January 11, 2009
ISRAELI TROOPS MEET HAMAS RESISTANCE DEEP IN GAZA
Israeli troops made their deepest advance into the Gaza Strip's most heavily populated area on Sunday, encountering increasingly fierce resistance from Hamas fighters as they warned civilians to stay clear...
Manchester United whips Chelsea 3-0
Manchester United put a 3-0 whipping on Chelsea today, giving their own Premiership title defense a huge boosted and putting a huge dent in Chelsea's hopes.Sir Alex Ferguson's men dominated...
Ryan For Yi
By FRED KERBERRyan Anderson gets another shot.The rookie is Lawrence Frank's choice to replace Yi Jianlian as the starting power forward and the experiment starts tomorrow night against the Thunder,...
Report: Pedro to the Marlins?
Pedro Martinez might have seen the writing on the wall when the Mets signed Tim Redding, because ESPN's Spanish site is reporting this morning that he's now in talks with...
Box Office: Clint Blows Away 'Bride Wars' With Career-Best $29M
Clint Eastwood, who was born during the Great Depression, scored by far the wide best opening of his career as audiences flocked to theaters in roughly comparable numbers to last...
MAKING THE ROLE
'SHE is by far the most attractive member of the family," David Sedaris once wrote of his sister Amy, "yet she spends most of her time and money disguising herself...
Miss at your own risk: So long, Cylon
Highlights for the week of Jan. 12Reality hits 'Mother'Get your reality fix in one night: Heidi and Spencer from "The Hills," Kendra from "The Girls Next Door" and Kim Kardashian...
MY NEW YORK
Kristen Johnston "To me, the West Village is New York. I can't imagine living anywhere else." She may love the West Village, but Kristen Johnston does have one small gripe...
'JAWS' SIZES UP TODAY'S SIDELINE WIZARDS - AND THEIR STRATEGIES
Today's game between the Giants and Eagles will have as much intrigue on the sidelines as it does between the lines. The teams are so familiar with each other after...
AGENDA
Say "buh-bye" to Bush with a free film and brew; perfect your pose, then strike one with yoga at a bar; watch great books get acted out, comedy-style; track down...
B.I.G. HEART
Time has done little to heal Voletta Wallace's heart. Nearly 11 years after Christopher Wallace's tragic death, the former schoolteacher continues grieving for her only son known as Biggie Smalls....
THE RUMBLE
Jill's our kind of girl Wins at H-O-R-S-E, reads The Post Gotham Magazine turned the tables on MSG Network's blonde bombshell Jill Martin (right) as she's featured in its Q&A...
JOHNNIES STORM INTO PITT TO TACKLE NO. 1
That late Christmas card Boston College coach Al Skinner just received in the mail had a return address of Norm Roberts, Carnesecca Arena, Jamaica, Queens. Following his team's 71-65 upset...
COMBUSTIBLE STAR BATTLED NBA LEGENDS, REPUTATION
AS MY friend Larry Brown (not that one) says, I'm starting to think this isn't a rehearsal. Basketball has lost Shirley Drucker, Pete Newell, Will Robinson, Don Haskins, Fletcher Johnson,...
THIS TEAM IS MY LAST TRUE SPORTS LOVE
THIS was the final weekend of the most recent baseball season, another season when it seemed the Apocalypse was falling right there in the Shea Stadium outfield. And the press...
MADOFF BLISTERED HIS SISTER
Bernard Madoff didn't even spare his own family. The Ponzi schemer scammed millions from his sister, who is now desperately selling her Florida home, sources told The Post. ANTIQUE &...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH... AMANI TOOMER
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the longest-tenured current Giant in the lead up to today's playoff battle with the Eagles. Q: This is an Amani Toomer quote: "I think...
GETTIN' BIGGIE WIT IT
IT was easy for 50 Cent, Eminem and Prince to film their stories. All they had to do was gin up a script, hire a director and play themselves. Presto:...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERS BONO U2 singer's Elevation Partners investment company invests in Palm and is rewarded as its stock rose 34% Friday. BRAD GREY Gets new five-year deal to stay atop Paramount,...
NOT JUST A TITLE DEFENSE - A QUEST FOR ANOTHER
HERE they come again. Here come the Giants, bursting through the tunnel, into the second season. The siren call of a seductive, new Lombardi Trophy clearly within earshot now, even...
