November 13, 2007
Starbury AWOL
By MARC BERMANREAD THE BREAKING STORYPHOENIX - Sometime this morning, Stephon Marbury decided to board a plane and skip town, leaving the Knicks and potentially his New York career here...
Scene
Erin Bogart-Johnson, a color assistant at Sally Hershberger, punches up her Old Navy dress, Uniqlo jeans and H&M boots with a bright accent scarf from H&M."I like to play! I...
Deal of the Day
Ring in your exotic style with this Batik Tagua Print Ring from SURevolution.The lightweight ring has got a whole tribal look without being too crazy Cavalli-jungle-animal-print.For a more subtle go,...
Dollars and Sense
"The Hollywood studios will make a loss of $1.9 billion on the movies they released in 2006, according to the first report from Global Media Intelligence, a new division of...
Hollywood's Overstuffed Stocking
Earlier, Lionsgate scratched a planned November opening for "Thomas Kinkade's Home for Christmas'' starring Peter O'Toole and Marcia Gay Harden (pictured); the title alone was enough to induce diabetic shock....
Starr Report
At 6 p.m., Neil Cavuto (right) conducts an hour-long jailhouse interview with Kozlowski, who's serving time at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy, N.Y.* * *Elisabeth Hasselbeck has named her newborn...
Oscar Watch: My Latest Predictions
I just filed my weekly predictions for Gurus O'Gold at Movie City News and the Buzzmeter at The Envelope, but I thought I'd list them all here as well, since...
Mailer, the Next Generation
The late Norman Mailer never shied from self-promotion; he called one of his books "Advertisements for Myself.'' So it's not totally surprising that his youngest child, former High Times Editor...
MADRID - SPAIN'S LIVELY CAPITAL CITY
The capital and largest city of Spain is full of culture and history. The first settlements in Madrid date back to 1000 B.C., when it was a village, occupied by...
ROBO SEX
FORGET speed dating, Internet personals, setups by friends. The singles scene is about to enter a whole new dimension, and it's sure to set off sparks. Robot Love. "Love and...
NEW ART SPARKS PARKS
WHEN the city's con crete beat starts to get to you, there's an easy quick fix: You've got to get your nature on. So what's the best experience to be...
BULLY PULPIT
IT'S a mainstream misconception that reggae and dancehall are all about hot girls, booty shakin' and, like, getting baked on the beach. It can also be about going to church,...
KEYS: THIRD TIME'S CHARMING
ONE of the ironclad guarantees of an Alicia Keys album has been that the R&B chanteuse would keep the soul in her sound no matter how pop she goes. On...
MPFREES
Download these songs free through Friday at nypost.com Shaggy, "Church Heathen" Already a No.1 hit in the Caribbean, the first track off his new album, "Intoxication," is the dramatic love...
BLACK MAGIC WOMAN
KATORI Hall is only 26 years old, but you wouldn't know it from her play "Hoodoo Love," now receiving its world premiere at the Cherry Lane Theatre. This drama about...
FINN GIVES US SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT
FEW theater composers write songs that seem as nakedly confessional as William Finn's. The man behind the music of "March of the Falsettos," "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"...
STARR REPORT
Catch of the day Today's a big day for the fledgling Fox Business Net work - which has exclusive interviews with President Bush and disgraced ex-Tyco chief Dennis Kozlowski. First...
NOT SO COLLEGIAL
IT'S not No. 1 vs. No. 2, as it was last year. It's not part of a "Ten Year War," as it was in the 1970s. But it's still Michigan...
GLENN DOES MORE 'DAMAGE'
IT was a close call - but FX has renewed "Dam ages" for two more seasons. The Glenn Close drama, which attracted mediocre first-run viewership numbers its maiden season, received...
CBS NEWS WRITERS COULD BE NEXT TO STRIKE
CBS News writers could be joining their enter tainment colleagues on the picket lines. The writers, members of the Writers Guild of America, East, are expected to vote unanimously Thursday...
ELLEN TRIP TO NYC A GO
ELLEN DeGeneres will bring "Ellen" here next week as planned, a spokeswoman said. DeGeneres has been slammed by the Writers Guild for continuing to host her show while writers are...
CLOTHES ENCOUNTER
PROJECT Runway" is a lot like "The Flintstones" - with both shows, you're guaranteed a gay old time. Who will be the king of queens this time around? I couldn't...
