January 16, 2009
Stallion dresses tonight
By MARC BERMANWASHINGTON - In a surprise move, rookie Danilo Gallinari will dress tonight and Mike D'Antoni said he may play limited minutes.Gallinari has not played since the season's second...
Tampa Bay open for Spagnuolo
The Buccaneers today fired Jon Gruden, leaving the former Super Bowl winning coach without a job and Steve Spagnuolo looking for one.The Buccaneers' Web site says the team has dismissed...
Gruden now available
The Buccaneers today fired Jon Gruden, leaving the former Super Bowl winning coach without a job and the Jets still looking for Eric Mangini's replacement.The Buccaneers' Web site says the...
Sundance: Ben and Andrew Make a Porno -- Well, Maybe
Eat your heart out New York! It's a comparatively balmy 30 degrees here in Park City, with bright sunlight that makes it feel like it's perhaps 40. The dramatic competition...
Skinny on Ellen's Trim Figure
Aha! So that's how Ellen DeGeneres got so thin."Ellen and I are both vegan now," life partner Portia de Rossi tells The Post. "We have been Vegan for about ten...
JUDGE EXTENDS ORDER OF PROTECTION FOR MONSERRATE'S GIRLFRIEND
State Sen. Hiram Monserrate’s (D-East Elmhurst) legal team lashed out at Queens District Attorney Richard Brown Friday as a Queens Criminal Court judge ruled he will not be allowed contact...
5 suspended for prospect's death
MOSCOW -- The Continental Hockey League suspended five officials Friday in connection with the death last year of Rangers draft pick Alexei Cherepanov.The 19-year-old, a first-round pick in 2007, died...
IZZIE , GIVE UP THE GHOST
Spoiler alert: There's no ghost on "Grey's." ABC Entertainment honcho Steve McPherson let that little nugget slip while chatting with TV critics in Hollywood this morning. "When you get to...
YANKEES, METS GET MORE BONDS FOR PARKS
The New York Yankees and Mets have won their fight for more funding to help with their new stadium projects. On Friday, the city's Industrial Development Agency approved new public...
NOTRE DAME GETS SHOT AT SYRACUSE
SYRACUSE - Kyle McAlarney and his Notre Dame teammates might just be salivating at the thought of seeing Orange. After losing once in its first 17 games - to Cleveland...
CANCER VICTIM ADDED TO 9/11 LIST
A New York City man who died of lymphoma and lung disease three months ago has been added to the Sept. 11 death toll because of his exposure to toxic...
Classic car racing now on PS Network
Konami's announced that their GTI Club+, the classic arcade-style racing game, originally released in 1996, has been updated with HD graphics and is ready for download on the PlayStation Network.In...
CIRCUIT CITY TO LIQUIDATE REMAINING US STORES
Bankrupt Circuit City Stores Inc., unable to work out a sale of the company, said Friday it will go out of business - closing its 567 U.S. stores and cutting...
OBAMA: DRAMATIC ACTION NEEDED TO FIX ECONOMY
BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio - Taking his economic pitch on the road Friday, President-elect Barack Obama promoted his plans to create long-lasting, well-paying jobs in cutting-edge industries like alternative energy as...
Rams could pass on Ryan
The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports the Rams will not wait to hire Rex Ryan as their head coach, with Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier the favorite for the job.Steve...
Rams high on Spagnuolo
The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports the Rams will choose either Steve Spagnuolo or Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier to be their next head coach.The paper says Frazier is the...
HEARTBARK HOTEL
WATCHING the gaggle of ignorant mutts in "Hotel for Dogs" sit down at a long formal table and eagerly wait to lap up the dog food served by their masters...
Assistant leaves for Dolphins
From the GiantsAssistant offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo is leaving the Giants after five seasons to become the offensive line coach of the Miami Dolphins. DeGuglielmo was a member of...
Sudance: Opening Day Odds and Ends
Opening day at Sundance is usually fairly uneventful, a good time to catch up with old friends and make some new ones. On the way over to the Frontier Press...
A look at the top candidates
Here's a media guide look at the top four candidates for the Jets' head-coaching job: RUSS GRIMMREX RYANBRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMERSTEVE SPAGNUOLO
'LATE NIGHT' GOES GREEN FOR FALLON
"Late Night" TV is going green. When Jimmy Fallon takes over NBC's "Late Night" show on March 2, he'll have one of the first studios on television that is entirely...
