September 14, 2009
Thakoon
Thakoon is one of the few designers who has been worn by Michelle Obama. But if you're expecting First Lady-worthy frocks on his runway, you will be sadly disappointed as...
Barbara Tfank
Designer Barbara Tfank has a long list of bona fides in the fashion industry. She's paid her dues working under other designers, she's worked as a stylist to make celebrities...
Pitching set for Braves series
ATLANTA -- The pitching matchups are now set for the Mets' three-game series with the Braves that starts here Tuesday night at Turner Field.Here is the breakdown:Tuesday -- LHP Pat...
Jill Stuart
Packed in to the NYPL front row for Jill Stuart's show was a lovely looking Kim Kardashian (with the best hair we've seen all week), a tiny Rachel Bilson, a...
Greatest comebacks in sports
Yes, I am on twitter. As Charlie Steiner said in the old SportsCenter commercial – “Follow me! Follow me to freedom!” Sorry for the blog hiatus, but like the NFL...
Nicks out at least two weeks
Rookie WR Hakeem Nicks will be out at least two weeks with a sprained left foot. An MRI revealed there was no extensive damage and after the two weeks he...
Smile at Tracy Reese!
The paparazzi weren’t the only ones hoping to document Ciara in the front row at Tracy Reese — reality stunner Kim Kardashian cozied up to the starlet for a self-portrait.The...
Tracy Reese
No one can burst Tracy Reese’s bubble. The darling designer of flirty, feminine frocks maintains the bubble hem for spring; tailoring short, flowy dresses, skirts and even tops in the...
Floor show
It was hard to resist having a roll in the platform bed of the all-white, Markus Dochantschi-designed “Californication” master suite. It wasn’t just the mirrored ceiling above (cracked, like David...
It's Not About You
Health reform isn't about Obama's ambitions (Powerline)
Spotted: Kim Kardashian
Holysmokes, Kim Kardashian looks undeniably gorgeous in a fitted, one-shoulder dress and a breathtaking updo at Jill Stuart.Le sigh.
Do Things
John Steele Gordon explains how Congress works (Contentions)
Free Joe Wilson
Michael Kinsley says enough with fake umbrage (Washington Post)
What's Plan B
Plan A was Obama all the time says Jonah Goldberg (The Corner)
Red Bulls terminate Pacheco loan
The Red Bulls terminated the loan deal and contract for defender Alfredo Pacheco. The left back had been signed on April 17, after a long and protracted negotiation with C.D. FAS. The captain of...
MPFREE: The Dangerous Summer 'The Permanent Rain'
Do you like your pop-rock with a hint of '90s nostalgia? As in, vaguely Goo Goo Dolls circa "Slide"-era '90s? If you do, then this might just be your new...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
There are still times when Eli Manning gives you an acute attack of agita, times when he throws one up for grabs (as he did yesterday) in a manner that...
Pink: Kanye wouldn't have done that to me
Pink says she wishes she had won instead of Taylor Swift because she had "an amazing Alexander McQueen purse with brass knuckles on it" that she would have used on...
Carolina Herrera
Carolina Herrera took the look and feel of woven Japanese baskets as her inspiration for spring 2010, and the result was a collection as strained and contrived as her point...
Reason no. 375 the NYTimes is so snotty
Several paragraphs into yesterday's story about Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig and their Broadway show "A Steady Rain," New York Times theater reporter Patrick Healy writes that "audience members can have...
Jamaica Bay gets stimulus cash
Jamaica Bay will be the recipient of millions of dollars of federal stimulus money, an infusion expected to create a breathtaking “ecology park” along the massive water body, officials announced...
What we learned from Giants win
By now everyone knows the Giants beat the Redskins 23-17 in the season-opener at Giants Stadium. But what else do we know coming out of the game? The passing game...
Lela Rose
Lela Rose is in a sporty state of mind and we're ready to play ball. This season, she traded her signature ladylike looks for draped skirts, sports jackets and boyfriend...
