September 7, 2008
WAGNER SHUT DOWN
Billy Wagner's simulated game today only rated as successful if he was trying to simulate the pain that sent him to the disabled list five weeks ago. After throwing 13...
Game 143: Phillies at Mets
After an eyesore of a 6-2 loss in Game 1, the Mets will try to stop the bleeding and preserve their dwindling NL East lead tonight when stopper Johan Santana...
JONATHAN SAUNDERS
Brit wunderkind Jonathan Saunders presented not only one of his more accessible collections, but one that was utterly beautiful and ebullient. His favored silhouette was a tailored or fitted top...
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG
We should never call her anything but "Diane of the Dress." As was made very clear on last week's "Project Runway," Diane von Furstenberg is all about the dress. And...
CHARLES NOLAN
When a designer uses civilians as models, you know there's something up with the collection. And Charles Nolan had the civilian models of all models - uber-Olympian Dara Torres. Torres...
MARINERS BEAT YANKEES 5-2
SEATTLE - In the most miserable Yankee season in more than a decade, one that will end without a post-season date, Mike Mussina has been a shower of sunshine. Today,...
BREAKING: Wagner shut down
The Mets have shut down closer Billy Wagner, perhaps for the rest of the season, after more elbow woes cut short his simulated game at Shea Stadium this afternoon. Wagner,...
E!'s Chelsea Handler on '90210'
First of all, if anyone deserved that kind of sexual gratification, it was Dylan from the original series — with his sideburns down to his nipples and the sexiest receding...
MOYER MASTERFUL; PHILLIES BEAT METS 6-2
This is getting ominous. The Mets continued to awaken the echoes of last September's epic collapse this afternoon with a 6-2 loss to the Phillies in Game 1 of a...
Toronto Oscar Watch: More Troubles Down South For Dakota
The folks who are distributing the notorious "Hounddog,'' finally set to open on Sept. 19 (in a re-edited version) a year and a half after it was laughed off the...
Scene-NYC streets
Parsons student Ramona Magsaysay wears a tunic dress and shoes from Irregular Choice. She wears "anything that's weird, unusual or different. Clashing is big with me, because it's unexpected."
Toronto: Superman Goes Gay
Remember all of those advance rumors about "Superman Returns'' being the gayest superhero movie ever? They turned out not to be true at all, but I was wondering what ever...
Italy's Achy-Breaky Team
Italy midfielder Gennaro Gattuso will be out for at least a month -- and will miss his team's World Cup qualifier against Georgia at Udine on Wednesday -- after injuring...
RUFFIAN
The Ruffian boys took a serious detour this season -- they usually traffic in tailored, New Wave romanticism. Their collection for Spring '09 references an entirely different generation altogether: the...
TRACY REESE
It's only day three into Fashion Week, but for Tracy Reese, spring has definitely sprung. Her front row was filled with the usual PYTs, and boy, were they in for...
COSTELLO TAGLIAPIETRA
There were a few false starts before the beginning of the Costello Tagliapietra show, but those were the only missteps the designers made. This collection was their greatest departure yet...
FALL 2008 PREVIEW
90210 Tuesday, September 2, 8 p.m., CW The CW's much-anticipated remake of "90210" will prove the power of nostalgia. Either you want to see renamed versions of Brandon and Brenda,...
FALL 2008 PREVIEW
TRUE BLOOD Sunday, Sept. 7, 9 p.m., HBO A psychic waitress (Anna Paquin) falls in love with a very pale vampire (Stephen Moyer) in a trashy Louisiana town.LITTLE BRITAIN Sunday,...
DKNY
Donna Karan knows where she comes from and doesn't mind revisiting it. In celebrating the 20th anniversary of DKNY, she went back 20 years for her styling cues. And guess...
Game 142: Phillies at Mets
Fresh off Saturday’s rainout, the Mets try to bounce back from a 3-0 loss on Friday when Pedro Martinez (pictured) takes on the Phillies and ageless lefty Jamie Moyer this...
