February 11, 2001
BINN GAMBLES ON A NEW MAGAZINE IN A BAD ECONOMY
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amGossip column fixture and wunderkind publisher Jason Binn is about to take his biggest gamble. He's launching a new magazine in the toughest market in the world on the eve...
MCCORMACK'S FASHION FIX - IMG CHIEF REVOLUTIONIZED SPORTS NOW HE'S PRODUCING 7TH ON SIXTH
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amMARK McCormack has said if you give him a hospitality tent and an allocation of tickets, he guarantees the event will be successful. It worked for Wimbledon, the Olympics and...
MICROSOFT ON THE PROWL FOR MORE SPACE IN NY
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amMICROSOFT is seeking larger digs on Manhattan's West Side, real estate sources have told us. According to CoStar, the company has a facility on about 67,000 square feet in the...
LOVE LEAVES HER HEARTH IN CALIF. FOR A SOHO LOFT
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amCOURTNEY Love is planning to become a full-time New Yorker. The former grunge rocker is loading up her truck and moving from Beverly Hills to a Downtown loft. Love has...
MOGULS' URBAN AD BLITZ - NOBU FANS ARNELL AND STOUTE START AGENCY TO SAKE-TO-YOUTH
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amSome people go to Nobu for the sushi. Some go for the celebrity-sightings. Others go to see Peter Arnell and Steve Stoute. The two larger-than-life media moguls - Arnell, the...
HIP-HOP ADVERTISING GETS BIG
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amPASS is not alone in the world of urban advertising and branding. Two of the biggest names in black entertainment, Russell Simmons and Spike Lee, have already entered the increasingly...
FAIRSTEIN'S FAIR PRICE: $1M THE SEX CRIMES DA SELLS 2 MORE NOVELS
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amTHE nine ladies who lunch at Michael's had a lot to celebrate at their monthly meeting this past Thursday. Chief among the celebrants at the lunch was Linda Fairstein, the...
4 QUESTIONS FOR DEBORAH NORVILLE PAIN OF HAVING NO MORE 'TODAYS'
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amWho are your heroes? People who are moving on despite adversity. People who are just getting the job done. I think of individuals that I've covered over the years, like...
DUELING VIEWS ON A NEW LOOK AT THE HILLARY CAMPAIGN
February 11, 2001 | 5:00am"HILLARY'S TURN" So many books have been written about Hillary Clinton that it's fair to ask whether we really needed another. We didn't. Not this one, anyway. Michael Tomasky's "Hillary's...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: DAVID BOREANAZ
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amHe plays the invincible, irresistible vampire with a soul on the WB series "Angel," but in real life, David Boreanaz is not so unflappable: He's terrified by chickens and birds....
MY FUNNY VALENTINE - AN ANNUAL DISASTER
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amValentine's Day is a special day for me, and I can hardly wait for it to arrive, but not for the reasons you might imagine. Every Valentine's Day I've experienced...
ALBEE DAMNED? NOT WITH THIS 'BABY'
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amThe Sinatra syndrome is a show-business phenomenon in which early success is followed by public neglect or even rejection, then redemption and sometimes almost reincarnation. Build someone up, kick him...
'LOVE' GODDESS
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amROTTERDAM, The Netherlands - Maggie Cheung has just finished a TV interview when Cine File arrives at her suite in the posh Westin Hotel. The shapely actress is wearing high...
COLDPLAY: HOT, HOT, HOT!
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amThe stars are shining for Coldplay, the supernova Brit band whose debut album "Parachutes" is rocketing up the Billboard charts - and has critics and industry insiders calling them rock's...
SECRETS TO THEIR EXCESS" AWASH IN HYPE, THE OSCARS PROVE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO SHOW BUSINESS MARKETING IS KING
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amIt's only two days until this year's Academy Award nominees will be announced to an anxiously awaiting world -- or at least to slavering media outlets that can't wait to...
