April 8, 2008
Castillo a bad signing
From JOEL SHERMANLuis Castillo was simply a bad gamble at four years and $25 million for the Mets. The original plan for the Mets was to try and sign David...
3 DOWN: Castillo, Hitting Behind Reyes and Alou
1. Luis Castillo was simply a bad gamble at four years and $25 million for the Mets. The original plan for the Mets was to try and sign David Eckstein...
Emotional Buckner back at Fenway
APBill Bucknerâs eyes were red. He paused for 15 seconds to control his emotions. Then he spoke again.The outstanding hitter known for a costly World Series error had just thrown...
Salvador in, Vishnevski out
APVeteran defenseman Bryce Salvador practiced with the Devils today and is expected to play in their first-round playoff series with the Rangers.Salvador, who was acquired from St. Louis on Feb....
FIRING 50 SHOTS TOOK 'A LOT OF EFFORT'
A key defense expert said today that it "took a lot of effort" for undercover cops to pull the trigger during the 50-shot barrage that killed Sean Bell on his...
Feliciano absent at key time
Mets reliever Pedro Feliciano was unavailable to pitch in a key situation in the seventh inning today because of family issues in Puerto Rico. The Mets excused Feliciano to return...
El Duque shelved, gets MRI
Orlando Hernandezâs career is looking a lot more cloudy. The Mets said today that El Duque returned to New York for an MRI exam to determine the source of discomfort...
METS DROP FINAL SHEA OPENER
New year, same story: The Mets still can't beat the Phillies. A sun-splashed day that began with such cheer for the Mets ended with a ninth consecutive loss to their...
Playoff preview
APThe beef and brawn reign in the West. Back East is where the kids skate and play with abandon.Including, of course, Alex The Great, who is ready for his coming...
Reds Down Gunners in Champions League
By STEVE SOLDWEDELAbou Diaby scored for the Gunners, but it wasn't enough against Liverpool's offensive outburst. The Reds will face Chelsea in the semis. Liverpool defeated Arsenal in their second-leg...
DNR 'ER'
NBC's long-running medical drama "ER" will air its 15th and final season next year."'ER' is one of the greatest shows of all time and we can't wait to deliver to...
CHRIS INNES IN RED BULL CAMP
By BRIAN LEWISDespite all the high-priced South Americans and flashy midfielders linked with the Red Bulls, with exactly a week before the transfer window closes there is only one trialist...
A 'Dirty Sexy' wrap up
style="float:right;margin-right:5px;">Samaire Armstrong will return to the ABC series âDirty Sexy Moneyâ on a recurring basis, as opposed to a starring role, as Juliet Darling so she can pursue other projects...
It takes two
Tweeny bopping "High School Musical" star Zac Efron may satisfy every teen girl's fantasy... and clone himself.Page Six is reporting that "Factory Boys," the New York magazine article about Warhol-ite...
Knee woes bench Castillo
Big shock: Luis Castillo is out of the game with soreness in his right knee. Actually, it's not a surprise at all that the Mets' second baseman was pulled in...
Unsuitable for children
A Venezuelan TV channel has yanked "The Simpsons" off the air because it may be inappropriate for children.And since bikini-clad babes bouncing around in slow motion are more age-appropriate, "Baywatch...
Deal of the Day-Theory
If youâre a LBD devotee, youâre always on the hunt for great black dresses that will carry you from holiday season to springâs cocktail parties with the change of your...
Can't get out of the office? Create your own Amazon.com engagement ring
Today's topic of discussion: If you create your own ring with Amazon.com's new Create Your Own Ring service, do you get free Super Saver Shipping?
MEET THE METS TOP 10
Here it is Super Tuesday Top Ten time again.Last week I wrote about my 10 favorite things about the old Yankee Stadium, here are my top 10 items about Shea...
First pitch on its way
The rosters were just announced for both teams, and â- no surprise -â Johan Santana got the most rousing reception from the crowd at Shea Stadium. Itâs chilly and the...
