February 8, 2008

NAEEM KHAN SHOW

When Eva Longoria is one of the few bold-faced names to appear at a show, you can be sure it's going to be a chintzy, loud and over-the-top affair. Though...

CARLOS MIELE SHOW

Carlos Miele is known for sexy, sexy, sexy dresses. While the runway was chock full of those, there was also the suggestion that New York's favorite Brazilian designer is exploring...

REBECCA TAYLOR SHOW

Despite how fabulous it looked, Rebecca Taylor's glittery gold runway was a major let down. It held the promise of a glitzy, fun and exciting collection - but it wasn't....

DONNA KARAN SHOW

Some designers are iconic in that they've created a look all their own that cannot be mistaken for anything else. Donna Karan is one of those designers and when she...

Offseason thoughts

Football is behind us. Baseball is on the horizon. In the interim, here's some random thoughts crossing the mind of your favorite Fantasy Tracker: -Taking some heat in the office...

'Celebrity Apprentice' Screening

The Post's Don Kaplan schmoozed with The Donald and got a pseudo-kiss from Omarosa last night when the cast of "Celebrity Apprentice" came out to celebrate Trump's reality show at...

I INJECTED CLEMENS' WIFE WITH HGH: MCNAMEE

Brian McNamee told staff members of a congressional committee on Thursday that he injected Roger Clemens' wife with human growth hormone, a source familiar with his testimony said today. Debbie...

Nintendo Wins 2 Interactive Achievement Awards

This doesn't come as much of a surprise since Nintendo basically come owns the term "innovation," but it's always nice when people are honored for their achievements and The Academy...

Ensberg, Woodward sign

The Yankees announced today that they have signed infielders Morgan Ensberg and Chris Woodward to minor league contracts and invited them to major league spring training.The Yankees also invited infielder...

Doctor: Schilling Must Have Surgery

APThe doctor who claims he knows Curt Schilling’s shoulder “better than anybody who breathes on this planet” insists surgery is the only way the 20-year veteran can pitch again.But Boston’s...

Looks Like Krstic's Back In

By FRED KERBERJust wondering what Nenad Krstic would look like on a horse.Lawrence Frank says the cavalry isn't coming over the hill anytime soon, that what the Nets have on...

Liddell Celebrates With Giants...

The Iceman helps the Giants celebrate their Super Bowl XLII victory in Arizona; Kelly Pavlik wants a seat on the bandwagon, and why Lou DiBella is miffed at Team Pavlik....

Project Runway: Chris Marsh

Project Runway: Jillian Lewis

REEM ACRA SHOW

She's a bridal designer for her day job, but Reem Acra keeps plugging away at her ready-to-wear collection, which she showed at the Bryant Park tents Thursday afternoon. Acra's offerings...

CARMEN MARC VALVO SHOW

There must be something in the water. Hollywood has been quite inspirational for several designers this season. The most recent designer to fall under its spell is Carmen Marc Valvo,...

Pavano arrives at complex

APOft-injured pitcher Carl Pavano arrived at the Yankees’ minor league complex today and played catch for 12 minutes.A $39.95 million bust since signing with the Yankees as a free agent...

Project Runway: Posh and Tim have a chat.

Tim Gunn: Well, I’ve been living with the designers, so I want to hear what Victoria thought. Victoria Beckham: I am so happy to be here, being such a fan...

Diddy To The Rescue!

Who says chivalry is dead?When model Karen Elson took a tumble in her finale outfit on the Zac Posen runway, Diddy leaped to her rescue.What a guy.

Radomski gets 5 years' probation

APFormer Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski avoided jail time and was sentenced today to five years’ probation after cooperating with baseball’s investigation into performance-enhancing drugs.Radomski, who admitted giving dozens of...

Project Runway: Rami Kashou

Project Runway: Sweet P

DENTIST'S WIFE FACES LIFE IN PRISON FOR HIRING HIT

A Queens doctor is facing life in prison after a grand jury indicted her on murder charges for allegedly hiring her uncle to fatally shoot her orthodontist ex-husband last year,...