HARRIS PULL: THE VETERAN ACTOR SPENT A DECADE NAILING DOWN FAMED ARTIST JACKSON POLLOCK, AND NOW HE'S POISED FOR A BEST ACTOR NOD
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amNot content with bearing an uncanny physical resemblance to Jackson Pollock, Ed Harris invested more than 10 years of his life in reconstructing the artist "from the inside out" for...
JACK BLACK: A MUSICAL, MANIC FUNNY MAN -- AND THE NEXT JOHN BELUSHI?
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amHe jetted in from L.A. for this interview on the red-eye, looking every bit like his manic on-screen persona, an unshaven, larger-than-life wild man and singer of the cult band...
THE NOSE KNOWS, SO STRIKE THE RIGHT NOTE
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amWant a sweet-smelling Valentine? Then don't just buy the first trendy scent you run across at the crowded counter of your local drugstore's perfume kiosk. Fragrance is a highly personal...
BOUQUETS THAT SAY, 'THESE BUDS ARE JUST FOR YOU'
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amlWhen it comes to picking the right flowers for that special someone, florist-to-the-stars Luis Collazo says you shouldn't be predictable. "Let's face it, Valentine's Day is mostly roses," says Collazo...
PASSION SHOW: PERFECT SETTINGS FOR YOUR NEW YORK LOVE STORY
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amBe prepared to feel the sting of arrows -- Valentine's Day is just around the corner. And while New York may be a tough and gritty place, the city also...
AT THIS WEST VILLAGE BISTRO, IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amBouchon 41 Greenwich (between Charles and Perry streets) (212) 255-5972 The minute the waiter starts reeling off Bouchon's daily specials, you know there's serious eating ahead. Our server must've listed...
IF THIS BE THE FOOD OF LOVE, NIBBLE ON
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amThrow out the Viagra and grab a menu: This Valentine's Day, restaurants will be dishing out natural versions of the love drug. Romanticized witch's brews boiled in kettles in medieval...
THANKS A MILLION
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amTHE contestants on "Survivor" and "Temptation Island" are all-the-rage these days, their every exploit documented in the media. But whatever happened to the guys who started this whole reality craze...
DOG ART NOTHING TO SNIFF AT
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amThinking of acquiring another dog? Consider opting for the quietest, most low-maintenance pet of all: a dog painting. The third annual "Dogs in Art" sale, held jointly by two world-class...
BLUE JEAN BABIES
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amIs there anyone out there who doesn't love denim? Once the work clothes of Western miners (Levis isn't lying when it says it made the first-ever pairs for these toilers),...
TEEN PINNING MOLEST RAP ON TATTOO ARTIST
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amAn 18-year-old woman being evaluated for a tattoo she wanted on her buttocks was molested by a worker at a Greenwich Village shop, police said yesterday. The suspect, a man...
PARKS BOSS BARKING UP RIGHT B'KLYN TREE
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amPARKS Commissioner Henry Stern is driven, lovable and slightly eccentric because as a politician he would rather hug a tree for a photo op than hug a baby. But in...
YOU CAN'T BE 'SOUL' BIDDER ON E-AUCTION
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amHow much is a soul worth? Adam Burtle, a 20-year-old University of Washington student, tried to find out by selling his spirit on the Internet auction site eBay - hitting...
BUSH HITS ROAD TO BEGIN REVIEW OF ARMED FORCES
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - After devoting his first three weeks to education, faith-based solutions and tax cuts, President Bush devotes this week to the military - and takes his show on the...
BOB TORRICELLI ON THE ATTACK; ROMEO OF SENATE BLASTS ACCUSERS IN FUND-RAISING PROBE
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amON Capitol Hill they call Bob Torricelli "The Torch" - and not just because he's carried one for some sizzling women. New Jersey's senior senator - a man known to...
GOV NIXES PARK FEE FOR DISABLED
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday scuttled his parks commissioner's interest in charging the disabled for using the state parks and recreation system. "It may have been discussed at the agency...
BILL FIGHTS TO KEEP LIBRARY BOOKS CLOSED
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Bill Clinton's lawyer, David Kendall, said yesterday he'll fight a congressional subpoena for records of the Clinton library - which is the latest target in the probe of...