Vogue Hommes International's 20 Commandments for Spring-Summer 2008
Favorite front-of-book section from the second issue of revamped Vogue Hommes International: The Twenty Commandments.This season's best tips:- Even the shyest have stopped wearing them. So why, oh why are...
Wise goes on 15-day DL
Matt Wiseâs arm soreness turned out to be worse than the Mets first thought. The reliever was put on the 15-day DL today with what the club called a contusion...
Lineups in for home opener
The lineups are in for the final home opener ever at Shea Stadium today, when Oliver Perez will face Jamie Moyer and the Phillies.The only switch for the Mets is...
A-ROD COULD PLAY SHORTSTOP
KANSAS CITY -- If Derek Jeter has to go on the shelf due to a left quad injury, the Yankees aren't afraid of shifting Alex Rodriguez from third base to...
YANKEES SHORT KEY PLAYER
Attention Yankees fans: Derek Jeter is injured. OK, you can breathe again. The captain strained his left quadriceps muscle in the 6-1 win over the Rays at Yankee Stadium last...
Series Analysis and Prediction
By BRETT CYRGALISNo more talk. Time to put up or shut up. Itâs a new season. Give it all or go home.Letâs dust off these old playoffs clichés, get ready...
Isiah takes bite out of Big Apple
By MARC BERMANAUBURN HILLS â Isiah Thomas was back this morning in his safe haven â The Palace â where he is still beloved. He will be serenaded tonight by...
Heidi's Revolution
Anyway, at some point in this space-time continuum, Lauren and Whitney are eating lunch and discussing how mean Satan is being to the She-Pratt. âHe called her Brody,â Lauren says...
PREZ CANDIDATES GIVING BACK TO GAIN VOTES?
For the first time in any of their respective campaigns, presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain are all uniting for one cause: "American Idol." The three wanna-be...
Happy birthday to Lauren
The birthday girl Over at the old Frat House, now Heidiâs Girly Grown-Up Palace, Heidi tells Spencer to make sure he leaves no slimy traces of his existence behind. âMake...
Cowell would make a great running mate!
The "Idol" judges take it all in at Sunday's "Idol Gives Back" taping. There are infinite similarities between competing to become the next "American Idol" and running for President of...
U.S.-Argentina tix on sale
By BRIAN LEWISFor you fans chomping at the bit to get your tickets to U.S.-Argentina on June 8 at Giants Stadium, they go on sale Monday at noon. Hope you...
Starr Report: All-'Access' pass
"30 Rock," meanwhile, returns with its first post-strike episode Thursday - the same night star Tracy Morgan kicks off a three-night gig at Carolines. * * *"Access Hollywood" is celebrating...
Reyes needs to be a catalyst
From JOEL SHERMANThrough Monday 92 different players had stolen a base in the majors. None was named Jose Reyes, who over the past three seasons has 23 more steals than...
DVD Extra: The Powells, Anscocolor Kitsch From the Dream Factory
Warner Home Video is offering no fewer than nine titles in its third volume of "Musicals From the Dream Factory,'' out today, and eight of them feature either Eleanor or...
GIRARDI'S BOOT CAMP
By JOEL SHERMANMuch was made out of how Joe Girardi forced his team to show up to camp in shape and then pushed his players hard in workouts. But the...
3 UP: Girardi's Injuries, Reyes and Vazquez
1. Much was made out of how Joe Girardi forced his team to show up to camp in shape and then pushed his players hard in workouts. But the season...
STRATEGIES: Travels with Italy
USE YOUR DOME: Plenty of ways to get to Florence (and everywhere else in Italy); just do your homework. Given that Italy is consistently in the top 3 of American...
SHEL GAME WASN'T PERSONAL - THIS TIME
ALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver delivered another painful civics lesson to Mayor Bloomberg yesterday, although this time - unlike Silver's humiliation of the mayor in the bitter West Side...
