August 10, 2008
ISAAC HAYES DIES
August 10, 2008 | 8:18pmIsaac Hayes, the iconic soul man whose sexy baritone earned him the nickname "the Black Moses" - and who became the first black composer to snag an Oscar - died...
Red Bulls' lineup vs. D.C,
August 10, 2008 | 8:16pmBy BRIAN LEWISHere is the Red Bulls' lineup for tonight's huge tilt with archrival D.C. United. Three of the four newcomers are in the First XI, with Gabriel Cichero making...
Game 117: Marlins at Mets
August 10, 2008 | 5:13pmThe Mets go for the sweep this afternoon against the Marlins when Mike Pelfrey takes on Florida's Josh Johnson at Shea Stadium. Pelfrey is 8-1 in his past 10 starts...
Coverage in today's Post
August 10, 2008 | 2:40pmAnother quick turnaround for the Mets, who look to complete a sweep of the NL East-rival Marlins this afternoon at Shea after key contributions from rookie outfielder Daniel Murphy (pictured)...
U.S. and Holland Play to a 2-2 Tie
August 10, 2008 | 1:27pmAPTIANJIN, China -- The United States was within seconds of a major win and a quarterfinal berth in men's Olympic soccer. Now it's a tie away.The Americans allowed a goal...
OLYMPICS MURDER
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amA knife-wielding lunatic hacked an American Olympic visitor to death and critically injured his wife at a popular Beijing tourist site yesterday, then jumped to his death, leaving a black...
'CUPID' GAL NAILS 1ST GOLD
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amMatt Emmons famously flubbed a shot at Olympic Gold, but the woman whose heart he won by default was not to be denied yesterday. Czech Republic shooter Katerina Emmons won...
LOTTERY
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 413; Lucky Sum: 8 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 8291; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Nos. Sat: 779; Lucky Sum: 23 / Evening Win-4 Sat.: 6615;...
'BRISCOE' KID'S OUTRAGE
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amTHE son of beloved "Law & Order" actor Jerry Orbach, who died of cancer in 2004, has lashed out at his father's widow, claiming in a vitriolic letter that she...
GIRL FOUND IN HORROR CLOSET
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amPLANT CITY, Florida - The family had lived in the rundown rental house for almost three years when someone first saw a child's face in the window. A little girl,...
'REAL DAD' HAS LONG RAP SHEET
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amThe other man in the tawdry triangle that included John Edwards and Rielle Hunter had a closet full of skeletons long before shacking up with the political career-wrecker. Andrew Young,...
BERNIE MAC DIES AT 50 OF LUNG TROUBLE
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amBernie Mac, the gravelly voiced Original King of Comedy whose brutally honest and straight-to-the-point humor earned him a successful TV and film career, died yesterday morning in Chicago. He was...
MAC EYEING LIEBERMAN AS VP: AIDE
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amMaverick politicians of a feather may just fly together. John McCain is said to be looking at former Democratic vice-presidential nominee-turned-McCain supporter Joe Lieberman as a possible running mate this...
NO TEST FOR 'LOVE LIPS' JOHN
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amShe called him "Love Lips" - and visited her "somewhat dysfunctional married man" in North Carolina. 'Other Women' Gallery A new report reveals that former party girl and John Edwards...
'MRS. SIR PAUL'
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amPaul McCartney is reportedly thinking about taking another long and winding road - to the altar. Britain's News of the World reported the Beatles legend and new girlfriend, MTA Board...
REV. AL STILL ELUDES TAX MAN'S LASSO
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amIf the IRS expects to collect millions in back taxes owed by the Rev. Al Sharpton, it will have to jump hurdles that have tripped up Big Apple tax collectors...
DR. DOOM 'MOLE' GAL OBSESSION
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amAs his life unraveled, suicidal scientist Bruce Ivins revealed an obsession for sorority-girl-turned-reality-TV star Kathryn Price. Just days before he was hospitalized on July 10 for making "homicidal threats," the...
