December 24, 2007
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Kristin Ming shows her edgy side in a pink Lisa Perry dress, a metallic Sang A bag, Eden Manor booties and a vintage ring from the Lisa Perry store. "I...
Apat-OWW! Comedy King Strikes Out
My very esteemed colleague Kyle Smith's Sunday column celebrates the record breaking year that writer-producer Judd Apatow has been having with "Knocked Up'' and "Superbad.'' Or at least he was...
Starr Report
The Jan. 2 episode of "Gossip Girl" (9 p.m./Ch. 11) features two songs from series star Ed Westwick's (right) band, "The Filthy Youth." Westwick plays Chuck on The CW series.Speaking...
Box Office: 'Aliens' Plot 'Midnight Mass-Acre' of 'Sweeney Todd'
20th Century Fox offers a novel alternative to midnight mass on Christmas Eve: midnight showings of "Aliens vs. Predator: Requieum'' an 86-minute horror sequel starring nobody you ever heard of...
TiVo Alert: 'Christmas Eve'
I was going to make this the first entry in a new category called "Movies I'd Like to See Again,'' but it turns it "Christmas Eve'' is showing today at...
SITE CHECK: Get your tiki on
I love this site. Christmas mai tais for everyone!
STACKED!
BY OUR admittedly nonscientific count, 36,439 career and business self-help books were published this year. Or maybe it just seemed like it. one thing's for sure: There's never a shortage...
60 SECONDS WITH BOB BURG
Your new book, "The Go-Giver," has an apt theme for Christmas - it's a parable meant to show how selfless giving is the key to success. How can that help...
VITAL STATS
* Number of Americans in survey who plan to work during their holiday break: 74 percent * Number who will work "while shopping and running errands": 17 percent * Number...
FLILFTHY THOUGHTS
OH, those wily world leaders! They make campaign promises. They make laws. And as long as no celebrities have announced their pregnancies or gone into rehab during the same news...
IN THE ST. NICK OF TIME
DEALING with less than helpful salespeople and listening to "Rudolph" play on a continuous loop should be the least of your shopping worries if you've left gift buying until the...
PULSE SALES
A.P.C. 131 Mercer St., between Prince and Spring streets; (212) 966-9685 Sale: Dec. 27-Jan. 16. Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m./Sun., noon-6 p.m. Faux snake printed wooden wedge sandals, $341.60 (reg. $488);...
ALL IN GOOD MIME
IF, like me, you suffer from post-traumatic mime syndrome, you'll probably get nervous before you even sit down at "Cut to the Chase." A perky usherette will follow you to...
NIGHT ISN'T SILENT ON 42ND ST.
ANY church pastor looking for inspiration would be well ad vised to head to . . . 42nd Street. Unlikely as it seems, that's the location and setting of the...
FINE IN THEORY & PRACTICE
A lot of research and thought has clearly gone into "Trumpery," the new play by Peter Parnell ("The Cider House Rules") about the personal and career travails of Charles Darwin....
AND A 'PREDATOR' IN A PERV TREE
DON"T these guys watch TV? Guess not, because NBC News' "Dateline" is back in the kiddie perv business this week with a new episode of its disturbing cyber-sex sting series,...
POPS STARS
LOVE 'em or hate 'em, Nicolas and Donald, the first grandson/grandfather team to appear on "Amazing Race," have become the most talked-about competitors on the most popular edition of the...
MUSICAL SET AT MALL SINGS FOR MTV NEXT YEAR
MTV is getting in to the "High School Musical" racket. The music network says it is producing a musical for TV called "The American Mall," set to hit the air...
CHERYL'S FINE
TWO-time "Dancing with the Stars" champ Cheryl Burke does not have appendicitis as first believed - but doctors have not diagnosed the cause of her crippling abdominal pains last week....
JFK'S SANTA CLAUSE FOUND
NICE Christmas story today on "Good Morning America." Caroline Kennedy was on "GMA" not long ago to promote her new book, "A Family Christmas." On the air, she read a...
STARR REPORT
Band of bloggers The Jan. 2 episode of "Gos sip Girl" (9 p.m./Ch. 11) fea tures two songs from series star Ed Westwick's band, "The Filthy Youth." West wick plays...
