July 19, 2009
'ANGELA'S ASHES' AUTHOR FRANK MCCOURT DIES
Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of "Angela's Ashes," the Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of woe about his impoverished Irish...
Nieve leaves with leg injury
(UPDATED: 9:50 P.M.) ATLANTA -- The Mets probably can't ignore Jonathon Niese now after tonight's starter, Fernando Nieve, suffered what the club said was a strained right quadriceps in the...
RESCUED BRITISH TEEN: I WAS 'IDIOT'
A British teenager who was found dehydrated and freezing after 12 wintry days lost in Australia's wilderness said he wrote farewell notes to his family and expected to die of...
SHOCK: PAULA ABDUL UNHAPPY
IS Paula Abdul serious? Over the weekend, the sometimes unpredictable "American Idol" judge's manager said that it was becoming increasingly unlikely that she would return to the show. "Very sadly,...
HALLADAY, BLUE JAYS BEAT RED SOX
If this was Roy Halladay's final start for the Blue Jays, he made it a good one. Halladay pitched a six-hitter to win for the first time since June 7...
MAN ON PORCH CHARGED AFTER 6 SLAIN IN TENN., ALA.
Six people believed to be from one family were slain in a two-state spree and authorities charged a man who was sitting on the porch when authorities arrived at one...
Pitching set for Nationals series
ATLANTA -- Here are the pitching matchups for the Mets' three-game series with the Nationals that starts Monday night in Washington:Monday -- RHP Livan Hernandez (5-5, 5.10) vs. RHP J.D....
Game 91: Mets at Braves
(UPDATED: 4:30 P.M.) ATLANTA -- Fresh off Saturday's much-needed win, the Mets are hoping Fernando Nieve can get back on track here tonight when he takes on the Braves in...
Dodgers mulling Halladay
Last year the Dodgers had to make a big move at the trade deadline, this year it would be a bonus.And if they end up going after Roy Halladay then...
Box Office: Potter Record Is Still Way Behind TDK, Transformers
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' set a domestic opening record for the franchise, selling $159.6 million worth of tickets over five days. That's a mighty impressive number, to be...
Bisons sweep doubleheader with three runs
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MISSING GI IS TALI PRISONER
The Pentagon has identified the American soldier who went missing June 30 from his base in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed to have been captured. The Defense Department said...
Sunday Dinner in today's Post
My favorite photo from the shoot I styled at Allen & Delancey with photographer Elizabeth Lippman -- from today's Sunday paper.
SANFORD: GOD WILL MAKE ME BETTER
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still clinging to office after admitting to an extramarital affair, wrote in an opinion piece released Sunday that God will change him so he can...
Coverage in The Post
ATLANTA -- Thanks to Johan Santana and an offense that finally scored some runs (late, even!), the Mets stopped the bleeding here Saturday with a badly needed 5-1 win over...
DON'T MISS
British Invasion BBC America is now in HD, kicking off with the premiere of "Torchwood: Children of Earth." Told over five consecutive nights, the mini-series starts with creepily possessed children...
I'M THE DECIDER
Call it the Susan Boyle effect. NBC show "America's Got Talent" is now No. 1 in the ratings, thanks to more than 11 million people tuning-in each week hoping to...
HE LEFT HIS ART IN CENTRAL PARK
Legendary singer Tony Bennett indulges one of his other passions -- painting -- yesterday at Central Park's famous Bethesda Fountain. The 82-year-old showman, whose work hangs in the Smithsonian, was...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
Winners MARK CUBAN Judge grants billionaire's request to toss SEC insider-trading civil lawsuit. PAUL OTELLINI CEO of tech bellweather Intel posts solid results, outlook. JAMIE DIMON JPMorgan Chase boss helps...
ANCHOR'S WAY TO A JOYOUS LIFE
The world knew him as "the most trusted man in America," but to his closest friends, Walter Cronkite was a humble prankster who loved to sail and sip bourbon. A...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens * A spurned lover was arrested for sneaking into his ex's Ozone Park home and attacking her, cops said. Deosaran Ajodhia, 37, slipped into the home of the woman...
2 DEAD IN DRIVE-BY SHOOTING
A pair of thugs riding motorcycles shot and killed two men at a Brooklyn block party last night in a horrific drive-by slaying, cops and witnesses said. The gunmen opened...