Box Office: 'Mall Cop' vs Dirty Harry
I find it really difficult to believe that Sony's Kevin James comedy "Paul Blart: Mall Cop'' is going to blow away Clint Eastwood's smash-hit holdover "Gran Torino'' this weekend, but...
POLL: VIEWERS WANT LEANER, MEANER OSCARS
Oscar fans want to dump technical awards and the Academy president's speech to make for a leaner, meaner show, according to a survey of big-screen devotees. The movie-ticket website Fandango...
Sundance: Opening Night
I'm surprised at the early mixed reviews for Adam Eliot's "Mary and Max,'' the claymation flick that opened Sundance last night. Sure, it's dark -- sometimes very dark -- and...
BOY GEORGE GETS 15 MONTHS IN PRISON
LONDON -- Former Culture Club frontman Boy George was sentenced on Friday to 15 months in jail after being found guilty last month of falsely imprisoning Norwegian male escort Audun...
NTSB: ENGINES MISSING FROM RIVER PLANE
Federal investigators say that both engines are missing from the US Airways jetliner that ditched into the Hudson River. Kitty Higgins of the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday crews...
BABIES PLUCKED FROM ICY WATER BY RESCUE FERRIES
Minutes after a US Airways jet plunged into the icy Hudson River, Vincent Lucante and his ferry crew leaned over to pluck two soaked and shivering babies from an emergency...
BX. MARINE 1ST '09 AFGHAN CASUALTY
On Thursday, January 8, Alberto Francesconi's family spoke softly, shed tears and embraced. No rifle salute. No funeral dress. Only happy memories and hastily printed "Alberto" t-shirts. Francesconi, a 21-year...
NEW LIFE FOR BX. FIRE SITE
A site ravaged by a five-alarm blaze that destroyed 12 businesses last year is going to get a new life, with 22,000 square-feet of new retail space planned for the...
FENCE SITE BLUES
The fence is temporary, but its construction is anything but. The elaborate steel and wood enclosure, protecting the 5-building development off Rawlins Avenue in Country Club from graffiti and vandalism,...
THROGGS NECK'S PITIED POOCH FINALLY RESCUED
Throggs Neck's beleaguered beagle is safe. Carol Kreidemaker, a friend to stray pets, helped snare the dog January 9. "Chucky" is adjusting well to life indoors, playing with Kreidemaker's three...
FIRE SHOWER FOR CI BLAZE VICTIMS
To relieve the distress and burden felt by the victims of the recent City Island fire, community members are stepping up to help by organizing a fire shower. The devastating...
DEALS: $172 for a night in Paris
Right, so, Paris - Valentine's Day. The Concorde group (nice hotels - not the absolute best, but really nice) offering rooms from $172 on Feb 13, 14 + 15. Includes...
Talk Show Guests: Toni Collette
Before getting to know the multiple personalities of Toni Collette's character on Showtime's wacky new "United States of Tara," get to know the actress on "The View" this morning. And...
BERNIE'S FAKE TRADES
The mystery surrounding Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme deepened further yesterday after the securities industry's watchdog said there was no evidence that the accused swindler ever traded a...
LORD & TAYLOR GETS $60M TO STAY AFLOAT
While a stormy shopping climate rocks retailers, Lord & Taylor is getting a lifeline. The upscale department store has received a $60 million cash injection from owner NRDC Equity Partners,...
BANK WOES WEIGH ON US MARTS
Jamie Dimon's JPMorgan Chase squeezed out a profit, but that wasn't enough to stop a banking sell-off triggered by continued fears about the health of Citigroup and Bank of America....
CRASH RESCUE A REAL SLAM DUNK
What a save! An ace US Airways pilot made an astonishing controlled crash landing into the frigid Hudson River after his jet hit geese and lost power minutes after takeoff...
SIEBERT ON SPOT
An employment dispute involving Muriel Siebert, the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, has taken a turn on new court allegations that the so-called...
BRAVEST GOING TO O'S BASH
A Bronx firefighter will get to shake it with Shakira - not to mention President Obama - after winning a lottery to go the inauguration next week. Christopher Cunneen was...
MUGABE HAS DECLARED HIM A POLITICAL DISSIDENT - AND HE'S 2!