Project Runway: Christian Siriano

Special Edition: Live From the Fashion Week Finale

To say that the finale was hands-down the best EVER would be an understatement. Nearly everyone I spoke with after the show agreed and couldn’t stop raving about the construction...

Box Office Preview: Hollywood Refuse

Hollywood has been cleaning up so far this year with crap movies, and a couple of romantic comedies are arriving this weekend ahead of Valentine's Day to test the public's...

Starr Report: Lies have it

Brooks, of course, also master minded "The Producers" (movie, Broadway play, movie again). In a running storyline on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" several years ago, Larry (Larry David) stepped in to...

King Me

Marc Crawford's cellar-dwelling team has been anything but regal this season. Los Angeles has failed to impress more often than they've managed to amaze anyone who's seen their games ......

Team Titanic II on pace to match original

By MARC BERMANIt is appropriate the Knicks stand at 14-35 with a 28.7 winning percentage – exactly on pace to equal the 23-59 clip posted by Larry Brown’s 2005-2006 team,...

How the West Wasn't Won

The Rangers have dropped two straight to two Western Conference teams. The first loss was the most embarrassing; falling 4-1 to the team with the worst record in the NHL...

MIKE GOES GLOBAL IN BID TO STUB OUT CIGS

Expanding his anti-tobacco campaign to the global stage, Mayor Bloomberg joined the World Health Organization yesterday to warn that smoking would kill 1 billion people over the next century unless...

EX-ED. DEPT. TECHIES FAIL CONFLICT LAW 101

The city fined five former Department of Education staff members yesterday for soliciting city business within a year of leaving their posts, a violation of New York's conflict-of-interest law. Karen...

MARTY MAKES WAVES OVER NY AQUARIUM

Charging that the New York Aquarium doesn't live up to its potential because it's saddled with a "guppy" budget, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz yesterday called on the city to...

MISSING THE MARC

ALBANY - Designer Marc Jacobs refused to fully cooperate with state investigators looking into a bribery scandal at the famed Lexington Avenue Armory, a law-enforcement source told The Post. State...

MAFIA'S WHACKS & PACTS

The hit on Louis DiBono is the stuff of mob lore: He's the capo who got capped for not coming when his boss called. "Know why he's dying?" legendary mob...

FEDS HAUL UP MOBSTER TRAP

Federal authorities yesterday executed one of the biggest mob takedowns in history, rounding up more than 60 reputed wiseguys - including the entire Gambino crime-family hierarchy - and charging them...

WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE

1 Uptown trains skip 50th, 59th, 66th, 79th and 86th streets. 2 Uptown trains skip 50th, 59th, 66th, 79th and 86th streets. 5 No trains between East 180th Street and...

BILLY JOEL TO SHEA GOODBYE

Long Island's Billy Joel will be the king of Queens this summer when he stars in the last concert ever to be held at Shea Stadium. The Piano Man will...

TOWERING INFERNO

An early-morning blaze in a storefront of an Upper East Side luxury high-rise injured 19 people yesterday, including six firefighters. An electrical short in a window display sparked the fire,...

PIX MAY LEAVE ROGER'S LEGACY 'SHOT' TO HELL

This is the debris of Roger Clemens' alleged steroid use - and maybe even his storied baseball career: unused syringes, vials of drugs, some dirty cotton swabs and gauze pads,...

TIMES' GITMO GAFFE

The New York Times ran a front-page story critical of the Guantanamo anti-terror prison without checking to find out that its co-author was a bitter critic of the jail and...

MRS. MCG WILL SEE BEAU DOUGH

Jim McGreevey's estranged wife can peek at his boyfriend's assets - but she won't get the full Monty, a judge has ruled. At a hearing in New Jersey divorce court...

CITY TO DO THE LIGHT THING FOR CONEY LANDMARK

Coney's Island's iconic Parachute Jump is getting a new lease on light. Less than dazzled by a lighting system installed on the 262-foot boardwalk landmark two years ago, the city...

DENTIST EX-WIFE BUSTED

The ex-wife of a Queens orthodontist fatally shot last October in front of their terrified 4-year-old daughter was busted yesterday on charges she had him killed, police said. Dr. Mazoltuv...

