May 30, 2008
Pedro is in the house
As expected, Pedro Martinez is here at Shea Stadium tonight as he prepares for his return to the Mets' rotation. Martinez, who has been sidelined since straining his left hamstring...
Lineups ready for Mets-Dodgers
Carlos Delgado is so far down in the order tonight that he's practically platooning as the Mets try to extend their winning streak by taking on the Dodgers at Shea...
JOBA WILL START TUESDAY
MINNEAPOLIS -- Beginning Tuesday, Yankees fans won't have to wait until the late innings to experience "Joba Mania." With the Yankees officially announcing today that Chamberlain will start Tuesday against...
Cursing Cannes Critic Outs Herself -- And No, It's Not Manohla Dargis
I have better things to do than correct other people's blogs here, but after a week of bizarrely intense speculation that overshadowed Gwyneth Paltrow's baring of her left breast in...
Barcelona vs. Red Bulls Aug. 6 at the Swamp
By BRIAN LEWISThe Red Bulls' long-rumored friendly against FB Barcelona is finally official. They'll play the 2006 Champions League winners at Giants Stadium on Aug. 6 at 7 p.m.It's part...
Joba will start Tuesday
Joe Girardi said Joba Chamberlain will make his debut in the Yankees starting rotation Tuesday night against the Blue Jays at the Stadium."There were a ton of factors that went...
FIFA OKs '6+5 Rule'
APThe worldâs national soccer associations voted overwhelmingly in favor of introducing a rule to limit foreign players in domestic club competitions.In a ballot at FIFAâs 58th Congress on Friday in...
ON DECK: YANKEES AT TWINS
Joe Girardi kept Jason Giambi out of the lineup against lefty Garrett Olson on Monday and the Yankees lost to the Orioles 6-1. Girardi did not make the same mistake...
U.S. To Bid on 2018 World Cup?
By CLEMENTE LISICould the World Cup return to our shores in 2018?The answer is yes if you listen to U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati. Although England has confirmed its interest...
Lets Play 'Fallout 3 - or - Terrorist Attack' :: UPDATED
Hilarity, thy name is ignorance.The SITE Intelligence group, while illustrating the potential aftermath of a terrorist attack on the US and Washington DC, used an image from...Wait for it.Wait for...
ESPN.com MLB Mock Draft released
ESPN.com's Keith Law, a former front office executive with the Toronto Blue Jays, has released his own first-round mock draft today, and he has two players seen in other mocks...
Red Bulls Reyna, van den Bergh out for Houston
By BRIAN LEWISCaptain Claudio Reyna and midfielder Dave van den Bergh will both miss Saturday night's game at Houston. After missing 2 ½ games with a calf injury before returning...
FRIDAY FUN
In the neverending search to get this blog just right, it's kind of like making the perfect brownie, I am going to institute a new Friday experience called Friday Fun....
ON DECK: DODGERS AT METS
When the Mets face the Dodgers tonight in the second game of a four-game series at Shea, the back-to-.500 Mets look to keep rolling and aim for their fourth straight...
NCAA Baseball Regionals Begin
St. John's, Columbia, Rider and Stony Brook all begin their quests to be the surprise team of the NCAA Tournament and win a regional. Columbia's game against Coastal Carolina should...
Devils sign Finnish defenseman
The Devils today signed defenseman Anssi Salmela to his first North American contract.Salmela, 23 years old, recorded 16 goals and 16 assists for 32 points while appearing in all 56...
Top ump: Replay on way
The Houston Chronicle reports that Major League Baseball umpire supervisor Rich Rieker said "instant replay is on its way, but cautioned that pro baseball needs the highest standard in sports...
REPORT: ANGELINA GIVES BIRTH TO TWINS
Conflicting reports surfaced today as to whether Angelina Jolie has given birth to twins. Entertainment Tonight reported on its Web site that the actress -- expecting twins with Brad Pitt...
LSUS' RANDOLPH ON KNICKS RADAR
ORLANDO, Fla. -- There's a 6-foot-10, small-forward, teenaged prodigy born in Europe on the Knicks' radar. And it's not the Italian Stallion, Danilo Gallinari. During media availability yesterday for lottery...
Coverage in today's Post
The Mets are back to .500 and suddenly feeling a lot better about themselves after a pair of two-run homers from David Wright powered them to an 8-4 win over...
Is 'The Happening' Good Night -- And No Advance Screenings -- for M. Night? Will He Be Crushed By 'Hulk'?
