July 23, 2007
Scene
Claire Carre, a music director's assistant, wears high waisted pants with built-in suspenders from H&M, a Bershka top, and necklace from a street vendor. "I like dressing like a pirate...
DVD Extra: MGM's Class of '48
Equally bizarre, Como plays a fictional character in the film, but is introduced at the end by Gene Kelly, playing himself, as "Perry Como'' and then sings "With a Song...
As Requested
Eric Lindros has been the top item for a little too long in the blue seats, so here's a topic to divert our attention ... maybe.The Rangers went 54 years...
Wii Bake
Sadly, not the next great cooking sim game starring Martha "I survived Jail, Paris, You Cry Baby" Stewart. Instead, it's the latest issue of Wired featuring a Wii cake.Wanna bake...
Turturro Musical Leaving Limbo
When MGM (temporarily) exited the movie distribution business a couple of years ago, Sony Pictures Classics gladly released a couple of pictures that MGM was planning to put out under...
Logomania 2
Last month, I registered my disappointment with Warner Home Video for leaving the Paramount logo off the DVD release of "Zero Hour!'' in a lengthy post. Warners has more than...
Romero in Toronto
George Romero's "Diary of the Dead'' will premiere as part of the "Midnight Madness'' section at this year's Toronto Film Festival. Romero has said this flick -- his first indie...
Deal of the Day
Cut the carbs and still enjoy high glycemic fruits with this Banana Print Dress.The adorable A line T-Shirt dress from See by Chloe wears just as good as it would...
BEST OF: We've stepped out
Funny thing - as happens over here, from time to time, the travel staff is all off traveling and can't come to the phone right now. Me, I am headed...
Change of Venue
"The Incredible Hulk'' starring Edward Norton in a sequel to that Ang Lee-directed mess, will move the action from San Francisco to The Big Apple, which the Big Green Guy...
Contemplating Homer
It's not only the New York Times that's getting grief (see below) for an early review. "Is this a review or a list of spoilers?'' asks a British reader who...
SHELLY DUNCAN'S DREAM WEEKEND
It is not Danteâs Inferno. But the minor leagues are no fun. I can only imagine they become less enjoyable as you spend four years at A-ball, three years at...
UP & AWAY
LANCE Richards had been working in the human resources department at GTE (now Verizon) for nine months when he was offered what he calls the opportunity of a lifetime. The...
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT JOB?
WHAT does a landscape architect actually do all day? Every construction project needs design for the placement of paths, walkways, gardens, shrubs and trees. Landscape architects work elements like slopes,...
GO TO GREG
MID-JULY marks the unofficial midway point for many summer internships, so I thought I'd check in to see how things are working out for you. Is there still a red...
SHOSHANNA LONSTEIN GRUSS
WHEN Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss graduated from college, she moved back into her parents' Upper East Side apartment and started looking for a job. She couldn't find one she liked -...
GIRL TROUBLE
TIMES may have changed, but it's still a man's, man's world - at least in the workplace. According to a recent survey conducted by WorkPlace Media, 76 percent of working...
TOY STORY
Employees can't subsist on inspirational kitten posters alone. And thanks to advances in cube technology, art, and Wi-Fi enabled rabbits, they don't have to anymore. We took a look at...
THE MONKEY KING
Adopted From the Classic Chinese Tale by Ji-li Jiang Illustrated by Hui Hui Su-Kennedy STORY SO FAR: Monkey, disguised as Lotus-Feet Immortal, tries to sneak into the Jade Emperor's Peach...
TO-DO, UNTIL DEATH
NEW YORK has always been a multitasker's paradise. The fast pace of the city demands that you do about 50 things at once - after all, who wouldn't want to...
ONCE UPON A TIME
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PULSE SALES
MISS SIXTY, ENERGIE 901 Broadway, at 20th Street; (212) 575-0315 Sale: July 25-27. Wed., 1-7 p.m./Thu., Fri., 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Dresses, now $50 (reg. $119 to $169); jeans, $65 (reg....