CLUMSY COP SHOOTS TOT

An 18-month-old boy was accidentally shot in the arm by an off-duty cop in Brooklyn yesterday, police said. The officer, 24, a two-year veteran who works in Manhattan, according to...

NIXZMARY'S FATAL BLOW 2 DAYS BEFORE DEATH

Nixzmary Brown lay unconscious - even comatose - for as long as 14 hours before her parents finally summoned help, a pathologist testified yesterday. In stunning testimony that rounded out...

SCHOOLS READY FOR $$ BATTLE

The fight is on. A group of education, labor and political leaders gathered in Manhattan yesterday to gear up for a battle against a slew of cuts to city public-school...

PEDRO HITS FOWL CALL

Superstar Met pitcher Pedro Martinez yesterday justified his appearance at a cockfight in the Dominican Republic, saying the sport is completely legal and part of his culture. "I understand that...

BABY-SLAY MOMSTER GUILTY

After a savage, bone- snapping beating, young Yovany Tellez had barely the strength to speak his final words to his mother: "I want to go to sleep." Yesterday, a Manhattan...

POLS SLAIN IN MO.

A man with a long-simmering grudge against public officials in his upscale St. Louis suburb stormed a City Council meeting and opened fire yesterday, killing five people - including two...

GAZANS SPENT FUNNY MONEY

Palestinians who fled into Egypt on a shopping spree this month used at least $1 million in counterfeit money - and Egypt is now threatening to break the legs of...

JOLIE ON IRAQ MISSION

Angelina Jolie gave her mighty heart to Iraqi children and refugees yesterday during a UN visit to Baghdad to draw attention to the burgeoning crisis. The actress said there should...

$8M GATES BOOST FOR LIBRARIES

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is donating $8.3 million in hardware grants to New York and nine other states to address technology shortages in public libraries. The funds will...

ANCHOR MAKES BALD STATEMENT

Gutsy "Good Morning America" anchor and breast-cancer survivor Robin Roberts boldly - and baldly - strutted down the catwalk yesterday. Roberts put aside the wig she had been wearing on...

SUPERDELEGATES FEARING A SUPER SPLIT

WASHINGTON - Democratic superdelegates - who could hold the fate of the Hillary Rodham Clinton-Barack Obama battle in their hands - said yesterday that they are sitting on the fence...

HILLARY CAMPAIGN DONORS IN $HOCK

Hillary Rodham Clinton's big contributors were left stunned yesterday by her personal loan of $5 million to the campaign - with some wondering whether the move was a stunt, and...

MAC VOWS TO BE MR. RIGHT

John McCain pleaded yesterday for support from influential conservatives after rival Mitt Romney quit the race - effectively handing McCain the GOP nomination for president. Just hours after Romney announced...

LIEN TIMES FOR SNIPES' NJ MANSE

Actor Wesley Snipes owes $70,000 in back property taxes on his multimillion-dollar New Jersey mansion. The 45-year-old tax scofflaw, recently cleared of serious fraud and conspiracy charges in Florida, now...

SIENNA JEANS SHOOT 'GROUNDED'

It sure costs a pretty penny when Sienna Miller misses a photo shoot. Pepe Jeans filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court yesterday, accusing a private air service of failing...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

Brooklyn A burglar was arrested after ripping off several items during two parties at separate Bushwick apartments, authorities said yesterday. José Hernandez, 30, first struck in a McKibben Street apartment...

DIEHARDS WORRYING ABOUT HIS 'LEFT' HOOK

John McCain walked into the den of his conservative enemies yesterday to offer a GOP peace pact - he'll suppress his inner liberal self in exchange for them not deserting...

LOTTERY

NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 152; Lucky Sum: 8 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 9338; Lucky Sum: 23 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 326; Lucky Sum: 11; Evening Win-4 Thu.: 2200; Lucky...

ROMNEY DOES RIGHT

The intriguing question of whether America is ready to elect its first Mormon chief executive became moot yesterday, as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney ended his quest for the 2008...

THE CLINTONS' CASH

Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign appears to be in serious financial trouble. She revealed Wednesday that she had loaned the effort a whopping $5 million last month - even as...

