April 25, 2004
BULL'S EYE
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amPer-SuededSuzanne Boyd, the statuesque fashionista import from Toronto, has yet to put out the first issue of fashion mag Suede, but she has already reached a degree of notoriety that...
MCI WARNING: EXECS REPENT
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amThe company formerly known as WorldCom is giving wise advice on how to curtail executive corruption: lock up the corporate jets on weekends and holidays. WorldCom had been a bastion...
GIRLS GONE WILD - MARISSA PLANS A BACHELORETTE BLOWOUT FOR MOM'S WEDDING
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amTHE O.C. Wednesday, 9 p.m., Fox POOR Marissa Cooper! It was only a few months ago that her predatory mom divorced her dad and shamelessly carried on an affair with...
ABC NEEDS A MAKEOVER - NETWORK IN THE CELLAR WITH A STRING OF BOMBS
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amHAS there ever been a network in TV history as screwed up as ABC? This network, which once was considered one of the Big Three along with NBC and CBS,...
MOVIE PIX - OUR MOVIE CRITIC MEGAN LEHMANN'S CHOICES OF THE WEEK
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amDR. STRANGELOVE Sunday, 6 p.m., TCM Simultaneously funny and frightening, Stanley Kubrick's 1964 satirical masterpiece about a nuclear crisis sparked by paranoia stars Peter Sellers and George C. Scott. THE...
PRIME TIME PHIL MUSHNICK: "SEINFELD' VS. 'LEAVE IT TO BEAVER'
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amA FRIEND recently claimed that "Seinfeld" is already the most enduring, cherished and ingrained sitcom in TV history. "Consider," he said, "that it ended in 1997 and I still go...
CANINE CHEMO ; LEARNING TO COPE WITH YOUR DOG'S CANCER CARE
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amIt's been five months since the skilled surgeons at the Animal Medical Center removed five cancerous mast cell tumors from my handsome dog Sam. Few would call him handsome these...
WHERE TO EAT AFTER ... THE EARTH DAY FESTIVAL
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amEarth Day New York wraps up today (11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ) in Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall with music, exhibits and products geared toward saving the planet. Visit...
TURK RESUSCITATED AFTER TWO CENTURIES
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amA German museum has recreated one of the great marvels - and hoaxes - of chess, the infamous automaton, "The Turk." The Turk was a kind of 18th century version...
SAVORY SAMPLES ; TASTING MENUS ARE THE NEXT BIG THING
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amThere was a time when the tasting menu - a hand- picked selection of micro-courses - was the preserve of a few celebrated chefs. In the last year, however, the...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amIs this for real?!: A p.r. guy claiming to be working on a Pre) Thing CD bombed the 'Net with a hilarious e- mail after he said he got laid...
THE LAST LAUGH TINA FEY TAKES ON TEEN - ANGST AND GIRL CLIQUESIN HER NEW FILM
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amTina Fey was a mean girl in high school, and she's the first to admit it. "Technically, I was a jealous girl," says the "Saturday Night Live" cohead writer, Weekend...
SUMMER'S MUST-SEES
April 25, 2004 | 4:00am"Van Helsing" (May 7) Stars: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale Jackman in an over-the-top Gothic Transylvania. "New York Minute" (May 7) Stars: Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, Eugene Levy The almost-18 Olsen...
FITNESS FINESSE - FARRAH FEELS THE BURN AND GETS THE RESULTS
April 25, 2004 | 4:00am8 WEEKS to the HAMPTONS (WEEK 4) EXERCISE: Don't be afraid to add some variety to your fitness routine. If you've been working out in a gym, head outside for...
SALE!
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amThis week's bargains: * CLOTHES Coup de Coeur 306 E. Sixth St., between First and Second avenues (212) 995-0994 Open: Sun., Sat., noon-11 p.m./Mon.-Fri., 3 p.m.-11 p.m. 136 E. 28th...
STARR REPORT
April 25, 2004 | 4:00am"Extra" host Dayna Devon returns Thursday with another round of "Dayna TV" - in which she'll appear in a slew of TV shows to help raise money, this time for...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amYou can't blame them for having a beef. A Utah couple on a low-carb diet was booted from a buffet restaurant after the manager said they'd eaten too much roast...
SCHWARZES CELL-EBRATE SON'S BIRTH
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amYou do not celebrate in federal prison unless you're walking out the door to freedom. But I can exclusively reveal that in one federal prison in Minnesota, Chuck Schwarz is...
