May 11, 2008
CHECKING IN: Big Island
I have just visited two hotels on this island that I like very much and will return to. One is very expensive -- the Four Seasons Hualalai -- the other...
BUMBLING REDS DELAY INEVITABLE
Stick around long enough and you'll see something new in baseball. "That's the first time I've had it and this is my 23d year," home plate ump and crew chief...
BELTRAN, CHURCH POWER METS OVER REDS
Pink, pink, the Mets didn't stink. The truth is, the color or make of the bats doesn't matter. Carlos Beltran could walk to the plate with a painted broomstick these...
JETER'S CLEAN-UP SPOT WASHED AWAY
DETROIT _ For what would have been the second time in his career Derek Jeter was slated to hit fourth today until rain killed the Yankees-Tigers game at Comerica Park....
First Look: Jenna Bush and Henry Hager's wedding, May 10, 2008, Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Honestly, I don't know whether I ought to be pleased or nervous that I'm on the White House's fashion press list. Anyway, congratulations to Jenna & Henry! White House photos...
BETMIT BACK ON DL
Wilson Betemit was sent to the 15-day DL today after he strained his right hamstring in yesterday's 5-2 win over the Tigers. Betemit ripped an RBI double to center in...
WASHOUT A BLESSING
DETROIT _ Mother Nature slapped the Yankees hard in the face several times during April. Today, she planted a big Mother's Day kiss on their lips when an all-day rain...
Inter Fails to Clinch Serie A Title
By CLEMENTE LISIInter Milan again wasted the chance to retain its Serie A title today when they were held to a 2-2 tie at home by Siena with Marco Materazzi...
Jets Night reset for July 8
A press release from the Mets ...The Mets and Jets today announced the rescheduling of "Jets Night at Shea" to Tuesday, July 8, before the Mets host the San Francisco...
Lineups set for Reds finale
The Mets try to salvage a home series against the last-place Reds today, and they will have to do it with the help of Oliver Perez. Which Ollie will show...
Mets coverage in today's Post
That little thing called consistency remains a very big issue for the Mets, who just can't seem to put a hot streak together. Just when it seemed they might be...
MANCHESTER UNITED WIN, FULHAMERICA SURVIVE ON EPL'S FINAL DAY
Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates By BRIAN LEWISOK, so the top of the Premier League held form, as always. That didn’t mean there wasn’t plenty of excitement on the final day, with...
Miss at your own risk: Steve Carell out of 'Office'
Highlights for the week of May 11"Gladiators" rematchOne of the beneficiaries of the strike season, "American Gladiators" returns for a second season beginning Monday. Expect upgrades to last season's games.Michael's...
Kudos to Donnie
By MARC BERMANIf the Knicks weren't such a disaster, such a mess, such a laughingstock, maybe Mark Jackson could've been the guy here. But to ask someone with no coaching...
SISTERS ON FAST TRACK
Montclair's Lisa and Miki Barber are twins in the truest sense. They share the same build, the same home, at one point the same car - and the same gift,...
3 UP AND DOWN: Bad Acquisitions
In my Hardball column in today's Post, I tackle an All-Star team of new faces in new places. But here is the opposite, the players who are proving not worth...
WHEN TO DUMP CHUMPS
SOMETIMES baseball fantasies just don't work out the way you plan. Like Shaun Alexander this past football season, some players have done enough in the past to give them name...
'PROFILER': I AM NOT A RACIST
A white cop who faces possible disciplinary action for ordering a black off-duty police chief out of his car in Queens is no racist, his family said yesterday. "He is...
BLOOMY DELAYS HIRES IN BUDGET 'COP'-OUT
The Bloomberg administration has quietly yanked funds earmarked to hire 1,000 additional cops in coming years. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly in January announced plans to roll back the NYPD's headcount...
CODE OF HONOR
The city's poshest ZIP code has been divided and conquered. The Upper East Side's famed 10021 ZIP - the long-established millionaire mecca, a parallel to Beverly Hills' coveted 90210 -...