LEBANON'S FATEFUL SHOWDOWN

AS the Lebanese parliament prepares to make yet another attempt at electing a new president for the crisis-stricken nation, few people are prepared to sound an optimistic note. The next...

THE RE-LIBERATORS

BAGHDAD 'GREETED as liberators" has become one of the most scoffed-at phrases of the Iraq War, a symbol of glib assurances of success belied by reality. But a top US...

WHAT ABOUT OUR MILITARY?

THE would-be Republican and Democratic nominees have so far failed to address perhaps the most urgent task for the next president: rebuilding our military. The Army has been wearing out...

GROW UP, RIGHTIES

'QUO vadis," conservatives? It's the ancient, apocryphal question the apostle Peter asked Jesus while fleeing persecution in Rome. Where are you going? Where do we go from here? The contest...

SAVE FIRST, THEN SPEND

THE ISSUE: How lending standards were lowered, leading to the subprime-mortgage crisis. Stan Liebowitz writes that the racial and class politics of equality required lenders to loosen standards for mortgages,...

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD: HILL'S TRAIL OF TEARS

THE ISSUE: Tears shed by Sen. Hillary Clinton while campaigning on the eve of Super Tuesday. Please don't tell me that there is something wrong with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton...

LOOK TO LARRY

Billionaire real estate mogul Larry Silverstein is gunning to buy the iconic GM Building from beleaguered developer Harry Macklowe in a deal that could fetch about $3.5 billion ahead of...

RETAIL SALES DROUGHT CONTINUED IN JANUARY

Retailers reported dismal January sales, raising fresh doubts whether a government stimulus package will be enough to jump-start shopping this year. Lower-income consumers remained skittish as prices for food and...

BUFFETT BUCKS UP THE BUCK

What a difference a space makes. Just ask billionaire Warren Buffett after Dow Jones news service ran a headline yesterday quoting him as saying the US dollar would be "worthless"...

FBI IN 'PAP' PROBE

THE FBI is poking around the celebrity magazine world on the West Coast, investigating allegations of kickbacks and pay-for-play schemes, according to a source who was contacted by investigators. The...

YAHOO! PRICE TALKS

Yahoo!'s largest investor met yesterday with Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer and other executives in an effort to gauge whether the software giant is willing to increase its already sweet $44.6...

ACKMAN CALLS FOR STRONG MEDICINE

A new war of words is erupting over whether Wall Street's best medicine is to quickly flush $200 billion of the bad debt clogging its gut. Hedge fund chief Bill...

EDDIE FEELING USED

Billionaire Eddie Lampert's run of bad luck is even causing a big stall at his car lots. After losing nearly $1 billion on a bet that Sears will would fly...

PRESIDENT OF MTV TO LEAVE

MTV President Christina Norman is calling it quits. According to several reports, Norman has decided to leave the Viacom-owned company after 17 years and explore other opportunities. Her departure -...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

This case just didn't stand up in court. The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that a mother couldn't sue a hospital for malpractice simply because she didn't like the way...

FIVE DAYS OF TERROR

The Civil War draft sparked one of the worst riots in history. Read about five days of violence that terrorized New York's African-American citizens. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation went...

SHAQ-UP FOR SUNS

AT first shudder, Shaquille O'Neal's relocation from one retirement village to another triggered the normal atypical knee-jerk reactions: Are Suns owner Robert Sarver, team president Steve Kerr and coach Mike...

NOTHING CHANGES

AFTER viewing HBO's splendid documentary "Joe Louis: America's Hero, Betrayed," my overwhelming thought is how boxing hasn't changed that much since the Brown Bomber was the heavyweight champion. The documentary...

LAING CAPTAIN OF PIRATE SHIP

THE Prudential Center, Seton Hall's new estate in Newark, often lives up to its name. The Rock, indeed, often rocks, especially because the Pirates are 10-3 at home. But there...

TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR BOAT OWNERS

WHEN Congress ad journed for 2007, they left in place two federal income tax deductions that should be of help if you own a boat. A boat is treated like...