Ace box-office prognosticator Steve Mason of Fantasy Moguls, who was the first to predict "Speed Racer'' was headed for a crash based on early tracking, is now warning of impending...
BLOOMBERG CALLS CRANE COLLAPSE 'UNACCEPTABLE'
This morning's crane collapse, the second this year, is "unacceptable and intolerable," said Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who promised to beef up safety and determine what happened. "Every time there's a...
This Randolph can play
This story ran in the first two print editions of The Post today but did not get in late, pulled by Lakers game story. Here it is.By MARC BERMANORLANDO â...
'Lost' Finale Part 1
Last night's two-hour finale continuation was chalk full of story lines - some wild and exciting, a handful sad and disheartening, a few disappointing and of course a couple just...
Yikes! SATC Sequel May Already Be in the Works, Madame Adams Reports
How's this for a morning eye-opener? Well into this morning's column, Cindy Adams drops this bombshell: "More 'Sex in the City': Can a sequel actually be in the pipeline? Producers...
2 DEAD IN CRANE COLLAPSE ON UPPER EAST SIDE
It happened again. The top section of a towering Upper East Side construction crane snapped from its pivot point and crushed a building across the street today, killing two workers...
Willie and Delgado
From JOEL SHERMANOne veteran scout said this recently: âThere is nothing tougher than managing a star in the twilight.â He was referring, in this case, to Willie Randolph having to...
Starr Report: Spirited Discussion
"Cops" creator/executive producer John Langley is getting into the wine business. Langley, along with his sons Morgan and Zak, has launched the Urraca Winery on a 200-acre vineyard in the...
50 CENT'S LONG ISLAND HOME BURNS DOWN
The mother of 50 Cent's child accused the rapper of trying to burn them to death after a suspicious fire ripped through their Long Island home early today. "He tried...
COULD GIAMBI BE A YANK IN '09?
FROM JOEL SHERMANThis thought would have been inconceivable even a month ago, but I think it is plausible that Jason Giambi could be back with the Yankees in 2009. I...
3 UP: Giambi and Delgado
1. This thought would have been inconceivable even a month ago, but I think it is plausible that Jason Giambi could be back with the Yankees in 2009. I still...
Deal of the Day- Shelly Steffee
Gorgeous blues continue to rule my wardrobe, and this Shelly Steffee Slip Dress is a great addition.Pick it up to wear to one of the many summer weddings. Put on...
WILLIE GO - OR STAY? AMAZIN' HEADACHES
* Willie Randolph's recent meltdown was fascinating for the sports media, and his subsequent apologies were certainly contrite ("Willie's Reprieve," May 27). It ultimately doesn't matter if Randolph is liked...
SO LONG, SUPER SYDNEY
* Sydney Pollack was a multitalented director, actor and producer, and he was also a very nice guy (" 'Tootsie' Director, 73, Dies," May 27). I was lucky to work...
EVERY UNIVERSITY A JUNKIE
FOR a junkie, a "crisis" is being un able to get the drugs he craves. American higher education is just such a junkie - with the federal government acting as...
BAM'S LAND OF LOSERS
FOR all his soaring, hopeful rhetoric, Barack Obama chose an odd message this week to send Wesleyan's graduating seniors. Face it, kids - he basically said - Americans are losers....
W VS. TERROR: SOMETHING'S WORKING
IT'S an article of faith on the left that the Bush administra tion has done nothing that has enhanced our security - rather, its alleged blunders have only contributed to...
THE VIRTUE OF SCANDAL
SCANDAL is on the boil in Israel, with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert beset by calls for his resignation over allegations of corruption. Highlighting Israel's history of such ructions, the Associated...
NEW RAPS ON NAOMI FOR BAD AIR DAY
British prosecutors slapped cantankerous catwalker Naomi Campbell with criminal charges yesterday for her dust-up with airport cops in London. The temperamental beauty will now face three counts of assaulting police...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 463; Lucky Sum: 13 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 8792; Lucky Sum: 26 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 361; Lucky Sum: 10 / Evening Win- 4 Thu.:...
DEM BIGS DEMAND CLINTON MICHI-GAIN
Top Michigan Democrats yesterday rebelled against a plan to seat just half of the state's delegates, demanding that the national party seat them all - and give a majority to...
'WILD' BILL SLAMMED BY WIFE
Actor Bill Murray's wife is making sure nothing gets lost in translation - accusing her husband in divorce papers of being a violent, pot- and booze-addicted pig who trolls for...
