November 21, 2008
Not Ricky Fat-ton Anymore
Ricky Hatton looke a fit and ready 140 pounds during today's weigh-in for Paulie Malignaggi. By GEORGE WILLISLAS VEGAS--Rumors about Ricky Hatton struggling with weight have thus far proven to...
SNL Timberlake Sketch Missing
So why isn't the hilarious "Saturday Night Live" sketch starring a leotard-and high-heel-wearing Justin Timberlake singing back-up for Beyoncé up on the Web?Fans have been speculating for days on Internet...
No 'Stars' For Hough
Hoofer Julianne Hough won't return to "Dancing With the Stars" next season. "I won't be on 'Dancing' this spring. I don't know about the fall," Hough wrote on her blog.That...
WEINSTEIN CO. TRIMS 11 PERCENT OF WORKFORCE
The Weinstein Co. is laying off about 11 percent of its workforce as the sickly economic environment further invades Tinseltown, The Post has learned. Two sources close to the situation...
Just Another Game For VC
By FRED KERBERTORONTO -- Vince Carter still gets a lot of attention here.It's not like it once was where the very sight of Carter produced a media following comparable to...
Burress: "As of right now I'll play''
BY PAUL SCHWARTZPlaxico Burress is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Cardinals because of a slightly strained right hamstring and he says that sounds about right."Knowing me as...
Kirkland Is A Throwback
Unbeaten James Kirkland plans to keep hospitals busy. He fights on Hatton-Malignaggi undercard. By GEORGE WILLISLAS VEGAS--If Ann Wolfe can get James Kirkland to fight 99 mph instead of 100...
Randolph, Crawford cleared out
By MARC BERMANMILWAUKEE - What a wild day of cap-clearing.After acquiring Al Harrington from the Warriors for Jamal Crawford, Donnie Walsh is on the verge of following that up by...
Plaxico again a no-go
BY PAUL SCHWARTZOnce again, receiver Plaxico Burress did not join his teammates out on the practice field inside the bubble. Instead, Burress pedaled away on a stationary bicycle and when...
FLORIDA TEEN'S SUICIDE NOTE
Editor's Note: This is the suicide note presume to have been written by a Florida teenage who broadcast his suicide over the Internet. Read the full story here. Ask a...
Curtis Left Legacy
I wrote about Leon Washington today and the big-play threat he's become. One point I didn't get to in the story but I thought was interesting was the effect Curtis...
UNBEATEN KIRKLAND REAL CROWD PLEASER
LAS VEGAS - If Ann Wolfe can get James Kirkland to fight 99 mph instead of 100 mph, it will make him one of boxing's most devastating punchers and put...
Forget the Lame New Movies, For a Good Time See Carole Lombard
It's curmugeonly Friday for The Post's film critics, as Kyle Smith and I respectively give two stars apiece to the weekend's two big (and likely extremely popular) releases, "Twilight'' and...
THE LAST MIKE MUSSINA EDITION
FROM JOEL SHERMANBrian Cashman called Mike Mussina his best free-agent signing and that is not a hard call. He is one of the best free-agent pitching signings in history. Right...
3 UP: The Last Mike Mussina Edition
1. Brian Cashman called Mike Mussina his best free-agent signing and that is not a hard call. He is one of the best free-agent pitching signings in history. Right off...
Oscar Watch: 'Gran Torino' Moves Up, Clint's Next Set For December '09
Warners is moving up the limited opening of Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino'' a week, to December 12, blogs Variety's Pamela McClintock. Mr. Eastwood will thus avoid going head-to-head with another...
HIT THE ROAD, JACK: BAILOUTS DRIVE US CRAZY
THE ISSUE: The US auto industry's financial crisis and its request for federal assistance. Why is it that the primary solution to every financial problem is to cut workers' salaries...
THE MTA MESS
DON'T buy the idea that the MTA is the victim of an unprecedented, unanticipated fiscal crisis that's nobody's fault: plummeting tax revenues due to the credit crisis, blah blah blah....
'TOLERANCE' BULLIES
CONGRATULATIONS, tolerance mau-mauers: Your shakedown of a Christian-targeted dating Web site worked. Homosexuals will no longer be denied the inalienable "right" to hook up with same-sex partners on eHarmony. What...
'PULLOUT' TREATY A WIN FOR IRAQ
IRAQ'S parliament has been in high gear this week as it prepares to debate the new security agreement negotiated between the Bush administration and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government. The...