MCCALL RIPS 'ANTI-MINORITY' GOP POLICIES
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amState Comptroller H. Carl McCall ripped Republicans - including President Bush and Gov. George Pataki - for policies the gubernatorial candidate yesterday said are hurting African-Americans. McCall specifically attacked what...
ARIEL BUILDING BRIDGES TO ISRAELI RIVALS
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amNewly elected Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is holding out an olive branch to some of his most bitter political rivals in a bid to soften his image and unite...
DESPERATE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS IN SUB MISHAP
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amRescue crews desperately searched for signs of life yesterday in the choppy waters off Honolulu Harbor, where nine people remained missing after their fishing boat collided with a Navy attack...
TOM'S PUSH FOR DIVORCE LEFT NICOLE STUNNED
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amNicole Kidman reportedly had no idea estranged husband Tom Cruise planned to file for divorce - and has been in "total and devastating shock" ever since. "This divorce was not...
NEW BOOK REVEALS IBM'S 'BIT' PART IN HOLOCAUST
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amIBM tabulating machines were a vital tool in Hitler's extermination of the Jews, a shocking new book says. "IBM and the Holocaust" says the Nazis used the firm's Hollerith punch-card...
LAWYER'S BODY FOUND AT B'KLYN SHORE: COPS
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amThe body of an elderly man, bound with duct tape and wrapped in a plastic bag, was found on the shore of Gravesend Bay yesterday morning - and police say...
COURTS LEAVE WHITE-COLLAR CONS 'ADDICTED' TO LYING
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amWhite-collar crooks out to cut their prison time may be abusing a federal program designed to give reformed addicts a break, officials say. A large number of well-heeled criminals have...
TWO-TIMED BEAU BUSTED IN ARSON
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amFire marshals arrested a Manhattan man yesterday for setting a blaze in which a firefighter was injured last month, officials said. The suspect, Howey Bryant, was angry because his girlfriend...
HERO COP FIGHTS CRIME - & HIS OWN CANCER
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amA young cancer-stricken NYPD detective - who was not expected to live to his promotion day - was elevated in rank at a poignant private ceremony in his Bronx home...
THE MAYOR WHO WENT TO THE BRINK DURABLE POL STEERED CITY DURING '75 FISCAL WOES
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amAbe Beame, the diminutive but tough mayor who guided the Big Apple during its darkest fiscal crisis - and laid the foundation for its economic rebirth - died yesterday. He...
'HE LOVED THIS TOWN & WAS A RARE GIFT'
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amHe was a courteous, modest, gracious and gutsy straphanger till the end - that's how saddened politicians described former Mayor Abe Beame, as news of his death spread yesterday. "He...
BILL OFFERS IDEAS ON ISRAEL PEACE
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amEx-President Bill Clinton last night told members of a Florida synagogue that he believes a lasting peace in the Middle East is possible only if the two sides can halt...
GOOD HEALTH BEATS GOOD LOVIN': POLL
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amAmericans say health - not love and certainly not money - is their major priority, a Fox News / Opinion Dynamics poll found. The nationwide survey asked 901 eligible voters...
HISTORIC N.J. THEATER IS STAGING A COMEBACK
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amAfter going from the heights of grandeur to the depths of stage despair, New Jersey's Crossroads Theatre, an icon of African-American culture, is making a return engagement. The New Brunswick-based...
MONEY-GRUBBING MAYORAL HOPEFULS FOLLOW THE 'CODE'
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amManhattan 10021 - it's the first ZIP code in every politician's address book when it comes to looking for the big bucks. Residents of that posh 20-block stretch of apartment...
PARKS CASHING IN ON 'VOLUNTARY' FEES RECREATION RIP-OFF HITS CITY'S POORER NABES
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amParks Department recreation centers charge widely varying membership fees for exercise facilities - with the poorest communities paying the most, a Post probe has found. A survey of 18 centers...
IN THE TRENCHES OF A NEW HOLY WAR
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amTHE Catholic bashers are loose in Albany, and nothing less than the religious freedom of all New Yorkers is at stake. On Tuesday, a joint legislative conference committee will convene...