HARARE, Zimbabwe - A 2-year-old boy has been released from jail after being held for weeks with his parents in what the Zimbabwean opposition calls a crackdown on dissent. Nigel...
HONDO BARKING ABOUT THE 'DOGS
Hondo went from wild-card perfection to Divisional mediocrity last week with a disappointing 2-2 spread record that dropped him a game behind the appauling Schwartz. The outcome might have been...
TIM SULLIVAN
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MISS CHARLEEN
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STEELERS A HEAVY-METAL COVER BAND
The winner of multiple major 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 percent)...
CARDS ARE FOR REAL
THERE have been a lot of solid recommendations in this space this season, resulting in everything from a Best Bet championship to a 13-4-1 final mark in Locks of the...
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...
5 QUESTIONS FOR... MICHAEL STRAHAN
FOX football analyst Michael Strahan can't help but wonder if the Giants would have beaten the Eagles on Sunday if he were still on the team. He talked about Big...
FLIER UP TO NECK IN WATER
Bill Zuhoski thought he was lucky to get on Flight 1549 after missing an earlier plane - until he found himself standing neck deep in water in the middle of...
'FIRE STARTED BLOWING OUT OF THE ENGINE'
While on a rescue raft with pilot Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, the man who had just safely glided a US Airways jet safely into the frigid waters of the...
FINAL 4 QBS EACH A SUPER STORY
Two playoff wins and $5 will get you a cheese steak in Philadelphia, nothing more. The reprieve quarterback Donovan McNabb has received from the media and Philly fans will be...
FEATHERED FOES HAUNT CITY AIRPORTS
Bird strikes like the one that caused yesterday's US Airways crash-landing are a constant threat at New York's airports, despite Port Authority efforts to separate human and avian fliers. Birds...
WIFE: SULLY'S A 'PILOT'S PILOT'
The wife of the pilot who safely landed a crippled jetliner in the Hudson River says her husband is a "a pilot's pilot" who "loves the art of the airplane."...
FRIGID WEATHER KOS BIG A'S CARD TODAY
There is no live racing at Aqueduct today because of the bitter arctic cold wave, although the track will be open for simulcasting. The National Weather Service forecast calls for...
PLAX, RICKEY ARE FLAWS CELEBRES
THE Expendables I: The pre vailing multi-media, week-long/day-after wisdom has determined that Plaxico Burress' misconduct on Nov. 28 wrecked the Giants' chance to win consecutive NFL championships. Boo on Plaxico,...
BIG BEN, FLACCO TARGETS OF DYNAMIC DEFENSES
When the Steelers and Ravens meet Sunday in Pittsburgh, quarterbacks Ben Roethlisberger and Joe Flacco should be wearing bull's-eyes on their backs instead of uniform numbers. This AFC Championship Game...
RED BULLS HAPPY WITH HALL
By selecting Jeremy Hall and Babajide Ogunbiyi, the Red Bulls bolstered their leaky defense and filled their need at left flank in yesterday's MLS SuperDraft. Hall, the top winger in...
TOUGH TIMES MAKE CARDS, EAGLES STRONGER
TEMPE, Ariz. - The lessons of losing have not been lost on the Cardinals and Eagles. One step from the Super Bowl, both can reflect on how tough times helped...
SHANAHAN JOINS DEVILS
Brendan Shanahan skated with his new Devils teammates for the first time yesterday in Columbus and came away impressed. "I like what I saw," Shanahan said after officially signing with...
KNICKS LOOK TO FATTEN UP ON NBA DREGS
David Lee admitted the Knicks were not in great spirits. "After that Houston game," he said yesterday of his team's loss last Saturday, "I think all of us were sort...
RANGERS HIT THE ROAD WITH THEIR DADS
After years of being chauffeured by their parents to practices and games as children, the Rangers get to return the favor. Well, sort of. Accompanied by their most loyal fans,...
SPAGNUOLO HAS SECOND MEETING WITH JETS
Though the odds of Steve Spagnuolo remaining with the Giants improve as each job opening around the NFL gets filled, it turns out the Jets did meet with the Big...
MIKE'S GOT GUYS PLAYING BOTH ENDS
PHOENIX - As the Warriors and Kings fight over Paul Westhead's services as defensive coach, Mike D'Antoni is showing expertise and innovation in that area he presumably lacked. In the...