CONGE$TION HITS END OF THE ROAD
In a move that Mayor Bloomberg denounced as "shameful," Assembly Democrats yesterday killed off his controversial congestion-pricing plan - without even putting the measure up for a vote on the...
EASY GENE TEST REVEALS YOUR 'FUTURE' DISEASES
A simple new genetic test can tell people if they're predisposed to 18 different diseases, including cancer, heart attacks and glaucoma. The "Health Compass" being rolled out in the Big...
TICKET TO RIDE
Baby, she can drive her car - and park it anywhere she likes, too. Paul McCartney gal pal and Manhattan MTA honcho Nancy Shevell has a pass that lets her...
HELMSLEY HAD GOTTI LINK: RAT
"Queen of Mean" Leona Helmsley opened her Helmsley Palace Hotel to John "Dapper Don" Gotti for top-level mob meetings and turned to Mafia royalty for help in her dealings with...
CASH FOR CHARTER STARTERS
The challenge of finding homes for the city's exploding charter-school market got a jump-start from the federal government yesterday. Calling them "laboratories of innovation," US Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings...
THIS FAN FINDS IT VERY HARD TO SHEA GOODBYE
The last time his beloved Mets broke the seal on a brand-new ballpark, Kal Liepper was there to breathe in that new-stadium smell. And while other fans say the wrecking...
PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRINCIPAL HUNT
The city's privately funded initiative to recruit and train principals is now going public. Five years after the Department of Education skirted controversy by raising private money to establish its...
PAROCHIAL STRIKE ENDS
A two-day strike by Catholic-school teachers is off - for now. The 3,400-member Federation of Catholic Teachers called off its job action last night after meeting with negotiators for the...
FOOLING HIS MIND TO GET HER BODY
A Manhattan shrink practiced a perverse version of couple's therapy, a bombshell lawsuit charges - messing with the husband's head while trying to just plain mess around with the wife....
IRATE VET HAS FEDS ON PENS AND NEEDLES
An FBI employee pricked by a syringe while inspecting mail is being tested for hepatitis and other diseases - because the sender turned out to be a veteran obsessed with...
TWO 9/11 VICTIMS ID'D
A temporary worker and an office deliveryman who fatefully found themselves at the World Trade Center on 9/11 are among the latest victims whose remains have been identified by the...
COLUMBIA KILLER, 14, IN TEARS
A Family Court judge yesterday ordered a teary 14-year-old boy locked up in a juvenile facility for chasing a Columbia graduate student into traffic, where he was fatally struck by...
FATAL B'KLYN CAR PLUNGE
A 27-year-old man was killed and his friend badly injured early yesterday when their speeding Mercedes convertible careened into Newtown Creek in Brooklyn, cops said. The accident occurred at 3:30...
GIRL FOUND HANGING IN CLOSET DIES
A 12-year-old Brooklyn girl was found hanging from a cloth belt in her bedroom closet last night, sources said. Maria Herrera was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where she died. Maria's...
FOES SMOKE PEACE PIPE
Manhattan neighbors, warring over secondhand smoke, have agreed to butt out of each other's business. Lawyers Jonathan and Jenny Selbin said they've settled with neighbor Galila Huff - each agreeing...
MURDER RAP FOR SI TEEN
The charges against a Staten Island teen were upgraded to murder yesterday in the strangulation death of his ex-girlfriend. Prosecutors said they would seek $1 million bail for Thomas Paolino...
BULLET HITS WOMAN, 83
An elderly woman was wounded last night when she got caught in crossfire outside a Harlem housing project, police sources said. The 83-year-old woman was in front of the Rangel...
FUME DOOM FOR H'MOON
The wedding nightmare is over for 38 guests who left the hospital yesterday after being sickened by carbon monoxide in a Queens catering hall - but the bride and groom...