HONKY-TONK KILLIN' GETS A RIGHT TUNEFUL TRIAL
THERE are down-home plea sures aplenty in the modest but engaging "The People vs. Mona," by Jim Wann ("Pump Boys and Dinettes") and his wife, Patricia Miller. Billed as a...
STARR REPORT
He takes a 'Stand' "Sopranos" co-star Tony Sirico (Paulie) is keeping busy - he's just inked a deal to co-star with Morgan Fair child in a big-screen comedy, "The Sno...
SHE'S NO ANGEL
'SAVING Grace" is sort of like Sen. David Vitter, Rudy's southern campaign chairman who championed family values while paying hookers to supposedly dress him in diapers. I mean, it's dishonest...
KEEP YOUR D'OH JOBS
'THE Simpsons" folks have a way of tele graphing who they look up to in the rest of TV land. And this year the answer is: late-night Comedy Central and...
MEDIUM RARE DIANA
ONLY one way to get an interview with Prin cess Diana now - psychics. My Network, the fledgling network that includes Ch. 9 here, has two specials about the legendary...
TOUGH ALL OVER
THE hottest thing on TV is not British ac tors who can speak with an American accent or shows about remembering song lyrics. It's red-meat reality shows starring men who...
FUND-RAISING OUT OF 'COMPTROL'
Most eyes may be on the race to succeed Mayor Bloomberg in 2009, but the race for city comptroller is already heating up, with several candidates aggressively dialing for dollars...
BREAST-TEST CLINIC CRISIS
New York women have to wait up to two months to get a mammogram because clinics have been closing at an alarming rate in recent years, according to a report...
BARRON IN BROOKLYN BEEP RACE
Controversial City Councilman Charles Barron is the first to throw his hat in the ring for the Brooklyn Borough president race - but he's expected to get stiff competition from...
SPENDING HIS A-WAD
Maybe we can call him "Stay-Rod" now. Yankee superstar Alex Rodriguez is eyeing a stunning new $25 million estate in Greenwich, Conn. - strongly suggesting he plans on remaining with...
FIRED EXEC'S 'BEEF'
A former Mitsubishi executive is suing his ex-em ployer because a co-worker allegedly took a picture of his penis after a booze-fueled karaoke bash - and his boss compared it...
TROLLING FOR TOLL MONEY
ALBANY - New York is not the only city looking to slap a charge on drivers to ease congestion and qualify for federal transportation funding. The eight other finalists -...
'GOOD KID' SHOT DEAD IN B'KLYN
A dedicated Touro College student taking time off to earn money for his tuition was shot in the head and killed early yesterday in a random attack at a Brooklyn...
HAT'S A LOT OF ROBBERIES
The rakish robber dubbed the Mad Hatter for his trademark head gear may have pulled off his 17th bank heist yesterday. A Bank of America branch in Union, N.J., was...
REF'S HIT WITH SOME BAD CALLS
The allegedly dirty NBA referee who's set to sing in a mob point-shaving scandal sought police protection yesterday - after receiving threats that he could be whacked, cops said. Three...
HE'S AN 'OFFICIAL' DISAPPOINTMENT TO DAD
CAPE MAY, N.J. - He grew up watching his hero - his strictly by-the-book dad - garner praise as a college referee years ago. And, like any son, Timothy Donaghy...
FIX FOR PASSPORT PANIC
Help is finally on the way for millions of would-be travelers who got caught in the State Department passport-processing logjam that has already destroyed numerous summer vacation plans. Sen. Charles...
KID SHOT IN PLAYGROUND
A 10-year-old boy was hit by a stray bullet in a playground at a Lower East Side housing project last night, police said. The boy, whose name was withheld, was...
RATNER'S PLAN HITS BIG $NAG
The Bloomberg administration is threatening to pull more than $100 million in city subsidies from the controversial Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn unless a deal providing massive tax breaks for...
SUBWAY SUICIDE
A man was killed yesterday after he apparently jumped in front of a subway train in a Queens station, authorities said. The 29-year-old, whose name was withheld, was struck at...