GOV-AIDED HOSP AILING
A Harlem hospital with strong ties to Gov. Paterson has amassed a growing mountain of debt and malpractice lawsuits - as New York taxpayers hold the bag for millions of...
FIRE ALERT OVER SEXY BAIT
Firefighters say they're the targets of stings designed to bait them into inappropriate or even criminal behavior. In an April 18 memo, United Firefighters Association president Stephen Cassidy wrote to...
KIN SUE AFTER TEACHER TAPES KID'S MOUTH SHUT
A teacher taped a 4-year-old Queens girl's mouth shut because the child spoke during "quiet time," her family alleges in a lawsuit. Angela Amedeo had her mouth sealed shut with...
PRE-MOM'S DAY GRANNY BEATING
A craven thug clubbed a 69-year-old Brooklyn grandmother during a pre-Mother's Day break-in - as she cared for her bedridden mom. Carmela Boccadifuoco and her mother, 97, were watching TV...
BAD BREAK ON B'WAY
A veteran actor plunged more than 20 feet to the stage yesterday, breaking both wrists, just before the start of the matinee production of "The Little Mermaid" in a packed...
DEFIANT VITO: I CAN CHEAT AND RUN
Defying disgusted constituents and angry Republican leaders, disgraced Rep. Vito Fossella has told pals he plans to seek re-election. And, shockingly, the Staten Island pol is feeling "pretty good," he...
GET A NEW LEASE ON THE HIGH LIFE
THIS spring in the Hamptons, everyone's tossing around the "R" word. That's rental - not recession - and it's been an incredibly busy year, brokers say. Many would-be Hamptonites, uncertain...
KIN SUE OVER HORRORS AT SON'S GRAVE
A grieving family said they made a horrifying discovery last year when they found a decomposed piece of their son's scalp and the hat he was buried in atop his...
BURGLARIES WAY UP IN W. VILLAGE
Celebrities beware - apartment burglaries have surged in the posh West Village. The area, home to A-listers such as actress Sarah Jessica Parker and Graydon Carter, has experienced a 36...
GRANNY FIRE-DEATH SUIT
A 70-year-old grandmother of nine bled to death because firefighters from Bedford-Stuyvesant's Engine Company 214 made a slipshod effort to find her in her four-story Halsey Street apartment building after...
NYERS LOVE MOM
It's Mother's Day! So authors Stephanie Hirsch and Hannah Seligson have turned the tables and let those who created some of New York's shining stars celebrate their children. Here's a...
GOP'S FRANTIC FIGHT
The state Senate campaign of 2008 will go down as the New York Republican Party's upset of the decade - or its Alamo. With their four-decade lock on the state...
JENNA BUSH GETS MARRIED
First Daughter Jenna Bush got hitched last night in a low-key, sundown wedding ceremony at President Bush's Texas ranch. SEE THE PHOTOS Jenna, 26, exchanged her "I do's" with longtime...
'ILLEGAL' 115G FOR HER RUN
Another Hillary Rodham Clinton donor is on the hot seat over allegations he illegally reimbursed some of her campaign contributors. The senator quietly returned $115,000 last year to William Danielczyk,...
PICKING HILL'S POCKET
He's taken some of her superdelegates and some of her political allies - now Barack Obama is after Hillary Rodham Clinton's deep-pocketed New York donor base. Obama's chief strategist will...
CLINTON: I'LL GO ALL THE WAY
Hillary Rodham Clinton is as determined as ever to stay in the Democratic race, vowing at a Manhattan campaign event yesterday to "go all the way to the general election...
'IF SHE HADN'T OPENED THAT DOOR WITH A KNIFE IN HER HAND, SHE'D BE ALIVE'
For nearly 20 years, MIKE GILBERT was O.J. Simpson's sports agent. It was Gilbert who, after becoming disillusioned with Simpson, sold some of the memorabilia he says the former running...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN * Police are circulating video surveillance footage to help lead them to a man wanted in a Clinton Hill shooting. Cops said the attacker wounded a man inside a...