BONDS ATTORNEYS TRY TO BAR EVIDENCE
Lawyers for Barry Bonds yesterday attacked as inadmissible much of the government's known evidence in its perjury prosecution, including planned testimony from former mistress Kimberly Bell that she witnessed rages...
ANOTHER CHANCE TO BE SUPER FOR MUCH-MALIGNED MCNABB
PHILADELPHIA - What is not to like about a quarterback who has thrown the smallest percentage of interceptions of anyone in NFL history? What is not to like about a...
ISLANDERS PLAN PRESEASON GAME IN K.C.
Kansas City, here we come? The Islanders' issues this year - lack of talent, injuries, inexperience - have been bad enough. Now, the future of the team on Long Island...
DICK MCGUIRE OK AFTER EYE SURGERY
Following two years of straining to see through glasses bought off the shelf, Dick McGuire underwent cataract surgery on his left eye yesterday morning in New Rochelle. The Knicks' hallowed...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Red Sox re-sign Youkilis The Red Sox and infielder Kevin Youkilis have agreed to a four-year contract, according to multiple media outlets. The deal, which buys out Youkilis' last...
NETS GUILTY OF HOME-ICIDE IN LOSS TO BLAZERS
The Nets usually scored down the stretch. That wasn't the problem. The problem was Portland almost always scored right back. "Time after time, it was our inability to get stops,"...
WALKER HELPS UCONN DANCE BY STORM
Coursing through Kemba Walker's veins like the beat of a reggae drum is the hot-sands, warm-nights blood of the Caribbean. His father Paul, a native of Antigua, and his mother,...
TAR HEELS SNAP TWO-GAME SKID
North Carolina's struggles appear to be over. Tyler Hansbrough scored 28 points, Ty Lawson had 19 and the No. 5 Tar Heels beat Virginia 83-61 last night in Charlottesville, Va.,...
QUEENS COP KNIFED IN EYE
An NYPD sergeant was stabbed in the eye last night while trying to subdue an emotionally disturbed man in Queens, cops said. Late last night, doctors were uncertain if they...
HOUSE DEMS PUSH $825B STIMULUS PLAN
A massive, $825 billion stimulus package proposed yesterday by House Democrats includes a mix of spending programs and tax cuts aimed at putting millions of unemployed people back to work...
BUSH GIVES GRACIOUS FAREWELL
WASHINGTON - In a solemn and poignant farewell address to the nation last night, President Bush saluted Barack Obama as "a man whose story reflects the enduring promise of our...
GOING INVISIBLE
A new light-bending material has brought scientists closer to creating a cloaking device that could hide objects from sight. Metamaterials such as fiberglass can be used to form a variety...
BIG FAT NO TO 'FAT TAX'
ALBANY - New York voters are increasingly opposed to Gov. Paterson's plan to slap a "fat tax" on sweet soft drinks, a new poll yesterday showed. The Quinnipiac University survey...
GALS' OFFICE STYLE IS RISQUé BUSINESS
High heels and short skirts may help you climb the career ladder. Nearly a third of 3,000 respondents to an Internet poll said they would wear "slightly risqué" outfits to...
HAMAS BIG KILLED IN AIRSTRIKE
Israel assassinated Hamas' interior minister and two other senior terrorists yesterday in what may be the final push before a one-year truce in the Gaza Strip. A devastating airstrike flattened...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A middle-aged man has been arrested in a series of lower Manhattan commercial burglaries that netted him more than $50,000 in cash and merchandise, authorities said yesterday. Between last...
MIKE WILL TARGET THE DIRTY DOZENS
Trying to make the most of scarce resources, Mayor Bloomberg announced a low-cost crackdown yesterday on quality-of-life crimes by establishing a "Dirty Dozen" list of the worst offenders in each...
'DWI' MUSICAL CHAIRS ON LI
Two boozed-up bozos got popped for DWI early yesterday after playing musical chairs on a Long Island road, police said. Cops spotted the men, Christopher Ferchland, 27, of Farmingville, and...
PARTITION OF DOOM
An illegal partition blocked access to the fire escape during the Black Sunday blaze that forced two firefighters to jump to their deaths in The Bronx, a city building inspector...