'FREEZE' THAWS
Most of the Midtown "frozen zone" that was shut down after last week's devastating steam-pipe blast will be reopened today in time for the morning rush, officials said yesterday. "We're...
SHARPE AND DAME VERY 'CLOSE'
The son of indicted ex-Newark Mayor Sharpe James sold his home to one of his dad's girlfriends - and it's practically in his mom's back yard. In March, James' gal...
TENANTS BEG TO 'SELL OUT'
Residents of a Bronx building are pinning their hopes on a City Council committee vote set for today that could approve the $16 million sale of their home to a...
GANGBANGER SLAIN IN B'KLYN ROAD-RAGE FIGHT
A Latin Kings gang member was shot and killed early yesterday when he tried to avenge the beating he received in a Brooklyn road-rage incident, police sources said. The incident...
BX. IS BOOMING
Ladies and gentlemen, The Bronx is . . . booming. Three decades after fires, crime and neglect turned the South Bronx into a national icon for urban decline, the borough...
BLACKOUT BOOSTED POWER PRICE 900 PERCENT
Somebody made a quick buck off 500,000 New Yorkers' misery during last month's 48-minute blackout in The Bronx and Upper East Side. In the minutes after lightning zapped Con Ed...
SLACK ATTACK
High-schoolers who mentally check out after they get college-acceptance letters may be in for a rude awakening come September - universities increasingly are revoking their admissions. Just ask Marc Cohen,...
MOMS 'GAME' TO LEARN VIDEO TRICKS
For moms who don't know a Wii from an Xbox but want to keep up with their kids there is now help - video game boot camp. A group of...
'DWI' DRAG DEATH
A Shakespearean tragedy played out on a Long Island street where a boozed-up young woman unknowingly dragged her boyfriend under her car for more than a block as he tried...
BRONX GAL SAVED BY BRAVEST
A hero firefighter rescued a woman who had become trapped by a childproof window inside her burning Bronx apartment early yesterday, authorities said. Lt. Joseph Lowney, who is assigned to...
CHEM ATTACK BURNS BABIES
A 12-year-old hooligan tossed a bottle of caustic drain cleaner that burned two infant girls and at least one of their mothers in a Queens Park, police said yesterday. One...
FRIENDSHIP GIVES ONE PAWS
Pablo the Chihuahua knows how to get his licks in. He's one of a set of adorable Chihuahua triplets born without front legs who have plenty of playmates this summer,...
DEMS' 'TUBE' BE GRILLED
WASHINGTON - Democrats will face free-fire questions straight from the mouths of voters tonight - delivered by video clips from YouTube users - in their debate in Charleston, S.C. The...
RUDY PAYS TO RAI$E
Rudy Giuliani's campaign spent big bucks to make even bigger bucks this spring - raising $17 million by staging lavish events. New financial statements break down the cost of each...
'CHUCK & LARRY' BOUNCE 'HARRY'
Audiences ignored reviews and walked down the aisle over the weekend to see "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry." The weekend's No. 1 film - a laugher about two...
HEATHER MILLS' PROPERTY FIGHT
An elderly widow says Paul McCartney's estranged wife Heather Mills isn't the true owner of a mountain lodge in the former Yugoslavia, a British newspaper reports. Mills, 39, recently paid...
GOLDMAN SEEKING O.J. BOOK
Fred Goldman plans to ask a federal bankruptcy judge next week to approve a deal giving him the rights to "If I Did It," the book in which O.J. Simpson...
COPS EYE FOLKS OF MISSING KID
The distraught parents of a missing 4-year-old British girl could face neglect charges for leaving their daughter alone in a hotel room from which police believe she was kidnapped during...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens A teen fired a shot at cops on a South Jamaica street, police said yesterday. The incident began at 10:10 p.m. Saturday, when Troy Smith, 17, got into an...
GOP PUTS HEAT ON ELIOT'S $5M LOAN
SENATE Republicans are looking to subpoena records held by Gov. Spitzer and his 82-year-old megamillionaire father, Bernard, dealing with a controversial $5 million loan that helped Spitzer get elected attorney...