NO-CIG BARACK STILL MUST CHEWS
Barack Obama is still chewing regularly on nicotine gum in a long, ongoing struggle to kick his smoking habit, it was revealed yesterday. Obama's difficult quest to give up cigarettes...
MORE HOLY MESS FOR OBAMA
A Chicago pastor and spiritual adviser of Barack Obama mocked Hillary Rodham Clinton from the pulpit of the Illinois senator's church - saying her famous tearing-up moment was fueled by...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan * A young woman assaulted her older sister in their Upper West Side apartment, police sources said yesterday. Natasha Leshanski, 24, clashed with her 37-year-old sibling in their home...
GOPERS TURN UP GAS HEAT
ALBANY - Top Republicans yesterday pledged a new push to urge Democratic lawmakers to help hard-pressed motorists by suspending the state's nearly 33 cent-a-gallon tax on gasoline for the summer....
'SHOCK' GOP CHOICE FOR VITO'S SEAT
The Staten Island GOP last night nominated wealthy MTA board member Frank Powers to replace scandal-scarred Rep. Vito Fossella as its candidate for Congress - after state Sen. Andrew Lanza,...
GAY-MARITAL DISCORD
ALBANY - The state's top Republicans blasted Gov. Paterson yesterday for overstepping his authority with a stealth effort to recognize same-sex marriages performed in California, Massachusetts or Canada. Senate Majority...
UN WORK A $12 MIL STIFF JOB
A government agency created to provide office and residential space for UN workers stiffed the city on more than $12 million in rent, Comptroller William Thompson charged yesterday. Thompson said...
'SIT-INS' STIR $LUSH-POL PROBE FEAR
The city Department of Investigation has been quietly attending City Council hearings without informing members, The Post has learned. Council members, already on edge over the ongoing probe into a...
9/11 BATTLE 'ENGAGED'
The grieving mother of a 9/11 firefighter took the stand yesterday in a bid to snatch her son's pension benefits from his one-time fiancée, telling a Brooklyn judge how she...
LITTLE 'NICKED'
Tricky "Little Nicky" Corozzo, a feared Gambino captain, surrendered to agents with little fanfare yesterday after eluding capture for the past four months. The diminutive but dangerous capo walked into...
FREE IN EASTER SLAY OF BX. TOT
A man charged with killing a Bronx toddler on Easter Sunday two years ago was set free yesterday after cutting a deal with prosecutors, who plan to drop the murder...
TEACHER BUSTED IN ORGY WITH 15-YEAR-OLD BOY
A 22-year-old female high school teacher was arrested yesterday for having sex with a 15-year-old boy as part of a three-on-one sex romp, authorities said. Janmattie Singh, an English teacher...
IT'S END OF E-Z STREETS FOR BIGWIGS
The free ride is over. State transportation bigwigs got hit hard over their free E-ZPasses and other transit perks this week - and had to give up the freebies they've...
DINA'S LIFE AMONG HOI POLLOI
Dina Matos McGreevey has fallen on hard times - although her idea of poverty is a rich one to most. "I used to shop at Talbots, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and...
COURT BACKS HS LIMIT ON FREE SPEECH
It's a lesson in the Constitution, and its limits. A New York federal appeals court yesterday ruled that a high school had the right to punish a student for the...
APPLE DRIVERS SAY 'NO TANKS' TO $5 A GALLON
More than 20 percent of gas guzzling New Yorkers say they won't give up their wheels until the price of gasoline soars to $5 a gallon, a new study says....
JOE LAUNCHES ROMA CONQUEST
Hot-shot New York lawyer Joseph Tacopina landed yesterday in Rome, where sources said he remains on the verge of signing a deal that will give him and international financier George...
GIBR-ALTERCATION
The son of the legendary "King of the Rock" at Prudential Financial viciously socked his wife during a spat at Robert De Niro's trendy Greenwich Hotel in TriBeCa, police said...
STATE PAID GIRL'S RAPIST TO PROVIDE DAY CARE
A convicted child rapist pocketed state money to provide day care to three youngsters, the shocking results of a new state audit show. Another sex offender, although OK'd to provide...
CALL TO PROBE IMETTE COP
The lawyer for the bouncer accused in the rape and slaying of Imette St. Guillen yesterday demanded the confidential disciplinary file of the lead detective on the case. The lawyer,...