A PHOTO FINISH ON CAPITOL HILL

WASHINGTON - As Brian McNamee was showing photographs of used syringes and bottles of steroids he claims were used by Roger Clemens to congressional staffers, the pitcher was a few...

FORGET ERA, ALL ANYONE CARES ABOUT NOW IS DNA

WHEN Bud Selig empowered George Mitchell to write a steroid report, he could never have envisioned the episode of "CSI, Capitol Hill" that was coming. He never could have imagined...

BERGTRAUM INSPIRED BY EPIPHANNY

Several Bergtraum players were at the Rutgers Athletic Center on Tuesday night and watched as former Lady Blazer Epiphanny Prince led the Scarlet Knights to an upset 73-71 win over...

BRUNO: NYRA DEAL NEAR

In the wake of Wednesday's dire warning by the New York Racing Association that it will shut down racing on Thursday if the state doesn't strike a deal to renew...

5 QUESTIONS FOR...DAVID CONE

DAVID Cone, the YES Network's newest analyst, talked with The Post's Justin Terranova about baseball's steroid problem, the Mets' new pitcher and the Yankees' new manager.Q: Do you think the...

SPORTS SHORTS

BASEBALL: Steinbrenner honored Tampa officials have given their blessing to rename Legends Field in honor of George Steinbrenner. Not that they needed to approve the idea, Tampa councilman Charlie Miranda...

ANOTHER CUP FOR SANTA ANITA

Santa Anita, host of this year's 25th anniversary Breeders' Cup Oct. 24-25, will be the site of 2009 Breeders' Cup, officials announced yesterday. It's the first time the Cup will...

ROOM FOR RENT

Like the kid with coins in the candy shop, Lou Lamoriello has some cap space burning holes in his pockets. For the first time since the salary cap was instituted,...

STEVE TO 'SKINS: FUHGEDDABOUDIT

If there is any public office open in the New York/New Jersey area, Steve Spagnuolo could run and win in a heartbeat. At the moment, is there anyone more popular...

DECISION MEANS BIG BLUE SKY IS LIMIT

HERE'S what Steve Spagnuolo spurning Daniel Snyder and the Redskins yesterday and staying with the Giants means: The Giants will have a real chance to repeat their unforgettable trip up...

GET READY TO LOSE SLEEP, GIANT FANS

OK, break it up. Move along, nothing more to see here. Parade's over. Giants fans can now await the 2008 schedule. And they can fully expect that as NFL champs...

PLAYERS ECSTATIC SPAGNUOLO IS STAYING

The season is finished, but the Giants picked up another win yesterday. At least that's how Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce and cornerback Aaron Ross reacted to the news that defensive...

COUGHLIN GETS 'FACE' TIME ON HBO

On this week's edition of HBO's "Inside the NFL," the program revisits last Sunday's Super Bowl showdown. At the top of the highlights package, NFL Films microphones captured an exchange...

STANDING GUARD

Isiah Thomas said yesterday the Knicks will have to "move on" from the Stephon Marbury Era in the offseason and shop for a point guard, but doubted they will pick...

DOUBLE TROUBLE

The last time the Knicks visited Boston, they were dealt a humiliating 104-59 defeat. Wednesday, Isiah Thomas' shipwreck returns for an encore against the surging Celtics. And that might be...

PRESSING MATTERS FOR ISIAH

Explaining why he rushed out of the Garden minutes after the Knicks' 103-100 loss to the Pacers on Wednesday night, Isiah Thomas said he had better things to do. Less...

METS GO TO CHURCH

The Mets moved one step closer yesterday to clearing their deck of arbitration-eligible players by signing outfielder Ryan Church to a one-year, $2 million deal. Church, obtained from the Senators...

KIDD: 'WE HAVEN'T FOUND OUR IDENTITY'

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - They have been a defensive team. They have been a running team. Now the Nets have reached back to their often-tortured past for their latest identity. A...

GOAL SLEEPER

In order to beat a big-time opponent such as the Stanley Cup champion Ducks, a team needs big-time efforts from its own big-time players. The Rangers did not come close...

WHAT THE HOLL?

