January 10, 2008
Lloyd Kaufman, Call Your Lawyer
A new TV spot for "Cloverfield'' offers the briefiest possible glimpse of the monster in next week's sci-fi epic but someone slowed it down for this video posted at Slash...
All-Pros vs. All-Joes
By PAUL SCHWARTZAntonio Pierce has unofficially dubbed this coming Sunday's NFC division playoff game thusly:"It is like an all-Pro team versus an all-Joe team."You think the Giants arenât just a...
No punishment for Isiah ejection
APIsiah Thomas avoided an NBA suspension, even though the league said today there was contact between the Knicks coach and the official who threw him out of Wednesday's game.The league...
Giants-Cowboys practices
Cowboys WR Terrell Owens and Giants C Shaun O'Hara were able to practice, but Giants CB Kevin Dockery was on crutches as the team's went through practice three days before...
Oscar Watch: Talking Best Picture With Tom O'Neil of 'The Envelope'
There hasn't exactly been a public outcry for more video of yours truly, but here's a link to a new one of me talking about the Best Picture race with...
Scene
Alexis Greene, dresses "like this" for work, with boots from Costume National and a jacket by Ric Owens. "I also wear a lot of jeans... I wear what I like."Photo...
Dockery hobbled, on crutches
By PAUL SCHWARTZThe sight of cornerback Kevin Dockery this afternoon walking â actually hobbling â on a pair of crutches means the Giants are not going into Sunday's NFC divisional...
MAN SHOT TO DEATH AT STEREO
A dispute at the celeb-favorite club Stereo spilled into the street early this morning and left one man dead after he was shot in the back, cops said. Police responded...
TO comfortable at practice
Dallascowboys.com says WR Terrell Owens (high ankle sprain) returned to practice today and looked pretty comfortable running routes in the brief portion open to the media.
T.O. saved "for later games?"
Jerry Jones said Terrell Owens' availability Sunday is a "very legitimate game-time decision," and would be weighed against a risk of Owens not being available for future games, a statement...
Aikman won't blame Tiki
Way back at the start of the NFL season, FOX analyst Troy Aikman noted, in light of Tiki Barberâs negative comments about Eli Manning, that perhaps Barber was the one...
Golf Channel suspends anchor
The Golf Channel suspended lead anchor Kelly Tilghman for two weeks today for comments she made about Tiger Woods during the second round of last week's Mercedes-Benz Championship.READ THE STORY
O'Hara back at practice
By PAUL SCHWARTZThe Giants today worked inside their practice bubble, and not only was Shaun O'Hara with his teammates, but he was in full pads and taking his place with...
"Might be best fit" for Santana
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune says the Mets "might be the best fit" for the Twins if Johan Santana is traded.Joe Christensen writes, "They have the greatest need. They have the money...
Mets "best fit" for Santana
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune says the Mets "might be the best fit" for the Twins if Johan Santana is traded.Joe Christensen writes, "They have the greatest need. They have the money...
Recap: Project Runway, Episode 7
OMG Looking Cheap Totally Sucks!!!! WTF, LOL. Welcome back, everyone. With nine contestants left in this game, two-challenge winner Rami is confident that he has something that sets him apart...
More on the Force being with SCIV
Having spent the greater part of last night watching the forthcoming "Family Guy: Blue Harvest" DVD (their parody of "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope"), special features included, I...
Box Office Preview: Jack vs. 'Juno'
It's the battle of the generations at the box office this weekend as Ellen Page and Michael Cera of "Juno'' go head to head with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman...
Deal of the Day
Remember the pullover craze in the late 80s and early 90s? (something Scott Scanlon would have worn in the early 90210 episodes before he shot himself) It's kinda inching its...
Another game for Herb?
By MARC BERMANIsiah Thomas deserves a one-game suspension, not so much for brushing the referee when he took two steps onto the court but for his admission that it was...
EATS: Rio learns how to eat pizza
Ask anyone from São Paulo. Their pizza is the best in the world. Smart people know better than to argue this. Even visiting Italians. And certainly intelligent Americans, unless they're...
