July 22, 2007
Harry Potter and the Hypocrites at The New York Times
There are more than 300 entries to the blog of New York Times Public Editor Clark Hoyt reacting to the Times' decision to print a very early review by Michiko...
Friends With Benefits
Homophobia-fueled "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry'' edged "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' out of the first place most forecasters expected the latter to occupy in...
Impossible to Avoid: Still alive? Huh.
We would never wish anyone dead, but sometimes we hear about pop-culture figures, and weâre surprised that, well, theyâre still with us. Itâs not that we expect everyone to stay...
ROTO FILES - Trade would give Big Tex big boost
The baseball trade deadline, more often that not, provides a fantasy boost. Good players on bad teams are traded to good teams.The bad news: It sounds as if the trade...
GRAMMER CHECK
Spencer Grammer doesn't just play every college guy's fantasy girl on TV, she is one in real life. Not only is the star of "Greek," ABC Family's new college campus-themed...
DON'T MISS LIST
CATEGORY: DRAMA Hed: 'Grace' under fire Holly Hunter joins Kyra Sedgwick in the wannabe-like-Helen Mirren club. Taking a cue from Mirren's Jane Tennison on "Prime Suspect," Hunter plays Grace Hanadarko,...
'BEE' REAL
It's not hard to make big plans when you've got a show that rocketed to number one its very first night on the air. The producers behind NBC's "The Singing...
REEL GOOD
BATMAN (1989) Monday, 8 p.m., AMC Michael Keaton plays the brooding, Caped Crusader as an introspective complex super hero in a bleak, troubled Gotham City. A deliciously evil Jack Nicholson...
BLUE-COLLAR 'BILL' CELEBRATES FAMILY VALUES
Can a happy American family still be funny? Bill Engvall thinks so. Engvall, a squeaky clean stand-up comic who made his name as part of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour,...
NBC HAS 'IDOL'-STYLED 'PHENOMENON'
TALK about mind games . . . NBC is putting a novel spin on "American Idol" with a new series called "Phenomenon," in which self-professed spoonbender Uri Geller and "mystifier/artist"...
MARIANE PEARL SUES AL QAEDA OVER HUSBAND'S KILLING
NEW YORK, July 18 (Reuters) - The widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against al Qaeda, other radical groups and Pakistan-based Habib...
LOCAL NEWS YOU CAN REFUSE
Local TV News, Take 1: One of these days, a local newscast is going to wise-up and instead of dumbing-down its newscast, it's going to smarten it up. As local...
CLOSE CALL
"There's this perverse thing that if you go to TV, it means your other career is over," says Glenn Close. "It's such BS. It really is BS. This is an...
PEOPLE PUT UP WITH INSULTS ON 'SOB'
What would you do if you walked into a restaurant and were told by the hostess that seating was segregated according to race? Or, what if you went to interview...
PITS ARE LEGIT
If you're a regular reader of this column, you know by now that I rescue pit bulls in my spare time, and that the dog in the logo with me...
THE CAT LADY
THIS is the time of year when "Lost Cat" posters start appearing on the light poles in my neighborhood. Every sign features a photo of an adorable cat and a...
ADOPT ME
Three-year-old Beatrix is a golden blond, female Lhasa Apso mix with a face like an owl. She can be both active and completely cuddly. Meet her from 11 a.m. to...
COMPUTER AT ODDS WITH BOOKED-UP FOE
CHESS THE strange history of man-vs.-machine matches took a new turn earlier this month when Jaan Ehlvest tried for revenge against Rybka but received a strange type of odds. Since...
HOT SEAT
HE'S rich, single, good-looking and he can cook. Ladies, the line forms to the right. OK, so Aaron Eckhart can only cook on-screen, but that hardly diminishes his appeal to...
HOT LIST
1 Mega-hold and drag queens While everyone is cooing over how fabulous "Hairspray" the movie is, we're thrilled that hairspray the beauty product is cool again, too. Sebastian Professionals' limited...
