September 26, 2008
Game 160: Marlins at Mets
September 26, 2008 | 10:17pmThe Mets' do-or-die series with the Marlins opens tonight when Mike Pelfrey (pictured) takes on Florida right-hander Chris Volstad at overcast Shea Stadium. Jerry Manuel's club begins play this evening...
MISS CHARLEEN
September 26, 2008 | 9:56pmSUNDAY: Jets, Chiefs, Browns, Jaguars, Saints, Panthers, Titans, Bucs, Rams, Raiders, Redskins, EaglesMONDAY: RavensBEST BETS: Jets, Bucs, Eagles
TIM SULLIVAN
September 26, 2008 | 9:54pmSUNDAY: Jets, Chiefs, Bengals, Texans, Saints, Panthers, Vikings, Packers, Rams, Chargers, Cowboys, BearsMONDAY: SteelersBEST BETS: Saints, Packers, Steelers
Santana on three days rest?
September 26, 2008 | 9:45pmJerry Manuel is keeping a tight lip, but it's looking increasingly like Johan Santana will start Saturday afternoon against the Marlins if rain doesn't wash it out. Santana admitted this...
Ways to fill the Plax gap
September 26, 2008 | 9:37pmThe Giants didn't hear from Plaxico Burress in a timely manner earlier this week and suspended him for a game. Now, fantasy owners won't hear from him for two more...
Gallinari to sit in Saratoga
September 26, 2008 | 9:28pmBy MARC BERMANThe biggest update to come out of our meetings with Donnie Walsh and Mike D'Antoni today at the Garden was Danilo Gallinari's unsettling status.Still experiencing back pain, he'll...
High Hopes and Low Outside Expectations
September 26, 2008 | 8:43pmBy FRED KERBERThe Nets' 2008-09 Media Day today, no doubt sponsored by Dr. Einstein's Hydrochloric Acid and Mouthwash, brought a quick trip down memory lane.Years ago, in my first season...
Red Bulls prepare for huge tilt vs. Colorado
September 26, 2008 | 7:22pmBy BRIAN LEWISThe Red Bulls won't need to look far for motivation for tomorrow's game against the visiting Rapids (7:30 p.m. MSG). If their humiliating 4-0 loss in Colorado on...
Could Red Bull be buying into la Liga?
September 26, 2008 | 7:20pmBy BRIAN LEWISThe fact that Abu Dhabi United Group _ who are trying to turn Manchester City into the new Chel$ki _ are looking at buying Real Mallorca isn't a...
Diane Keaton Scrapes the Barrel
September 26, 2008 | 5:34pmI thought Diane Keaton's career had plummeted alarmingly between "The Family Stone'' (2005) and the dreadful "Because I Said So'' (2007), but apparently things keep getting ever more dire for...
SENATE GOP BLOCKS DEMS $56B RESCUE PLAN
September 26, 2008 | 4:44pmWASHINGTON - Senate Republicans on Friday blocked a plan by Democrats to pump $56 billion in government spending into the economy through public works projects, help for the jobless and...
Coverage in today's Post
September 26, 2008 | 4:39pmYou can't question the Mets' resiliency after their wet and wild comeback win over the Cubs on Thursday night kept them in the thick of the playoff race. The rainy...
Happy happy, joy joy: XBL GTA IV weekend start today!
September 26, 2008 | 4:32pmThat's right. The first GTA IV Live Weekend kicks off today at 3pm, when game developers go online to play against you - provided you've got a Gold XBL account...
ON DECK: MARLINS AT METS
September 26, 2008 | 4:30pmTalk about deja vu. For the second straight year, the Marlins come in to Shea Stadium with a chance to eliminate their NL East rivals from the playoffs. Game one...
UPDATE: Cut Day
September 26, 2008 | 3:48pmBy BRETT CYRGALISWhether it was cheers or jeers coming up from Rangers fans this morning, it's now set in stone that Petr Nedved will not make the 2008-09 opening day...