ALCOHOLISM DRUG IS WORTH A SHOT
IS there a cure for alcoholism? Certainly, there's absti nence from hitting the bottle - but it's getting to the "abstinence" that can be the toughest part. For some, there's...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
Your birthday chart indicates a major change in your thinking over the next 12 months, in particular a switch from a negative worldview to one that is positive and optimistic....
GOPER TOPS LIST
Marcus Cederqvist, who runs the Manhattan Republican Party, is the leading candidate to replace John Ravitz as the city Board of Elections executive director, sources said. Cederqvist is the former...
ROCKAWAY JET-CRASH DEAD REMEMBERED
The 265 victims of Flight 587 were honored yesterday in a sixth-anniversary ceremony led by Mayor Bloomberg, who offered a prayer that "their souls may have found peace." Despite the...
DA WILL PUT SPITZ MAN ON THE GRILL
ALBANY - Albany District Attorney David Soares will interview a top aide to Gov. Spitzer later this week about the circumstances under which the aide and two officials helped prepare...
BROOKLYN TECH ON THE B-LIST
Brooklyn Tech, long considered one of the city's preeminent high schools, has gotten a B on its first-ever report card. The rating - announced yesterday by the Department of Education...
'HAIRBRUSH' KID KILLED BY COPS
A Brooklyn teen - wielding only a hairbrush - was killed last night in a hail of up to 15 bullets fired by cops who had been called by his...
A DRAMATIC PAU$E FOR BIZ
It was a popular Broadway routine: Theatergoers would laugh their heads off at "Curtains" at the Hirschfeld Theatre on West 45th Street, then head over to Charley O's for a...
IT REALLY PAYS TO BE A COLLEGE PREXY
Payouts to higher-education presidents keep soaring, well, higher - with more than a dozen private universities' chiefs nationwide topping the $1 million mark, according to a new survey. The 15...
FASTING COLUMBIA PROTESTER COLLAPSES
An anorexic college student who joined a hunger strike to protest Columbia University's expansion into Harlem collapsed over the weekend. Aretha Choi, 19, who attends Barnard College, fainted Saturday in...
ANOTHER STUDENT SUICIDE ROCKS NYU CAMPUS
A 19-year-old New York University student took his own life in his dorm room, authorities said yesterday. Pranay Angara is the second student this year to kill himself at NYU,...
MIKE FIRED UP AT HAZARDOUS U.N.
The United Nations is a dangerous firetrap, Mayor Bloomberg has warned, and he has threatened to halt city school tours of the world-body headquarters unless hundreds of violations are quickly...
POL GOES MANO A 'GUANO'
If one Brooklyn lawmaker has his way, New Yorkers who toss crumbs and seeds to pigeons would be hit with a $1,000 fine. Brandishing pictures of a subway station soiled...
POPE WILL SAY MASS AT STADIUM IN APRIL
Pope Benedict XVI will be making his first papal trip to the United States next April, highlighted by a Mass at Yankee Stadium and a visit to Ground Zero, the...
SMOOTH SAILING AT CONEY ICE-LAND SKATE RINK
An ice-skating rink that converts into a sailing pond during good weather tops the list of new attractions planned for the fabled Coney Island boardwalk. The rink is part of...
GOTBAUM DOC RAGES
A famed pathologist conceded yesterday that a drunken Carol Anne Gotbaum strangled herself in a Phoenix airport holding cell - but he also blamed that city's cops for her death,...
DEATH MASK PSYCHO TEST
Imprisoned 1980s "Death Mask" killer Bernard LeGeros and his estranged wife should both take psychiatric exams to determine their mental health before their bizarre child-custody battle moves forward, a lawyer...
50-SHOT COPS: MOVE OUR TRIAL
Lawyers representing the three detectives charged in the 50-shot barrage of bullets that killed Sean Bell on his wedding day confirmed yesterday they will seek a change of venue. Detectives...
GUN-TOTING BANDIT A ONE-MAN CRIME WAVE
This armed bandit has held up 14 businesses in lower Manhattan, including toy stores and trendy boutiques over the last four weeks, authorities said. The stick-up man - who has...
ID-THEFT GI GETS A 'PLOT'
A former Marine who will be disinterred from a hero's grave because the leatherneck received an "other than honorable" discharge is getting a place to "rest in peace," thanks to...