A SHATTERING DEVELOPMENT
The cops who unleashed a 50-shot barrage on Sean Bell's car could have been fooled into thinking they were being fired on because glass from the passenger-side window flew back...
FEDS KEEP LI PERV LOCKED UP
One of Long Island's most infamous child molesters will remain behind bars, as federal prosecutors launched an 11th-hour end-run around a state law yesterday. Salvatore Inghilleri - who served time...
TRAINIAC IN COURT
Hey, they had it coming. Self-appointed Long Island Rail Road etiquette enforcer John Clifford went on trial in Manhattan yesterday for misdemeanor assault and harassment - charged with screaming curses...
SCHOOL CUTS HIT 'HOME'
Special-education services for 32 home-schooled kids in the city getting those services were abruptly axed last month after state officials determined the accommodations violated the law. Families of the students...
FINALLY - JURY LAYS HER TO REST
Rejecting insidious murder conspiracies invented by the father of Princess Diana's boyfriend, a jury yesterday decided that the couple's death more than 10 years ago was due to reckless speed...
RECORD TEENY TEEN
Jyoti Amge is like any other 15-year-old girl. She likes watching DVDs and listening to pop music and dreams of becoming a movie star. But at a height of 23...
'PLOT' IS A LOWE BLOW
Twenty years after a sex scandal nearly derailed his ca reer, actor Rob Lowe is aggressively fighting what he describes as a blackmail plot by his kids' former baby sitter,...
HILLARY LABOR PAINS
WASHINGTON - Powerful union bosses, including a key backer of Hillary Rodham Clinton, urged her to sack chief strategist Mark Penn just days before she axed him, it was revealed...
AIR SICKNESS
Talk about emotional baggage - more passengers who flew domestically got bumped, had their bags lost, and saw fewer flights arrive on time in 2007 than ever before, according to...
'O.C.' STAR AVOIDS JAIL
Actress Mischa Barton reportedly has agreed to serve three years' probation for drunken driving, a move that keeps her out of prison on a pot-possession charge. "The O.C." star will...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
QUEENS * Cops yesterday identified the Woodside man who was arrested for fatally stabbing his wife and wounding his young daughter in their home. Balbir Singh, 34, knifed his wife,...
MELINDA, A BABY IS NOT A POLITICAL PROP
MAZEL tov, Melinda Katz! I sure hope you know what you're getting into. At age 42, Councilwoman Melinda Katz, who's considered a leading candidate for city comptroller, sees no baby...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 698; Lucky Sum: 23 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 9927; Lucky Sum: 27 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 281; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Win-4 Mon.: 1533;...
MIKE, TEAR THIS BUILDING DOWN
A most historic baseball season is under way for New Yorkers, as both the Mets and the Yankees begin season-long goodbyes to their iconic stadiums. Much has been made, of...
PATAKI, SUNSHINE? HAH!
It's been 15 months since Gov. George Pataki retired. But if historians thought they'd soon be getting an inside look at his administration, guess again. The three-term governor is in...
DEMOCRATS' REAL BOSS
As far as finger-in-the-air political con sultants go, pollster Mark Penn - tossed under the Clinton campaign bus over the weekend - doesn't exactly exude idealism. Still, his sudden downfall...
A HORRIBLE HOUSING 'FIX'
THE Senate worked speedily last week to cook up a bipartisan rescue package for the nation's housing market. This $15 billion to $20 billion package may be just a downpayment...
MOVING GOALPOSTS
EVEN in the age of instant communication, it takes three months or more for developments in Iraq to have any impact on the US political debate. The war is like...
TRADE TREACHERY
Hillary Clinton's campaign, which is a guttering candle, has suffered a perhaps ex tinguishing gust of ill wind. Her principal strategist has been forced to resign from that role. Mark...
IMPORTED DRUGS: HIDDEN HAZARDS
SCIENTISTS have discovered the contaminant in the blood-thinning drug heparin that has caused hun dreds of allergic reactions and 19 deaths in this country alone: It appears to be a...
