February 5, 2008
Deal of the Day
Invest in your look with twist and pick up this Geren Ford Elastic Vest in grey.Layer it over anything and everything from a flowing flowered dress to some killer skinny...
Spagnuolo serenaded to stay
By PAUL SCHWARTZThe Giants at the start of the playoffs denied the Falcons permission to speak with defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo about their head coaching vacancy.But now that the season...
J MENDEL SHOW
J Mendel designer Gilles Mendel is between a rock and a hard place. His company started in furs, so he's beholden to show fur at every turn. However, he is...
Strahan ... or go?
Speaking at the City Hall ceremony honoring the Super Bowl champion Giants, responding to chants of "One more year!" from fans, Michael Strahan was coy."One more year?" he asked. "We'll...
'Stro Shows
By FRED KERBERSo now they're more athletic.Jason Collins' running, jumping, alter ego, Stromile Swift, is officially a Net, wearing No. 6 which used to be worn by another running, jumping...
Starr Report: Campus 'Idol'
"American Idol" is back - and so are the weekly parties built around the show, which is particularly popular on college campuses. Hofstra Uni ersity students are hosting an "Idol...
Jeter: Steroids won't be distraction
APCaptain Derek Jeter said he doesnât think baseballâs steroids controversy will be a major distraction when the Yankees begin spring training next week.Pitcher Andy Pettitte, and former Yankees Roger Clemens...
Bruney gets 1-year deal
APRelief pitcher Brian Bruney and the Yankees agreed today to a $725,000, one-year contract.The right-hander, who turns 26 Feb. 17, asked for $845,000 in arbitration and was offered $640,000. He...
The Blonds + Christian Louboutin
We're just dying -- last night, we sallied down to the Prince George Ballroom to check out ultra-glam downtown designers Phillipe and David Blond. We caught up with them after...
Xbox 360 Elite laptop
Without further ado, an Xbox 360 Elite that's been turned into a laptop. By Ben Heck.Su-weet.
PORTS 1961 SHOW
Moving to show in a 7 p.m. time slot from 9 a.m., as Ports 1961 did, is a big deal. Designer Tia Cibani was practically guaranteed a packed house and...
BADGLEY MISCHKA SHOW
Finally. This design duo has been around the block with backers, licensees and trying to figure out who they are and this season, it finally came together. Their collection for...
MONIQUE LHUILLIER SHOW
This designer has vacillated between wanting to be a designer who rules the red carpet to one who does more. For fall, let the regular people eat cake because these...
PETER SOM SHOW
It's a good sign when a designer's show is scheduled at 9 a.m. and still manages to draw a high profile fashion crowd (calling Anna Wintour and Andre Leon Talley!)....
MAX AZRIA SHOW
In addition to designing beautiful clothes, Max and Lubov Azria know how to put on a show. With strong front-row presence that included Anna Wintour, Rhianna, Fergie (who opted for...
Plaxico misses parade, makes rally
The Giants finished stage one of their Super Bowl Celebration -- a parade up the Canyon of Heroes and a City Hall ceremony -- without one of their biggest stars,...
Ring's the thing for Eli
By BRIAN COSTELLOEli Manning joined his Giants teammates this morning at Giants Stadium before their victory parade began.The players had their season-ending physicals and final team meetings, and packed their...
Support our troops with games
Do y'all know about the Cheap Ass Gamer site? It's for...well, cheapass gamers to talk amongst themselves. Anyway, back in December, one of its members - Shane Neuhaus, a Navy...
Insider's look: Backstage at THAKOON
Aveda-sponsored backstage Thakoon -- that meant no bottled water and organic snacks for the models. Seriously, models do eat.
Feb. 5: Celeb Watch
OMG, it's only Tuesday -- not even halfway through the work-week. Break up the monotony by camping outside the tents and scoping out your favorite famous faces.At the 9 a.m....
Asian and Asian-American designers
Over the last ten years, more and more Asian and Asian-American designers have started showing during New York fashion week. Check out our videos backstage and frontstage at Y-3 /...
