January 8, 2008
St. Pete police doubted McNamee
APDetectives believed Brian McNamee lied to them during the 2001 investigation of a possible rape, according to documents released today by police.Police said McNamee denied having sex with a possibly...
Jinx Jessica won't be there
Boo-hoo, Big Blue.Jessica Simpson wonât be there.The beautiful bad-luck charm and gal pal of Dallas quarterback Tony Romo will not attend Sundayâs Giants-Cowboys playoff clash, her rep said today.This is...
JESSICA SIMPSON WILL NOT ATTEND GIANTS-COWBOY GAME
Boo-hoo, Big Blue. Jessica Simpson won't be there. The beautiful bad-luck charm and gal pal of Dallas quarterback Tony Romo will not attend Sunday's Giants-Cowboys playoff clash, her rep said....
Rutgers' Rice going pro
APRay Rice, the leading rusher in Rutgersâ history, said today he will enter the NFL Draft instead of coming back for his senior year.âI have always dreamed of playing in...
O'Hara feeling better
By PAUL SCHWARTZGiants center Shaun O'Hara has kept a low profile around the Giants locker room ever since he went down with a sprained medial collateral knee ligament in the...
Bye-Bye Golden Glamour
"The TV writers strike has reduced the all-powerful Golden Globes awards show to a raggedy little press conference..." Click here for the full story.Do you think the Oscars will be...
Gossage deserved it
In the end, no matter how long it took, no matter how many outs he had to get, Goose Gossage was on the mound to close the deal.He goes into...
Thrice As Nice?
By FRED KERBERCompiling back-to-back triple doubles is one thing.But three in a row? "It's do-able," said Jason Kidd who will try to do just that tonight against the Bobcats, having...
Oscar Watch: DGA noms Anderson, Coens, Gilroy, Penn, Schnabel; Wright, Burton, Scott, Nichols, Reitman Snubbed
The Directors Guild Awards -- already considered the single best Oscar predictor, since their winner usually lines up with the Best Director victor -- take on added importance this year,...
Among 2007's Biggest Losers: Eastwood, Daughter
The Eastwood family has a pair of titles on the list of lowest grossing studio films of 2007 compiled by Exhibitor Relations. Alison Eastwood's "Rails & Ties'' with Kevin Bacon...
Scene
Irina Shames mixes and matches brands with no brands. "I love shorts. I always wear shorts." The shorts are Diesel, the bag is from Italy and the boots are Dutch.Photo...
Goose gets into Hall of Fame
Former Yankees reliever Rich âGooseâ Gossage finally was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame today in his ninth year of eligibility.After eight straight misses since his name first appeared...
RICH 'COUGARS' TO PROWL DATING FEST
Ladies of a certain age looking to lunch on fresh meat are sure to relish a new speed-dating event where rich cougars are paired with pretty poor boys. "It's the...
Oscar Watch: Maybe No Kodak Moments As Both Sides Dig In
The scrapping of the Golden Globes and the after-parties -- and a threat by the Writers Guild to picket the televised press conference announcing the Globe Winners -- that followed...
Starr Report
Former "Charmed" co-star Rose McGowan (R) will join TCM's Robert Osborne to co-host "The Essentials" beginning March 8. McGowan is no stranger to TCM; she was a "guest programmer" with...
Report: Video Format War Near End
Sony's Blu-ray has triumphed in its bruising video format war with Toshiba's HD DVD, the Financial Times is reporting today. Following Warners' stunning decision over the weekend to stop supporting...
FIRST LOOK: Palazzo, Las Vegas
Someone was wondering why I failed to discuss The Palazzo while in Vegas last week. For those who aren't up on all things Strip, this is The Venetian's new resort-within-a-resort....
RED ALERT!
IF the red carpet at last night's Critics' Choice awards was dull, you have a bunch of schlubby writers to thank. Mindful of the strike, but seeing what may be...
NEW KIDS ON THE ROCK
EVERY year, dozens of musicians polish their shoes and put on a happy face, hoping to be the shiny new mug that becomes this year's buzz-tastic Hot New Thing. Here...
MPFREE
Download these free MP3s at nypost.com through Friday * Ludo, "Love Me Dead" The power-pop band with a sense of humor explores the Jekyll and Hyde nature of being in...