Herve Leger
Short? Check. Tight? Check. Cut out? Check. It's Herve Leger and it's better than it's ever been. The Leger girl is achingly confident, dangerously thin and obsesed with her body....
Erin Fetherston
Erin Fetherston is growing up – and she wants everyone to know it. There are fewer shows where the girls in the audience are so unabashedly die-hard (there are always...
Custo Barcelona
There's nothing like a little sorbet- and neon-colored Custo Barcelona to brighten up the tents on Sunday night. At check-in Custo-clad crazies with their plus-ones and plus-twelves jammed themselves between...
Blocking the Schoolhouse
Are charters saving Harlem? (WNYC)
3UP: Hughes, Joba and Yankees Rotation
1. In today's Post, I wrote my column on the revelation (blessing?) that Phil Hughes has been as a reliever for the Yankees. It is funny how a season works...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
There are still times when Eli Manning gives you an acute attack of agita, times when he throws one up for grabs (as he did yesterday) in a manner that...
Trouble Brewing for Dems
2010 looks toxic for reelection (Associated Press)
Next Meltdown
Banks' appetite rebounds (The Los Angeles Times)
Stench at WFP
Candidates unruffled (The Queens Chronicle)
Dissent
Is it a movement asks Kenneth Vogel (Politico)
PSAL boys soccer roundup: Louis lifts Beacon past Stuyvesant
Beacon didn’t lose a match last year until the city championship game. After another defensive lapse, the Blue Demons were on their way to dropping their first two games this...
Veteran defense gives Gators bite
Bill LaTour isn’t waiting by the door, hoping Julie Vigliotti and Caroline Jastremski, the former Notre Dame Academy stalwart forwards, will walk through it. They are gone, off to college...
Colgate proves right fit for St. Peter's senior
Catherine Lewis was sitting at Newark Airport waiting for her flight to board. The St. Peter’s HS senior forward was on her way to Colgate, one of the top schools...
PSAL Football Rankings
1. Fort Hamilton (3-0) 2. Tottenville (3-0) 3. Erasmus Hall (3-0) 4. Curtis (2-1) 5. New Dorp (3-0) 6. DeWitt Clinton (2-1) 7. Susan Wagner (2-1) 8. Lincoln (2-1) 9....
Kitchen countess
FOR one month every year, TV chef Lidia Bastianich stacks all the furniture in her 1930s house in Queens on the porch and lets the TV crews in. The star...
Senior moment
BARBARA Padilla has already beaten cancer. Now, she'll have to fend off the Jurassic Joker to win "America's Got Talent." Last Wednesday, buzzer-happy judge Piers Morgan proclaimed the Mexican opera...
Ledger lives on in haunting fantasy
TORONTO -- Heath Ledger's final role turns out to be one of his best roles in one of his best films. Ledger died in January 2008 of what was ruled...
Tina Fey wins Emmy for Sarah Palin role
TINA Fey's headline-making im pression of Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live" last year won her yet another Emmy over the weekend. The award -- for best guest appearance on...
Iran loves 'Lost'
IRAN is getting "Lost." The show with hard-to-follow plots, murky motives and sudden disappearances seems to be a perfect fit for the hostage-taking nation -- which, until now, has had...
Starr report
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation has launched a new site, em mytvlegends.org, that fea tures interviews with over 600 TV greats from all areas of the industry...
Hop aboard and navigate your narrative
'THE Confidence Man" is a show with a view: As you try to follow the multipronged narrative, you can bask in the glory of a Hudson River sunset. You may...
Small-biz health crisis
Here's a sick statistic: Half of New York City's small businesses don't provide medical coverage to their workers. The figure -- provided by the Citywide Office on Health Insurance Access...
Judge on DA's side: defense
The judge in the case of a Queens woman accused of fatally shooting her ex-cop husband is aiding prosecutors -- meeting them on the sly and preparing a ruling in...
When you're hot, you're hot
Now that's financial planning. Mega Millions winner Jimmy Groves gets $39 million more by taking his historic jackpot in annual installments rather than a lump sum, according to figures provided...
