN PLAYED LIKE A VIOLA
WHAT a wimp! I'm talking about City Council Speaker Christine "Spineless" Quinn - the most powerful woman in city government. Yesterday, two foes made her look worse than bad. They...
LT. COLUMBO SOLVES B'WAY
JUST one more thing . . . Lt. Columbo, of rum pled trench coat, cigar and absent-minded-detective-work fame, is coming to Broadway. "Columbo Takes the Rap," a new mystery by...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 552; Lucky Sum: 12 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 6016; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 753; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Win-4 Tue.: 0972;...
TIMES SQUARE'S NEW BOTTOM(S)
First they came for the prostitutes and three-card monte hustlers, and good for them. Then they came for the peep shows and seedy strip clubs, and hurrah again. And now,...
CAMERAS & CRIME
Police Officer Russel Timoshenko re mained on life-support at Kings County Hospital last night, even as his partner, Officer Herman Yan, was sent home to recover from wounds suffered during...
A JOB FOR ANDREW
The mystery of whether Gov. Spitzer used State Police to spy on Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno deepened yesterday: According to a New York Times report, Eileen Long-Chelales (daughter of...
THE FORGOTTEN FRONT
WHEN the U.S. counterter rorism operations against the Abu Sayyaf Group, the Philippines-based al Qaeda affiliate, kicked off in late 2001, the Bush administration dubbed it the "Second Front" in...
LETHAL PEACENIKS
Reynolds: Accused of plotting bombings in bid to end Iraq War. AIRMAN Jonathan Schrie ken, USAF, is fighting for his life in Camden, N.J. He was shot on Independence Day...
THE 'QUIT IRAQ' CAUCUS:
Pelosi & Reid: Pushing for a pullout that's sure to yield vast carnage. EVEN as our troops make serious progress against al-Qaeda-in-Iraq and other extremists, Congress - including Republican members...
THE FANTASY OF RETREAT
Bush: Will he stay the course as others run?"America good! Al Qaeda bad!" - A trader in the Qatana bazaar, Ramadi, Iraq THIS is a sentiment that the Iraqi trader...
BIGGER GITMO, FEWER TERRORISTS?
Caption Deroy Murdock is a welcome voice of sanity in the mindless maelstrom over Guantanamo ("Let's Expand Gitmo, PostOpinion, July 6). As bad as President Bush's handling of Iraq has...
GORE TO SAVE WORLD
Al Gore Al Gore's grandiose exercise in hypocrisy has to surprise even his most vocal critics ("It's Party Planet," July 8). Whether it is flying in private jets to various...
JURY DEADLOCK
Raising the possibility of a mistrial on at least some of the 13 charges against Conrad Black, the jury at the dethroned press baron's fraud and racketeering trial sent a...
POLS LINE UP TO SQUEEZE $$ HONCHOS
Hedge funds and private-equity firms are set to come under attack today as three separate groups of Washington policymakers hold hearings to consider cracking down on the fast expanding, lightly...
CALM BEFORE THE STORM
THE annual pilgrimage to this sleepy resort town began in earnest yesterday as masters of the media, technology and financial universes arrived for Allen & Co.'s closely watched mogulfest. But...
SNOOZE HIT WITH MORE WEB S(L)ITES
A close buddy and former business partner of Daily News Editor-In-Chief Martin Dunn has been hired to run the paper's clunky Web site. Stephen Lynas, who was managing director of...
FEDS EYE GOLDMAN GRIPERS
The feds are investigating disgruntled ex-Goldman Sachs employees and customers as the hunt continues for the person behind chilling death threats against workers at the investment bank that were mailed...
INTERPUBLIC LOSING BILLION$ FROM J&J
Interpublic is facing another test of its turnaround strategy with the struggling ad giant expected to lose a sizable chunk of Johnson & Johnson's huge media-buying business. Interpublic agencies handle...
ROOF CAVES IN
Wall Street is bracing for a nearly $2 trillion washout over the collapse of hollow and shaky mortgage bonds, triggering fears of a recession worse than the dot-com bubble bursting....
ROOSEVELT'S UP FOR SALE AT COOL $1B
NO sooner did we whis per the Roosevelt Hotel as being a potential development site last Friday then we were tipped that it was actually coming to market - and...
LIZ CLAIBORNE BOSS PLOTS COMEBACK BID
Liz Claiborne Chief Executive William McComb has talked up his company's "power brands," comparing them at a recent Merrill Lynch conference to other world-class trademarks such as Porsche and BMW....
L.I. DRIVER BUSTED AS PHONY COP
A Long Island man was busted yesterday for impersonating a cop after trying to pull over a driver who turned out to be an NYPD detective, authorities said. Robert Lane,...