RICH MAN, GREEN MAN
Is Paris Hilton actually ahead of her time? Is everything really. . . well, hot? Yes, it is! And it's getting hotter. Just in case you didn't make it to...
THIS WEEK'S DVDS
Zodiac(Paramount, $29.99) As he did in "Seven" and "Fight Club," director David Fincher creates moments of almost unbearable suspense in retelling the story of the Bay Area's most notorious serial...
HOT IN THE HEAT
Stay cool in summer's best shorts and sandals
VARIATIONS ON A SPRINGFIELD THEME
HANS ZIMMER made the "Pirates of the Caribbean" swagger to strings and "Gladiator" prance lightly to Roman brass, but he really earned his doughnuts making heroic Homer music for "The...
VIVA LA SWEDES
WHEN it comes to spreading word about obscure Scandinavian bands, it's hard to find a better prophet than Bam Margera. After successfully bringing unusual bands like HIM, Turbonegro and the...
FLY FOR A WHITE GUY
IN the world of reggae music, Collie Buddz is a walking contradiction. He's doesn't hail from Jamaica or have dreadlocks, and get this: He's white. "So many people are confused...
SPRINGFIFIELD'S BEST
BART IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR. Krusty canceled. Maggie makes like Steve McQueen in "The Great Escape." George H.W. Bush moves in next door. ith more than 400 episodes aired, there's...
HOMER GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
TO SAY THAT "The Simpsons Movie" has been a long time coming is like saying Homer is a bit full-figured or principal Skinner has a few mommy issues. Severe understatement....
AY, CARAMBA! WE'RE OLD, MAN!
If things have gone as Matt Groening originally planned, every Sunday night at eight, America would be tuned in to a oneeared rabbit and ugly gay twins in fez hats....
IT'S RIALTO FOR REAL REEL DEAL
THE name Rialto Pictures probably doesn't mean much to moviegoers, but the films released by the company over the past 10 years certainly do. Consider: Jules Dassin's crime caper "Rififi"...
GIRL GONE WILD!
SOMETIMES life imitates art. Sometimes it's the other way around. But with Lindsay Lohan's new movie, "I Know Who Killed Me," the actress plays such a self-referential role that future...
SWEET EATS!
SUMMER has brought a slew of great new spots to nosh, sip and be scene. Zoe Townhouse, Gemma, Solace and Borough Food & Drink have only been open a few...
WONDERFUL BARONS OF OZ
Why have a mint-crushed mojito or grape-distilled martini, when you can have a wattle seed ale? That's what the folks at Barons Brewing Company - a new line of beers...
JONES, 25, AND CRUZ, 23
JUNE 1 - There's no love quite like first love. For Faith Cruz and George Jones, romance began on the playground outside Our Lady of Sorrows Elementary School in Manhattan....
TRAFFICANTE, 29, AND CRUZ, 27
JUNE 16 - "It was exactly how I envisioned my wedding - a huge party with everyone having fun," Kimberly Trafficante says. Trafficante, a saleswoman for Kellwood Apparel in Manhattan,...
MUNOZ, 30, AND HATHCOCK, 27
JUNE 27 - Having six weeks to plan a wedding might seem impossible. But Courtenay Hathcock and Karina Munoz, who won a dream wedding from WeddingChannel.com and "The Morning Show...
TUNICK, 35, AND PAUL, 29
JULY 1 - Jonathan Tunick met Amy Paul on the job at the William Morris Agency. "I asked her out many times over the years - about once per year...
GUO, 30, AND YANG, 30
JUNE 16 - Getting married must have been contagious for Grace Guo and Richard Yang. "Richard actually proposed while we were in Vancouver for one of his future groomsman's weddings...
SHIP-SHAPE GOTHAM
Time was, New York's ports were the envy of the world. And for good reason - the Upper Bay is a near-perfect natural harbor surrounded by a huge commercial market....
