November 15, 2007
Ricky messing up the joint
Ricky Williams has been reinstated by the Dolphins, though he isn't eligible to play until Nov. 26 vs. the Steelers. This is bad news for Jesse Chatman owners. It is...
Scene
Jessica Freeborn wears a white jersey dress from Little Bobby's winterized with a Banana Republic turtleneck, Aldo boots, a Hugo Boss bag and a necklace from Hawaii."I'm usually pretty sporty...
pressing on
Dreary afternoon out here at rain-soaked Weeb Ewbank Hall, where the Jets are moving on despite their miserable 1-8 record. Seven more games to go before Jets fans can truly...
From Commerce St to E Commerce
Tucked away at 19 Commerce Street in the West Village is one of my favorite boutiques in the city, Mick Margo. It's right off 7th Ave South, but you might...
Photos From Mario Galaxy NYC Event
I'm sure that Mario Galaxy, its meta-review score trumping everything else out so far this year with a 97% average, is already in your hands, but here are a few...
Oscar Watch: Scratch 'Beowulf'
I don't drop the O word in my lengthy three-star review of "Beowulf'' in today's Post. You can forget it being nominated in the Best Animated Feature race; even if...
'Tin Man' Yellow-Brick Carpet
The Post followed the yellow brick road last night to the "brick" carpet screening of SCI FI Channel’s wild reimagination of the classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, called Tin...
Deal of the Day
Animal prints take on a whole new meaning with this Four-legged Minidress from Anthropologie.The pullover crepe dress has cute and simple horse and antelopes galloping all over it and is...
Starr Report
Barker Drew Carey, who replaced Bob Barker on "The Price is Right," was asked by Entertainment Weekly to comment on Barker, who was named one of the "50 Greatest TV...
Sample Sales!
It's nasty out today (we heard it's gonna sleet!), but if you're going to brave the weather anyway, you might as well check out these sales that start today:DSQUARED2, MAISON...
GRAND CANYON - MOUNTAIN LYING DOWN
This awe-inspiring natural wonder was created over thousands of years by the rushing waters of the Colorado River. ANYONE who has ever doubted the power of water need look no...
BRING SEXY BACK!
SEXY is nasty, dirty, rough. Sexy is not . . . Matt Damon. You need a guy to ask questions about rushing Sigma Nu? No prob. Damon's your man. Got...
SMILES FOR IN-YOUR-FACE COMPLEXIONS
COMPLEXIONS is a dance company that is something else - and it always has been. Founded 14 years ago by former Alvin Ailey stars Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, it...
HAUTE LIST
HELLO again, Kitty: Everyone's favorite feline turns 33 this month, celebrating the milestone with everything from partnerships with handbag designers to her very own Barbie. We covet the cat. You...
RUSHIN' CLASSIC
HAVING grown up devouring Classics Illustrated comic books, I was predisposed to appreciate "Crime and Punishment," which Chicago's Writers' Theatre has dis tilled into a 90-minute, three-performer play. What I...
MUSIC MINUS A MIKE
BROADWAY'S been pretty much unplugged all week (a stagehands strike will do that) but "Broadway Unplugged" is something else - a concert of show tunes done the Ethel Merman way:...
STARR REPORT
Carey on . . . Barker Drew Carey, who replaced Bob Barker on "The Price is Right," was asked by Enter tainment Weekly to comment on Barker, who was named...
BOWIE 'SPONGE' MAKES SPLASH
MONDAY night's "Sponge Bob SquarePants" drew the biggest audience ever in the show's eight-year history - nearly nine million viewers. "SpongeBob Atlantis SquarePants" - which starred the voice of David...
MCWEDDING
TO paraphrase Mel Brooks, it's good to be the queen of a top-rated prime-time show - especially if you're getting married. And it doesn't hurt to have extremely good connections,...
'SUPERMANNY' IS ON HIS WAY
ABC is cloning its childcare reality hit "Supernanny" with a man, baby! The network has ordered a pilot called "Supermanny" from the same U.K. production company that created the original...