MANY HAPPY RETURNS: CLINTONS' TELLTALE TAXES
* Why are you giving the Clintons a free ride on some of the things that the returns show ("The Clinton Tax Returns," Editorial, April 5)? With the Clintons' history...
YAHOO! WANTS A BIGGER BID FROM MICROSOFT
Yahoo! yesterday responded to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's three-weeks-or-else ultimatum by saying publicly for the first time that it is not opposed to a deal with the software giant -...
RUNWAY SKIDS
Catfight! NBC Universal boss Jeff Zucker and The Weinstein Co.'s Harvey Weinstein - two of the entertainment industry's most stubborn personalities - are set to do legal battle over cable's...
THE UGLY REALITY BEHIND THE JOBS NUMBERS
THE Democrats have it all wrong. And the Republicans just don't get it at all. It's gonna be a helluva election year. That first paragraph could be true on so...
ICAHN'S IN CHARGE
Carl Icahn has won his two-year fight to spin off Motorola's mobile phone business for as much as $3.8 billion - and, in a rare shareholder perk, gets to quarterback...
EMUSIC THROWS STONES AT LABEL
Digital music retailer eMusic is expanding its focus and is courting deals with the major record companies now that the big labels are selling music without digital rights management. The...
SHEET HAPPENS
Looking to salvage what he can from his tattered investment in Linens 'N Things, billionaire financier Leon Black may soon push the struggling retailer toward bankruptcy, The Post has learned....
HARMON IS ON THE JOB
JOSEPH Moinian, Joseph Chetrit and Edward Minskoff have tapped the city's dominant investment adviser, Douglas Harmon at Eastdil Secured to market two buildings in which the three men are partners:...
VALUE FADING FROM TRADING
Betting that the housing boom would come to a nasty end made many hotshot traders on Wall Street rich last year. New York-based hedge fund manager John Paulson alone brought...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A phenomenally stupid robber was nabbed after leaving a job application at the Athens, Ga., convenience store he held up. Demetrius Robinson, 28, put his own name and an uncle's...
A FLIGHT TO SIGHT
YOU might think that planes merely ship freight and take you to and from your favorite vacation spot. But for ORBIS - a nonprofit, humanitarian organization focused on curing blindness...
GETTING SKY HIGH
FLYING the so-called friendly skies isn't without some health issues. Here's how to handle common plane-related pitfalls. Bloating When it comes to eating, you may think what happens on the...
NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT
IN case the sniffling, sneezing, and stuffed up nose you're experiencing on a daily basis wasn't your first clue, allergy season is in effect. A whopping 40 million Americans suffer...
MORE THAN SKIN DEEP
AFTER being diagnosed with melanoma at 14 years old, Stephen Kelly, now 31 and a sergeant with the New York police department, made sure he saw his dermatologist every six...
PREVENT BREAST CANCER: TAKE AN ASPIRIN?
YOU can't treat a disease until you understand what triggers it in the first place. Scientists know that about 75 percent of breast cancers are hormoned e p e n...
IT'S CRUNCH TIME
Who doesn't dream of having abs so flat and tight you could bounce quarters off of it? (Though I'm sure you could find better things to do with them than...
GONE-ZO? HALL SAYS NOT TRUE
SAN ANTONIO - Seton Hall took the bold and unusual move yesterday of issuing an unequivocal statement in support of men's basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez after several media outlets reported...
NY MENTALITY IN WOMEN'S FINAL
TAMPA - Rosalyn Gold-Onwude, being a basketball child of Rego Park, knows tough, which means she understands how her Stanford team has gotten to tonight's NCAA title game against defending...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: Spiezio pleads guilty Former Cardinals infielder Scott Spiezio pleaded guilty yesterday to misdemeanor drunken driving and hit-and-run charges stemming from a December car crash in Orange County, Calif. He...