EX-BLOOMY AIDE GETS $CAMMED
Mayor Bloomberg's former campaign adviser on Hispanic affairs and an advocate for cabby rights claims he was taken for a ride in a Harlem real-estate scam that wiped out his...
300 NAZIS STILL GO FREE IN AMERICA
Three-hundred Nazis are living in plain sight in the United States, according to the world's preeminent Nazi-hunting organization. Although the case against John Demjanjuk, the former Ohio auto worker formally...
GEEZER'S FUN TIMES END AT 113
The world's oldest man -- who once attributed his long life to "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women" -- died peacefully in his sleep yesterday at age 113. Henry Allingham,...
REALITY BITES INTO PRESIDENT'S PIPE DREAMS
Despite President Obama's lofty and appeasing rhetoric, his health-care plan is crashing against the rocks of reality, with support collapsing among an increasingly wary public and even among Democrats on...
BALI LINK IN NEW INDO TERROR
The suicide bombings that killed nine and injured 55 at two Indonesian hotels Friday may be connected to the man behind the bombings that killed 202 people in Bali seven...
FIRST AND INCHES
The New York Giants are cutting the price on many of the remaining unsold tickets in their new Meadowlands stadium by about 37 percent in hopes of re-igniting interest. The...
FROM RUSSIA WITH $$
They're Russian to the altar. A slew of Russian immigrants are entering sham marriages in the States to obtain green cards -- and they're doing it in plain sight. I...
GOV'T SPENDING SHATTERS POSTWAR RECORDS
Congress is burning through the nation's community chest, spending trillions in tax dollars as if it were Monopoly money. The legislators are on pace to burn through a record $4...
CIT'S DOWNFALL STARTED WITH AMBITION
Jeff Peek's insatiable desire to grow CIT Group and transform it from a sleepy, but highly profitable, commercial lender into a Wall Street bank has finally come home to bite...
DING DONG THE DOORMAN'S DEAD!
It's the rise of the cyborg doorman. Cash-strapped developers are trying to save bucks and lure buyers with lower common charges by installing "virtual doormen" -- staffers sitting in command...
JEWELER A FAMILY CHISELER
A jeweler to the stars is one of the city's worst deadbeat dads -- and a wanted man for stiffing his ex-wife and son out of half a million dollars...
JACKO SKIN DOC: KIDS ARE MINE
Michael Jackson's dermatologist is tossing his hat into the three-ring circus that is the custody battle over the late pop star's eldest kids -- claiming to be able to prove...
INTEREST RATES DOWN . . . FOR NOW
Dear John: Our nest egg has been hurt by the stock market and declining home prices. We are fortunate that we still have a good amount of equity in our...
ROB-RAP 'MODEL' FAILS BAIL
A pretty-boy model accused of sticking up a slew of gas stations and stores in Queens and Brooklyn with a rag-tag crew of thugs was held last night on $550,000...
E. HARLEM MANHUNT IN DAD SLAY
Investigators are feverishly trying to identify two men and a woman cap tured on surveillance video making ATM withdrawals with the debit card of a Long Island motiva tional speaker...
WALL ST. 'SLAYER' HAS BAWL IN COURT
The Staten Island thug accused of killing a Manhattan cleaning woman cried his eyes out yesterday as he was dragged into court and told that he could spend the rest...
6 SLAUGHTERED IN 2 STATES
Five people in Tennessee and one in Alabama were found dead in an apparent killing spree yesterday, authorities said. Cops were grilling Jacob Shaffer, 30, of Huntsville, Ala., about the...
I WAS TAKEN FOR A BRIDE
Ivan, a construction worker from Sheepshead Bay, married a Polish woman in the late '90s to help her get a green card. He charged her $10,000. All names have been...
REAL LIFE IMITATES REEL LIFE
This "Catch Me if You Can" wannabe got caught. A conniving 17-year-old English lad made a first-class attempt to trick the British aviation officials into thinking he was a tycoon...
NYC BRUNI TUNES
France's first lady, Carla Bruni, lent her impressive pipes last night to a star-studded celebration of Mandela Day at Radio City Music Hall. The chic chanteuse, in her first musical...
MISSING GI IS TALI PRISONER
A soldier from Idaho who disappeared from his base in Afghanistan has been captured, the Pentagon confirmed Sunday, a day after he was seen in a Taliban video posted online....
