December 24, 2008
Scene-NYC
Jennifer Litt wears an Urban Outfitters jumper, Forever 21 top, Nine West boots and carries a Betsey Johnson bag."I try to shop bargains and buy designer stuff for staples, but...
Box Office: Herr Cruise Battling for Sixth Place?
Even with MGM reportedly throwing a whopping $70 million into marketing "Valkyrie,'' the Tom Cruise Nazi thriller is looking at a humiliating sixth or seventh place finish over the four...
Reaction around baseball to Yankees' spending
The Los Angeles Times gathered reactions to the Yankees spending spree that put CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Mark Teixeira in pinstripes.Some are upset, some are in awe and some...
Mets closing in on Lowe
After overhauling their bullpen, it appears the Mets are now focused on filling out their rotation with veteran right-hander Derek Lowe, according to this report from colleague Mike Puma in...
TEN REASONS THE YANKEES SIGNED TEIXEIRA
There were many reasons for the Yankees to spend $180 million on first baseman Mark Teixeira on Tuesday. 1. In my column in today's Post, I wrote about how similar...
Noir Christmas: 'Christmas Holiday'
"Holiday Inn'' it's not. Robert Sidomak's "Christmas Holiday,'' also released in 1944, stars songstress Deanna Durbin (yes, she's still with us) as a thinly disguised prostitute unhappily married to a...
NEXT UP: JETS
QB Chad Pennington must have been dreaming about this moment on Aug. 8. That was the day Pennington signed with the Dolphins after he was released by the Jets. Pennington...
Noir Christmas: 'Lady in the Lake'
Merry Christmas! Here's the Christmas Day sequence from Robert Montgomery's wonderful "Lady in the Lake'' (1947) with quintessential noir dame Audrey Totter, and Montgomery as tough private eye Philip Marlowe,...
GIANTS: NEXT UP
The Vikings had a chance to clinch the NFC North against the Falcons last week before the defending Super Bowl champions and this year's NFC top seed came into the...
Disney Bails on 'Narnia' Franchise
Disney has pulled the plug on "The Chronicles of Naria: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,'' which was to begin shooting this year under the direction of Michael Apted for...
Starr Report: A Riddle
Question: If the women of "The View" argue on-air - but no one cares - is it really an argument? Discuss. * * *CBS says it's the only network to...
CONEY ISLAND 'FOR RENT'
Meet the Grinch of Coney Island. Developer Joe Sitt showed little holiday spirit today as he infuriated business operators along the fabled boardwalk by having locks clipped and replaced -...
Heartwarming 'Hills' Full of Surprises
Scene: Some Hotel OpeningGiven the state of the economy, it's so nice to see that Heidi's back to not working with Kimberly and Bossman Bolthouse. Today the ladies are tasked...
Is Favre hurt?
Brett Favre was asked about his poor play today and did nothing to dispel the notion he may be injured."During the course of the year, there was numerous times where...
Revivals: Forgotten Fleischer
Dave Fleischer's forgotten "Mr. Bug Goes to Town'' (1941) is showing daily at 1 pm. through New Year's Day at Film Forum in a new 35mm print from Paramount. The...
FDNY RESCUES WOMAN IN ICY CITY IS. WATERS
With controversy swirling around the decision by the FDNY to close Ladder Company 53 on City Island at night, a dramatic early morning rescue may just illustrate why a full...
WOODLAWN WAILS AT MTA BX34 BUS PLAN
DANIEL BEEKMAN Scrambling to close a $1.2 billion deficit, the city's public transportation authority moved December 17 to boost fares and cut service. Among those routes scheduled for 2009 elimination:...
BRANCATO CLEARED IN 2005 KILLING
An actor from the Sopranos and A Bronx Tale was cleared of charges of second-degree murder in the death of Police Officer Daniel Enchautengui - who tried to stop a...
FERRY POINT PARK GOLF COURSE TIMETABLE UNVEILED
Throggs Neck neighbors finally got a look at the city's $92 million plan for Ferry Point Park on Thursday, December 18. Parks Department officials, including Bronx Commissioner Hector Aponte, presented...
MAYOR REVERSES SENIOR CENTER PLANS
Councilman Jimmy Vacca, chair of the Senior Center Subcommittee in the City Council's Aging Committee, celebrated the withdrawal of Mayor Bloomberg's Request For Proposals through the Department For the Aging...
Review Roundup: 'Benjamin Button' Far Outshines Other Newcomers
Hollywood is holding its breath and praying for good weather as it opens six movies in wide release on Christmas Day in the face of what's looking more and more...
MORE THOUGHTS ON TEIXEIRA
FROM JOEL SHERMANIn my column in today's Post, I wrote about how similar this offseason was for the Yanks compared to the 2004-05 offseason. That year they decided not to...
