August 15, 2007
Endy tomorrow
Endy Chavez is set to make his rehab game debut tomorrow, as he's slated to play for the Gulf Coast League.Omar Minaya's said Chavez could be back by the end...
Scene
Flavia Cardoso looks amazing in teeny embroidered shorts she made from vintage pants that she cut off, a blousy linen top from Banana Republic, and a cool necklace from a...
'Ellen's Really Big Show'
Ellen DeGeneres--the hardest-working woman in show biz? DeGeneres, who already hosts "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," has inked a deal to host a two-hour variety special that will air on TBS...
Deal of the Day
When the subtle season change hits, a solid lightweight coat should be on hand.So pick up this Lux Pleat Back Trench Coat from Urban Outfitters.It's got the stylishly baggy smock...
AWARDS WEDNESDAY: A-ROD DROPS, WRIGHT RISES
Week 19 of awards Wednesday:AL MVP1. Magglio Ordonez, Tigers. 2. Alex Rodriguez, Yankees. 3. Vladimir Guerrero, Angels. Ordonez has opened August hitting .451 with 20 RBIs in 13 games to...
AIR SUPPLY: Where are the morning people?
via All Posters'Twas a thing of beauty, that morning flight on Air France from JFK to Charles de Gaulle.Took them years to sort out that this was the way I...
Come on down ... to get in line
Drew Carey (right) starts taping shows as the host of âThe Price Is Rightâ today. CBS has three options to see the new host (although Bob Barkerâs still in the...
CONFESSIONS OF A WILD MAN
Tigers, snakes and alligators - oh my! Imagine working with them for a living. Jeff Corwin does. With nature shows on Animal Planet and a book, he's walking on the...
DIRTY LITTLE 'SECRET'
CHARLOTTE Harrigan is a 23-year-old sophisticate who works in the fashion industry, lives in Williamsburg and is a somewhat embarrassed devotee of "The Secret" - the Oprah-endorsed self-help book/DVD combo...
THE STAR CATCHER
POWERHOUSE direc tor Mike Nichols has two major proj ects lined up for next year: a revival of "The Country Girl," Clifford Odets' biting backstage drama from 1950; and "Farragut...
TROUPE'S SHOWMANSHIP MUST GO ON
SINCE its start in San Fran cisco 16 years ago, the Smuin Ballet has become a regular part of the New York dance scene, paying annual visits to the Joyce...
'JOHN'S' WANE
SAY good-bye to the battling Yost clan, the mysterious John Monad, Steady Freddie, Bill Jacks and Zippy the Parrot. They and all the rest of the colorful characters on "John...
KATHIE'S BACK!
KATHIE Lee Gifford is reuniting with Regis - for one day. Gifford, who co-hosted the show for 15 years, will be a guest on "Live! With Regis & Kelly" for...
'20/20' PROBING KIDDIE SEX SERIES
NBC's newsmagazine show "Dateline" and its controversial "To Catch a Predator" pedophile sting series have become the targets of an investigation by rival "20/20." "Dateline" has been taking a lot...
UHURA DOES 'HEROES'
'HEROES" is beginning to look a lot like "Star Trek." The hit NBC drama has recruited Nichelle Nichols, better known as Lt. Uhura from the classic "Star Trek" series, to...
'HELL'S' WINNER MOVES
ROCK Harper, the lat est winner of "Hell's Kitchen," says he's moving his family in order to cash in on his prize - a job as the head chef at...
STARR REPORT
Proceeding at will Former "Sopranos" co-star Vince Curatola (Johnny Sack) will draw the winning raffle ticket on Sunday for the custom-made "Sopranos" Har ley Davidson motorcycle he put together to...
WITH LENS LIKE THESE...
THE inimitable Steve Buscemi, who played a celebrity journalist in the recent "The Interview," descends even lower on the media food chain as a Manhattan paparazzo in Tom DiCillo's frequently...
LOTTERY JUST THE TICKET
THE steamy Brazilian drama "Love for Sale" takes a timeworn Hollywood premise - down-on-her-luck woman turns hooker to survive - and gives it an enthralling new twist. The troubled woman...
NOT ANOTHER WHISTLE STOP
'DOES your food taste good?" the Hudson River Café waiter nervously asked, his face red from the glow of the pulsing Fairway sign overhead. A few minutes later, he was...