B'KLYN 'KILLER' IN PARIS BUST
A Congolese man who used to live with a trio of former Disney World waiters in a Brooklyn apartment was charged yesterday with beating one of them to death more...
SHARK-&-AWE HEIST
In what may be the fishiest case of shoplifting ever, a Long Island man stole a shark from a pet store's tank by putting it under his coat and sneaking...
SUIT RIPS 'LIES' OF VITAMINWATER
A nutrition advocacy group sued Coca-Cola yesterday over what it calls "deceptive" health claims about VitaminWater. The Center for Science in the Public Interest accuses Coke of selling what it...
'KIDNEY' PUNCH AT GOTTI
John "Junior" Gotti will have to get kidney-stone treatment behind bars after the judge in his racketeering retrial yesterday ordered that he continue to be held without bail. Judge P....
FRANCE SINGS CHEESE-TAX BLEUS
PARIS - Lift this stinky cheese tariff, France pleaded yesterday. A US decision to triple import duties on France's renowned Roquefort cheese is an "unjustified" retaliation for a European Union...
BAM FITS THE MOLD
The world is waxing poetic about Barack Obama - from Times Square to European capitals. Madame Tussauds gave Obama an early inauguration yesterday with its unveiling of life-size wax figures...
PLAXICO'S GUN-POSSESSION HAIL MARY
Plaxico Burress' Florida license that covered a rifle and an old, inoperable handgun was seized last month from his Totowa, NJ, home - but he's hoping the permit will stave...
CONNED CON MAN AVOIDS CAN
A Manhattan securities broker who stole $600,000 from clients won't serve a day in prison - because he was so addled, he gave the money to con artists who'd e-mailed...
A PAIN IN THE ASSESS
Small-home owners jolted by a 7 percent property-tax increase last month will be climbing the walls when they read this - the market value of their properties is down, but...
MARTY'S SUCH A $WEETIE
What a sweet deal! Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, who is running for re-election this year, spent nearly $6,000 of his campaign cash on chocolates from the fancy Jacques Torres...
FROZEN APPLE IS IN SIBER-SPACE
New York City is in a Siberian freeze. Last night's temperatures plummeted to 5 degrees - icier than those recorded in typically frozen cities such as Anchorage, Moscow and even...
MARS 'LIFE' CLUE
WASHINGTON - Something is happening beneath the surface of Mars that causes substantial amounts of methane gas to burst out regularly, a discovery that NASA scientists said today represents the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Maybe he should eat someplace else. A 26-year-old Massachusetts man has been shot twice within a year at the same pizza parlor. Police say an unknown gunman shot the man...
LOHAN: I'M A 'MESS'
A very windblown Lindsay Lohan is at her sultry best in the February issue of Interview magazine, in which she opens up to Lauren Hutton about her scandalous life so...
THE GOP CROSSROADS
THE Republican Party is rudder less and leader less, and the 2012 primary season won't start until at least February. But, at month's end, the 168 members of the Republican...
SAFER STREETS: A SMART STIMULUS
CRIME tends to go up at the worst time - when bad economic times cut into crime prevention. With our economy in trouble and budget deficits looming, you have to...
QUIT SMOKING . . . $AVE THE CITY
THE ISSUE: The Health Department's new anti-smoking campaign, which could cost $3 million. *** The city Health Deptartment has no business spending $3 million on non-smoking advertising, especially in this...
WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S: LUXURY HOUSE ARREST
THE ISSUE: Judge Ronald Ellis' decision to put Bernard Madoff under house arrest. *** The "Teflon Con" will be another New York icon - the personification of greed and self-loathing...
MIKE'S OMISSION
IN his State of the City Address yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg made a small, long-overdue overture toward addressing the biggest threat to the city's future: its out-of-control benefits costs for municipal...
MAJOR STAKES RACE
WORLD traveler George Green, someone many thought could one day run Hearst Corp.'s magazine empire, is instead retiring as president of Hearst Magazines International, effective Feb. 1. Green will be...
AIG IS SPENDING $150 MILLION MORE TO RETAIN EMPLOYEES
American International Group Inc., the insurer rescued by the US, is giving executives and employees at least $619 million in retention pay, $150 million more than previously disclosed. AIG is...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Mortgages The average US rate on a 30-year fixed mort gage fell below 5 percent this week for the first time on record going back to 1971 as a govern...