ELLEN SNUBS NYC
BAWLING talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres has abruptly canceled plans to do two shows next week from New York - for fear of angering the striking writers union. DeGeneres was scheduled...
SARA'S LAST DAY
AS if "CSI" wasn't de pressing enough, to night's episode is devoted entirely to the disillusionment of Sara Sidle. It's the long-awaited episode in which sourpuss Sara (Jorja Fox) makes...
GRACE OUT OF DANGER, BABIES IMPROVE
FIREBRAND cable-news host Nancy Grace was much improved yesterday, but still in an Atlanta hospital following an emergency breathing failure over the weekend, her husband, David Linch, said yesterday. "She...
BEOWATCH
CONSUMER alert: Angelina Jolie's role as a demon is nearly as brief as her costume in Robert Zemeckis' highly entertaining - but far from classic - digitally enhanced version of...
ANOTHER DIMENSION
This review is based on the large-format 3-D version of "Beowulf'' showing at the Lincoln Square IMAX, where the regular admission charge is $16. It's also being shown in a...
SO IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
Usually you don't wait for opportunities to come to you, you get out into the world and find them for yourself, but with Mars turning retrograde on your birthday you...
ALBANY DA TO GO BOBBING FOR APPLE$
David Soares, Albany's high-profile district attorney, is coming to Manhattan in a couple of weeks to raise money for what could be a tough re-election next year. Soares, a Democrat,...
SAD WEIGH TO GO
A morbidly obese woman was found dead in her Staten Island apartment - sprawled in front of her open refrigerator - with the body of her overweight son in the...
STRUCK-OUT CASTS STAGE TELE-'PLAYS'
The casts of "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" are mounting stage versions of their shows, which have been knocked off the air by a writers strike, The Post has...
'NYPD' GHOUL HAWKS TRAGIC CASE FILE ON EBAY
A person claiming to be a retired NYPD detective tried to make a buck by holding an eBay auction for the police file of a 1993 shooting that left a...
KNICK LOVES TO BE A CARTON CHARACTER
The Knicks' No. 1 basket case was laughing all the way to Los Angeles yesterday. After seeing The Post's front page - on which he was depicted on a milk...
GOV FINALLY REACTS TO DEM HEAT
ALBANY - A politically tone-deaf Gov. Spitzer had no choice but to abandon his controversial driver's licenses-for-illegals plan because he was the only New York Democrat - not to mention...
HILL'S 'STAND?' WELL, TODAY IS THURSDAY . . .
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who aides recently said supported Gov. Spitzer's controversial plan to grant driver's licenses to illegal aliens, yesterday hit reverse and for the first time came out...
U-TURN ON IDS AND TAXES
Embattled Gov. Spitzer yesterday beat a double-barreled retreat, throwing in the towel on his unpopular plan to give licenses to illegal aliens and unexpectedly nixing an Internet sales-tax scheme that...
TOLL$ FOR THEE
Millions of drivers who commute into the city from New Jersey would have to shell out an extra $2, and E-ZPass users can say goodbye to rush-hour discounts under a...
MIKE: ODDS AGAINST OTB
Mayor Bloomberg today will warn that the city's Off-Track-Betting Corp. could go bust and cease operations by June if Albany doesn't intercede, The Post has learned. Bloomberg intends to make...
A FAMILY ACT
Actor Michael McGrath's Broadway comedy had just started previews when the stagehands' strike began - and now he's taking bows in his family's New Jersey kitchen. McGrath, 50, who was...
DISNEY IN ROLE OF HERO
Broadway's striking stagehands agreed to head back to the bargaining table yesterday after getting the squeeze from one of their biggest employers - Disney. The entertainment giant is dispatching its...
FAMILY OF STEIN-SLAY SUSPECT GOES WILD
The personal assistant to bludgeoned celebrity broker Linda Stein was indicted on murder charges yesterday - and the suspect's relatives went berserk in a Manhattan courtroom upon hearing the news....