NO TIGERS FOR HONDO
So this is what losing feels like. Hondo's eight-game winning streak was stopped in El Bronx last night when his anticipated Ray payday failed to materialize, leaving the wad at...
MASTERS BONUS ON SATELLITE
Golf junkies can get their Masters fix on DirecTV this year. Beginning Thursday the satellite company will provide numerous channels of coverage for the year's first major. There will be...
FEHERTY'S VOICE WELCOMED BACK
AUGUSTA - A voice as welcoming and familiar as the azaleas that brighten Magnolia Lane will grace the Masters television broadcast this week when CBS golf analyst David Feherty returns...
HALL OF SHAME
UPON discovering Sun day afternoon that Dennis Johnson wasn't elected to the Hall of Fame as part of this year's exceptionally qualified inductee harvest - Pat Riley, Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick...
'HAWKS TREY, TREY AGAIN
SAN ANTONIO - Kansas coach Bill Self said it was his team's time. He must have meant overtime. In one of the great NCAA tournament championship games ever, an experienced,...
TIGERS, TIGERS CHOKING BRIGHT
SAN ANTONIO - The buzzer ending overtime came almost as a relief, for the victors and the vanquished, for the winners who wanted to bathe in the colorful confetti and...
CALIPARI MUFFED TO CALL
SAN ANTONIO - He kept the timeout in his pocket. For the rest of his career, he'll have to answer for that. For the rest of his life, he'll have...
DEVS FEEL BLUE WHILE AT HOME
After all this, three Cups, seven Atlantic titles, and yet another finish above their unneighborly neighbors, the Devils enter the fifth Battle of the Hudson still Strangers in a Ranger...
BIG BLUE'S BLING HAS MASS. APPEAL
If the Patriots, no doubt still smarting from their devastating upset loss to the Giants in Super Bowl XLII, want to get a sneak peek at the prized jewelry they...
HOBSON'S CHOICE: PATS
The Jets, who've been busy signing free agents from other teams this offseason, yesterday suffered their biggest free-agent loss when linebacker Victor Hobson signed a one-year deal with the Patriots....
SAINT PATRICK
SAN ANTONIO - The old coach can still recall the first time he laid eyes on the player, the way a smitten beau can still remember the first girl who...
ISIAH LIKELY TO LAST REST OF SEASON
AUBURN HILLS - After Isiah Thomas is honored and cheered tonight at The Palace, he steps into the firing line tomorrow with his expected meeting with new president Donnie Walsh....
START SHEA-ING GOODBYE
It's ugly, sterile and horribly outdated, but Shea Stadium is the only major-league home David Wright has ever known. That explains why the third baseman will feel at least a...
BRAWL TALK PERSISTS AS RIVALS LOCK HORNS
The Mets haven't forgotten about the brawl talk reportedly coming from the Phillies in spring training. The fierce NL East rivals square off today in the final home opener ever...
AMAZIN'S 1ST PRIORITY: CLEAN STENCH OF '07
YOU can call today an opener, the last Shea Stadium Opening Day, but before the Mets can truly open their season, they have to close the books on 2007. This...
SING ALONG WITH ASTLEY (NO JOKE)
Despite being the victim of an on-line prank, the Mets are gonna give Rick Astley a chance. Thanks to a pair of humor sites, the cheesy 1980s pop singer and...
IT'S NET OVER
If the Nets season is theoretically over, it seems no one told the team. Four games out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with five...
ONE MAN FORCE
THE numbers don't lie. Sean Avery was on IR three times this season. When he missed 10 games in October with a shoulder separation, the Blueshirts went 4-5-1. When he...
MOOSE OFF ENDANGERED LIST
Maybe old Moose has some life left, after all. Yankees starter Mike Mussina showed last night that those ready to push him into retirement may be overreacting to the struggles...
BOMBERS' WIN IS A REAL PAIN
A victory, yes, but ouch this hurt. Of course, the first reaction any time Derek Jeter leaves a game early with an injury is he must really be hurting. The...