RIVERA NEEDS SHOULDER PROCEDURE
September 26, 2008 | 3:46pmTORONTO - Mariano Rivera is likely to need a surgical cleanup procedure on his sore right shoulder. After leaving the Yankees yesterday to undergo an MRI exam in New York,...
D'Antoni is the reason to pay attention
September 26, 2008 | 3:25pmBy MARC BERMANI read in my local paper this morning a piece about the success of Mets manager Jerry Manuel - how he balances honesty, persective and humor. He can...
Deal of the Day-Samantha Pleet
September 26, 2008 | 2:59pmSamantha Pleet's frocks are always girly but never too sweet. And this Lovely Dress by the petite designer (who also has a line for Urban Outfitters dropping in October) is...
Bill of Divorcement
September 26, 2008 | 2:58pmMore details of The Weinstein Co.'s much-anticipated divorce from MGM -- its distributor of larger titles since early '06 -- have emerged today in Variety, and the brothers plans for...
GIRARDI, RIVERA AND THE TRUTH
September 26, 2008 | 2:36pmFROM JOEL SHERMANJoe Girardi gets to answer one of my favorite questions today: Are you a liar or are you an idiot? It is not a very polite question, I...
Girardi, Rivera and the Truth
September 26, 2008 | 1:19pm1. Joe Girardi gets to answer one of my favorite questions today: Are you a liar or are you an idiot? It is not a very polite question, I realize,...
CLASSROOM EXTRA
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amWhatever happened to the art of debate? It only makes headlines during presidential elections. Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will soon square off in their own battle of words....
STREAK NOT IN DANGER FOR FAVRE
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amCall off the Brett Favre streak-buster watch. Favre, though still moving with a slight limp because of his sore left ankle, looked like he was just fine in yesterday's practice....
JETS' PACE HAS YEN FOR PLAYOFFS
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amAs Calvin Pace sat with Jets coach Eric Mangini and GM Mike Tannenbaum and their wives last winter enjoying dinner at Nobu in Tribeca, it was clear how hungry the...
CURLIN TAKES RUN AT HISTORY
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amFirst things first. Before reigning Horse of the Year Curlin can defend his title against Big Brown in the Oct. 25 Breeders' Cup Classic, his owner, Jess Jackson, is undoubtedly...
DEVILS ROUNDING OUT FINAL ROSTER
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amWith training camp winding down, and the regular season starting Oct. 10, now is the time for some Devils to show they belong on the ice in New Jersey as...
FORMER CHAMP HOPES TO SQUASH RETIREMENT TALK
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amI'M not sure where Shane Mosley's fight with Ricardo Mayorga fits on the boxing landscape other than it's a match-up between well-known former champions, who are certain to put up...
LIBERTY NOT SHOCKED BY PLAYOFF SUCCESS
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amPat Coyle said throughout the year that she wanted the Liberty not just to get into the WNBA playoffs, but also to win a round. By doing that, the young...
GIAMBI WANTS TO REMAIN WITH YANKEES
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amTORONTO - The Yankees haven't made Jason Giambi an offer, but according to the first baseman, they have been asking what he wants to do next year. "I talked to...
RIVERA TO HAVE MRI EXAM ON SHOULDER
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amTORONTO - Mariano Rivera is likely to need a surgical cleanup procedure on his sore right shoulder. Before leaving the Yankees yesterday to undergo an MRI exam in New York,...
WITH BURRESS OUT, OTHER GIANTS GET SHOT TO STEP UP
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amThe Giants continued to try to put a positive spin on Plaxico Burress' suspension yesterday, but defensive end Justin Tuck admitted the seriousness of the situation. "Obviously, with Plaxico being...
PLAXICO IS HOPING FOR SUSPENSION REPRIEVE
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amThe Giants are preparing to play without Plaxico Burress next Sunday against the Seahawks, but there is a chance the wide receiver might be back on the field by then,...