NYPD GAS POWER
The Bloomberg administration will introduce a bill in the City Council today that would allow the NYPD to regulate the high-tech chemical, biological and radiological detectors installed in New York...
VERRAZANO SUICIDE LEAP
A Staten Island man parked his car on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge yesterday, then jumped to his death, police sources said. George Siozos, 27, stopped his red Cadillac on the upper-level...
CATFIGHT WITH 'SEX & CITY'
She's sexy and calls her business "Health and the City," but a martial- arts trainer who works to turn stressed-out New Yorkers into urban warri ors is ready to take...
DA POKER PLAY
A top Manhattan prosecutor yesterday defended a decision that - for now - has let a suspect in the poker-game slaying of a New Jersey dad walk free. Chief Assistant...
EERIE BAND NAME FOR 'BRUSH' COP
A Brooklyn sergeant involved in the fatal shooting of a distraught teen brandishing a hairbrush plays in a punk band called EDP - police parlance for an emotionally disturbed person....
RINGS HIS BELL
The stunning Siberian-born stripper who sold widely circulated pictures of boxer Oscar de la Hoya strutting his stuff in drag will file a $100 million lawsuit today against the "Golden...
CHAMBERS GETS RAPPED AGAIN TODAY
"Preppy Killer" Robert Chambers returns to court today to learn he's been indicted on additional charges of having violently resisted cops during last month's coke-sale arrest at his apartment. The...
BRANCATO 'KNEW OF SLAY GUN'
Suspected cop-killer Steven Armento told investigators that his alleged accomplice, "Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato, knew he had a gun and had doctored bullets with mercury to make them more deadly,...
'FAKE LABEL' RING COLLARED
Talk about designer duds. Six people were nabbed yesterday for importing nearly $20 million in counterfeit threads from China, federal authorities said. The suspects allegedly hawked clothing with fake labels...
BELL COP GAVE OK - SCORES
Attorneys for stripper shack Scores West argued yesterday that it should keep its liquor license because it got the all-clear from vice investigator Michael Oliver - the detective at the...
GIRL ESCAPES KIDNAPPER
A plucky little girl fought off a would-be kidnapper on a Brooklyn street yesterday before scrambling to safety at a nearby Salvation Army center, sources said. The 9-year-old had just...
'KILLER' BOUNCER: 'YOU HAVE TO BE A MONSTER'
The bar bouncer who allegedly went on a deadly shooting rampage outside a Chelsea bar last year - and who's going on trial today for three Brooklyn murders - was...
JOGGER RIPS INTO WINFREY
The Central Park Jogger is angry with Oprah. Trisha Meili, who in 1989 was brutally assaulted in one of the city's most infamous crimes, said she was blindsided in her...
MCCAIN GETTING 'BITCH'-SLAPPED
WASHINGTON - Republicans and Democrats slammed John McCain yesterday for not slamming a South Carolina supporter who called Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton a "bitch" to his face. "I think it's...
IN GOD, TV, TURKEY AND CARS WE TRUST
You eat turkey for Thanksgiving, don't floss when you're finished and have more TVs in your home than there are people to watch them. You probably believe in God, and...
IT'LL BE TRY, TRY AGAIN IN OJ 'ROB'
LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas judge ran the table on OJ Simpson yesterday, ordering the football-superstar-turned-pariah to stand trial on kidnapping and armed-robbery charges that could send him to...
CHINA TOYCOTT
Santa will be lugging a lighter load this Christmas - thanks to parents boycotting toys that were made in China. Recent recalls of flawed and lead-tainted toys have soured consumers'...
FEDS' JIHAD JANE SHAME
VIENNA, Va. - The FBI and CIA have launched internal reviews to figure out how an illegal Lebanese immigrant managed to get jobs with the two agencies and obtain counterterrorism...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN A cabby was arrested for pummeling a city bus driver in a road-rage attack in Sunset Park, authorities said yesterday. Cabby Hamidullah Mucahit, 45, was allegedly driving erratically at...