3 UP: Happy Holidays, Healthy New Year and Teixeira
I will use this space to apologize to my wife one last time. I think this is now the fifth day in nine vacation days, so far, that I have...
BELOVED MIDTOWN CHURCH AILS
The legendary Holy Cross Roman Catholic church - a refuge for saints and sinners in the shadow of the Port Authority Bus terminal - needs your help this holiday season....
JILTED PENNINGTON HAS HEART OF A CHAMPION
EVEN with a rotator cuff in need of surgery, Chad Pennington would have been 60 minutes from a Super Bowl if Doug Brien hadn't missed that 43-yard field goal in...
THIS SIGNING IS RIGHT ON THE MARK
WHERE there's a baseball will, there's a way. The Yankees and GM Brian Cashman found a way yesterday to add what the team so desperately needed. The Yankees landed a...
YANKEES STEAL SLUGGER UNDER RED SOX'S NOSE
That's going to leave a Mark. In a flurry of 11th-hour negotiations yesterday, Yankees GM Brian Cashman not only added another notch to his belt by landing Mark Teixeira, he...
STARR REPORT
CBS says it's the only net work to post gains in viewer ship, season-to-date, com pared to last season. OK, so it's only a 1 percent uptick (to 12 million)-...
THESE AGING LOSERS MAKE WINNING COMBO
SLIGHT but utterly charming, Joel Hop kins' "Last Chance Harvey" is a romantic dramedy showcasing two accomplished actors who rarely get to play lead roles anymore. Dustin Hoffman and Emma...
BARKING UP WRONG TREE
Editor's note: The following review must be sung to the tune of "Same Old Lang Syne" by Dan Fogelberg. MET my old lover near the grocery store The snow was...
HEAPING PLATE OF DESPERATION
TIMES are tough for Slimane. At age 60, he's losing the shipyard job he's had for 35 years. And his personal life is a mess. He has to contend with...
GIVE UP THIS GHOST
FRANK Miller on the big screen is like Scratchy or wasabi or a bass player - he doesn't work on his own. He needs a partner, or some diluting ingredients,...
YEAR'S TOP 10 TV POSTS
PHOTOS: NYPost.com's Top TV Stories of 2008 HERE are the top 10 TV postings on the NYPost.com this year. 10. "TV's Greatest Soap Opera" this year was the presidential campaign,...
OPRAH NOT MOVING TO DC
OPRAH Winfrey is deny ing reports that she is looking for a house in Washington, DC. It was believed the talk show queen was in the market for a DC...
A CABLE NEWS YULE MIRACLE
I used to like Lewis Black. Love even. But now? I hate him. Some say what happened at CNN this week isn't all his fault. But I think it is....
A TALL TALE
HOOPS star LeBron James, who went straight from high school to NBA stardom, thinks his life story would make a great TV series. James, 23, and rapper/producer Ice Cube reportedly...
CUT OFF THE TALES
THOSE other Adam Sandler comedies? Turns out they were the grown-up efforts. "Bedtime Stories," Sandler's bizarrely clunky kiddie flick, is a sort of upside-down "Princess Bride." This time the fantastic...
IT'S BRAD BRAD BRAD BRAD WORLD
ONCE in a while, I get swept up in a movie. At a certain point in David Fincher's sublime romantic epic "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," I just dropped...
THE LAST OF THE B'WAY TITANS
AS Broadway enters what's shaping up to be its roughest patch in dec ades, James M. Nederlander Sr. is one of the few theater people around who knows what it's...
IT WAS SNOW FUN AFTER ALL
Shaun Ellis threw a $10,000 snowball on Sunday. The NFL fined Ellis that amount for throwing a large chunk of snow into the stands after Sunday's 13-3 loss in Seattle....
JACOBS, WARD NEAR ELITE COMPANY
With every yard Derrick Ward gains Sunday against the Vikings, he moves closer to teaming with Brandon Jacobs for a rare accomplishment and at the same time reduces the chances...
IT CHAD TO BE THIS WAY
It had to come to this, didn't it? Any Jets fan worth his or her green-and-white salt would have told you this is the way this season and this story...
GOOD BYE: PLAYERS RELISHING THOUGHT OF A WEEK OFF
So many Giants players sound thrilled with the first-round playoff bye, as minds and especially bodies are fatigued this late in the season. There's a long list of those battling...
LATEST BOMBSHELL SHOWS YANKS WON'T REPEAT OLD MISTAKES
THE most obvious reason is money. That is why Mark Teixeira is a Yankee today. We are talking about an organization that now has the four largest contracts currently in...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Celts win 19th straight The Celtics set a franchise record with their 19th consecutive win, getting 18 points apiece from Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo to beat the 76ers...
'JUST PUCK LUCK' GIVES DEVILS LOSS
The Devils were annoyed, not dismayed. Against the conference leaders, they came up one bounce short. "Just puck luck," Scott Clemmensen said after last night's 2-0 (empty-netter) loss to the...