How to get your 15 seconds of fame
Reality TV TryoutsâAmericaâs Favorite MomâHereâs your chance to tell the world why your mom rocks. The top 15 will appear on the âTodayâ show, with one mother being crowned on...
NIKOLA TESLA - A MASTER OF INVENTION
Today's page looks at a man who arrived in New York City with just 4 cents in his pocket, but who went on to change the world with his inventions....
SHOP AROUND THE CLOCK
To say that women shop a lot is to state the obvious, but to identify precisely how much "a lot" is, well that's news. And it's eight years. Over the...
IT'S THAT '70S SHOW
As the city nursed a nacho hangover, the fashion world was treated to the sixth re-launch of a label synonymous with the jet set of Studio 54. Halston was all...
HAUTE LIST@ THE FRONT ROW
Team Haute List lets you peek inside the tents with fresh new video content at nypost.com. n More and more Asian and Asian-American designers have started showing during New York...
FASHION BUZZFERGIE'S NEW BLING TONE SHINES AT MAX AZRIA
* Fergie was perhaps the shiniest among the shiny, happy people at Max Azria. Before the show, she showed off the more-than-pea-sized ring she got from Josh Duhamel. Rose McGowan,...
IN A BRIT OF A JAM
FaNS of the Jam - the British melodic mod-punks who broke up 26 years ago - are still ravenously hungry for any taste of Jam they can get. Many -...
HERE GOES NADA
IT'S a story that could be straight out of a Stephen King novel. But rather than the Overlook Hotel in Colorado, the setting is a crypt in Rome. That's where...
MPFREE
DOWNLOAD these free MP3s now through Friday at nypost.com. Nada Surf "See These Bones" The Brooklyn-based band borrows vocals from Harvey Danger's Sean Nelson and Death Cab for Cutie's Ben...
'HILLS' UNDER TENTS
'THE Hills" co-star Whitney Port is working - while MTV cameras roll - at Fashion Week in New York this week. And the jungle telegraph at Bryant Park is alive...
MORE MILEY
'HANNAH Montana" may be getting the silver screen treatment - again. A movie version of the popular Disney Channel show is in the works, according to reports yesterday. The film...
STARR REPORT
"American Idol" is back - and so are the weekly parties built around the show, which is particularly popular on col lege campuses. Hofstra Uni versity students are hosting an...
RINGO GETS HIS WAY WITH 'RACHAEL RAY'
ROLL out the yellow sub marine . . . sandwiches. On the same day that Ringo Starr walked off the set of "Live! With Regis and Kelly" rather than cut...
MARLEE MATLIN MAY 'DANCE'
Oscar- winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin may be fox-trotting her way onto "Dancing with the Stars." Matlin would be the second high-profile celeb with a disability to land on the...
DAYS OF HOPE
SOME of TV's biggest shows, including "Grey's Anatomy," "CSI" and "Heroes," could return soon - if the months-long writers' strike ends by Feb. 15. That's the cutoff date industry execs...
ELI TOO LATE FOR DAVE
GIANTS quarterback Eli Manning never got off the ground yesterday - missing what was to be a triumphant TV appearance on David Letterman last night. Letterman had even postponed the...
A RIGHT FOR POOR EYES
NICOLE Kidman has beautiful eyes - and lately, thanks to laser vision correction, those pretty blue peepers have been seeing without glasses or con tacts. The 40-year-old actress has reportedly...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Vick can keep bonus bucks Jailed QB Michael Vick can keep nearly $20 million in bonus money he received from the Falcons following a ruling yesterday by a federal...
HERE COMES ALL-STAR WEAK
THIS has got to be one of the greatest three-day stretches in New York sports history. Saturday, the Mets signed Johan Santana. Sunday was a Giants step for fan-kind. Last...
KNIGHT OUT
There was no thrown chair, no public war of words with his university president, no zany home video of a dispute with a neighbor that finally drove Bob Knight, the...
BRENT WHIPS UP A VICTORY
The coach coaxed and cajoled another two points out of the Devils, but the way they keep requiring his loud corrective voice suggests this might not really be Brent Sutter's...
