August 1, 2007
Scene
Jenni Crain, a high school student, looks adorable in a vintage vest and Gap shorts. "I shop at thrift stores and at my work, Perennial Clothing in Islip. My style...
Slice and Dice
How to make up for the disappointing box-office take of "Grindhouse''? Release it as two separate two-disc DVDs. Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof,'' with Kurt Russell, will arrive first on Sept....
Last night's action
Just wanted to throw my thoughts out regarding what happened last night with the Mets' pen. . . .When Guillermo Mota was first brought in, I admit I was a...
Feds After Gaming Pirates; Raiding Businesses And Homes
Federal agents have raided over 30 businesses and homes in 16 states while looking for the equipment that lets videogame pirates do...well, piratey things.From the article:"The alleged sale and distribution...
Is "Resident Evil 5" racist?
The topic is being debated here, here, here and originally here.Shouldn't the bigger question be "why aren't there any Asian zombies in the game?" I am mortally offended that my...
Avery Gets $1.9M
TSN reports that Sean Avery was awarded a $1.9M, one-year pact from arbitration, and he'll stay on Broadway. The Rangers were reportedly very positive about the deal."We are pleased to...
'View's' one-off
The biggest surprise about "The View's" announcement this morning wasn't that Whoopi Goldberg (right) had been tapped as a new host, but that the ladies didn't introduce Sherri Shepherd as...
Deal of the Day
Amish chic is definitely having a moment, and this Corey Lynn Calter Skirt with Suspenders has made the crossover from Lancaster county.It's so breezy and cute to just throw over...
AWARDS WEDNESDAY: A-ROD SLUMPS, BUT LEADS
Week 17 of awards Wednesday:AL MVP1. Alex Rodriguez, Yankees. 2. Magglio Ordonez, Tigers. 3. Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners. In his game story in Wednesday’s New York Times, Tyler Kepner used the...
Another Perspective
It's safe to say that most all of us on this blog are fans of Sean Avery. The content of the posts and comments all indicate an appreciation for the...
FIRST LOOK: Bedford Springs Resort
Night time at Pennsylvania's Bedford Springs Resort. They aren't making hotels like this anymore -- the perfect reason to celebrate the reborn Bedford Springs Resort, located in the rolling mountains...
GETTING OFF THE GROUND
Ever wonder how a big metal airplane shares space with the sparrows? Read on to see how these winged marvels make it in the air. Man envied the birds for...
POLICE FORCE WITH A TWIST
THE question of how arresting the Police will be at tonight's important Madison Square Garden con cert depends on whether you want a show that digs deep into the back...
NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT
I stick my nose into the theater biz, and what do I find: Another nose! A long one. Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner are in negotiations to star in a...
BIG WHOOP
WHOOPEE! The worst- kept secret in the world is supposed to be confirmed on "The View" this morning. I'm talking about the world-shattering announcement that Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd...
HEAVENLY SOUL
OH, Lord, make it last longer than two hours, I prayed while watching this mesmerizing documentary. But alas, my prayer was not answered (the usual result for me) and after...
CANCER SURGERY FRIDAY
'GOOD Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts said yesterday she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and will begin treatment this week. "I have breast cancer, as my family here knows...
PAULA'S 'IDOL' BOY BUSTED AGAIN
COREY Clark just can't seem to stay out of trouble. The bushy-haired former "American Idol" contestant, who once accused "Idol" judge Paula Abdul of initiating an affair with him, was...
'MODEL' SUES FOR NUDE PICS
FORMER "America's Top Model" contes tant Jael Strauss is suing over the publication of naked photos taken of her when she was 16. Strauss has filed an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against...
STARR REPORT
She's Proactive These are busy times for "All My Children" co-star Melissa Egan (Annie). Not only did she just wrap a movie ("My Father's Will," co-starring Ione Skye), but she'll...