JILTED WOMAN WINS BACK HER 17G RING AFTER BITTER BATTLE
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amA divorced Long Island mom of two - who says a married gynecologist tricked her into having sex by giving her an engagement ring before jilting her - has single-handedly...
SHARON'S MANDATE: SECURITY FIRST AND ABOVE ALL
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amJERUSALEM. MINUTES after Israeli TV channels declared Ariel Sharon the new prime minister of Israel, he turned to me with a smile and said, "You are the only one who...
FLA. TOWNS IN PITCH TO LAND SPRINGTIME METS
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amThere's a battle brewing over the Mets. Not in New York - but in Florida, where two tiny cities are looking to be home to the Amazin's during spring training....
ODDBALL STERN IS ONE OF RUDY'S FAVORITES
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amHe's the City Hall kook who hugs trees, wears a sweatshirt and lopsided baseball cap to news conferences and absent-mindedly chews his tongue at town hall meetings. While his policies...
'EX'-TREMELY DUMB, DENISE
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amIT'S one thing to stand by your man if, say, throwing the bum out requires a congressional hearing (see Hillary & Bill). But it's a whole other thing to stand...
$1M DIGS FOR SOPRANOS STAR
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amTony Soprano is sleeping with the riches. James Gandolfini, who portrays the portly mob kingpin on the HBO hit "The Sopranos," has plunked down $1.14 million for a house in...
DIETL DETAIL: DIGGIN' DIRT FOR PUFF
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amA look at some of the unreported but notable happenings from Week Two of testimony in the Sean "Puffy" Combs guns-and-bribery trial in Manhattan Supreme Court. Sean "Puffy" Combs is...
MADONNA POP FLICK IN WORKS
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amMaterial mom Madonna and former pop princess Deborah Gibson are reportedly dreaming up a joint movie project about rival teen singers. Madonna's movie company is producing the upcoming flick "Teen...
COPS: WE FOUND BODY OF LAWYER
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amThe body of an elderly man, bound with duct tape and wrapped in a plastic bag, was found on the shore of Gravesend Bay yesterday morning - and police say...
TIME ALREADY RUNNING OUT ON HITMEN
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amIT'S not scripted. We believe that because the last script you would write for a new team's first game would be a 19-0 loss, Then again, it could have been...
HITMEN SEEK HOME REMEDY
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amThe XFL has been praised for paying players the same salary and rewarding $2,500 bonuses for wins. Last week, the Hitmen should have been charged admission to watch the Outlaws...
BOATERS, BEWARE OUTDATED CHARTS
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amDID you ever wonder just how accurate those depth charts are that you use to navigate along inland waterways and inlets, charts that can sometimes mean the difference between life...
CAN SUBWAY SERIES GET BACK ON TRACK? AGE AND HEALTH BIGGEST OBSTACLES TO YANK FOUR-PEAT
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amWHEN Joe Torre greets his pitchers and catchers Wednesday at Legends Field in Tampa, the future Hall of Fame manager understands anything short of a fourth straight World Championship will...
METS RELYING ON REY REVIVAL, NEW ARMS
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amYOU were expecting more answers before the Mets' pitchers and catchers report this Friday. But with the potential to have an offseason as sexy as Heidi Klum, the Mets ended...
GLEN: GREAT EXPECTATIONS SATHER CAN'T WAIT TO DEAL WITH GRETZKY
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amALL RIGHT, so now that Wayne Gretzky will assume command of the Coyotes on Wednesday, the trading season can begin. And the moment The Great One does receive the keys...
THE GREAT SPORTS SELLOUT CORPORATE SPONSORS WAGGING THE DOG
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amSYNDICATED sports columnist Norman Chad several years ago wrote that sports have become so commercialized that if Al Michaels were to provide an updated call of the final seconds of...
REGAL SHIVERS WINS WHIRLAWAY AT BIG A
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amWhile trainer Nick Zito is wintering in the sunny climes of Florida with his top Triple Crown prospect AP Valentine, another 3-year-old in the stable emerged as a Kentucky Derby...