PRO-ABORT ACTIVISTS FLOOD D.C.
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amAn army of women's rights activists - up to three quarters of a million strong - was headed for Washington today for their first major rally in the capital in...
GOTHAM $IPS ON FIZZ BIZ; HIGH ON COKE OR PEPSI
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amThe soft-drink wars are heading for City Hall. New York City Marketing - the entity that negotiated the controversial deal that gave Snapple the rights to exclusively sell its drinks...
FULANI A MIKE PAL; ODD COUPLE SHARE STAGE AT GALA
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amWHATEVER reservations Mayor Bloomberg may have had about Lenora Fulani vanished last week when he joined - and quoted - the controversial Independence Party activist at a glittery Lincoln Center...
WHAT A DISH: IMUS'; MUSE COOKS UP GUIDE TO GOOD EATING
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amThere's nothing like a leggy, blond vegetarian for getting a radio talk-show jock to clean up his act - nutrition-wise, anyway. When Don Imus' wife, Deirdre, met her hubby-to- be,...
SOBERING NIGHT; 'DWI LAUGHER' FACING RAPS
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amThere's nothing funny about the battery of charges facing an alleged drunken driver accused of mowing down a Queens pedestrian and laughing hysterically as she lay bleeding and unconscious on...
FDNY: BEWARE OF GUN-WAVING COPS
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amThe Fire Department has warned its members to be careful entering stairwells and rooftops after two on-duty firefighters walked onto a Brooklyn roof and were confronted by two NYPD cops...
FIRST LOOK AS SCHWARZES CELL-EBRATE NEW BABY
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amYOU do not celebrate in federal prison unless you're walking out the door to freedom. But I can exclusively reveal that in one federal prison in Minnesota, Chuck Schwarz is...
'COLE'-STYLE BOMBERS HIT IRAQI PORT
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amWaterborne suicide commandos launched a wave of coordinated boat attacks in Iraq yesterday, targeting a vital offshore oil-export terminal and killing two U.S. service members, officials said. Five other coalition...
RACING QNS. FIRETRUCK SMASHES INTO VAN
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amA firetruck responding to a blaze in Queens collided with a minivan, injuring a mother and son in the vehicle and a firefighter yesterday. A fire official and a witness...
'PERV SPY' ON JESSICA FANS
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amA Florida man was arrested yesterday for using a video camera to film up the skirts of young girls waiting in line at a Jessica Simpson autograph signing in Times...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amTHE BRONX *** A man was shot dead in the Olinville section yesterday morning in an apparent drug-related incident, police and neighborhood sources said. Andre Williams, 23, was shot in...
ANOTHER MESSY ELECTION; REHNQUIST ON 1876 FIASCO
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amCentennial Crisis: The Disputed Election of 1876 by William H. Rehnquist, Alfred A. Knopf, 274 pages, $26 AS Chief Justice of the United States, William Rehnquist knows a thing or...
'MISTAKE' THAT WASN'T; DISBANDING SADDAM'S ARMY
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amHERE'S a signal that an analyst knows little or nothing about post-war Iraq: He cites the disbanding of the Iraqi army as one of the greatest mistakes made by the...
SMOKER BURNS TO DEATH IN BED
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amA 64-year-old woman burned to death in bed yesterday after she caught fire in a blaze possibly sparked by her cigarette, neighbors and fire officials said. The Brooklyn woman, Bernice...
FRANK-LY, HE PROVES THAT GREED RUNS IN THE FAMILY
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amHEY, Martha - isn't it nice to have brothers who don't bother to tell you they're hawking your things? Martha Stewart fetishists, rejoice! You followed the trial. You cried at...
JINTS' SNEE HAS FAMILY TIES
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amIn a bizarre twist to their already historic NFL Draft, with their second round pick yesterday the Giants selected Chris Snee, a guard from Boston College who is the father...
SHOOTER FLEES - IN WHEELCHAIR
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amThis one wheelie hurt. A Brooklyn teen was shot yesterday by a wheelchair-bound gunman in the stairwell of a housing project, police sources said. The 19-year-old victim was struck once...
OBJECT FROM OVERPASS KILLS DRIVER
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amAn object thrown from an overpass killed a woman yesterday after it struck her car as she drove down a Westchester highway, authorities said. The woman, whose name was being...