BODY ELECTRIC
IF the name weren't already taken, Hollywood could call this SlimFast. The new "it" technology to hit the screens in the sexy action flick "Beowulf" could make celebrity workouts as...
IT'S A WRAP FOR FILM GREAT
EUROPEAN cinema has lost its second legend in 24 hours. Director Michelangelo Antonioni died at his home in Italy Monday night, shortly after Ingmar Bergman, the famed Swedish filmmaker, died...
AFTER THE AFTERMATH
AND the 9/11 documen taries keep on coming. Latest to hit town is "Out of Status," which explores the effect the attack has had on civil liberties in the United...
DISH ON DI
DARREN McGrady knows what's cooking with England's royal family - literally. He spent 11 years as the royal chef, preparing meals for the queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and their...
TOO MANY KITCHENS IN THE COOK
ASK Sandro Fioriti, pilot of the new Sandro's at 306 E. 81st St., where he last worked before launching this third Manhattan restaurant named for himself, and he points west....
A TOAST TO 'MOCKTAILS'
BETWEEN Lindsay Lohan's drunken escapades, Nicole Richie's dazed and confused uptown travels in downtown lanes, and Paris Hilton slowly learning to spell DUI the hard way, it's no surprise that...
DEM FINED 2G OVER ELECTION CONNECTION
A Queens lawmaker was hit with a $2,000 fine for asking a staff member to work on his re-election campaign and for using his office computer to print a campaign...
RUDY JOINS FAMILIES VS. MIKE'S 9/11 PLAN
NORWALK, Conn. - Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani sided with 9/11 families over Mayor Bloomberg yesterday - saying the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks should be held at Ground...
SPITZ: SURE, I'LL TAKE THE OATH
ALBANY - Battered by polls showing many New Yorkers think he's lying, Gov. Spitzer said yesterday that he'll be "happy" to testify in an investigation about the political dirty tricks...
MOVINN' ON UP
Harlem already has multimillion-dollar condos and an office building that houses ex-President Bill Clinton. Next on the list for the area's evolving gentrification are plans for luxury hotels expected to...
RUDY'S RX A $$ 'DO IT YOURSELF'
NORWALK, Conn. - Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani unveiled his proposal for a dramatic overhaul of the health-care system yesterday that would give $15,000 tax deductions to people to buy their...
TOT-RAPIST GETS 20 YEARS
A Queens day-care worker quietly wept as a judge sentenced her to 20 years behind bars for raping a 4-year-old boy whose trust was violated by a "sexual predator." Khemwatie...
TAX SCAM-PI ON MENU
The father-and-son bosses of the Cipriani luxury-dining dynasty pleaded guilty yesterday to a brazen tax dodge scheme that prosecutors say hid from authorities at least $40 million in income from...
253G LAWSUIT DOGS DMX
A dog-clothing company can take a $253,000 bite out of rap star DMX's wallet, a Manhattan judge has ruled. The actor and chart-topping rapper has to pay $253,057.54 to Amusing...
CAR PUNK'S OLD HABITS
A brazen Queens crook drove himself to court in a stolen car - to answer to a charge of stealing another car, police said yesterday. Jeffrey Fairweather, 25, of Rosedale,...
FINEST TO BRAVEST
Miracle cop Stuart Ingram will keep "shielding" the public from harm even after trading in his police baton for a firefighter's ax. The fresh-faced 22-year-old - whose life was saved...
WAITER BAGS BOGUS YANK
A waiter at a Midtown restaurant helped cops nab a con man who has been impersonating a former Yankee pitcher at eateries across the city, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. The...
WORKING STIFFED
Brooklyn hardhat John Lawson knows unfairness when he sees it, and says the low tax rate that hedge-fund managers pay just isn't right. "Of course, it's not fair," he said...
DA EYES PLIÉ DEAL FOR DANCER
ALBANY - The New York City Ballet principal dancer who was busted earlier this month for cocaine possession in upstate Saratoga Springs could dance off with a wrist slap under...