HERE IS THE SOHO RAPIST
Police say this man is the fiend who followed a SoHo college student from a subway station and raped her. He stalked the 19-year-old from the Spring Street station to...
MORE 'SPIN' FROM PEDAL PUSHOVER
He's the Energizer Bunny on a stationary bike. Notoriously noisy spin-class smackdown victim Stuart Sugarman has claimed he was in "excruciating" and "searing" pain after getting pummeled on his bike...
COP SHOOTS OWN MUGGER
A pack of muggers in Washington Heights picked the wrong victims last night - off duty cops who shot one of them, a police source said. The violence took place...
DEPUTY SQUEEZES OLMERT
Ehud Olmert's deputy challenged his ability to lead Israel yesterday, and called on the scandal-scarred prime minister to fight for his job for in a party election. Tzipi Livni, Israel's...
BARKEEP AVOIDS TIME IN STIR FOR SAXUAL STEALING
A sticky-fingered Upper West Side bartender will be serving probation instead of drinks after pleading guilty yesterday to illegally charging $31,793.99 to the credit card of a famous customer -...
COUPLES CALL DAVE'S MOVE A VICTORY FOR EQUAL RIGHTS
Married lesbians Cathy and Sheila Marino-Thomas said yesterday that Gov. Paterson's directive forcing state agencies to recognize same-sex unions is a "big win" for them. Honoring marriages from other states...
EYE ON EX-BEAU IN 'SLASH FOR HIRE'
Investigators believe the ex-boyfriend of a Chinatown slashing victim hired two gang-bangers to either kill or disfigure the woman - a shocking attack that led a cop to kill one...
SAY WATT? CON ED BILLS MAY SOAR A RE'VOLT'ING 30%
Get ready for another shock in your Con Ed bill - city residents could pay as much as 30 percent more for juice this summer. Experts say higher fuel costs...
BRUISED GAL BEATS OFF BRUTES
A tough-as-nails Jersey girl fought off a marauding wolfpack in Greenwich Village, police said yesterday. Serena Zuppardo, 28, and a male friend were walking along Grove Street early Tuesday when...
DEPT. OF ED.'S PHANTOM CUTS
Nearly half the Department of Education's $200 million in cuts to its administrative budget for the 2008-09 school year were achieved through slashing cost estimates rather than actual costs, officials...
PROXY PANS MALONE'S PAY, PERKS
Liberty Media Chairman John Malone is being taken to task for his compensation package, which includes a five-year employment agreement that renews daily, reimbursements for personal tax planning and the...
WASTING AWAY AGAIN IN AC: TRUMP MARINA TO BECOME MARGARITAVILLE
Donald Trump is selling one of his three Atlantic City casinos - the Trump Marina - to an old foe and former colleague, casino developer Richard T. Fields, who'll turn...
MACY'S TOUTS TOP TECH TOYS
Macy's, looking to meet surging demand for trendy electronics, is expanding a rollout of vending machines that sell high-price gadgets including iPods, digital cameras and camcorders. Following a two-year nationwide...
FULLER'S OFFICE IS EMPTY
BONNIE Fuller, who two weeks ago was ousted from her $2.5 million a year editorial director job at Star magazine publisher American Media Inc., is learning that finding backers to...
MEDIA FIRM OWES ALL TO WRITER FREY
In addition to being a notorious author, it turns out that James Frey is also a matchmaker. The author of the partially fabricated memoir "A Million Little Pieces" is responsible...
CAYNE FEELS PAIN
After remaining largely silent while the Wall Street firm he led unraveled before him, Bear Stearns Chairman Jimmy Cayne revealed a somber and unusually contrite side yesterday as shareholders approved...
DEUTSCHE VETERAN IN TALKS
Tommy Gahan, the Long Island native who helped build Deutsche Bank's securities business in the US, is in discussions to join media-focused private equity powerhouse Providence Equity Partners, according to...
LAMPERT LICKING WOUNDS
Hedge-fund billionaire Eddie Lampert's big investment in Sears is plummeting in value, and skeptics on Wall Street say it could dwindle further this year. Sears, surprised by the severity of...
METLIFE INSURES IT WILL BE AT JETS/GIANTS STADIUM
Insurance giant MetLife has signed an $8 million per year contract to be one of four "corner sponsors" for the new home of the New York Jets and last year's...
GOV. DITHER . . .