Starr Report
Network-hopping: Laila Ali, who's co-hosting "American Gladiators" on NBC, and appeared on last season's edition of "Dancing with the Stars" on ABC, has joined CBS' "The Early Show" as a...
Oscar Watch: Latest Predictions!
The polls close Saturday at 5 p.m. for the Oscar nominations in one of the most confusing years ever. Here's my latest round of predictions in the major categories. It...
Oscar Watch: The Globes Become An Even Bigger Joke
We were looking forward to the professional freeloaders, uh, "journalists'' from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association reading off the winners at Sunday night's televised "press conference,'' which was scheduled after...
JUST SOLD!
MANHATTAN HELL'S KITCHEN $468,750 350 W. 50th St. Studio condo, 422 square feet, with new kitchen appliances, new hardwood floors, renovated bath and through-the-wall AC; Worldwide Plaza building features doorman,...
HOUSES OF THE WEEK
West Village$2.1 millionBedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 1,220 Common charges: $747You can "easily convert" this corner condo loft on West 13th Street into a two-bedroom, or you can keep...
THE $1M RENTAL
Acooling Hamptons sales market has caused rentals to heat up once again. "This is the strongest rental season I've seen in years," says Corcoran broker Tara Newman. One example of...
NOT IN MY HOUSE
Get ready to start groveling. If you follow New York City real estate, you've no doubt heard of its infamous co-ops and their maddening boards. They're notorious for making buyers...
FINE-TUNED
IF the name Jesse Harris doesn't ring a bell, perhaps Norah Jones and Ethan Hawke do. Those are just two of the artists Harris has worked with, most famously penning...
DREAM HOMES
TriBeCa$3.75 millionThis spacious, 2,533-square-foot "true loft" co-op on White Street offers quite a few "exquisite" features - such as 17-foot-high tin ceilings (lofty even by loft standards), slender cedar and...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
You not only look tough on the outside but you are tough on the inside too and that's just as well because you will have to deal with some heavy...
SPITZER GOES FROM RUMBLE TO HUMBLE
ALBANY - A chastened Gov. Spitzer - who last year pledged to smash state government's status quo - delivered a modest and conciliatory second State of the State Address yesterday...
DA EYES DEUTSCHE MONEY 'FRAUD'
Hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars earmarked for the demolition of the Deutsche Bank building may have been ripped off, The Post has learned. The revelation deepens the scandal surrounding...
PUBLIC TOILET NO. 1
What a relief! The Big Apple will look more like Tinkletown today as the city's first pay-per-potty opens for business in Manhattan. The high-tech outhouse, located in Madison Square Park...
DOES A BODY GOOD
Even in death, lifelong hustler Virgilio Cintron would have appreciated his friends trying to pull off one last scam by propping his corpse in a chair - à la the...
BISTRO-PAY WAITER SUIT ON MENU
Pay practices at the acclaimed Parisian-style Pastis and Balthazar eateries stink worse than the cheese plates, according to a class-action suit wait staff have served up on restaurateur Keith McNally...
NEW RAIL-YARD PLAN UNDER FIRE
A coalition of community groups that successfully fought construction of a football stadium over the West Side rail yards is now taking aim at the latest proposals to build a...
BRONX DRUG RAID
Bronx drug dealers got a rude awakening yesterday when police staged a raid at their apartment that netted eight kilos of heroin and nine firearms, authorities said. Cops executed a...
JUDGE: DAN CAN HAVE AN EYEFUL
Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against his old bosses at CBS can go forward, at least for now, a Manhattan judge ruled yesterday. Judge Ira Gammerman ordered documents to be...
PLASTIC-BAG CRACKDOWN
In a bid to curb the number of plastic bags stuck in trees and littering streets, the City Council has voted 44-2 to mandate that supermarkets begin recycling programs. "You...
BARACK KICK$ UP HILL'S TURF
Barack Obama landed on Hillary Rodham Clinton's turf last night for a megabucks fund-raiser where he fielded a supporter's joke mocking his rival's choked-up moment in New Hampshire. The supporter's...