Texas fold 'em
By MARC BERMANHOUSTON - We'll keep this short and not so sweet.Mike D'Antoni's best attribute as a head coach - beyond his speedball attack - was his ability to get...
FOR GIANTS, FAILURE'S NOT AN OPTION VS. HATED RIVAL
As much as the Giants yearn to win today's divisional playoff game and move on, there's another factor motivating them almost as passionately: They cannot fathom getting ousted by the...
KEVIN JAMES
KEVIN James is about to go from King to minimum-wage flunky. The comedian, who for nine seasons starred in the CBS sitcom "The King of Queens," is now squeezing into...
DEC IS READY TO TALK TURKEY
THIS winter will see the last chapter in New York's large-scale wild turkey research program. The first project is a turkey-banding program, the second project is a statewide winter flock...
RANGERS COACH HAS LOST CONTROL
* It's time for Rangers coach Tom Renney to go! While GM Glen Sather is smoking his cigars in the skybox, he may want to take a gander at his...
POWER RANGER
Apple's eight-hour laptop battery Available in the 17-inch MacBook Pro, $2,799; apple.com The big reveal at this year's Macworld Conference and Expo wasn't the cool new updates to iLife, iWork...
YI, NETS SUFFER UNLUCKY BREAK
The Nets finally saw the Yi Jianlian they wanted, the 7-foot bundle of emerging talent they felt was worth dealing Richard Jefferson to obtain. The past few weeks, Yi was...
BILL OF DEATH
DEAR DR. FOX: Why do vets charge to euthanize an animal when the owner has always been faithful regarding checkups and injections? - S.R., Arlington, Va.DEAR S.R.: In the old...
HOME OF THE BRAVE
IN AUGUST, I introduced you to a pretty pit bull named Pippin, one of two dogs left alone and homeless when their owner died in her Upper East Side apartment....
HOT DISH
Recession specials abound in the New Year! On Sunday nights, chef David Burke has instituted a three-course $20.09 prix fixe menu at his new seafood restaurant. * Fishtail (135 E....
GIANTS-EAGLES IS ALL ABOUT THE FANS
WE keep trying to poke and prod the players, and the coaches, we keep looking for them to proclaim public oaths of hatred and contempt. They never bite. They won't...
SUPER CHANCE FOR WARD, KIWANUKA
Is it hard, Derrick Ward asked, for him to look at his Super Bowl ring, given that he was injured and missed the entire playoff run? "No, it's not hard,...
SANDERSON DEATH MUST CHANGE HOCKEY CULTURE
SHAME on us. Shame on all of us in hockey who have moved on without giving more than a fleeting second thought (if that) to last week's death of Don...
LONE STAR WOES CONTINUE WITH ROUT IN HOUSTON
HOUSTON - Former Knicks coach and current Houston resident Don Chaney sat courtside last night, doing guest color commentary for the Rockets' telecast. This week is the five-year anniversary of...
SHANAHAN RETURNS TO WHERE HE BEGAN
Brendan Shanahan is a Devil again. After being unable to land a deal with the Rangers, where he played the previous two seasons, the veteran agreed in principle on a...
COUGHLIN WILL HAVE BLUE READY TO BURY BIRDIES
GIANTS (-4) over Eagles; Under 40: Yes, the erratic Minnesota offense let Philadelphia off the hook, but give the Eagles players and staff full credit - especially the defense, which...
BOLTS, STEELERS WON'T LIGHT UP SCOREBOARD
The winner of multiple major handicapping championships against world-class competition, The Wildcat returns. Including the 1997-2007 season in The Post, Cat's 13-year record in print stands at 354-295 (54.5 percent)...
GANG GREEN READY TO INTERVIEW 'D' REX TODAY
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Rex Ryan spent the week getting ready to play the Titans. Now he has a few hours to prepare to meet Woody Johnson and Mike Tannenbaum. The...
ARTEST BELIEVES WALSH ULTIMATELY WILL FIX KNICKS KNICK NOTES
HOUSTON - Rockets forward Ron Artest wishes Donnie Walsh had been named to lead the Knicks 10 years ago, then he would've fulfilled his career-long dream of being a Knick....