ALEXANDRE HERCHCOVITCH
It seems, in the Western Hemisphere, that wealthy, cosmopolitan Brazilians are the closest we'll ever get to European -- Brazilian charm, that swagger, the joie de vivre and, oh my,...
Trade Zach already
By MARC BERMANPerhaps Donnie Walsh hasn't seen enough tape of enough Knick games last season and is just looking at Zach Randolph's statistics. Trading Randolph's contract for a still-blooming prospect...
JETS HOLD ON FOR 20-14 WIN
MIAMI - The drama you anticipated dripping from this delicious matchup between the Brett Favre's Jets and Chad Pennington's Dolphins did not disappoint today. In the end, it delivered about...
Coverage in today's Post
Thanks to Saturday's rainout prompted by Tropical Storm Hanna, the Mets and Phillies turn around today with a day-night doubleheader at Shea Stadium that marks the final regular-season games this...
Wagner on verge of return
The Mets expect to activate Billy Wagner in the next day or two unless the veteran closer has a setback in his simulated game between doubleheader contests tonight, Jerry Manuel...
European Powers Look Flat in First World Cup Qualifiers
APUnconvincing wins for Italy, England, Spain and Portugal were all overshadowed Saturday when France started its attempt to qualify for the 2010 World Cup with a humbling 3-1 defeat at...
Miss at your own risk: Human Tetris
Highlights for the week of Sept. 8"Hole in the Wall" Hunt is on"The Bonnie Hunt Show" starts Monday on Ch. 4 at 2 p.m. See if the comedian's attempt at...
U.S. Downs Cuba 1-0 in First Island Trip in 61 Years
APWith few fans in the stands and little light on the field, the United States hung on to win its first soccer game in Cuba since 1947, beating the hosts...
SPECIAL-INTEREST JOE
If Barack Obama really wants to fix "the broken politics of Washington," he could start with his running mate, Beltway insider Joe Biden. Indeed, the Delaware senator's Capitol Hill seniority...
WAR AT HOME
I agree with Bob Kerrey's premise that a candidate does not have to be a war hero to be worthy of being the president ("The Right Case for John McCain,"...
SMASHING!
The giant new particle collider at Europe's center for nuclear research, which is due to start work on Wednesday, will provide an unprecedented glimpse into the subatomic world. But it's...
BLOG WATCH
Lights out in Georgia "Once you get over the irony of being lectured that the right to ethnic self-determination trumps national sovereignty and territorial integrity by someone who had despoiled...
PRIME CHUCK
In his movies, Chuck Norris has battled ninjas, drug kingpins and foreign armies. Now he's taking on something far more sinister: the US government. Norris, a conservative columnist and Christian,...
REINING IN A LAND OF PLENTY
Projections show that the US population will grow by 135 million in just 42 years - a 44% increase. Such growth would have profound implications for our environment and quality...
MEN WILL BE BOYS
Today's young men are coming of age in an era with no road maps, no blueprints, and no primers to tell them what a man is or how to become...
"YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS"
Is there such a thing as "Warner Bros. DNA"? Clint Eastwood, one of the studio's most loyal and prolific filmmakers, says so, in his foreword to this oversized and bountifully-illustrated...
REQUIRED READING
Tears of the Desert A Memoir of Survival in Darfur by Halima Bashir (One World) At the movies, you can cover your eyes for a terrifying scene. You can't really...
"ANATHEM "
Neal Stephenson is not only among our best novelists, but among the most unusual. His first big-seller was "Snow Crash," a musing about virtual realities intruding into the real world....
"REAGAN: THE HOLLYWOOD YEARS"
Ronald Reagan began as an actor and ended as a president. Though he often glossed over his 30-year Hollywood career, it created the public persona that catapulted him to political...
"THE NEW URBAN RENEWAL "
Sociologist Derek Hyra looks at the nation's two most important historic, urban black neighborhoods - New York's Harlem and Chicago's Bronzeville - and wonders "How did these formerly notorious ghettos...