THE MIRACLE
GLENDALE, Ariz. - There are teams that come and go, teams that win and create fond memories, teams that win and make you laugh, teams that win and tear out...
THE MANN
YOU thought you would never live long enough to see another Charley Conerly, or Y.A. Tittle, or Phil Simms. You spent most of the past four years wondering whether Eli...
TYREE GRABS HISTORY AND HOLDS ON TIGHT
When David Tyree finally had a chance to witness what he had done, the guy who made what might have been No. 1 catch in Super Bowl history took a...
THE PLAY
Eli Manning's 32-yard stunning connection with David Tyree on the Giants' winning drive Sunday night went down as an instant classic, to many the greatest play in Super Bowl history....
THE BLUE CREW
IT was a truly fantastic night for the many thousands of fans who descended on this desert town to root on the Giants.
THE BRADY CRUNCH
Tom Brady went virtually untouched in the pocket during the regular season as he was throwing 50 touchdown passes and leading the undefeated Patriots to 589 points, both NFL records....
THE REASONS
PHOENIX - So you thought I was kidding, right? Well, it happened. It's real. And here are XLII reasons why: I: And never forget it: Cheaters never win, and winners...
THE RIDE
Not often during their winding journey that climaxed in glory did the Giants allow anyone to believe they could fashion one of the greatest seasons in NFL history. Greatness in...
TOOMER: TYREE CATCH PROOF OF GIANT DESIRE
Amani Toomer regards David Tyree's astounding Super Bowl catch as a symbol of why the Giants took home the title. "It was unbelievable," Toomer said last night at Giants Stadium....
GIANT JOURNEY REACHES END
BIG BLUE HIGHWAY - At the end of the road, SuperGate08 was one Giant community - and not just because Eli Manning made like a modern day Joe Namath and...
PATS HAVE QUESTIONS, NO ANSWERS
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - A week ago, the Patriots rode into this Arizona town as the baddest football team in the land, much like Mike Tyson descending upon the site of...
A WANTED MAN
CHANDLER, Ariz. - As he walked quickly through a gathering of happy Giants players munching on breakfast, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo yesterday morning was basking in the glow of an...
BLUE DYNASTY?
CHANDLER, Ariz. - Preparation for the 2008 season officially begins Friday when Giants GM Jerry Reese assembles his staff of scouts and coaches to discuss the upcoming draft. Evaluations of...
SUPER POWERS
QUARTERBACKS A+ The numbers (19 of 34, 255 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT) mean nothing. MVP Eli Man ning was everything the Giants drafted him to be. Out-dueled Tom Brady....
AMAZING FEET
CHANDLER, Ariz. - At a.m., after the most blissfully short night of sleep the Giants have ever known, they began to appear for breakfast. Considering the party had not broken...
NOBODY'S PERFECT
He woke up different. "As a world champion," Plaxico Burress said. "It's the greatest feeling in professional sports. A lot of pride. I can't shed no more tears, man. World...
COUGHLIN'S WINS OF CHANGE
PHOENIX - All week long, to the point of exhaustion, Tom Coughlin stood tall and he answered the same question posed in a thousand different ways. How did you change?...
ACCORSI ALWAYS BELIEVED
CHANDLER, Ariz. - Even in retirement, Ernie Accorsi couldn't avoid the kind of second-guessing that's made New York fans famous. Accorsi, the Giants' former general manager, was sitting with his...
ISLES GETTING HOME SICK
When the reeling Islanders return home tonight to face the Ducks, they will be without Mike Sillinger, who is going to be shelved for three weeks to recover from a...
CHAMPS & CHUMPS
The Giants are champions, but not miracle workers whose mere presence can cure the afflicted. In what could be termed a night of Heroes and Zeroes, a few Giants took...
DREAMING OF AN NBA TITLE RUN
While the Giants are parading down Broadway today, the Knicks will trudge through another workout session wondering if they'll someday get their own version of Super Tuesday. With the franchise...