TRIALS OF JURY DUTY
SORRY I've neglected you. But last week, I was on jury duty - that torture chamber/insane asylum/singles bar in Downtown Brooklyn. During my stay, I saw little justice. But I...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 495; Lucky Sum: 18 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 4119; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 996; Lucky Sum: 24 / Evening Win- 4 Sun.:...
SAY SOMETHING - GET SUED
The posters on every subway train couldn't be more clear: "If you see something, say something." No conditions, no fine print - and nothing about legal liability. For good reason:...
$PITZER'S $HAM
Good news: The deal Gov. Spitzer struck with legislative leaders on campaign-finance "reform" doesn't really reform very much at all. Bad news: The deal's not completely benign. Why is it...
STATUS QUO GOV
NEARLY seven months into Eliot Spitzer's stay at the governor's mansion, the man who won 69 percent of the vote by declaring war on "the army of the status quo"...
DEMS KEEP PORK FAMILY FRIENDLY
WHEN Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid went home following his staged all-night session last week, he saved from embarrassment one member of his Democratic caucus: Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska....
BIG EASY RISING
NEW ORLEANS RIDING through this hurricane-hammered city a little shy of two years since Katrina lashed it, things are looking up. My friend Randy Boudreaux, whose family arrived here about...
THOPSON PAC CODDLES SON
WHAT did Fred Thompson's son, Daniel, do to earn the more than $170,000 that his firm, Daniel Thompson Associates, was paid from his father's federal political action committee, the Fred...
KOCH WAS TOP NOTCH
Steve Cuozzo wrote disparagingly of me, calling my contention that New York "began our climb back to the top" soon after the 1977 blackout "a fallacy" (" '77: Not the...
BRITAIN'S POSH EXPORT
THE ISSUE: NBC's reality special, "Victoria Beckham: Coming to America." Linda Stasi has summed up Victoria Beckham well: As long as she can fool the paying public, the richer she...
CONGRESS' FIRST MUSLIM: FOX IN A CHICKEN COOP?
THE ISSUE: Rep. Keith Ellison's recent suggestion that the American government was behind 9/11. Your coverage of Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison was right on the money ("9/11, Nazis & Nutballs,"...
IZOD LINE FOR WOMEN DEBUTS IN NEW PUSH
Phillips-Van Heusen, known for men's sportswear under its Van Heusen and Arrow names, is getting in touch with its feminine side. In its first major push targeting the gentler sex,...
JONES' EXILED EXECS
Quick on the heels of Peter Boneparth's ouster as CEO of the Jones Apparel Group, one of his top allies is now being swept out the door as part of...
NBC TO MOVE 1,000 TO N.J.
NBC is finding a way to avoid at least some of Manhattan's traffic-jam tax bill - by shifting as many as 1,000 people from its Midtown headquarters in Rockefeller Center...
RICH REWARDS
As the city's rich and famous spend their summer at the Hamptons, or on a fancy yacht cruising the Mediterranean, the rest of us are left only to dream about...
SOME GETAWAY DAY 'MADDNES'
Punters looking for "get out" horse on final day of meet found him in Shuffling Maddnes, at 24-1 longest shot on board in $100,000 Evan Shipman, at mile-and-sixteenth for NY-breds....
NOTHIN' BREWIN'
MILWAUKEE - Bud Selig probably breathed a sigh of relief yesterday. Barry Bonds left his hometown no closer to Hank Aaron's career home run record than when he arrived Friday....
HONDO GOES TRIBAL
Hondo can see why Al Gore III likes the J's so much. Toronto came through again for Mr. Aitch yesterday as they zipped past the Mariners to trim the deficit...
'RAGS' OK AFTER SCARE
Superfilly Rags to Riches, who hasn't raced since winning the June 9 Belmont Stakes, threw a scare into workout watchers yesterday morning at Belmont Park when her exercise rider pulled...
SPORTS SHORTS
HOOPS: Nets make it officialLawrence Frank's contract extension will be made official today. The Nets are expected to announce they are adding two years to Frank's deal, extending the contract...
