November 17, 2007
Oscar Watch: Tim Burton's Dog and Pony Show
My esteemed colleage Kyle Smith took in the Tim Burton tribute at the Time Warner the other night and, based on 18 minutes of clips from "Sweeney Todd,'' is predicting...
Box Office: 'Beowulf' Underwhelms
With a reported budget of $150 million, "Beowulf'' will open just "respectably'' with around $30 million over the weekend, says Steve Mason of Fantasy Moguls after crunching early Friday numbers....
Early Box Office: DePalma, Kelly Latest Casualties of War
Brian DePalma's poorly acted fakeumentary "Redacted'' is the latest collateral damage of the public's indifference to Mideast-related flicks and will finish the weekend with an average of just $1,666 at...
IT'S MANGA NETIC
MANGA hasn't quite reached sushi-level popularity in the United States yet, but it's a trend on the cusp - and you're sure to be seeing a whole lot of it...
WHAT'S UP
TODAYSAY UNCLE: Not your average kiddie singalong, a concert by Uncle Rock - a k a Robert Burke Warren, above, former bass player for the Fleshtones - is apt to...
ART SMART
JUST because you're somebody's parent doesn't mean you don't have needs, too. Adult needs. Cultural needs. Thing is, your kids don't always agree with your plans, do they? No problem....
NANCY BACK HOME
NANCY Grace was re leased from the hospi tal yesterday, five days after being admitted for blood clots in her lungs. Grace, 48, gave birth to premature twins, Lucy and...
CNN TOPS DEBATE #S
CNN boasted record-high ratings for the presidential primary debate - with 4 million viewers watching Thursday's Democratic presidential debate. Observers think the high interest in Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's recent...
STRIKE: CONAN BACK FIRST?
CONAN O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel are being pressured by network execs to return to the air first during the ongoing writers strike, sources say. Both late-night hosts are more beholden...
BREAKING INTO BAGHDAD
THE Iraq war is as complex as the Mideast itself. And that means it's nearly impossible for most of us who aren't there to begin to figure out what it...
WALL STREET 9/11 TRIBUTE
The Parks Department and Deutsche Bank yesterday unveiled a memorial fountain on Wall Street dedicated to the victims of 9/11. The glass fountain, installed on Wall Street between Front and...
RESTAURANTS MAKE BARGAIN-TABLE OFFER
Broadway's biggest shows may be dark, but that's no reason to skip a night on the town - the city's kicking off a Theater District dining week, starting today. "We're...
'HEP C' DOC TREATED COPS
Twenty-three NYPD officers were treated by a Long Island physician under investigation for spreading hepatitis by dipping syringes more than once into medicine vials, officials say. Dr. Harvey Finkelstein is...
ACT 2: PRODUCERS, STAGEHANDS BACK IN TALKS
Producers and stagehands are set to resume negotiations today, one week into a bitter strike that has shut down most Broadway shows and is costing the city an estimated $3...
UNDER ASTHMA ATTACK
Smoke-belching truck tearing through Harlem are being ticketed with heavy fines for leaving a trail of toxic dust that has elevated the area's asthma rates to alarming levels, authorities said...
SO(HO) DUMB: CON MAN ADMITS GRAND-IOSE PLOT
A homeless Ivory Coast immigrant pleaded guilty yesterday to trying to steal a chic high-rise hotel. Kouadio Kouassi, 47, has been jailed since last December, when he repeatedly tried to...
FLU-FEAR ALERT
The death of a newborn Big Apple baby from a killer flu is no reason for parents to panic, city health officials said. The unidentified 12-day-old girl died in May...
BICYCLE RIDER HIT ON BRIDGE
A bicyclist was clinging to life after he was struck by several cars on the Manhattan Bridge last night, police said. The unidentified cyclist was traveling to Brooklyn on the...
FUGITIVE 'PERVERT' RABBI HELD
A disgraced self-proclaimed rabbi who police suspect molested hundreds of children in Brooklyn is finally behind bars after evading justice for more than 20 years, authorities said. Avrohom Mondrowitz, 60,...