NO NUKES FOR THE KOOK
President Bush's critics might need to admit that he can play the foreign-affairs game after all: After several frustrating years, it looks like his administration's tough stand against Kim Jong...
BUSH THE WINNER
I SUPPOSE I'll merely expose myself to harmless ridicule if I make the following assertion: George W. Bush's presidency will probably be a successful one. Let's step back from the...
OUR OTHER ENEMIES
ONE of the most infuriating problems in Iraq seems to generate precious little fury. In a kind of malicious chemistry experiment, hostile powers are adding accelerants to Iraq's frothing chaos....
ABBAS ON THE DOLE: A FATAH FUNDING FOLLY?
THE ISSUE: President Bush's pledge to support Palestinians if they renounce terror. If the Palestinian people continue to support Hamas instead of Fatah, they will go down in history as...
RELIGION IN POLITICS
IN "American Religious Democracy: Coming to Terms With the End of Secular Politics," law professor Bruce Ledewitz takes an intelligent and refreshingly balanced view of the role of religion and...
SUBPRIME WOES HIT B'KLYN
Alex Boxill, a retired CUNY executive living in Canarsie, is having his life turned upside down because of a subprime mortgage. The 65-year-old and his wife - who have pretty...
DEBIT DEBUTANTES
Savvy marketing companies, looking to grow their pre-paid debit card business, are attempting to put the hot little pieces of plastic into the hands of kids as young as seven....
THE CO$T OVER TIME
If you're like most folks, you pay your annual home, auto and life insurance premiums on a quarterly or monthly basis - with a small service charge added for the...
RADIO DAZE OVER SATELLITE MERGER CONCERNS
Dear John: I think it's interesting that officials are giving Sirius and XM such a tough time about their merger but AT&T and SBC, which were split years ago for...
'YANKEE GO HOME' MEANS 'TAKE OUR MONEY'
HERE'S one thing you probably won't hear on the campaign trail: While America's foreign policy is being assailed both here and abroad, U.S. companies are thriving on the world stage,...
BULLISH DOW SEERS ARE WAY OFF THE MONEY
There's nothing like the movement of the Dow past a plateau to bring the fortunetellers on Wall Street back to peddling forecasts of extraordinary new highs. Forget Dow 14,000, where...
THE IRE APPAREN
Up until now, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman has been able to escape the wrath of chairman Sumner Redstone precisely because he was only marginally thought of as a possible successor....
THIS WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERS LAUREL TOUBY Media netizen turns her networking and drinking habit, mediabistro.com, into a cool $23Mby selling it to Alan Meckler's JupiterMedia.BRETT YORMARK Nets CEO signsWrigley's to the first-ever offseason...
WAXING FOR A BIKINI
DANISH model May Andersen is spending the weekend in the Hamptons, but it won't be all R&R for the leggy catwalker. Andersen is taking part in a fashion show by...
THE MAN RUNNING (SWIMMING AND BIKING) THE NYC TRIATHLON
More than 3,200 people - from elite athletes to weekend warriors - will compete in the New York City Triathlon today, but make no mistake about it: this is a...
POL PUSH ON LA GUARDIA
The nation's top transportation official needs to push for major changes in air-traffic volume at La Guardia Airport in the wake of this month's frightening near-collision, Rep. Joseph Crowley said...
DEM EYES BREAST TEST 'WAIT' WOE
Mammography centers in New York City are closing at an "alarming" rate, causing a 171 percent increase in wait times for the cancer-detecting procedure, according to a study by Rep....
WTC LAWYER THE 'DEVIL'S ADVOCATE'
One of the high-priced lawyers who have sucked $47 million out of the $1 billion World Trade Center insurance fund is infamous for defending companies that manufactured Agent Orange, a...
HEROIC MOTHER CRUSHED
A cement truck struck and killed a Bronx woman yesterday as she bravely overcame a paralyzing traffic phobia to rush into the street and push her daughter out of the...