BESTSELLER: THE WAR WITHIN
First he liked him. Then he liked him again. Then he didn't like him. Now Bob Woodward's fourth book on the Bush Presidency presents a mixed bag - saying Bush...
IN MY LIBRARY: WYNTON MARSALIS
"Sometimes I read when I'm studying," Wynton Marsalis tells The Post's Barbara Hoffman. "Sometimes I read stories to kids. Sometimes I read biographies. Sometimes I read poetry. Sometimes I read...
TOSS SHELLY, PART 2
The need for Downtown voters to boot Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver by voting against him in Tuesday's primary just got more urgent: Mayor Mike's hard-won right to control the schools...
FANS, ENJOY YOUR GOOD 4-TUNE
MIAMI - You will be wearing your shiny new 4 jersey when you and your friends gather in front of the plasma television today at your friendly, neighborhood bar, or...
REVENGE OF THE CHAD
Including the 1997-2007 seasons in The Post, Cat's 13-year record in print stands at 354-295 (54.5 percent) against the spread.THE PICKDOLPHINS (+3) over Jets: Given the Brett Favre brouhaha, reassert...
REUNION FOR BUDDIES PENNINGTON, COLES
MIAMI - They will meet sometime before the game today at Dolphins Stadium and there will be an embrace. Chad Pennington and Jets wide receiver Laveranues Coles developed a special...
CHAD'S DESIRE TO BEAT JETS IS (BLEEP)-YOU-MAN NATURE
MIAMI - These are the kinds of matchups that fans of a certain bent live in fear of: the revenge matchups, the gotta-show-'em-they-screwed-up matchups, the payback matchups. It's only human,...
JETS WELL-ARMED FOR FIRST FRACAS
MIAMI - Sometimes in life, things fall perfectly in place. Sometimes, every light on Broadway is green. Sometimes, there's not a single car waiting at the Lincoln or Holland Tunnel...
GANG GREEN EXPECTING REVITALIZED WILLIAMS
MIAMI - Ricky Williams is no longer the punch line to a goofy marijuana joke. Williams, who appears to be back in form, might be the biggest obstacle the Jets...
BELMONT BARN QUARANTINED
Barn 38 on Belmont Park backstretch was quarantined yesterday after Smell My Carrots, a 3-year-old New York-bred gelding trained by John Candlin, was euthanized after being found in his stall...
25 BEST YANKEE STADIUM MOMENTS: NO. 3
As both baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee and Shea stadiums. This week, No. 3: Football's...
MATSUI HOPES TO STAY IN PINSTRIPES
SEATTLE - Hideki Matsui and the Yankees haven't ruled out him returning next year with knees healthy enough for him to play the outfield. "He could still play the outfield...
YANKEES WIN, GAIN ON BOSOX
SEATTLE - Far too little and way too late. That's the only way to describe the Yankees' 7-4 victory over the hapless Mariners last night in front of 44,473 at...
YANKEES' JACKSON ON THE RISE
TRENTON - Outfielders Austin Jackson and Jose Tabata came into the 2008 season ranked as the second and third-best prospects in the Yankees organization by Baseball America, and entered the...
EVERYONE CONTRIBUTES FOR GIANTS
Under the line marked "Did Not Play" on the official game book from the season opener, only one player was listed on the Giants' side of the ledger: David Carr,...
WATERFOWL SEASON IS HERE
THE waterfowl season in New York starts this month with a few changes to bag limits and season length. The early goose season is underway in many parts of the...
HONDO TRIES TRIBE
Hondo slithered his way to defeat with the Diamond backs yesterday, getting thumped in LA to reduce his disposable dead presidents to 665 tiefenauers. Today, he'll go Lee-ward with the...
DO NOT LAY THREE POINTS IN 4'S DEBUT
TODAYDOLPHINS (+3) over Jets: Don't trust NFL's version of Fast Eddie Felson as road favorite. Good luck to Mr. Favre, but bulk of sustained Jets success when visiting Dolphins has...