Do it yourself, MTA
The MTA missed the train on millions of dollars of potential cost savings when it contracted out several services that might have been cheaper to do in-house, according to a...
Twist as kidnap ma loses custody
For the better part of a decade, a Queens woman portrayed herself -- in the news, on her blog and in court -- as the long-suffering victim of domestic violence...
GOP pushing Sen. Giuliani
Top state Republicans will urge former Mayor Rudy Giuli ani to abandon his interest in running for governor and run instead against unelected US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, The Post has...
Business reaction to E-Verify: OMG
WASHINGTON -- New York business leaders worry that a new federal requirement forcing employers to verify the work status of their employees could raise costs and waste time, while some...
Crash kills tragic Israel astro's son
JERUSALEM --The 20-year-old son of Ilan Ramon, the Israeli astronaut who died in the 2003 Columbia space-shuttle disaster, was killed yesterday when his fighter plane crashed. Assaf Ramon's single-seat F-16...
Hiram's trial threat to state budget deal
ALBANY -- If embattled Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-Queens) goes down in flames after his assault trial -- which starts in Queens Supreme Court this week -- he could take with...
Pols on thin ice
Despite all the advantages of being an incumbent, a half-dozen city lawmakers could be toppled at the polls tomorrow due to the ongoing slush-fund scandal and the City Council's controversial...
Slayer of prosecutor granted parole
This is no way to treat a saint. The machine-gun murderer of young Bronx prosecutor Sean Healy, who once worked with Mother Teresa in India, has been granted parole --...
NH woman, 114, is oldest Yank
MANCHESTER, NH -- A 114-year-old New Hampshire woman who loves the Boston Red Sox, Hershey's Kisses and ice cream is believed to be the oldest American. Mary Josephine Ray secured...
Bipartisan deal close
WASHINGTON -- A key group of senators was "very close" to agreement on health-care reform, a member said yesterday, suggesting that Congress just might meet President Obama's goal of passing...
Perry can't do 'Bad' at box office
Being bad is good for Tyler Perry, whose latest movie, "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," opened at the top of the box office this weekend, with more than...
Dissent you can believe in
How do you marginalize a significant protest against a politician or policy you sup port? Lowball the numbers, then dismiss participants as deranged and possibly dangerous kooks. In the case...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A beloved Sheepshead Bay family man who cared for the neighborhood's stray cats was killed after he was hit by a car steps from his home, cops said yesterday....
Madonna my nude hero: Dupre
She's willing to take it all off -- as long as she does the unbuttoning. Ashley Dupre, the call girl-turned-singer, says that right after the Eliot Spitzer scandal, she spurned...
Economy's made us gun $hy: O
WASHINGTON -- Bailout "sticker shock" and a massive stimulus bill may have soured some Americans on costly health-care reform, President Obama said yesterday. "This is a very difficult economic environment,"...
Beauty biz health-insurance crisis is getting pretty ugly
The health-insurance crisis is rearing its ugly head in the beauty business. Many beauticians lack medical coverage, and that's why President Obama and Congress must do something to make it...
Lefty crooks laugh at you
WASHINGTON -- This is your money at work. At work in the red-light district. And your government is the pimp who handles your "investment." Over the last six years, more...
Goldman HQ secure: Mike
Goldman Sachs' new Wall Street building is "the safest place you could possibly be," Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. Bank executives have complained that there won't be enough anti-terror cops to...
Mike ducks foe's attack
Mayor Bloomberg and City Comptroller Bill Thompson traded barbs over their education records yesterday, although Hizzoner tried to duck the issue and focus instead on his endorsement from playwright Neil...
Ashley is deep and throaty on 2nd single
THE latest peek into Ashley Dupre's not-so-private re cording world finds the former call girl has turned feminist riot grrl for her single "I Feel So Alive Without You." Right...
Business briefs
Beijing blast China is launching an anti-dumping probe into imports of US chicken products and vehicles, charging Uncle Sam with protectionism. The move follows a US ruling to im pose...