'COLE'-STYLE BOMBERS KILL U.S. SAILORS AT IRAQ PORT
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amWaterborne suicide commandos launched a wave of coordinated boat attacks in Iraq yesterday, targeting a vital offshore oil-export terminal and killing two U.S. Navy sailors, officials said. Five other coalition...
BRO AUCTIONS DIVA'S DRECK ; BLACK SHEEP'S E-SALE OF HOME ITEMS WILL HAVE STEWART STEWING
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amNew from Martha Stewart - the sibling rivalry collection, in envy green and raging red. The domestic diva's estranged younger brother, Frank Kostyra, plans to begin selling on eBay today...
YEP, I'M 50 - COMEDIAN PALS GIVE JERRY SEINFELD NEW YORK ROAST
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amManhattan's resident funnyman is trying to quietly celebrate a birthday Thursday. Yep, Jerry Seinfeld, born April 29, 1954, is hitting the big 5-0. Well, Happy Birthday, Seinfeld - now the...
BREAK UP VIOLENT SCHOOL: B'KLYN POL
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amBrooklyn's troubled Lafayette HS should be busted up following years of violence and alleged discrimination against immigrant students, a state lawmaker will propose today. The Justice Department is wrapping up...
TILLMAN REMEMBERED
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amSorrow, outrage and pride were just a few of the emotions swirling around yesterday's NFL Draft with the news that Pat Tillman, a former Cardinals safety, was killed in action...
ARAFAT BOASTS: I'LL BE 'MARTYR'
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Defiant Palestinian President Yasser Arafat emerged from his half-destroyed compound in Ramallah yesterday to denounce "Sharon and his gang" before hundreds of chanting supporters. "The wind will not...
'COLE' - STYLE BOMBERS KILL U.S. SAILORS AT IRAQ PORT
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amWaterborne suicide commandos launched a wave of coordinated boat attacks in Iraq yesterday, targeting a vital offshore oil-export terminal and killing two U.S. Navy sailors, officials said. Five other coalition...
MIKE MAKES A PLAY AT HOME
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg throws out the first pitch of a Little League game in Bayside, Queens yesterday - one of two rare Saturday public appearances by Hizzoner, who's often out of...
GOP RIDES KERRY OVER CAR GAFFE
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amRepublicans yesterday piled up on Democrat John Kerry after the revelation that his wife drives a pricey German Audi import while he's preaching the importance of buying American cars to...
NFL PAYS TRIBUTE TO TILLMAN
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amSorrow, outrage and pride were just a few of the emotions swirling around yesterday's NFL Draft with the news that Pat Tillman, a former Cardinals safety, was killed in action...
GALLERY OPENS ELI PATH
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amRobert Gallery is known for opening up holes, but the space he cleared for the Giants yesterday - when he was selected second overall by the Raiders in the NFL...
KNICKS PUT THEIR PRIDE ON THE LINE - BATTLE NETS TONIGHT AT MSG TRAILING 3-0
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amHaving failed to a) incite a riot; b) get the fourth quarter of Game 3 re-played; c) maintain their dignity; or d) seize a wondrous opportunity to steal a victory...
LENNY DOUBTS TIM T. CAN PLAY
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Tim Thomas is almost as doubtful for Game 4 tonight as all of us doubt the Knicks can still make this a series. "We'll talk and see how...
DRAFT SEATS SCARCE FOR FANS
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amFans turned away from the Theater at Madison Square Garden yesterday were not admitted to the NFL Draft because there simply were not enough seats inside, according to the NFL....
CD(D);]]COOL K-MART HAS EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL
April 25, 2004 | 4:00am"We just keep winning and I keep playing well, all the other stuff don't even matter at the end of the day."KENYON MARTIN Two years ago, Kenyon Martin might have...
SOX ARMED WITH MET CASTOFFS
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amIt's bad enough for Mets fans to watch their leaky bullpen game after game. It's even worse to know two rookie lefties the Mets essentially gave away have landed in...
YANKS HAVE HIT COLD MOUNTAIN ; BOMBER BATS FIZZLE AGAIN AGAINST BOSOX
April 25, 2004 | 4:00am12 INNINGSRed Sox 3Yankees 2 It was the first time in six tries the Yankees and Red Sox gave us a game worth watching. The previous five tilts provided less...
NETS NOT TALKING UP A STORM
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amNET NOTES The Knicks declared war. They wanted Richard Jefferson suspended for stepping on the court. Tim Thomas accused Kenyon Martin of being phony, called for retaliation on the court...
