June 11, 2000
KING WON'T GIVE UP PRINT, AND POPE WON'T BOOGIE
June 11, 2000 | 4:00am"I can no more imagine ... giving up the printed page than I can imagine a picture in the New York Post showing the Pope technoboogieing the night away in...
GATES SPURNS MSNBC
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amBILL Gates is already at the top of every party planner's list of must-have invitees. On Wednesday afternoon, the major cable networks joined the scramble to line up Gates, since...
LAYBOURNE GETS A BAD REP AT Y
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amGERALDINE Laybourne is not gaining any friends at the West Side Y - or Business Week magazine. For the third time, Laybourne has canceled a scheduled appearance on one of...
FUND'S 'GLOBAL' APPROACH PAYS OFF
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amTHE global economy is growing faster than the U.S. economy, and yet many investors are understandably nervous about placing big bets on foreign stocks. After all, lots of investors got...
INDIV'L INVESTOR WRITES ABOUT VC, HUNTS FOR IT
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amJONATHAN Steinberg's Individual Investor still hasn't convinced venture capitalists to fork over the $6 million cash infusion his magazine needs to stay in business. So it was interesting to see...
DID TRUMAN STEAL LUCKY IDEA?
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amWHOSE idea was Lucky anyway? Insiders at Conde Nast are grumbling that Editorial Director James Truman is taking all the bows for launching the well-received magazine for shoppers. They say...
FRENCH TWIST
June 11, 2000 | 4:00am'I haven't seen so many people debating the ending of a film since Bergman," a movie insider remarked over lunch the other day. She was referring to the finale of...
DOCUDRAMA
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amIt was bound to come - the nonfiction, documentary play. It had been waiting in the wings for years and years. Sure, Shakespeare's histories were loosely based on "Holinshed's Chronicles"...
"HE SHALL THUNDER IN THE SKY" BY ELIZABETH PETERS, WILLIAM MORROW, 400 PAGES, $25
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amPlucky archeologist/sleuth Amelia Peabody is back for another adventure in "He Shall Thunder in the Sky," Elizabeth Peters' 12th installment in her mystery series. And though I have just joined...
WHAT I WATCH
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amJIM KAAT, Yankees announcer "The Golf Channel" because golf is my passion, and "Seinfeld" reruns because I never saw the originals. RALPH KINER, Mets announcer "Jag." It brings back memories...
FLOWER POWER BLOOMS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amThey may not smell like the real thing, but pin-on fabric flowers have blossomed as a great way to pick up a summer wardrobe. Want proof? Sarah Jessica Parker wears...
MOTTOLA'S GAME OF MUSICAL HOUSES
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amJust keeping track of Tommy Mottola's real estate transactions could fill a weekly column. After Mottola sold his Sag Harbor summer "cottage" for more than $9 million, my colleague, Paul...
ATTACHED -- WITH A RYDER
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amTwo months after breaking up with Matt Damon, Winona Ryder has snagged "Sex and the City" stud Chris Noth, her latest Hollywood heavyweight. Here's a brief history of those she's...
SHOW GIRLS: THESE PLUCKY WOMEN ARE AMONG BROADWAY'S BEST PRODUCERS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amBroadway these days is dominated by corporations like Disney and Cablevision, which use their vast resources to produce mainstream musicals such as "Aida," "Footloose" and "Jekyll & Hyde." But there...
RHYMES BUSTS IN WITH A HEARTFELT PERFORMANCE
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amWho's the cat who won't cop out when there's danger all about? Shaft? Nah. We're talking 'bout Busta Rhymes. Can you dig it? Rhymes, the rap star and impresario who...
IS JACKSON THE NEXT ACTION HERO?
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amJohn Singleton's remake/sequel to the blaxploitation classic "Shaft" is a huge deal for Samuel L. Jackson and his fans. Can the famously versatile and hardworking star - who appeared in...
"SHAFT" CATS LOST THEIR COOL ON SET
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amThere'll be plenty of bad-ass struttin' on the big screen when "Shaft" unspools Friday, but reports leaked during filming suggest there was some mean-mother feudin' behind the scenes as well....
DIRTY DISHIN': WHISTLE-BLOWING CHEF SPILLS THE BEANS ON CITY KITCHENS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amRead Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly" and you'll never eat brunch in this town again. Nor will you want to. And for that matter, you'll probably...