WAYS TO FILL THE PLAX GAP
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amTHE Giants didn't hear from Plaxico Burress in a timely manner earlier this week and suspended him for a game. Now, fantasy owners won't hear from him for two more...
LYNCH HELPED PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amDICK LYNCH, who died Wednesday, made for one of the most unforgettable moments in my newspaper career, which next month turns 35. It's a bit of a long story, so...
RENNEY CHANGES LINES AS LIGHTNING STRIKES
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amThe Rangers' lineup in last night's 4-2 preseason defeat to the Lightning at the Garden was as instructive for the players out of the lineup as for those in it....
TRENDSETTERS
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amJETS (-11/2) VS. CARDINALS, 1 P.M. Gang Green is 5-0 under Eric Mangini following a double-digit loss. Arizona is 0-6 dating back to 2002 when its rushing yards increased in...
SPORTS SHORTS
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amOBIT: Mickey Vernon, 90Mickey Vernon, a two-time AL batting champ with the Washington Senators and seven-time All-Star first baseman during a 20-year major league career, died Wednesday in Media, Pa....
HONDO TRYING TRIBE
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amThose gritty and gutty Metamucils were a little too much for the Triple A Cubs last night, which caused Hondo's wad to shrink to 715 sisks. Tonight, he'll give thanks...
BOLT & BEAUTIFUL
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amNORMALLY, western teams are at a disadvantage in 1 o'clock eastern starts, but the Cards are turning that phenomenon around on the Jets this weekend. The Cards stuck around after...
5 QUESTIONS FOR...
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amCAN the Mets avoid another collapse and punch their ticket to the postseason? SNY analyst Ron Darling talked with The Post's Justin Terranova about the chances of the Amazin's making...
O/U RICO!
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amRico went 6-10 (3-0 Best Bets) on the over/ unders last week to bring the season record to 24-22-1 (6-3). The selections for Week 4: OVER: Jets / Cardinals; Broncos...
NY PUTTING 'FRESH' REGULATIONS IN PLACE
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amNew York State has made some changes to freshwater fishing regulations that will go into effect in October. Several of the changes apply to all waters in New York, while...
MR. AITCH IS A-OK WITH BBS
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amHondo inched above the .500 mark in the compulsories last week, which isn't where he wants to be, but his fundamentals remain strong so he's confident of an economic turnaround....
JAGS WON'T MESS WITH TEXANS
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amThe winner of multiple major national handicapping championshipsagainst world-class competition, the Wildcat returns. Including the 1997-2007seasons in The Post, Cat's 13-year record in print stands at 354-295 (54.5percent) against the...
HOUSTON ATTEMPTS ANOTHER COMEBACK
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amWelcome to Comeback II. As expected, Allan Houston signed with the Knicks yesterday, coming out of retirement to try to complete one last storybook chapter to a career cut short...
MARBURY TO KNICKS: MAKE UP YOUR MIND
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amStephon Marbury told The Post yesterday if the club already has decided to waive him before the season opener, team president Donnie Walsh should do it now and not prolong...
MANUEL UNLIKELY TO USE MAINE IN BULLPEN
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amIt looks like John Maine's comeback this season will be ceremonial. Interim manager Jerry Manuel said he will be very reluctant to use Maine out of the bullpen the rest...
FAN FRUSTRATION TURNS TO ELATION
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amMAYBE you had to be at Shea Stadium to understand the helplessness that invaded the place, to recognize that the people in the mezzanine and the loge who were left...
BELTRAN'S WALK-OFF HIT SAVES NIGHT
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amIt was ugly, lucky and came against the equivalent of the Iowa Cubs, but the Mets were in no position to quibble about style points. Wins are all that matter...
CHURCH BREAKS OUT OF SLUMP IN STYLE
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amInterim manager Jerry Manuel, besieged daily about why he hasn't benched Ryan Church for Endy Chavez, called the struggling right fielder one of the pillars of Mets' pillars, capable of...