COP GOES FROM HERO 'TO HEROIN'
A Bronx narcotics detective betrayed his badge and his colleagues by running a wholesale crack, coke and heroin ring, authorities charged yesterday. James Calderon blundered into an investigation of his...
GOPERS HAVE 'GAY' OLD TIME RAZZING GOV
ALBANY - Republican lawmakers yesterday mocked Gov. Spitzer's claim that passing a bill legalizing gay marriage would be a top priority if the Democrats take control of the state Senate....
EX-ARABIC PRINCIPAL SUING CITY
The ousted principal of an Arabic academy in Brooklyn will file a federal lawsuit against the city Monday, her supporters said yesterday. Debbie Almontaser has said her right to free...
BX. KID SHOT AFTER SCHOOL
A fight among students from a Bronx Catholic school got out of hand yesterday when one of the teens was shot, police said. After the victim left Cardinal Hayes HS...
'A-BLOOM' BARES A-ROD 'ENVY'
Mayor Bloomberg says he's not batting in the same ballpark as born-again Yankee Alex Rodriguez - at least when it comes to salary. "I work for one dollar a year,...
CASINO 'SHARK' SHOCK
A Brooklyn man played a fast one at Connecticut's Mohegan Sun casino when workers caught him marking cards while playing Texas Hold 'Em, officials said. Sholem Weisner, 26, of Williamsburg,...
CITY SHUTTERS 'GRUBBY' BUBBY
Bubby's pies are a hit with celebs and, it seems, with roaches, rats and flies. The well-known TriBeCa eatery was shut yesterday by the Health Department following its fourth failed...
'EXTORTED' LENSMAN LOSES SUIT
A fashion photographer who says he lost work after getting caught up in a love triangle with the head of a trendy jeans company has lost his $500,000 lawsuit. Manhattan...
TAX PROS SEE WOE FOR DEREK
Hey, Derek, if you think the paparazzi are bad, wait until the taxmen get started. Tax experts warn Derek Jeter is in for the grilling of his life as the...
RON PAUL SHUNS FUNNY MONEY
Maverick GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul distanced himself yesterday from a group that was raided by the feds for producing illegal coins featuring his image. Paul's campaign said it had...
'I'M NOT RUNNING' MIKE RIPS PREZ WANNABES
NEW ORLEANS - Mayor Bloomberg launched a fierce attack yesterday on the entire field of presidential candidates - including Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudy Giuliani - for engaging in what...
BANNED FROM DRIVING WITH TOTS
Britney Spears will have to stick to riding around with her children in toy kiddie cars after an official barred her yesterday from driving in real cars with her sons...
KANYE 'DEATH' DOC NO-SHOW
The Los Angeles plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West's mom just before her death got into more trouble yesterday when he failed to show up for a court hearing...
VETERAN QUEENS POL IS IN THE HOT SEAT
Danielle Brinz, a 25- year-old teacher from Howard Beach, says she is much likelier to vote for a candidate who supports gay marriage than for one who doesn't. "I think...
THE ISSUE RANKS LOW WITH YONKERS FOLKS
Ed Elg, a 21-year-old waiter, says it's more important that his friends be pro gay marriage, as he is, than that any political office seeker be. "For me, someone running...
'STALKER': I PLEAD CONFUSED
A lovelorn former psychiatric patient yesterday pleaded "Guilty!" - then corrected himself and said he was "not guilty" of stalking Uma Thurman for nearly two years. Jordan Jackson, 35, was...
GAS-STATION PRICE FEUD EXPLODES IN SLAYING
A price war between two Detroit gas stations came to a bloody end yesterday when one owner fatally shot his rival in the head during a brawl over a 3-cent...