FEST ACTS FLY LOW BUT HOPE TO SOAR
IF the Public Theater has its way, many of the actors and companies in its "Under the Radar 2008" festival won't stay that way very long. The 12-day event kicking...
PURE 'JOY,' BAD 'JULIET'
NEW York City Ballet's programs over the weekend revealed the company at its brightest and dimmest. The program titled "Dance for Joy" - Jerome Robbins' "Brandenburg," Christopher Wheeldon's "Carousel," Peter...
COMEBACK SKIDS
ARE we sick of the writers strike yet? If you're a fan of late-night TV, you have to be. Just look at what the writers strike has done to what...
CBS FILLS STRIKE CAVITY WITH 'DEXTER'
THERE will be blood on CBS next month when the network begins to air "Dexter," the grisly cable drama about a serial killer who hunts other serial killers. The show,...
SPEARS BABY BOOM
NOTHING like a good, juicy scandal to goose the ratings. Last Friday's season-ending episode of "Zoey 101," starring pregnant, 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears, averaged 7.3 million viewers - a huge...
DEBATES DE-BEST
THE back-to-back Dem ocratic and GOP pres idential debates averaged 8.4 million viewers last Saturday night on ABC. That's the biggest audience to watch a debate this campaign season, as...
STARR REPORT
A little R&R Former "Charmed" co-star Rose McGowan will join TCM's Robert Osborne to co-host "The Essentials" be ginning March 8. McGowan is no stranger to TCM; she was a...
BABY 'GIRL'
'GOSSIP Girl," which was a newcomer in the fall, fin ishes for the season tomorrow night - and it seems like it's ending practically before it began. Not that I'm...
10 TIPS TO GET YOU IN SHAPE
GETTING into shape shouldn't feel like having your teeth drilled. For many, it's easy to pencil in a trip to the gym - but actually going is another thing entirely....
SPORTS SHORTS
COLLEGE: June bolts to SMUJune Jones is giving up the paradise of Hawaii for the daunting task of trying to restore SMU to football respectability. Jones, who coached Hawaii to...
HUSKIES TALL ORDER FOR STORM
STORRS - While St. John's seemingly shook its shooting malaise Saturday against Cincinnati, tonight's game at Connecticut will be its biggest test to date. UConn (10-3) is the second team...
RIVERS TAKES CHARGE, READY TO FACE COLTS
SAN DIEGO - Perhaps it is perfect symmetry that Philip Rivers and Eli Manning would win their first postseason game on the same day. For at least in New York...
HOOP LEGEND DONNIE BURKS DEAD
Donnie Burks, 66, a showman basketball talent and adroit actor who'd fallen on unforgiving times over the last decade or so, was found in his Manhattan apartment yesTerday, He'd been...
BIG BABY'S BREAKOUT
GLEN Davis was so good in the Celtics' road win against the Pistons (16 of his season-high 20 points came in the formidable fourth quarter), Press Maravich exhumed himself and...
BENGALSBASH THE BUCKEYES
NEW ORLEANS - The night before Louisiana State's 25 seniors achieved the unspoken goal they had been playing for the entire season, coach Les Miles gathered his team in the...
HEALING THE PAIN WITH A TITLE
NEW ORLEANS - There were just over nine minutes left in the third quarter when Matt Flynn found Early Doucet in the flat and the LSU senior wide receiver pondered...
OHIO STATE CAN'T STOP SEC AGAIN
NEW ORLEANS - Ohio State coach Jim Tressel spent the last year assessing the carnage of the Buckeyes' 41-14 loss to Florida in last January's BCS Championship game. With the...
DEVILS CAN'T AFFORD TO LOOK BACK
It may sound overzealous, but the first-place Devils are looking for consistency. In a conference where eight points separates second place from 12th, Newark's new favorite sons are atop the...
MANNING GETS 'SOLID' REVIEW
Tom Coughlin immediately following the decisive 24-14 victory over the Buccaneers did not need to see one bit of tape to realize Eli Manning played a solid game to gain...
WELL DONE WITH CLASS
QUARTERBACK A+ Smart, steady, accurate and extremely efficient showing from Eli Manning. No turnovers, all sorts of pump fakes, rating of 117.1 and his first playoff victory.RUNNING BACKS B+ Nothing...