It has been more than two months now since Gov. Paterson took office under most extraordinary circumstances. He warned of impending fiscal catastrophe, promising dramatic budget cuts to combat it....
DO AS HE SAYS, KIDS
Graduates of the Wesleyan University Class of 2008 got a special treat this week: a Barack Obama commencement address. "You can take your diploma, walk off this stage and chase...
. . . AND GOV. MEDDLE
Meanwhile, when the governor does feel the need to act decisively, he can. Even when it means unilaterally ordering a seismic shift in New York state's recognition of same-sex marriage...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Take me out to the graveyard, stick me into the ground. A minor-league affiliate of the Cleveland Indians is offering a free funeral as a giveaway. All that interested fans...
YOUR VERY OWN PERSONAL BUDGET
You learn about budgets? YOU'VE the read story of Thomas' totally awesome budget , and realized how much he learned about money just by budgeting his own. Here are a...
JETS' LB THOMAS KNOWS HE'S FIGHTING FOR JOB
Bryan Thomas didn't need to be told he had a poor season last year. He didn't need the coaches, media or fans to point out his lack of production. He,...
CHEMISTRY TOUGH TEST FOR LIBS
The early results are in, and the Liberty are possibly looking at a long season. The Liberty (1-2) have shown a disturbing pattern of falling behind big. Coach Patty Coyle...
FULL-TIME JOBA
MINNEAPOLIS - In a conversation with Brian Cashman yesterday, Hank Steinbrenner forgot to ask his GM when Joba Chamberlain will debut in the Yankees' rotation. However, don't take that as...
BABY BOSS HAS 'HIGH HOPES' FOR HUGHES, KENNEDY
MINNEAPOLIS - Considering how much they were touted and how Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy have turned out due to ineffectiveness and injury, Hank Steinbrenner was asked if he regretted...
'RINGING' QUESTIONS
A reward for the Giants came last night at Tiffany's as they picked up their Super Bowl rings. But as they celebrated the hard-earned hardware, they also weren't able to...
JURY CONVICTS COACH AT BALCO TRIAL
SAN FRANCISCO - The trial of track coach Trevor Graham netted steroids prosecutors another guilty verdict and a public admission of cheating from a gold-medal winning athlete. The jury convicted...
MOORE CATHOLIC SENIORS COME THROUGH
Walking off the field yesterday, the 11 seniors on Moore Catholic's varsity baseball team were all smiles as they boarded a limo about to whisk them off to their prom....
FREE BRAWLIN'
HALL of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum digressed last week when while promoting an upcoming pay-per-view welterweight title fight between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito, he spoke of the need...
IAVARONE: NO 'BIG' NEWS
Michael Iavarone, co-president and founder of the IEAH Stable that owns Triple Crown contender Big Brown, yesterday responded to several recent press reports that he was fined and suspended for...
WHEN TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH
INTERESTING how things work. On Wednesday, May 21, 1250 ESPN Radio-Pittsburgh sports and trash-talker Mark Madden - some might recall him as an announcer on Ted Turner's WCW pro wrestling...
ANGLERS EARN THEIR STRIPERS
FOR the most part, it's been a great start to the fishing season with quite a few big stripers being caught. This past week, Capt. Dave Kohlus of the Montauk...
ST. JOHN'S EXCITED TO FACE POWERHOUSE TEXAS
The slogan "Don't Mess with Texas" doesn't carry much weight with the St. John's baseball team. "We've faced teams like this before, and we know we can play with anybody...
TRACK STARS TOE NEW LINE
No matter how fast Lauryn Williams or Tyson Gay run, no matter how many races they win - and with her clutch history and his three gold medals at last...
DUTROW: 'BIG' CAN'T BE BEAT
The swagger is back. Break out the blanket of white carnations now, says trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. Big Brown, his quarter crack on the mend, is a lock to clinch...
IT'S R & R FOR HONDO
Hondo, hot again, moved past the halfway-to- four-figures mark yesterday when he breezed with the Blue Jays to increase the bankroll to 505 hutchin sons. Tonight, he hopes to double...
BUST FROM THE PAST
SO, Bulls GM John Paxson has talked to Doug Collins about his team's head coaching vacancy. What, Kevin Loughery didn't leave a phone number? Ed Badger out of the country?...
YES IT'S THE TRUTH SQUEEZES OUT A WIN
Yeah, Dutrow. Warming up for Big Brown's run in the Belmont Stakes, Rick Dutrow Jr. saddled a two-bagger yesterday, giving him 10 wins for the meet, one behind Barclay Tagg...