$1M SWIFT BOAST
Three years after his presidential aspirations were sunk by the Swift Boat Veterans, Democratic former White House hopeful Sen. John Kerry is taking a $1 million challenge from a Texas...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Police are asking for the public's assistance in identifying and locating the two thieves pictured above, who are wanted in eight recent holdups at fast-food restaurants and beauty salons...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 158; Lucky Sum: 14 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 5204; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 475; Lucky Sum: 16; Evening Win-4 Fri.: 0249; Lucky...
HUMANITIES HEROES
President Bush on Thursday presented a distinguished cross-section of American intellectuals with this year's National Humanities Medals at a White House ceremony. Among the eminent winners were several of particular...
ANOTHER ANTIWAR FIASCO
Now they're 0-for-41. Congressional Democrats once again have failed to deliver on their 2006 campaign pledge to force an end to the Iraq war. And thank goodness for that. Yesterday,...
COLUMBIA'S CAVE-IN
It is amusing - and instructive - to learn that Columbia University Presi dent Lee Bollinger's spine hasn't got ten any stiffer since he stood by a year ago and...
MAYBE VOTING IS TOO EASY
A RECENT poll found that two-thirds of New York University students would trade their right to vote in the next election for a year's tuition. And 20 percent said they'd...
A MCCAIN MUTINY
sEN. John McCain has a problem: Some of his supporters have decided to run ads boosting his campaign down in South Carolina. Why is that a problem? The group running...
'ROW FOR FREEDOM'
EDITORS' NOTE: The following is excerpted from remarks delivered Wednesday by Adm. James Stavridis, the commander of U.S. Southern Command. He previously commanded the U.S.S. Enterprise Carrier Strike Group in...
HILL SHILLS HINT AT 'BAM SLAM
AGENTS of Sen. Hillary Clinton are spreading the word in Democratic circles that she has scandalous information about her principal opponent for the party's presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama, but...
ARMED WITH AIR-TIME: WAR'S BATTLE AT HOME
Ralph Peters eloquently points out that the recent success in Iraq is not being written about in much of the media because they don't want to see a stable Iraq...
SUPPORT SCIENCE PARK
The Post's editorial page has twice questioned the merit of investments by New York city and state in the East River Science Park, the city's first commercial biotech building, which...
CUT-CRACKERS
Wall Street apparently won't get the Christmas gift it dearly wants - opening the spigot for more cheap credit. Officials at the Federal Reserve took turns yesterday shooting down any...
THAIN'S PAYDAY NOT QUITE AS FLUSH
John Thain's truly going to earn his paycheck rebuilding Merrill Lynch - but he's getting paid much less than the CEO who knocked it down. Thain, 52, is getting a...
BLENDER OUSTS PUBLISHER
Blender magazine, the musical sidekick to Maxim, just bounced its publisher. Ben Madden, a former publisher at Reader's Digest, is the new publisher, replacing Lee Rosenbaum. Through September, Blender's ad...
PIRROS PARTING
Westchester scandal couple finally splits up The Pirros are kaput. Westchester power couple Jeanine and Al Pirro separated in the last several weeks and are living apart. The couple's uncontested...
MUGGINGS MAKING COMEBACK IN CITY
After years of dramatic decline, muggings are creeping back. Robberies are up this year at a quarter of the city's police precincts, with unexpected hot spots popping up in every...
FRIARS-MOUNT REMATCH FOR LEAGUE TITLE
James Brady hobbled off the field at Mount St. Michael two months ago with a bad left ankle, which was the least of his problems. The St. Anthony's quarterback had...
BIG A: CALLING ALL TURKEYS
Today, for the first time (and probably last), Big A hosts "Turkey Calling Contest" on the first floor of clubhouse from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Best imitation of a wild-turkey gobble, as...
SPORTS SHORTS
HOOPS: Fordham falls at Syracuse Freshman forward Donte Greene had 25 points as Syracuse (3-0) last night beat visiting Fordham, 80-63. Bryant Dunston led the Rams (1-2) with 20 points...
TOURNEY-TOUGH
Last night's heavyweight slugfest between Memphis and Connecticut felt more like the final of an NCAA Regional than the championship of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic. And down the...