BOSTON GLOBE DOWNSIZES
New York Times Co.'s Boston Globe newspaper plans to cut about 12 percent of editorial positions, or as many as 50 employees, through voluntary buyouts, because of declining revenue and...
SAKS CUTS 9% OF STAFF, TRIMS INVENTORY
Saks said it will slash 9 percent of its workforce - or about 1,100 jobs - as it looks to cut costs amid dwindling demand for luxury goods. Among the...
YAHOO! SEARCH SALE NOT LIKELY
Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz told employees that she needs time to review the Internet company's search business and that her gut instinct is not to sell it,...
AMID OVERHAUL, CITI SEEKS SPIN-OFF SUPPORT
Citigroup is looking to hire one or more veteran bankers to work within the badly wounded firm and help lead a massive dismantling of the unwieldy financial supermarket. Run by...
CLEAR CHANNEL PLANS REVAMP
The new owners of radio giant Clear Channel Communications will next week begin implementing a massive restructuring plan that seeks to cut $400 million in costs at the company, The...
CORRUPTION AT CON ED
Benton J. Campbell, US Attorney for Brooklyn, on Wednesday bagged 11 Con Ed supervisors (one recently retired) on charges of demanding more than $1 million in construction kickbacks. According to...
MIRACLE WORKERS ON THE HUDSON
Rescue crews yesterday afternoon plucked 155 passengers and crew members from a US Airways jetliner mere minutes after the plane pancaked into the Hudson River. A miracle? So it would...
TIME FOR CAROLINE
All eyes are turning to Washington for the inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation's 44th president. Could there be a more propitious time for Gov. Paterson to name Caroline...
9/11 'RESCUE'
FIREFIGHTERS on "Rescue Me" are getting back to 9/11 conspiracy theories, as The Post first reported. The second episode of the FX drama is the first of an ongoing storyline...
STARR REPORT
Ch. 4's Chuck Scarborough, who had elective back surgery Wednesday, is expected to be off the air all of next week, with a targeted return date of Monday, Jan. 25....
'GOSSIP' PARENT SPINOFF
A "Gossip Girl" spinoff will go back to the future. Producers have finally begun pre-production on a proposed prequel to the cult-favorite show that will take place in the 1980s...
SIMON SAYS BEACON'S BACK
AFTER an eight-month, $15 million renovation, the Beacon Theatre is getting a little more love by Paul Simon, who'll reopen the venerable music hall with a pair of shows Feb....
ROOKIE BELTS A HOLMES RUN
YOU gotta hand to it to Katie Holmes: She didn't start out as much of a draw in "All My Sons," but by the time it closed last week, the...
OLD MAN'S TALE NOT VERY FRUITFUL
GERMAN filmmaker Doris Dorrie is, like so many oth ers, fascinated by the Japanese way of life, and her infatuation is out there for all to see in "Cherry Blossoms,"...
EVERYBODY'S KUNG FU FIGHTING ON BROADWAY
SURE, meditation and spiritual harmony get their due in "Soul of Shaolin," the Chinese martial-arts extravaganza that opened last night. But let's face it: Most of us are there to...
PLAY'S RIPE FOR THE PICKING
THE production of "The Cherry Or chard" that opened this week is as much an act of diplomacy as the ater. This first entry of the aptly named Bridge Project...
WHOLE NEW BOLLY GAME
CALL it fusion cinema. "Chandi Chowk to China" is the second Bollywood production from Warner Bros., which outsourced US distribution of its first, "Slumdog Millionaire," to Fox Searchlight. This one...
MALL OF THE MILD
IN "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," Kevin James proves he's not just an actor who falls on his face. He also falls on his bottom. Laughs occasionally ensue. Blart, white of...
'WIVES' JUMPS BACK IN TIME
THE time-travel machine on "Desperate Housewives" is back in gear. After moving five years into the future this season, the show will jump back to its first years in this...
STRIFE IS A CABARET, OL' CHUM
'ISN'T young love just the most wonderful thing?" the voluptuous Aphrodite (Gioia Marchese) asks in "The Judgment of Paris," adding, ominously, "Until someone gets hurt." If a little dispute known...