GUNSLINGER
THE Giants will now need to outfit Eli The Kid with a holster and a shiny new revolver. Get him a 10-gallon hat, Big and Blue. Get him stirrups and...
GIANTS ON THE LOOSE
The stakes have undeniably vaulted to a higher level but you get the feeling Tom Coughlin is going to stick to his guns and keep the pressure as far away...
JETS' GM CONFIDENT CHAD WILL BE BACK
Chad Pennington will be back in a Jets uniform in 2008. That was one of the strongest and most significant messages to come from Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum yesterday...
DOWN WITH THE SHIP
CHICAGO - A defiant Isiah Thomas said he has no plans to ask Knicks owner James Dolan for a leave of absence from the bench to focus on the team...
COLD Q HEADED TO BENCH
CHICAGO - Isiah Thomas is ready to pull Quentin Richardson from the starting lineup tonight against the Bulls, but claims he's doing it more because of Richardson's recent injury -...
DUANER RE-SIGNS WITH METS
Duaner Sanchez has a new contract with the Mets. Who knows - maybe he'll even appear in a game for them this season. The 28-year-old reliever, who missed all of...
NETS' VETS ENJOY BIG BOONE IN PLAY
Josh Boone had plenty of people tell him that he was stepping into an enviable situation when the Nets drafted him in 2006 and that he'd have the chance to...
BLUESHIRTS STARVED FOR OLD HUNGER
Here are the Rangers, working on their third three-game losing streak within a span of their last 16 games, winners of merely five of their last 16 (5-8-3) since Dec....
GOOSE GEARED FOR HALL CALL
The Goose is loose, ready to spring for the phone should it ring today with news he's headed to the Hall of Fame. But then, it probably wouldn't be Hall...
ROCKETSCIENCE: ESCAPE WITH TAPE
HOUSTON - Think of it as Law & Order: HGH. Roger Clemens dropped a bomb straight out of a TV crime drama yesterday, playing a surreptitiously recorded audio tape of...
WHINE SERVED
NEW ORLEANS - Working with Roger Clemens was the most important thing that ever happened to Brian McNamee. It opened doors for him. It exposed him to a lifestyle, and...
TRAINER STICKS TO HIS STORY
HOUSTON - Millions heard a shaken Brian McNamee plead with Roger Clemens to tell him what to do during a recorded phone conversation played yesterday - but in an article...
GET OUT THERE!
ASK someone to define adventure, and invariably they will begin thinking of daredevil stunts in far-off places and activities in rugged mountains that require a great deal of expensive gear....
PICK 1, ANY1
(1) JANUARY Find yourself in Big Sur The most centerfold-esque leg of the Pacific Coast Highway is found in the California vortex that is Big Sur. The curves, the cliffs,...
GET ORGANIZED!
Hot itineraries for '08 FAMILY REUNION Go on a mountain gorilla safari (pictured below) in Uganda and Rwanda (9 nights from $7,645/pp; mtsobek.com). HEAD EAST Explore Poland, the Baltic states...
A LITTLE HELP
LAST year, my husband's three-year-old helpfully popped both of their passports into the washing machine right before their trip from Dubai to Munich. The squeaky clean passports and their now...
STAR TREK
Italy is it! Q: Favorite destination? Denzel Washington: I love Europe. All over the world. Everywhere. Q: Where in Europe? Italy's my favorite. Portofino, Positano, Sardinia. There are so many...
SPICE IS NICE
FOR years, I've been gobbling rotis and doubles on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn. Wondering what they'd taste like on their home turf, I recently flew to Port of Spain, Trinidad....
HOT LIST
1) BREAKFAST SHED (aka Femmes du Chalet) Wrightson Road, in the harbor opposite Independence Plaza, Downtown Port of Spain, (no phone) Fish broth and coconut bakes with a harbor view....
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
A new moon on your birthday makes this the ideal time to start a new chapter in your affairs. Aim to replace what has become tired and stale in your...
COUNCIL OFF & RUNNING TO END MSG TAX BREAK
The City Council began its push to repeal the 25-year tax break that Madison Square Garden enjoys, even as MSG brass blew off the hearing by sending only a consultant...
PIER REVIEW FINDS $125M PRICE TAG
A high-powered community group leading the fight against a proposed mega-arts center on Pier 40 in Hudson River Park has put the cost of immediate repairs needed to save the...