PLEASE, VEGAS, DON'T BLOW CHANCE TO BURY BEAST
THE earth has spun off its axis. Pigs have flown. And mon keys have taken off from dark and personal places where the sun don't shine. Yesterday, unrepentant double-murderer OJ...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK- Midday Nos. Wed.: 963; Lucky Sum: 18 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 0629; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 194; Lucky Sum: 14; Evening Win-4 Wed.: 9321; Lucky...
ELIOT HEARS A WHO
Gov. Spitzer may finally be developing a political ear. If so, it could spell good news for a politically beleaguered New York. Just hours after withdrawing his spectacularly unpopular proposal...
HILLARY IN THE HEADLIGHTS
Hillary Clinton certainly knows how to read the polls - especially ones showing overwhelming public oppo sition to Gov. Spitzer's now-aborted plan to let illegal aliens get driver's licenses. No...
ELIOT'S ARROGANCE
THE best you can say about Gov. Spitzer's now- scrapped plan to give driv er's licenses to illegal aliens is that it emerged out of a (profoundly confused) idea that...
DON'T 'SAVE' MIDTOWN'S MONSTER
THE people at Community Board 5 want to land mark the Hotel Pennsyl vania. They're joking, right? If only. The hulk on Seventh Avenue at 31st Street isn't architecturally distinguished...
IOWA & BEYOND:
BOTH 2008 front-runners are suddenly in danger in the Iowa caucus, the first electoral test of the presidential races. Coming on Jan. 3 - only four weeks before the huge...
THE APPEAL OF THE NO. 2S
AMERICANS say they are weary of political polarization and pugnacity. If so, the cur rent situation in presidential politics is unstable: The leading Democratic and Republican candidates, Hillary Clinton and...
PARTY POLITICS ASIDE: LIEBERMAN FOR PREZ?
Demonizing the president and always being against anything that he favors is not in the best interest of the country ("Terror Tantrum," Joe Lieberman, PostOpinion, Nov. 12). Too many of...
SPEAKING OUT AGAINST ILLEGALS
In stating, "This is the single biggest voting issue for relatively few voters," Linda Chavez's "GOP Illegal Idiocy" (PostOpinion, Nov. 10) ignores the forest and counts trees. Can't she count?...
THAIN'S THE MAN
Merrill Lynch tapped New York Stock Exchange chief John Thain yesterday to take over for ousted CEO Stan O'Neal amid mounting losses that have left Wall Street's biggest brokerage firm...
NIEDERAUER TO HEAD BIG BOARD
NYSE Euronext yesterday picked Duncan Niederauer as its new chief executive in the wake of John Thain's surprise departure for Merrill Lynch. Despite having formally joined NYSE Euronext as co-president...
INSULTED JUDGE'S REVENGE
A ticked off federal judge in Cleveland could complicate the subprime mortgage mess. In a recent ruling, Judge Christopher Boyko tossed out a bunch of real estate foreclosure claims made...
BIG STAKE IN AMD FOR FUND
A New York hedge fund with a reputation for savvy technology investments is making a big bet on the shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices. Galleon Group, a $7 billion...
FCC MAY PLAY HUGE PART IN IMUS' TV FUTURE
If RFD-TV, the start-up cable network focused on life in rural America, manages to get carried on systems like Comcast or Time Warner Cable, it more likely will have Federal...
A CLEAN SWEEP
Two more beleaguered banks - Bear Stearns and HSBC - took bold steps yesterday to sweep out additional billions in junk securities soiling their books, and got investor applause for...
THIRD DIMEN$ION
Hollywood studios are producing a growing number of film projects in 3D in a bid to lure movie fans off the couch and back to the big screen. The public's...
ANDY'S BLACK PERIOD
Conrad Black's 15 minutes of fame aren't up yet. A portrait of the dethroned press baron painted by Andy Warhol fetched a higher-than-anticipated $240,000 at an auction at Christie's yesterday....
