March 14, 2007
Giambi has no regrets
By GEORGE KING Jason Giambi admits there were times when he daydreamed about how his life would have been different if the A’s had included a no-trade clause in the...
Tila Tequila, Queen of Everything
It would be almost un-American not to like Miss Tila Tequila -- the undisputed Queen of Myspace (she has 1.7 million friends on the site!) and a tough business woman...
Give Toxie's Dad a Break!
I got a call today from my old friend Lloyd Kaufman, who thanked me for complaining yesterday about the absence of his latest film, the horror-comedy "Poultrygeist,'' from the lineup...
Seth Rogan 'Hugely Commercial'?
"Knocked Up,'' Judd Apatow's followup to "The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' starring that film's second banana Seth Rogan, is the first major summer release that's been subject to critical scrutiny, thanks to...
A Girl and Her Horse
Screen Grab's weekly survey of 10 vintage movie titles expands to 14 for "The Kinkiest Films Ever Made.'' The one that caught my eye was Jane Fonda's segment in the...
Brandon Dubinsky and the Hartford Pipeline
Girardi takes Canadien Garth Murray to the end-boards.Perhaps the Ranger Organization's management thinks that untested players are not a risk worth taking ... but the Rangers are not a club...
Woody Has Scarlett Fever
Woody Allen and Scarlett Johansson are going steady. The filmmaker has just picked the blond actress to appear in the as-yet-unnamed film he'll be shooting in Spain come summer, Variety...
Bulletin
The movie they said was too outrageous to ever get a theatrical release has just gotten one. Details to come in my Cine File column in Sunday's Post.
Following in Verlander's footsteps?
Tigers ace Justin Verlander remembers meeting Mike Pelfrey. The two were compared against each other during a Team USA tryout a few years ago, and they may be compared again...
LIVEBLOG/LONDON: Day 1 - Bargain chic
Come the weekend, this corner will be mobbed.Given that the Brits are both fashion savvy and spendthrift about it, no wonder H&M picked London as the debut site for its...
Deal of the Day
Emma Fletcher's vintage Parisian inspired creations have made her a downtown darling since she opened her Nolita boutique, Lyell a few years ago.This Georgette Blouse with Velvet Trim is a...
Don't Ask, Don't Tell The Spartans
It seems soldiers and gay men -- not to mention gay soldiers -- are among the biggest fans of "300.'' In its obligatory story on how "300'' scored such a...
Lee's customs horror story
By MARC BERMAN TORONTO - David Lee was in a surprisingly chipper mood this morning at shootaround at AirCanada Centre despite the terrible news of the day before that he...
Upsets Galore in Legends Mania
Upsets are brewing in the first round of Legends Mania. After the first day of voting, two lower seeds are making a bid at pulling off surprising victories. In the...
Looking good, Spidey 3
Got a chance to check out Activision's lastest Spider-Man game, "Spider-Man 3" for the Xbox 360, the other day. Graphically, it looks amazing. There's plenty of web-slinging and a big...
ANAHEIM A-ROD
Alex Rodriguez and Scott Boras couldn’t have choreographed this any better if they tried. And yes, by putting that opt-out clause in A-Rod’s contract, they tried.Good for them. After his...
Day 33: A-Rod and his Option
It took Alex Rodriguez a long time to publicly acknowledge the true state of his relationship with Derek Jeter. And my suspicion is that it is going to take him...
PC Gamers Need To Cough Up $50 For Xbox Live Gold
Sure, Xbox Live will work with your PC - and you'll be able to face off against console gamers for the first time - but damn if Microsoft isn't going...
D'OH!
"You don't want to train consumers that if they get the DVD fast, it means the movie s---,'' ever-clueless National Association of Theater Owners president John Fithian told ShoWest yesterday,...
ARKANSAS - THE NATURAL STATE
Arkansas joined the Union on June 15, 1836, becoming our 25th state. It covers 52,075 square miles and its capital is Little Rock. The first European to explore the territory...
BRACKET YOUR LIFE
LEAVE the Top 10 lists to Letterman. Brackets are how the truly tough decisions are made in life. They're everywhere this time of year with the NCAA basketball tourney getting...