LOCKED UP
THINK of it as "Oz" - for women. Showtime has confirmed it recently completed a spinoff of "The L Word" in which one the show's most popular characters, Alice Pieszecki...
B.I.G. BANG
MUCH closer to Scorsese than "Scarface," "Notorious" gives a heartfelt yet clear-eyed sendoff to the late Brooklyn rapper Christopher Wallace, a k a Biggie Smalls a k a the Notorious...
ART CAN SURVIVE SLUMP: REDFORD
PARK CITY, Utah - THE movie in dustry is "in turmoil," says Robert Redford, but "art will find a way" in the deepening economic crisis. Opening the 25th Sundance Film...
CRAZY FOUR YOU
IF you think nothing screams "Fun, baby, fun!" like family-destroying illnesses, have I got a series for you. On Sunday, Showtime premieres "United States of Tara," a "dramedy" about the...
THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA
'THE Pervert's Guide to Cin ema" is a lot more thoughtful than the salacious title might indicate. To be precise, it is a fun romp through the annals of cinema...
BALLERINA
WHAT is 10 years old and has a small head, a slender figure and long arms and legs? The ideal Russian girl hoping for a career in classical ballet. That...
BROADWAY
(Reviews by Clive Barnes, unless noted otherwise)"BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL": **** A soaring new show about a coal miner's son who's born to pirouette, set to Elton John's best score...
OFF-BROADWAY
(Starred reviews by Frank Scheck) "BECKY SHAW": *** 1/2 Gian Gionfriddo's scathingly funny, class-conscious comedy about a blind date gone awry and the damage done to all involved. Second Stage...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
CHIEF: This popular NYC quartet adds pop hooks to roots rock Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. at Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St.; 212-260-4700. DALE WATSON: The spirit of Johnny Cash...
JAZZ
DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA: Pianist Cyrus Chestnut and special guests perform concerts dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday night at 7:30 and 9:30. Broadway at 60th Street, fifth floor; 212-258-9595....
CLASSICAL
AVERY FISHER HALL: Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic through Mahler's Fifth Symphony and Oliver Knussen's Violin Concerto, featuring Pinchas Zukerman. Today at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Lincoln...
CABARET
FEINSTEINS: Natalie Douglas sings a tribute to Nina Simone Monday at 8:30 p.m. 540 Park Ave. South; 212-339-4095. METROPOLITAN ROOM: D.C. Anderson performs tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. 34 W. 22nd...
DANCE
THE GUGGENHEIM: The New York City Ballet performs excerpts from new works by Douglas Lee and Melissa Barak Sunday and Monday at 7:30 p.m. 1071 Fifth Ave.; 212-423-3587. THE JOYCE...
FILM
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVE: Craig Baldwin's experimental "Mock Up on Mu" (2008) takes a look at space travel's relationship to the occult, through Tuesday. 32 Second Ave.; 212-505-5181. LANDMARK SUNSHINE: Today...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
LOCAL MOTION: The NY Transit Museum's Seventh Annual Holiday Train Show chugs through Grand Central Terminal for one last weekend before packing up its mini-tracks and replicas of the new...
PREVIEWS
"THE AMERICAN PLAN": Mercedes Ruehl and Lily Rabe are mother and daughter in this Richard Greenberg drama, set in the Catskills during the 1960s. Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 W....
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
HAIR TODAY ... Film - All weekend! Pencil this in on your schedule: "Eraserhead," David Lynch's 1977 shocker about the baby from hell, unreels through Sunday at midnight at the...
BARACK OBAMA: AMERICA'S NEW HOPE
Barack Obama of Illinois this Tuesday will place his left hand on the Bible used at the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln 148 tumultuous years ago - becoming the 44th president...
PEACE HAS BIG CHANCE
WASHINGTON - Out of the trauma and bloodshed of the past weeks in Gaza, Barack Obama can seize a new opportunity to push for a settlement between Israel and the...
SUDDENLY-JOBLESS MOM'S INSURANCE PLEA
AFTER 19 years of working in health care, I can't believe I'm now uninsured. I was laid off from my job as a hospital administrator at New York Downtown Hospital...
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO REFORM HEALTH CARE
THE nation's economic crisis will give President Obama a historic opportunity - not only to fix Wall Street, but also to repair what ails the country's health-care system. The moment...