B'way summer a flop
Summertime and the livin' wasn't easy on Broadway. Theater attendance plunged 9.3 percent to 3.3 million compared with last year, according to a published report. Climbing ticket prices helped box-office...
Top economist: Things are worse
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said the US has failed to fix the underlying problems of its banking system a year after the credit crunch and the collapse of Lehman...
Amtrak's all aboard Moynihan Station move
The plan to transform the city's main post office into a grand rail gateway is back on track -- because Amtrak is now on board, officials announced yesterday. After six...
Voters to be no-shows
Tomorrow's voter turnout may hit an all-time low, with no major contest atop the Democratic mayoral ticket. Experts see just 400,000 to 450,000 deciding the four-way races for city comptroller...
'Pimp & hooker' catch B'klyn staff
The scandal surrounding the left-wing activist organization ACORN has spread to New York, with employees at its Brooklyn office caught on video helping supposed ladies of the night get loans...
Debate heats up for dueling DA wannabes
Manhattan DA hopeful Cy Vance Jr. yesterday rapped rival Leslie Crocker Snyder at a candidates' debate, saying her criticism of his defense-lawyer work "demeans the office." Vance made the comments...
Preventing blight
*** Nicole Gelinas' column about our efforts to transform vacant condos and stalled residential construction sites into affordable housing, instead of allowing a neighborhood to slip into decline, is riddled...
'Drunk' Kanye steals show at VMAs
An apparently drunk Kanye West callously stole the spotlight from country superstar Taylor Swift last night, moments after she won at the MTV Video Music Awards. Swift was giving her...
'Sen.' Pataki's Albany albatrosses
ALBANY As Republicans eye former Gov. George Pataki as a potentially strong challenger to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand next year, they'd do well to take special note of Attorney General Andrew...
O's primetime pitch: Just another rerun
*** What good is it for President Obama to speak about what he is going to do for America if most of his words are lies ("Hope for a Real...
Iraq shoe thrower's release delayed
BAGHDAD — The brother of the Iraqi reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former President George W. Bush says the man will not be released Monday as planned due...
Cops' Midtown HQ city's Finest firetrap
The NYPD might have to move the Midtown South Task Force out of its antiquated home after being slapped by the state for a serious safety violation, The Post has...
It's the PC wars
Never mind Mac vs. PC. This fall, it's PC against PC. The long-anticipated release of Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7, on Oct. 22 is expected to kick off a...
Grim search ends on wedding day
Grim-faced authorities last night said they found a body believed to be that of Yale grad student Annie Le stuffed in a wall at the school lab where she vanished...
Parents leave tot on street
A "beautiful" baby girl strapped in her stroller was left on an Upper East Side sidewalk yesterday by a man who took her out of his car, placed her next...
Anniversary blues
Talk about timing. Bloomberg LP's interest in buying BusinessWeek comes on the anniversary week of last year's financial system near-meltdown. Here's a peek at what the firm that Mayor Mike...
A stench at the WFP
Maybe it's getting too hot in the Working Families Party's kitchen. That would explain why the par ty's treasurer, Mike McGuire, quietly quit in August after mere months on the...
Blocking the schoolhouse door
Minority kids try to enter a school. Angry adults scream at them and try to block their path. Little Rock, 1957? Try New York City, 2009. That was the shocking...
The Post's Endorsement
Tomorrow is Primary day in New York City, and Democrats will be choosing nominees for citywide, borough-wide and local offices. One of the most important races is the one to...
Rodgers' heroics send Bears Packin'
Aaron Rodgers brought the Packers back late in the fourth quarter, heaving a 50-yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings with 1:11 remaining to give them a 21-15 victory over the...
Brawn shows muscle in Italy
MONZA, Italy -- Rubens Barrichello picked up his second win in three races to lead Brawn GP to a 1-2 finish at the Italian Grand Prix yesterday that put the...
Philadelphia Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 7f; $21,000; cl($7,500); 3upEXECUTIVE PRODUCER steps up in class after a gate to wire victory this distance. HIGH APPEAL had the lead and tired to third while going shorter...