PAYBACK FOR GI SLAY
BAGHDAD - A leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, blamed in the 2004 abduction and murder of an Army reservist and other deadly attacks over several years, was killed in...
PIRATE THREAT: $25M OR ELSE
Pirates who hijacked one of the world's biggest ships are demanding a $25 million ransom in 10 days - or else. "We do not want long-term discussions to resolve the...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 465; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 4233; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Nos. Thu: 047;Lucky Sum: 11 Evening Win- 4 Thu: 2154; Lucky...
CLIVE BARNES SERVICE
There will be a private memorial service Monday for Clive Barnes, the celebrated theater, dance and opera critic of The Post, who died Wednesday at 81. A public memorial and...
FRANKEN BASKS IN NY $TAR LIGHT
As Minnesota's Senate recount rolled on yesterday, Democratic funnyman Al Franken took time out for a big money fund-raiser at the Fifth Avenue home of billionaire activist George Soros. Former...
GRASS ACT MADGE SET TO SPLIT
We sure hope Madonna doesn't wear this ill-worn "lawn" to divorce court, where her split from Guy Ritchie (inset) is on tap today. The London High Court's Family Division has...
445-PT. FALL FROM GIANT MT. MISERY
The bad news just keeps on coming. Stocks plunged yesterday to their lowest levels in five years as more job losses were reported and prospects dimmed for a quick $25...
'TWILIGHT' IS A HUGE $UCKCESS
More than 2,000 showings of "Twilight" have been sold out nationally even before it hits movie theaters today, in one of the largest presales in big-screen history, a prominent ticket...
CONRAD BLACK SEEKS PARDON
Disgraced newspaper baron Conrad Black is seeking a last-minute pardon from President Bush - and wants the firm he defrauded to foot the bill. Black began serving a 6 1/2-year...
CALL HIM 'AL-JACKO'
Michael Jackson has become a Muslim and changed his name to Mikaeel. The 50-year-old superstar donned Islamic garb for the ceremony at a friend's mansion in Los Angeles, The Sun...
NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER
Manhattan A Bronx man violated an order of protection when he choked a woman in her Stuyvesant Town apartment, authorities said yesterday. Jeffrey Kooy, 41, allegedly struck the woman in...
MOLOTOV COCKTAIL
A bartender's flaming drink stunt at a popular Upper West Side bar left a Manhattan woman "engulfed in flames" and horribly burned while "Great Balls of Fire" was playing on...
STRAPHANGERS IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE
Transit officials yesterday unveiled their plans for gargantuan fare hikes and Draconian service cuts - promising longer waits and more crowding on subways, cutbacks on dozens of bus routes, higher...
TEENS' HATE SPREE LED TO MURDER: DA
A gang of racist Long Island teens went on a "cowardly" weeklong mission of hate, striking innocent Hispanics with their fists and BB gun pellets before they fatally stabbed an...
GOV & CHUCK HUG IT OUT OVER HILL
ALBANY - So they've cut a deal in case a replacement is needed for Hillary Rodham Clinton? That's the way it looked to a lot of insiders, with Gov. Paterson...
TRAGIC CARPETS
Gov. Paterson was called on the carpet yesterday for spending nearly $40,000 in taxpayer funds on a handful of regal rugs for the Executive Mansion in the midst of the...
UN PUTS CITY IN DANGER
The United Nations is stonewalling Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD on security - endangering countless New Yorkers. Back in March, the United Nations asked the city for security help in...
NYPD'S 'SNOOP' SARGE
An NYPD sergeant illegally took a computer file from the FBI's terrorist watch list and handed it over to a Canadian woman - who was involved in a child-custody battle...
DEAL LOCKS UP B'KLYN JAIL PLAN
Foes of City Hall's plan to reopen and expand a Brooklyn jail scored a victory yesterday when the city agreed to temporarily halt work on the $440 million project and...
PAYING FOR A FLEECE JOB
A Florida staffing company yesterday agreed to fork over $100,000 in back wages to exploited Filipino guest laborers working on Long Island in a settlement with state Attorney General Andrew...
JAILERS BUSTED
Four former jail guards were busted for allegedly bashing an inmate's head against a shower-room wall as punishment for complimenting a female guard's looks, and threatening to kill him if...
CITY'S 25G LIBRARY FINE
The city must pay $25,000 to a former librarian at a prestigious Bronx private school who was wrongly arrested after a prankster with an e-mail address similar to his sent...