MEALS & DEALS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amF&B 269 W. 23rd St. (between Seventh and Eighth avenues) (646) 486-4441 At F&B, which stands for "frites" and "beignets" (puffy rectangles of fried dough), connoisseur-quality cuisine is offered at...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: KRISTIN DAVIS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amWhile Kristin Davis -- the most demure of the "Sex and the City" sirens -- may be on the hottest TV show, her acting career began quite humbly. The 35-year-old...
THROWAWAY FASHION: CLOTHES BECOME DISPOSABLE THANKS TO SUPERCHEAP DESIGNS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amWhy drop tons of dollars on designer duds that are destined to be dumped in the trash in a matter of months anyway? The latest - and least expensive -...
GIFTS FOR DAD FROM HEAD TO D'OH! FATHER'S DAY IDEAS FOR THE HAPLESS SHOPPER
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amIt's a week until Father's Day and you still haven't found pop a present? D'oh! Luckily, all is not lost. The Post has located many practical Father's Day gifts that...
$20M HEIRESS IS A REAL DOG!
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amA five-pound chihuahua named Camilla is set to inherit $20 million - and thousands of people are vying to adopt her. The 4-year-old pooch's owner suffered a stroke this week...
COPS TO BOSS: GO JUMP IN THE RIVER, DIRTBAG!
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe head of the country's largest police organization ripped Bruce Springsteen as a "dirtbag" - and called for a Boss boycott - for his new song based on the Amadou...
HERO COULDN'T SAVE TERRIFIED ANIMALS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amAn elderly horse lover valiantly battled to free the two dozen animals trapped inside a burning Brooklyn barn - and is haunted by the thought of those that perished. Retired...
BRUCE DOESN'T DARE FACE HEROES HE SLANDERS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amIT would take Bruce Springsteen just minutes to take a little hop in a helicopter from New Jersey, his home state, to Battery Park. I would suggest he does this...
'ACCIDENTAL' FIRE KILLS 21 HORSES IN BROOKLYN
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amA "monstrous" inferno that burned a Brooklyn stable to the ground - killing 21 terrified horses - was "apparently accidental," fire officials said yesterday. Fueled by hay and manure, 40-foot...
BUCKINGHAM PALACE GOES TO POT!
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amMore than just food is apparently getting baked in the kitchen of Buckingham Palace. Police in London have reportedly found an undisclosed amount of marijuana plants growing in one of...
A 'SADDENED' PREZ TO SKIP THE FUNERAL
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton said yesterday he was "saddened" by Syrian President Hafez Assad's death, but he'll skip the funeral and send Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in his place....
PRIDE ON PARADE IN SALUTE TO PUERTO RICO
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amToday's Puerto Rican Day parade will be a mix of politics, music and pride - all focused on shutting down the U.S. naval base on Vieques, which has been a...
ANXIETY DESCENDS OVER VOLATILE MIDEAST
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - The biggest question facing Syria's government may not only be who's next, but how the death of its iron-willed president will affect the volatile Middle East political picture....
NEW SIGN THAT VIRUS HAS BUZZED BACK HERE
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amDead crows were found last week at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, where last year West Nile virus was found in mosquitoes, two workers said. The six birds were collected by...
PICKING UP PIECES OF KOSOVO : PEACE IS BITTERSWEET FOR ETHNIC ALBANIANS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amXHERXHICE, Kosovo - For 61-year-old Ismail Bytyqi, life hasn't gotten much easier in the 12 months since NATO forces entered his homeland to rid the region of the Yugoslav Army....
FIVE-ALARM INFERNO DESTROYS SEVEN SHOPS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amA massive, five-alarm fire raged through seven stores - injuring 21 people - in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn yesterday, spreading a cloud of thick, black smoke a mile...
RUSSIAN DUO EYED IN COP'S SLAYING
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amPolice want to question a pair of reputed Russian mobsters - already under indictment for the killing of a Brooklyn boxer - about the murder of an off-duty cop, The...
SIX WOUNDED AS GUNMAN OPENS FIRE IN BROOKLYN
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amA gunman firing an Uzi wounded six people on a Brooklyn street last night, then escaped after trading shots with pursuing cops, police said. It was the worst incident in...
HILLARY MAKES WITH THE GAGS IN ALBANY
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - Hillary Rodham Clinton poked fun at herself last night, and rolled with the punches as she was roasted at the nation's oldest political gridiron show - with the...