SCHOOL SEX CASES ON RISE
Sexual misconduct by public-school staff more than doubled between 2002 and 2007, mirroring a dramatic jump in overall wrongdoing uncovered by city school investigators. Special Schools Investigator Richard Condon said...
BIG APPLE WARMS UP TO WINTER
Hot times! The weather was a balmy 62 degrees yesterday and it's expected to be 63 degrees today. That's more than 20 degrees above normal. And it's expected to last...
CLINTON IS A TOUGHER FOE FOR NY REPUBLICANS
ALBANY - New York Republicans yesterday predicted that traditionally Democratic Jewish and suburban voters could defect in droves if Barack Obama defeats Hillary Clinton for the presidential nomination, boosting the...
JAYSON DA GETS AXED
The lead prosecutor in Jayson Williams' manslaughter retrial in New Jersey is once more off the case. A pregnant Katharine Errickson was fired yesterday from the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office,...
$HE MADE A KILLING
The personal assistant who confessed to the bludgeoning death of former Ramones manager Linda Stein systematically looted tens of thousands of dollars in cash from her boss - starting virtually...
COPS HIT PASTOR WITH THEFT RAPS
A Bronx pastor, accused of fleecing female members of his flock, went to court yesterday and denied breaking the Eighth Commandment. He said nothing about No. 7. Bishop Adriano Acosta...
50-SHOT COPS: MOVE OUR TRIAL
The lawyers for the detectives charged in the 50-shot barrage that killed Sean Bell on his wedding day filed for a change of venue yesterday, citing a "poisoned" jury pool....
CLOSE-MINDED
As if the stakes weren't high already. Fifth-graders at the Bronx Preparatory Charter School preparing for today's state English exams had to temporarily add "location" to their concerns about the...
RABBI MOURNED
Thousands of mourners thronged the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn yesterday to bid farewell to its long-term dean, Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum, who died Sunday. Berenbaum, a Holocaust refugee, led the world-famous...
WURST-CASE SCENARIO FOR THIEF: COPS
Where's the beef? Orlando Matinez allegedly stuffed it down his pants. The meathead thief shoved seven salamis into his trousers and up his sleeves at the Western Beef on East...
TV STATION TELLS ANCHOR: 'AWAY!'
Foulmouthed Philadelphia news anchor Alycia Lane is off the air. Lane - facing felony charges after she allegedly sucker-punched a New York policewoman in a homophobic rant - was canned...
AL'S 'AID' NEWS TO PROBER
The Rev. Al Sharpton is trying to negotiate the surrender of one of two New Jersey inmates whose escape last month drove a guard to suicide - but no one...
MAN, WIFE IN DEADLY DISPUTE
A wife was fatally shot and her husband critically wounded in a bloody argument inside their Brooklyn home last night. Their four kids, all under 5, escaped harm. Police were...
SCHOOL-BOUND TEENS STABBED
Three teens were stabbed - one critically - in separate incidents on their way to school yesterday, authorities said. Two of the victims, 15- and 16-year-old boys, were walking to...
A 'SNEAKY' ATTACK ON SEINFELDS
It was a recipe for disaster. First, Jessica Seinfeld lifted from a rival author's kid-friendly cookbook and reaped a best seller lauded by Oprah Winfrey; then, husband Jerry Seinfeld ranted...
JAIL ON MENU FOR TAX CHEAT
The owner of Manhattan's four Cinema restaurants probably could use a few stiff "Cinematinis" from his menu - now that he's heading to jail for pocketing $500,000 in restaurant sales...
RAPE SUSPECT FLIPS OUT IN COURTROOM
A hulking accused rapist went berserk in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday, railing about how "everyone" is out to get him. "Don't you hear the noise?" Eddie Sanchez, 34, shouted in...
2 KIDS HURT IN BROOKLYN SCHOOL FIRE
A late-afternoon fire in a Brooklyn middle school yesterday sent about 120 students and several teachers fleeing the building to escape choking, black smoke. Two kids and three rescuers were...
DIRTY CLOTHES 'SUIT'
The founder of American Apparel will star in a sexual-harassment trial this week, and he makes Isiah Thomas sound like Susan B. Anthony. Dov Charney walks around his office in...