'GAME' FACES ON
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - In the heart of Big Ten country, there is no need to find ancillary story lines to make what is referred to as "The Game" relevant....
PIGSKIN PROFIT
OHIO STATE at MICHIGANLine: Ohio State by 4 1/2. Angle: They do not refer to this as the Big Game, just "The Game." But this weekend it's just another game,...
BRAVES AWAIT COUNTER OFFER FROM GLAVINE
Tom Glavine is 100 percent sure he wants to pitch next season, but it's appearing more and more as if his employer will be the Braves. Yesterday the Braves extended...
MISFORTUNE 500
The Devils start looking for the panic button when Martin Brodeur questions himself, stymied a third time last night in his quest for his 500th victory. They should start pushing...
BAWL CONTROL
Each week, the first drill put in motion by the Giants coaching staff is designed to hammer home a familiar lesson. "Take care of the ball," Tom Coughlin said. Each...
SMITH IS OUT AGAIN
Giants rookie WR Steve Smith will miss his seventh consecutive game tomorrow against the Lions in Detroit, adding to his increasingly wasted first season. Smith initially was sidelined with a...
JETS IN RUSH TO IMPROVE GROUND GAME
The Jets traded for Thomas Jones and signed him to a $20 million contract to provide the consistent impact in their running game they haven't had since Curtis Martin's career...
KNICKS FALL IN 2ND OT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Knicks were inches from winning this in the final seconds of regulation and final seconds of overtime. But bad teams who don't know how to win...
EWING NEVER GOT THE CALL
There was an opening when Phil Ford left the Knicks' coaching staff and one of the greatest - some say the greatest - player ever to wear a Knicks uniform...
BENCH STRESS
SACRAMENTO - If Stephon Marbury's teammates thought he was being treated like a king, it's hard for them to feel that way any longer after the Knicks point guard's throne...
MAGIC'S HOUR
This opponent was not Boston, unbeaten with three All-Star studs. But it was Orlando, a very good team with a monster inside and a potentially devastating perimeter game. No matter....
RANGERS AIM TO MAN UP ON POWER PLAY
A hockey team with two No. 1 goaltenders is the same as a football team with two No. 1 quarterbacks. Neither actually has one. Now what about the team with...
CLOSER WANTS 1 MO YEAR
Mariano Rivera can embrace the Yankees' three-year deal for $45 million or leave it with the hope of doing better elsewhere. Alex Rodriguez is taking toddler steps toward finalizing a...
MARIANO RIVERA EXPECTED TO TAKE THE YANKEES' 3-YEAR OFFER
Despite not getting the fourth year he desired, closer Mariano Rivera is expected to accept the Yankees' three-year, $45 million offer early this week. After returning from the Dominican Republic...
INVESTMENT KING WARREN BUFFETT GAVE A-ROD THE PUSH TO CRAWL BACK IN LATE OCTOBER.
Alex's $$$ Rodfather TEAM PLAYER:Alex Rodriguez "loves being a Yankee," says Buffett . Days after contract talks broke off with the Yankees, a distraught andhumbled Alex Rodriguez took theadvice of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Crime doesn't pay, unless you're the law in Valdosta, Ga. Sheriff Winston Peterson has been accused of illegally billing inmates for room and board. Prosecutors say he charged $18 a...
UFC Has Eyes On Garden Party
UFC President Dana White says UFC will be at Madison Square Garden in 2009 UFC 78: Validation expects to draw a sellout crowd Saturday night at The Pru in Newark...
Hopkins Angry Over Hazzard Firing
World Boxing champion Bernard Hopkins is not happy about the firing of Larry Hazzard as commissioner of the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board. He writes an open letter asking...
George Martin Walks For 9/11 Charity
Former Giants defensive end George Martin is taking a 3,000-mile Journey for 9/11, which he hopes will raise $10 million for hero first responders at Ground Zero and their families.This...