POLS DO A 'DIRTY' JOB
ONE of the city's most ambitious initiatives to reduce unemployment in minority communities was "terribly tainted" when City Council members tried to steer millions of dollars worth of contracts to...
SPOILER CLINTONITES RUINING A FUN PARTY
THIS is an amazing story. The Demo cratic Party has a winner. It has a nominee. You know this because he has the most votes and the most elected delegates,...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 872; Lucky Sum: 17 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 8989; Lucky Sum: 34 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 587; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Win-4 Sat.: 1696;...
EASING RESTRICTIONS ON YOUNG HUNTERS
YOUTH hunting restrictions in New York could be reduced if the New York State Assembly passes a pending bill. Senate Bill 1284 would allow 14- and 15-year-olds to hunt big...
HONDO HIGH ON 'STROS
Lincecum showed he might be stall-worthy for the Hondo stable as he shut down the Phillies yes terday to raise Mr. Aitch's profits to 135 lockmans. Keep up the good...
IT'S HIS JOBA
* Aren't Joba Chamberlain's fist-pumping antics similar to the home run show Manny Ramirez performs when hitting? We're constantly reminded that it's just Manny being Manny. I'm guessing this is...
THE RUMBLE
Head of his class St. John's legend leaves bobbling treasure When St. John's basketball legend Alan Seiden passed away last week, the former All-American left behind a spectacular sports bobblehead/figurine...
NO 'GLORY IN PREAKNESS
As if Kentucky Derby hero Big Brown wasn't already a lock in Saturday's Preakness, a key defection yesterday makes his task even easier. Recapturetheglory, a bang-up fifth in the Derby,...
TITANS' TITLE RUN ENDS IN BUFFALO
In only their second year of existence, the New York Titans of the NLL saw their surprising late-season and playoff run come to an end last night when they lost...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Ravens brawl at minicamp The Ravens are doing more than merely fighting for jobs at their first mandatory minicamp Owings Mills, Md. under new coach John Harbaugh. They're fighting...
THE WAR OF 1912
WE TEND to think the old days were kinder, and gentler, and far more agreeable than they are now. We tend to think that we were a lot more patient...
NEW-CITY SLICKERS
WAYNE Krivsky was in an airport en route to Las Vegas when he returned a midweek phone call. This usually would be the place where a bad turn of phrase...
ONE GIANT PLAYMAKER
Kenny Phillips is sure he can handle what is required of him as a first-round draft pick of the Giants. He knows he must purchase doughnuts for the veterans during...
SHOCKEY STATUS VEXING GILBRIDE
During this offseason, Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride made sure to call Jeremy Shockey to assure the absent tight end he's wanted and needed. Shockey's response was not made public....
MARBURY GETS THE D'ANTONI PHILOSOPHY
Stephon Marbury phoned Mike D'Antoni yesterday to welcome him to the Knicks. Marbury is hoping his second stint with D'Antoni lasts longer than the first. "We went with experience," Marbury...
TERRIFIC HIRE A FEAST FOR TITLE-STARVED FANS
THIS was a few weeks back, on the night that the Knicks closed out their regular sea son home schedule against the Celtics, the night they handed out free food...
IT'S A D'AN DEAL: KNICKS TAB MIKE
It's Mike over Mark - experience, speed and a winning track record over potential and New York sentiment. Mike D'Antoni will become the new Knicks head coach, ending a three-week...
FACE IT: WALSH BLEW THIS CALL
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."- Albert Einstein AFTER spending the last 24 hours alone at home with his...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT SHEA: NO. 20
As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Shea. This week, No. 20.Oct. 9, 1999...
DAVID HAS RIGHT IDEA
When David Wright is going right, he's thinking right (field). The slumping third-baseman went the opposite way for both of his hits in the Mets' 12-6 victory over the Reds...
METS SUFFER FROM SPLITTIN' RED-ACHE
Mike Pelfrey was actually better than Johan Santana yesterday - too bad life isn't fair. Hours after Santana earned his first Shea Stadium victory as a Met with a mediocre...