DEMS HAVE STAR POWER APLENTY
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amA star-studded Hollywood cast plans to back Barack Obama at this month's Democratic convention in Denver. Madonna, George Clooney, Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow are expected to be among the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amBROOKLYN * Detectives are probing the shooting of a man who died after staggering into a McDonald's parking lot in Crown Heights pleading for help early yesterday. The unidentified man,...
ED. DEPT. 'NO BID' MESS
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amThe city Department of Education paid nearly $10 million to a nonprofit group to train Big Apple teachers to "demystify" their students - but the group trained less than one-fifth...
FAKER'S 'SON OF SAM' TIE
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amCreepy con man Clark Rockefeller posed as the long-lost brother of serial killer David Berkowitz and tried to use the Son of Sam's Social Security number to get his Wall...
5TH RIKERS JAILER RAPPED
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amAnother Rikers Island correction officer has been fired for smuggling smokes to an inmate housed in the same jail as accused cop killer Lee Woods, The Post has learned. Probationary...
A CAR-FREE DAY
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amIt was a glorious day in the park yesterday - Park Avenue that is - as thousands of pedestrians, bikers, skaters and joggers frolicked along an auto-free, sun-drenched stretch of...
ICKY ICER STILL SELLS
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amThe slimy iceman cometh - again. Three years after Peter DeFiris was busted retrieving his confiscated frozen treats from a Central Park trash can, the suspect ice cream vendor is...
ORTHODOX GET WORKED UP OVER GYM 'SELLOUT'
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amThere's a religious war brewing in Brooklyn as the Kosher Gym goes goy. The Flatbush fitness center that has followed strict religious rules with separate facilities for Orthodox Jewish men...
JAYWALKER HIT
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amA 66-year-old man crossing a Brooklyn street yesterday morning wound up in a hospital when he was struck by a city sanitation truck, police said. The man walked into the...
6,000 GMAT EXAM TAKERS ON GRILL
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amLei Shi had a business plan. For $30 a month, he promised future captains of industry access to real questions to the high-stress GMAT, the exam that is the ticket...
ORGANIST HAS A WURL
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amIt was a pipe organ dream-come-true. Last night, in front of an audience of nearly 1,000, Jack Moelmann stretched his 15 minutes of fame into a two-hour concert program, realizing...
SATELLITE SALVOS
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amSirius XM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin has some advice for Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman: put some distance between yourself and Sumner Redstone. Karmazin, after all, knows all too well that...
ICAHN'T WIN THEM ALL
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amCorporate raider turned activist investor Carl Icahn is having a tough year. The Far Rockaway, Queens native's hedge funds are suffering their first losses since the 72-year-old opened them in...
NEW WEB SITE BRING$ HOPE FOR COLLEGE GRADS IN DEBT
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amAS college students prepare to head to campus and parents deal with sticker shock from another tuition bill, and the struggle to find the cash to pay for school, Keith...
LOST SOVEREIGNITY
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amThere's a new land grab starting in America. Foreign money, which up to now has focused its attention on investing in iconic commercial real estate - like Barneys New York...
TWC BLAMED FOR INTERNET INTERFERENCE
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amTime Warner Cable is taking heat from rabid players of the "World of Warcraft" videogame who are fighting mad over mysterious lags in their Roadrunner Internet connections. The lags, they...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amWINNERS JIM SIMONS His $8B hedge fund wows investors by posting a 48 percent gain in July. ISAAC PERLMUTTER Marvel CEO posts solid profit gains on Iron Man. BOB PITTMAN...
GAS PRICES MAY SPUR FEDERAL PROBE
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amA federal lawmaker said last week he would ask the Justice Dept. to investigate the slow-to-drop gas station prices if there is any evidence the businesses are falsely keeping pump...
DELICIOUS PROMOS AIDING RESTAURANTS
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amThe beaten-down restaurant sector, which has seen three national chains shutter recently under the weight of reduced consumer spending and increased costs, is forcing one industry promotion company to do...
IS NAME ON DEED, A GOOD DEED?
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amDear John: For safety reasons, my name was added to the ownership papers for my mother's co-op after my father became mentally ill. His name was taken off the documents....