KELLY 'GIRL'
WHO'S "That Girl"? It's a brunette Kelly Ripa, channeling the spirit of MarloThomas as sitcom icon Ann Marie - the '60s-era single girl and under-employed actress who ended every episode...
GHOST SQUAD
GIVEN the dearth of life in most of the new replace ment shows, "Raines," NBC's new detective show about the dead, seems, well, lively by comparison. And while that doesn't...
'PROJECT' TRYOUTS AT LAST
NEW York City auditions for the upcoming season of "Project Runway" will take place over three days - Saturday, April 7, to Monday, April 9, Bravo announced yesterday. Details about...
MOTION TO DROP COURT TV NAME
COURT TV is going to change its name, network officials announced yester day. No word yet on what the crime-and-trials channel will be called. The changes - to be unveiled...
OPRAH DEFENDS AFRICAN SCHOOL
OPRAH Winfrey de fended the strict rules at her South African girls boarding school yesterday while people familiar with schools there said the regulations were standard. "Our goal is to...
ANCHOR SNOOZES & LOSES
STEVE Bartelstein's checkered career at Ch. 7 came to an end yesterday. A spokesman for ABC News confirmed that Bartelstein, co-anchor of Ch. 7's early-morning news for the last six...
IRAN BLASTS '300'
Iran blasted Hollywood's latest blockbuster yesterday, saying it spreads lies about a 2,500-year-old battle in order to launch a cultural war against Iranians. The movie "300," which earned a huge...
CHAMPION BIOPIC
'THE Go Master" sounds as if it could be the name of a Hong Kong martial-arts flick, or per haps a new video game. It is neither. In fact, it...
OLD-SCHOOL MIRACLE ON 54TH STREET
OF three Zagat-listed restaurants on East 54th Street between Madison and Park avenues, one's about seafood, one's Italian and one's going Asian-esque. But the people at Oceana, Cellini and Monkey...
SOMETHING TO SNIFF AT
IT single-handedly empties sub way cars and restaurants. Behold the power of stinky cheese. With gym-sock aromas of nose- singeing strength, the most foul of fromage still has ardent fans....
JUST OPENED
* Anthos36 W. 52nd St.(212) 582-6900Starters: $15 to $20, entrees: $28 to $44 Restaurateur Donatella Arpaia and chef Michael Psilakis are back, reinventing the former Aqua Pazza space with haute...
J.LO SINGS HER SOUL
When asked what headline she wanted to accompany a story about her upcoming album, "Como Ama Una Mujer" ("How a Woman Loves"), Jennifer Lopez thought about it for a second...
SOUNDOFF!
Reggaetón Miguelito He barely weighs 80 pounds, but pintsized shorty Miguelito has quickly become larger than life in his native Puerto Rico. Discovered by reggaetón poster boy Daddy Yankee at...
HOT PICKS
SWEET EMBRACE Long before bachata group Aventura came along, there was Edilio Paredes "The Father of Bachata Guitar." The pioneer explores the genre's evolution with his intricate and sensual licks....
AHEAD OF THE CURVES
The Dominican Republic has a new sartorial son to boast about and, no, his name is not Oscar. It's Santo-Domingo-born, Queens-raised Peter Hidalgo, the former design director under controversial Spanish...
GREEN PARTY
Mexican supergroup Maná refuses to sell out. While other acts latch on to fluctuating trends, they remain loyal to their first love: rock 'n' roll. "You don't have to become...
WILD WEEK
Wednesdays *Our Pick* JULIA DE BURGOS CULTURAL CENTER 1680 Lexington Ave., between East 105th and East 106th streets, (212) 831-4333, jimmydelgado.com Doors open at 5:30 p.m. $5 for ladies to...
REV. AL JOINS SCHOOL FIGHT
Add the Rev. Al Sharpton to the list of public officials and parents urging Mayor Bloomberg to stop his latest reorganization of the city school system. The bombshell revelation yesterday...