GOOD FOR GOLDMAN, BAD FOR AMERICA
CALL it the Goldman rally. From the moment ace banking analyst Meredith Whitney turned bullish on the venerable firm Monday morning, through the after-glow of its blow-out profit report the...
MEET THE MAN WHO BEATS BUFFETT AT HIS OWN GAME
Bruuuce! A little-known Miami-based finance guru, who 10 years ago set up a mutual fund to mimic the value investing style of his hero, Warren Buffett, had outperformed the Oracle...
SUSPENSION OF HERO COP OK'D
The controversial suspension of a hero cop for failing a sobriety test after shooting an armed thug broke no rules, the city's labor board has ruled. Internal Affairs ordered Detective...
BIG APPLE'S NEW SWANK 'CENTRAL'
It's New York's new tower of power. In a little more than a year, 15 Central Park West has become the city's toniest address. A collection of about 200 apartments...
UNITED AIRLINES SET TO CAUSE FINANCIAL TURBULENCE
A move tomorrow by embattled United Airlines is likely to raise ticket prices for thousands of fliers -- and steal planeloads of business from travel agents. United, which is expected...
GREAT REWORKS OF ART
She's a classic beauty -- literally. Jennifer Aniston finds herself as Jacques-Louis David's 1780 oil "Young Woman with a Turban," part of a series of popular photo composites that blend...
DRUG FLASHBACKS
Clubgoers and college kids are taking trips back in time -- getting high on hallucinogenic drugs popular in the 1960s and '70s, cops say. The NYPD has begun closely tracking...
CRACKING WHIP ON OWE-TB
ONE year after Mayor Bloomberg turned the Off-Track Betting Corp. over to the state, the city's only legal bookie is in worse shape than ever with a growing pile of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Florida trauma doc performing surgery on a shooting victim removed one of the slugs that cops needed as evidence and tried to hide it in his glove to keep...
U.S. GUTS OUT GOLD CUP WIN
PHILADELPHIA _ The U.S. sent a young, inexperienced squad into last night's Gold Cup quarterfinal vs. Panama. But after 120 contentious minutes of near hand-to-hand combat _ Jimmy Conrad concussed...
WATSON TAKES 1-STROKE LEAD INTO FINAL ROUND
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- Tom Watson knows what everyone was thinking when he shocked the golf world and turned up near the top the 138th British Open leaderboard in Thursday's first...
NO TIGER TURMOIL FOR CONTENDERS
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- With Tiger away, the mice will play. And so it will be at the final round of the 138th British Open today at Turnberry, where a number...
FISHER DUE FOR BIG DAY
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- Ross Fisher is seeking to complete a triple play today. Fisher, who begins the final round one shot out of the British Open lead at 3-under, not...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH... MICKEY RIVERS
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with "Mick the Quick," the leadoff hitter and center fielder on the Yankees' 1977 and 1978 world champions, who will appear today at Old-Timers' Day....
BIG BACKSTOP MONTERO ON RAPID RISE TO BRONX
TRENTON -- When the 2009 season began, there were plenty of expectations placed on Yankees catching prospect Jesus Montero. But no one had more expectations than the 19-year-old catcher, who...
PLAYING KIDS VS. PAYING BIG IS MAJOR ISSUE GOING FORWARD
THIS was during the Second Subway Series of 2009. The one at Citi Field. The one the Yankees swept.HARDBALL BLOGSHERMAN ON TWITTER They took all three games, in large part,...
WE'RE ALL TUNED IN TO SOUNDTRACK OF SPORTS
CASEY Kasem retired a few weeks ago, finally hanging up his microphone at age 77 after a lifetime of urging the world to keep its feet on the ground and...
DEBATE RAGES, BUT FOR NOW IT'SV 'HALL, NO' TO 'ROID-AIDED STARS
Next weekend in Cooperstown, Hall of Famers and baseball fans will gather to honor Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice, the two newest members. There will be talk of Henderson's speed...
TNT DOESN'T GIVE TOM THE TIME OF DAY
IMAGINE having the exclusive rights to Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg. Then, the moment he begins to speak, you turn your back and conduct interviews, asking some about the weather and...
THE RUMBLE
Forever cool Reggie tips cap to Clyde MSG Network telecast a new interview with Reggie Jackson on "The Game 365" last night during which he spoke about how he thinks...
SUPREME SILLINESS
The Sotomayor hearings were unsatisfying and relatively unilluminating. She was moderate in tone and manner, said little, will be confirmed, and over the years, decision by decision, we will find...