MITZVAH FOR INJURED COP
Call it matzo ball. A team from the Hatzolah Jewish volunteer ambulance corps took on NYPD officers in a charity softball game at KeySpan Park in Brooklyn yesterday. The Hatzolah...
GORGEOUS TRESSED TO KILL
Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano, the hot-tempered hair salon owner from The Bronx who rose to become head of the Bonanno crime family, took a bath yesterday when a federal jury...
2 COPS TO TESTIFY VS. COLLEAGUE
Two Brooklyn cops have been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury about an allegedly corrupt detective, The Post has learned. Federal agents have ordered two of Luis Batista's colleagues...
GAL 'PERV' IN MADISON SQ. PARK
A homeless ex-con with a violent, explosive temper was nabbed after she fondled a toddler in Madison Square Park, and then lunged at a Samaritan who came to the rescue,...
MEDAL-WIN KID IS GOOD AS GOLD
Arabella Uhry, who took home a Liberty Medal three years ago, is now 11 years old and dreams of going for the gold in fencing. "My goal is to go...
WORK SITE'S 'L' HELL
A controversial Brooklyn architect has been ordered to stop work on a luxury condo complex after neighbors complained that construction workers had drilled into L-line subway walls. The Department of...
2 SLAIN IN HORROR NIGHT
A violent night of gruesome gunplay in Brooklyn left two people dead and 10 others in the hospital, shattering city trends that show a drop in both crime and shootings,...
PHILLY-BOUND FEDS WILL GRILL REF'S PALS
New York-based FBI agents are expected to visit the Pennsylvania stomping grounds of disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy this week to grill buddies and acquaintances about his betting on hoops...
WINDOW PERV SUSPECT EYED
Cops last night were questioning a man suspected of sneaking through unlocked windows and molesting women in their Washington Heights apartments, sources said. He's being investigated in at least two...
SUBWAY-ACCESS 'NET CHECK
Starting today, straphangers can check the status of subway elevators and escalators on the MTA's Web site. Although the agency has long provided detailed delay and service-change announcements on its...
CITY'S $150M ALL-STAR HOMER
Baseball's first All-Star Game here in 30 years will pump $150 million into the city's economy, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday at a Yankee Stadium ceremony unveiling the logo for the...
EX'S $QUEEZE ON MCG
Under the law, she's entitled to zilch - but Dina McGreevey has demanded $56,000 a month in alimony from former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, his lawyer claimed yesterday. The...
$AD NEW 'LEROY' CHAPTER
The writer who sparked a literary scandal by penning books under the imaginary alter ego "JT LeRoy" must cover nearly $350,000 in legal costs racked up by a movie producer...
BORAT PROVEN RIGHT
This may not help their country's image problem - two relatives of the glorious nation of Kazakhstan's president say they were duped into paying a college consultant $200,000 for nothing....
BRITNEY 'JUNKS' HER TOTS
They eat Doritos, chug soda, chew gum and stay up late - just like Mommy. These are just a few bad habits Britney Spears lets her baby boys - Sean...
HILL SUFFERS 2 BARACK POLL-AXES
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton has lost her commanding lead in two key states to Barack Obama, according to polls released yesterday. In the past month, Obama has erased a...
ADOPT MA BEGAN HER CRUEL $3M 'CON JOB' IN 1970'S
The woman accused of keeping New York kids in a Florida house of horrors netted up to $3 million from the adoption scam, which began 30 years ago in Queens...
BOOT-CAMP VID FOR KIDS
Youngsters who want that boot-camp feeling but not an actual drill sergeant growling at them can have it with a video game coming to arcades soon. "America's Army" will be...
HALF-PINT TOO MANY FOR TV STAR
A famous little person is in big trouble. Matthew Roloff, who stars with his wife and kids in the hit TLC reality show "Little People, Big World" was busted for...