'COP KILLER' WHINES AT ROUGH CUFF
An accused cop killer refused to attend his Bronx court hearing yesterday, charging that a correction officer cursed him when he complained his cuffs were too tight. "F- - -...
BLOW TO TIMES
Gusty winds caused Midtown mischief yesterday by breaking windows at The New York Times building and knocking down a scaffolding pole at the new Bank of America headquarters across from...
I'M STALKIN' HERE!
The California man accused of stalking Uma Thurman got a taste of his own medicine yesterday, and he didn't like it one bit. Jordan Jackson, who was arrested after camping...
GUARD GETS 'KICKS' WITH INMATE ON TAPE: FEDS
Prosecutors yesterday showed jurors an explosive videotape that appears to show a prison guard stomping a defenseless federal prisoner. The guard, Glen Cummings, is one of five correction officers accused...
ARAB SCHOOL CHIEF HEARS KIDS' GRIPES
Students told the third principal in six months at a controversial Arab-themed public school in Brooklyn yesterday that the instability has been hard on them, even as parents and community...
PORSCHE 'PLOTTERS'
A student from Queens used the Internet to lure car-lovers to crime-ridden Long Island towns where her band of teenaged goons beat and robbed them of cash payments for non-existent...
'JEW-BASH' SUBWAY THUG JAILED
One of the men charged with bashing a Jewish subway rider who wished him "Happy Hanukkah" was thrown in jail yesterday for a previous offense. A Brooklyn judge sentenced Joseph...
SNOOZIN' FOR A BRUISIN'
A Brooklyn teen says he was busted and beaten for taking a picture of a uniformed cop while he was asleep. But NYPD officials say it's all a dirty lie....
2ND NJ CON IS CAUGHT
The second of two New Jersey inmates who made a bizarre escape from the Union County Jail was captured in Mexico City yesterday - as a prosecutor blasted the Rev....
RUDY $$ MAN TAX-RAPPED
The former head of the Manhattan Republican Party was sentenced to five years' probation on felony tax-evasion charges yesterday - but the ex-fund-raiser for Rudy Giuliani is still hoping to...
SCHOOL 'FIRE BUG,' 13, NABBED
Fire marshals have arrested the 13-year-old student responsible for setting a classroom a blaze at a Brooklyn school, officials said yesterday. The girl, whose name was withheld, was charged with...
'PAYROLL' KILLER TO ROT IN JAIL
The 25-year-old triggerman in a deadly payroll robbery was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole yesterday. Denworth Davidson was stone-faced as Queens Supreme Court Judge Robert...
FIGHT OVER WTC SUIT
A jury verdict that found the Port Authority more responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing than the terrorists behind it should be upheld because the agency ignored numerous...
AN 'ED.' LETTER NY DAY
It's not often that a "B" grade stands for "best." But that's what New York state pulled off, ranking highest in the nation in the combined areas of education policy,...
$PAN-PLAN SWAP
The commission studying Mayor Bloomberg's controversial plan to charge drivers to enter Manhattan south of 86th Street said yesterday it would consider swapping the proposal for tolls on the free...
APPLE WARMS TO NEW HOT SPOT
Adorable 3-year-olds Marley Krantz, Dante Diez and Avril Rose Tully take advantage of the warm winter weather yesterday as they enjoy a spin along the East River's new promenade. The...
IRAN BETTER NOT TRY THAT SHIP AGAIN
President Bush lashed out at Iran yesterday for its "provocative" showdown with American ships in the Persian Gulf - and Washington slapped a top Iranian general with sanctions for masterminding...
$OROS' IRAQ DEATH STUDY WAS A SHAM
Anti-Bush billionaire George Soros helped finance a dubious study of Iraqi casualties that was rushed into print on the eve of the 2006 elections, according to a new report. Soros,...
BUSH VOWS TO 'NUDGE' 2 SIDES
President Bush launched his biggest Mideast trip yesterday with tough words for both Israel and the Palestinians as he promised to "nudge" them to wrap up a historic peace accord...