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY
J.K. Rowling gives millions of devotees exactly what they're looking for, every time. So do James Patterson, "Days of Our Lives" and Hormel. Rowling is frequently classed with Roald Dahl,...
SHOWTIME ON THE APOLLO
On July 5, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins were quarantined on the windowless third floor of the Kennedy Manned Spacecraft Operations Building in Houston. For 11...
REQUIRED READING
War Stories: A Graphic History by Mike Conroy (Collins Design) War can be good for absolutely somethin'. Comic books. Although Conroy highlights conflicts shown in comic form as far back...
HUGE
Eugene "Huge" Smalls may only be a 12-year-old private detective, but there's a lifetime of broken dreams and personal slights behind his world-weary outlook. Huge learned from the best: his...
FALL
In a dark twist on the elite-boarding-school drama, this novel revolves around two Canadian students, Noel and Julius, whose life is a permanent, high-stakes summer camp that they've attended much...
LOVE & MONEY
Smart people need beach reads too. Michael M. Thomas is here to supply all of your summertime fiction needs with this novel of highbrow smut (in the opening scene, no...
EVERYTHING MATTERS!
How would you live if you knew the world was going to end? This is the dilemma facing Junior Thibodeau, fourth smartest person in the history of the world and...
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW
For Alice Eve Cohen, storytelling was a career -- other people's stories, that is. As a professor at the New School, she taught her students how to turn their personal...
GEEK CHICK
THE temperatures may be blazing, but that's no reason to let your gadgets go naked! We've rounded up the coolest cases and accessories for every element of your wired lifestyle....
IN MY LIBRARY: BUCK HENRY
"I don't read biography -- I think it's the least trustworthy form of writing," Buck Henry declares with more force than any of the characters you've seen him play. Indeed,...
UNHOLY DEVELOPMENT
"Let St. Vincent's Build" (Editorial, July 13) appears to be deliberately misleading. It is not St. Vincent's that plans to build the huge luxury residential tower in the Village, but...
AMERICAN IDLE
How can Fox think that Ryan Seacrest is worth $45 million ("Signs $45 Million Contract To Continue Hosting," July 13)? He has no talent. I, for one, will be happy...
AN APPLE A DAY
Physical education in elementary and middle schools would go a long way toward combating the obesity epidemic plaguing city school children ("A Heavy Burden," July 14). Another key solution is...
TRAFFIC RETORT
I could not agree more with the article "Asleep at the Wheel" (July 15) regarding the traffic-slay report. Countless number of times I've seen a person make an illegal U-turn...
HOOP IT UP
It's great to see The Post's Peter Vecsey getting elected to the National Basketball Hall of Fame ("Our Man Vecsey Joining Hoop Greats in Springfield," July 13). Vecsey is a...
MADOFF SKATES
Bernie Madoff now has free food, housing and the best medical coverage our tax dollars can buy at one of the most comfortable federal prisons, while his victims lost their...
TALE OF T WO STIMULI
OK, how embarrassing is this? A $586 billion government stimulus package is fueling a seemingly impressive economic rebound in . . . China. That's right: On Thursday, Chinese officials announced...
WALTER CRONKITE, 1916-2009
He was called the most trusted man in America, and -- though he found the label embarrassing -- it was no exaggeration. An entire generation of Americans instinctively turned to...
PSYCHED OUT
WITH "Shrink," which opens Friday, Kevin Spacey joins the ranks of a time-honored Hollywood archetype -- the psychiatrist who is woefully in need of some time on the couch himself....
COACH'S ADVICE TO RANGERS ON BRASHEAR
IF JOE Lieberman can continue to sit in the Senate Democratic Caucus in the wake of the 2008 presidential campaign, then Donald Brashear can be welcomed in the Rangers locker...
NETS COACHES PONDER EXIT
The Nets' coaching staff soon could be seriously undermanned. Assistant coach Brian Hill is expected to meet with Pistons officials mid-week, and assistant Roy Rogers, who handled the big-man duties...
FOR PETE'S SAKE
* Congratulations to The Post's Peter Vecsey on his election to the Basketball Hall of Fame. This is a richly deserved honor. The biggest accolade I can give Vecsey, as...