ART BYPASS SAVES CROOKS
A hole-in-the-wall gang may have made a smart decision when they bypassed a high-security SoHo gallery displaying $250 million worth of art - and instead smashed their way into an...
REBATE MONEY IS THERE: BILL
Comptroller Bill Thompson yesterday rejected Mayor Bloomberg's claim that there's no cash for property-tax rebates, saying the money could come from nearly $2 billion that the city is rolling over...
I WANNA GO HOME: JUNIOR
Arguing that prosecutors had turned their case into a traveling road show, John Gotti Jr.'s lawyer argued yesterday that the case brought against their client in Tampa, Fla., should be...
MIKE BACKS RAY VS. FEDS
The city needs broader powers to investigate potential terrorists to ensure "planes don't go into more buildings," Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. Bloomberg took Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's side in a...
'ROBOCOP' SCHOOL SUIT
Ever heard of knocking? A Queens high school student says a safety officer kicked in a bathroom stall door without warning - bashing him in the head. Even after blood...
TOP ATT'Y A $4M CHEAT
A high-powered Manhattan securities lawyer who has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democratic campaigns and Jewish charities admitted yesterday to being a multimillion-dollar tax cheat. Menachem "Melly" Lifshitz...
FINEST KIN SHARE GRIEF
The grieving parents of slain rookie cop Russel Timoshenko got a show of support in Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday from two women who also lost loved ones in blue. In...
THAT'S A DIRTY TRICK
A Florida man once engaged to the hooker who brought down Eliot Spitzer said he was stunned to hear his ex blame him for her downfall, and insisted she didn't...
EX-BRAVEST LIVES WITH CHAIR-BASH HORROR
A former Staten Island firefighter testified yesterday that he has lost his short-term memory, is haunted by fears and lives like a virtual invalid with his parents since he was...
JUST GET ME OUT!
Citigroup's future turned grim after its stock lost a quarter of its value yesterday over fears it's too broke to recover. The collapse of the stock price has led to...
TIMES IN A PINCH, SLASHES DIVIDEND
The Sulzbergers who control The New York Times are drastically slashing their family's dividend checks by nearly 75 percent to preserve their dwindling cash. Chairman Pinch Sulzberger alone will see...
HEDGIE HORRIFIED
Fed up with misbehavior in the hedge-fund industry, respected hedge-fund investor Sandra Manzke is fighting back. A pioneer in hedge-fund investing and best known for founding Tremont Capital Management, Manzke...
OH 'BABY' PATHWAY TO A DEAL
Tommy Mottola's 14-month-old daughter is giving him investment advice. The ex-head of Sony Music said he inked a deal to acquire a majority stake in infant education and entertainment company...
EXPERTS SAY CUBAN TRIGGER MAN'S IN THE CLEAR
Dallas-based broker Charles McKinney pulled the trigger on the massive mamma.com stock sale at the center of insider trading charges against billionaire Mark Cuban. But unlike the insider trading charges...
MEMO IS A TIME BOMB
THE South is burning. A former top editor at Time Inc. fired off a scathing memo to Executive Vice President Sylvia Auton, the London-based head of the magazine giant's lifestyle...
STEVE & BARRY'S VENDOR BENDER
Employees and suppliers of Steve & Barry's are getting burned by the retailer's demise, and some are crying foul. The Port Washington, LI-based retailer - which had hawked low-price fashion...
DETROIT'S LUXURY-CLASS BEGGARS
The geniuses who run Detroit's Big Three automakers must really not want their bailout. How else to explain what possessed the CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler - on...
SLASHING SUBWAYS
MTA Executive Director Elliot Sander's budget, which he presented yesterday, calls for significant cut backs in service and a 23 percent hike in fares and tolls. It's not clear how...
LET THE COUNCIL COVER THE CHECKS
Speaking of tight budgets, tempers are flaring at City Hall over Mayor Mike's refusal to send out $400 property-tax-rebate checks, as City Council members are "ordering" him to do. Hizzoner...
JAMPACKED COMMUTERS SHOULDN'T 'STAND' FOR THIS!
WHO makes up these freakish numbers? Tucked into the nasty budget cooked up by the brain trust that runs your subways, rails and buses is another lump of coal: The...
GIVE UNIONS BITTER PILL TO CURE BIG 3
THE Big Three US auto makers need more than an injection of $25 billion from the federal government. Because of their ongoing losses, they would burn through that money in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Three men and three women at an Indiana prison have been charged with sneaking through a hole in a ceiling to have sex with each other. Having found a security...