SPORTS SHORTS
TENNIS: Blake ousted early For the fifth time in six career trips to Roland Garros James Blake, the top U.S. man in the French Open, departed before the third round,...
WALSH COULD TRADE KNICKS' NO. 6 PICK
ORLANDO, Fla. - Donnie Walsh finally arrived at the pre-draft camp here yesterday and officially began the task of gauging the trade value of the Knicks' sixth pick in the...
WILLIE'S EMPOWER PLAY
WILLIE Randolph not only avoided being fired on Monday when he went face-to-face with ownership, he actually was empowered. The Wilpons, according to people familiar with the meeting, made the...
VARGAS MAKING HIS CASE
When Pedro Martinez returns to the clubhouse today there probably will be 24 Mets extremely happy to see him and one pitcher who knows his days are numbered. Claudio Vargas...
WRIGHT-EOUS WIN
The Mets didn't need lucky orange suits or late-inning heroics from unheralded backups last night. David Wright's bat was almost enough by itself. A pair of two-run homers from Wright...
RUE-LESS JOE
The last time Joe Torre managed in New York, he was wearing pinstripes and the Indians battered Chien-Ming Wang to end the Yankees season. Torre returned last night in Dodger...
DELGADO OPPOSES PLATOON
At least publicly, Carlos Delgado didn't have a problem with Willie Randolph sitting him in two games against left-handers this week. A platoon situation, on the other hand, would not...
CHURCH CAN'T WAIT TO RETURN
Don't include Ryan Church among critics of the Mets for using the right fielder as pinch-hitter after he suffered his second concussion last week. "They didn't do anything wrong on...
SCIENCE AND THE CITY
FASHION Week, Restaurant Week, the Tony Awards: New York wastes no oppor tunity to make its cultural supremacy known. But now the city's geeks are getting in on the action,...
STARR REPORT
SPIRITED DISCUSSION "Cops" creator/executive producer John Langley is getting into the wine busi ness. Langley, along with his sons Morgan and Zak, has launched the Urraca Winery on a 200-acre...
'JUNO' THE REALITY SHOW
MTV is making a real-life version of the teen pregnanacy movie "Juno." The show, announced yesterday, will be called "16 and Pregnant." It will feature several pregnant teens and the...
HIDE AND CREEP
MARY Shannon, the lead character of USA's new show, "In Plain Sight," is clearly the busiest US Marshall - not to mention human being - in the entire free world....
CASKET CASE
OF ALL the casualties on last night's "Lost" finale, the most surprising one was already in a casket. The two-hour concluding episode of one of the best seasons of "Lost"...
CBS FIGHTS IN NEWARKFOR NOW
TOMORROW night's debut of mixed martial arts on CBS will be broadcast from New Jersey, but it might not be too long before New York state drops its prohibition of...
REDLASSO TELLS TV NETWORKS: BRING IT ON
REDLASSO, the Internet site which streams network con tent, is thumbing its nose at a cease-and-desist threat from NBC, CBS and Fox. Redlasso sent a letter to the networks yesterday...
ANYBODY REMEMBER THE 2000S?
VH1, the network that was born in a nostalgic glow for the bands and fashions of decades gone by, is looking back at the - get this - millenium. That's...
LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE
IT'S hard to soar with the Eagles when turkeys surround you. At the first of three NYC performances by the classic rock outfit - which continue tonight and tomorrow at...
NO ROOM FOR HER PAST IN YOUR FUTURE
WHO would have thought that Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore, who gave us the family-pleasing "Cinema Paradiso" in 1989, had a kinky side? It comes through in "The Unknown Woman," his...
HARDLY WORTH KNOWING
'THE Strangers" is kinda like what "The Shining" might be if you took out the ESP. And the chilling atmosphere. And the in teresting actors. And the ghosts. What are...
BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER
THERE'S been a glut of pointless first- person documentaries lately - Morgan Spurlock comes immediately to mind - but newcomer Christopher Bell has a legitimate personal take in his film...
TEACHING HOW TO TAE KWON DO UNTO OTHERS
'THE Foot Fist Way" amounts to a feature-length audition to win Will Ferrell's attention. And guess what? It worked. Ferrell's production company acquired this home-brewed indie comedy, which combines the...