CHURCH'S SLAM REACHES BROTHER IN IRAQ
Ryan Church's personal fan club extends all the way to Iraq, where his younger brother, Matt, is in his second tour of duty. Minutes after Ryan's first-inning grand slam Wednesday...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH BOOMER ESIASON
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the star of WFAN's "Boomer and Carton" morning show, who was the Jets starting quarterback from 1994-96 after leading the Bengals to the Super...
SPORTS SHORTS
AUTO: Hamilton wins pole In Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton clinched pole position for today's Belgian Grand Prix ahead of his main challenger Felipe Massa, on a track...
LUIS, LUIS . . . HE GOTTA GO
* Mets manager Jerry Manuel started Luis Castillo at second base in the first game of this weekend's huge Phillies series, against his better judgement and obviously at the urging...
NFL ANNOUNCERS BACK TO MISUSING NUMBERS
WELCOME to another NFL season of having complete nonsense disseminated with complete conviction. Perhaps the one thing that stat-afflicted football broadcasters don't and will never understand is that there are...
NEW COACH CAPTURES FIRST VICTORY AT CURTIS
It was a lot quieter on the Curtis sideline, and the new head coach didn't spend most of the game on the field, but the end result looked very familiar....
RANDOLPH TO GRIZZLIES HEATING UP
Donnie Walsh's summer-long quest to trade Zach Randolph's cap-killing contract is back on full tilt with serious talks with Memphis in a proposal that would save the Knicks $10 million...
SEPTEMBER SAFE IN SANTANA'S HANDS
MIKE Schmidt may think the Phillies own the Mets and September. That was the case last year when the Phillies swept three September games at Shea Stadium to set off...
WRIGHT & REYES SHOULD RAISE BAR AS GREATEST METS LIFERS
WHO is the Mets' George Brett or Robin Yount? Who is their DiMaggio or Mantle? Go ahead if you are a big Mets fan - who is the best player...
WAGNER 'ENCOURAGED' AFTER WORKOUT
The ominous weather forecast couldn't keep Billy Wagner away from Shea Stadium yesterday. In another step forward, Wagner made throws on flat ground, a day after a 32-pitch bullpen session,...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT SHEA: NO. 3
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. 3.Aug. 15, 1965...
RAINOUT ALLOWS AMAZIN' LOSS TO LINGER WITH METS
Yesterday's rainout was one of those good news/bad news propositions for the Mets. The good news was that the washout gave 36-year-old Pedro Martinez - already battling what the Mets...
STORM CAUSES INEQUITY FOR MEN'S FINAL
After losing the gamble in trying to squeeze in both men's semifinal matches yesterday before Tropical Storm Hanna hit during an unprecedented Super Saturday, the USTA announced last night a...
FLUSHING FANS FALLING FOR FED
THEY love him at Flushing Meadow. They have excellent taste. Roger Federer's 33rd consecutive U.S Open win yesterday was as good as any of them, considering the 2008 disappointments he...
DJOK'S OVER: FEDERER IN FINAL
The song "Still The One" blared on the public address system after Roger Federer dusted Novak Djokovic with his vintage flawlessness. Not only did the Swiss Maestro look like he's...
OWLS BLOW BIG CHANCE
PHILADELPHIA - This time there was no blown instant replay call that will haunt Temple, just blown opportunities. The Owls, looking to go to 2-0 for the first time since...
EVERYDAY EVIL OF FUHRER FOLK
At first glance, the family snapshots seem so ordinary: a baby in a carriage, a man in pajamas reading at the table, two women smiling for the camera.Nazi Snapshots But...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 960; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 8868; Lucky Sum: 30 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 105; Lucky Sum: 6 / Evening Win-4 Sat.: 5214;...
BON JOVI A BA-ROCK & ROLL STAR
It pays to have cool friends. Rocker Jon Bon Jovi helped Barack Obama and the Democrats haul in an estimated $3 million at a fund-raiser at the singer's home in...
HILLARY PLAYS A 'DEM' FATALE
With the presidential race in a dead heat, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been enlisted to blunt the formidable impact of GOP running mate Sarah Palin by stumping for Barack Obama...
