December 27, 2006
A Royal Flush
For those lipstick challenged ladies and sometime ladies, Poppy’s your gal.Poppy King, the lord of lipstick who hails from Down Under and did a stint as the creative color wheel...
LIVEBLOG/NOLA: The first things you do
You know how people talk about "oh, every time I go to fill-in-blank, the first thing I do when I get out of the airport is eat such-and-such at so-and-so?"In...
LIVEBLOG/NOLA: The deadest day of the year
Do not come here on Dec. 26. Everything is closed. And I mean everything. And frankly, the Quarter doesn't wear peace and quiet as well as it used to: having...
LIVEBLOG/NOLA: Talk all you want
The rule in New Orleans: Talk to everyone. It doesn't matter who they are. Scam artist, homeless person, waitress, bartender, bellman, laundromat operator. Everyone's got something on their mind, and...
MORE ROOMS AT HERALD SQ. - OAKWOOD LEASES 7 FLOORS
CORPORATE road warriors will soon have yet another place to hang their hats and lay their laptops. Oakwood Corporate Housing has net-leased seven floors of the nine-story 1265 Broadway at...
S&P CUTS BIG-SPENDING TIMES' CREDIT RANK
The New York Times had its credit rating cut another notch yesterday after Standard & Poor's downgraded the newspaper giant's debt for the second time this year. S&P lowered the...
LBO MEGA-GROUP HIRES LOWENSTEIN TO LOBBY
The nation's wealthiest leveraged buyout firms officially launched a much-anticipated Washington lobbying group yesterday and tapped well-connected lobbyist Douglas Lowenstein to head the operation. Lowenstein will begin hiring and organizing...
DIM HOLI-DAZE - WALL ST. HITS RETAILERS ON WEAK XMAS SALES
Wall Street continued to unload most retailing shares yesterday because of the weakest holiday shopping season in two years. Stocks of most major retailers fell during the 12 days of...
LTB MASTHEAD MUTINY - BOSS MACBAIN TO MAKE PRESENCE FELT IN NYC OFFICES
THE executive ranks continue to churn inside the artsy media empire of philanthropically-inclined publisher Louise T. Blouin MacBain. The French Canadian millionairess told Media Ink she is planning to spend...
WHAT HE NOSE CAN KILL YOU
TOM Tykwer's "Perfume: The Story of A Murderer" may be in English, with a Hollywood star (Dustin Hoffman) and a Hollywood-sized budget ($67 million), but it's European to the very...
'ALIAS' BABY'S SURPRISE BAPTISM
'ALIAS" star Jennifer Garner and her hubby, Ben Affleck made a surprise visit to Garner's old hometown church last Sunday to baptize their baby. Garner, who grew up in Charleston,...
BITCH-PERFECT PERFORMANCES
CROSS "Fatal Attraction" with "To Die For" and throw in two of the year's strongest female performances, and you've got the delicious "Notes on a Scandal," arguably the year's most...
THEIR FINAL BOWS - LATE STARS DISH & TELL IN THE POST
BROADWAY mourned some great artists in 2006. Many of them were interviewed by The Post at key moments in their careers. Here are some excerpts from those conversa tions: BETTY...
IRWIN FIGURE
MONTHS after the sudden death of Steve Irwin, his family has approved the release of a new, talking "Crocodile Hunter" action figure, slated to hit stores next spring. The doll,...
STARR REPORT
Jets fan flying high Curtis Martin has certainly made Tammy Fuller one happy Jets fan - and not only because of the team's terrific season. Martin, the team's star running...
QUITTING KIDS TV - 'UPSIDE' DUO TALK ABOUT GETTING OUT JUST AS HIT SERIES IS GETTING STARTED
'THE Upside Down Show," one of the hottest kids shows on cable, has an uncertain future. The show stars a pair of Australian comedians, bald-headed Shane Dundas and frizzyhaired David...
HERE'S A REAL SCOOP
Gelato Bar Whole Foods Union Square 4 Union Square South, between Broadway and University Place (212) 673-5388 $3.25 to $5.75 per cup Fans of Il Laboratorio del Gelato's wares have...