HEVESI FUND PAID AIDE'S FIRM $2 MIL
ALBANY - A financial firm tied to a top political consultant to former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi was paid nearly $2 million in "placement fees" from an investment fund created...
FOGGY IDEA: LONDON'S #1
The Big Apple has been edged out by London as the world's "capital city." Not surprising, since Brits compiled the list of great global cities - but five US metropolises...
SUNNY SIDE UP FOR NOEL
Stop dreaming of a White Christmas. "You couldn't ask for a more bland Christmas Day in terms of weather," said Ken Reeves, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather.com. Instead of snowfall,...
PAINT CUTS STRAY-VOLT RISK
The city is working to take the amps out of its lamps. By early next year, all 160,000 city lampposts will have been coated with a special nonconductive paint that...
SPITZER OFFICE TAKES BYTE OUT
ALBANY - Computers in Gov. Spitzer's office were intentionally "purged and scrubbed" of potentially crucial records involving the Dirty Tricks Scandal - while others have simply disappeared, investigators have been...
BOOZING SITTER LEFT TOT: COPS
A Long Island baby sitter and her boyfriend were busted yesterday for allegedly leaving a tot in a car - while they drank at a bar. Ruth Campos, 19, of...
SHARPTON: KEEP BELL TRIAL IN QNS.
Al Sharpton yesterday blasted the idea of moving the trial for three NYPD detectives accused of the 50-shot shooting of unarmed groom-to-be Sean Bell on his wedding day. Lawyers for...
JUROR: I WAS GUILT TRIPPED
A holdout on the Long Island jury that convicted a black man of gunning down a white teen who was threatening to kill his son said yesterday that he switched...
FATAL STABBING ON E. SIDE BUS
A homeless man was fatally stabbed by another vagrant yesterday after they got into an argument on a bus on the Upper East Side, police said. The stabbing occurred at...
LEFT HOMELESS
A single mom and her five children were left without a home two days before Christmas after a smoky fire destroyed their apartment in a Lower East Side housing project....
POOP AND $COOP
There was gold in that pigeon poop. A former doorman who went flying down the steps at a Bronx subway station after slipping on some slimy bird waste has been...
SAVED PARROT WINES & DINES
Franklin the Upper East Side parrot and his human parents paid a joyous visit yesterday to the waitress who rescued him after he was birdnapped. "Franklin [now] always has his...
COPS PEPPER-SPRAYED BABY, FAMILY SAYS
Cops responding to reports of a melee at a Brooklyn home yesterday accidentally squirted pepper spray on a baby boy, relatives charged - but the officers denied they did any...
MOM-SLAY BUST
A grieving 9-year-old Brooklyn boy whose devoted, hardworking mom was gunned down in the crossfire between two groups of thugs as she was taking him to swim practice cried tears...
'WELCOME HOME(S)'
Marty Tankleff's closest relatives don't just believe he's innocent - they plan on putting a roof over his head while he gets back on his feet. "I just want him...
HOTTIE HEIGL GETS HITCHED
"Grey's Anatomy" star Katherine Heigl tied the knot with boyfriend Josh Kelley yesterday in a private ceremony in Park City, Utah. About 80 guests watched the 29-year-old Heigl walk down...
A FAMILY'S PAIN IS EASED
Call them the wheels of justice. A day after a Long Island man was convicted of manslaughter in a racially-charged shooting, the victim's father celebrated by hitting the streets in...
MCCOMEBACK KID
Left for the political scrap heap just a few months ago, Republican John McCain has waged his own surge in New Hampshire, where a new poll out yesterday has put...
RUDY: MIKE WON'T RUN - BECAUSE HE CAN'T WIN
Rudy Giuliani yesterday said all the talk about his successor at City Hall running for president won't ever amount to anything because Mayor Bloomberg couldn't win, "and I think Mike...
CAGE FINDS 'TREASURE' IN $45M WEEKEND
"National Treasure" struck gold again at the box office. The sequel "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," starring Nicolas Cage, grossed $45.5 million during its three-day debut, according to estimates released...
BRUSH-OFF 'PITCH' HITS WEB
Embattled former Yankee pitcher Roger Clemens stepped up to the plate to defend himself against charges he used performance-enhancing drugs, appearing in an impassioned two-minute video message to his fans...