MENDING THE NETS
Lawrence Frank watched from across the country as the Lakers salvaged what appeared a doomed marriage. He watched as Kobe Bryant went from disgruntled malcontent trying to jump off a...
JAGR'S DUE TO BUST OUT
While the Rangers went out on the road and got their ship in order by knocking off the Flyers, Devils and Canadiens - all teams ahead of them in the...
CLEMENS SET TO FOLLOW ANDY OUT TO THE 'HILL'
Roger Clemens has followed Andy Pettitte in a rotation, but never quite like this. Clemens will go to Capitol Hill today to speak with staff members of a congressional committee...
KID STUFF
AFTER a few quiet years on the family front, the travel industry is once more revving up to seduce the younger set. Million-dollar developments are being thrown up everywhere you...
OH, MERSEY!
THE Beatles have gone 24/7 in their hometown. Visitors to Liverpool can occupy their days with foursome-flavored tours to their childhood haunts and homes, including Abbey Road and the ferry...
ARE YOU A FLEXIBLE FLYER?
THE second part in our series of no-nonsense, geekeriffic, completely insider tips from the folks at Airfare Watchdog kicks off with some advice: Flexibility pays. If you're at all flexible,...
IF TODAY'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
IF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5,IS YOUR BIRTHDAYThe world works in ways that most people are unaware of, but something will happen over the next few months that encourages you to dig...
GOV PUTS KIDS IN HARM'S WAY: POL
ALBANY - An influential state senator yesterday accused Gov. Spitzer of jeopardizing the safety of children by seeking to gut funding for an office that conducts criminal background checks on...
'PUMP' & GRIND: STILETTOS BOOST GALS' SEX LIVES
Forget the sensible shoes - there's pure sexual heeling in a sleek pair of stilettos. In a recent study of 66 women, those who held their foot at a 15-degree...
MISS FORTUNE STRIKES BIZMAN
A wealthy, wide-eyed stock trader was duped out of nearly $500,000 by a fortune teller who told him there was "evil in his life" and that she could get rid...
SAD BRIT'S LOST IN HER OWN WORLD
Psych-ward patient Britney Spears has gone so far off the deep end that she has no idea what's happening in her multimillion-dollar case, a court-appointed lawyer said yesterday. Samuel Ingham,...
OUR TURN AT LAST, SAY EAGER APPLE VOTERS
After months of watching televised debates and listening to political spin, enthusiastic voters say they're ready to stampede to the polls today in 24 states - and the Super Tuesday...
POLITICAL DRAMA WILL DOMINATE NETWORK TV TONIGHT
Tonight, the biggest reality show on TV will not be "American Idol." The broadcast networks are devoting hours of airtime to today's Super Tuesday primaries, which may begin to seem...
DOMINO CONDO PLAN UN'SIGN'ED
Hold the sugar. That's the message developers of the old Domino Sugar plant in Brooklyn appear to be sending with their renderings of the $1.2 billion waterfront condo complex. The...
FORECLOSE FLURRY HITS BIG APPLE
January was a cold, cruel month for home foreclosures in New York City. All five boroughs are posting the sharpest overall one-month rise in the past two years. Staten Island...
NIXZMARY DAD'S WORDS STUN JURY
Jurors in the Nixzmary Brown trial dabbed tears from their eyes as they heard for the first time directly from the stepfather accused of beating the 7-year-old to death. Jurors...
3 BROOKLYN THUGS GUILTY OF KILLING 5
Three gang members who turned their Brooklyn neighborhood into a war zone, killing rivals and innocent bystanders alike, were found guilty yesterday on five counts of murder. The gang, Folk...
TAX LAWYER GUILTY AS TAX CHEAT
A lawyer who once argued an important tax case before the US Supreme Court pleaded guilty in Manhattan yesterday to cheating on New York state taxes. John Howley, a former...
LYNNE'S GIRL IS BUSTED
The daughter of convicted terror lawyer Lynne Stewart was arrested yesterday for allegedly handing in fake doctors' notes - even a falsified death certificate - to get days off from...