DWI HORROR IN CHELSEA
A 66-year-old man was fighting for his life after he was struck by a drunken driver in Chelsea last night, cops said. The victim was crossing West 21st Street near...
CARD-DEN SLAY BUST
A convicted killer has been nabbed in connection with the Manhattan poker-hall heist that claimed the life of a beloved New Jersey teacher during a botched Hollywood-style holdup, The Post...
HOMELESS CRISIS OF N.Y. VETS
The number of homeless veterans in New York state has nearly doubled in a year - and the federal program designed to help the massive wave of those returning from...
LONDON IS A HOTTER TICKET FOR PRODUCERS
The stagehand strike aside, there could be a lot of reasons to stage theater productions in London instead of Manhattan - and they all have to do with money. Because...
LEARNING CURVES
These hips don't lie - women with hourglass figures tend to be more intelligent and have smarter kids, a new study says. Researchers have even come up with a scientific...
TOP SONGS 'ADDICTIVE'
One-third of 2005's most popular songs contained references to drug, alcohol or tobacco use - and that could be a blue note for kids, according to preliminary data released last...
PALS SHED TEARS FOR 'GRACIOUS' MAILER
PROVINCETOWN, Mass. - Norman Mailer's family and friends paid final respects to the literary lion last night as he lay in an open casket, dressed in his favorite style vest...
FRED GETS ABORT BOOST
The nation's largest anti-abortion group is backing Fred Thompson for president, a much-needed boost in his quest for the Republican nomination. The National Right to Life Committee will announce the...
OFFICER INFILTRATED MY RECORDS: AIRMAN'S SUIT
An Air National Guardsman says his commanding officer violated his privacy by obtaining his domestic-violence records and using them to influence disciplinary proceedings against him, according to a lawsuit filed...
HILL IN A BILL SPLIT ON TRADE
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton will call for a "timeout" on new trade agreements if she gets elected president, distancing herself from her husband's free-trade policies. "I am going to...
RUDY: I'LL STILL WIN
Rudy Giuliani's campaign insisted yesterday that he could win the GOP nomination for president even if he loses the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Campaign...
'I DIDN'T DO THIS': STEIN SUSPECT
The jailed personal assistant to Linda Stein insisted yesterday she's innocent of the bludgeoning death of the punk-rock-manager-turned-celebrity-Realtor - and that she's being treated as if she's already been tried...
THE CURSE OF FUNNYCIDE
The allegedly boozed-up daughter of legendary jockey José Santos plowed her Mercedes into a Long Island grandmother over the weekend, killing the woman in yet another tragic twist to the...
AXED MANN TEACH RIPS IVY RACE
The teacher who sued Riverdale's Horace Mann School, charging he was unjustly fired for writing a novel about the tony private school, says the pressure of getting into Ivy League...
K-FED SEEKS TAPE OF BRIT'S NEW BOO-BOO
Pop-wreck Britney Spears supposedly ran a red light while driving with her two young sons - and now Kevin Federline's lawyer may try to subpoena online video of the infraction....
'HE WANTS ME DEAD'
The day she vanished without a trace, Drew Peterson's fourth wife told her family, "I fear for my life." Wife No. 3 - before her mysterious death - expressed the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN An East Village man who died of an apparent drug overdose at a Manhattan rock club has been identified, sources said yesterday. Nicholas Phillips, of East Ninth Street, was...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 588; Lucky Sum: 21 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 9192; Lucky Sum: 21 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 567; Lucky Sum: 18; Evening Win-4 Mon.: 6870; Lucky...
NORMAN MAILER, 1923-2007
Love him or hate him - and there are plenty of folks on each side - Nor man Mailer, who died Saturday at 84, was undeniably one of the dominant...
BROADWAY BLACKOUT
The holidays are approaching - Thanksgiving is nine days off, Christmas just 42 - and New York ers know what that means: 'Tis the season for . . . strikes....
EL REY & EL LOCO
Spain's King Juan Carlos has probably made himself persona non grata in Hollywood: Over the weekend, he publicly told off the A-list's favorite tinhorn despot, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Outside...
OUR MEMORIALS TO . . . NOTHING
WHAT do these modern me morials to heroism and sacrifice have in common? The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial. Designed by college student Maya Lin, it was unveiled in Washington, D.C., on...
A 'FORGOTTEN' WAR
LAST weekend's news coverage of our veterans was welcome, but deceptive. The "mainstream media" honored aging heroes and noted the debt we owe to today's wounded warriors - but deftly...