YOU CAN'T GET MORE ONE-SIDED RANGERS 0-14-7 AGAINST DEVILS
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amAnd then there was the game at the Garden on Nov. 12, 1997 when, because of injuries, the Devils' defense consisted of Brad Bombardir, Ken Sutton, Kevin Dean, Sheldon Souray...
BC'S SUDDEN RISE CALMS PROGRAM'S TURBULENT PAST
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amCHESTNUT HILL - After Boston College's 65-63 win over No. 9 Syracuse Wednesday, a handful of reporters cornered coach Al Skinner in a hallway at Conte Forum. One rattled off...
BEASTS OF EAST GO BOTTOMS UP RESILIENT FRIARS PUT ON NEW LOOK
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amPROVIDENCE - The last time Providence coach Tim Welsh walked out of the Garden, it was at the lowest point of his career - or so he thought. His Friars...
LOOKING TO TWINKLE AGAIN LEAGUE HOPES GAME CAN REGAIN ITS LUSTER
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A decade ago, the NBA All-Star Game was a spectacle that rivaled just about anything in sports. With Magic, Michael, Isiah and Bird playing in the same midseason...
HOLIDAY CARD ON TAP NEXT MONDAY
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amFans are reminded that live racing at Aqueduct will run for six consecutive days beginning Wednesday, with a special live card to be run on Monday, Feb. 19, Presidents' Day....
INSULT IS ADDED TO INJURIES
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amOVERTIMEPenguins5Devils4 PITTSBURGH - This will be the Rangers' big chance. If they can't beat the decimated Devils this afternoon, this drought could stretch 54 years, too. The Stanley Cup champs'...
STORM BURY 'QUITTER' TAG
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amMIAMI - St. John's did not quit yesterday. No way. No how. The Johnnies literally bled for a win. They took on a small but hostile crowd that verbally engaged...
STARS SAY DON'T FOOL WITH RULES
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Is change really necessary? That seemed to be the consensus of the players participating in All-Star Weekend in response to members of the NBA competition committee meeting for...
DAJUAN AND ONLY PREVAILS
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amTRENTON - Dajuan Wagner wanted to prove something last night. "People say we don't play anyone," said the Camden star who scored 100 points in a game earlier this season....
HOUSTON CAN'T BUY 3-POINTER
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Allan Houston might be one of the best shooters in the NBA, but you wouldn't have known it by his performance in the ATT Shootout last night at...
HOYAS DEEP FRIAR-ED
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amProvidence scores record-setting rout PROVIDENCE - Anybody who still doubts that Providence is a legitimate contender for the Big East crown, anyone who thinks the Friars aren't deserving of an...
FORDHAM FRESHMAN PROVING RAM TOUGH
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amAFTER a tumultuous climb, Jeff McMillan finds himself on the top of the hill - Rose Hill in The Bronx, to be exact. You'd think a guy like McMillan -...
FRIARS UP FOR BIG TEST
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amPROVIDENCE - Coach Tim Welsh's Providence Friars have been one of college basketball's biggest surprises so far this season. But they knew to truly stamp themselves as a legitimate contender...
WHAT HAPPENED TO GLOVER? - RED STORM FORWARD NEEDS TO FIND OLD SELF
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amMIAMI - For the first 52 games of his St. John's career, Anthony Glover was a constant source of power and fury. Coach Mike Jarvis referred to him as a...
SYKORA'S PRICE KEEPS GOING UP
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - Top Eight for the defending Olympic champions. This will be a tough one for Lou Lamoriello to minimize at Petr Sykora's salary arbitration this summer. Sykora and linemate...
PITINO STORIES UNBELIEVABLE
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amWE'RE approaching March Madness quicker than you would think. The coaching carousel already is in full rotation. Quite pathetic considering all the schools with jobs being discussed currently have head...
THERE IS SPYING IN BASEBALL
February 11, 2001 | 5:00amIt happens every spring. Ballplayers work on their fundamentals: Fielding, bunting, hitting, baserunning and sign-stealing. "That's always been part of the game and it will be part of the game...