ISRAEL EXTRADITES B'KLYN 'PERV'
An accused pedophile was extradited from Israel yesterday to face charges he sodomized two 13-year-old boys, the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office said yesterday. Stefan Colmer, 30, a computer technician, is...
SEN. BRUNO'S WIFE DIES AT 77
Barbara Bruno, the wife of Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno died yesterday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 77. Bruno's spouse of 57 years, died at the...
HEY, TONY ROMO, WHEN YOU PLAY THE GIANTS, DON'T FORGET TO...
Giants fans are hoping for a romantic interception - and that Tony Romo's bad-luck-charm gal pal, Jessica Simpson, will show up in person Sunday to cheer on her Cowboy. "I...
NAOMI GETS SIC HUGO TO NIP CAMILLA
President Bush is completely crazy, Fidel Castro is the world's most stylish leader and Camilla Parker-Bowles . . . well, she's a dog compared to Princess Diana. Such are the...
WRITERS STRIKE SCUTTLES GOLDEN GLOBES SHOW
The TV writers strike has reduced the all-powerful Golden Globes awards show to a raggedy little press conference. With the threat of picket lines and celebrity no-shows looming, NBC yesterday...
ECHOES OF THE 'MUSKIE MOMENT'
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's misty-eyed moment yesterday recalled for many the snow-covered sobfest that dashed Edmund Muskie's presidential dreams in New Hampshire 36 years ago. The legendary Muskie incident came...
THERE'S NO CALL-WAITING WHEN WIFE PHONES BILL
Bill Clinton took a surprise cell call yesterday in the middle of a Henniker, NH, town hall-style meeting. "Is that me?" Clinton said as his phone rang. "Only Hillary has...
OBAMA AND MCCAIN WIN MIDNIGHT ELECTIONS
If the first votes cast in the New Hampshire Primary are any indication, Barack Obama and John McCain are on a roll today, and Hillary Rodham Clinton is in big...
HILL GETS WEARY & TEARY
PORTSMOUTH, NH - With her dream of the White House in danger of becoming a nightmare, Hillary Rodham Clinton choked up with emotion yesterday and tears welled up in her...
HILL'S NATIONAL SLUMP
CONCORD, NH - The bottom has fallen out of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign nationally as new polls released yesterday show that Barack Obama has erased her once-commanding lead...
HIZZONER PRACTICES 'PREZ' TALK
NORMAN, Okla. - Staking out a rationale for a possible presidential run, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday told a nationally televised forum on bipartisanship that America had lost its vision and "become...
MCCAIN WOULD 'BARACK-FIRE'
A panicked Mitt Romney yesterday charged that chief rival John McCain would be a sacrificial lamb if he's the Republican nominee for president against Barack Obama and his powerful message...
NICOLE HAS LITTLE KIDMAN ON WAY
Nicole Kidman is pregnant by husband Keith Urban, the actress' rep said yesterday. "The couple [is] thrilled," publicist Wendy Day said in a statement. Page Six was the first to...
CRUISE POP-PING MAD OVER BIZARRE SURI SIRE TALE
Mega-star Tom Cruise went ballistic over the potshot claim in a blistering new biography that daughter Suri was fathered by dead Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard using his frozen sperm,...
DR. PHIL KOS SPEARS SHOW
Dr. Phil yesterday pulled the plug on a Britney Spears special, just as her parents were about to bail anyway. TV shrink Phil McGraw canceled his scheduled sit-down with Spears...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
THE BRONX Police are searching for a man, who escaped from the Bronx Criminal Courthouse before his arraignment. Anthony Thomas, 35, was arrested after he was caught with a gravity...
LOCK UP BRIT
AFTER watching Britney Spears stage her long, slow, exhausting tum ble into the abyss, I have only one question ringing in my head: Where are the adults? I thought Britney...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK- Midday Nos. Mon.: 546; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 5347; Lucky Sum: 19 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 727; Lucky Sum: 16; Evening Win-4 Mon.: 7307; Lucky...
NEXT TIME, SINK 'EM
For a country that takes such great and repeated pains to profess its peaceful intentions, Iran was behaving pretty aggressively over the weekend when five Revolutionary Guard speedboats provoked US...
A BAD BET ON THE MOHAWKS
US Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne did New York (and the rest of Amer ica) a big favor last Friday by nixing a plan to let the St. Regis Mohawk Indian...