HEY, HILL, READ THIS AND WEEP
The woman whose question made Hillary Rodham Clinton choke up with emotion said yesterday that it was Barack Obama who got her own eyes watering - then, he got her...
SOB STORY CHANGED EVERYTHING: DIANNE
It was "the moment" - the impromptu eye-misting and choking up - that helped turn things around for Hillary Rodham Clinton in New Hampshire, a female Senate colleague said yesterday....
MCCAIN: 'I CAN WIN'
Fresh off his New Hampshire victory, a pumped-up Sen. John McCain yesterday insisted he can win over Republicans nationally, despite his maverick reputation. "The Republican establishment has never embraced me...
BETRAYAL
Britney Spears' fuming family turned to the wrong person when they tapped blabbermouth Dr. Phil to counsel their daughter - he's not even a licensed psychologist. TV host Phil McGraw...
MARION FACES HARDER RACE
Disgraced Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones could face twice as much time behind bars as she originally thought when she's sentenced tomorrow for lying to the feds. White Plains federal...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN A construction worker who stabbed a co-worker was arrested only when the victim finally reported the attack after spending several weeks in the hospital, authorities said yesterday. Waldemar Hryniewicki,...
FEAR OF CRYING UNFAIR
"Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean . . ." wrote Alfred Lord Tennyson. I WONDER whether we now know. The meaning of tears changes with the times....
LOTTERY
NEW YORK- Midday Nos. Wed.: 498; Lucky Sum: 21 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 4505; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 137; Lucky Sum: 11; Evening Win-4 Wed.: 2082; Lucky...
STOP TOYING, MR. MAYOR
OK, Mike, enough is enough. It's time to declare your intentions. For a while there, we were as amused by Mayor Bloomberg's presidential posturings as he himself seemed to be....
THE GOV'S WISH(FUL) LIST
In his second State of the State Address, Gov. Spitzer yesterday laid out a broad agenda for 2008 and urged colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, to work with...
ELIOT'S EXCELLENT IDEA
Gov. Spitzer's second an nual State of the State message yesterday fea tured what may ultimately stand out as his Nixon-goes-to-China moment. Annoying a powerful ally - and embracing a...
EDWARDS' EVIL INSURANCE SCAM
PUT aside the unseemly nature of John Edwards using a young woman's death and her family's grief to boost his political campaign - we've come to expect politicians to engage...
WELCOME TO THE MARATHON
LIKE the Roman god Janus, from which this godforsaken month takes its name, the two parties' voters in two states have looked in different directions. After six months of intense...
NEW HAMPSHIRE LESSONS:
LATE on Tuesday afternoon, when exit polls indicated Sen. Barack Obama would defeat Sen. Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary, there was palpable relief from many Democrats - including...
A TEST-Y DEBATE: TRACKING PUPIL PROGRESS
Assemblyman Mark Weprin is concerned with students' test-related anxiety. This is pandering to the same crowd that does not want accountability or schools that graduate "productive" people ("Weprin's Performance Anxiety,"...
DAVID DINKINS, CRIMEFIGHTER?
In response to your editorials, "A Safer City" and ". . . and a Man To Thank," (Dec. 30), Bronx DA Robert Johnson claims that Mayor Dinkins is the first...
NYSE EYEING AMEX
The New York Stock Exchange is in advanced discussions to acquire the beleaguered American Stock Exchange in a bid to expand into options trading, according to people familiar with the...
INDUSTRY QUAKING ON WARNER LAYOFF PLANS
Hollywood is bracing for massive layoffs after one major studio warned it would cut as many as 1,000 employees because of the ongoing writers' strike. Warner Bros., the film legend...
THIS YEAR'S JANUARY EFFECT MAY BE REAL CHILLY
SO, where did I leave off? Oh, yeah! Last week we learned just how weak the job market is. And in last Tuesday's column I explained that the employment figures...
COUNTRYWIDE SLIDE CONTINUES
Shares of Countrywide Financial were hammered again yesterday after the nation's largest mortgage lender said delinquencies and foreclosures nearly doubled, signaling worsening trouble for the entire mortgage sector. Foreclosures at...