A-ROD ON 'SHORT' LIST OF OPTIONS
The Yankees don't want to believe Derek Jeter's strained left quadriceps will cost him more than a few games. But what if they aren't so fortunate? One possibility Joe Girardi...
DEREK DEALS WITH STRAIN
FOR one night, the Great Joba Chamberlain Debate rested, and not because Mike Mussina turned back the clock, to a time when he was a master artiste. It rested because...
CHICKEN FINGERS JUSTIN STYLE
CHICKEN is a popular and versatile food. Kids and adults love it. You can boil it, bake it, poach it, grill or fry it. We love it in sandwiches, soups,...
KNOT SO FAST
TRYING to figure out when a man will propose has been the subject of many a coffee/ice cream/vodka klatch. Well ladies, we have an answer: in three years. According to...
'SWEET VALLEY HIGH' SEQUEL
SWEET! Everyone's favorite valley girls - gorgeous, blond twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield - are back in action. And back in the bookstore. Francine Pascal's "Sweet Valley High" relaunches today...
GYM DANDIES
THE Post is in the midst of a Get Fit by Memorial Day weight-loss challenge and those following our progress may know, I hate the gym. It's boring and you...
IDENTITY BEEF
WHEN you listen to the hip-pop and old-school R&B blend in the music of Gnarls Barkley, you might suspect a conflict of identity. You'd be right. For one, principals Cee-lo...
NO CAVING IN
Gloomy post-punk rocker Nick Cave is digging through the pockets of his dashing dark suit looking for his pink hairnet - reminded of it after getting a glimpse of woman's...
MPFREE
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, "Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!" The title track from the latest album is a groove-filled song about what might happen if the biblical Lazarus - a...
STARR REPORT
All-'Access' pass "Access Hollywood" is celebrating its 3,000th epi sode (April 29) with a month- long dig into its archives, in cluding never-before-seen footage and a visit from origi nal...
KATHIE LEE BACK ON THE MORNING SHIFT
LOVE her or hate her, Kathie Lee Gifford was born to do television. And yesterday, she reclaimed her birthright. In a business where experience is not as prized as it...
'CROC HUNTER'S' SECRET PAIN
THE father of late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin says his son's public geniality masked an inner turmoil. "People don't realize just how much he gave of himself," Bob Irwin told...
HAMMER SLAMMER ON 'SHARK SUPERHIGHWAY'
WHO doesn't love a hammerhead shark? These gloriously scary creatures, probably the strangest looking animals in the sea, what with their giant T-bar-shaped heads, eyes on the sides, and ability...
BRONX TALE
THE "American Idol" charity special, "Idol Gives Back," will be so long that large portions had to be taped Sunday night for insertion into tomorrow's otherwise live show. Many of...
PREGNANT WOES' POSSIBLE CAUSE
IF you've never heard of Asherman's syndrome, you're not alone. But a recent TV episode of "The Return of Jezebel James" highlighted this rare - but under-reported - impediment to...
GET EXILED (ON VACATION)!
AH, Italian island life. Sleepy siestas, hikes around olive-grove-covered hills, chic and/or pristine beaches. Fishermen trek up to quayside restaurants and sell just-caught fish to the chef/owners. There's no one...
Mets get ''Rick-rolled''
Despite being the victim of an online prank, the Mets are gonna give Rick Astley a chance.Thanks to a pair of online humor sites, the cheesy 1980s pop singer and...
YANKEES WIN 6-1 BUT JETER HURT
Victory, yes, but ouch this hurt. Of course, the first reaction any time Derek Jeter leaves a game after only two innings is he must really be hurting. The Yankee...
Oscar Watch: Auf Wiedersehen, Herr Cruise
Hollywood's favorite Scientologist won't be accepting any awards this year. MGM announced today that Bryan Singer's "Valkryie,'' starring Tom Cruise as a real-life Nazi who plots against Hitler, has been...