BEND IT LIKE LULU
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amYoga is the latest exercise rage and women can be spotted all over New York with their yoga mats rolled up and slung over their shoulders. Lululemon Athletica, a retailer...
MOMENT OF MADNESS STIRS US TO FEAR WORST
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amBEIJING - The disquieting news snaked through the American sectors of these Olympic Games quickly. The first reflex, of course, is to fear the worst. That is the lesson of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 10, 2008 | 8:19amEvery vote counts - especially when you're voting for yourself. That's how Sneedville, Tenn., resident Angela Tuttle, 32, got the job of constable in Hancock County, where she was the...
FALLS GUY
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amDespite his private planes and helicopters, Mayor Bloomberg has managed to convince many people that his environmental chops are second to none ("A-salt-ed by the Falls," Aug. 5). Two of...
YES, YES IT IS
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amI am not someone who usually gets offended by things like this, but I was agitated enough by some of the terms used in "Flat & Happy!" (Aug. 5) to...
DOPES
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amGiven the numerous doping scandals in recent Olympics and elsewhere, I wonder how much of the "science" mentioned by Tom Farrey is performance-enhancing drugs, including those that have not yet...
ON THEIR OWN
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amMany conservatives believe in the "survival of the fittest" ("What Conservatives Believe," Phil Valentine, PostScript, Aug. 3). If people cannot make it on their own initiative, that's too bad. They...
LET US ATOM
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amEfforts to grow our state economy and protect our environment and public health would be enhanced, not hindered, by supporting the license renewal of Indian Point ("Powering Down, NY, "...
WILL YOUNG VOTERS TURN OUT FOR OBAMA?
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amMany a political campaign has been premised on the idea of motivating and turning out young voters; most have failed. If the young voter ruled American politics, George McGovern would...
MADDEN: 20TH AND GOAL
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amTwenty years ago, it was just a video game. Today, it's a cultural phenomenon, spawning national sick days, cross-country tournaments and even its very own curse. Madden NFL Football, which...
TIME ON YOUR SIDE
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amMen aren't really from Mars, women aren't really from Venus, but you and your spouse may be from different time zones. Most of what constitutes compatibility in a relationship -...
GENERATION OBAMA
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amAre the kids all right? Not if you listen to some of our leading social commentators. To hear people like Juliet Schor and William Bennett tell it, today's youth have...
TRUE LIES
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amOne measure of a great writer: even when he's completely wrong, you can't stop reading. Your scowl barely conceals your laughter. In his newest essay collection, "Previous Convictions," A.A. Gill,...
BLOG WATCH
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amCuban crisis "Vladimir Putin is calling for Russia to regain the influential position it used to hold with its former Cold War ally Cuba. 'We must restore our position in...
"THE STRONGEST TRIBE "
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amAmerican soldiers' valor under the shrewd leadership of General Petraeus is winning the war in Iraq - no thanks to a feckless Bush Administration and a fickle American public. So...
"SEX, LOVE, AND FASHION"
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amIt's not exactly "Zoolander," but it's pretty damn close. Top '80s and '90s model Bruce Hulse's memoirs, "Sex, Love and Fashion" is full of the lofty, overblown, self-referential hyperbole and...
"OLD MASTERS, NEW WORLD "
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amIn the fall of 1886, Henry Gurdon Marquand, a 68-year-old New York railroad magnate and banker, made one of the first raids on England's treasure vaults. He stood on an...
REQUIRED READING
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amThe Little Book by Selden Edwards (Dutton) With his debut novel some 30 years in the making, you can't quite call 67-year-old former teacher and headmaster Edwards an overnight success,...
IN MY LIBRARY: TAYLOR HICKS
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amOne of Taylor Hicks' favorite books is the one the "American Idol" crooner wrote himself. "I might not be the greatest speller," concedes the author and subject of "Heart Full...
"TAKE BACK YOUR FAMILY"
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amThe pro-marriage alliance: Hip-Hop meets White and Nerdy. I am a complete media naif. I don't own a TV. I have never seen the reality show "Run's House." The family's...