CENTER'S NEW HALF-LIFE
'SO this is it?" The woman near me sounded let down at her first sight of Itsu at the World Financial Center, the just-opened New York outpost of London's radioactive...
GOOD BITE AND GOOD LUCK - WHAT WORLD EATS FOR NEW YEAR'S FORTUNE
Make a resolution to eat your way to health, wealth and happiness. The idea of lucky New Year foods spans the globe. From Asia to the American South, annual eating...
WE CAN WORK IT OFF - 'BALANCED' DIET HELPS YOU LOSE HOLIDAY BULK; EAT HEARTY, BUT PAY THE PRICE
THE next time you're snooping around for a late-night sugar fix, consider this: That Snickers bar is gonna cost you. A 72-minute walk, to be exact. Or 95 minutes sweating...
ESTATE OF DENIAL - EDWARDS MANSION CLASHES WITH 'POOR' TALK
WASHINGTON - White House hopeful John Edwards is playing to the poorest people in America to propel his presidential bid while living in the lap of luxury on a North...
STRIP FOR ACTION - WINNING IN IRAQ REQUIRES A RADICAL SHIFT IN STRATEGY
WITH a troop surge nearly inevitable in the new year, we still lack a strategy to win in Iraq. Radical surgery on our approach is the patient's only hope -...
HUNDREDS BID URI FAREWELL
Hundreds of mourners gathered at Tel Aviv's Kiryat Shaul Cemetery yesterday to say farewell to Uri Dan, longtime New York Post correspondent and veteran Israeli columnist and commentator. "I know...
ISRAELI KIDS HIT BY GAZA ROCKET
A terrorist rocket fired from the Gaza Strip wounded two 14-year-old Israeli boys, one of them critically, in the most serious Palestinian attack since a cease-fire went into effect last...
N.Y. STATE OF $HOCK FOR LOCAL BUSINESS
ALBANY - The cost of doing business in New York is a whopping $35.3 billion more than the national average, an alarming new study shows. New York businesses are paying...
ELIOT'S GOP SURPRISE COULD RATTLE SENATE
ALBANY - Gov.-elect Eliot Spitzer yesterday unexpectedly picked a Republican - state Sen. Michael Balboni from Nassau County - as his homeland-security chief, setting the stage for a special election...
PATAKI PAC'S NO-TAX TACK
WASHINGTON - Gov. Pataki has converted his Virginia-based political action committee into a so-called 527 group that can go on the attack on behalf of GOP candidates. Pataki registered his...
ADULTS CAN'T TUNE OUT THEIR FAVE TEEN SONGS
Grownups may just love that new Beyoncé song - but chances are their favorite tune is something they heard as a teen. According to a new study, the songs we...
THE KOSHER COP
What a mensch! Joel Witriol, the city's first Hasidic police officer, was sworn in yesterday along with 1,358 other cadets at the Police Academy graduation at Madison Square Garden. He...
SADDAM'S HANG TIME - DEATH APPEAL FAILS - & HE COULD SWING TODAY
Murderous ex-dictator Saddam Hussein could be hanged as early as today for crimes against humanity, Iraq's highest appeals court ruled yesterday. The long-awaited decision - that Saddam must die within...
A VIEW TO A KILL ON U.S.-MADE GALLOWS
WASHINGTON - A bit of good old American craftsmanship will bring about Saddam Hussein's end - a specially constructed gallows that might as well be stamped "Made in the U.S.A."...
STILLER'S A KILLER VS. 'ROCKY'
The Ben Stiller flick "Night at the Museum" took the holiday title belt from "Rocky Balboa" over the weekend. The comedy, set in the Museum of Natural History, took in...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN * Police have released this sketch of a suspect wanted for raping a young Upper East Side woman whom he surprised as she was sleeping in her apartment last...
'BIAS' IS LAID 'BEAR' - BOSS SUED FOR 'SLURS'
A Jewish man says his former boss at Bear Stearns was an equal-opportunity racist who made his life hell. In a $2 million Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit, Martin Gover claims...