CHARLIE'S BEACH BUDDY
The controversial labor lawyer whose company gave embattled Rep. Charles Rangel an interest-free mortgage on a Dominican Republic villa is a longtime friend who poured more than half a million...
BOXER: I CAN PUT RANGEL'S CAREER ON ROPES
Independent congressional candidate and amateur boxer Craig Schley says he's never backed down from a fight - even if it means going up against Harlem's Democratic heavyweight Rep. Charles Rangel,...
YANKS NIX 'UNCLE JR.' CROONER
"Sopranos" star Dominic Chianese thought he made the Yankees an offer they couldn't refuse. The Bronx native, best known for playing mobster Uncle Junior on the hit HBO drama, has...
KING OF THE PILL RUINED POOR BRIT
Britney Spears' mysterious former "manager" fed the singer sedatives and pills and once claimed Spears would die without him, according to her mother's forthcoming tell-all. Just a few days before...
'POPULAR' MECHANICS FAVOR OBAMA
Throughout the Democratic primaries, Barack Obama took advantage of a less-is-more philosophy. By racking up huge victories in many caucus states, which have much lower turnout than states with primaries,...
NY HOCKEY MA HAILS SARAH
When Sarah Palin said hockey moms were a lot like pit bulls (except for the lipstick), Lisa Davie's phone started ringing off the hook. "People said, 'Lisa, that's you!' "...
WAR STORIES OUT OF THE CLASS OF 9/11
They entered West Point as peacetime cadets - and left as war-ready soldiers headed to Middle East battlegrounds. The US Military Academy's Class of 2002 had a fateful senior year....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN * Cops say the man pictured above robbed a Starbucks on the Upper West Side where employees were threatened and forced to open a safe. The bandit and an...
TWICE MISSING
A Harlem teacher who disappeared more than a week ago went AWOL for three days last year, a police source said yesterday. Hannah Upp, 23, missing since Aug. 29, had...
TKTS JOB SCALPS CITY FOR $11M
The architecturally stunning new TKTS outlet scheduled to open in Times Square this month is $11 million over budget, The Post has learned. And the rebuilt operation, which sells discount,...
BIOPSY SHOCK IN 'WTC DEATH'
Mayor Bloomberg dismissed NYPD Detective James Zadroga as "not a hero," and the city contended that he had died as a result of drug use rather than from toxic air...
BIKE KID KILLED
An 8-year-old boy riding his bike with his dad was killed in Brooklyn yesterday when a mail truck turned a corner and accidentally ran the child down, police said. Alexander...
CLASS CHAOS FROM COMPUTER SNAFU
High-school students have been stuck in the wrong classes for days because the computer program used to correct schedules is running slow and often crashes, their guidance counselors told The...
MIKE: ALL IS 'FOE'-GIVEN IN QNS. RACE
Mayor Bloomberg is backing former political foe Republican QueensSen. Serph Maltese in his tough re-election - a move that could soothe the senate GOP as it battles to hang onto...
SEGWAY NO WAY TO PATROL, SAYS COP IN LAWSUIT
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's Segway scooter program is shaping up to be more dangerous for cops than the villains they're chasing - the two-wheeled gyro-powered gizmo ended one cop's 12-year...
ASTRO-'NOT' PARK SALE
Want to buy a 275-foot-high space tower? It's only $99,000. How about a water ride for $199,000? Coney Island's iconic Astrotower and the Water Flume are just two of 10...
APPLE IS RIVER CITY
Tropical Storm Hanna tore through the city with torrential downpours yesterday, turning streets into rivers, delaying flights for hours and leaving thousands of people without power. More than 3 inches...
DISGRUNTLED RIDERS THROW MTA UNDER THE BUS
The big wheels keep on rolling but not often enough or on time, according to fed-up bus riders who slammed local service citywide with a C-minus. According to 22,109 riders...
PIERLESS NUPTIALS
Serious structural damage to pilings underneath the Chelsea Piers has caused two high-end catering halls to shut their doors - and ship their weddings elsewhere. The Lighthouse and Sunset Terrace,...