METS MIGHT BE HIGH ON LOWE
Scott Boras may not be finished doing business in the Big Apple this winter. The super agent already has Mark Teixeira ticketed for the Yankees, and last night a baseball...
ISLES THE WORST AFTER LATEST LOSS
The Islanders hadn't lost 10 straight since the 1997-98 season. Until last night. The Isles' skid reached double digits with a 4-2 loss to another bad team, the Thrashers, in...
YANKEES LAND RED SOX CATCHER
The Yankees stole another player away from the Red Sox yesterday, though Boston will hardly bemoan the loss of Kevin Cash as much as it did watching Mark Teixeira take,...
METS NEED TO GET IN THE GAME
THE first reaction, all across baseball, is sure to be loud cries of outrage, followed by grand charges of gluttony, followed by a sea of rolled eyes and a battalion...
RANGERS BLOW 4-0 LEAD, FALL IN OT
If Bill Parcells had been watching the Rangers this season, he'd take back his famous observation about a team being what its record says it is. Because despite the Blueshirts...
PLAGUE OF MISRULE
IT'S a tough holiday season in America. Thousands of families face eviction, while others just have to delay buying that 52-inch plasma TV. Thanks to Bernie Madoff, even caviar sales...
O'S 'LINC' TO PAST
He made history with his campaign, and now Barack Obama will use a piece of history when he takes the oath as president on Jan. 20 - placing his left...
POST FOTOG DEAD AT 41
Post photographer Paul Hawthorne died Saturday from primary amyloidosis, a rare blood disorder. He was 41. A native of Rochester, Pa., Hawthorne lived in Jersey City in recent years, and...
ACTING FACTIONS
Rancor within Hollywood's main actors' union is spilling into public view and adding to the uncertainty over another possible strike in Tinseltown. On Monday night, the Screen Actors Guild delayed...
CIVIL RAP URGED IN COP SLAY
After the shocking murder acquittal of Robert Ellis in the shooting death of Police Officer Russel Timoshenko, a state lawmaker wants the feds to haul the ex-con back to court...
CORRECTION
A photo caption in Monday's Post misidentified a woman with former Gov. Mario Cuomo as his wife, Matilda. The woman in the photo was Brenda Resnick Spano, wife of Westchester...
HIRAM? NO, FIRE 'IM! ANOTHER DISGRACED POL
THE ISSUE: The felony assault charges against Senator-elect Hiram Monserrate. *** I am appalled, but not shocked, by the arrest of Hiram Monserrate ("He'll Fit Right In," Editorial, Dec. 20)....
THE FDNY'S DEUTSCHE BANK FAILURES
IT comes down to this: The Fire Department of New York - and, particularly, its commis sioner and other top brass - bear chief responsibility for the deaths of two...
A SHAMEFUL JURY & VERDICT
THE ISSUE: The jury's acquittal of Robert Ellis in the murder of Russel Timoshenko. *** My heart goes out to the Timoshenko family, whose son willingly risked his life and...
CITY TECH-NICAL FOUL
* The Conflicts-of-Interest Board has rebuked Paul Cosgrave, commissioner of the Department of Information, Technology & Telecommunications, for mixing business and charity. Cosgrave was slapped with a "warning letter" for...
COMEBACK WOULD BE TOUGH ROLE
It'll be a long road back to Hollywood for actor Lillo Brancato if he wants to revive his once-promising career. But "I don't think it'll be impossible. This is a...
PROPERTY-TAX PANDEMONIUM
EVERYONE knows that prop erty taxes are going up, but the reality is they're going up more than you think. First, the tax-rate change upward is not the reported 7...
A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS
Clement Clark Moore was born in New York City in 1779 and, long before his death 84 years later, established a reputation as a scholar. A noted lecturer and writer,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A would-be prowler was busted after he tried to push his way into an East New York home, police said. The homeowner told cops she was initially alarmed by...
'ROID MAN OWES BIG
Steroid supplier to the stars Brian McNamee may have a second reason besides his bruised reputation to sue former Yankee hurler Roger Clemens. The personal trainer-turned-government informer needs the money...
FRANKEN ON HOLD 'TIL '09
Former "Saturday Night Live" funnyman Al Franken will have to wait until 2009 to see if he gets the last laugh by becoming Minnesota's next senator. The Minnesota elections canvassing...
DIVERS HUNT FOR CLUB GAL
Tethered to a 100-foot rope, State Police divers yesterday searched the waters of a frozen upstate lake for the body of clubgoing beauty Laura Garza. A shotgun found near the...
MADOFF VICTIMS ZAPPED
Burned investors in Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme were dealt a setback yesterday when a bankruptcy judge ruled the maximum cash compensation victims are eligible for is $100,000...