"SUPERDOVE "
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amWant to rid New York of pigeons? First, go after the little old ladies. The most interesting bit of trivia in Courtney Humphries' spirited history of flying rodents, "Superdove," is...
DISAPPEARING DOLLARS
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amLooks like another rock's been upended in New York's struggle to get a handle on out-of-control Medicaid fraud - this one courtesy of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. That's good news,...
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TERROR
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amBack in May, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice publicly raked Israeli officials over the coals after they refused to let seven Palestinians who'd won US-sponsored Fulbright scholarships leave Hamas-controlled Gaza....
PENNINGTON ADDS NEW TWIST TO OLD RIVALRY
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amThere's already a buzz around the Jets about having to face Chad Pennington, their former quarterback who's now with the Dolphins, in the season opener Sept. 7 in Miami. "It's...
BROADWAY WHOA
August 10, 2008 | 7:44am* I just read about Mayor Bloomberg giving new Jets quarterback Brett Favre a "Broadway" street sign. That is an insult to the legacy of the Jets and "Broadway Joe"...
FANS FLOCK FROM FAVRE AND NEAR
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amAt 1:20 yesterday afternoon, Elvis entered the playing field wearing a Jets uniform for the first time. When Brett Favre appeared wearing his red No. 4 quarterback jersey, the fans...
JETS WRS GET READY FOR FASTBALLS
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amBubba Franks had a simple piece of advice for his fellow receivers after Brett Favre was traded to the Jets. "Bubba talked about how we had to get our hands...
LONG JOURNEY FOR NO.4
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amBrett Favre grew up six miles from the Gulf of Mexico in a tiny Mississippi town called Kiln, on Irvin Farve Road, named after his father and high school coach...
FANS FEELING EU-4-IA
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amThere was no other place in the world Jets fans would rather have been yesterday than this little slice of heaven outside old Weeb Ewbank Hall, because early in the...
WEST POINT LOOKS TO BE WIDE-OPEN
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Weather permitting, always a dicey proposition at Saratoga, the focus turns to New York-breds in today's two $100,000 stakes, both at a mile-and-an-eighth on turf: the West...
25 BEST YANKEE STADIUM MOMENTS: NO. 7
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amAs both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee Stadiums. This week, No. 7.Oct. 4,...
IAN'S STILL TALK OF THE CLUBHOUSE
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amANAHEIM, Calif. - Shortly after the Yankees strolled into the clubhouse with sleepy eyes yesterday morning several of them needed a question answered. "Did [Ian] Kennedy say something stupid [Friday...
COKE GLAD HE'S STILL A YANKEE
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amWHEN Yankees prospect Phil Coke walked off the mound after striking out the side in the first inning of his start for Double-A Trenton against Portland July 25, he was...
BITTERSWEET RETURN
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amANAHEIM, Calif. - Thanks to thousands of Wiffle ball games on the front lawn of his parents' Riverside, Calif., home, Dan Giese was on familiar ground when he took the...
'PEN INKS DISASTER
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amANAHEIM, Calif. - Standing outside the Yankees' clubhouse yesterday, manager Joe Girardi fielded several questions concerning the eighth-inning meltdown of his bullpen. Asked what it felt like while the Angels...
JACOBS: BRETT TO JETS MAY NOT WORK
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amALBANY - The Super Bowl champions went back to work yesterday, far from the hubbub of Brett Favre mania on Long Island. The length and happiness of the shotgun marriage...
ISLES' WEIGHT RARING TO GO
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amVeteran center Doug Weight, who signed a one-year contract with the Islanders, said it would be unwise to count him or the team out this season. "I'm going to expect...
CRUCIAL STRETCH FOR RED BULLS
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amThe Red Bulls open a vital three-game homestand tonight that will go a long way toward determining the fate of their season and MLS Cup hopes. Naturally, they'll start the...
RUTGERS' 'D' GOES GREENE
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amRay Rice continues to be the gift that keeps on giving for the Rutgers football program. Rice, of course, left after his 2007 junior season as the school's career rushing...