Bad behavior has 'sports culture' in downward spiral
IIT'S crazy. Insane. How many games are now in large part determined by bad behavior? Half? More? It's just crazy. Early Saturday afternoon, as seen on MSG, Iowa State was...
Matsui's homer, 5 RBIs prescription for blundering Yanks
Hideki Matsui has served in many roles across seven seasons as a Yankee. Yesterday he added a new one: embarrassment eraser. Had Matsui not driven in five runs in the...
Tiger cruises to BMW title
Tiger Woods left the drama to everyone else at Cog Hill. One day after his course-record 62 gave him a seven-shot lead, Woods made sure no one else had a...
Damon red-faced after bonehead play
Johnny Damon wanted to disappear into a trap door in left field that wasn't there. Damon had cost the Yankees a run in the fourth inning because, after battling a...
Jets' impressive start to new era
HOUSTON -- The visitor's locker room was quiet with anticipation. Rex Ryan, standing in the middle of the room following his first NFL victory as a head coach, a 24-7...
Jets bring Texans' offense to a halt
HOUSTON -- This day was surely about Mark Sanchez and Rex Ryan and their respective NFL debuts. But, while assessing the Jets' 24-7 season-opening victory over the Texans yesterday at...
Sanchez shows a whole lot of Joe cool
HOUSTON -- Mark Sanchez was already nine degrees of amped, geeked, and jazzed as it was, waiting for the minutes to melt off the big scoreboard clock at Reliant Stadium...
Hughes setting up to be like Mo in '96
JOSE Veras's current designa tion is to frustrate the Indians, and Brian Bruney and Edwar Ramirez are brought in to mop up games with 10-run leads. So here are our...
Gang Green back up Rex's talk
HOUSTON -- Since the moment Rex Ryan arrived as their head coach, the Jets have talked and talked. Finally yesterday, in their season-opening win, they played and backed up the...
Americans cruise to the Walker Cup
ARDMORE, Pa. -- Oklahoma State golfers dominated the 42nd Walker Cup both yesterday and Saturday, going a combined 10-0-1 to pick up 10½ points for the United States as it...
Ejected A-Rod rips into ump
Alex Rodriguez alleged the umpire who ejected him yesterday was "unprofessional." In the fourth inning of the Yankees' 13-3 romp over the Orioles, A-Rod went down looking at strike three....
Giant youngsters get Nicked up
Rookie receiver Hakeem Nicks didn't make it through his NFL debut. He had to be carted off the sideline with a sprained left foot after he was tackled following a...
No Plax means Eli's the go to guy
NBC's Tiki Barber had just interviewed Eli Manning outside the Giants locker room after Giants 23, Redskins 17. Now Barber was standing inside Giants Stadium, in the end zone he...
A passing grade for Big Blue
The two elements that likely will define the 2009 Giants were on display yesterday and showed flashes that all may eventually be right in their football world. The much-examined young...
Osi's return sparks Giants
Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora spent last season's opener at home on crutches, shedding a tear or three as his surgically-repaired left knee cost him his entire campaign. He spent...
Healthy Brodeur leads Devils into camp
The Devils' wild, out-of-control, seven-game playoff loss to the Hurricanes in April left Martin Brodeur willing to swap a few thrills for some less-scintillating success under Jacques Lemaire. "It's not...
Serena's tirade may cost her 360G
Serena Williams could lose an additional $350,000 after she was fined $10,500 yesterday for her profanity-laced tirade at a line judge during Saturday's U.S. Open semifinals. The USTA announced Williams,...
Federer needs nemesis
IT was great while it lasted. Granted, the exhausting and ultimately exhausted Rafael Nadal never has excelled long enough into a season to get deep into the U.S. Open against...
McNabb rib injury mars blowout for Eagles
CHARLOTTE -- Donovan McNabb was walking gingerly to the locker room with a cracked rib about the same time Jake Delhomme was mercifully yanked after his fifth turnover. It was...