FDNY STOMPING MAD OVER ST. PAT'S INSULT
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta yesterday blasted the organizers of the St. Patrick's Day Parade, charging their decision to move the Bravest contingent back in the march order "makes no sense."...
RETIREE'S 5¢ EARNS $2.4 MIL
A retired school employee could teach a lesson in finance to Warren Buffet - the 62-year-old managed to turn a nickel into $2.4 million. Marguerit Pittman, 62, managed an astounding...
NEW YORK DEBT OF GRATITUDE
City officials have successfully canceled nearly $800,000 in New Yorkers' debt from unscrupulous collectors, the commissioner for the Department of Consumer Affairs said yesterday. Commissioner Jonathan Mintz told a City...
BUILDINGS PUNCH UP SECURITY
The heinous strong-arm muggings of two elderly Queens women has spiked demand for upgraded building security systems around the city. "This week alone we've received five calls specifically due to...
HANDS OFF OF GRANNY
ALBANY - Think the elderly are easy prey for hard-hearted muggers? Think again. New York legislators proposed a new law yesterday that would make it a felony to assault anyone...
MISSING 'CAPO' FINALLY 'COURT'
An accused Genovese gunman who spent more than 10 years running from the law was hauled into court yesterday to face charges in a brutal mob hit. Michael "Mikey Cigars"...
COFFEE SHOP PERKS AGAIN
A popular Union Square eatery, shut down amid the city's rage against rats, is back in business. The Coffee Shop, a magnet for the hip and fashionable, opened for drinks...
KERIK KO'D A TWO-YEAR PRISON DEAL
Scandal-scarred former top cop Bernard Kerik turned down a deal with federal prosecutors that offered him less than two years in jail in return for a guilty plea to tax...
HOSP PEACE REMAINS STABLE
The truce between Gov. Spitzer and the powerful health-care lobby held yesterday, with the governor noticeably tamping down his criticisms of the hospitals and a union. Both sides yanked ads...
CARDINAL HITS TEACHERS FOR BLOCKING SCHOOL REBATE
ALBANY - Edward Cardinal Egan yesterday ripped the powerful teacher unions for blocking efforts to implement a $1,000 tax deduction for parents who send their kids to parochial schools. "There's...
MCG KID'S TWO 'DADDIES'
New Jersey's gay ex-Gov. Jim McGreevey is launching a campaign to get custody of his daughter, after admitting divorce settlement talks with his ex-wife have broken down. The new bombshell...
HAMPTONS 'PAINKILLER' DOC RAIDED
Dozens of law-enforcement officers raided the office of a popular Hamptons doctor yesterday because he was illegally prescribing and selling painkillers to a parade of regular clients, sources said. A...
N.Y. RIVALS MILK CASH COW HERE
The mad dash for New York cash is on, with big-money events this week for home-state White House front-runners Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudy Giuliani. Former President Bill Clinton headlined...
HOSP PEACE STAYS HEALTHY
The truce between Gov. Spitzer and the powerful health-care lobby held yesterday, with the governor noticeably tamping down his criticisms of the hospitals and a union. Both sides yanked ads...
SHUTTER-BUGGED
The Family Lohan lived out its very own "Law & Order" episode yesterday. Lindsay Lohan mixed it up with aggressive paparazzi in lower Manhattan in the wee hours, shortly before...
ALIMONY BULK-UP IS 'BUNK'
That's rich - Barbara Hearst's bid to up her alimony from a whopping $25,000 a month to a stupefying $90,000 has backfired in a big way. Instead of upping the...
SCAMMER: I FORGIVE MA
A former NYU student convicted of bilking millions of dollars from investors with a bogus hedge fund holds no ill will toward his mom - even though she told a...
SLAP FOR BOYS CLUB RIP-OFF
Two top executives accused of looting the former Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club of $1.2 million - including $875,000 for lefty radio network Air America - got off with...
'REEKING SLAY' DRIVER PUT ON TRIAL
A fiery crash on the FDR last year left a young driver trapped in his burning vehicle reeking of Amaretto liqueur, with his 15-year-old cousin bleeding to death in the...