Harrington deal could be win-win (update)
By MARC BERMANMILWAUKEE - Our Peter Vecsey is reporting Donnie Walsh being on the verge of making 6-9 forward Al Harrington a Knick, probably in exchange for Malik Rose's expiring...
NEW NETHERLANDS BECOMES NEW YORK
The Dutch controlled the Hudson Valley for a little more than 50 years, but their influence can still be seen today. Soon after English explorer Henry Hudson found the Hudson...
MOMENTUM AT STAKE IN AFC TANGLE WITH 10-0 TITANS
It's a Clash of Titans on multiple levels. Never mind that the Jets arrived on the pro football scene in 1960 as the New York Titans, but now you have...
JETS' WASHINGTON DAZZLES WITH KICKOFF PROWESS
The play looks so simple. Leon Washington catches the ball, turns on the speed, and 12 seconds later he has raced 92 yards to the end zone. But Washington's kickoff...
LAW HOPES TO ORDER UP SPOT IN STARTING LINEUP
Ty Law went through his first full practice with the Jets on Wednesday and may make his first start with the team Sunday at Tennessee - though the veteran cornerback...
CLEMMY HELPS DEVS FEEL RIGHT AT HOME
It was almost as though they were playing in front of Martin Brodeur. For the first time since their franchise goalie went down, the Devils won Devils style. Visiting dignitaries...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Utley to have surgery Three-time All-Star Chase Utley, who anchored the middle of the lineup for the World Series champion Phillies, will have surgery and may not be ready...
MOOSE KNEW ALL SEASON HE'D RETIRE
He is perhaps the top free-agent pitcher ever signed by the Yankees, but don't ask Mike Mussina who among this year's class is best suited to replace his 20 wins...
ONE-OF-A-KIND EXITS STAGE
MAYBE it won't ever again be possible to be the way George Steinbrenner was once upon a time, when he managed to be the biggest, brightest, brassiest star in the...
GEORGE ERA ENDS AS HAL OFFICIALLY TAKES YANK REINS
When George Steinbrenner told MLB he wanted to shift control of the Yankees to his sons, Hal and Hank, after 35 years running the most famous sports franchise, MLB instructed...
GIANTS' TALENT POOL RUNS DEEP
BRANDON Jacobs yesterday was declared all but good to go Sunday following a good sweat, which is more than the Giants had reason to do about his unavailability. Had they...
GIANTS LOOK TO TURN UP HEAT IN DESERT
Rushing the passer is one of the toughest jobs in football, and doing it in the fourth quarter is even harder. And while it's always important, doing it Sunday -...
JACOBS OK FOR SUNDAY
Brandon Jacobs was one of three Giants returning to practice yesterday. Jacobs (knee) and CB Aaron Ross (hamstring) were limited, while LB Chase Blackburn (neck) practiced fully. "I feel good,...
ISLES CALL UP TWO PLAYERS
The Islanders, who will be without Kyle Okposo (hand injury) tonight when they bring a season-high, three-game winning streak to Newark against the Devils, called up Mitch Fritz from Bridgeport...
RANGERS LOOK TO REBOUND FROM EARLY GAME STRUGGLES
Chris Drury said the Rangers have to play better at the beginning of games. Coach Tom Renney said the team has to show it can rebound from a rout. These...
5 QUESTIONS FOR...
FLORIDA has sizzled since losing to Ole Miss early this season, but ABC/ESPN college-football analyst Craig James has Texas moving into the BCS' No. 2 position should Texas Tech lose...
TIM SULLIVAN
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DISMEMBER THE TITANS
THE Jets are 5 1/2-point underdogs at the 10-0 Titans. Here are five reasons the Jets not only cover that number, but win the game outright. 1. The Jets are...
MISS CHARLEEN
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JOE PUBLIC
Are you with the majority or the minority? As you plan your weekend wagering, take a look at the public's betting action in Las Vegas and offshore on this week's...
HORNETS' PAUL NEEDS ANOTHER SCORER
A FOOLPROOF formula for beating the Hornets, it appears, is to stay home on their shooters when Chris Paul orchestrates a pick and roll. It's becoming monotonous; first the Hawks,...
BIG-'DOG RAIDERS WILL BITE BRONCS
The winner of multiple major national handicapping championships against world-class competition, The Wildcat returns. Including the 1997-2007 seasons in The Post, Cat's 13-year record in print stands at 354-295 (54.5...
PSL'S: BAD INVESTMENTS
NOT that anyone has money left to throw at Jets or Giants PSLs, but even in good times they'd still be absurdly expensive and worthless. Jack, from Jack and the...