NY COP-SHOOTING SUSPECT NABBED
Police in have apprehended suspected New York City cop-shooter Dexter Bostick in the Poconos and are believed to be in pursuit of the other suspect. Bostic, a 34-year-old ex-convict, and...
BUD MUST BE THERE
SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds was slumped in his chair at his locker before his National Leaguers lost another All-Star Game to the American League, 5-4. He was recovering from...
ESPN IGNITES 'BURNING' RAGE
THE scheduling of a TV show would seem to be pretty simple. First, you decide when a show should air. And then you air it at that time. Make sense?...
HELPING DISABLED HUNT, FISH
THE state of New York wants those who are physically challenged to help them improve the quality of hunting and fishing opportunities in the Empire State. New York's Division of...
LA RUSSA SNUB HAS PUJOLS RILED UP
SAN FRANCISCO - Tony La Russa left fans scratching their heads, never getting Albert Pujols into last night's All-Star Game, especially in the last inning with the ba ses loaded...
ICHIRO ACES INSIDE JOB
SAN FRANCISCO - Ichiro Suzuki once again showed the world what a unique talent he is on the baseball field. Ichiro's fifth-inning, two-run, inside-the-park homer was the key hit in...
IT'S AL-RIGHT
SAN FRANCISCO - This was supposed to be Barry's big night. In some ways it was just that. The pregame ceremony that honored Willie Mays was a special treat for...
BRYANT COUNTIN' ON RED STORM
Darryl Bryant doesn't expect to make a decision about college until the end of the summer, but the guard from St. Raymond's said one thing hasn't changed. "St. John's has...
ALWAYS A VIRGIN IS PACE FAVORITE
Off an impressive score in his Meadowlands Pace elimination, Always A Virgin was installed as the 9-5 morning-line favorite for the $1 million Pace final on Saturday night at the...
SPORTS SHORTS
CYCLING: Cancellara keeps lead Tour de France leader Fabian Cancellara has a message for coach Bjarne Riis: Thank you, and wish you were here. The Swiss rider and his CSC...
HONDO: SMITH FILLS BILL
Hondo's faith in Debbie Little's ability to predict the future went unrewarded again yesterday when Financial Aid finished behind four other animals in the 11th at Monticello. Fortunately, Mr. Aitch...
DEVS LAND VITALY PIECE; YASHIN STILL AN OPTION
Trying to cook up a Cup contender from free agency's leftovers, with defenseman Vitaly Vishnevsky the latest ingredient, a discounted gamble on Alexei Yashin reads like the sort of project...
GIANTS SIGN MCMAHAN
The Giants yesterday added to their roster for training camp by signing Kevin McMahan, a wide receiver from Maine who owns the dubious distinction of being known as Mr. Irrelevant...
BALKMAN TEACHES DURANT A LESSON
LAS VEGAS - When the Sonics meet the Knicks in the regular season, rookie sensation Kevin Durant won't be looking forward to seeing Renaldo Balkman again. In the Knicks' summer-league...
ROSE WILL KEEP EYE ON ZACH
LAS VEGAS - Malik Rose will reserve judgment on the Zach Randolph blockbuster, realizing complications can still take place not just off the court but on it. Rose flew here...
CENTER OF ATTENTION
While the final touches were being applied to a new deal that will keep coach Lawrence Frank locked up until the team's move to Brooklyn, Nets brass prepared met with...
MARCUS MIGHTY VS. MIAMI
It was, Marcus Williams admitted, pretty much what he expected: 28 points, five assists, six rebounds, 10-of-17 shooting. OK, maybe a little more than expected, but nothing outlandish. "I think...
STICKING AROUND
Now that Glen Sather has completed the Brendan Shanahan one-year contract for a cap-charged $2.5 million, the GM has just over $7 million with which to work to accommodate arbitration-eligible...
YANKS: IT AIN'T OVER YET
SAN FRANCISCO - The Yankees sit 10 full games behind the Red Sox in the AL East, but the Bombers believe Boston can be caught in the second half. "You...
GAMBLERS BELIEVE THEY'LL GET BETTOR
The Bronx isn't the only place that still believes in the Yankees. The sports books in Las Vegas keep taking enough money to keep the odds on the disappointing Bombers...
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...
YANKS TO A-ROD: LETS TALK $$ IN SEASON: REPORT
During the All-Star game, soon-to-be home run champ Barry Bonds anointed star 3rd Baseman Alex Rodriguez as the future "sultan of swat." The Yankees are ready to do whatever it...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Goth readers might want to listen up. A single-family home in Hopkinton, Mass., where vultures roost year round, is on the market for a mere $189,000. The previous owners blamed...
NFC East breakdown
Dallas has a new coach, the Giants have a new feature back, the Eagles have a new backup QB, and the Redskins have a new . . . er ....