TRUCK FINALLY PULLED FROM BLAST CRATER
Con Ed workers yesterday were finally able to remove the tow truck at the epicenter of the Midtown explosion from the 15-by-25-foot crater it which it sank. The tow truck,...
'PEEP' LAWYER HAD KINKY TOY TROVE
"Anti-masturbation" gum, stacks of skin magazines and something called a "Grow a Girlfriend" toy were among the kinky belongings cops hauled out of an alleged peeping-Tom lawyer's Queens house, according...
IT'S STILL FAT CITY DESPITE 'TRANS' BAN
Think you're safe from trans fats after the city's ban went into effect July 1? Fat chance. Under the new law, restaurants were supposed to switch to cooking oils or...
'SLAY STRIP' SQUEEZE
A year after New Jersey teen Jennifer Moore was murdered following a night of drinking on West 27th Street, the wild clubland strip has seen felony assaults drop 13 percent...
AMY-LESS JOEY: I'M IN CONTROL
Joey Buttafuoco says his "life was starting to spin out of control recently," with the idea of doing a reality show with former paramour Amy Fisher. In an interview with...
ART-TO-ART GRIEF
Police in helicopters scanned the waters off Rockaway Beach yesterday in search of a distraught artist who wandered into the ocean - presumably to his death - a week after...
GRISLY TAXI MOW-DOWN
A woman's foot was badly mangled when she was struck by a cab on the Upper East Side yesterday. Witnesses said the woman's right foot was almost severed by the...
FIRE KILLS HOARDER IN PACKED HOME
An elderly Bronx woman who lived among mountains of junk piled from floor to ceiling died last night when a fire struck her dangerously cluttered home. The 82-year-old woman, whose...
COPS TRADE SHOTS WITH GUNMEN
Patrol cops traded gunfire with two men in Queens, last night, leading to the apprehension of one of the suspects, police sources said. Details remained sketchy last night, but sources...
VICTIM COOKED TO DEATH: SUIT
An East Side resident was essentially cooked to death - his body temperature surging to a lethal 112 degrees - as a boiler malfunction sent heat pouring into his apartment...
CHEM ASSAULT IN QNS. PARK
A group of toughs ran amok spraying chemicals in a Queens park yesterday, leaving three women and two babies burned. Police said the incident occurred when a group of what...
'SNEAK'ER ATTACK ON TATTOO ARTIST
It was a sneaky thing to do, and now a Long Island tattoo artist is suing Converse for allegedly ripping off a unique design and mass-producing it on sneakers that...
MUCH HOTTER POTTER SAVES BEST FOR HIS LAST
Well, it's official. Harry Potter scribe J.K. Rowling is no mere muggle. She doesn't just live up to the astronomical and seemingly unrealistic expectations surrounding her seventh and final Potter...
POST-HARRY BLUES WITH MAGIC OVER
Call it Post-Potter Depression. Mood swings, loss of appetite and sleepless nights are bound to follow the release of J.K. Rowling's final Harry Potter book, say psychologists. It "will be...
FOUL DEEDS OF 'HOOPS FIX' REF
The NBA referee under federal investigation for his involvement in a mob-connected gambling operation and point-shaving scheme was a whistle-happy foul freak who led the league in penalty calls, The...
7 GAMES WHERE DISPUTED CALLS SWAYED SCORE
NBA referee Tim Donaghy worked 140 games in the last two seasons as part of a three-person crew. The Post examined box scores and play-by-play transcripts for all 140 games...
CLIMATE OF LUST
Here's the pair that celeb-watchers have been buzzing about - a shirtless hunk and the greener-than-thou Hollywood wife of "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David. Bart Thorpe, 44, of Martha's Vineyard, and...
HEDONISTIC 'HEF' DIGS FOR 40G A NIGHT
It sports a Playboy theme, but this $40,000-a-night Vegas suite ain't no bunny hutch. Feast your eyes on the most expensive hotel room in the world, complete with a rotating...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN Police are asking for the public's assistance in finding a Gowanus resident who disappeared three days ago. Mario Girela, 64, was last seen leaving his 15th Street home near...