SCHUMER: THOUSANDS MAY LOSE HOMES
New York City is sliding deeper into the black hole of the housing recession, with the number of foreclosures surging as much as 69 percent this fall in some neighborhoods....
SPY BOOKS WIN AWARDS
Two books about espionage - one fiction, one-non-fiction - took top prizes at the National Book Awards last night. "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA," by Tim Weiner,...
GREY GROUP'S NEW PLAYPEN
In one of the year's biggest office leasing coups, the owners of 200 Fifth Ave. have lured advertising giant Grey Group from Midtown to the vacant former International Toy Center...
PREPPY KILLER'S DEFENSE: DRUGS MADE ME DO IT
The drugs made me do it. It's an interesting defense -- especially in a drug sale case -- but Preppy Killer Robert Chambers plans to give it a whirl, his...
VIDEO SHOWS DEATH AT CANADIAN AIRPORT
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Video released this week by Canadian authorities of the last moments of a Polish immigrant's life show police using a Taser on him shortly after they...
LOHAN DOES TIME
Lindsay Lohan reported to LA County Jail this morning at 10:30 a.m. and stayed for one hour.
SMALLER THAN YOU HEARD
Leonardo DiCaprio has a case of shrinkage - real-estate shrinkage, at any rate. Since it was first reported in 2005 that the actor was buying in the now nearly completed...
HOUSES OF THE WEEK
Midtown East $1.695 millionBedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,350 Common charges: $1,175This "spacious" condo on East 49th Street makes the most of its size, with the two bedrooms on...
GOING, GOING, GONE
As everyone in Miami asks, "What's it worth?," real-estate auctions are making a big comeback. After all, what better way to gauge fair-market value than selling through a public forum...
SUNSHINE SPECIALS
MIAMI'S once-sizzling realestate market has certainly cooled off, but perhaps not by as much as redicted. In a city oozing with the vested interests of owners, renters, potential buyers, investors,...
BIG BEACH BARGAINS
Seven months ago, Josh Woodward, a restaurateur who owns South Beach's Table 8, signed what he thought would be his last short-term lease. Tired of renting, he was ready for...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan LOWER EAST SIDE $850,000 550 Grand St. Three-bedroom, 1 1/2-bath co-op, 1,250 square feet, with parquet floors, eat-in kitchen, windowed bath, six closets, balcony and N/E/W exposures; Hillman building...
TROPIC ZONE
For some time now, Costa Rica has been the go-to place for adventurous, eco-minded vacationers. So it's no surprise that the country has spurred the interest of the same kind...
DREAM HOMES
Upper East Side $6.475 million It's not quite Gracie Mansion, but it sure is close (geographically, anyway). This "fabulous" prewar co-op at Gracie Square, overlooking nearby Carl Schurz Park, is...
FRESH START FOR STORM
The present of the St. John's basketball team spotted the future on the biggest big play of the Red Storm's 72-64 win over St. Francis of Broolyn last night at...
GRIDIRON GRAPPLERS NEED FINISHING MOVE
WELCOME to this week's edition of the Fantasy Tracker Wrestling Federation, with your host, Jim Ross, along with the The King, Jerry Lawler. ROSS: Jerry, Adrian Peterson took a slobberknocker...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: Wedge, Melvin honored Cleveland's Eric Wedge and Arizona's Bob Melvin were honored yesterday as managers of the year. Wedge (116 points) finished ahead of the Angels' Mike Scioscia (62)...
BC BOUNCEBACK
THREE weeks ago today, they were just another one of those Boston teams on their way to a title. The Red Sox were busy polishing off the Rockies in the...
CALHOUN, CALIPARI ON COLLISION COURSE
The 2K Sports College Hoops Classic semis tip off tonight (7:00, ESPN2) with Connecticut trying to prove it's back among the nation's elite, and the first step is surviving giant-killer...
RED-HOT RANGERS ICE DEVS
A shutout, a shootout and a shutdown. It's three straight for the Rangers over the Devils this season, six points to one, and the difference in the standings is those...