AMAZIN'S KEEP PACE WITH UNSUNG HERO
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amOmar Minaya's decision to stand pat at the trading deadline last week suddenly doesn't look so bad. The Mets' embattled GM saw his farm system come up big once again...
25 BEST SHEA STADIUM MOMENTS: NO. 7
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amAs both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Shea. This week, No. 7.Dec. 29, 1968...
HEILMAN SUBS FOR WAGNER WITH SECOND STRAIGHT SAVE
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amAaron Heilman appears to have settled in as the Mets' closer until the injured Billy Wagner comes back from the disabled list later this month. The much-maligned right-hander made his...
NO MURPHY'S LAW FOR THIS YOUNGSTER
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amTHIS is starting to become magical. A little sloppy, but still magical. The Mets, the team without any real corner outfielders or position-player prospects, beat the Marlins 8-6 last night...
BELTRAN'S STREAKING AT SHEA
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amMets general manager Omar Minaya gave a simple assessment of Carlos Beltran. "He looks like he's getting into one of those streaks," Minaya said. And that would be a good...
OLYMPICS ARE BACK ... ALREADY
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amTHAT lack of excited anticipation for the Beijing Olympics isn't just you. I'm of the firm opinion that if the Olympics had been left at every four years - if...
LOST IN TRANSLATION
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amBEIJING - The young man's name was Chen, and he was terrified. His eyes were wide as wall clocks. He was stuttering, then he was laughing, the kind of nervous...
CYCLISTS TAKEN ABACK BY GRAY-JING SMOG
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amJUYONGGUAN, China - The smog that has lingered over these Olympics both literally and figuratively had a chance to have its first affect on athletes yesterday. The men's cycling road...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH... DARA TORRES
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amOlympic swimmer Dana Torres waded through a Q&A exchange with The Post's Steve Serby. Q: How do you feel about making history? (Torres is the first American swimmer to compete...
WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE HIM
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amBEIJING - It was Bobby Jones who perfectly summarized Jack Nicklaus back in the day, when Jack was Fat Jack and was rocketing the ball farther and putting it smoother...
1 DOWN, 7 TO GO FOR MICHAEL
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amBEIJING - If Michael Phelps performs all week like he did last night, just give him the eight golds. The American swimming star blew past the competition last night in...
IT'S GOLD OR BUST
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amBEIJING - U.S. basketball's road to redemption starts this morning. Four years after the disaster that was Athens, the newly assembled "Redeem Team" tries to restore the legacy of American...
EN GUARD! FENCER CAPTURES FIRST U.S. GOLD
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amBEIJING - Three fencers gave the U.S. a strong start to the Olympics yesterday. Mariel Zagunis won the first U.S. gold medal here, and two of her teammates joined her...
LEADERS WILL PLAY 36 HOLES
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amBLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - Oakland Hills, baked out for the first two rounds, took a heavy soaking yesterday as more than a half-inch of rain forced the suspension of the...
'ZINGER RYDING HIGH
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amBLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - A funny thing happened to Paul Azinger on his way to evaluating players for his U.S. Ryder Cup team. He made the cut at the 90th...
MONSTER SLAYER
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amBLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - Before the rains came to halt third-round play and turn Oakland Hills into an 18-hole sponge, Andres Romero proved the storied course isn't as difficult as...
HEROES WORTH WAIT
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amTOM Brady may be Superman in a Patriots uniform. Peyton Manning does a pretty good Iron Man imitation. Tony Romo is as tricky as Spider-Man, but that doesn't mean a...
OUTDOOR GROUP HOSTING CLAYS EVENTS
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amTHE Ruffed Grouse Society is hosting a couple sport ing clays events in our area to help promote our hunting heritage. Established in 1961, RGS is the one international wildlife...
ONE FALSE MOVE
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amTHE $7M loan last December from AEG, the parent company of the L.A. Kings, to Boots Del Baggio, then part of the group petitioning the NHL to purchase the troubled...
IT'S TIME TO PLAY PERCENTAGES
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amTHE fantasy baseball season is rounding third base. Hope fully, your team is still in the game. And much like deciding on a pinch-hitter or which arm to go with...