'SHAM NUPS' BREAKUP
The feds have busted five members of a sham-wedding ring that paired hundreds of illegal aliens with U.S. citizens - and then orchestrated equally bogus divorces - in an immigration-fraud...
HEDGE OF MADNESS
WASHINGTON - Republican lawmakers charged yesterday that Sen. Charles Schumer is sabotaging a new effort to raise taxes on wealthy hedge-fund managers in an effort to shake down Wall Street...
USHER 'BRIDES' HIS TIME
The runaway groom yesterday said he's still making sweet music with pregnant on-again, off-again fiancée Tameka Foster, insisting he'll eventually be "caught up" on wedding plans. "As of right now,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
The Bronx Police yesterday were searching for a thug who fatally shot a teenager in the stomach behind a High Bridge apartment building. Paul McIntosh, 42, attacked Maurice Rivera, 18,...
BREAST-FEED GESTAPO IN A MILK 'BILK'
TAKE it from a mom. The pressure to breast-feed can make a new mother feel as if she lives in a forced-labor camp - where the uniform is half-nude. It's...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK- Midday Nos. Tue.: 779; Lucky Sum: 23 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 9296; Lucky Sum: 26 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 442; Lucky Sum: 10 / Evening Win- 4 Tue.:...
ENTER THE THOUGHT POLICE
Pop quiz: What's the penalty for stealing and destroying someone else's book? Answer: It depends on the book. Former Pace University student Stanislav Shmulevich is learning that lesson the hard...
THE FAT-CATS' FRIEND
Wall Streeters who manage other people's money went to Capitol Hill yesterday to protect a loop hole that lets them pay taxes at lesser rates than regular working stiffs. But...
A SPECTER IS HAUNTING IRAN
THE way part of the West ern left portrays Iran, you'd think that it's a pro gressive regime opposed by a few rich reactionaries beholden to the United States. American...
GRAY LADY HEDGES
SOMETIMES where a thing is said is bigger news than what was said. That happened on Monday, when The New York Times ran a guest op-ed detailing the progress in...
SLAMMING THE SICK, STIFFING THE STATES
LAST week, the Los Angeles City Council voted for a measure that asked the federal government to stop harassing medical-marijuana users in California. Minutes later, the Drug Enforcement Administration raided...
AFGHAN JIHAD'S CHRISTIAN MARTYRS
THE blood of innocent Christian missionaries spills on Afghan sands. The world watches and yawns. The United Nations offers nothing more than a formal expression of "concern." Where is the...
WHITE HOUSE OR BUST: HILL DRESSES THE PART
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is so predictable: The reason why she exposed a little cleavage was to offset Elizabeth Edwards' comment that she was acting like a man ("Showy Hill,"...
PROTECTING AMERICA'S UNDERBELLY
I appreciate Ralph Peters and his articles about the war in Iraq, and I like the fact that he gives the fighting men and women the credit they are due...
DOW DEAL DONE
The drama over The Wall Street Journal's future came to a historic close yesterday when its family owners agreed to sell it and parent Dow Jones & Co. to News...
HARVARD FAILS HEDGE FUNDS 101, LOSES $250M
Highly levered bets, poor hedges and a panicky bond market conspired to teach the managers of Harvard University's massive endowment fund a hard lesson about investing in hedge funds that...
DOW JONES' UNION IS WATCHING THE CLOCK
THE Independent As sociation of Publishing Employees, the in-house union at Dow Jones, was a big opponent of News Corp.'s $5 billion bid to acquire the publisher of The Wall...
ANOTHER FUND ON THE ROPES
Another Bear Stearns hedge fund has fallen victim to the collapsing prices in the asset- and mortgage-backed securities markets. The $900 million Bear Stearns ABS fund has notified its investors...
DISCOVERY BUYS GREEN
Discovery Communications has scooped up a companion Web site to its upcoming Planet Green cable network, agreeing to buy Treehugger.com for about $10 million, The Post has learned. The deal,...