HENRIK BACK WITH A BLANK
OTTAWA - Brandon Dubinsky had gone more than a month since his last goal. Once he gave the Rangers the early lead, Henrik Lundqvist took care of the rest. Lundqvist...
STOVER FG SENDS BALTIMORE TO AFC TITLE GAME
NASHVILLE - It's starting to feel a lot like 2000 around the Ravens. Baltimore pulled out a 13-10, last-minute playoff victory over the Titans yesterday to advance to the AFC...
WARNER, ARIZONA DEFENSE GIVES PANTHERS FITZ
CHARLOTTE - Their NFC West title was brushed off as a product of a weak division, and their victory over the Falcons in the wild-card round was credited to home-cooking....
DEVS ROLL OVER KINGS
LOS ANGELES - Brian Rolston, Travis Zajac and Patrik Elias each scored on the power play to help the Devils beat the Kings 5-1 last night. Jamie Langenbrunner had a...
DON'T JUDGE MILLEN SOLELY ON RECORD
WITH all the things to be outraged by, last week, it was interesting that so many readers had their buttons twisted over NBC's hiring of Matt Millen, jettisoned as general...
PITTSBURGH LOOKS TO REGAIN EDGE AT HEINZ FIELD
PITTSBURGH - The last time Ben Roethlisberger was quickly cleared to play following a concussion, he threw four interceptions in a 2006 game at Oakland. "Don't remember," he said earlier...
MATTINGLY: TEIXEIRA 'FIRST'-RATE ADDITION
MARK Teixeira made it clear this week how much of a Don Mattingly fan he was growing up, with everything from having a Mattingly poster in his bedroom to wearing...
'CUSE'S FLYNN GIVES RU BAD KNIGHT
The seminal moment of Syracuse's 82-66 victory at Rutgers last night came eight minutes into the second half - courtesy of the Orange's Jonny Flynn. Flynn - well under his...
LUKE OF THE IRISH TOO MUCH FOR SINKING HALL
Luke Harangody missed 10 straight shots while going nearly 23 minutes without a basket, yet still scored 10 points during a decisive run late and finished with 30 points and...
MAKING THE SCENE...
B.East 171 East Broadway, at Rutgers Street; 212-228-3100 Hours: 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. STEALTHILY and steadily, underneath popular downtown restaurants, an interesting late-night scene is going bump in the...
PROOF POSITIVE
GOLD flakes are a common enough sight in high-end liquors, but what about diamonds? In creating this premium vodka, the Slovakian distillers filter it seven times through diamond dust, which...
LA VIE EN FOOD
Les Caves des Fondus 20 Prince St.; 212-966-5073 (no reservations) Sipping wine from a baby bottle may sound like a fraternity prank, but it's the way wine is served at...
HERMAN, 32, AND WARSING, 36
Nov. 22 - On their wedding day, it was easy for Briana Herman and Christopher Warsing to remember how they felt on their first date. In fact, they practically experienced...
ESSES, 23, AND DAYAN, 40
Nov. 20 - Life's a beach for Linda Esses and Raymond Dayan. The Brooklyn duo hit it off on a singles trip to Greece, where Dayan spotted Esses sunbathing on...
MCCALLISTER, 29, AND SCIBILIA, 29
Oct. 18 - If only every customer tipped like Michael Scibilia. On Valentine's Day, Scibilia, an actor and bartender, went to have dinner at Hill Country, where his girlfriend, Tressa...
NAYYAR, 27, AND GILLMAN, 30
Dec. 20 - Shelley Nayyar and Evan Gillman got the white wedding they always dreamed of when four inches of snow fell the night before their big day. "I wanted...
NEW SHOT FOR CLUB BOSS
Nightclub owner Noah Tepperberg got the neighborhood OK last week to open a new place in Chelsea, 10 blocks from where his hotspot Marquee has attracted A-list celebs and a...
PAIN OF SERB THUG'S VICTIM
A fragile but brave Bryan Steinhauer needs his parents' help with the simplest of tasks, even to walk the shortest of distances. His balance is shaky, and stairs remain a...
TV BAR BRAWL
An Australian entrepreneur is ready to mix it up with booze big shots over who conceived a reality show on bartenders. Real-estate magnate Scott Talbot says he came up with...
JAN. 20 STATS TO SWEAR BY
WASHINGTON - One ton each of chocolate and cheese. About 1,500 cases of beer. Eight hundred pounds of bison meat. Those are just a few items that the Marriott Wardman...