QUALITY TIME BENT TOGETHER
IT'S like sex - but more bendy. Acro Yoga, the new couple's workout revealed at last week's Yoga Evolution Conference in New York, will have yogis in some compromising positions....
MIKE, ELIOT HAIL BX. GREEN-HOUSE EFFECT
Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Spitzer unveiled new environmentally friendly affordable housing in The Bronx yesterday. It was the second time in a week the two have shared a public event...
CIGGIES MAKE KIDS CARSICK: QNS. POL
A Queens lawmaker wants to expand the city's smoking ban to cars when people under age 18 are riding. City Councilman James Gennaro said he will unveil his smoke-free auto...
FEDS' TRAFFIC $IGNAL
The feds yesterday committed $354.5 million to the city to reduce traffic congestion, provided the state Legislature approves Mayor Bloomberg's controversial fee proposal or an alternative that achieves the same...
9/11 FUND WIDENING ITS APPEAL
The foundation created to memorialize the World Trade Center attacks is going national and changing its name, logo and Web site. The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation said yesterday it...
'BET' REF TO CALL FOUL ON SELF
The rogue referee at the center of an explosive NBA point-shaving scandal will surrender today and plead guilty to charges stemming from his wagering on games he officiated, law-enforcement sources...
CRITTERS ARE BAD KARMA
If you love something, set it free - in a New Jersey river. A group of Big Apple Buddhists released about $7,000 worth of frogs, eels and turtles - rescued...
IMUS GETS A 'HO' LOT OF DOUGH
Looks like Don Imus may finally have a place to hang his cowboy hat after all. The razor-tongued radio raconteur reached a settlement with CBS yesterday on his multimillion-dollar contract,...
TRADED TO THE ANGELS
Hall of Fame shortstop Phil Rizzuto, who scored on the field and in the broadcast booth as one of the most endearing Yankees of all time, died late Monday night...
GARSON $$ DUO GET JAIL
A judge slapped two minor players in the Gerald Garson bribery case with stiff sentences yesterday, sentencing a shady electronics dealer to 1 1/4 to 5 ½ years and a...
2 GUILTY IN BRAND HORROR
The searing saga of a young couple who branded the woman's ex-lover at the Chelsea Inn last fall reached a final chapter yesterday, when the pair pleaded guilty to assault....
'VINNY' VERDICT SHOCKER
Call it juror's remorse. A juror says his decision to send Bonanno boss Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano to prison for life is "eating away at me like acid" and he...
HAPPY DAYS HERE AGAIN
A surprising 94 percent of Americans say they are satisfied with their lives - although far fewer in New York and other Eastern states think they're better off than they...
CHANGED OF HER OWN FREE 'WILL'
It's on. Brooke Astor's son yesterday indicated he would fight to defend changes that were made to her will that greatly increased his control of her $130 million fortune, because...
B'KLYN COPS IN SHOOTOUT
Brooklyn cops last night exchanged gunfire with four people in a car during a shootout eerily similar to one that killed a young officer last month. Bullets started flying in...
18-WHEELER RUNS DOWN B'KLYN GRAN
An elderly Brooklyn woman was clinging to life yesterday after she was struck by an 18-wheeler truck as she crossed the street, witnesses said. Harriet Evanter, 84, was pushing her...
STALK RAP NIXED VS. SLAIN POL'S SIB
A stalking, harassment and menacing case against the brother of slain City Councilman James Davis was dismissed after Brooklyn prosecutors were unable to mount a case within the required 90...
BLACK & BLUE: GAL COP'S 'AFFAIR' TALE
For three years, a pretty East Harlem policewoman hid her extramarital affair with the captain who supervised her. She hid the hotels. The precinct sex. Her head-to-toe bruises. Today, Officer...
BX. JUDGE IS A REAL @S$ ACT
A Bronx judge had a court clerk's wife handcuffed and tossed in a cell for contempt - because she whispered "a- -hole" after her husband was kept late at work,...
JUDGE STILL 'PRESSING' PANTS SUIT
A pain-in-the-ascot judge is pressing on with his suit against a D.C. dry cleaner that lost his beloved breeches - even though the store owners said they were ready to...
DOUBLE 'PARK'ING
Downtown Brooklyn is about to get its own version of Bryant Park - and some much-needed parking spaces, too. The Economic Development Corp. yesterday began soliciting development proposals on a...