ELITE PTAS' SHADOWY FUNDS
Faced with overcrowded classes and limited school budgets, some of the city's wealthiest PTAs are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to hire their own teachers on the sly. The...
DEPRESSION ERROR
Maybe Phil Gramm was right after all. The former Texas senator and ex-economic adviser to Republican presidential candidate John McCain caught flack a few months back for calling US consumers...
DEALERS EYE USED OVER NEW
During your next visit to a new-car dealership, don't be surprised if the salesman steers you away from that shiny, new 2009 model toward a four-year-old sedan once driven by...
TIVO REPLAYS BIZ PLAN
TiVo might have stumbled upon a growth strategy that, if successful, it will want to record and play back. After having had the rug pulled out from under it in...
LATE SUMMER DOLLAR REVIVAL HITTING INVESTORS HARD
BE careful what you wish for, because you may just get it. That admonition is starting to ring true lately for millions of investors in the stock market. After a...
GATES TRYING TO UNLOAD M'SOFT SHARES
THE burden of wealth is get ting heavier for Bill Gates. The 52-year-old mogul can't seem to cash out his Microsoft stock fortune fast enough to transform himself into the...
NEVER TOO YOUNG TO LEARN
Dear John: I am 16 years old and trying to learn more about how to make money. There is only one thing I'd like from you - information. I'm mostly...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERS STRAUSS ZELLNICK Take-Two honcho gets EA to sign confidentiality agreement. LEE SCOTT Wal-Mart CEO enjoys gain as rest of retail sector continues to suffer. ERIC SCHMIDT Google chief helpslaunch...
CHIP OFF THE BLACKROCK
On the surface, Joshua Fink looks like an average Wall Streeter. He wears nice suits, spends his spare time read ing arcane financial texts, and is always on the lookout...
GOTHAM'S ROCKY ROADS
THE city's streets are in the worst shape in years, even though the Department of Transportation has been reporting increases in the miles of streets it repaves every year since...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Guess he needed an energy boost for the night he had planned. A wheelchair-bound robber ignored a cash register at a Dallas 7-Eleven, snatching 10 packets of condoms and an...
BIG MAC FASHION ATTACK
Seriously - how do you get skinny fashion bitches to eat? Three simple words: "Macaroni and cheese," says Ray "Dr. BBQ" Lampe, the executive chef at Justin Timberlake's restaurant, Southern...
LILO & (BARELY A) STITCH
For her first show inside the Bryant Park tents - Charlotte Ronson kept it all in the family. Big brother Mark spun the jams, little sis Anabelle walked the runway...
AGENDA
Say sayonara to Shea Stadium; chow down on fare from local family farms; play fashionista at a free Vanity Fair photo show; celebrate all things Mexican; and remember 9/11 in...
TECHNOLOGY
Shure SE102MPA headphones $99.99; shure.com Released last year, Shure's SE110 headphones were quickly lauded as the top MP3-player upgrade thanks to crystalline sound, secure fit and a relatively affordable $120...
Q & A WITH ALAN BALL
Alan Ball has a way with death. He mainstreamed the mortuary in the unforgettable HBO series "Six Feet Under" and began his screenplay for 1999's "American Beauty" with the voice...
ROCK & REPUBLIC
We have three words to describe Rock & Republic's "spring" show - black, white and tight. The super short dresses, anorexically fitted pants (appropriately named "The Skinny Bitch," btw) and...
FALL 2008 PREVIEW
After so many new shows struggled in the ratings last season, producers turned to the tried and true-procedurals-when casting about for ideas for 2008. The other big trend is imports....
PRIMETIME
The first time I watched a Presidential Convention on TV I was 12, the 1964 Republican Convention from the Cow Palace in San Francisco. And, kids being naive and impressionable,...
REEL GOOD
BECKET (1964) Sunday, 10 a.m., TCM When Henry II (Peter O'Toole) starts getting flack from the church he comes up with a great idea: Appoint his wenching, drinking, carousing, maiden-stealing...