JETS CALL FOR VILMA ; MIAMI 'BACKER A 'PERFECT FIT'
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amIt's difficult to gauge who was most excited yesterday afternoon when the Jets drafted Miami linebacker Jonathan Vilma with their first-round pick. Vilma, of course, was thrilled, having told former...
CONTRERAS WON'T BE SKIPPED
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Skipping Jose Contreras a turn in the rotation in order to clear the struggling right-hander's head wasn't in Joe Torre's thought process yesterday. "We haven't talked about that,"...
RIVERA WALKS TIGHTROPE - AS USUAL
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amFrom the start of Mariano Rivera's two innings of relief yesterday, he teased the Red Sox. He allowed them to feel as if they were about to score before ultimately...
COLLINS REFUSES TO GRIPE
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amKerry Collins, often a stoic, admitted yesterday "my emotions were all over the charts" as he watched the NFL Draft. When the Giants acquired the rights to Eli Manning, Collins...
ARROYO STICKS IT TO YANKS
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amIf not for a fourth-inning solo homer by Alex Rodriguez, Boston's Bronson Arroyo would've had a no-hitter entering the seventh inning yesterday. But by the time he left the game...
YANK MESS MAY NOT BE JUST A PHASE
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amTHIS time the Red Sox and Yankees went to extra innings in The Bronx and there was no Aaron Boone, no magic. Yet again this April the Yanks looked like...
FINALLY, IT'S OCTOBER IN APRIL
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amIT WAS another loss, this time 3-2, and losses to the Red Sox are never an agreeable part of the Yankee experience. Manny Ramirez got them this time, doubling to...
DUQUETTE NOT UPSET AT REYES' SLOW REHAB
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES CHICAGO - Amid reports that some Met officials are questioning Jose Reyes' commitment to rehabilitation, Jim Duquette insisted the club is not upset at its 20-year-old phenom's rehab...
MET PHENOM IS WRIGHT ON TARGET FOR JULY
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amDOWN THE LINE When Ty Wigginton was disabled this week, the Mets ignored David Wright. They might not be ignoring their top prospect for long, however. Met executives recently discussed...
BIG BLUE STAKE IT ALL ON ELI
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amIT TURNS out that scrambling away from the Chargers was the easy part for Eli Manning. OK, kid, go win a Super Bowl for the New York Giants. Trader Ernie...
SIMPLY OFFENSIVE ; MET BATS USELESS VS. WOOD AND CUBS
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amCubs 3Mets 0 CHICAGO - After perpetually scoring one run a game every day this week, Mike Cameron noted on Friday that such a streak couldn't possibly continue. Then the...
COUGH KOS SINISTER G
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - Yesterday's Kentucky Derby lost one of its longest longshots yesterday when trainer John Toscano Jr. announced that Sinister G is out because of a cough. The Matty G...
THESE CELTS FAR FROM THEIR 'GLORY DAYS'
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Late in the third quarter Friday night and trailing by 11, Celtics interim coach John Carroll knew he was running out of reasons to regroup, yet called a...
YANKS HAVE HIT COLD MOUNTAIN - BOMBER BATS FIZZLE AGAIN AGAINST BOSOX
April 25, 2004 | 4:00am12 INNINGSRed Sox 3Yankees 2 His bats are dead. His gloves are made of stone. So Joe Torre appealed to the Yankees' emotions. Having sat through a 3-2 loss in...
GIANTS SEE STAR IN SNEE
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amHe will forever be known as the player selected with the pick Ernie Accorsi refused to give up to get Eli Manning. In time, Chris Snee hopes he's remembered for...
BUM SHOULDER MAY SEND BERNIE TO DL
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amYANK NOTES Is Bernie Williams' left shoulder barking loud enough to land him on the DL? "I am not planning on it," Joe Torre said after yesterday's 3-2 loss to...
'ARCH' MADNESS ; DADDY MANNING CONTROLS DRAFT
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amWhen Archie Manning tucked the ball and scrambled, there was no telling what he would do. But there was nothing ad-lib about the end-run Manning pulled off this week. It...
BROWN HURTS HIS OWN CAUSE
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amKevin Brown fidgeted in his locker, an inferno of emotions burning inside him. The Yankee starter, who pitched without his control early yesterday, toughed out seven innings of two-run (one...