SABAN'S ALABAMA SQUAD HAS BIG CHANCE VS. DAWGS
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amThis is why Alabama lured Nick Saban away from the Dolphins. Before Saban's arrival in Tuscaloosa last season, the Crimson Tide had stumbled into SEC mediocrity behind LSU, Florida, Tennessee,...
TROJANS FAIL TO LIVE UP TO O.J.'S BOASTS
September 26, 2008 | 8:39amO.J. Simpson remains an admirer of his alma mater and a pariah of society. The man who ran to stardom at USC and then the NFL, was acquitted of double-murder...
MAC WAVERS ON SHOWDOWN
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amHeightening the drama surrounding the first presidential debate, John McCain said he had still not decided whether he will show up for the face-off against Barack Obama tonight. McCain said...
AD A 'SICK' SLAM ON MCC
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amLiberal groups started airing commercials yesterday suggesting that 72-year-old John McCain is hiding a deadly illness. The advertisement, created by Democracy for America and Brave New PAC, is currently running...
ILLINOIS EYES BAM $$ FOR SHADY GARDEN
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amThe Illinois attorney general is looking into a $100,000 state grant for a never-built botanic garden that then-state Sen. Barack Obama gave to a group led by a former campaign...
PUTTING COUNTRY FIRST: THE DEBATE CAN WAIT
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amTHE ISSUE: How the presidential candidates are responding to the crisis in the financial markets. The candidates' reaction to the economic crisis is like what we have seen all along...
MAKING HISTORY: MISSISSIPPI TURNING
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amWHEN Barack Obama takes the stage in Oxford, Miss., tonight for the first presidential debate, his reception will stand in historic contrast to the arrival of another African-American on the...
DEBATE MORNING LINE
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amIN a TV debate between a tall man and a short one, the tall guy usually wins - we haven't had a short president since Harry Truman. Young man vs....
'FUNDAMENTAL' MAC DEFYING LAW OF GRAVITY
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amAll year, John McCain has been like the proverbial cartoon character over the edge of the cliff, in midair, desperately flapping his arms and somehow maintaining altitude. On top of...
LOTTERY
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 299; Lucky Sum: 20 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 5808; Lucky Sum: 21 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 402; Lucky Sum: 6 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 3465;...
'HOT' MARILYN PIX
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amShe died 46 years ago, but men are still fighting over Marilyn Monroe. Legendary photographer Bert Stern has filed a $1 million lawsuit against two men who somehow got hold...
ANGRY FOES STALL $700B DEAL
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amA historic White House powwow among President Bush and the two men vying to succeed him blew up in partisan bickering yesterday, imperiling the government's efforts to pass a massive,...
KID-ABUSE POLL SHOCK
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amThree-quarters of Americans have at some point in their lives thought they knew of a child being abused - but only 12 percent of them actually decided to report it...
SCHOOLKIDS TO 'SCORE' MORE CASH
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amThe Department of Education has expanded its controversial cash-for-kids programs to include eighth-graders this year. Under the program, which started last year in Grades 4 and 7 at 59 high-poverty...
'NOT A DAY I DIDN'T THINK I'D DIE'
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amA Missouri teen who was kidnapped and held for four years says he thought he was going to die when his sadistic abductor snatched another boy. "The days got slimmer....
'VICTIM' UPENDS O.J. TRIAL
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amAn alleged victim sandbagged prosecutors yesterday and threw cold water on their prized evidence - an audio recording of O.J. Simpson supposedly leading an armed robbery. Alfred Beardsley, 46, was...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amManhattan An Upper West Side man just discharged from Harlem Hospital sexually assaulted a female patient as he was leaving the facility, authorities said yesterday. According to a court complaint,...
MIKE: COSTLY OIL IS GOOD
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amMost Americans are rooting for oil prices to plunge, but Mayor Bloomberg isn't one of them. "My great fear is that the cost of energy will come down rapidly and...