FAVRE, MUSSINA STRUGGLE WITH AGE-OLD QUESTION
ONE just turned 39 years old a month ago. One will remain 39 for another couple of weeks, before hitting the mother of all birthday milestones. Thirty-nine is a hell...
THESE ARE TYING TIMES FOR HONDO
Hondo dropped into a three-way deadlock atop the standings last week after stumbling and bumbling his way to a 6-10 record. Looking on the bright side, Mr. Aitch's plummet provides...
O/U RICO!
Rico went 7-8-1 (2-1 Best Bets) last week on the over/unders, to bring the season record to 77-77-6 (20-12-1). The selections for Week 12: OVER: Titans / Jets; Bills /...
WALSH BACKS D'ANTONI
MILWAUKEE - Mike D'Antoni has been far from perfect in the season's first three weeks. He's made two significant blunders, mishandling the Stephon Marbury saga, which could hurt his reputation...
WALSH CUTS A DEAL FOR AN OLD FAVORITE
Donnie Walsh is set to pull the trigger on his first substantive move as Knicks president, The New York Post has learned. Knicks sources said a deal for Al Harrington...
METS TAKING TIME IN HUNT FOR CLOSER
THE Mets have made it well known they are unwilling to meet Francisco Rodriguez's quest for a five-year contract at record dollars for a closer. But, according to Mets officials,...
METS' CASTILLO DRIVEN TO SECURE 2ND CHANCE
This is a story about second base and, Luis Castillo hopes, second chances. To their fans' anguish, Mets officials have persistently said they plan on having Castillo as their second...
MURPHY HAS HAMMY STRAIN
The Mets are breathing easier after an MRI exam yesterday on left-fielder Daniel Murphy showed a Grade 2 strain of his right hamstring. The injury will cause Murphy to sit...
NETS BRACE FOR RAPTORS
Through their first 10 games this season, one of the biggest problems for the Nets has been their 3-point defense, with opponents shooting better against New Jersey from behind the...
'THREE' FOR ALL
Through their first 10 games this season, one of the biggest problems for the Nets has been their 3-point defense, with opponents shooting better against New Jersey from behind the...
DUKE, MICHIGAN LIGHT UP GARDEN
They were the black-and-blue Devils, hacked to the bone, but that barely deterred Duke last night. Go to the foul line 47 times, and unless Shaquille O'Neal or Chris Dudley...
PREVIEWS
"IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS": Walter Bobbie directs this holiday classic. Marquis Theatre, 211 W. 45th St.; 212-307-4100. Opens Sunday. "TAKING OVER": Danny Hoch stars in a one-man play about the...
SHOT OF FUN TO THE HEAD
IMAGINE the most ridiculous rejects from "American Idol" combined with the best parts of a Christopher Guest movie. Then you'll begin to approximate the visual masterpiece that is "Holy Headshot!...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
GET INTO SOMETHING GOOD Music - November 22 Everyone knows The Beatles, The Who and the Stones, and when real retro rock 'n' roll Anglophiles speak of the British invasion,...
LAKE CITY
ONE of those Deep Dark Secret movies, the dull indie "Lake City" combines a wholly uninteresting family mystery with a wholly unconvincing crime drama. Sissy Spacek stars as a drawlin'...
WERE THE WORLD MINE
AN ambitious gay musical fantasy inspired by "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Tom Gustafson's "Were the World Mine" is far better in concept than execution. The shoestring budget hurts. Tanner Cohen...
SPECIAL
THERE is, alas, nothing particularly "Special" about this strange little movie that provides a rare starring role for Michael Rappaport, a ubiquitous and reliable supporting actor whose face is more...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
HOLDAY GIFTS: It's gifts galore at Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall, Bryant Park and Union Square through Dec. 25 (all are closed on Thanksgiving) at the annual holiday markets.
FILM
IFC CENTER: Tom Holland's 1988 horror flick "Child's Play" screens at midnight today and tomorrow. 323 Sixth Ave.; 212-924-7771. LANDMARK SUNSHINE THEATER: David Weissman and Bill Weber's documentary "The Cockettes"...
DANCE
BAM: Brooklyn's Urban Bush Women perform "Les Escailles de la Memoire" with help from Senegal's Compagnie Jant-Bi tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30. Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave.,...
CLASSICAL
AVERY FISHER HALL: The New York Philharmonic performs Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 tonight at 11 and tomorrow night at 8. Lincoln Center; 212-875-5656. METROPOLITAN...