MANNY REASONS TO SMILE
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amYES, yes, yes. It's early. It's April. It's far too soon to declare anybody a favorite in this race for supremacy in the America League, and it's absurd to believe...
RODRIGUEZ COULD HAVE BEEN A-HERO
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amYesterday had all the makings of being Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees breakout game at the Stadium. He made like Graig Nettles with a run-saving stop at third. He hit...
THREE-FOR-HALL AT THE STADIUM ; MUSSINA, BROWN AND SCHILLING MAY BE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amWHEN you watch Kevin Brown, Mike Mussina or Curt Schilling do you think Hall of Fame? What if you knew Brown and Mussina recently became the 21st and 22nd pitchers...
DEREK (0-FOR-21) A PERFECT SYMBOL OF YANKEE WOES
April 25, 2004 | 4:00am"Usually when we have trouble scoring runs, I'm not on base, and it has been that way this year."DEREK JETER DEREK Jeter was off to a better start at this...
BOSTON'S PEN WAS MIGHTIER
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amFive Red Sox pitchers scattered four hits over 12 innings yesterday. That may not be divisible, but it certainly is remarkable. From starter Bronson Arroyo to setup man-turned-closer Mike Timlin,...
GOOD WOOD - & BAD ; MET BATS SILENCED BY CUBS' KERRY
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amCubs 3Mets 0 CHICAGO - As he rubbed his sore left elbow, Mike Cameron admitted it hurt when Kerry Wood hit him with a pitch yesterday. But the Met center...
GIANTS PAY, GET THEIR MANNING
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amThey either got a franchise quarterback to lead them to the promised land or paid an exorbitant price for a name and a pedigree. History will judge whether the Giants...
MARION DENIES LINK TO BALCO
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amPENN RELAYS PHILADELPHIA - Marion Jones anchored the United States' red team to a pair of victories at yesterday's Penn Relays at the University of Pennsylvania, the first time she'd...
JETS' STRAIT THANKFUL
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amThere was a time while he was in high school that Derrick Strait was homeless, at one point sleeping in a U-Haul truck with his mother for shelter in Austin,...
FISHING FUN, FROM ZHOU TO NOW
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amTHE history of recreational fishing goes back some 3,500 years when some Chinese fished not so much to feed themselves, but to contemplate on the world around them. It was...
WESTCHESTER'S NEW COURSE I$N'T FOR EVERYONE
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amN.Y. GOLF Jan Deahl marched off the 18th green last week at Hudson Hills and gave a ringing endorsement to Westchester County's sixth public golf course. "It's definitely the best...
A 'CLOU' FOR BLUESHIRTS
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amTHE best-case scenario is that either Henrik Lundqvist or Dan Blackburn - or both - will be ready for a starting NHL job in two or three years. Which means...
SHOWOFFS ARE REAL TURNOFFS
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amIT STRUCK us, watching Game 3 of Nets-Knicks, that Kenyon Martin is a lot like ESPN. Too much like ESPN. Martin, like ESPN, is loaded with talent, he's highly energetic...
BROWN HURTS OWN CAUSE
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amConsidering how Kevin Brown started yesterday, the fact that he ended with a no-decision, only allowing two runs in seven innings yesterday is pretty amazing. Brown began by basically handing...
FIRST ROUND - THE POST'S LENN ROBBINS BREAKS DOWN THE DRAFT
April 25, 2004 | 4:00am1 Chargers Eli Manning, QB, Mississippi Traded to Giants. 'Bolts got most they could and may have franchise QB to boot. 2 Raiders Robert Gallery, OT, Iowa A tackle for...
'ARCH' MADNESS - DADDY MANNING CONTROLS DRAFT
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amWhen Archie Manning tucked the ball and scrambled, there was no telling what he would do. But there was nothing ad-lib about the end-run Manning pulled off this week. It...
WITH GALLERY CLOSED, JINTS OPEN UP TO ELI
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amRobert Gallery is known for opening up holes, but the space he cleared for the Giants yesterday - when he was selected second overall by the Raiders in the NFL...
KENTUCKY CHAOS - THERE'S NO SURE-FIRE WAY TO PICK THE DERBY WINNER
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amLOUSIVILLE - Tapit can't win the Kentucky Derby. Neither can Smarty Jones, Read The Footnotes, Wimbledon, Friends Lake or most of the other colts who'll enter the starting gate Saturday,...