CHINA'S COUGH-Y BREAK
For a few weeks last August, China said goodbye to the Peking yuck. Chinese officials succeeded in curbing rampant pollution in Beijing by shutting down factories and curtailing automobile traffic...
'FRAME' SLAP AT DRUG COPS
Two disgraced members of a Queens narcotics unit have been indicted by a grand jury for framing four clubgoers in a drug bust, The Post has learned. The grand jury...
HOW NOT TO SPEND WAY OUT OF MESS
Dear John: It's time to think WAY outside the box. These extraordinary times need extraordinary measures - the bailout methodology does not qualify as an extraordinary measure. Now's the time...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens * A visitor from California was busted after she tried to board a flight at Kennedy Airport with three knives stashed in her luggage, police said. Emily Scott Texler,...
SWAYZE'S NEW AGE MED QUEST
Patrick Swayze decided modern medicine isn't potent enough to fight his inoperable pancreatic cancer - he's also seeking New Age spiritual help in the mountains of the Southwest, according to...
ANTIQUE & GEM DEALERS GET HOCK OF A DEAL
It's a Ponzi fire sale. Victims of scammer Bernard Madoff's $50 billion fraud are selling off their antiques, fine art and jewels to cash in on their high-end collections, sources...
BROTHERS DIE IN SI 'ARSON' TRAGEDY
An apparently intentional fire ripped through a Staten Island block yesterday, killing two brothers as they slept in their parents' home and hurting nine firefighters, officials said. PHOTOS: SI 'ARSON'...
O & BUSH PU$HING CONGRESS
President Bush and Barack Obama plan to tag-team a reluctant Congress into releasing the second half of the $700 billion federal rescue package without strings attached. A White House spokesman...
TRAVOLTA 'CULT GRIEVING'
If grieving Scientologists John Travolta and Kelly Preston follow their church's protocol, they'll go through a series of soul-searching sessions to identify the "negative energies" that might have led to...
CHEATING HUBBIES' 'BIZ' PROPOSITION
"The economy is going to get much worse, much worse," the middle-aged Manhattan lawyer sitting across from me says as he slathers butter on a hunk of bread. "We haven't...
NYC GAL SUES JACKO 5 'DAD'
A Brooklyn woman is taking the King of Pop's clan to court, claiming brother Tito Jackson is her dad. Tanay Rodney Jackson, 25, filed a petition in Brooklyn Family Court...
WINTER 'NIGHTMARE' PUT OFF TILL MIDWEEK
The predicted lion of a winter storm that was to blanket New York in 6 inches of snow turned into a lamb yesterday, leaving little more than a coating of...
CIG BAN IGNORED
While petty criminals celebrate fewer NYPD summonses for quality-of-life crimes, more scofflaw smokers are brazenly breaking the city's smoking ban. The number of trendy clubs and neighborhood pubs where smokers...
BAD MEDS TOO HOT TO HAND OUT
A piping-hot radiator placed next to a locker full of drugs in a Harlem EMS station made a state health inspector's blood run cold last week. The ambulance unit's entire...
BALDWIN: I WAS AN ALEC-OHOLIC
Alec Baldwin was on the Santa Monica Freeway with a plastic quart cup filled with chardonnay and ice between his legs. "I'm driving down the road, I'm having a drink,"...
ETERNAL LIFE FOR KIM VIDS
They made Kim's Video an offer it couldn't refuse. Promising that its 55,000 films would play in a never-ending festival in their local museum, the town fathers of Salemi, Sicily,...
THE LAST SUPPER
The Cipriani empire seems to be crumbling like a stale cannoli. The famed family that runs a bevy of posh Manhattan restaurants and ban quet halls is straining under a...
JEWISH WEDDING 'JIHAD'
A Long Island waiter rebelling against his pastor father terrorized guests at a Jewish wedding reception, blasting a recording of a pro-Palestinian rally that included Arabic chants through the DJ's...
2 STABBED IN VICIOUS BUS ATTACK
A woman was critically injured last night by a mad man who stabbed her aboard a private bus in Queens that was returning from Atlantic City - despite the heroics...