Ryan Hollweg returned last night to the Rangers' lineup following a one-game suspension he received after being assessed a game-misconduct for hitting Sergei Kostitsyn from behind late in the second...

CANO'S $30M DEAL DONE

Robinson Cano officially is a Yankee, as the team announced his new four-year contract yesterday. Cano's deal, which has been reported previously, assures him of at least $30 million over...

LOVE CHILD

MEET the new pop-and-roll royalty. Frances Bean Cobain, the 15-year-old daughter of erratic rocker and actress Courtney Love and the late Kurt Cobain, and Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, the 11-year-old...

SWEENEY TODD-RY

Zac Posen often lets us know what's on his mind for inspiration in the show notes, but this time we had to guess. Judging by the appearance of Patti LuPone,...

NO CELEBRITIES POSIN' AT POSEN SHOW - HOST TAKES BACK INVITES

Designer Zac Posen's runway show is usually a celebrity free-for-all with boldfaced names lining his front row. But this year -at the eleventh hour -producers actually disinvited the A-list celebrities...

IT'S 'HAMLET' BY A 'HAIR' IN PARK

AFTER a brief but ecstatic 40th-anniversary outing last fall, "Hair" will return to Central Park this summer as one-half of this year's Shakespeare in the Park. "Hamlet," starring Michael Stuhlbarg...

'CAT' PUTS A PAW OUT

'CAT on a Hot Tin Roof" had to get out its tin cup this week after a major investor yanked a chunk of change from the re vival, due to...

YAZBEK OFF BROADWAY BUT BACK ON A STAGE

TALK about bad timing. Broadway's "The Full Monty" - music and lyrics by David Yazbek - seemed set to take multiple Tonys until "The Producers" came along. A couple of...

'ROBOTS' A TURN-OFF

AT the end of Wednesday night's New York premiere of "I Love My Robots" by the Trisha Brown Dance Company, a woman shouted out, "Go, Robots!" Whether this was in...

STARR REPORT

Lies have it (or not) Fox's "Moment of Truth" continued to pull in big num bers in its third week Wednesday night, averaging 16.9 million viewers. It was helped, of...

KIDS SHOW

THE producers of "Ameri can Idol" are creating a new music-competition show - starring the kids of famous celebs. Like "Idol," the show, with the working title "Rock the Cradle,"...

1 VS. 100 THE DATING SHOW

CALL it "The Bachelorette" on steroids. Lifetime will produce a pilot called "The Big Match," a dating show in which 100 men compete for the affections of one woman. It'll...

K-FED HOLDS OFF ON SHOW

JUST one day after his ex-wife, Britney Spears, checked herself out of the UCLA medical facility where she was being held for a psychiatric evaluation, Kevin Federline has announced that...

BAD HEIR DAY

THINK of it as "Driving Miss Daisy," only a whole lot creepier. A manservant comes to work for a rich old lady and the two develop a close relationship, but...

'BIG BROTHER' GETS HOT, LITERALLY

'BIG Brother" will turn up the heat this sea son to encourage its contestants to wear little or no clothing. Executive producer Allison Grodner told TV Guide that the house...

ABS-OLUTELY HORRENDOUS

THE title of the excrucia tingly lame and laughless romantic comedy/ adven ture "Fool's Gold" surely deserves some kind of an award for truth in advertising. Too bad they couldn't...

AS BAD AS YOU THOUGHTY

GREAT actors make the craft look easy. In the Paris Hilton comedy "The Hot tie and the Nottie," acting looks very, very difficult. A bright young actress named Christine Lakin,...

JUST AS UNFUNNY HERE AS IT'D BE 'IN BRUGES'

PLAYWRIGHT Martin McDonagh, who won an Oscar for his short film "Six Shooter," isn't as lucky with "In Bruges," which disappointingly strip-mines the very fatigued comic hit-man genre to diminishing...

SOUL SEARCHING CAN BE BEAUTIFUL

WELCOME to what the press notes for "Ba b'Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul" call "the enchanting and ever-shifting sandscapes of Tunisia and Iran." There we find a blind...