Red Sox sweep twinbill
Jon Lester allowed two hits in eight innings and the Red Sox beat Tampa Bay 4-0 yesterday for a doubleheader sweep, handing the AL champion Rays their 11th consecutive loss....
Hondo gets pummeled
Hondo, who can do no right, rode the Rockies and Big Blue into the sewer yesterday, which drove the incredible expanding deficit up to 1,265 pisarciks. Tonight, he's hoping a...
Sports shorts
MLB: Ichiro gets 9th straight 200-hit season In Arlington, Texas, Tommy Hunter threw a six-hitter and the Rangers hit three homers to beat the Mariners 7-2 in the rain-delayed opener...
'Potro' throws wrench into Federer final
Roger Federer erased the U.S. Open's Saturday-night stench provided by Serena Williams. The greatest player of all time hit what he called "the greatest shot of my life" at Ashe...
Clijsters bags title to cap comeback
Mothers rule. Kim Clijsters didn’t get the credit she deserved Saturday night for outplaying Serena Williams, whose verbal attack on a lines judge on match point marred the evening and...
Stadium holds Giant memories
Harry Rosenstein saw the Dallas Texans play the New York Giants in 1951 which tells you how long he has been around. He also has seen the Giants play in...
Liberty finish poor season with a win
The Liberty should petition the WNBA to adopt an NFL-like schedule in 2010, because the Liberty are dominant on Sundays but not so good the rest of the week. The...
Pedro's eight-inning gem eliminates Mets
PHILADELPHIA -- Postseason elimination for the Mets had been a foregone conclusion since roughly mid-July, but it seemed only fitting that Pedro Martinez made it official last night. METS BLOG...
Weird but true
Who says sickly senior citizens can't do challenging work -- like robbing banks? A well-dressed man in his 70s walked into a La Jolla, Calif., bank, passed a note to...
McKnight finally showing potential
COLUMBUS -- A player can only live off the hype for so long and then he either proves it or becomes another piece of rubbish in the landfill known as...
Girls soccer roundup: Big first half lifts Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton finally got a comfortable win after squeaking out two one-goal victories. Jasmine Cardona scored two goals and dished out two assists for Fort Hamilton, which scored four times...
PSAL football rankings: Week 2
After two weeks of intense PSAL football, there are certain constants that have held firm in addition to a few irregularities. Staten Island remains king. Tottenville, Susan Wagner and New...
CHSFL roundup: Browne helps Falcons soar
What can Browne do for Bishop Ford? If Saturday night’s season-opening, 42-27 victory against Long Island Lutheran is any indication, a little bit of everything. In the preseason, Bishop Ford’s...
Broken play halts SFP comeback hopes
Bryan Caffrey still couldn’t quite believe it. St. Francis Prep appeared ready to scratch its way back into its annual Battle of the Boulevard football game against rival Holy Cross....
Fontbonne girls soccer looking to avenge 'shocking' loss
The Fontbonne Hall girls soccer team seemed to be cruising to what would have been a fifth straight CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens title. The Bonnies won 15 games straight, including two victories...
Spotted: Tinsley Mortimer
I love Custo because everyone comes wearing Custo!Front row faces? Tinsley (who is everywhere!), the kid from Ugly Betty and Jay Alexander.
Kim, Lions roar at Columbus' expense
As time started to wind down in the second half, the Columbus boys soccer team slowly began to fall apart. Trailing Lehman late, the Explorers let their emotions get the...
Boulevard bragging rights
For Holy Cross defensive end Chris Brathwaite, Sunday’s 27-7 victory against St. Francis Prep at Maritime College in the Bronx was the revenge he’s been waiting two years for. “It’s...
Thoughts from the Rebecca Taylor show
As I understood it, seating arrangements are highly premeditated and thoughtfully planned out. So to not only be sat on the same side of the runway as the "celebrity guests"...
Diane von Furstenberg
DvF always takes her women on a voyage -- and this season was a colorful adventure indeed. Her frocks were heavily influenced by a spicy, sandy, almost third-world palette, and...