MA SENT 7 KIDS TO WAR
The wars never end for Chagit Rein. She drove her son, Israel Defense Forces Capt. Benia Rein, 27, to his base near the Lebanese border in July 2006. Three weeks...
BAILOUT BOLOGNA
IN the 10 months since the chips fell on Bear Stearns, the ad-hoc Washington response to the crisis has left risk-takers rewarded, savers in peril, fraudsters running for cover and...
MYSTERY DEATH IN TONY HOTEL
A Long Island woman was found dead in a suite at a posh Park Avenue hotel yesterday morning, cops said. Rescuers found the 41-year-old victim in a $700-a-night room at...
THIS KID'S A TEXT MANIAC
Greg Hardesty didn't LOL when he got his teen daughter's cellphone statement. All he could think was "OMG!" PHOTOS: Text-Crazed Teen The California man's 13-year-old daughter, Reina, racked up an...
HONEST, ABE GETS A VISIT FROM BAM
President-elect Barack Obama paid a surprise visit to the Lincoln Memorial last night, a tribute to the former president he often cites as an inspiration. Obama, who frequently invoked the...
FERGIE IN SECRET LA NUPS
Pop star Fergie got hitched to her longtime boyfriend, "Las Vegas" actor Josh Duhamel, yesterday in an ultrasecret, star-studded ceremony in Malibu. The couple said, "I do," amid magnolia trees...
CAROLINE, GOV FINALLY POWWOW
Things may be looking sweet for Caroline Kennedy. JFK's daughter met face-to-face with Gov. Paterson yesterday for the first time about the open Senate seat for which she is jockeying....
STUY TOWN OWNER SUED OVER LOW-RENT 'EVICTION SPREE'
Rent-stabilized tenants of Manhattan's Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village will file a $40 million class-action lawsuit tomorrow, accusing owner Tishman Speyer of trying to evict them unfairly, according to...
'ATTACK WILL ESCALATE'
Israel yesterday pounded Hamas rocket sites and dropped leaflets in Gaza warning that the attack "will escalate," tossing aside all hopes of a cease-fire in the near future. "The [Israeli...
FDIC FACES UP TO $10B WHACK ON INDYMAC LOANS
THE Federal Deposit In surance Corp. may not have fully washed its hands of IndyMac Bank. Despite the agreement to sell of the once-troubled bank last week to a group...
NOW ON SALE! INVESTORS DUMPING HEDGE FUND $$
Some battered hedge fund investors are so desperate to get out of their positions that they don't mind selling them - for 75 percent off. Some hedge funds lost 50...
SILVER IS DISIN-KLEIN-ED
IF Mayor Bloomberg wants Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to renew mayoral control of the city school system without a confrontation, he had better keep Schools Chancellor Joel Klein as far...
GETTING SERIOUS
Embattled investor Ezra Merkin may have jumped from the frying pan right into the fire. Merkin, the fallen hedge-fund billionaire who lost as much as $3 billion in investor funds...
MAD. ABOUT YOU, TOO
The success of AMC's "Mad Men" - a drama about a New York ad agency in the 1960s - has spawned another series based on the ad business. "Trust Me,"...
CAR HITS THE SPOT
Look, ma, no hands! A new Lincoln could soon become the city driver's dream car - thanks to a device that ends parallel-parking nightmares with the push of a button....
BRUISED BOB RUBIN RIDES OFF
In the end, Robert Rubin became just the latest Wall Street titan to exit the executive suite with his reputation more sullied then when he rode into town. Rubin, 70,...
JAMES IN ODD PUSH FOR MOVIE
CBS is giving some unusual face time to one of its former sitcom stars. Kevin James is returning to CBS, his network home during his decade-long "King of Queens" run,...
A WEB OF INTRIQUE
New York Observer owner Jared Kushner, the scion of a wealthy and politically entangled New Jersey real estate family, is having a bumpy ride in the media world. His one-year...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
They obviously didn't budget for eternity. Shocked city leaders in Bullhead City, Ariz., doused an eternal flame at a veterans memorial after a month because the gas bill was too...
ACH-OOPS!
It can't be a good sign when a first date's most memorable conversation involved runny noses and scratchy throats, which was the case with Heather, a 24-year-old nanny, and Chris,...
TOP 5 LEAST SEXY BOOKS TO READ IN PUBLIC
According to randy readers at Barnes & Noble " 'The Secret.' " - Jason " 'What's Your Poo Telling You?' " - Emma "A worn copy of 'What To Expect...