HAPPY RETURNS

POSSIBLE signs of the apocalypse: a rain of fire, return of the Messiah, my enjoy ing a Martin Law rence comedy. Bouncing off the subterranean floor of my expectations, "Welcome...

LONDON TO BRIGHTON

TWO prostitutes, one of them a preteen, are on the run. What happened to them is the mystery behind "London to Brighton," a chilling pulp movie told with a pavement-eye...

COMICS' DULL ROAD TRIP NO LAUGHING MATTER

A 2 1/2-year-old collection of mediocre stand-up routines and dull backstage chatter, "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show" demonstrates why comedy clubs require you to have a couple of drinks....

WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT

MEET LUMET You'll be mad as hell if you miss Sidney Lumet's "Network,'' a biting satire of TV, screening today through Monday at Film Forum. The 1976 comedy - with...

BROADWAY

"A BRONX TALE": ** Chazz Palminteri stars in his 1993 one-man show of growing up in The Bronx. Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 W. 48th St.; (212) 239-6200. Closes Sunday. "AUGUST:...

LONG-RUNNING

"AVENUE Q": *** John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "CHICAGO": **** Ambassador Theatre, 219 W. 49th St.; (212) 239-6200. "A CHORUS LINE": ** ½ Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre....

OFF-BROADWAY

"ALTAR BOYZ": *** Musical spoof of Christian-pop boy bands is entertaining despite one-joke premise. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St.; (877) 226-9941. "FLANAGAN'S WAKE": ** ½ Interactive theater, this...

POP, ROCK, FOLK

AMEL LARRIEUX: The Grammy-nominated R&B songstress of Groove Theory fame takes the stage at S.O.B.'s Thursday at 8 p.m. for a romantic Valentine's Day show. 204 Varick St.; (212) 243-4940....

JAZZ

APOLLO THEATER: Thursday: Dianne Reeves. 253 W. 125th St.; (212) 531-5300. BIRDLAND: Sunday: Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra. 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Through Sunday: Francisco Mela...

CLASSICAL

BARGEMUSIC: Pianist Olga Vinokur celebrates Valentine's Day with "An Evening of Romantic Music" Thursday at 8 p.m., featuring pieces by Chopin, Beethoven and Scriabin. Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn; (718) 624-2083....

CABARET

CAFE CARLYLE: Through March 1: Judy Collins. 35 E. 76th St.; (212) 570-7189. DON'T TELL MAMA: Tomorrow: Anne Smith. 343 W. 46th St.; (212) 757-0788. FEINSTEIN'S: Today through Feb. 24:...

DANCE

JOYCE THEATER: Ronald K. Brown and Evidence celebrate the photography of Charles "Teenie" Harris in a multimedia performance set to the music of drummer Mohammed Camara Tuesday through Feb. 17....

FILM

ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: Part documentary, part dramatization, "Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property" remembers the leader of the 1831 slave rebellion. The film, part of a retrospective tribute to director Charles...

COMEDY

CAROLINES COMEDY CLUB: Thursday through Feb. 17: DamonWayans. 1626 Broadway; (212) 757-4100. COMIX: Tonight and tomorrow: Arj Barker and Kristen Schaal. 353 W. 14th St.; (212) 524-2500. STAND-UP NEW YORK:...

FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...

WINTER WONDERLAND: Hit the slopes without leaving the city tomorrow when Winter Jam returns to Central Park from noon to 4 p.m. The snowy event features a snowboarding contest, cross-country...

PREVIEWS

"CRIMES OF THE HEART": Kathleen Turner directs this Pulitzer Prize- winning play about three sisters in the Deep South. Laura Pels Theatre, 111 W. 46th St.; (212) 719-1300. Opens Thursday....

New Kids On The Block

This week, “Lost” opens with a flashback of an underwater expedition that finds the remains of Oceanic Flight 815.At least we can be pretty sure it’s a flashback -- as...

Backstage at 3.1 Phillip Lim

Photographs courtesy of Aveda.

SLAIN DOC'S EX-WIFE CHARGED WITH MURDER

The ex-wife of a slain Queens orthodontist Daniel Malakov - gunned down in October in front of his four-year-old daughter - was arrested today on charges that she had him...