ELI ON THE CLOCK
Shaun O'Hara knows all about the problems the Giants offense had a week ago, from the three delay of game penalties in the second half as they were trying to...
LIONS RUNNING IN REVERSE
The Lions rushed just eight times in last week's loss to the Cardinals and managed to lose 18 yards. So, does that leave the Giants' defensive corps salivating? Not exactly....
JETS PLAN BIG PARTY FOR NO. 28
One of the many strengths Curtis Martin triumphantly carried with him en route to his certain induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be greatly tested Sunday at...
TIMEOUT REVS UP CLEMENS
Kellen Clemens, who'll make his third career start Sunday when the Jets play the Steelers at Giants Stadium, said he got away from football during the bye week. "I didn't...
KNICKS TAKE A STEPH BACK
LOS ANGELES - He's back. But not as a starter. Stephon Marbury has done more to build up his frequent-flier miles than his scoring average. He hopped on a flight...
ISIAH & STARBURY: A MARRIAGE MADE WITH MISERY
When you look at the words now, you aren't sure whether to shake with laughter or to shudder with melancholy. Were we that delusional? Were they? Are we so desperate...
CHALK UP ANOTHER 'L'
LOS ANGELES - The Knicks got Stephon Marbury back from exodus, Zach Randolph back from bereavement leave and Quentin Richardson back from injury. But they did not get back their...
METS GM WAITS FOR TORREALBA
The Mets might know as soon as today whether Yorvit Torrealba will be their new catcher. According to a report last night, Torrealba was weighing an offer from the Mets...
STRUGGLIN' KRSTIC ENDS UP ON BENCH
BOSTON - Nenad Krstic was tired. And coach Lawrence Frank was tired of needing more frontcourt production. So Krstic, who is returning from major knee surgery, sat the entire second...
OFFENSIVE!
BOSTON - For much of the night, there was little to complain about regarding the Nets' defense. They were on the road against the Celtics; the league's premier shooting team,...
JAGR FINDS GROOVE
THE Rangers haven't won a season series from the Devils since 1996-97, and the Rangers haven't finished ahead of the Devils in the Atlantic Division since 1995-96. Even if the...
A-ROD PLEA: TAKE ME BACK PLEASE
If Alex Rodriguez is serious about returning to the Yankees - and it sure sounds that way - the Best Player On The Planet could be back in The Bronx...
LOWELL IS STILL ON THE RADAR
With Alex Rodriguez all but set for re-entry into the Yankees' universe, it doesn't mean the Yankees have lost interest in free agent Mike Lowell. A Yankees official confirmed yesterday...
RODRIGUEZ HEARD VOICES OF FANS
YOU the fans stood up here. Understand that. Believe that. You were heard here. Understand that. Believe that. You weren't alone. There were other serendipitous circumstances. But that's OK. That's...
METS GRAB CATCHER
The Mets have their new catcher. According to a source close to the situation, Yorvit Torrealba has agreed to a contract with the club worth $14.4 million over three years....
IN HIS OWN WORDS
Barry Bonds always has denied using steroids, and he and his attorneys basically challenged a federal grand jury to find evidence to charge him. Well, they did that last night,...
A-ROD, YANKS OK OUTLINE OF $275M DEAL
One day after Alex Rodriguez met with the Steinbrenner family in Tampa, the superstar third baseman and the Yankees agreed today on the parameters of a 10-year deal worth $275...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
It can't be too reassuring to visit your lawyer and see a jail cell in his office. But that's what Mike Wood's clients are faced with, because his office was...
Isiah indicates dislike in Stephon
By MARC BERMANLOS ANGELES - The Knicks stayed overnight in L.A. following their Clippers' loss and you can bet on it that Stephon Marbury and Isiah Thomas weren't hitting the...
Anatomy Of A Zombie: Dead Island
I can't tell yet if this game will be my undead dream in the same way Dead Rising was, but they certainly have put a ton of work behind the...