HOLLYWOOD AND MINE
For conservatives who care about culture, Tuesday was our bumblebee moment. Those who hold extreme right-wing views (America is a source of endless pride, government can't run the economy better...
LOSING YOUR RESOLVE? TRY SHAME
One thing is true about New Year's health resolutions: They fail. But researchers have found the most effective way to get people to change their behavior revolves around the clever...
AN IRANIAN SEX SCANDAL
A hidden camera catches an Iranian cleric committing adultery, and the video rockets around the blogosphere, where a new generation can finally skirt state censorship. A video scandal has hit...
BLOG WATCH
Gaza propaganda "Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert, a radical Marxist who openly supports Hamas and the 9/11 hijackers, is seen once again in this CNN video about the death of a...
BUSH'S BETTER WORLD
If you asked Americans to list President Bush's foreign policy and national security accomplishments, you'd likely get some laughs - surely some snarky comments. Perhaps, at best, a short list....
MEET MARKET
From killer karaoke to dating disasters, Brian, a 31-year-old software salesman, knows how to laugh at himself. All this joking gent needs is a girl who's willing to giggle along...
CORZINE'S HALF-MEASURES
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, who faces a $2.1 billion hole in his current state budget, warns that "we've got a tsunami coming." But his proposed solution belies his urgent...
JOE'S 'JUSTICE'
Oops, my bad. I feel your pain: That's virtually all it takes for some violent offenders to avoid jail time in Brooklyn, courtesy of DA Joe Hynes. He's signed on...
HELUVA GUY
Dr. Richard Batista made the ultimate sacrifice by giving his wife his kidney ("Ex Is an Organ Moaner," Jan. 8). Most men have trouble just giving flowers. Mario Costanza, The...
YES, HE DID
Kyle Smith compares Barack Obama to Jim Carrey's "Yes Man" flick ("Year of the Yes Man," PostScript, Jan. 4). Obama has had to be a "yes man" to have gotten...
JETT TRAGEDY
The death of John Travolta's son is the kind of tragedy that every parent fears ("I'm Sorry, Jett," Jan. 6). However, if the boy was autistic and Travolta mindlessly adhered...
MON DIEU!
Your witty remarks regarding the French navy's victory over the Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden were a bit shocking - especially considering that the last clear, decisive military...
AND GOSH DARN ...
I beg to differ with The Post's assertion that Al Franken is best known for his role as SNL's Stuart Smalley ("Sen. Stuart Smalley Is Affirmed," Jan. 6). Clearly, Franken's...
DOG DAYS
While being bombarded daily with "the worst economy since the Great Depression," I read your article on the price to rent space for a hot-dog cart at the Metropolitan Museum...
REQUIRED READING
Nothing to Fear FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America by Adam Cohen (Penguin) While many FDR books look at him from what Cohen calls "the...
CHANGE FOR AMERICA
What will "change" look like? The 600 pages of "Change for America," a joint project by two lefty think tanks, The Center for American Progress Action Fund and the New...
THE ISRAELI SECRET SERVICES
As Israeli forces clash with Hamas and the threat of a third intifada hangs in the air, the timing could not be better for Ami Pedahzur's superb examination of Israel's...
ENTERTAINING DISASTERS
Food writers are generally thought to be an amiable if dimwitted lot, full of piss and vinegar (and olive oil). So who is this anxious, misanthropic narrator from Nancy Spiller's...
BESTSELLER: LITTLE TEAL BOOK OF TRUST
Unstoppable business self-help guru Gitomer is back with another bestseller (after "The Little Platinum Book of Ca-Ching," "The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way," you get the idea). Unfortunately,...
MOP MEN
" 'Oh, Alan, dude, you've got to see what I have in front of me right now!' Neal's volume jumped several decibels. 'This guy has been murdered by his gay...
BEWARE THE FULL MOON
CURTIS Harrington's "Night Tide" (made in 1960 but not released until 1963) features Den nis Hopper in his first leading role. In the days before he was typecast as a...
TOURNEYS THE NORM
TO most fans, interna tional chess means big tournaments - or big-bucks tournaments. "Big" means massive events in major cities, like the annual Aeroflot Open, which is expected to attract...