PASSION IS KEY TO BEIN' AMAZIN'
PASSION comes before winning. The Mets could not sustain their energy for two games yesterday. The split doubleheader at Shea Stadium was every thing you needed to know about the...
DELGADO GETTING THINGS IN ORDER
Manager Willie Randolph said he saw it coming. He saw it in outs, hard-hit outs. So, he anticipated it for more than a week. Carlos Delgado said thanks, but he...
$ATHER'S HARD LINE ON AVERY WILL COST RANGERS
THE new most pertinent num ber as it applies to Sean Avery isn't the Rangers' record with him and without him since the beginning of the 2005-06 season (60-28-15 with...
ROBERTSON ON THE RISE
WHEN the Yankees selected David Robertson in the 17th round in the 2006 draft out of the University of Alabama, Robertson was expecting to be playing for the Crimson Tide...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT YANKEE STADIUM: NO. 20
As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee Stadium. This week, No. 20. Nov....
JERSEY SLUGGER'S LOYALTIES ARE SPLIT
THE competition between the Yankees and Red Sox doesn't end on the field. In a couple weeks the two rivals will go toe to toe in the amateur draft. The...
DOPES, GET YOUR DIRT
NOW, where did we leave that stack of Certificates of Au thenticity . . .? We keep telling you that sports have become satire-proof, that you can't concoct any money-driven...
SCOUTS HONOR - TOPPS CARD SET FEATURES GAME'S UNSUNG HEROES
There has long been a movement to get scouts inducted as part of the Hall of Fame. This summer, the Goldklang Group, which owns six minor leagues teams, and The...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH...
The Post's Steve Serby sat down with the Yankee captain in a wide-ranging interview that touches on his marriage plans, his prospects of owning a major-league club, what he's learned...
ANOTHER SMALL STEP
DETROIT - Two starts have not produced enough data to know if Darrell Rasner can apply a tourniquet to the hemorrhaging back end of the Yankees rotation where Phil Hughes,...
A NEW BRONX BOMBER
DETROIT - When Derek Jeter homered to right in the first off Jeremy Bonderman, it stopped a streak of 128 at-bats without a homer, which was the longest of his...
O-KEI, IGAWA WILL STAY, PLAY
DETROIT - Kei Igawa was the only one who truly believed he wasn't awful Friday night against the Tigers when he cemented the fact that he is the biggest waste...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
And you thought you were having a bad day. A Rock Island, Tenn., man saw his house catch fire minutes after he got into a car crash - then he...
MAY 11 - 17
This week: Pub crawl on the Upper West Side; flowers on the attic; 'Rambo' no longer lives forever; groundbreaking new theater; and shop til you drop, for charity. Going Dutch...
GINA GERSHON
The multi-talented performer finds musical inspirationin Snoopy and thinks TV brings in creepy fans WATCHING Gina Gershon in the Longacre Theatre production of "Boeing-Boeing," a revival of a '60s French...
GLOW, PUMA, GLOW
The ultimate commuter bike; radio for survivors; green mowing; a watch that knows the way; and hot, hands-free calls. Puma Stealth Visibility Bike $1,600, Store.puma.com It only takes one close...
WEB SLINGER
Over The Hills heavy.com In its original form, "dialogue" from "The Hills" is inane. When re-enacted by a troupe of senior citizens, it's genius. This four-part series features elderly folk...
BRIDGE
LET'S try out the Law of Total Tricks in today's deal. The Law, which many players use as a guide in competitive auctions, states that the number of cards both...
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE
WHEN the US Champi onship begins Tues day in Tulsa, Okla., the favorites will be the two Alexanders, and both have something to prove. Alexander Shabalov of Pittsburgh will be...
LUCK OF THE DOG
IT'S rare to find a dog book that becomes a must-read whether you're a dog owner or not. "My Lucky Dog" (William Morrow, $19.95), however, manages to transcend genres. In...
GET YOUR FREE ON!