GRADE 'EM ALL
AS city schools chan cellor, Joel Klein has waged a war against failure. To this battle he has brought many powerful tools - perhaps none more commanding than his belief...
HEATING-OIL CRISIS --- OR JUST HOT AIR?
Now that gasoline is closing in on $4 per gallon, and Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on the president for assistance because winter heating-oil costs are rising, what are our...
MOCKING HEATHER MILLS
Sean Delonas' cartoons about Heather Mills McCartney are revolting (Page Six, Nov. 8 and Nov. 9). To ridicule anyone about the loss of a limb is really sick. Do you...
OMNICOM'S SWEET ICING
IN the annals of deals worth waiting for, they don't come much sweeter than this. Global advertising behemoth Omnicom Group just completed a big, longawaited lease for the top floors...
ONLINE E*SCAPADE
E*Trade's shares plummeted 59 percent yesterday amid fears the online discount brokerage's exposure to bad home loans might force it into bankruptcy. Investor jitters started after a Citigroup analyst sent...
HEDGE FUND COUNTER SUES OVERSTOCK
The hedge fund at the center of Overstock.com's controversial short-selling lawsuit has filed a counterclaim against the online retailer, arguing it is trying to cover up questionable accounting and poor...
REAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE ECONOMY'S PROBLEMS
HERE'S what I wrote in a col umn right before the interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve. "PRAY that these aren't the headlines you'll see over the next couple of...
SO FAR ABOVE IT ALL
Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal doesn't seem too worried about losing $4.6 billion on his Citigroup stake this autumn - he's buying the world's most lavish flying palace. Alwaleed -...
SILICON VALLEY TO GO GREEN WITH GORE
As concerns about global warming continue to heat up, one of Silicon Valley's biggest venture-capital firms is turning to Al Gore to help it make bets on companies and entrepreneurs...
SUBPRIME WOE$
Blackstone Group's billionaire founder Stephen Schwarzman got another bitter taste of the pain that can come with being a public company yesterday after the buyout giant's stock fell 8 percent...
TERRA FIRMA TO SQUEEZE EMI MILLION$
Guy Hands' Terra Firma, on the hunt for additional equity investors in EMI, is telling prospective partners they can nearly quadruple their money in the struggling major label and cash...
NO BANG, ZUNE
Microsoft is making a second attempt to take a bite out of Apple's dominance in the digital music business with an overhaul of its MP3 player, the Zune. The company...
WITNESS: O.J. ASKED THUGS TO BE ARMED DURING ROBBERY
LAS VEGAS -- One of O.J. Simpson's alleged hotel shake-down partners testified today that the Juice declared "F--k the police!" and demanded that his goons arm themselves with guns as...
OUT-OF-GAS ELIOT PUTTING THE BRAKES ON LICENSE PLAN
With his poll numbers collapsing, Gov. Spitzer will pull the plug today on his controversial plan to allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses, The Post has learned. The embattled...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: Pedroia tops AL rookies Boston's Dustin Pedroia ran away with the American League Rookie of the Year award yesterday while Milwaukee's Ryan Braun won the NL award by two...
WRIGHT: I'LL RETURN TO THIRD
During David Wright's recent conversation with Omar Minaya, the Mets GM told him that he should get set to occupy the hot corner next season. Wright was at NYU Medical...
ARIZONA STATE BACK OUTRUNNING HIS GRIEF
When Arizona State suffered its first loss of the season two weeks ago at Oregon, some Sun Devils fans thought it was the end of the world. Running back Keegan...
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
IMAGINE if the Spurs had traded David Robinson the summer they drafted Tim Duncan. Imagine the fans' wild protest at the insanity of breaking up two great centers before they...
MARK ITCHY FOR LEADER ROLE
TORONTO - Yes, Mark Messier would like to have a leadership position within an NHL organization, and preferably the one in Manhattan, but no, the Hall of Famer is not...
'GREAT' DAY FOR NHL
TORONTO - They are the two great leaders and captains of the last four Stanley Cup-winning teams on either side of the Hudson, Mark Messier of the Rangers in 1994...
PATRIK DELIVERS
PITTSBURGH - The Devils' biggest slumper broke his drought in the biggest way. Nearly a month after his last goal, Patrik Elias looked to the sky after his clutch winner...