REP. KING ZINGS ALIEN 'AMNESTY'
WASHINGTON - Retooled immigration legislation that could get a vote in Congress by spring amounts to "amnesty" for millions of undocumented workers, Rep. Peter King (R-L.I.) fumed yesterday. "I just...
RUDY'S ANGELS OF 9/11 - EYES SUPPORT FOR '08
Supporters of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani have started discussions with relatives of 9/11 victims about backing him if he runs for president in 2008, some family members told The Post....
ARENA CRITICS SLAM CAMS
Big Brother is watching in Downtown Brooklyn . . . and his name is Bruce. Specifically, Bruce Ratner, the Atlantic Yards developer who in recent months has quietly installed nearly...
'CAD' KEITH MY URBAN WOWBOY - 'FLING' WITH NIC'S HUBBY-TO-BE
Here is the honky-tonk hottie who claims she had steamy lovemaking sessions with country crooner Keith Urban while he was engaged to Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman. Amanda Wyatt, 23, says...
QNS. CHURCH CHECKMATES GRINCH'S HAUL
The priest at a Queens church that was cruelly robbed of $30,000 by a sticky-fingered Grinch during Christmas-morning Mass urged parishioners yesterday to cancel checks they had put in donation...
BLING, BANG, BOOM
A holiday reveler who had just left a Chelsea nightclub with a pal was shot early yesterday by a brazen thug who stripped the two men of their jewelry and...
DUKE KIDS WANT DA PROBED
Attorneys for the three Duke University lacrosse players who had rape charges against them dropped last week are asking for a federal probe into the DA's controversial handling of the...
SUPREME OPENING FOR 'GIRLS'
"Dreamgirls" had a dream debut to become the box-office star of the Christmas weekend. The musical, based on the rise of Diana Ross and the Supremes, made a spectacular $8.7...
A BATTLE FOR HIS VERY $OUL - NASTY HEIR WAR OVER JAMES BROWN'S BUCKS BEGINS
The death of the Godfather of Soul has set off a super bad battle over his estate - with the mother of his youngest child fighting for a share of...
PRINCE HARRY OFF TO IRAQ
Prince Harry will soon be off to war in Iraq - and this time, he'll be wearing proper British military gear and not a Nazi uniform. The young royal reportedly...
BLAZE & SLAY IN BROOKLYN
The body of a strangled woman was discovered yesterday after a fire broke out in her Brooklyn home. Marie Bontemps, 47, was found by firefighters responding to the small blaze...
GRINCH PINCHED IN CHRISTMAS CHURCH HEIST
Cops arrested a suspect yesterday in a Christmas poor-box heist at a Queens church, and were looking for another sticky-fingered Grinch. But the whereabouts of $30,000 in checks and cash...
COPS-AND-ROBBER SHOOTOUT
Cops and robber shot it out in Queens last night - but when the smoke cleared, no one was hit, authorities said. The thief stole money and a cellphone from...
GENTLEMAN JERRY ROSE TO THE TOP AMID SCANDALS THAT SHOOK AMERICA
Gerald R. Ford, who helped heal the wounds of Watergate, reached the nation's highest offices because of a series of political accidents. He became president on Aug. 9, 1974, the...
EX-PRESIDENT IS DEAD AT 93 - * ONLY UNELECTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF * HEALED THE NATION AFTER WATERGATE
Gerald R. Ford, the 38th and only unelected president in America's history, has died, his wife, Betty, said yesterday. "My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald...
'DADDY IN HEAVEN' - DESPAIR OF SLAY VICTIM'S FAMILY
A 4-year-old boy, whose hardworking dad was gunned down in Hell's Kitchen in a possible case of mistaken identity, had one tearful wish for the holidays. "Mommy, if Daddy's in...
UNISPHERE ATTACK PART OF SPREE
The vicious Christmas Day robbery and stomping of a man walking through Flushing Meadow Park in Queens was apparently the latest in a string of eight attacks in and around...
'SHOP' AND AWE - POST-HOLIDAY SALES SPUR STAMPEDES
Dashing through the crowd, gift cards in their hands, to the sales they ran, shoving all the way - Go! Go! Go! Hordes of retail warriors armed with sharp eyes...