VICTIM'S TORTURE HORROR
A Brooklyn man told a jury yesterday how he was tortured and beaten for three terror-filled hours inside his Coney Island apartment, and threatened with death unless he gave up...
ISLAM PROF IS 'ZION'-HEARTED
The new principal of the city's controversial Arabic-themed school is an ardent Zionist who considered moving to Israel, according to her former Jerusalem roommate. The latest revelation puts a strange...
SEX-RAP POL'S SLICK LAWYER
Accused of rape and facing up to 25 years behind bars, City Councilman Dennis Gallagher has hired legal big shot Benjamin Brafman, who has kept hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs...
JERK PERV SENT HOME
It's back to Connecticut for a notorious West Village child molester. A Danbury judge yesterday ordered convicted pedophile and accused public masturbator Carl Fisher to return to the state within...
'SLAY' MA'S SICK WORDS
The monster mom accused of standing by and letting her beaten baby die scoffed when told she was being charged with manslaughter, authorities said yesterday. "Manslaughter? That's not too bad...
DRAG RACE DEATH
The drivers of two cars carrying lifelong pals played a high-speed game of tag that triggered a horrific crash in Queens early yesterday, killing one teen who'd miraculously survived a...
PET POOH-BAH'S PARROTS PILFERED
Martha Stewart's favorite animal-care expert was crying fowl yesterday after burglars broke into his Long Island pet store and stole 45 high-priced parrots. The thieves raided Parrots of the World...
TOUGH TALK FROM RUDY ON IMMIGRATION
Rudy Giuliani said yesterday he will require all newcomers to America to learn English - and vowed to crack down on illegal immigration with beefed-up border security, a new tracking...
OBAMA'S TROOP CALL SLAMMED
Rivals of Sen. Barack Obama slammed him for saying the U.S. needs to have more troops fighting Taliban forces in Afghanistan so "we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians."...
BUSH JOINS 'AIR' WAR
WASHINGTON - The White House yesterday slammed Hillary Rodham Clinton's new Iowa TV ad, in which she claims that single mothers, soldiers and the uninsured are "invisible" to President Bush....
BREAST STROKE BY 'BI' BRIT
Maybe Britney Spears is more interested in being with a mom. The pop tart was spied frolicking in a pool with another topless woman in exclusive photos obtained by OK!...
TOXIC TOYS IN NEW RECALL
Mattel yesterday recalled 9.5 million Chinese-made toys because of high levels of lead paint or tiny magnets that turn seemingly harmless playthings into Killer Barbies. Even as it announced the...
JUDGE CRIES FOUL VS. PHIL
An angry judge cleared the courtroom and gutted Phil Spector's defense yesterday, ruling that the mad maestro's science whiz, Dr. Michael Baden, sandbagged prosecutors with new, untested evidence. Los Angeles...
OILMAN TREASON THREAT
A Texas oil baron facing trial for his role in the United Nations' oil-for-food scandal may have also committed treason by secretly giving the Iraqi government advance warning of U.S....
'EVERY FAMILY TAKEN CARE OF'
Ronald McDonald doesn't clown around when it comes to showing up at Theresa Brucculeri's annual fund-raising bash. "He does a magic show and takes photos with the kids," said Brucculeri,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A thief who swiped shoes from an Upper East Side store was captured as he tried to make his getaway on a bus, authorities said yesterday. Raymond Moore, 53,...
UGLY 'DISS' JOCKEY CAN TAKE THE UNFUNNY AND RUN
DON IMUS is a toxic buffoon who has no business showing his craggy face, or airing his gutter voice, in polite company. And yet, he is now undeservedly destined to...
LITTLE GUY WON A BIG SPOT IN OUR HEARTS
MOST of our heroes are larger than life. They do things so spectacular, so sublime, we can only marvel at them. Sinatra at a microphone. A-Rod digging in a batter's...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 119; Lucky Sum: 11 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 4948; Lucky Sum: 25 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 433; Lucky Sum: 10 / Evening Win- 4 Tue.:...
BLACK-MARKET-BUTT BLUES
The arrest of three Chinese nationals on charges of running a Queens-based multimillion-dollar cigarette-smuggling ring gives a whole new reason to worry about black-market butts. According to Nassau County DA...