ERIN GO BRAG: SHE'S A NY BIG GUN NOW
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amShe's already conquered a major power company and Hollywood - now, Erin Brockovich is taking on the Big Apple's top asbestos concerns. Brockovich, 48, has entered into an exclusive consulting...
EX-CON HELD AS 'JESUS RAPIST'
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amA homeless ex-con was arrested yesterday in the brutal rape and robbery of a woman in her Brooklyn apartment building, police said. Ralph DiMassi, 39, accosted the woman in the...
WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
September 26, 2008 | 7:42am1 2 Downtown trains skip 66th, 59th and 50th streets.4 Free shuttle buses replace trains between Woodlawn and Bedford Park Boulevard.A C Downtown trains skip 50th, 23rd and Spring streets....
GOTTI'S GOV'T 'CONTRACT'
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amA contract has been taken out to "terminate on sight" a government witness in the John "Junior" Gotti mob trial, prosecutors said in court papers filed yesterday. The threats came...
PENSION-CASE LIRR SUBPOENA
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amTop officials at the Long Island Rail Road and the pension board accused of paying rail workers hundreds of thousands of dollars in bogus disability claims were subpoenaed yesterday by...
TAKEN FOR A RIDE
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amA Queens couple, comfortably living off the husband's limo-driver salary of nearly $100,000 a year, ripped off the city, state and federal governments for some $360,000 in welfare benefits, authorities...
COPS ADMIT BLUNDER IN TASER SLAY
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amNYPD brass said yesterday that the two cops involved in the death of a nude, mentally unstable Brooklyn man who toppled from a ledge after being Tasered had apparently screwed...
HIGHWAY HERO
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amFDNY paramedic Craig Roeder tossed aside all thought of his own safety to crawl under a car that had flipped over on the Van Wyck Expressway and was hanging on...
'AFFORDABLE' STARRETT BID
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amTwo final bids submitted yesterday on Brooklyn's Starrett City could range between $700 million and $900 million to purchase the nation's largest federally subsidized housing complex, sources said. Last year,...
RANGEL TANGLE
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amThe members of the House panel investigating Rep. Charles Rangel's possible ethical lapses are no strangers to the embattled Harlem pol. Rangel, a 19-term Democrat, has crossed paths with all...
A DOUBLE DRENCH DUE
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amTwo different storms should batter the Big Apple and eastern Long Island with three days of heavy rain The area could be hit with two to four inches of rain...
AGENCIES LOST IN TRANSLATION
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amA band of undercover city employees posing as ordinary New Yorkers recently spot-checked city-run facilities to assess customer service, and were left speechless by the lack of foreign-language access. The...
CLUB'S $$ GALA MIXES XXX & 'O'
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amA Manhattan nightclub known for X-rated burlesque and drug raids is scheduled to host a fund-raiser for Barack Obama tonight. The Box, a Lower East Side celebrity favorite, has invited...
MEMORIAL PLAZA WILL BE OPEN BY 10TH ANNIVERSARY
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amThe World Trade Center's memorial plaza will be opened to the public in time for the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 - despite earlier warnings that the project would miss...
EX-AIDE AIMS WRITE AT RUDY
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amA former official in Rudy Giuliani's administration, who recently finished a four-year federal prison stint, has launched a blog about his ex-boss - including an allegation the former mayor used...
'LI'L MERMAID' PLUMMET SUIT
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amAn actor in Broadway's "The Little Mermaid" who was badly injured when he fell more than 30 feet to the show stage filed a lawsuit against producer Disney yesterday. Adrian...
RAYMOND JAMES TO BECOME HOLDING CO.
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amRegional investment bank Raymond James Financial is taking a page out of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs' book. The new lead dog in the ever-changing investment banking pantheon is seeking...