OH, MAMA! CREEPY FAMILY DRAMA HAS NO SAVING GRACE
THE camp melodrama "Savage Grace" thrills to the soapy decadence of the Baekeland family, the heirs to the Bakelite plastics fortune who got mixed up in a drama of homosexuality,...
STICK IT OUT TILL END
STUART Gordon's gorily amusing "Stuck" is essentially a B-movie with a single joke, albeit a pretty good - if admittedly sick - one. Mena Suvari has her best role since...
FREE NAKED THEATER'S 'PROGRESS'
THE Naked Angels troupe is having a class reunion of sorts - and you're in vited. Oh, and did we mention it's free? The pioneering theater troupe that kick-started "Side...
REPRESENTING REAL-LIFE
AS a rule, New York theater agents don't become celeb rities. But over the years, a few have become known to the public, usually by dint of their colorful personalities...
MONOTONOUS 'MARRIAGE'
THERE'S usually a rea son why "neglected masterpieces" are neglected. They deserve to be. Domenico Cimarosa's 18th century opera "Il Matrimonio Segreto" ("The Secret Marriage"), which opened at BAM Wednesday...
I'M OK, YOU'RE UK
EVERY Hugh Grant-loving, "Masterpiece Theater"-watching, Jane Austen-rereading woman knows there's something about British men. And now, thanks to a weak dollar that's driving them here in, well, droves, American women...
OFF-BROADWAY
ADDING MACHINE": *** ½ A powerful chamber-music theater adaptation of Elmer Rice's 1923 Expressionist classic. Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane; (212) 307-4100. "BETRAYED": *** Powerful drama about Iraqis working...
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....
BROADWAY
"AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY": *** It's a long day's journey into September - well over three hours - but Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is eviscerating melodrama. Music Box Theatre, 239...
DANCE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE:Buglisi Dance Theatre wraps up the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's season opening series, "Sitelines," in which dancers perform at city landmarks like this one, today at 12:30...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND:Tuesday through June 8: Keely Smith at 8:30 and 11 p.m. 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. JAZZ STANDARD:Through Sunday: Terence Blanchard Quartet. 116 E. 27th St.; (212) 576-2232.
CLASSICAL
AVERY FISHER HALL: American Symphony Orchestra ends its season with a program including Langaard's "Music of the Spheres" Sunday at 3 p.m. at Lincoln Center, 132 W. 65th St.; (212)...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
G'DAY, G'VNER! FEST - May, 31 No longer the remote hermitage for giant apes and man-eating serpents it was in the 1900s (actually it was a federally owned military facility...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
LEXINGTON AVENUE SPRING FESTIVAL:A street fair tomorrow on Lexington Avenue between 42nd and 57th streets from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. SECOND AVENUE JUBILEE:A street fair on Second Avenue between...
PREVIEWS
"HAMLET": Michael Stuhlbarg, Lauren Ambrose and Sam Waterston star in this Shakespeare in the Park production at the Delacorte Theater, mid- park at 81st Street; (212) 539-8750. Opens June 17....
POP, ROCK, FOLK
HENRY BUTLER:The New Orleans-bred pianist plays from his new album, "PiaNOLA," Thursday at 10 p.m. at the Cutting Room, 19 W. 24th St.; (212) 691-4065. CYNDI LAUPER:The fun-having girl who...
FILM
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES:"130 Films," a collection of shorts made from 1896 to 1900 by the Lumiere brothers, French film pioneers, unreels tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. 32 Second Ave.; (212) 505-5181....
Roster moves galore for Mets, Yankees
The Mets and Yankees combined to keep the transactions wire quite busy yesterday, with several players being promoted, signed or placed on the disabled list. We'll start with the Yankees,...
LIVEBLOG: A vineyard grows in (okay, near) Detroit
You know how you wake up in Kingston, Ontario on a crisp late spring morning, blue sky, lilacs in bloom, and you think to yourself, I know what would make...
Rutgers extends hoops coach Fred Hill Jr.
By BRIAN LEWISGreg Echenique and Mike Rosario haven't help Rutgers coach Fred Hill Jr. win a game yet, but they've already helped him in the wallet. On the heels of...
Delgado cool to platooning
Willie Randolph can expect a visit from Carlos Delgado if Randolph decides to use the struggling first baseman in a platoon against right-handers. Delgado, who started tonight against the Dodgers...
Church hopes for weekend return
The Mets have told Ryan Church (pictured) that he will not play again until 48 hours after any concussion-related symptoms have passed. Based on that timetable, Church said tonight that...