GOOD NEWS FROM IRAQ
News out of Iraq continues to be encouraging: High-profile attacks have fallen nearly 50 percent since the start of the troop surge, USA Today reported this week. Gen. David Petraeus,...
DEATH OF A YANKEE
Hundreds of players have worn Yan kee pinstripes over the decades, but few have personified the spirit of the Bronx Bombers - or captured the imagination and affection of New...
'08 BORDER BATTLE
WILL the execution-style murder of three young students in Newark, N.J., finally turn the tide in the immigration-enforcement debate? Will we at last abandon the deadly, chaotic, lawless sanctuary nation...
THE NASCAR GOV
WHY is everybody so surprised that Eliot Spitzer says he likes automobile racing? After all, for one NASCAR driver to win, all the others must lose. They drive in circles,...
MERV TAKES A FINAL CURTAIN CALL
THE ISSUE: Singer, talk-show host and "Jeopardy" creator Merv Griffin's death at age 82. Thanks to Merv Griffin and all of his contributions to American television ("H'Wood Mourns TV Great...
POLS' FORGOTTEN PROMISE: SECURING OUR BORDERS
THE ISSUE: The arrest of illegal immigrant Jose Carranza for the murder of three in Newark. Do you really think those responsible for setting this guy free will lose a...
DREAD GRIPS MARTS
Wall Street seems to believe the consumer is dead and buried based on the magnitude of its response to disappointing earnings comments from both Wal-Mart and Home Depot yesterday. The...
HOME DEPOT STOCK NAILED BY BAD NEWS
Home Depot is expected to announce later this week a lowered price for the sale of its HD Supply division to a group of private equity firms, sources said. The...
LIPMAN BUYS TIME
THE October issue of Condé Nast Portfolio is already closing and it looks like it will rack up a nice, healthy 121 ad pages for its third issue. That's only...
YOUTUBE'S LEGAL TEAM IS COURTING COMEDIANS
In a bid to fight Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement suit, YouTube wants to quiz comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. The pair, who host TV shows on Viacom's Comedy...
GOOGLE THIS: YAHOO! WINS SURVEY
Yahoo! topped Google in customer satisfaction for the first time this year, a sign that it hasn't totally lost the war for online supremacy. Despite a slumping stock and slowing...
FUND LOCKOUT
A Chicago-based money manager that invested hundreds of millions of dollars of its professional investor clients' money in what were believed to be safe portfolios announced yesterday that it was...
BUYERS FACE TIGHT CREDIT
THE credit crunch is hitting the big time as bankers inhale more equity from buyers. One broker reports the buyer on a $100 million deal copped out after talking with...
SALLIE BUYOUT MAY MOVE ON
Shareholders of Sallie Mae are expected to approve the $25 billion buyout of the student loan company today, but the buyers, led by New York billionaire J. Christopher Flowers, continue...
JONES APPAREL EMPTIES RACKS
The Jones Apparel Group yesterday placed a value of $22.5 million on a handful of moderately priced apparel brands it has put up for sale, a paltry sum for a...
LENNON, ITUNES COME TOGETHER
Another member of the Fab Four has ended a long-running feud with Apple, further clearing the way for the arrival of The Beatles' catalog online. EMI and the estate of...
LIST OF MATTEL'S TOY RECALLS FOR 2007
Mattel Playsets with Magnet Hazard: Product numbers: J1944 J1946 J4142 J5114 J5115 G4457 G4458 G4459 G4460 G4461 G4462 G4464 G9703 H1530 H1532 H1533 55503 B2632 B3158 B3201 B3203 B3204 B3207...
NYPD EYES NEW RADICALIZED WAVE
Bookstores, cafes and the Internet are breeding grounds for a new wave of free agent,homegrown terrorists who are every bit as deadly as the foreign operatives behind the 9/11 attacks,...
BERRY BAD BEHAVIOR BY FOXY
Looks like Foxy Brown needs more anger management classes. The hot-headed rapper has been charged with whamming a neighbor in the face with her BlackBerry, giving the woman a bruised...
LIMITS ON FLOUNDER ARE BOTTOMING OUT
THE news on summer flounder keeps getting worse with last week's announcement by the Summer Flounder Management Board that there will be further reductions for 2008. At the meeting last...
MASELLA: FORDHAM FINALLY ON FIRM FOOTING
Despite last year's 3-8 record in his first season as head coach of the Fordham football team, Tom Masella is optimistic about the 2007 squad. Mixing a solid group of...
