September 24, 2007
Bras / Buffing
Swing by the fourth floors Intimates department at Bloomingdale's on Thursday, September 27, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. to check out Hanky Panky's brand new retro-inspired bra line and...
Cliff-hanger Notes: 'Heroes'
THE wait is over, welcome to the other side of the cliff.With so many of TVâs hottest dramas ending with cliffhangers last season, it became a bit hard to keep...
JUST BACK: London on the (way) cheap
Try McDonalds (not kidding): Ice cream is the deal of the century here, at less than $1 for a cone. (Also, it tastes more like actual ice cream than its...
Purrrrfect pair
Theodora Richards rocks the leopard tights and Astrid Munoz wears the Cavalli for H&M corset. You can get them on November 8.And we can't wait.While we are almost completely exhasuted...
'Grace' is Gone..For a While
A couple of month ago, the Weinsteins' minions leaked word that Clint Eastwood's new score for "Grace is Gone,'' an Iraq-themed homefront drama starring John Cusack, would be ready in...
Marcel Marceau (1923-2007)
Most obituaries for Marcel Marceau mentioned his screen appearances in "Barbarella'' and his famous cameo as the only speaking cast member of Mel Brooks' "Silent Movie.'' Utterly forgotten is Marceau's...
Deal of the Day
Don't know why Nanette Lepore called this top the Divorcee Bow Blouse, but I guess it's a good way to connect with the masses.Whatever the reason, the shirt is the...
Apple Store Scoops NYFF
Beats me why an Oscar-nominated actress would choose to do a nude scene in a short film that will have its North American premiere tomorrow night at the Apple Store...
Starr Report
And David's all-time-favorite "Seinfeld" episode?"Probably that first hour show we did, with Keith Hernandez," he says. * * *Marvin Hamlisch and Stewart Lane will contribute to "Sheira & Loli's Dittydoo...
THE MET PLAYOFF PHILOSOPHY
The Mets moved closer to the playoffs Sunday and yet once again saw their biggest fear come October show up again. Aaron Heilman and Billy Wagner, who are supposed to...
Impossible to Avoid: Jamie Foxx
âThe Kingdomâ come for Jamie Foxx (right). His new action movie opens on Friday, and between his appearances and co-star Jennifer Garnerâs, you might be able to catch the entire...
THE PRYING GAME
By his own estimate, David Seda should be six months into a job as a route sales representative for Frito-Lay, on the brink of receiving a raise and recently installed...
COFFEE ACHIEVER
Michael Gates Gill's career path is a study in downward mobility. The Yale graduate and son of the noted New Yorker writer Brendan Gill spent decades putting on a suit...
60 SECONDS WITH MARK CUBAN
You say you're not a big "in office" guy. What's wrong with the traditional office environment? The traditional office environment is designed to support office politics. Closed offices, location of...
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT JOB?
HOTEL CONCIERGE What does a hotel concierge do all day? Actually, every day is different for a hotel concierge! They fulfill requests from guests that vary from getting opera tickets...
GO TO GREG
Time to weigh in on the whole Thomas-Browne Affair at Madison Square Garden, because rarely does such an important workplace issue play out in detail on the front pages like...
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - GREATEST BRITON
Today's page looks at Britain's great and tough-as-nails prime minister, who now has the title of Greatest Briton. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on Nov. 30, 1874, at Blenheim...
COCO CLASSIC
CHANEL is a little bit like "Citizen Kane" or René Descartes' meditations. Revolutionaries all, they transformed our sensibilities, be it film, Western philosophy or, in Chanel's case, fashion. Where "Kane"...
PULSE SALES
HERMES, CHANEL, EMILIO PUCCI 33 W. 55th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues; (917) 940-9934 Sale: Sept. 26, 27, 10 a.m.- 7 p.m. Designer gowns, priced about $750 (reg. $5,000),...
EXTRA SPECIAL
AN orchestra seat for the Metropolitan Opera's "Lucia di Lammermoor" to night: $350 and up. Seeing it on the giant screen in Times Square: free. Watching it from the stage...
PLATE'S A LITTLE TOO FULL
THERE are times when long memories can be a hindrance. Watching the Keen Company's perfectly pleasant 25th anniversary revival of A.R. Gurney's "The Dining Room," I couldn't help but think...