GRABBING THE GARDEN'S GOODIES
Does Madison Square Garden deserve the $11.5 million a year in tax breaks it gets from City Hall? It's hard to think of a less sympathetic entity than MSG, with...
IRAN 1, USA 0
EARLY Sunday morning, the US Navy lost its nerve and guaranteed that American sailors will die at Iranian hands in the future. As three of our warships passed through the...
DUBYA'S REAL MIDEAST AGENDA
GEORGE W. Bush will set a new presidential record on his Middle East grand tour, visiting at least 10 countries in a short period. In some, he'll be the first...
DEMS' NEW LOVE: OBAMA FEVER
'The One'? Media, activist adulation of Obama is way over the top. EZRA Klein, a prominent young blogger at the liberal American Prospect, recently opined: "Obama's finest speeches do not...
PRESIDENTIAL MAKEUP EXPERIENCE & CHANGE
Both Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama talk about the need for uniting America, and they think they have the ability to accomplish that important task ("Analyzing Iowa: Two Historic Victories,"...
PRIMETIME PRAYER - AND PROFIT
Reading Kyle Smith's article on Joel Osteen and its bias toward atheists, I thought I had the wrong paper ("Words of the Profit," PostScript, Jan 6). Smith's research is based...
CAYNE'S MUTINY
After watching Bear Stearns unwind this past year under his tenure, Jimmy Cayne is ready to step down and turn over the reins to his heir apparent Alan Schwartz, the...
MARKETERS FEAR LOSING THE RED CARPET
With the Golden Globes curtailed and the Oscars in doubt, movie marketers could lose the coveted Red Carpet to promote their films. As a result of the ongoing writers' strike,...
LABOR DEPT. JOBS US WITH THE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER
THE Labor Department added 66,000 phantom jobs to its totals for December and still could barely move the growth meter into positive territory. Even as it was reporting just 18,000...
THE PRODUCERS
Judd Apatow, the red-hot producer of hit comedies "Knocked Up" and "Superbad," has hired 20th Century Fox's Nicky Weinstock to lead movie and television development, The Post has learned. According...
WIKIA SEARCH EYES GOOGLE
It's officially war between Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Less than a month after Google began testing Knol, a user-edited online encyclopedia designed...
CONDÉ AXES THREE EXECS
Condé Nast yesterday unveiled a sweeping reorganization in its executive ranks that has led to the ouster of Golf Digest Group President Mitchell Fox, plus two other top executives. Lucky...
LORD'S LOSING A TITLE
Albert Lord, the sharp-tongued chief of Sallie Mae, has relinquished his chairman's seat and installed veteran bank executive Anthony Terracciano as Lord tries to revive the nation's largest student lender...
MCDONALD'S NEW LATTE SCALDS BIG-TIME CEOS
McDonald's escalation of the cappuccino wars yesterday helped bring down two CEOs and put high-flying Dunkin' Donuts on red alert. McDonald's raised stakes to a new level by saying all...
ZALE'S REBEL WORRY: BREEDEN'S TAKING AIM
Former SEC Chairman Richard Breeden, polishing his credentials as a rebel investor, is gearing up for a proxy battle with jewelry giant Zale, The Post has learned. Breeden Capital Management...
OVATION BUYING INTO DISH
Ovation, the arts TV network backed by Hubbard Media and Harvey and Bob Weinstein, is buying its way onto EchoStar's Dish Network in its latest bid at expansion. The company...
CREDIT CRISIS NO BARRIER TO VILLAGE BLDG. SALE
A big apartment building sale that quietly closed in the last days of 2007 reflects enduring confidence in Manhattan's condo market - but first, it had to overcome a hiccup...
CRUISE ELUDES STRIKE
As expected, the Writers Guild of America announced an agreement with Tom Cruise's United Artists that lets the studio sidestep the strike, marking the first such deal with an independent...
COMCASTING CALL
LAS VEGAS - Comcast CEO Brian Roberts hopes to regain Wall Street's confidence when he comes out swinging during his first-ever appearance at the giant Consumer Electronics Show. Faced with...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Happy New Year, my eye! That's what one in five British married couples say on the first workday of the year, when they contemplate getting a divorce lawyer to call...