The weather is getting warmer, and the economy is getting worse. The perfect solution? Free concerts! Check out some of the hottest (and cheapest) shows in town this season. Central...
HOTTEST TICKETS
TICKETS are expensive, crowds are a hassle, the restrooms are a biohazard and the grub at the concessions would probably be healthier if it was actually made with grubs. None...
FURIOUS FESTIVALS
Motley Crue and an East Coast version of Coachella are newcomersamong a host of favorite all-day rock-and-revel attractions WITH the exception of Ozzfest - reportedly downgraded to a two-day gig...
SOUNDS OF THE SEASON
NEW sounds flood the market this summer. Here are the highlights. * Scarlett Johansson, "Anywhere I lay My Head." The actress makes her debut with a tribute to Tom Waits....
GAVIN DEGRAW KEEPS PUNCHING
Singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw was nudged toward fame when the song "I Don't Want To Be," from his 2003 debut CD "Chariot," became the theme for the WB's "One Tree Hill."...
RETURN TO 'NARNIA'
When it comes to sci-fi and fantasy franchises, three is the magic number. Or is it seven? Or maybe just two. Friday's "Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian," the second installment...
PAYDAY FOR PAOLA
PAOLA Mendoza is a movie multitasker - writing, di recting, producing and star ring in a slew of indie flicks. She received positive buzz for "On the Outs" (2005), playing...
FILM BYTES
Will Capt. America be stoned? Well, ah-right. Let's git out there and fight a li'l crime! Matthew McConaughey tops the list to play Captain America, according to Cinema Blend. The...
DR. JONES, I PRESUME
YOU know a director's vision is grand when a plot based on hunting the Holy Grail doesn't seem "exciting enough." But that's what went through Steven Spielberg's mind when presented...
FRANK SINATRA'S FILM CLASSICS ON DVD
When Frank Sinatra died 10 years ago this week, few noted that the singing legend had also been one of Hollywood's biggest stars. Sinatra, who won a Best Supporting Actor...
PROOF POSITIVE
Bulldog gin The hair of this dog has got some serious bite, thanks to a bracing mix of botanicals that make Bulldog one of the most flavorful boutique gins on...
MAKING THE SCENE...
Studio B 259 Banker St., Brooklyn; (718) 389-1880 A tourist-free, warehouse-style club in post "Sex and the City" New York is pretty rare, which is only part of what makes...
INTO THE WILD
Wildwood 225 Park Avenue South, (212) 533-2500 With his B.R. Guest empire, Steve Hanson has conquered seafood (Blue Water, Ocean, Atlantic Grill), Italian (Vento, Fiamma) and Mexican (Dos Caminos), so...
HIRSCHORN, 26, AND ASATUR, 26
April 12 - Yana Asatur and Gregg Hirschorn shared their first dance to Van Morrison's "Someone Like You." They were in seventh grade. But who would've guessed they'd be dancing...
OSBORNE, 31, AND MISARKO, 31
Osborne, 31, and Misarko, 31 April 19 - Fate has a funny way of bringing people together, particularly Tracy Misarko and Daniel Osborne. "I always had a crush on him...
EFRATI, 25, AND BRETHAUER, 28
March 28 - After e-mailing on Match.com in October 2006, Lisa Brethauer and Amir Efrati decided to meet face-to-face. "We met at Divine Bar and talked for hours," recalls Brethauer,...
VASPASIANO, 25, AND DENNIS, 34
May 10 - After dating for just nine months, Brian Dennis knew Tina Vaspasiano was the one. For his romantic proposal, Dennis, owner of a Chrysler Jeep dealership in The...
COLUMBIA ERRS AGAIN
Columbia University has gone and done it again. Still under fire for a host of outrages - offering a platform to Iranian strongman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; tolerating faculty members' harassment of...
ONE LESS BUTTLEGGER
Federal prosecutors on Long Island notched a small victory over New York's booming illicit cigarette trade earlier this month, winning the conviction of black-market kingpin Rodney Morrison on racketeering conspiracy...