IN MY LIBRARY: JONATHAN AMES
He's written novels (plain and graphic), comic memoirs and newspaper columns - hell, he's even boxed now and then (under his nom de ring, The Herring King) - but Brooklyn's...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Pacman back in Dallas? Adam "Pacman" Jones suggested his days with the Cowboys may not be over. In an interview on CBS' NFL pregame show, the oft-troubled cornerback said...
OGILVY CRUISING IN MERCEDES OPENER
In Kapalua, Hawaii, Geoff Ogilvy ran off three straight birdies on the back nine and shot an 8-under 65 on Saturday to make the rest of the winners-only field at...
'IDOL' SHAKE-UP
When Kara DioGuardi first sat down with the judges at "American Idol," she thought, "Oh, God. Don't let me faint. I was like one of the contestants. That nervous." DioGuardi,...
YEAR OF THE MAKEUP ARTIST
'SHE is by far the most attractive member of the family," David Sedaris wrote of his sister Amy, "yet she spends most of her time and money disguising herself beneath...
SUNKEN 'TREASURE' YIELDS RICH BOOTY
"Being the first humans to see a shipwreck site never gets old," says Gregg Stemm, Co-Founder of Odyssey Marine Exploration. In "Treasure Quest," the new Discovery Channel series, Stemm and...
'SMALLVILLE' GROWS UP
Fire up the Bat Signal, turn on Jimmy Olsen's watch, summon your underwater friends - comic book geeks, it's time to visit "Smallville." I know, I know. You've been burned...
PRIMETIME
Just as it seems we've defeated our foolish prejudices against afflictions - from deafness to dwarfism to Down syndrome - New Year's Eve arrives. That's when we hear from otherwise...
REEL GOOD
Tue. 8pm (AMC) "Clear and Present Danger" (1994) After one of the President's best friends is murdered, CIA agent extrordinaire Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford), who has just been appointed acting...
DON'T MISS LIST
DRAMAFRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, Friday, 9 p.m., NBC 'Friday' Touchdown - Brian "Smash" Williams (Gaius Charles) has graduated. The start of the new school year has Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) uncertain...
CHERRY'S JUBILEE
Hillary Clinton couldn't make it to the White House, but Cherry Jones had no problem getting there. That's because she's playing a fictional female president - on the 7th season...
'WONDERLAND' RETURNS
IF you're a fan of "Friday Night Lights," chances are you'll love "Wonderland." The long-dead ABC series loosely based on New York's Bellevue hospital is being resurrecting on Direct TV....
PATERSON MEETS WITH CAROLINE KENNEDY
-- New York Gov. David Paterson has met with Senate hopeful Caroline Kennedy to interview her for the job. Paterson spokeswoman Erin Duggan says the two met Saturday afternoon at...
PRINCE HARRY'S RACE RANT
Prince Harry's mouth needs a royal flush. The controversy-courting noble - who made headlines in 2005 for donning a Nazi uniform to a costume party - was at it again,...
FERGIE IN SECRET LA MARRIAGE
Pop star Fergie was expected to let it ride yesterday and marry her longtime boyfriend, "Las Vegas" star Josh Duhamel, in a secret ceremony. The wedding was to take place...
SWAYZE'S NEW AGE MED QUEST
Patrick Swayze decided modern medicine isn't potent enough to fight his inoperable pancreatic cancer - he's also seeking New Age spiritual help in the mountains of the Southwest, according to...
Donovan sets up two in Bayern dubut
Well, nobody can say Landon Donovan is being buried at Bayern Munich.Jürgen Klinsmann tried out 19 players in a 3-2 friendly win over Abu Dhabi side Al Jazira today, but...
Donovan sets up two goals in Bayern debut
Well, nobody can say Landon Donovan is being buried at Bayern Munich.Jürgen Klinsmann tried out 19 players in a 3-2 friendly win over Abu Dhabi side Al Jazira today, but...
Curry out: The Yao Flu
By MARC BERMANHOUSTON - Amazing. The Knicks did not dress Eddy Curry tonight because of a sore left knee or the Yao Ming flu. Curry's season debut was a disaster,...
Rex Ryan to interview
By BRIAN COSTELLORavens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan will interview for the Jets' head coaching position tomorrow in Baltimore, according to a source close to the situation.The Ravens defeated the Titans...