BRITNEY SIS' BEAU OPTS TO LAY LOW
Jamie Lynn Spears' down-home boyfriend, Casey Aldridge, has gone underground, fearing the media attention focused on him and his knocked-up gal pal could drive them apart, a friend said last...
CELEBS KEEP CARDS SHARP
Peace on Earth. Happy Holidays. Season's Greetings. The Post has compiled some cards that were mailed out by celebrities and other well-wishers - and they don't fail to inspire or...
PHONY BONY PHOTO IS A GIANT LIE
Pay no attention to that giant skeleton in the ground - it's a phony. The doctored photo has been kicking around the Web - and a few media outlets -...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A teen was fatally stabbed yesterday morning in Bushwick. The 18-year-old victim, whose name was withheld pending family notification, was stabbed in the neck during a fight at Wilson...
HAM-HANDED ELIOT YEAR'S BIG LOSER
'TIS the season to name the winners and los ers of New York politics for 2007, a year-end listing annually assembled with the help of elected officials, political operatives, lobbyists...
IT TAKES A WHILE TO SET UP A 'HIT'
IF DAVID CHASE had gotten a chance to produce the show he really wanted to, "The Sopra nos" might never have existed. And "The Sopranos" itself might have turned out...
THE DAY MY FATHER STOOD UP TO A MOB
I NEVER saw the gun, but I always knew my father was packing one that day. How else could a lone man scatter a mob of menacing teenagers so quickly?...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 022; Lucky Sum: 4 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 2502; Lucky Sum: 9 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 325; Lucky Sum: 10; Evening Win-4 Sun.: 2953; Lucky...
A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS
Clement Clark Moore was born in New York City in 1779 and, long before his death 84 years later, established a reputation as a scholar. Stern, even rigid, Moore concentrated...
THE ROGUE CIA'S LATEST SCREW-UP
OUTRAGE over the CIA's destruction of interrogation tapes is but one element of the distress about the agency by Republican intelligence watchdogs in Congress. "It is acting as though it...
THE TREE WARS
IF getting a real Christ mas tree seems too much trouble, con sider the case of Frederick Dominguez and his three kids. After church on a Sunday, they headed into...
ANDY'S STEROID USE: NOT A PETTY OFFENSE
Andy Pettitte and Fernando Vina issued statements that they took HGH to help them heal faster from injuries and get back on the field, not to gain a competitive advantage...
COLUMBIA CALAMITY
I am astounded that the editorial board of The Post, even after listing a litany of blunders, doesn't see "what's wrong" with Columbia University's proposed expansion into West Harlem ("Let...
LAST-MINUTE RUSH MAY SAVE HOLIDAY
Now, it's down to a numbers game. Shoppers certainly appeared to do their part on the final weekend of the holiday season: pouncing on deals for everything from cashmere sweaters...
AD & SUBTRACT
It's a conundrum for advertisers: even as ratings fall, ad prices on network TV are soaring. Although it seems counterintuitive, it's the law of supply and demand. As the TV...
SPEARS & ARROWS
The blockbuster news that Britney Spears' little sis, Jamie Lynn, got knocked up by her 18-year-old boyfriend makes for a perfect time to check what the gossip mags are dishing...
STEWART, COLBERT VOTE FOR PRE-PRIMARY RETURN
The return of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to their respective Comedy Central talk shows on Jan. 7 can be explained in two words: ratings and buzz. Stewart, who hosts...
CHILLL FACTOR
Top music downloads 1. Cyclone, Baby Bash 2. No One, Alicia Keys 3. Crank Dat, Soulja Boy 4. Ayo Technology, 50 Cent 5. Bed, J. Holiday 6. Apologize, OneRepublic 7....
STATEN ISLAND NINJA-ESQUE BURGLARY
Is he a Ninja wannabe? A 32-year-old Staten Island woman made a startling discovery when she returned home yesterday morning - there was a masked man dressed all in black,...
NAKED KNIFE FIGHT
A naked Brooklyn man waving a knife chased a terrifed young teenager and two women into an elevator yesterday, slashing at them as the doors closed on his arm, police...
HARLEM CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
Christmas came early for an East Harlem family when firefighters plucked them from their burning apartment after their tree erupted into flames today. Five people were hurt in the 4:20...