TOAST TO A TIPPLER
Alcoholism is among the most savage, heart-breaking and destructive of all forms of entertainment. Its awful legacy includes sundered families, highway fatalities and "Arthur 2: On the Rocks." But Kingsley...
THE KIDS ARE IDIOTS
Given the opportunities for knowledge and culture in America today, one would think we were on the verge of a golden age of intelligence. From 1997 to 2002, the number...
HILL'S "RIGHTS" VS. OURS
I know, I know, Hillary Clinton has a right to stay in the race. In fact, the issue of her "rights" has become the dominant framework within which her supporters...
ISRAEL: A LAND FOR ALL
To understand Israel at 60 years old, think about the conundrum of educated Israelis in their forties and fifties: the professional, scientific, and entrepreneurial elites who increasingly run the place....
OVER A BARREL
As you go deeper into debt filling up your tank with $4 gas this weekend, look on the bright side - you're helping to fund countries that hate you. From...
HILLARY IS RIGHT: BUST OPEC!
Hillary Clinton is having a really bad week, what with Tim Russert, George McGovern, and assorted other political experts finally saying, after her worse-than-expected showing in North Carolina and Indiana,...
ISRAEL: JEWS NEED A HOMELAND
May you live to 120 is a traditional - if optimistic - wish Orthodox Jews bestow to a loved one celebrating their birthday, echoing the age at which Moses was...
BLOG WATCH
She will not be ignored Hillary Clinton, psycho ex-girlfriend? Madatoms.com thinks so. It's 2:31 a.m. The Democratic Party is sleeping peacefully when it hears its phone buzz on the nightstand....
SMOKE SIGNALS
The Post would have New Yorkers believe that NY Indian tribes, namely the Seneca, are financing terrorist activities through black-market cigarettes ("Smuggled Butts: The Terror Ties," Peter King, PostOpinion, April...
MEDI-SINS
New York's home-care community supports efforts to eliminate clear-cut instances of Medicaid fraud. However, we caution against the unfair labeling of an entire system committed to quality patient care ("Cuomo...
IF MEMORY SERVES...
A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs St. Martins Press The latest memoir by Augusten Burroughs opens with his pre-adolescent self running through the woods in the middle of...
BUSINESS 0.5
Overcoming Barriers to Entrepreneurship in the United States Edited by Diana Furchtgott-Roth Lexington Books "Entrepreneurs produce new ideas, some of which, if allowed to develop, lead to greater wealth and...
RISE OF THE NERDS
It's common wisdom that nerds are now cool. They hold vast economic power - no other way the word "Google" could be painted in many colors on a private jumbo...
UNSTOPABLE, IMMOVABLE
GANDHI AND CHURCHILLThe Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age by Arthur Herman Bantam "Most people, including (or especially) historians, tend to read Gandhi and Churchill's lives...
REQUIRED READING
A Freewheelin' Time A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties by Suze Rotolo (Broadway) A lifelong New Yorker (except for some art schooling in Italy), Rotolo is the girl...
IN MY LIBRARY
William Shatner Memoirs - the final frontier? Perhaps, but then it's hard to imagine the enterprising William Shatner ever slowing down. Even at 77, the former Captain Kirk is in...
PRIVATE SPIES
Over the coming months, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the primary spying agency for the Pentagon and the Armed Forces, will hand out prime contracts to eight corporations, giving them the...
MEDICAL DRAMA
Hospital Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God, and Diversity on Steroids by Julie Salamon Penguin Press "It was crowed, really crowded. A melting pot...
HANK'S SPANKS
He's ba-aack. One day after celebrating his 83rd birthday, insurance titan Hank Greenberg jumped back into the ring and started throwing haymakers in the latest round of his years-long battle...
NO STIMULUS
The more information that pours in the longer the odds get that the $110 billion stimulus package will actually stimulate the economy. More than 60 percent of baby boomers plan...
NEW TO THE MART? USE MUTUAL FUNDS
Dear John: I'm interested in buying stocks long term for retirement. I do not understand the stock market very well and need help in deciding which ones to buy. I...