JEREMY $PEEDS THE 'OW!'
Jeremy Piven put fannies in the seats on Broadway - and took them with him the moment he split. The box-office take for his show, "Speed-the-Plow," plummeted nearly 33 percent...
'ONLY HUNTS WOMEN'
Actor Lillo Brancato bears no blame for the killing of a Bronx cop because he's avoided guns all his life, his father said yesterday. MORE: Civil Rap Urged In Cop...
GOLDMAN VET FACES CHALLENGE
One of Goldman Sachs' former golden boys - who grabbed a quick $25 million for just three months of work in jumping ship to Merrill Lynch - faces a rockier...
GOOD, BAD AND UGLY IN CITY CRIME STATS
Murders and robberies are up in the city, but crime overall is down for the 18th consecutive year, NYPD statistics released yesterday show. With 501 killings reported by last Sunday,...
WENNER OF DISCONTENT
JUST before he took off for his annual Sun Valley, Idaho, year-end break, Rolling Stone owner Jann Wenner took the ax to his editorial department, sending at least three people...
CITY BIGS FACE DEUTSCHE GRILL
City and state officials are not yet off the hook in the Deutsche Bank blaze that killed two firefighters and exposed a litany of failures by government safety regulators. The...
OBAMA GOT A FED QUIZ ON BLAGO
The feds interviewed President-elect Barack Obama and two of his top advisers in the Senate-for-sale probe into Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, officials said yesterday. The revelations were part of an...
SI GUY GUILTY OF 'HEZ TV' HELP
A satellite TV operator from Staten Island pleaded guilty yesterday to transmitting programs for the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah. Javed "John" Iqbal, 45, agreed to spend between 63 and 78...
'L-TRAIN' ROBBINS' HEDGE FUND VEERS OFF THE TRACK
Larry "L-Train" Robbins is the latest one-time hedge-fund highflier to wield the ax amid faltering performance and a drop in assets. In an effort to cut costs, Robbins' New York...
TAXI-TOT MIRACLE
Born yesterday in the back seat of a Brooklyn taxi, Elina Zhao is a precious early Christmas gift for her proud parents - but she was nearly a holiday tragedy....
'STAR WARS' PLAY A TOUR DE 'FORCE'
Ever wonder if Imperial Stormtroopers can form a chorus line? You're about to get your answer. "Star Wars: A Musical Journey" is about to soar onto the stage in London....
'EX' FACTOR ENRAGED HIRAM: COPS
State Sen.-elect Hiram Monserrate flew into a rage and slashed his girlfriend in the face with a piece of broken glass because he believed the business card he spotted in...
TISCHES 'SERVED' WITH SUIT
One of New York's leading power couples stiffed a personal aide who worked as a butler, chauffeur and caretaker at their swanky summer home, he alleges in a lawsuit. James...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This hot idea to melt the ice wasn't so hot. A New Bedford, Mass., resident used a blowtorch to melt ice on his porch, but accidentally set his wood-frame, multifamily...
RAID ON PLAX HOME
Police yesterday seized a small cache of weapons and ammo from the Totowa, NJ, home of troubled Giants star Plaxico Burress, possibly setting up the suspended grid star for more...
YANKS' THROWBACK PRICES
The Yankees are inviting fans to watch Derek Jeter play for Babe Ruth prices. Bleacher seats for exhibition games at the new Yankee Stadium on April 3 and 4 will...
FEDS DIGGIN' FOR CLUES AT INVEST FIRMS
The feds have descended on two hedge-fund firms, seeking clues into Bernard Madoff's $50 billion fraud, The Post has learned. MORE: Madoff Victim SuicideMORE: Madoff Victims Zapped Securities and Exchange...
EX-BROKER FACES 'HEDGE HOG' RAP
A former securities broker was charged yesterday with helping disgraced lawyer Marc Dreier trick hedge-fund managers into making more than $380 million in bogus investments, authorities said. Kosta Kovachev, who...
SHEL SHOCKER
ALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday strongly suggested that Gov. Paterson reject Caroline Kennedy as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's replacement - because she might be more loyal to Mayor...
NOW BLOOD'S ON BERNIE'S HANDS
A blueblooded French financial executive - despondent over losing $1.4 billion of his and his clients' money to arch swindler Bernard Madoff - killed himself by slitting his arms in...
YANKS SIGN CASH TO MINOR LEAGUE DEAL
FROM JOEL SHERMANThe Yankees stole another player away from the Red Sox on Tuesday, though Boston will hardly bemoan the loss of Kevin Cash as much as it did watching...
YANKS SIGN CASH TO MINOR LEAGUE DEAL
The Yankees stole another player away from the Red Sox on Tuesday, though Boston will hardly bemoan the loss of Kevin Cash as much as it did watching Mark Teixeira...