IMMORTAL MORGY GEAR$ UP FOR 9TH RUN
MANHATTAN DA Bob Morgen thau has amassed a war chest of more than $500,000 as he lays the groundwork for another historic re-election run in 2009 at age 90. Campaign...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 037; Lucky Sum: 10 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 5298; Lucky Sum: 24 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 679; Lucky Sum: 22 / Evening Win- 4 Sat.:...
BIG SHOT FOR BULLS' ALTIDORE
Strapped for scoring and now deprived of their big gun, the Red Bulls will turn to 17-year-old Jozy Altidore for finishing when they play host to DC United this afternoon...
FLOUNDER QUOTAS FISHY
THE National Marine Fisheries Service already has put the knife in recreational anglers' backs, now its wants to do a slow turn by looking to cut summer flounder quotas even...
TEIXEIRA'S VALUE RISES WITH TRADE
THE baseball trade deadline, more often that not, provides a fantasy boost. Good players on bad teams are traded to good teams. The bad news: It sounds as if the...
A SUPER SUB
Early last week, when trainer Todd Pletcher opted to skip yesterday's Grade 1, $300,000 Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont Park with his 3-year-old superfilly, Belmont Stakes winner Rags to...
A 'BOLD' VICTORY
The track was fast and the turf firm on the next-to-last day of the spring-summer meet. SECOND RACE - Bold Hawk, who passed some horses late in his debut going...
SOUND OFF
* New NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has done a good job thus far coming down hard on the league's code of conduct, but the Michael Vick situation will show if...
HONDO STILL JAY- WALKIN'
The Jays flew to Hondo's emotional rescue yester day, KOing the M's to reduce the IOUs to to 585 tur leys. Today, he'll stick with 'em - 10 units on...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Strong rehab start for Schilling In Pawtucket, R.I., Curt Schilling pitched three scoreless innings in a minor league rehab outing for Triple-A Pawtucket yesterday, striking out six - including...
FRANCELLA FALLS SHORT OF SEMIS
The large gallery that followed Meaghan Francella throughout her four rounds at the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship was left disappointed yesterday, but the crowd was perhaps not as...
POWER PLAY
THE argument that having a franchise in Nashville better serves the NHL than having a second one in southern Ontario is so patently absurd that not even Gary Bettman would...
THE RUMBLE
Boss salutes ranking as No. 1 owner George Steinbrenner was heartened by a Sports Illustrated Players poll of 464 major leaguers that selected him as the best owner in baseball....
HOPKINS RETAINS BELT IN HUGFEST
LAS VEGAS - The title of the promotion was "Coming to Fight." Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright did a little of that last night at Mandalay Bay. They also did...
SELF-LOVING ESPN IS NO LONGER IN THE NOW
THE worst thing ESPN could do to itself, it has done to itself. It has made itself a too-easy target. The secret's out. Last week, alone, ESPN took a beating...
BECKS TAKES STAGE
CARSON, Calif. - The David Beckham Era began at about 7:45 p.m. local time last night amid an ocean of flashbulbs and in front of the eyes of the entire...
LET'S GET A MOVE ON
I TOLD an AL executive I wanted to do a piece on the 10 players most likely to be moved by July 31, and he blurted, "10, you will be...
WHAT, ME WORRY?
MILWAUKEE - Barry Bonds sat at his locker with a small group of reporters yesterday morning and shrugged off a published report that he likely will be indicted later this...
DONTRELLE'S CAREER BECOMING D-TRAIN DERAILMENT
Dontrelle Willis has the cool nickname (The D-Train), that funky delivery and charisma. But, at age 25, he has lost his most vital quality: excellence. That led one NL executive...
TAKE IT TO THE WINDOW AT SPA
Seems like yesterday we were headed home down the Northway, with Saratoga Race Course in our rearview mirror at the end of another meet. Now, suddenly, it's time to pack...