'WITCH' HITS A GLITCH
A schoolteacher's claim that a Long Island district fired her because officials thought she was a witch went up in a puff of smoke yesterday. Lauren Berrios, 37, sued the...
'NO LOVE TRIANGLE' IN DOORMAN STABBING DEATH
The youth who allegedly stabbed a beloved doorman to death had been harassing and threatening him for two months - under the false impression that the handsome older man was...
5 YRS. FOR SOHO GEM THIEF
A smash-and-grab jewelry store thief was sentenced yesterday to five years for the armed robbery of a pricey SoHo vintage bauble shop. Danjuma Clarke, 21, of Brooklyn, admitted to last...
10 YRS. OF WAITING - JUST TO SEE DAD BURY FIRE FAMILY
BAMAKO, Mali - Despite the once-joyful prospect of seeing his father face-to-face for the first time since he was a little boy, Abdoul Soumare could barely hold back tears of...
MOUSSA THANKS N.Y.
A devastated Moussa Magassa walked through the burned-out home yesterday where five of his children perished in last week's inferno, gathering a few personal belongings to piece his life back...
SLAYER OF RUDY AIDE NIXES DEAL
The gay prostitute who admitted strangling a former press aide to Rudy Giuliani yesterday turned down Manhattan prosecutors' offer of 18 years prison in return for a guilty plea to...
DAPPER DON PAL '$TRIPPED' CLUB
A Gambino capo who was close pals with Mafia don John Gotti teamed up with a second mobster to shake down a high-end Manhattan strip club for hundreds of thousands...
MIKE EXPECTS CALM FOR BELL
As a Queens grand jury weighed charges in the death of Sean Bell, Mayor Bloomberg reassured community leaders yesterday, saying he doesn't expect a violent reaction to the decision on...
LYNCHING ROOKIES, CONT'D
The Post's front page yesterday said it all: In paying more to hire puppeteers than rookie cops, the city's got its priorities tied up in knots. But don't blame City...
ANNA NICOLE'S EX WANTS RIVAL'S DNA
The lawyer for a Los Angeles man who claims to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby asked a judge yesterday to order the model's boyfriend to give a...
HILL IS 'RIGHT' BACK TO HER OLD WAYS
WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday revived a much-ridiculed phrase she first used during the Monica Lewinsky scandal - saying there is a "vast-right-wing conspiracy" to attack Democrats and...
REV. AL TO OBAMA: WAIT FOR THE BEEP
WASHINGTON - The Rev. Al Sharpton revealed yesterday that White House contender Barack Obama was trying to call him after the black activist had publicly raised questions about Obama's candidacy....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn* Police yesterday released a photo of a gunman (pictured) who allegedly shot and seriously wounded a woman in a Brownsville apartment building. Anthony Jones, 23, shot the 23-year-old woman...
SCARLETT FEVER ON B'WAY
SHE'S washed Josh Hartnett, Derek Jeter and Justin Timberlake right out of her hair, so why not suave plantation owner Emile de Becque? Screen beauty Scarlett Johansson is in the...
JURORS WILL AVENGE DIALLO
IT'S payback time. The grand jury in the Sean Bell case will likely hand up indictments against one or more of the officers who, late one awful and confusing night,...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 003; Lucky Sum: 3 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 6969; Lucky Sum: 30 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 219; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Win-4 Mon.: 4491;...
BATTY ODDO
Not that this is news, but the City Council today will do something dumb. To wit, it will enact a ban on the use of metal bats in high-school baseball...
SCHUMER'S FLEXIBLE 'FAITH'
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' admission that "mistakes were made" notwithstanding, all the Democratic rhetoric over the removal of eight U.S. attorneys adds up to rank hypocrisy. News that the White...
GOOGLING NY'S BOOKS
GOV. Spitzer and his successor as state attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, both have made some early moves to turn their rhetoric into reality when it comes to expanding the accountability...
A 'RADICAL' RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS
LAST week, when a federal appeals court ruled that the District of Columbia's gun ban violates the right to "keep and bear arms," The New York Times reported that the...