WITH HOLIDAY SPIRIT
JETS REPORT CARDQUARTERBACKS: B Chad Pennington (14-29, 237 yards, 1 TD, 87.9 rating) didn't look good at times throwing the ball in the wet and windy condition, but he managed...
FINE MESS FOR FRANCIS - $LAPPED BY ISIAH FOR MISSING PRACTICE
PISTONS at KNICKS - Tonight 7:30; MSG TV; ESPN radio (1050 AM) Steve Francis spent Christmas Day at a charity function. When he failed to return in time for Knicks...
KNICKS ARE IN GOOD 'STANDING' WITH THOMAS
KNICK NOTES A look at the NBA standings shows the Knicks one game out of the Atlantic Division lead. A look at the calendar shows five days left in December....
DEVS SHUT OUT CROSBY
Devils 3 - Penguins 0 The Devils' formula was slightly different, the result familiar, as Martin Brodeur piled up his milestone 85th shutout. With defensive stopper Colin White sidelined, Brad...
SKID-ROW RANGERS - SLIDE AT 6; NYLANDER BENCHED
Islanders 2 - Rangers 0 The Rangers weren't able to make a stand last night, but for the first time this season Tom Renney did. And if the team's losing...
CAN'T DROP BALL NEW YEAR'S EVE - PLAYOFF-HUNGRY JETS FOCUSED ON RAIDERS
The Jets' rain-soaked uniforms weren't even in the locker-room laundry bins after the Monday night win in Miami when the players' attention already turned to this Sunday. Often after a...
IT'S TIME TO GET IT DONE
JOE Namath wouldn't be one of our forever heroes if he didn't finish the job. Mike Eruzione and the American hockey team in 1980 wouldn't be etched in our national...
MIAMI WAR A PERFECT PLAYOFF PREP
JET NOTES Several Jets players said after Monday night's game that its intensity and grit was perfect preparation for - dare we say? - the playoffs, should the Jets get...
HERE COMES 'BRIDE - DESPERATE GIANTS GIVE PLAY-CALLING DUTIES TO THEIR QUARTERBACKS COACH
Early Christmas morning, Tom Coughlin summoned his offensive coordinator, John Hufnagel, and the two discussed the sorry state of the Giants. Coughlin, desperate to find a way to win a...
SEPARATE WAYS - POTENTIAL UNIT DEAL HAS SPECIFIC GOAL: GET YOUNGER, CHEAPER, DEEPER
This is not about Barry Zito. This is not about Roger Clemens. The Yankees are robustly pursuing trade possibilities for Randy Johnson to continue heeding GM Brian Cashman's mission statement:...
ORDER IS: OPEN FIRE - RENNEY RIPS STRUGGLING BLUESHIRTS' SLOW STARTS
The last 20 minutes have been the collective killer over the five-game losing streak the Rangers toted into last night's match at the Coliseum against the Islanders, but Tom Renney...
PICTURE PERFECT - PARENTS: SCHIANO'S CAREER IS JUST HOW HE DREW IT UP
HOUSTON - Barry and Renee Schiano found the first of their son's doodlings when he was 6. At first glance, they could be mistaken for the drawings of any young...
SEASON OVER FOR STRAHAN
Michael Strahan's return was short-lived, unsuccessful and now over. Strahan will possibly need surgery to repair his right mid-foot Lisfranc sprain after re-injuring himself in last Sunday's 30-7 loss to...
GIANTS FINALE ON CH. 4
Even if you don't have the NFL Network, you will be able to watch the Giants' season finale against the Redskins. The game will be simulcast on Ch. 4 because...
ELIAS PUTS WORST FOOT FORWARD TO LEAD DEVS
Still in pain from blocking a shot Friday, Devils captain Patrik Elias planned to play hurt last night. Elias was injured in the third period of Friday's 4-1 victory in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
When a man in Galveston, Texas, arrived home to find three burglars loading his belongings into a white Cadillac, he jumped into the car, drove off and called police. When...