BE LIKE IKE AS A HEALER
PRESIDENT-ELECT Obama has shown that he is not afraid to tackle the nation's toughest problems head on. One of the most pressing and intractable is to drag America's health system...
FORMULA FOR FISCAL FITNESS
THE instant he takes office, President Obama's imme diate priority must be to fix the economy, which is spiraling downward rapidly in the worst financial crisis since the 1930s. The...
NEW WAY DAWNING FOR DC DEAL MAKERS
WASHINGTON - Burn K Street to the ground. Keep kosher and banish the congressional pork. Lose interest in the special interests. President-elect Barack Obama won a historic election on promises...
EUROPEANS BETTER PAY UP AND REALIZE IT'S THEIR WAR ON TERROR
IN THE spirit of the times, President Obama needs to think like a debt collector: How can he corner strategic deadbeats into paying up? Europe's behind in its security payments....
HANG TOUGH IN MIDEAST
IN THE Mideast these days, everyone is waiting for Barack Obama. Some are waiting with hope, some with fear. The new US president will have a brief moment in which...
CLASS ACT'S A+ CHANCE
BARACK OBAMA has the potential to be a great edu cator in chief - if he prods the powerful teachers unions and wary educrats to back a real reform agenda....
Jeremy Hall's fall is the Red Bulls' haul
Jeff Agoos and Juan Carlos Osorio beaming after Jeremy Hall falls to them in today's SuperDraft Red Bulls coach Juan Carlos Osorio boarded a plane from the MLS combine to...
Red Bulls address defense in draft
Jeff Agoos greets new Red Bull Jack Traynor The Red Bulls' didn't let their run to last year's MLS Cup final obscure the cold hard fact that they allowed 48...
HELP FIND "BUDDY'
Please help broken-hearted eight year-old Zak find his lost dog, a little Yorkshire Terrier puppy, who was last seen running into the bushes on Gerritsen & Cyrus avenues, December 29,...
"MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON'
A U.S. Airways jetliner that took off from LaGuardia Airport Thursday afternoon made an emergency landing in the frigid Hudson River minutes after liftoff, and it appears all 155 people...
TERM LIMIT WIN FOR BLOOMBERG
Term limits, shlerm limits! A federal judge last week upheld the right of Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council to overturn two public referendums, in which residents voted to limit...
BUSH SAYS HE ACTED IN NATION'S BEST INTEREST
Unpopular but unbowed, President George W. Bush defended his tumultuous two terms in a farewell address to the nation Thursday night, claiming a series of successes at home and abroad....
RAPE CHARGE FOR CONEY H.S. TEACHER
A Coney Island high school teacher was arrested on attempted rape charges after he was nabbed making lewd advances to an undercover cop pretending to be a 14-year-old girl, officials...
AQUARIUM LEFT HIGH & DRY - GOVERNOR PROPOSES GUTTING AID TO BK INSTITUTION
Sea life lovers in Brooklyn are hoping that, someday soon, they won't be talking regretfully of the "one that got away." Among the budget cuts proposed by New York Governor...
OLYMPIAN OKSANA BAIUL INSPIRES YOUNGSTERS IN CONEY ISLAND
World figure-skating champion Oksana Baiul wowed the crowd with her fancy footwork and time-honored tips during an ice frolic at Abe Stark Rink in Coney Island. The 1994 Olympic gold...
Amy Poehler Tot Has Born Identity
Amy Poehler's new son Archie will have dual citizenship in the U.S. and Canada, the former "SNL" star says. "My husband ("Arrested Development's" Will Arnett) has two passports and sometimes...
Six Mets file for arbitration
Pitcher John Maine (pictured) and right fielder Ryan Church headline the list of six Mets who filed for salary arbitration today along with 105 other players around baseball. As well...
End of an Era
Change? You can say that again. The writers over at David Letterman's "Late Show" are going to need a replacement for their very successful "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" feature,...
EXPERTS: BIRD STRIKES 'ACHILLES HEEL' TO PLANES
Airplanes chew up birds all the time but sometimes the birds win. That may be what happened Thursday in New York when a US Airways Airbus 320 made a crash...
'LIPSTICK JUNGLE' NOT CANCELLED
THERE may be a glimmer of hope for "Lipstick Jungle" fans, after all. The show "has not been officially canceled," NBC exec Angela Bromstad told The Post last night. "We...