FIRE ISIAH RAP SONG
By MARC BERMANCHICAGO - They are Italian-Americans from New York - Genovese from Yonkers and Gustapo from Queens. Theyâve been doing rap for over 10 years and just cut a...
Liveblogging the Critics Choice Awards: 'No Country' is Best Picture
The Broadcast Critics break the tie by awarding best picture to "No Country for Old Men.'' An unhappy-looking Sean Penn, "Atonement,'' "Sweeney Todd'' and "Michael Clayton,'' go home empty handed....
Liveblogging the Critics Choice Awards: Christie, Coens Repeat
Javier Bardem is back again to accept the directing award for Joel and Ethan Coen for "No Country for Old Men,'' which is now in a tie with three other...
Liveblogging the Critics Choice Awards: D-Day, Of Course
To no one's surprise, Daniel Day-Lewis, who seems unstoppable at the Oscars, continues his march of collecting best actor honors. He seems less relaxed than at last night's New York...
Liveblogging the Critics Choice Awards: Bardem Auditions
A day after he practiced at the New York Film Critics Circle awards dinner, Javier Bardem knocks it out of the park accepting the supporting actor award for "No Country...
Liveblogging the Critics Choice Awards:
Eddie Izzard shows Mr. Hughley how its done by presenting a garbled introduction to the documentary award, then presenting the long list of countries that Michael Moore claims have better...
Liveblogging the Critics Choice Awards: Disney Takes Two
The ubiquitous Nikki Blonksy presents the animation award to Brad Bird for "Ratatouille,'' and the family film award goes to "Enchanted.'' Acceptance speeches are dull and prefunctory, but not as...
Liveblogging the Critics Choice Awards: Finally, Some Star Power
Thank God for George Clooney, who mounts the platform to present the first Joel Siegel award to his frequent co-star Don Cheadle for his humanitarian activities. George also gives a...
Liveblogging the Critics Choice Awards: Ryan Beats Blanchett But No, She's Not There
This is getting to be embarrassing. Amy Ryan, who collected a best supporting actress award last night from the New York Film Critics Circle, lets "Gone Baby Gone'' co-star Casey...
Liveblogging the Critics Choice Awards: Parade of the No-Shows
Presenter Snoop Dogg looked positively dejected when nobody came forward to collect the awards for best score and for best song. Respectively, they went to Jonny Greenwood for "There Will...
Liveblogging the Critics Choice Awards: 'Juno' Takes Best Comedy
Wow, this is one fast-moving awards show. "Juno'' was named best comedy by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Ellen Page, elegant in a little black dress, joined Janney and Simmons...
Liveblogging the Critics Choice Awards: Two A-listers Spotted
Well, the writers strike wasn't going to keep Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at home. The cameras caught them beaming as Long Island's own Nikki Blonsky excitedly bounced back to...
Liveblogging the Critics Choice Awards: The Winning Writer Stays Home
Well, it's probably hard to attend an awards ceremony if you're a striking writer. I hope that's why screenplay writer Diablo Cody didn't show up. Presenter Steve Zahn quipped, "I...
Liveblogging the Critics Choice Awards: 'Hairspray' Takes Ensemble
"Hairspray'' somehow won the ensemble award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, beating out "No Country for Old Men,'' "Juno,'' "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead,'' "Sweeney Todd'' and "Gone...
Ravens interview Brian Schottenheimer
APOffensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer became the fifth candidate to interview for the Baltimore Ravens' head coaching vacancy.Schottenheimer met for several hours today with team officials, including owner Steve Bisciotti, general...
Breaking News: Globes Party Cancelled, Critics Choice Proceeds
NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have indeed cancelled Sunday night's Golden Globe ceremonies and broadcast because of the Writers Guild strike. The guild is allowing NBC to broadcast...
ROGER CLEMENS PLAYS SECRET MCNAMEE TAPE
HOUSTON - Roger Clemens dropped a bomb straight out of a TV crime drama today, playing a surreptitiously recorded audio tape of a phone conversation he had with his former...
PROSECUTOR IN JAYSON WILLIAMS CASE FIRED
For the second time in five months, the lead prosecutor in the Jayson Williams manslaughter re-trial is off the case. Katharine Errickson yesterday was fired from the Hunterdon County [NJ]...