LION EYES
The question sounded valid enough. Did anyone, be it Tom Coughlin or an acknowledged team leader, need to rally the spirits of the Giants a day after they failed their...
BURRESS' ANKLE PROBLEM GETTING WORSE
The news is ominous regarding Plaxico Burress and his sprained right ankle. Not only is the injury not getting any better, it's getting worse and the likelihood of any improvement...
CALL OF THE WILD
FOR Eli Manning and the Giants now, it is wild card or bust. If they want to see Tony Romo and the Cowboys again in January - and if they...
SECONDARY CONCERN
QUARTERBACKS C Good start, bad finish for Eli Manning (23 of 34, 236 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs). Held on to the ball too long, three ridiculous delay of game...
SPOILING FOR A WIN
The Jets reconvened yesterday after their four-day bye-week hiatus and one theme was consistent: Almost all the players stayed away from football during the break. There weren't a lot of...
KNICKS FACE ROUGH ROAD
PHOENIX - Try looking at the bright side as the Knicks begin their four-game western trip here tonight. Nothing could be as discouraging as Sunday's last-minute collapse against the previously...
COMMUNICATION IS LO
There's not much contact right now between the Mets and Paul Lo Duca's representative. Inactivity, apparently, is consuming the relationship. Andrew Mongelluzzi, Lo Duca's rep, told The Post yesterday in...
STINGING DEFEAT
This could have been a night to talk about how the Nets overcame not only the absence of injured Vince Carter but also a double-digit deficit against the Hornets. There...
CARTER'S INJURY NOT SERIOUS
Although the Nets faced the Hornets without Vince Carter last night, there was an initial sense of relief. It could have been worse - not the game, a bitter 84-82...
AVERY: I WAS LIBELED
TORONTO - Sean Avery is preparing to file a libel charge against a Toronto radio personality who reported yesterday that Saturday's pregame skirmish between the Rangers' winger and the Maple...
BUYJORGE!
It's a done deal - Jorge Posada will remain in pinstripes. Next on the Yankees' agenda is Mariano Rivera. Posada still has to take a physical, and the two sides...
POSADA'S HEART BACK IN PERFECT
FINALLY, there is good news in The Bronx. Finally, after a parade of uninterrupted angst and agita, after all the crazy things that have happened to the Yankees since those...
STEPHON MARBURY BOLTS FROM KNICKS
Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury bolted Phoenix in a huff this morning, leaving for home amid a feud with Isiah Thomas over his role on the team. Marbury missed the...
NO CHEESE PLEASE! LAS VEGAS NIGHTLIFE UPS HIPNESS QUOTIENT
IT'S 7 p.m. on a recent Saturday night, and we're just a few miles away from the cavernous Las Vegas Strip nightclubs that will be filled to capacity five or...
TWIN CITIES
H OW much would you pay to shave 20 minutes off your commute? Eurostar paid $12 billion, and from tomorrow, trains from London to the Continent will reach Paris in...
DEJA NEW
WHETHER you're desperate for a bed at the nearest exit or in pursuit of the perfect resort for your winter vacation, it is possible that within a few year's time,...
LSTAR TREK
Any dream trips? Ben Affleck: I've done so much traveling. My dream would be to stay home with my family. Sounds like a cop-out, but it's true. Where have you...
IN THE HOLE
THE Las Vegas housing market may be slowing down, but things on the Strip are speeding up. Here's a preview. * Between Wynn and The Venetian. What it is Palazzo...
NEWS + NOTES
* MUSEUM MAKEOVER MADRID'S legendaryPrado museum has just completed its first major expansion in two centuries (to the tune of $208 million). The celebrations include a major Diego Velazquez exhibit,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
An Indiana car-wash change machine paid off like a Vegas slot machine for one customer. Eldon McCammack put a dollar in the machine at the Trojan Car Wash in New...
UPDATE: Brand awareness
The annual Country Brand Index has been released, and Australia is king. At least in the would-like-to-see department. The object of the survey is to find out how nations are...
YANKS RE-SIGN POSADA
APThe New York Yankees and Jorge Posada agreed Monday night to a $52.4 million, four-year contract that keeps the catcher off the free-agent market five-time All-Star, Posada said Sunday he...
Winless out West?
Wanted to thank former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy for ripping me on the national airwaves Friday night during ESPN's telecast of the Nuggets-Wizards game. Hey, any publicity is good...