FED PLAN ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amEven a bucketful of bad news couldn't dampen Wall Street's giddy relief at early reports of Washington's rescue-deal breakthrough. Investors ignored a host of gloomy economic reports that on any...
JEFF IMMELT: BRINGING BAD GE NEWS TO LIGHT
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amIf Jeff Immelt dodges the bullet again despite his latest crisis at General Electric's helm, he'll probably be immune when even harder days hit. GE's chief delivered one of his...
BLACKBERRY MAKER MISSES TARGET, SHARES PLUMMET
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amShares in BlackBerry maker Research In Motion plunged as much as 16 percent in after-hours trading yesterday after the company issued a softer-than-expected third-quarter profit forecast. The company tempered analysts'...
CAPITOL WAMU-VE
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amJPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon scored again last night, buying beleaguered thrift Washington Mutual for $1.9 billion in a government-orchestrated takeover of what is the largest banking failure in US...
IT'S OK! AND OUT FOR IVENS
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amANOTHER celebrity editor is packing it in. Sarah Ivens, who has been running OK! since British billionaire Richard Desmond launched the American version three years ago, is leaving the mag...
GABELLI TARGETS DOLANS
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amCablevision's largest shareholder yesterday ratcheted up the pressure on the controlling Dolan family with a regulatory filing that said he planned to begin screening candidates to potentially serve on the...
STUY TOWN BLUES
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amIconic apartment complexes Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town are costing Tishman Speyer Chairman Jerry Speyer a lot more than he expected. As predicted by The Post last month, Tishman...
MIDTOWN OFFICE GLUT ON HORIZON
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amThe credit crisis could dump nearly 6 million square feet of top-tier, Midtown office space into the market over the next two years, putting downward pressure on rents, a new...
LEHMAN LOSSES THREATEN LOANS
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amThe squeeze on short sellers could continue even after the Securities and Exchange Commission's ban on short selling is lifted - and this time, it will have nothing to do...
CHARLIE & THE KEYSTONE ETHICS COPS
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amLooks like Charlie Rangel got his wish: The House Ethics Committee this week voted to investigate the Harlem congressman's tax laxities. And his soliciting cash for his new CUNY institute...
FIXING WHAT POLITICS BROKE
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amYesterday was filled with frenetic activity in Washington, as Congress and the White House grappled with a sweeping plan meant to rescue an increasingly paralyzed US economy. It was high...
NAZIS GOT SPEEDIER JUSTICE
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amIT TOOK 12 men and women just a millisecond to find O.J. Simpson not guilty in 1995 of killing two people. And he left a trail of blood all the...
BARACK HAS A HUGE ADVANTAGE - AND THE MOST TO LOSE
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amTONIGHT'S debate at Ole Miss has to be a game changer, or this election very well may be lost for good. But it's not John McCain who needs a knockout...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amThis column has been around far too long for The Phillie Phanatic never to have been mentioned. The fuzzy green mascot of the Philadelphia Phillies (the Mets' heated rivals, by...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amTHEY PALIN COMPARISON Eat - September 26 There's been lots of talk about GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin's visit to the Big Apple this week, and tonight's $32 dinner-theater sendoff...
HOUSING TROUBLES REACH TV
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amHOW are TV's home shows reacting to the real estate downturn? The answer: Fewer happy endings. For years, the outlook for home sales depicted on TV was almost universally rosy....
SHHH! 'HUCKABEE' DEBUTS
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amFORMER GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's new talk show is set to start this weekend without any fanfare. "Huckabee" will debut on Fox News Channel tomorrow night at 8 p.m....
STARR REPORT
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amNewcomer Rachel Maddow raked in some big numbers at MSNBC last week - in only her second full week of "The Rachel Maddow Show," which bowed Sept. 8. Maddow beat...
MAD ABOUT LETTERMAN
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amCBS News executives were red- faced yesterday trying to explain how David Letterman used unaired news footage of Sen. John McCain with Katie Couric to embarrass the Republican presidential candidate....