NO SAWX FOR HONDO
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amThe beat goes on and on for Hondo, who saw his earnings tumble to 390 kittles last night when the Nats failed an important assignment in Milwaukee. Today, he'll go...
DRESSED FOR DISTRESS
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amBEIJING - It's still green, but a different shade of green, so it's still going to look weird no matter how many yards Brett Favre throws for, no matter how...
THE RUMBLE
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amNo ordinary Joe - SmithDavid Wright has more common name Mets relief pitcher Joe Smith takes a lot of kidding in the clubhouse that he has the most common name...
SPORTS SHORTS
August 10, 2008 | 7:44amLITTLE LEAGUE: Shelton in World Series Shelton's National Little League team has won a spot in the Little League World Series, the first Connecticut team to reach that milestone in...
TECHNOLOGY
August 10, 2008 | 7:17am1. Comic Touch $4.99 This program will amend your disappointment with the iPhone's paltry 2-megapixel camera (sans flash). Use it to add comic book-style captions and thought and speech bubbles...
BUILDING INTUITION
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amTHE best chess knowl edge comes subcon sciously: You absorb it by looking at a diagram and asking yourself, "What would I do here?" Players often do without thinking as...
BRIDGE
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amA CLUB player showed me today's deal. "I was North," he said, "and felt like I was riding a roller coaster. When my partner leaped to five clubs, I thought...
AGENDA
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amDylan takes on Prospect Park; doggies have a ball with the Cyclones; ladies recycle wardrobes; daters relive high school prom; and Beerlympics encourage drunken competition! The Cyclones have gone to...
WEB SLINGER
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amCourthouse - Confessions. blogspot.com Photojournalist Steven Hirsch takes pictures of people leaving Manhattan Criminal Court and asks them why they're there. Turns out that wild explanations and alibis are really...
Q&A WITH PENELOPE CRUZ
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amPENÉLOPE Cruz is not only way better looking than you, she also speaks several more languages than you. She's best friends with flamboyant Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, and dates impossibly...
'THE WIRE': THE FINAL SEASON'S A STUNNER
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amA reviewer once wrote that fans of "The Wire" without an HBO subscription are like junkies without dope. And come the latest season's release on DVD, they'll be standing in...
SO FUR, SO GOOD
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amManufacturers of pet products constantly tout their wares as "the newest," "the best" or "the ultimate." But here are three products that my pets and I feel really are all...
GOOD FOOT
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amUpon news of Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder on April 4, 1968, America burst into flames as riots broke out in over 100 cites. Soul superstar James Brown, scheduled to...
ROCK THE BEE GEES-US OUT
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amIF the notion of a band playing heavy metal versions of Bee Gees tunes sounds a bit too deep for your love, rest assured that it could have been worse....
SHE'S MAKING A SPEKTOR-CLE
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amREGINA Spektor is happy to be home. "If I had my way, I would do all my work in New York. This is where I feel the most connected and...
G.I. JOKERS
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amWar: What is it good for? Big, bold, cinematic cliches, for one thing. Screenwriter/actor Justin Theroux loves the way every war movie starts out with the same band of brothers:...
FILM BYTES
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amIce Cube tells the LA Times that he'd like to play B.A. Baracus in director John Singleton's upcoming "A-Team" movie. "Man, I am so ready to play B.A. Baracus. I...
THE SON ALSO RISES
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amLIKE father, like son. The hot indie director of the moment is Azazel Jacobs, whose dad, Ken Jacobs, happens to be a legendary experimental film maker. Now it's Azazel's turn....
SEND IN THE CLONES
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amAt the end of 2005's "Revenge of the Sith," Anakin Sywalker turned to the dark side and became Darth Vader, setting the stage for the story that had already been...
PROOF POSITIVE
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amDespite its somewhat silly name (the "g" is pronounced like a "j"), this new French gin ($35-$40) is starting to get serious notice from cocktail connoisseurs. Made from distilled grapes,...