AD(DING) PAIN
In its quest to catch Google in search, Yahoo! stands to lose the ad sales veterans that made it the online destination for big brand advertisers. After an ad sales...
BARNEYS $900M SUIT-OR IS FAST APPROACHING
Japanese apparel chain Fast Retailing is expected to get approval today for its $900 million bid for luxury department store chain Barneys New York, after topping a rival offer earlier...
HOME DEPOT SCANDAL
Home Depot is under investigation by the FBI for a major kickback scandal, according to the CBS Evening News. Four Home Depot purchasing managers were fired for allegedly pocketing millions...
COPA SITE'S NEW IDENTITY
THE former Copacabana site at the southeast corner of 34th Street and Eleventh Avenue is morphing into an approximately 1.5 million-square-foot skyscraper that could become the home of the World...
ITUNES SOLD 3 BILLION SONGS
Apple Inc. announced yesterday that is has now sold over three billion songs through its iTunes Store worldwide since its launch in 2003. But even as sales of music downloads...
FACEBOOK BLINKS ON MUSIC APP
Red-hot social networking service Facebook has pulled the plug on a popular music application in a bid to avoid legal problems with the recording industry. The third-party feature, called Audio,...
A HOOK CATCHES C-BASS
A well-known New York bond manager is teetering on the brink of collapse, which could be bad news for the two mortgage insurance companies backing it. Credit Based Asset Servicing...
RED SOX JUST MADE IT 'LIGHTS OUT' IN AL EAST
THE home clubhouse door opened yesterday and the one player the Yankees absolutely, positively had to rid themselves of, Kyle Farnsworth, was present wearing his cut-off muscle shirt and bumpkin...
N.J. BEAR BROUHAHA IS BACK
THE hunting season cannot be too far off if the folks in New Jersey are at each other's throats again over their black-bear problem. Lisa Jackson, New Jersey's Commissioner of...
HELLO, DARLING
LOS ANGELES - Ron Darling had no idea the skinny, leadoff hitter that just hit a home run to the opposite field could some day be the all-time home-run king....
GAGNE TO SAWX IS 'A BAD DAY'
Brian Cashman understood the consequences when he told the Rangers he wasn't willing to meet their demand for Eric Gagne: The stud reliever was headed to Boston and George Steinbrenner...
SCULLY'S CALL: LET IT BE
LOS ANGELES - Vin Scully called Hank Aaron's record-breaking home run 23 years ago. Now, he may be behind the microphone when Barry Bonds breaks Aaron's mark. The Hall of...
PAVLIK'S PUNCH SUITS TAYLOR
Emanuel Steward respects Kelly Pavlik and likes what he brings to boxing. But the famed trainer yesterday made it clear how he expects Pavlik's Sept. 29 showdown with middleweight champion...
PRIDE EYEING MSG REPEAT
Hofstra will play two teams that made the NCAA Tournament last year during its non-conference slate this season. The Pride open at Holy Cross, a first-round 61-51 loser to Southern...
'DONATO' HAMBO FAVE
Donato Hanover, a perfect 4-for-4 this season, was made the even-money, morning-line favorite for Saturday's $1.5 million Hambletonian at the Meadowlands Racetrack. For the first time in the history of...
SHOWDOWN AT SARATOGA
Post handicappers John DaSilva, Ed Fountaine and Vic Cangialosi challenge former champion steeplechase jockey, OTB backstretch insider and co-publisher of the Saratoga Special, Sean Clancy, as they battle for bragging...
SPORTS SHORTS
CYCLING: Contador accused of doping German authorities said yesterday they have received documents from doping expert Werner Franke which he claims show Tour de France winner Alberto Contador was involved...
HONDO'S BATTLE ROYAL
Hondo made a Monster move on the deficit last night, scoring beautifully with the Birds in Fenway to slash the number to 515 demeters. Tonight, with Bannister on the slab,...
BLUE YONDER
ALBANY - After finally speaking with Michael Strahan, general manager Jerry Reese and coach Tom Coughlin let the erstwhile Pro Bowl defensive end know the Giants are moving full steam...