CUNY 'BLACK MEN' FUROR
The feds are widening their investigation into a program designed to help black men attending CUNY colleges that was the subject of a lawsuit claiming the schools are "stereotyping and...
'MOMSTER': TOT WAS OK
She took her son to the hospital when he had a rash or a fever. But murder suspect Zahira Matos said she didn't think he needed help after her lover...
MA'S NEW ANGUISH
Natalee Holloway might be alive today if a Dutch student had called doctors instead of having her lifeless body dumped into the sea, the teen's heartbroken mom said yesterday. Aruban...
WARNER BIDS FOR CATALOG
Music Group is offering $25 million to buy the catalog of bankrupt Death Row Records, the infamous rap label run by Marion "Suge" Knight Jr. The music major, headed by...
TV RATINGS FOR THE RECORD BOOKS
The Giants not only shocked New England, but pulled off a stunning Super Bowl ratings victory. Big Blue's 17-14 triumph over the previously unbeaten Patriots pulled in a staggering 97.5...
SUPER HEROES' WILD WELCOME
The conquering Giants returned home last night to a hero's welcome from hooting-and-hollering fans who hailed the cheater-beaters in boisterous true-Blue style. "They did it, and we knew they would...
'18-1' PATS' LOSS IS GAIN FOR NY FAN$
Fans and entrepreneurs are running with The Post's "18-1" - creating memorabilia to celebrate the Giants' upset victory in Sunday's Super Bowl over New England. On Thursday, The Post filed...
A GREAT CASE OF THE BLUES
Big Blue fever spread across the city yesterday, an affliction so powerful and contagious that even the crankiest, whiniest New Yorkers found themselves unable to stop smiling. Although it's not...
BUDGET MAKES PREZ THE $3 TRILLION MAN
WASHINGTON - President Bush unveiled a $3.1 trillion budget request yesterday that would slash funding for health-care programs, boost tax cuts and military spending, and result in a projected $407...
MCCAIN: I'D BEAT DEMS IN NY
John McCain vowed yesterday that he would carry New York against either Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama in the fall. "I will compete and win in New York state...
PARADE MAY SACK BARACK
Today's Super Bowl victory parade for the Giants could aid Hillary Rodham Clinton by depressing the turnout for Barack Obama in New York's presidential primary. So says Hunter College Professor...
FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD!
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - There she goes again. It was another two-hanky day on the campaign trail yesterday, as Hillary Rodham Clinton teared up at an event targeting female voters...
JUST CALL HIM THE BA-ROCKET
Barack Obama continues surging nationally and in key states, polls showed yesterday - as voters from coast to coast cast ballots today on the biggest presidential primary day in US...
SHE SWIGS AND MISSUS
The wife of former Yankee great Don Mattingly was arrested for drunken and disorderly conduct after a dust-up at the estranged couple's Indiana farm, authorities said yesterday. A "screaming," "unsteady"...
MARY-KATE WAIFS OFF PRESS
Mary-Kate Olsen has finally surfaced, but she still won't answer questions about the death of boyfriend Heath Ledger and why she was called before cops about the "Brokeback Mountain" star's...
I'D DO IT ALL AGAIN: CO-ED CON
CHICAGO - An Ivy League con artist accused of stealing a missing woman's identity and using it to get into top universities said yesterday she has no regrets and would...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
The Bronx A boy found his mom stabbed to death in their Morrisania apartment early yesterday, police said. The 14-year-old found Ernestine Allen, 47, a court stenographer, stabbed numerous times...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 369; Lucky Sum: 18 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 8839; Lucky Sum: 28/ Evening Nos. Mon.: 614; Lucky Sum: 11; Evening Win-4 Mon.: 3736; Lucky Sum:...
THE POST'S ENDORSEMENTS
There she went again. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yester day turned on the tears - well, a few anyway - as an old college friend introduced her at a campaign...
THEY SHOCKED THE WORLD
Everyone knew that Super Bowl XLII was going to make history. Either the world would witness the coronation of Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots as masters...