BET THE PONIES, NOT THE TRACKS
When the ponies line up for the 133d running of the Preakness Saturday, bettors are likely to make Kentucky Derby champion Big Brown the odds-on favorite. Magna Entertainment, the company...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS
WINNERSROBERT KOTICK Activision beats Q1 estimates, stock pops and the CEO is sitting pretty.BRAD GREY Paramount Studios CEO bags big fish, signs David "Sopranos" Chase to production deal.ISAAC PERLMUTTER A...
SOME FRIENDLY ADVICE FOR SEN. MCCAIN: LIKE MIKE
Memo to Sen. John McCain: Your well-deserved spring break is now over. With Sen. Barack Obama looking more and more like the Democratic nominee, it's time to get serious about...
A SMOOTH OPERATOR
Sitting with legs crossed and his hands clasped on his waist while relaxing on a white leather chair in his new Midtown offices, Strauss Zelnick had the look of someone...
NBC, CBS MAKE NICE DURING SUNDANCE CHANNEL SALE
We all know that there's no love lost between NBC and CBS, but when it came to the Sundance Channel the normally intense competitors were all backslaps and good blessings....
DISSIDENT: Y'HOO SLATE DRIVE ALIVE
Eric Jackson, the dissident investor seeking to oust Jerry Yang as chief executive of Yahoo! is expected today to hold emergency talks with a group of high profile Silicon Valley...
HEDGE FUND HIP-HOPPING
Latin hip-hop star Pitbull is one unhappy puppy. Irate over what he feels is a lack of support from his label, TVT Records, the top-10 rapper has been snarling for...
MEET MARKET
Mike, a 26-year-old chiropractor, says he's an energetic guy. He's looking for an equally fit, positive girl to 'get physical' with. (Get your mind out of the gutter! We mean...
TOP 5 SEXIEST KARAOKE TUNES
According to wannabe rock stars at the "Broadway Karaoke" event at Arena " 'I Touch Myself.' You must be really comfortable with your sexuality." - Rosie " 'Voulez Vous Couchez...
BETTER LUCK NEXT THAI
He said * "My date was on a date with her friend instead of me." She said *** "I thought I had a big personality, but he totally trumped me."...
SPLITSVILLE'S A TOWN FILLED WITH GHOSTS
WALKING around Chicago is like walking around with ghosts. It's just me - Super Preppy's off on a business trip to Europe, and all I have is my memory and...
TWO GROOMS
SCORE one for ABC's "Brothers & Sisters." In a first for network prime time, the second season finale of the family drama will focus on a gay wedding between relationship-resistant...
GOOD RIDDANCE TO THE WORST TV SEASON EVER
A few months ago, I predicted that this season would end with a few straggling TV shows, those that were able to get back up and running after the writers'...
'CHEF' TOUR
Want to learn how to make olive oil-poached shrimp? Or truffle and cognac cream macaroni and cheese? Taking a cue from "American Idol" and "Dancing With The Stars," two shows...
NO PRIZE
Here's one reality show that went bust: "Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann." The six-week reality competition, which aired during January and February on ABC, was supposed to create a...
LOVE IS BLIND
Going blind may be the best thing that ever happened to Carlos Solis. Ever since the "Desperate Housewives" character was whacked on the head in this season's tornado, Carlos, played...
DON'T MISS LIST
Reign of terror The Reformation is in full swing and Thomas Cromwell (James Frain) is the terrifying arbiter of the new moral order in the court of Henry VIII (Jonathan...
FINALE FEVER
SURVIVOR: MICRONESIA Sunday, 8 p.m, CBS After a particularly nasty season, the final four could be all women. Designer Amanda, nurse Cirie, personal trainer Natalie and charity organizer Parvati are...
REEL GOOD
MARY POPPINS (1964) Sunday, 1:30 p.m., ABC Family The supercalifragilistic Disney movie is based on the P.L. Travers books about a magical nanny who flies in on her umbrella to...