LANCE DROPS TO FOURTH, WOMAN DIES DURING TOUR TOUR DE FRANCE
BESANCON, France -- Lance Armstrong dropped one spot to fourth place yesterday at the Tour de France during a stage shadowed by the roadside death of a woman hit by...
HONDO EYES BREW-HAHA
Hondo took the nasty plunge into red ink last night, falling with the Rangers to put the dreaded deficit at 45 northrups. Today, Mr. Aitch will go with Gallardo in...
OUT OF LIMELIGHT, TWO SHOTS OFF LEAD
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- Lee Westwood has spent the last two days in the glaring spotlight of being paired with Tiger Woods and Japan's Ryo Ishikawa with an army of photographers...
SPORTS SHORTS
COLLEGE: Aikman enshrined In South Bend, Ind., former Cowboys star and UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman and 20 other former players and coaches were enshrined in the College Football Hall of...
A 'PERFECT' AFTERNOON FOR CONE
During the game on July 18, 1999, the Yankees' David Cone marveled over the facts that his pitching performance was coming on Yogi Berra Appreciation Day and that former teammate...
ZIM PLANS TO JOIN OLD TIMERS TODAY
Since Don Zimmer left the Yankees coaching staff after the 2003 season, he's been back to The Bronx with the Rays. But today he'll be back with the Yankees. Zimmer...
FRESH A-ROD MAKES IMMEDIATE IMPACT
HE did what the Yankees hired him to do when October rolls around, delivering in the key situation, proving to be a sig nificant force with the game on the...
'SILVER' GOLDEN IN JAIPUR STAKES
Speed has been holding up well lately in turf dashes at Belmont Park, and that was the case again in yesterday's Grade 3, $150,000 Jaipur Stakes at six furlongs over...
JOBA AIMS TO MAKE UP FOR 1ST HALF
For Joba Chamberlain, it's not just a new half. "It's two seasons," Chamberlain said yesterday before the Yankees' 2-1 win over the Tigers at the Stadium. "It's not how you...
COOPER'S PK IN OT KEEPS U.S. CUP HOPES ALIVE
PHILADELPHIA -- The U.S. sent a young, inexperienced squad into last night's Gold Cup quarterfinal vs. Panama. And after 120 contentious minutes of near hand-to-hand combat -- Jimmy Conrad was...
YANKEES' CLOSER SECURES ONE MO 25-SAVE SEASON
After a rocky start to the season, Mariano Rivera has made it clear he's still the same old Hall of Fame closer. Rivera worked a perfect ninth inning in the...
NICKLAUS: TOM CAN DO IT!
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- Tom Watson, who competed with -- and defeated -- Jack Nicklaus for the 1977 British Open in what was termed "The Duel in the Sun," was asked...
HILL CAN'T GET KNICKS OVER HUMP
Even a 10-point lead with under four minutes remaining wasn't enough to get the Knicks their first win in this year's Las Vegas Summer League, as they collapsed down the...
FIRES 63 TO GRAB LEAD IN MILWAUKEE
Frank Lickliter shot his best round in nearly three years, posting a 63 to surge to the top of the leaderboard at 11-under 199 after the third round of the...
SANTANA BURNS ATLANTA
ATLANTA -- The Mets got off the schneid in more ways than one yesterday. Not only did they finally score some runs, but Johan Santana also negated the perplexing mastery...
QB AWAITS CALL FROM GOODELL ON SUSPENSION
Michael Vick's federal dogfighting sentence is scheduled to end tomorrow and that is also when he will go back on trial -- facing a whole new series of judgments. NFL...
MANUEL LABORS TO EXPLAIN DOC CRACK
ATLANTA -- Embattled Mets manager Jerry Manuel was still in damage-control mode before yesterday's 5-1 win over the Braves, trying to minimize the impact of his ill-advised joke about the...
JAYS ROOKIE STYMIES BOSOX
Marc Rzepczynski might need to switch cell phone plans if he keeps pitching this well for the Blue Jays. All those cross-border calls back to his California home will start...
LIBERTY MYSTIFIED
WASHINGTON -- Lindsey Harding scored 23 points, including two free throws with 8.2 seconds left, to lead the Mystics to a 68-67 victory over the Liberty last night. Harding had...
WELL SAID ROMPS IN MEADOWLANDS PACE
Well Said made a strong statement at the Meadowlands Racetrack last night, capturing the $1 million Meadowlands Pace in 1:47 3/5 over Vintage Master and If I Can Dream. Leaving...