TERROR: ARAB STATES WAKE UP
THE Conference of Arab Interior Ministers held its 25th annual session in Tunis last week - and singled out terrorism as "the principal threat" to the national security of the...
LOSING BY 'SAVING'
TO help close New York's $4.4 billion budget deficit, Gov. Spitzer has put pre scription drugs on the chopping block. His budget proposal for the next fiscal year would axe...
REPUBLICANS FOR HILLARY
Hillary Clinton might be losing Demo cratic voters to Barack Obama, but she has a stalwart cheering section that won't abandon her: Republicans nearly everywhere. Republicans hate Hillary, and love...
THE REAL SCANDAL
PERHAPS the greatest scandal of the mort gage crisis is that it is a direct result of an intentional loosening of underwriting standards - done in the name of ending...
GIANTS BRING HOM BIG BLUE HEAVEN
I never thought I would witness a more improbable Super Bowl victory than that of Joe Namath and the 1968 New York Jets ("Supermen," Feb. 4). Eli Manning and the...
BUD'S HORSE ROMPS IN 'BOWLING' FOR DOLLARS
By now everyone knows the Giants won the Super Bowl, but advertisers are still hashing out which of their pricey spots scored with fans. The day after the game saw...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
CSFB case A former Credit Suisse investment banker from Pakistan was convicted in a multimillion-dollar insider trading plot. He was accused of feeding inside information on deals to a high-ranking...
M'SOFT PUSHES DEAL
Microsoft is pushing for a speedy acceptance of its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo! even as the Internet giant's board remains mum on the prospect of a blockbuster takeover. "We...
RUDY GETS YANKED BY TOPPS
The digital imaging wizards at Topps baseball cards are at it again - and this time failed presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani makes a cameo appearance on a collectable card. Only...
NEWS CORP. QTR. PROFITS RISE 24%
Fresh from scoring the title for having the most-watched Super Bowl ever, News Corp. yesterday reported a record 24 percent jump in quarterly operating profit due to strong growth across...
LORD & TAYLOR IS BANKING FORTUNOFF STILL HAS LUSTER
Fortunoff plans to sell itself to the owner of Lord & Taylor department stores after a mountain of debt and slowing sales put the ailing New York retail chain into...
BLS' JANUARY DE-FECT
STOP the Bureau of Labor Statistics before it can do any more harm! I've been telling readers for weeks that a glitch in the way the BLS calculates payrolls during...
MIDTOWN MASTERPIECE
MIDTOWN'S biggest development puzzle is a mystery no more. The image at right shows the first rendering of the West Side's most buzzed-over, blogged-about new skyscraper - Boston Properties' 1...
BINN FINDS NEW NICHE IN PHILLY
Niche Media has agreed to take over Philadelphia Style, according to well-placed industry sources, signaling an intensifying battle in the luxury market between Niche and rival Modern Luxury, even as...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Stop the presses. Utah police who stopped a driver were surprised to find a coin-operated street dispenser full of Deseret Morning News newspapers in his back seat. The man -...
G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S
Before sitting from row at Max Azria, Fergie hit up the Calvin Klein boutique on Madison and dropped over $30,00O on cashmere cardigan sweaters in every color, a pair of...
HILLARY CLINTON CRIES AGAIN.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - There she goes again. It was another two-hanky day on the campaign trail yesterday, as Hillary Clinton teared up at an event targeting women voters on...
HALSTON SHOW
Liza Minnelli was at the relaunch of Halston, the label that she famously wore throughout the 1970s, now in its sixth iteration since the death of the legendary designer. It...
CHARLOTTE RONSON SHOW
It was a full-on family affair at Charlotte Ronson's fall 2008 fashion show. Twin sister Samantha spun the tracks, little sister Annabelle took to the catwalk (while model Jessica Stam...
THAKOON SHOW
There's a military thing kicking around with a jacket here and there, but Thakoon has fully embraced the military silhouette, at least for his jacket shape. Calling it a "Mao...
DOO.RI SHOW
Doo Ri Chung has a way with fabric, particularly when it comes to draping. There are few designers working in New York today who are as adept with making fabric,...