LEFT HANGING
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amDAVID Blaine's most amazing stunt? Convincing ABC to air his less-than-thrilling Central Park plunge - live, no less. The Wednesday-night finale to Blaine's 60-hour stunt of hanging upside down backfired...
FANS ENJOY AND JOIN
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amWEEZER was greased and in top form for their Madison Square Garden debut Wednesday, but the playfully wacky quartet got even better with a little help from some musical New...
UNSPOOLED
September 26, 2008 | 4:41am'UNSPOOLED" is a documen tary about the making of "Bemoana," which is touted as "the most-talked-about movie in the history of NYU's prestigious film school." "Bemoana" was directed by NYU...
FAMILY TIES TANGLE UP TERROR-PLOT THRILLER
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amA veteran London police in spector who's a devout Mus lim is intriguingly at the center of Jag Mundhra's "Shoot on Sight," which starts out as a thriller inspired by...
NO MIRACLE WORKER
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amTHE outspoken Spike Lee, who can often be his own worst enemy, has virtually invited critics to compare his problematic World War II epic "Miracle at St. Anna" with Clint...
THREE CHEERS FOR FREE-SPEECH DOCUMENTARY
September 26, 2008 | 4:41am'I feel personally that a word has never been written or uttered that should not be published," free-speech hero Barney Rosset says in "Obscene," a compelling documentary about him directed...
THRILLER A STALLED 'EAGLE'
September 26, 2008 | 4:41am'EAGLE Eye" is a fu turistic cautionary tale about the abuse of high tech nology. Did you re alize, for instance, that right now, in the US of A, gizmos...
CLAIMS DON'T HOLD ATWATER
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amLEE Atwater, the wunderkind 1980s po litical operative who helped get George H.W. Bush elected, was guilty of smearing, fomenting racial antagonism and name-calling. Or so says "Boogie Man," a...
WRINGING THE JOY OUT OF SEX
September 26, 2008 | 4:41am'CHOKE" tries to be dirty but manages merely to be dingy. The second of what figure to be many adaptations of Chuck Palahniuk novels has none of the atom- splitting...
DIANE'S CAREER IS DYIN'
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amThis film was not screened in advance for American critics. Here are excerpts from a review in the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald: DIANE Keaton chalked up so much credit during...
FOREVER STRONG
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amINSTEAD of spending my money to bail out the fat cats who got what they deserved, Congress should be drafting a bill banning sports movies. Immediate action is needed to...
COMEDY IS CASUALTY IN MOCKERY OF SOLDIERS
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amREADY for the Iraq war meets "Road Trip"? "The Lucky Ones" is cheap, ignorant, tone-deaf and condescending, but what's strangest about it is that it actually thinks it's pro-soldier even...
TOP GERE, FAST LANE BUT PLOT'S IN NEUTRAL
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amTHE third time is not the charm for Richard Gere and Diane Lane, as the stars of "The Cotton Club" and "Unfaithful" team up again for the inert romantic drama...
HIP-HOP HELP FOR 'FELA!'
September 26, 2008 | 4:41am'THE Color Purple" had Oprah - and "Fela!" may get Jay-Z. According to my vast network of sources in the hip-hop world, Jay-Z and Beyoncé have fallen completely under the...
GIDDYUP!
September 26, 2008 | 4:41amPETER Shaffer's "Equus" is a mystery play of sorts, but it's less a whodunit than a whywasitdun. The story of a disturbed young man who steals into a stable one...
Punisher Still Punishing As Middleweight
September 26, 2008 | 2:29amWBO welterweight champion Paul Williams move up to middleweight and scores impressive knockout. By GEORGE WILLISPaul Williams, the current WBO welterweight, has got the attention of the middleweight division after...
CAPITOL WAMU-VE
September 26, 2008 | 12:30amJPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon won his bid for beleaguered banking giant Washington Mutual in a takeover orchestrated by the federal government that represents the largest banking failure in history....