GIBBS RACING GETS KYLE BUSCH
Scary and frightening were a couple of words thrown around at the press conference that introduced Kyle Busch as the newest driver at Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) - for Busch's...
SHOWDOWN AT SARATOGA
Post handicappers John DaSilva, Ed Fountaine and Vic Cangialosi challenge former champion steeplechase jockey, OTB backstretch insider and co-publisher of the Saratoga Special, Sean Clancy, as they battle for bragging...
HONDO TAKES O, JAYS
Hondo, showing a true champion's form, bounced back from Monday night's painful Twin setback by rolling with the Reds last night to slash the debt to 175 vander meers. Today,...
SPORTS SHORTS
SOCCER: Beckham plays tonightDavid Beckham said he'll play for the L.A. Galaxy tonight when they host D.C. United in the SuperLiga tournament semifinals. The English superstar, who predicted he could...
PRANKSTER HAS JEREMY IN RAGE
ALBANY - Be forewarned. Whoever nailed Jeremy Shockey with the latest training-camp prank is going to live to regret picking this particular target. After lunch yesterday, Shockey went to sign...
THE MISSING INK
The Jets and agents for holdout rookie Darrelle Revis said their protracted negotiations made "very significant progress.'' And even though no contract had been signed yet, agents Neil Schwartz and...
METS DON'T QUIT IN PITT
PITTSBURGH - The Mets had chipped away at the Pirates' lead to tie it, but every time they had the chance last night to do more, they failed. Moises Alou...
PEDRO BETTER IN 2ND REHAB OUTING
PITTSBURGH - With one rehab outing already done, the key issue is what was better about Pedro Martinez's second test yesterday afternoon. "What we hear," Mets VP of development Tony...
DIFELICE IS DIMAN
PITTSBURGH - In his first start of the season, Mike DiFelice had one of the best games of anyone for the Mets last night. DiFelice got the nod behind the...
PECA NEARS DEAL WITH BLUESHIRTS
Two-time Selke Trophy winner Mike Peca is two of three steps closer to joining the Rangers, and the final item, finishing up contract negotiations, could be completed as early as...
'O'-BLITERATED
Phil Rizzuto might have bolted to beat the G.W. Bridge traffic long before the seventh inning if he were at Yankee Stadium last night. Actually, the third or fourth inning...
BROADCAST BOOTH ANOTHER CALLING
SO what else is there to know about Phil Rizzuto, the Yankees broadcaster, booster and after-the-seventh-inning GW Bridge traffic-beater that you didn't know? Or forgot. Or didn't know or forgot...
HALL OF A GUY
WHEN I shook Phil Rizzuto's hand for the final time, last September, he leaned over and told me the secret to his wonderful baseball life. "It's all about family," he...
FOR YOGI, GREAT TEAMMATE, BETTER FRIEND
THEY met in Norfolk, Va., when Yogi Berra was 17 years old and Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto was taking a day off from his duties in the Navy to see how...
YANKS GIVE PHIL FOND FAREWELL
The marquee outside Yankee Stadium yesterday said it all, signifying the death of Phil Rizzuto. Inside, there was no shortage of remembrances for the Hall of Fame shortstop and Yankees...
JETER-SCOOTER RELATIONSHIP SIMPLY SPECIAL
Joe Torre always knew what question was coming when Phil Rizzuto showed up at Yankee Stadium. "Where's Jeter? Where's Jeter?" Torre remembered Rizzuto asking yesterday. The two greatest shortstops in...
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...
TORRE: JOBA WON'T CLOSE
As dominant as Joba Chamberlain has been for the Yankees over three appearances, Joe Torre said he'd be hesitant to use him as a closer when Mariano Rivera needs a...
WILD DUCK ATTACKS BLUEFISH ON THE MOUND
What happens when a Duck attacks a Bluefish with a bat? One ends up in the slammer. Last night Long Island Ducks' shortstop and former Major League All-Star Jose Offerman...
ORIOLES SLOW YANKS' MO
These are the dog days of not just August, but also Mariano Rivera. Woof, woof, woof went the Yankees today, chasing their tails in a futile attempt to capitalize on...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Massachusetts Sam's Club made every effort to keep guns away from kids - this kid just had other ideas. Ten-year-old Daniel Jacura accidentally managed to lock himself inside a...