HEALTHY TOOMER OUT TO MAKE FANS FORGET LAST YEAR
ALBANY - By the last home game, Amani Toomer couldn't take it anymore, not that he was alone in his feelings. Of course, he was only 10 feet from the...
DEOSSIE LIKES LOOK OF HIS SON
ALBANY - It did not hit Steve DeOssie fully until he actually saw his statuesque son, Zak, out there on the field, wearing uniform No. 51 yesterday morning. "I saw...
KELLEN KEEPS WORKIN'
Kellen Clemens played in two games last year during his rookie season and threw one pass. The Jets undoubtedly would take similar numbers from Clemens this year, because that likely...
NO PROGRESS FOR KENDALL, REVIS
Pete Kendall is still doing little besides stretching, and Darrelle Revis remains nowhere to be found at Jets training camp. "Nothing has changed from my perspective," the disgruntled Kendall said....
TOUGH LOSS FOR COYLE
Coaches get caught up in wins and losses. Players become consumed with their successes and failures. And then the phone rings one day and suddenly the outcome of games and...
GLAVINE STAYS STUCK AT 299
MILWAUKEE - It was five outs from being a magnificent night, an evening that was going to see Tom Glavine make history. He had done his part. But Glavine suffered...
TOM'S TERRIFIC EFFORT DESERVED BETTER FATE
MILWAUKEE - He watched the eighth inning in the clubhouse, in the same way he's watched every game from which he's been removed with a lead: nervously, anxiously, with one...
METS UNABLE TO SNAG GAGNE OR CORDERO
The Mets pursued Eric Gagne and Chad Cordero in the final hours before the trade deadline yesterday, but the lack of secondary depth in their farm system cost them the...
CASTILLO EYES STAY WITH METS
MILWAUKEE - Luis Castillo apparently already is happy enough with the Mets to have interest in staying with them next season. Castillo, acquired Monday in a trade with the Twins,...
HOMER PARTY SKIPS A-ROD
Watching a Yankee home-run parade roar through Yankee Stadium last night without Alex Rodriguez leading the band was akin to Lindsay Lohan getting through a Sunset Boulevard DUI check without...
GODZILLA LEADS ONSLAUGHT OF WHITE SOX
FOR the record, including Japan, Hideki Matsui now has 431 career homers and from the looks of recent events could make it to 500 quicker than Alex Rodriguez. In his...
NO RELIEF: FARNSWORTH IS STAYING
As one reporter approached Kyle Farnsworth yesterday afternoon, he warned, "Don't even come over here." For obvious reasons, nobody wanted the erratic, overpaid, ill-tempered reliever to come over to their...
SUMMER OF '77
Remember the sizzling, scintillating summer of 1977 when Billy Martin's Yankees stormed past the Red Sox and went on to capture their first World Championship in 15 years by beating...
CASHMAN GETS SOME SUPPORT
Earlier this season, George Steinbrenner said Brian Cashman was "on a big hook." Yesterday, Hal Steinbrenner said he was hopeful the Yankees GM would return next year. Though the Boss'...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Mario Batale better hope he doesn't have a health emergency in Pittsburgh. That's because a hospital there has banned Crocs - the rubbery, clog-like shoes made popular by the corpulent...
Rangers, Hossa Avoid Arbitration
Marcel Hossa has signed a one-year contract worth $780,000, the AP reports. The signing leaves Sean Avery as the lone bone of contention for the Blueshirts. The verdict from his...
Garnett has lots to prove as winner
By MARC BERMANThe notion that the Kevin Garnett trade makes the Celtics the favorites to win the East - as many have said - is laughable. This is a squad...
The whole story: Publisher burns her Oprah bridges
The news stories about book publisher Nan Talese still ranting at Oprah for her flaying of James Frey and his controversial memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," don't do Nan justice.CSPAN,...