NO PROXY MOXIE
In a surprise setback, Hank Greenberg is hanging up his activist-shareholder spurs - at least for now - after New York's insurance chief claimed his recent moves to shake up...
ACKMAN BETS ON STRUGGLING BOOK BIZ
Shareholder activist Bill Ackman has raised his stake in Borders Group to 22 percent, even as the book retailer's shares sink near 52-week lows. Additional purchases in recent weeks have...
AERO-SMART MOVE
In a deal that capitalizes on a recent change in tax law, Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler has formed a strategic partnership that includes the sale of an interest in...
MICROSOFT DEAL KING TO LAUNCH OWN FIRM
One of Microsoft's chief deal architects is leaving the software giant to start his own firm. Bruce Jaffe - currently vice president of corporate development for Microsoft - plans to...
TIME'S WORLD VIEW
Time Warner is joining media heavyweights like Disney, Viacom and Sony in making financial bets on online virtual worlds. The company has made an undisclosed investment in Gaia Online, a...
RADIOHEAD CD IS NO.1
Radiohead has found gold at the end of its online "rainbow." The band's gambit to give away its latest album "In Rainbows" through the Web is paying off three months...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Talk about tough love. Jane Hambleton of Des Moines, Iowa, has dubbed herself the "meanest mom on the planet" after she found alcohol in her son's car and sold the...
MAZOLA OR UNLEADED? A NEW KIND OF FUEL
With gas prices soaring, consumers and vehicle manufacturers are looking for cheaper and cleaner alternatives to crude oil. Could biofuel be the answer? IN China, it's molasses and cassava root....
BLU-RAY SKIES ARE HERE
THE fat lady hasn't sung yet, but for all intents and purposes, it looks like the next-generation DVD battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD is pretty much over. The winner...
CAUGHT UP IN A 20-YEAR-OLD'S VIGOR
TIME flies - and it seems only the day before yesterday that David Parsons broke away from the Paul Taylor Dance Company, where he'd been a principal dancer for years,...
MIRACLE MILEY
LINDSAY, Paris, Jessica, Nicole? Ancient history. Never before has the fashion industry encountered a force like Miley Cyrus. In the year and a half since her show, "Hannah Montana," debuted...
HAUTE LIST
HAUTE List was just thinking how gaga the venerable Mr. Blackwell's 48th annual worst-dressed list is when we got a call from stylist Robert Verdi. The self-appointed judge of fabulous...
STARR REPORT
Four rounds for AliNetwork-hopping: Laila Ali, who's co-hosting "American Gladiators" on NBC, and ap peared on last season's edi tion of "Dancing with the Stars" on ABC, has joined CBS'...
TRUST SIMON
IF you think the train-wreck auditions seen in the opening episodes of "American Idol" are excruciating to watch on TV, they're even more painful in person. That's the word from...
TRAINWRECK
YOU knew it had to happen. Sooner or later somebody was going to figure out how to meld junky celebrity reality TV with celebrity junkies. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to...
GET OUT THE GLASSES: 3-D TVS
THE first commercially available 3-D TVs are set to go on sale next spring. Viewers will have to wear special goggles to get the 3-D effect, says Samsung, which plans...
'PEOPLE'S CHOICE' TANKS
THE "People's Choice Awards," pre-taped because of the writers' strike, suffered the lowest ratings in their history Tuesday night. The telecast, which aired on CBS (9-11 p.m.), averaged only 6...
MATT FILLS IN FOR GLOBES
NBC will sub a two-hour "Dateline" special in place of its Golden Globes coverage scuttled by the writers' strike. The Matt Lauer-hosted special, "Going for Gold," airs Sunday (7-9 p.m.)...
CUP TOUR SHOWS OFF TOP SKIERS
THE January thaw came a little early this year, but we should be right back into the cold weather for the weekend and some more good skiing and riding. Lake...