WAIT! DON'T SHOOT
TAKE a dash of "The Office" throw in a handful of "Heroes," a generous splash of "Jake 2.0" and one cup of "Forty Year Old Virgin" and what do you...
TIME BANDIT
WITH all the possible ideas there must be for TV shows, it seems hard to believe that NBC has gone and developed a drama about time-traveling. And yet, seeing must...
SHE-BREW LANGUAGE
'BIG Brother" contestant Amber Siyavus is out of the house now - and trying to backpedal on her comments that Jews are "money-hungry" and "a**holes." Cameras caught Amber, a Las...
RUDOLPH GOING BACK TO 'SNL'
A week before the show was set to begin its new season, "Saturday Night Live" has reportedly re-signed longtime regular Maya Rudolph. Her contract expired at the end of last...
BIG DADDY WOLF
DICK Wolf, the creator of "Law & Order" and one the most successful TV producers of all time, is a father again - at age 60. Wolf's wife, Noelle, gave...
STARR REPORT
'Curb' appeal "Curb Your Enthusiasm" creator/star Larry David, in terviewed on Wednesday's "CenterStage" (11 p.m./YES), tells Michael Kay all about voicing George Steinbrenner on his other show, "Seinfeld." David says...
'HEROES' NBC SPINOFF
The Superhero and gore gurus behind "Superman Returns" and "Hostel" will join comic book geek Kevin Smith behind the scenes on the new "Heroes" spinoff for NBC. "Hostel" director Eli...
SPICE UP YOUR LIFE
INDIA is a big country with a complex cuisine to match: herbs and spices, garlic and onions, not to mention about 900 different tastes and textures. Ordering Indian food can...
BATTERED AND BRUISED CLOONEY STEPS OUT
This the the first picture of battered and bruised George Clooney, who was photographed this afternoon here in Manhattan, three days after his scary motorcycle accident in New Jersey. Clooney,...
GOP SET TO MAKE TOP COP A CANARY
ALBANY - In a major escalation of their dirty-tricks probe, Senate Republicans will vote today to subpoena the head of the State Police to testify about efforts by members of...
NEW ASTOR SHOCK
Brooke Astor told her longtime lawyer that she wanted her daughter-in-law - a former minister's wife whom the grande dame allegedly never approved of - booted from her will, according...
'CROOKED' COP WINS $1M LOTTO
A former deputy police inspector booted from the department amid sensational allegations of robbing a drug dealer has seen his luck change - netting $1 million in a lottery scratch-off...
BLOODY BRAD IS HAVING A BAWL
Days after co-star George Clooney was hurt in a motorcycle crash, a sobbing Brad Pitt sports a bloody nose on Riverside Drive yersterday. But this was reel-life, not real-life, as...
MADMAN IRAN PREZ CATCHING FLAK AS GUEST OF DISHONOR
Arrogant Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived here yesterday to angry protests, promising to give Americans "correct and clear information" - and still dodging hard questions about his nation's intentions. "You...
TWO DIE IN BROOKLYN FIRE
Two people died and two were seriously hurt in a raging two-alarm blaze in Brooklyn last night, officials said. The inferno broke out just after midnight in the attic of...
LOVESICK TEEN DEATH LEAP
He was a tortured soul in search of his own identity, the young heir of a prominent family storied in politics and riches who in the end became simply a...
FDNY IS UNFAIRLY TAKING THE HEAT
The FDNY has taken much of the heat for the Deutsche Bank building blaze that killed two Bravest - even though its top brass were virtually excluded from crucial plans...
PARK THUG MUGS CUPID
Seconds after a man popped the question to his sweetheart in Central Park, a gunman sprang from the bushes and robbed the couple but at leat they saved the ring....
ROUNDING THE BASES
It's amazin' how fast the Mets' new ballpark is going up in Queens - and it's even more amazin' how the team is getting high-roller fans and corporate boosters to...
INTERN TO TESTIFY A ISIAH TRIAL
The former intern who had a sordid tryst in a truck with Knicks guard Stephon Marbury could testify as early as tomorrow in the explosive sex-harassment suit against the star's...
GIS' FAMILIES FIND HAVEN IN QUEENS
A home in Queens has become a refuge where anguished relatives and friends of those who died in Iraq - or are still fighting there - gravitate for comfort and...
ACTIVIST DREAMS PAY OFF
Their love for each other led them to a devotion to their community, which is why Moises and Milagros Perez, who both emigrated from the Dominican Republic in their youth,...