GUMBEL WITH THE FUMBLE
IT'S stunning how pro fessional sportscasters are so eager to prove how little they grasp about football. And just calling yourself the NFL Network hardly means you get it. Hey,...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Fox's future in doubt John Fox's future in Carolina remained clouded, even after Panthers owner Jerry Richardson apparently gave his coach and general manager a vote of confidence. The...
BERTH-DAY A GIANTS BASH
ORCHARD PARK - This is how it had to be for the Giants if they were to somehow, some way, find their way into the playoffs, this imperfect team with...
MANN OVERBOARD
ORCHARD PARK - When the time came to baptize Tom Coughlin, it was a gaggle of defensive players - Michael Strahan and Antonio Pierce, Osi Umenyiora and Justin Tuck -...
BRADSHAW, MITCHELL THE UNLIKELY HEROES
ORCHARD PARK - They let Eli Manning throw the ball only 15 times in the sheets of rain that eventually turned to snow and the swirling, treacherous wind, and Manning...
BRING ON THE PATS!
ORCHARD PARK - Brandon Jacobs sprained his left ankle early in the third quarter yesterday, was able to come back for one series and then sat out the entire fourth...
HOLE LOT BETTER AFTER BAD START
ORCHARD PARK - Of course, there was a method to the Giants' defensive madness early in yesterday's 38-21 victory over the Bills. "We just let 'em score, man, every time...
CHAD NOSTALGIC AFTER LOSS
NASHVILLE - Chad Pennington conceded after yesterday's loss to the Titans that he experienced a personal moment of possible finality regarding his career with the Jets. Pennington, who is due...
COLES LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT SEASON AND BEYOND
NASHVILLE - On Saturday, the Jets placed receiver Laveranues Coles on injured reserve, ending his season because of his high left ankle sprain. Yesterday, Coles watched his teammates lose for...
KOBE SLICES & DICES KNICKS
Kobe Bryant arrived on Broadway in all his gold-and-purple brilliance yesterday, recorded his historic 20,000th point and sliced up the Knicks so badly it prompted Isiah Thomas to announce he's...
JAX: FORGET KOBE TO NY!
Kobe Bryant got the loudest cheers of any player during pregame introductions - from Lakers fans and Knicks fans at the Garden. Bryant revealed Saturday to a few reporters the...
FRANTIC FINISH FOILS COMEBACK
The Knicks' final sequence yesterday was poorly designed and even more poorly executed. In other words, it was a microcosm of their miserable season. Trailing the Lakers by just three...
SHUFFLED DECK'S STILL LOSING HAND
ISIAH Thomas has prom ised to make changes in his starting lineup after yesterday's matinee loss to the Lakers at the Garden where the Knicks again played three quarters of...
FRONTCOURT BOONE
Richard Jefferson is pretty much a tough guy to impress. He has seen Josh Boone virtually explode into the Nets' forefront in the past two weeks. Yawn. He watched Boone...
DON'T LOOK BACK
It's probably true that last night's match at the Garden was one the Rangers might have been able to find a way to win if they were playing well. But...
TITAN-IC TORTURE
NASHVILLE - Some 30 minutes had passed after the Jets - in the same maddening manner - lost for the 12th time in 15 games this season, and while the...
COUGHLIN: FROM THIN ICE TO ICING IT IN ONE SEASON
ORCHARD PARK - He was everybody's favorite lame duck in the summer, after a season when too many viewed him as The Ugly Duckling. But late yesterday, doused by his...
BRANDON: IRON MAN
ORCHARD PARK - By day's end, Brandon Jacobs was standing on the sideline, nursing his aching ankle, watching Ahmad Bradshaw scoot 88 yards for the touchdown that salted away the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Florida woman whose baby Jesus statue was swiped from her Nativity scene is hoping a global-positioning system will deter thieves from stealing the new one. "I don't anticipate this...
Pick your lineup
By MARC BERMANAfter Kobe Bryant battered them into submission with a near-triple double, Isiah Thomas told the players he was making starting-lineup changes for Wednesday's game in Orlando.Guaranteed Eddy Curry...
How Much Water Must a Ship Take On...
...before anyone realizes it's sinking?Captain Jagr, in another spectacular example of why he's the last person who should be leading a hockey team, went off for another bad change that...