VLAD'S NEW BAD
AN old joke runs that even paranoids have enemies. But what can we make of the quasi-dictator of a middleweight state who insists on making enemies of those who'd hoped...
CHAMELEON HILLARY CHANNELS HERO JFK
THE ISSUE: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's comparing of herself to Pres. John F. Kennedy. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says that she is the next JFK running for president, and then...
STATEN ISLAND'S 'FREE' RIDE
THE ISSUE: The free ferry service between Manhattan and Staten Island. Your editorial fails to point out that Staten Island is the only borough where you cannot drive to and...
SUBPRIME ROUT
The stock sell-off in the subprime mortgage sector turned into a full-fledged contagion yesterday, as the pending collapse of mortgage originators drove the Dow Jones industrial average down more than...
HOMEBUYERS HIT HARD BY WALL ST. MELTDOWN
The cruel downside of the mortgage market beating is the way it's slamming the door on the fingers of poorer Americans hoping to grab the dream of home ownership. Lenders...
AUTO ADVERTISING STALLED IN '06
Detroit and Madison Avenue are on a collision course. The woes in the auto industry took their toll on advertising last year, when U.S. ad spending rose a disappointing 4.1...
2 TOSSED AT TOPPS
Iconic baseball card maker Topps moved to isolate two of its own board members yesterday after they vigorously attacked the company's $385 million takeover deal with former Disney boss Michael...
RDA'S BERNER BURNS BUSHES AT CONDÉ
IT didn't take long for Mary Berner, new CEO of Reader's Digest Association, to launch her first raid on her old stomping grounds at Condé Nast. Reader's Digest, which was...
BLACK IS GOING TO HIS TRIAL IN STYLE
CHICAGO - Dethroned media baron Conrad Black, who's set to appear in a downtown Chicago courthouse this morning for the start of a trial accusing him of plundering mega-millions from...
REDSTONE GETS PAID TO PERFORM
Now Sumner Redstone has even more reason to fret about his companies' stock price performance. Like last year's deal with Viacom, Redstone agreed yesterday to a revised pay package at...
LEHMAN BUYS INTO D.E. SHAW
Lehman Brothers continues to take bite-size stakes out of some high-profile hedge funds, with its latest purchase being a 20 percent stake in D.E. Shaw, a manager of just over...
VIACOM'S VEXED
Sumner Redstone's Viacom yesterday fired its most powerful salvo against YouTube and its parent Google in its ongoing copyright infringement battle, filing a $1 billion lawsuit for what it calls...
NOT YET FOR CLEAR CHANNEL
Radio giant Clear Channel Communications, in an admission that its $26 billion takeover deal faced an embarrassing rejection, delayed its shareholder vote on the deal yesterday by nearly a month....
SLIM: SMART BIZ BEATS CHARITY
Carlos Slim, the Mexican tycoon just a hair from being the world's richest man, scoffed yesterday at Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for "playing Santa Claus" to cure poverty's ills....
FOUR TOWERS NEAR FARLEY
BROOKFIELD Properties is readying plans for four towers totaling 4.7 million feet at the rear of the Farley Post Office on the west side of Ninth Avenue between 31st and...
LONGTIME GAP EXEC MULLS MOVE
It looks like the Gap Inc. and longtime executive Gary Muto may be parting ways. Muto, who was most recently in charge of the ill-fated Forth & Towne division, has...
NIKE DROPS AN OLD SHOE
It seems no ad agency is safe. After 25 years, athletic shoe giant Nike said yesterday it would shift some business away from long-time creative partner Wieden & Kennedy and...
3 COPS ATTACKED
One cop was shot and two others wounded by a knife-wielding assailant in a bloody night of violence in Manhattan and Brooklyn. In the Harlem attack, a plainclothes officer was...
COP IN-LAW BLAMES DANNY PELOSI FOR SEX RAP
A Long Island cop and brother-in-law to notorious Hamptons killer Danny Pelosi was busted for coercing women into giving him sex while on duty - but claims the shady slayer...
FOUR YOU CAN SCORE WITH IN THE FIRST ROUND
ONE example of the responses I received after my NCAA Tournament picks were published in yesterday's Post: Did you get them from a psychic who has an office on the...