SPORTS SHORTS
TRACK: Jones awaits sentencing Prosecutors and defense lawyers told a federal judge yesterday that former Olympic champion Marion Jones should not be sentenced to more than the six-month maximum they've...
GARDEN REMAINS OPEN FOR PSAL TITLE GAMES
The PSAL basketball championship games once again will be at Madison Square Garden despite the riots that occurred during the boys game there last March. To prevent a repeat of...
TO'S ANKLE REMAINS QUESTIONABLE
IRVING, Texas -- Terrell Owens suddenly seems a lot more questionable to face the Giants on Sunday than he did early in the week. The Cowboys' Pro Bowl wideout, who...
MARTY STRUGGLES ARE HISTORY
Martin Brodeur has won six of his last seven starts. Yawn. He's in the top five in the NHL in wins and shutouts this season. Ho-hum. The Devil goaltender's excellence...
TERSE TONY
IRVING, Texas - A surly Tony Romo told inquiring minds yesterday to worry about the Cowboys' upcoming playoff matchup with the Giants instead of his Mexican beach getaway with pop...
GIANTS DRAW LINE IN SAND
Here we go again, the Giants lining up on defense, for the third - and most crucial - time trying to slow the hard-charging Cowboys offensive attack after the first...
BIG BLUE: WE HAVE RIGHT MANN FOR JOB
BEHIND closed doors, they can't keep from reminding themselves that they are two steps from the Super Bowl, two steps from a shot at history, and the Giants cannot wait...
COUGHLIN: TERRELL WILL PLAY
Terrell Owens did not practice yesterday for the Cowboys because of a high left-ankle sprain. The Giants really don't care. "He will play," coach Tom Coughlin said. "There is no...
HERB UNABLE TO ENGINEER SURGE
The Knicks played without Isiah Thomas on the bench for nearly a quarter after he was replaced by Herb Williams following an ejection early in the fourth. And they still...
KNICK STREAK IS WON & DONE
Turns out it wasn't better with Isiah Thomas off the bench and Herb Williams running the show. At least last night for one disheartening fourth quarter. The Knick coach/president put...
YAO, NOT EDDY, CENTER OF ATTENTION
THEY'RE all untouchables, Isiah Thomas said. He wasn't referring to Houston's Rafer Alston going eight-of-17 last night, mostly from behind a five-foot moat yielded by the team with the worst...
ROCKET BLASTS KNICKS' GUARDS
Queens native and Rockets point guard Rafer Alston knocked the Knicks point guards before last night's game, saying they are the reason the big-man tandem of Eddy Curry and Zach...
NETS ENJOY SONIC TONIC
The Nets were still stinging from Tuesday night's humiliation in Charlotte when, an hour before they tipped off against Seattle at the Meadowlands last night, Richard Jefferson talked about his...
DESPERATE TIME FOR BLUESHIRTS
Let's stipulate that Scott Gomez should have gotten more ice time than he did in the Rangers' 5-3 loss Tuesday to the Lightning - a subject that was covered at...
LANE MIGHT JOIN YANKS AT 1ST BASE
Just in case Jason Giambi, Shelley Duncan and Wilson Betemit aren't enough at first base heading to spring training, the Yankees have interest in adding free agent Jason Lane, according...
YAZ SIR, GOOSE WAS YANK HERO
AS Goose Gossage, the newest member of the Hall of Fame, talked yesterday, 30 years melted away. Suddenly, we were all back in Fenway Park on Oct. 2, 1978. Gossage...
CONGRESS DELAYS CLEMENS HEARING
Roger Clemens' moment on Capitol Hill will have to wait. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform yesterday postponed the hearing Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Brian McNamee were to...
THE JUICY GOOSEY
Say it ain't so, Goose! In a surprising admission, the newest addition to this year's Hall of Fame class hinted yesterday that he would have become "Juice" Gossage had steroids...
SCIV: Darth Vader, Yoda, WTF
NO Just...no.
TO doesn't practice
APTerrell Owens still wasnât able to practice today because of a high ankle sprain, continuing the drama of whether the Cowboys will have their newest All-Pro receiver for the playoff...