JAZZ
DROM: Pianist John Hodian and singer Bet Williams lead the Epiphany Project ensemble through a show of experimental jazz inspired by ancient text and praters today at 8 p.m. 85...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
BOB DYLAN: Tonight at 8. United Palace Theatre, 4140 Broadway; 212-568-6700. BRIAN WILSON: The former Beach Boy supports his latest recording, "That Lucky Old Sun," with a show tonight at...
OFF-BROADWAY
"THE ATHEIST:" ** ½ Campbell Scott is compelling in this unconvincing solo drama about an unscrupulous journalist. Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow St.; 212-243-6262. "BLACK WATCH:" *** ½ Superb production...
NEW DOG, OLD TRICKS
THE deeply mediocre "Bolt" is neither the best nor the worst recent effort from Disney's once-mighty animation division, which has foundered in the shadow of its sister company, Pixar, for...
BABS TELLS ROSIE: 'GET A LIFE'
BARBARA Walters yesterday demanded that Rosie O'Don nell stop "dumping" on "The View" and "get on with her life." Walters didn't mention O'Donnell by name, but the timing of Walters'...
STARR REPORT
Seeing stars: "Lipstick Jungle" co-stars Robert Buckley (sipping Svedka cocktails) and Kim Raver at the opening of the Reebok Flash store; Vanessa Minillo, Kid Rock and Constantine Maroulis at Damien...
DON'T MESS WITH EXCESS
YOU may have heard of genius rock like the Columbia University combo Vampire Weekend or more established Weezer, whose frontman, Rivers Cuomo, completed his studies at Harvard a couple of...
SCREWBALL'S GLAM MISTRESS
WITH the possibility of a second Great Depression looming closer every day, it's a perfect time to re- visit Carole Lombard, the queen of the screwball comedies that Hollywood offered...
FAMILY FLEES LAOS, BUT LIFE IN US IS LOUSY
TWENTY-THREE years in the making, Ellen Kuras' documentary "The Betrayal" is a powerful account of how the American dream became a nightmare for one Laotian family. Creatively filmed - Kuras...
IT'S A HELLUVA 'TOWN'
IT may be 64 years old, but 1944's "On the Town," now enjoying a brief revival at Encores!, still bursts with the freshness and vitality of youth. It's not many...
CONSTRICTIVE CRITICISM
THE cranky cobras of the venerable New York Drama Critics' Circle met on Monday, and their mood was black. They're not a cheery lot even in the best of circumstances,...
'ESTATE' WEALTH OF OLD-FASHIONED CHARM
HORTON Foote's "Divid ing the Estate" - about a rapacious Southern family tangling over finances - contains echoes of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "The Little Foxes," but...
SOAPY AND DOPEY
CAN a shy Muslim woman find satisfaction in bed with a frisky Christian woman? Judging by the soapy "I Can't Think Straight," they can - even if viewers are going...
SERIAL KILLER
'HEROES" creator Tim Kring says the ailing NBC series could move away from its serialized format. "It's a bear to do," Kring said at last weekend's Screenwriting Expo, according to...
BIAS 'MOM' FEARS HER BIG DEBUT
A reality TV mom with incendiary racial views now wants police protection the night she debuts on an upcoming Ryan Seacrest-produced series. The woman, Khalood Bojanowski, 50, of Washington Township,...
NO POSITIVE FOR 'TWILIGHT'
TWELVE-year-old girls have a lot to answer for: Clay Aiken, exclamation-point abuse, "Twilight." What's more worrying, though, is how the bubble-gum lip-glossers seem to rule national taste standards. How else...
POST GOT IT 'RIGHT': DAVE
THANK goodness Dave Letterman reads The Post. The late-night host says he forgot all about asking Katie Couric about how she ended up interviewing John McCain, when the then-GOP candidate...
BROADWAY
"AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY": A largely new cast, led by the redoubtable Estelle Parsons, has taken over in Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize winner. But this eviscerating melodrama remains as gripping and...
Landon Donovan loan done deal
By BRIAN LEWISLandon Donovan is finally trying his hand at Europe again. That training stint (wink, wink) with Bayern Munich has now officially ended the way we all knew it...
MICHAEL JACKSON CONVERTS TO ISLAM
SUN EXCLUSIVE: MICHAEL JACKSON has become a Muslim - and changed his name to Mikaeel. The skint superstar, 50, donned Islamic garb to pledge allegiance to the Koran in a...