$5B JAVITS 'PRICE TAG'
Nearly a year after ground was broken for the long-awaited expansion of the Javits Center, the project sits idle as Gov. Spitzer's advisers evaluate new proposals that sources say could...
POT WEEDED OUT
Looks like they've been watching "Weeds." Since March, the Drug Enforcement Administration has busted a slew of hydroponic marijuana-growing houses in the Big Apple and Yonkers, seizing 2,500 plants that...
PUPPY LOVE MAY GET OLD LADY EVICTED
A poodle named Coco could cost an 89-year-old woman her home on Long Island. Mary Pasko was forced to move into a small Rockville Centre apartment with her only remaining...
STRUM'S UP IN CHELSEA
A Chelsea icon known for filling the streets with music is back on the beat, after getting a present from a real guitar hero. "It's the new song in my...
CARDINAL SEES RED
A fed-up Edward Cardinal Egan was not feeling any brotherly love yesterday toward a flock of rebellious parishioners, who have been dogging him over the closing of their Spanish Harlem...
MTA'S MONEY PITCH
The MTA is hiring pitchmen to help convince the public that a fare and toll hike is needed next year, in spite of a projected $323 million surplus. The Metropolitan...
INSANITY CLAIM ON KID-PORN CHARGES
A Queens pizza-shop owner accused of downloading thousands of images of child porn is claiming insanity as a defense - insisting he didn't know the images were illegal. Pietro Polouizzi...
EXPRESS-ING IT ALL WRONG
The race between the local subway train and the express can come down to a few measly New York minutes. Slow and steady often wins, but the express' perceived advantage...
PAL OF FBI 'ROGUE' SET TO SUE CITY
As accused rogue FBI Agent Lindley DeVecchio prepares for his trial next month, a former co-defendant, who recently had murder charges against him dropped, is also getting ready for court...
OH, BABY: N.Y. OB/GYN CRISIS
It was one of the saddest decisions of his life. Tamer Seckin, who had spent 20 years working as an obstetrician-gynecologist in Brooklyn, was faced with the prospect of a...
REGIME TOOK MY COUNTRY AWAY FROM ME
They ask me where I am from, and when I say, "Iran," the words that immediately pop out of their mouths are, "Ah-maa-di-ni-ne-ja-jaa-d! Your president?" I correct them and say...
HAMPTONS INVADERS' EARLY SQUAT
While most Hamptons squatters set up shop in their plush but illicit digs in the winter months, the first few uninvited house guests of the season have already made their...
MIKE HONORS PA. 9/11 VICTIMS
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. - Mayor Bloomberg toured the Flight 93 memorial site yesterday and presented officials with an American flag that had flown over Ground Zero. The flag was then raised...
'EVIL' TRIUMPHS AT BOX OFFICE
A zombie flick took no prisoners at the box office over the weekend. "Resident Evil: Extinction" - the third movie in the horror-sci-fi series - wiped out the competition with...
SECRET PEN POLS
They're on opposite sides now, but Bill Clinton and Rudy Giuliani were bosom buddies during their days as president and mayor. Giuliani, the Republican front-runner for president, recently blasted Clinton...
BUSH SAYS DEMS WILL HAVE HILL OF A NOMINEE
WASHINGTON - President Bush has joined a growing list of top Republicans predicting that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will defeat Barack Obama and other Democrats to win her party's nominee...
'SHE CAME AFTER HIM. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT'
Tennis legend Chris Evert relentlessly pursued Hall of Fame golfer Greg Norman as if he were a Grand Slam title, and broke up his 27-year marriage in a sneaky off-the-court...
MOVE ON TO PAY UP
WASHINGTON - MoveOn.org yesterday said it would pony up the full price it should have paid The New York Times for a full-page ad slamming Gen. David Petraeus, a day...
'TRAY' CHIC
A trendy new lounge that specializes in serving airline food? Cool your jets and easy on the snickering. This isn't your ordinary airline food. Delta will open Sky360 at the...
'JEWTUBE' BID BITES THE DUST
Oy vey! Google has blocked a bid to trademark the name "JewTube" because it sounds too similar to the Web giant's video-sharing site, YouTube. New York City-based NetParty, which organizes...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Two pimps were arrested after an undercover cop paid them for sex with a prostitute in a Chinatown building, authorities said yesterday. The undercover walked inside a reputed sex...