FISHING GROUP WARY OF OBAMA PICKS
THERE have been changes on the Mid- Atlantic Regional Fisheries Management Council that could be looked at as anti-fishing. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke announced the appointment of four new...
SABATHIA SHOWS EYE OF TIGER
This is how you help justify a $161 million contract. The victories over Triple-A opponents such as Baltimore, Cleveland and Washington were nice, but at some point CC Sabathia had...
AGENDA
* LISTEN TO THIS: Eternal college rockers the Dave Matthews Band play Jones Beach Theater Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m.; tickets start at $98; dmb.jonesbeach.com. Green Day, the tattooed...
CHARTBUSTERS!
AFTER eight seasons, "American Idol" has produced so many stars that there's rarely a moment when one of them isn't burning up the charts. From pop to country to Christian,...
Q&A WITH CHRIS DAUGHTRY
CHRIS Daughtry knew becoming a rock star wasn't going to happen from behind the fence of his parent's North Carolina farm. So he sprinted past the chicken coop, jumped on...
ELECTRIC SPARKS
I DOLS, Idols everywhere! And not the household names you might think. The offspring of America's biggest reality show are storming the charts, concert venues and iTunes like never before....
MAD MEALS
FORGET about Friday night. And Saturday. New Yorkers in the know are saving their big summer outings for Sunday night. What's brought about this revival of the sit-down, end-of-the-week meal,...
ADOPT ME
Lady is a 4-year-old spayed Yorkie mix who's got both looks and personality. Meet her from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane Society of New York, 306 E....
KITTY JITTERS
Cannoli, our new kitten, has the zoomies. He zooms around the apartment, crashing into things, batting toys around, flipping himself over, getting underfoot, and hurling himself at big pieces of...
SNOOZE HOUNDS
IF they can't bring pets along with them, traveling animal lovers go to unusual lengths to avoid kennels and ensure their best friends will be comfortable during their absence. Brooklynite...
MEET MARKET
Anne-Marie just wants some TLC. The band, that is. Serenade this 24-year-old project manger with an old-school slow jam or throw her a surprise party, and she's all yours, boys.Chris,...
GREAT EX-PECTATIONS
OLD flames die hard. Just ask Travis, the 27-year-old senior trafficking specialist who met up with 23-year-old Leo at the Libertine in the Gild Hall Hotel. Though Travis liked the...
FLASH IN THE PANTS
Years from now, historians will look back at 2009 as a watershed in the film business. And not just for the tender, nuanced classic that was "Land of the Lost."...
ZOMBIE GIRL
THIS is a story about the naked and the undead. It involves actress Jenny Spain, who is both naked and undead (a blood-thirsty zombie, to be exact) in "Deadgirl." It...
THE MONEY MASTERS
EARNING an interna tional title would seem to be the dream of everyone who learns how the knight moves. Yet there are thousands of players who qualify for titles conferred...
BRIDGE
"MAGIC Mirror on the wall," intoned the evil queen, "who is the best player of them all?" "Judging by the latest tournament results," replied the Mirror nervously, "Snow White. After...
U.S. guts out Gold Cup quarterfinal win
Follow the U.S.' Gold Cup run on Twitter!PHILADELPHIA _ The U.S. sent a young, inexperienced squad into last night's Gold Cup quarterfinal vs. Panama. But after 120 contentious minutes of...
REEL GOOD
THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE (1984), Sunday, 12:40 p.m., FLIXe Charlie (Mickey Rourke) wants plusher surroundings than his old Village neighborhood (it was the 1980s, remember) and comes up with...
PRIMETIME
Every day American TV executives awake to this toughening challenge: What can we do to take TV and America a little bit lower? What hasn't yet been done? What kind...
DRESSED TO SPILL
As "Dynasty" super-villainess Alexis Carrington Colby, Joan Collins was not just the most deliciously bitchy diva in entertainment, but also one of the most fashionable. As such, she knows when...
'MISSING THE POINT'
FOR seven years, I read Missed Connections on Craigslist where would-be star-crossed lovers leave messages for those they'd been too shy to talk to. Living in a city as big...
INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE
You expect Bill Compton (sorry Stephen Moyer) to speak in a soft 19th century Southern drawl. To be slightly stiff, pale, preoccupied. Instead, on meeting him, you find yourself in...