CALL OFF THE DOGS
THE Duke lacrosse case should have scared us all straight by now, of course. If one good thing emerged from that awfulness in Durham the past year and a half,...
SERG ON VERGE
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - We'll find out a lot about Sergio Garcia today. We'll find out if he's made of major-championship timber, if he has what it takes to seize the...
TIGER'S HOLE IS EIGHT SHOTS DEEP
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - For the third time this year, Tiger Woods is in a position to stage his first come-from-behind victory in a major championship. Unless he's able to overcome...
STRICK-LY BUSINESS
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - Steve Stricker might be the one player who stands in the way of Sergio Garcia winning the British Open today, capturing his first major championship and ending...
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...
IN WITH THE BLUE
No, the Giants do not head to Albany for the start of training camp instantly saddled with a losing record or already mired in last place. It only feels that...
TOM WILL HEAR GRIPES FROM PLAYERS' COMMITTEE
In an effort aimed at fostering a better flow of communication between players and head coach and nip any and all sniping in the bud, Tom Coughlin will assemble a...
JETS HITTIN' THE GROUND RUNNING
A year ago, the Jets were breaking in a new head coach in Eric Mangini. Mangini, meanwhile, was breaking in his new coaching staff and trying to convey to his...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH...
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Jets coach as he prepares to begin his second training camp later this week: Q: Does your older son (Jake, three years, five...
LIBERTY'S GOAL IS TO GET EVEN
Liberty coach Pat Coyle has been consistent this season. Her team has not. When the Liberty got off to a 5-0 start, Coyle was saying the same things she said...
THROWN AWAY
LOS ANGELES - The fastball wasn't on target for Jorge Sosa. The relay wasn't on target for Ruben Gotay. Both arms conspired to cost the Mets yesterday at Dodger Stadium,...
MINAYA DOESN'T NEED 2ND DEAL
LOS ANGELES - The Mets won't make the first move toward a trade for a second baseman - Omar Minaya has other ways to fill the position. The Mets technically...
JOHNNY ON THE SPOT
After sitting for the first game of yesterday's doubleheader Johnny Damon was eager to play the nightcap, but less than two hours before the first pitch he still had no...
YANKS ACQUIRE MOLINA
In an effort to bolster their bench, the Yankees last night acquired catcher Jose Molina in a trade with the Angels, sending minor-league pitcher Jeff Kennard in return. Molina, 32,...
RODRIGUEZ BLASTS 497TH HR IN ROUT
Alex Rodriguez enjoyed a terrific first half, but last night was his first breakout game since the break. A-Rod ripped three extra-base hits, including his 497th career homer, to pace...
IT'S 2 GOOD 2 BE TRUE
If this were a trip to the dentist for root canal, Joe Torre would have left the chair last night wondering why nothing ached. It was supposed to hurt, wasn't...
BOMBERS SPEND DAY MAKING SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING
THEORETICALLY, there could be longer days in Joe Torre's life than the one he woke up to yesterday. Gary Sheffield Appreciation Day, for instance. Nevertheless, given the choice of being...
MEET MARKET
LIKE lots of women, Lillian is all for old-fashioned chivalry: "Giving up your seat on the bus for a pregnant woman or elderly person makes a guy more attractive," the...
CATCH AND RELEASE
MAKING nice with strangers is no difficult task for Will, a 24-year-old post-production audio intern - just chat about the Oscar-winning directors you work with and be obliged to help...
THE PERFECTLY SEXY WEEKEND
'YOUR boyfriend wants you," the yacht club ladies are telling me as I try desperately to adjust to the idea of hanging out with yacht club ladies in the Hamptons....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Cheer up, Washingtonians - help has arrived from the "Compliment Machine," a red-and-white-striped sidewalk box that serves up reassuring messages to passers-by. Local artist Tom Greaves conceived the comforting contraption...