PROBE DEFANGED
ALBANY County District Attorney David Soares allowed Gov. Spitzer's top aides to "review and edit" sections of his controversial report on the dirty-tricks scandal, administration sources say. "There was cooperation...
LAWYER THE ONLY VOICE FOR BRITNEY'S BOYS
GLORIA ALLRED was out of breath, running between TV appearances when she took my call. "I'm a mother and a grandmother! I used to be a teacher," the La La...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 917; Lucky Sum: 17 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 4162; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 562; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Win- 4 Sat.:...
THE PRICE OF 'FREE' CARE
There's no such thing as a free checkup, but you'd never know it from the health-care debate emerg ing in the presidential race. Amid much fanfare, Sen. Hillary Clinton last...
RATHER PATHETIC
Nearly three years after he retired under fire as anchor of the "CBS Eve ning News," Dan Rather is back - suing his former employers for $70 million for allegedly...
THE MARINE/IRAQ MISMATCH
HERE at "the crossroads of the Marine Corps," some offi cers are uneasily pondering a paradox: No service was better prepared than the Marines for the challenges of post-invasion Iraq,...
SINK THIS SCHIP
THE State Children's Health Insurance Program is set to expire on Sept. 30. Un fortunately, neither side in Washington seems to have considered letting this SCHIP die. Under SCHIP, the...
FRED LOVES FEDERALISM
IN 1995, the U.S. Su preme Court over turned a federal law that banned gun possession near schools. For the first time since the New Deal, the court ruled that...
SCHOOL GAINS
THE City Council's an nouncement Wednes day that it has formed a "working group" to look at mayoral control of the schools suggests that the council may be getting ready...
THE MAESTRO'S MENDACITY
AFTER four decades of Alan Greenspan's nimble maneuvers, it seemed no accident that his long-awaited memoir's publication ("The Age of Turbulence") coincided with global financial turmoil. Instead of examining his...
PEDAL MUDDLE
The Post's lively column about pedicabs unfairly misinterprets both the spirit of, and the reason for, the pedicab legislation ("Killing Off Pedicabs," Sept. 18). Even something that is potentially positive...
'AHMAD' THUG DESERVES ZERO RESPECT IN NYC
If Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to insist on visiting Ground Zero after being denied access by the NYPD for obvious reasons, his security detail should be withdrawn before wishing...
'HALO' STORMS IN
Bill Gates is calling in a ringer to fortify his assault on Sony's dominance in the video-game space: an armored green gunslinger named Master Chief. The main character of Microsoft's...
FAR EAST BENT TO ART-SPENDING SPREE
Newly minted billionaires from Russia and Asia are taking front-row seats at the art auctions - snapping up paintings at four times their estimates. Christie's and Sotheby's say the new...
STARBUCKS, APPLE ARE IN 'TUNE'
Coming soon to a Starbucks near you: a free music download to go with that jolt of espresso. The coffee giant is teaming with Apple Inc. to give away 50...
THE NASTIE TOUCH
With the arrival of the third edition of Portfolio upon us, Media City thought it would be a good idea to check in to see whether the mag has worked...
CHILL FACTOR
Top music downloads 1. Beautiful Girls, Sean Kingston 2. Bartender, T-pain 3. Big Girls Don't Cry, Fergie 4. Make Me Better, Fabolous 5. Shawty, PLIES 6. Big Things Poppin', T.I....
MTA PROPOSES 25-CENT FARE HIKE
Call it the adjustable rate MetroCard. The MTA may cushion the blow of proposed fare hikes by offering huge discounts to straphangers who sleep in and skip rush hour, officials...
'CASTERS: IGNORE OUR IGNORANCE
STICK with me on this: The worst thing TV sportscasters often do is closely related to, but the direct opposite of, the best thing that they can but rarely do....
NO STOPPIN' BIG TRUCK
Sent off at 1-5, Big Truck was able to run down Spanky Fischbein in deep stretch and win the $104,300 Bertram F. Bongard for New York-bred two-year-olds by two lengths....
SPORTS SHORTS
AUTOS: Edwards wins at DoverCarl Edwards' lead late in yesterday's race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway helped him avoid a massive wreck with 14 laps left that took out Chase...
HONDO A POD PICKER
You can always count on Rex. Hondo sat tall in the saddle last night with the Cowboys, who blew past the Bears in the Windy City to increase the earnings...