HURRICANE REPORTS MADE ME DIZZY!
Mark Sept. 1, 2008, as the year's strangest day in television. It was Labor Day, traditionally one of the laziest days of the year. And this particular Labor Day was...
NO HEADBANGING ALLOWED AT THIS ROCK BENEFIT
JUST six months ago, things looked good for Kelly Buchanan. The New York songwriter was finally supporting herself through music. Her honeyed voice, unbreakable attitude and smart, devilish lyrics earned...
GHOST OF ANDY KAUFMANHIS ALTEREGO TONY CLIFTON RESURFACES WITH LOUNGE ACT
The man on the phone is belligerent, rude and kinda gross; a racist, sexist old whoremonger who claims his mission in life is "nailing young p - - - y."...
CYNDI LAUPER
CYNDI Lauper loves shaking her shimmy - and just did, right past Rihanna, Ne-Yo and Madonna. The '80s icon earned her perch atop the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart...
FIRST DEGREE 'BURN'
OR such smart guys, Joel and Ethan Coen sure know idiots. The brotherly team - which writes, directs, produces, edits and does everything short of catering their movies - has...
GOSSIP GIRLS TALK THE TALK
"There's a name for you ladies, but it isn't used in high society - outside of a kennel!" So concludes the 1939 movie "The Women," a star-packed black comedy of...
FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER
AND the beat goes on. The Film Society of Lincoln Center's Latinbeat 2008 festival - 28 films from 10 Latin American countries - is here. It kicked off Friday night...
THE DUDE ABIDES
When "The Big Lebowski" was first released in 1998, its lead character's final line, "The Dude abides," seemed like wishful thinking. The Coen brothers' follow-up to their sleeper hit "Fargo"...
PROOF POSITIVE
A 200-year-old Irish whiskey brand doesn't often shake things up with a new release, but Tullamore Dew is doing just that with a new, limited-edition 10-year-old variety released earlier this...
HAVE IT THE RIGHT WAY
Black Iron Burger Shop 540 E. Fifth St.; 212-677-6067 The core of this ploughman's-style tavern owned by EU's Jason Hennings and longtime Raoul's bartender Frank Ennis are its juicy burgers,...
NAVARRETE, 23, AND ORELLANA, 25
Aug. 16 - There was a thin line between love and hate on the night Jorge Navarrete proposed to Gisell Orellana. The groom, a senior bank teller at Washington Mutual...
YEH, 31, AND LIU, 24
Aug. 8 - Monica Liu and Lawrence Yeh didn't have to worry about being quiet in the library on their wedding day. After meeting six years ago, the Queens couple...
KANEMOTO, 33, AND TIENG, 31
Aug. 10 - Andrea Tieng's and Daniel Kanemoto's wedding was truly joyful. After saying, "I do," the West Village duo danced down the aisle to Three Dog Night's "Joy to...
DOERR, 26, AND DECOUX, 36
June 21 - Katherine Doerr and Nathan DeCoux's romance was a blast from the past. After meeting through mutual friends in 2003 at the New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo,...
FRIENDS...FOR NOW
Tiffany, a 27-year-old who works at a magazine Web site, wanted a guy who wouldn't mind taking a back seat to her true love - sports. And Cody, a 27-year-old...
MEETMARKET
Sean, a 32-year old actor, writer and model, considers himself "mentally stimulating, emotionally balanced and spiritually aware." This Bronx boy is looking for a girl who's the same, so harness...
BLOOMY BACKS FORMER GOP FOE
Mayor Bloomberg is backing former political foe Republican Queens Sen. Serph Maltese in his tough re-election - a move that could soothe the senate GOP as it battles to hang...
ROSA CHA
Hot bodies, teeny tiny Brazilian bathing suits and lots of jewels. Rosa Cha is sex on a runway, and we love it. And really what's not to love? Designer Amir...
ALEXANDER WANG
Oh, the hype. Alexander Wang was last season's wunderkind with a few awards and a celebrity stylist. His downtown edgy, layer-y collection showed promise through a few well-designed pieces. But...