THE CINDERELLA MEN MARCH IN
Time for a new rallying cry. Albany last season, in just its seventh year competing at the Division I level, won its first-ever America East title, gained the first NCAA...
RUTH'S BOYS ROCK ON
Ruth Lovelace still remembers being a young gym teacher at her alma mater when she heard principal Frank Mickens announce her name over the P.A. system as the new boys...
'SPLITTERS DO IT AGAIN
After Justin Greene started dominating the paint during the third quarter last night, a spectator turned and said to the person sitting next to him and asked, "Where's he been...
SPORTS SHORTS
SOCCER: Beckham says goodbye Manchester United turned David Beckham into an international star, and yesterday he bid an emotional farewell to Old Trafford before he leaves European soccer for the...
HUNTING BUFFALO: DEVILS AIM FOR HOME ICE
Playing their last season in East Rutherford before moving to Newark, the Devils will try to maximize their time in Meadowlands Arena for more reasons than nostalgia. With 13 games...
DIPIETRO SUFFERS HEAD INJURY
MONTREAL - The Islanders lost twice last night. First, they lost Rick DiPietro to a head injury. Then they blew a pair of leads and fell 5-3 to the Canadiens....
LEE RX: 3-4 WEEKS
When the Knicks' medical staff first examined David Lee's sore right leg in late February, the injured forward was told he'd miss a few days. After getting a second opinion...
ISIAH: WE'LL BEAT INJURIES
With the Knicks going into tonight's game in Toronto clinging to the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, the injuries are mounting right along with the pressure...
DUQUE OF HURL
PORT ST. LUCIE - Minor leaguer Donald Green hit a grounder to short off Orlando Hernandez yesterday, and Rick Peterson approved. "Nice Duque!" the Mets pitching coach said. Peterson was...
PEDRO LENGTHENS TOSSING DISTANCE
PORT ST. LUCIE - Pedro Martinez has moved up the distance while playing catch, bumping it from 45 feet last week to 60 feet now. The rehabbing Martinez played catch...
NETS FIND A WAY TO HANG ON
OKLAHOMA CITY - When the Nets absolutely had to come up with a stop, they did. And remembering the old adage of "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me...
CRY 'FOUL' AT RIGHT TIME
OKLAHOMA CITY - Against Boston 11 days ago, the Nets wanted to foul while holding a three-point lead in the final ticks. They didn't and lost. Against Phoenix in December,...
DEADLY SENS
There are 12 games to go now, 12 games in which the Rangers can attempt to propel themselves back into the playoff spot they fell out of last night in...
ANOTHER INJURY ADDED TO INSULT FOR BLUESHIRTS
KAREL Rachunek became the latest guy the Rangers can't afford to miss, not returning for the second period with an MCL sprain that put the Rangers down to five defensemen,...
NOW IT'S UP TO YOU NEW YORK
TAMPA - Alex Rodriguez can't help himself. He is a heat-seeking missile of controversy. He talks to HBO about Lou Piniella, and somehow that becomes a referendum on an edgy...
...BY NIGHT, FANNED ALEX WON'T 'RUN AWAY'
TAMPA - Six hours was all it took for Alex Rodriguez to backtrack like an All-Pro cornerback. At about 4 o'clock yesterday Rodriguez strongly hinted this would be his final...
EXECUTIVE: YANKS NOT SHOPPING PAVANO
TAMPA - An executive whose team is interested in acquiring Carl Pavano said yesterday he does not believe the Yankees will trade the righty this spring. Nevertheless, the team scouted...
VOTING UPDATE
Upsets are brewing in the first round of Legends Mania. After the first day of voting, two lower seeds are making a bid at pulling off surprising victories. In the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Raccoon is back on the menu of an Indiana town fund-raiser. Hunters have bagged 103 of the critters for the annual Hibernia Community Building event, which has not offered raccoon...
Is It a Curse?
1940 was broken, but there seems to be a new curse on the Rangers franchise: the curse of the two-goal lead. In each of their last five losses, the Blueshirts...