GIANT D-LIGHT
LANDOVER, Md. - All they had built to get here - the retribution for what had been a downtrodden defense, the personal turn-around for Plaxico Burress, the comeback engineered by...
NO POINTS FOR SKINS (OR CRITICS)
LANDOVER, Md. - Things had gotten so bad, the criticism so constant, that Giant nose tackle Barry Cofield avoided showing his face in public last week. "I wasn't going out...
PLAXICO'S GLASS IS HALF-FULL
LANDOVER, Md. - As he sat on his stool at halftime, Plaxico Burress last night knew he was not getting the job done. Burress in the first half had dropped...
BIG BLUE GOES FOURTH & PROSPERS
LANDOVER, Md. - Heading into yesterday's game with the Redskins, the Giants not only were 0-2, but they had been outscored 35-16 in the fourth quarter of the two losses....
CHAD'S RETURN IGNITES FISH FRY
Chad Pennington took one deceptive step back in the pocket as if he was going to pass and then made a mad scramble toward the goal line late in yesterday's...
PENNINGTON SHOULD MAKE FANS CHEERY
THE imperfect quarterback of the imperfect team plays for an imperfect fan base that will never stop longing for the second coming of Broadway Joe Namath. These Jets, 31-28 survivors...
WAYNE'S WORLD: CHREBET HONORED, 'OVERWHELMED'
Concussions chased Wayne Chrebet out of the NFL, robbed one of the most popular Jets ever of a chance to say goodbye to the fans who loved him. Until now....
JONES TAKES FORWARD STEPS
Thomas Jones felt it, sensed that he and the Jets' offensive line were wearing down Miami's defense. And after one humbling drive - where he ran over and hurt Michael...
ELLIS, DANIELS NEARLY BRAWL AFTER GAME
A shouting match between Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis and Dolphins safety Travis Daniels nearly escalated into a brawl inside the Giants Stadium tunnel as the two teams exited the...
SPECIAL TEAMS BACK ON TRACK
Through the first two games of the season, the Jets' special teams, usually a strength, were struggling. Justin Miller, their Pro Bowl kickoff returner, was shelved for the season with...
ESCAPE TO NEW YORK
MIAMI - After the Mets flushed the lead in the ninth inning again yesterday, onrushing devastation and despair didn't follow. Recently, they've blown a lot of games late. But when...
SURPRISE, SURPRISE: IT WASN'T PRETTY, BUT METS WILL TAKE IT
MIAMI - The Mets will return home battered, bruised, bleeding, and unbowed, although you wonder if the people who will fill Shea Stadium across the next seven days and nights...
HUMBER EARNS START
MIAMI - In what's unquestionably a surprising move, Philip Humber will take the mound for the Mets on Wednesday against the Nationals for his first major league start. Humber, the...
YANKS' CREDO: JOBA SAVES
The new definition of The Joba Rules should go something like this: When in trouble, just use Joba Chamberlain. The Yankees are getting closer to that point. Yesterday Joe Torre...
MUSSINA: THE 'RULES' HAVE GOT TO GO
THE Joba Rules morphed closer toward the Joba Suggestions yesterday. However, if they do not evolve further for the playoffs to allow the righty to work whenever needed, they just...
MOLINA CATCHING ON
The biggest element of the Yankees' midseason makeover was on display yesterday with Joba Chamberlain picking up his first save. But another piece that they changed in the middle of...
BERNIE MULLING RETURN IN 2008
Bernie Williams insists that he's no longer upset the Yankees didn't bring him back, but still hasn't completely ruled out a comeback - even though his old team really hasn't...
SUMMER OF '77
Remember the sizzling, scintillating summer of 1977 when Billy Martin's Yankees stormed past the Red Sox and went on to capture their first World Championship in 15 years by beating...
ANDY MOVED UP, ROGER BACK
The wait for Roger Clemens continues, with the Yankees hoping he'll be ready by tomorrow. Joe Torre yesterday juggled the rotation yet again to give the Rocket's gimpy right hamstring...
YANKS 'WIZ' KIDS
The Yankees' rookies weren't off to see The Wizard yesterday, even if it appeared that way as they donned costumes to depart for their final regular-season road trip. As has...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Paul and Teri Fields of Michigan City, Ind., are such big Chicago Cubs fans, they named their newborn "Wrigley." Yes, the little boy born on Sept. 12 will be known...