MIXTURE & MINGLE
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amSocarrat Paella Bar 259 W. 19th St.; (212) 462-1000 If you dream about paella the way some people dream about Prada, then Socarrat Paella Bar, the second restaurant venture from...
GROVES, 24, AND LAMBERT, 27
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amJuly 19 - There's no place like Brooklyn for newlyweds Suzanne Lambert and Matthew Groves. Joined by 120 guests, Lambert, a NYC public school teacher, and Groves exchanged vows in...
NG, 34, AND ROSA, 38
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amJuly 26 - David Rosa knew the importance of having a plan when he proposed to Irene Ng. While vacationing in Hawaii last year, the Flatiron couple were kayaking when...
RILEY, 51, AND KAMINKOW, 49
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amJuly 19 - The love boat set sail for Benita Riley and Joseph Kaminkow's wedding. The Manhattan duo enjoyed nautical nuptials aboard the Bateaux, a New York Harbor cruise boat....
GEHRMAN, 34, AND SALERNO, 30
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amJuly 26 - Family and friends of Linda Salerno and Rudy Gehrman were saying "Groovy, baby!" during the Brooklyn Heights couple's '70s-themed wedding. "We knew we wanted to have a...
MEET MARKET
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amAdam, a 26-year-old associate film and TV producer, packs his calendar with concerts, screenings and gallery openings, so he needs a girl who can handle his busy schedule. Couch potatoes...
BICOASTAL BUST
August 10, 2008 | 7:17amSam, a 24-year-old senior associate editor at an online men's publication, was hoping to meet a New York lady who would dig his West Coast roots and his love of...
BIG APPLE-LOOZA
August 10, 2008 | 6:16amBonnaroo, Lollapalooza . . . All Points West? Judging from this weekend's three-day jam at New Jersey's Liberty State Park, the comparison is apt - New York finally has a...
'STREET' CRED
August 10, 2008 | 5:32amMove over "Saturday Night Love." There's a new guest spot being coveted by top celebs - and it doesn't involve Amy Poehler or Seth Meyers. No, it's Elmo and Grover...
TV HAS TURNED TO CRAP
August 10, 2008 | 5:19amRemember those magazine ads for Time-Life books, the ones showing "The Ascent of Man," a conga line of ape-like creatures, knuckles scraping the ground, ascending to more upright spear carriers...
Q&A EVER CARRADINE
August 10, 2008 | 5:05amEver Carradine may not be a huge science fiction nut in real life - "Project Runway" is more her speed - but she got a crash course in the genre...
OLYMPICS SPOTLIGHT
August 10, 2008 | 5:02amSwimming - one of the Beijing Olympics' Big Three events, along with track and gymnastics - is the hottest attraction of the first week of Beijing games. Michael Phelps is...
REEL GOOD
August 10, 2008 | 5:01amFREAKY FRIDAY (2003) Sunday, 9 p.m., Disney Channel Silly bit 'o remake fun is about a daughter (Lindsay Lohan) and her mom (Jamie Lee Curtis) who switch bodies and personalities...
DON'T MISS LIST
August 10, 2008 | 4:58amCATEGORY: DRAMA Hed: Damage control Temperatures and temperaments rise on the set of a commercial and Don (Jon Hamm) isn't there to do damage control. Duck (Mark Moses) is convinced...
INTERNET A DEAD END WHEN IT COMES TO TV
August 10, 2008 | 4:52amRemember the Information Superhighway? That was the phrase someone came up with back in the '90s to describe the wealth of information that would be available at a user's fingertips...
Juan Carlos Osorio & his striker search
August 10, 2008 | 1:33amBy BRIAN LEWISAs the Red Bullsâ search for a striker draws _ moving from players like Costa Rica's Jonathan McDonald to USL penom Macoumba Kandji to a still-undetermined Caribbean _...
Red Bulls' "backs against wall'' in "massive'' homestand
August 10, 2008 | 1:16amBy BRIAN LEWISThe Red Bulls admit the three-game homestand they start tomorrow is "massive,'' and they know it may define the rest of their season and MLS Cup hopes. Naturally,...