HOPKINS' ROUGH STYLE WRIGHT STRATEGY
LAS VEGAS - Bernard Hopkins was unapologetic for turning his fight with Winky Wright Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay into an old-school Philadelphia street brawl. "His style warrants a...
BECKHAM'S GALAXY TOUR BEGINS WITH FLOURISH
CARSON, Calif - So, on Day 1 A.D. - After David - what have we learned from David Beckham's MLS debut with the Galaxy Saturday night? What do we know...
RED BULLS FINALLY BEAT DC UNITED
With goals at a premium, the Red Bulls are squeezing every drop of value from each one. In their last five games, the Red Bulls have scored two goals, both...
THE WINNER IS?
The tournament directors at the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship invited the "Who's Who" of women's golf. Instead, they wound up with the "Who? Who?" of the sport. With...
ANOTHER MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT FOR TIGER
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - Tiger Woods' bid to win his third consecutive British Open was derailed yesterday when all he could manage was a 1-under-par 70 in the final round of...
IT'S PADDY'S DAY AT LONG LAST
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - Irish eyes are smiling today. They're crying tears of joy, too. Padraig Harrington is the British Open champion, and you can bet your last pint of Guinness...
SERGI-D'OH CAN'T SEIZE MOMENT
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - Sergio Garcia didn't throw away the British Open yesterday at Carnoustie Golf Club the way Jean Van de Velde did spectacularly eight years ago on these very...
BOGEYS DEFEAT ROMERO
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - Andres Romero had the Claret Jug in his grasp yesterday, and the country of Argentina was on the verge of a remarkable double-double - a U.S. Open...
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...
HOLLYWOOD FINISH
Ever wonder why Hollywood loves sports movies? Consider this screenplay: Enormously talented, cheerleader-pretty, metropolitan area prep basketball star plays at Madison Square Garden in her second game back after knee...
ALOU READY TO RETURN
When the Mets return to Shea Stadium tomorrow to play the Pirates, Moises Alou expects to join them. "I don't know if I will be back in the lineup on...
GREEN AVOIDS FIASCO IN FIRST-BASE CAMEO
LOS ANGELES - Shawn Green certainly was hoping the Dodgers wouldn't score in the 10th inning. "I was out there praying," Green said, "please get out of this." Due to...
CHIP SHOT
LOS ANGELES - Chip Ambres' dad never fails to support him. The Mets outfielder said his father is "always 100 percent behind me." Willie Randolph recalled yesterday how Ambres, 27,...
KEEPING AN EYE ON JOBA
As prospect Joba Chamberlain impresses in the minor leagues, there might be a natural temptation to consider bringing him up this season. Joe Torre said yesterday morning the issue has...
YES, YANKS/O'S '79 GAME WAS SPECIAL
CONSIDER this your two-week notice. On Aug. 6, YES will air, in its entirety, a new/old "Yankees Classic." And though the Yanks will remain undefeated in YES Classics, this one,...
MATSUI SOAKS UP THE RAYS
Hideki Matsui is leading the charge of the Yankees' near emotional breakdown over the fact only six games remain against the Devil Rays this season. In fairness, Matsui has been...
CATCHING ON
About the only orientation Jose Molina received yesterday was Joe Torre's quick hello with a request that he shave. Arriving shortly after the game had begun, Molina was on the...
YANKS GIVE OUT A SHELLING
Shelley Duncan has shown mammoth power. Now it's a matter of staying power, for both Duncan and his team. Punctuated by a 10-run fourth, the Bombers blasted Tampa Bay out...
DON'T LET HOT WEEKEND AGAINST TAMPA BAY BLUR OCTOBER VISION
LET'S start with the bad news for the Yankees: The Red Sox have 15 games left this year vs. the Devil Rays. The Rays are so atrocious that Tim Donaghy...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A spirit medium led Zimbabwe government officials on a false hunt for diesel fuel and is now in trouble with the law, according to a local report. Rotina Mavhunga, 35,...