BATTLE OF THE BIZARRE SIDESHOW SHENANIGANS IN DUELING CONEY FREAKSHOWS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amOnce again this summer, two Coney Island freak shows will compete side-by-side for ticket sales - going shrunken head to shrunken head, and pitting Fiji Mermaid against Fiji Mermaid. But...
HOW BOOK MARKED A RAPIST COP THRILLER GAVE HIM BLUEPRINT FOR HIS CRIMES
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amFormer New York City cop Jose Velazquez went strictly by the book. But the book he was going by when he was arrested for abducting and sodomizing a 15-year-old Queens...
KOREANS HERE PRAY THEY'LL SEE 'NORTH' KIN
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amIt was a cold April morning when 7-year-old Yeong Sook Kim left her family's estate in North Korea for the last time, bundled in layers of winter clothes, never to...
AD FLAP: PRO-LIFERS WANT GOV TO STEP IN
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amCONSERVATIVE Party head Mike Long is vowing to ask Gov. Pataki to step into a burgeoning scandal involving the MTA and a pro-life group denied the right to buy subway...
WHY NEWSWEEK LEAK PIQUES RUDY
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amWITH all the stories and personal crises Mayor Giuliani has had to contend with in the past several weeks, why would the recent Newsweek story about his plans to abandon...
PROMOTER IN HOT WATER OVER BOXER WITH HEPATITIS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amTHE busiest boxing promoter in New York may be in danger of losing his license for letting a boxer fight even though he had tested positive for Hepatitis C. The...
ANXIOUS KIDS SWEAT OUT SUMMER-SCHOOL NOTICES
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amSummer's heat arrived this weekend - bringing a strong reminder that summer school is just around the corner. Thousands of anxious parents are waiting to hear whether they will have...
FANS IN FRENZY FOR TONIGHT'S DUEL
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amTonight's the night for New York bragging rights! Yankee fans were showing pinstripe pride yesterday after the Bronx Bombers blew away the Mets 13-5 at the House that Ruth Built...
HUGH FAILED LIZ'S PREGNANCY TEST
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amBritish beauty Liz Hurley reportedly dumped longtime lover Hugh Grant because he refused to get her pregnant. "Well if you're not man enough to be a dad, I'll find someone...
GREEN WANTS SUBWAYS ON 4-MINUTE SCHEDULES
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe MTA can take the crush out of rush hour for its four million-plus riders by running trains in the stations every four minutes, suggests Public Advocate Mark Green. A...
HEAT WAVE SPURS WAVE OF CRIME IN BAKED APPLE
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amOn the first sweltering night of the season, violence broke out across the city, with seven people stabbed, one fatally, and 12 shot - all in the space of seven...
SPIELBERG'S PLASTIC FANTASTIC FLICK
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amSteven Spielberg has signed on to make a full-length movie version of the Oscar-winning Plasticine characters, "Wallace and Gromit." Nick Park - who created the eccentric British inventor and his...
YANKS MAKE IT ; EASY FOR ANDY :BOMBARD JONES, PEN TO GET EVEN IN SERIES
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amYankees13 Mets5 The best thing Andy Pettitte has going for him lately is timing. With the Yankees' lineup fading in and out, Pettitte has timed his starts very well, since...
BIG GUNS TAKE AIM AT CLASSIC FINISH
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amWhat looked like a lackluster leaderboard entering the weekend at the Buick Classic at Westchester Country Club has turned into what is certain to be a frenetic final round today....
REDS IN RECYCLE BIZ
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amNOT even 48 hours after the story broke about a Frontier League pitcher named Brett Gray striking out 25 batters for the London (Ontario) Werewolves, the Reds signed him and...
GARCIA MAKES SURGE-10 UP LEADERBOARD
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amOne marquee player who had surprisingly made little impact up until yesterday was Sergio Garcia, who entered yesterday's third round of the Buick Classic at 2-over, having barely made the...
KOBE FALLS VICTIM TO DREAM TEAM HEX
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS -The jinx continues. Tim Duncan, Grant Hill, Tim Hardaway, Jason Kidd and Tom Gugliotta have all suffered serious injuries since being chosen to play for Dream Team IV in...
MOUNDS OF TROUBLE METS, YANKS NEED ARMS MORE THAN BATS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amHEAT, humidity and Sammy Sosa were in the air at Yankee Stadium yesterday. The temperatures are scheduled to cool, and the rumors involving the slugger should, as well. Because while...
PAYTON'S NUMBERS STARTING TO GROW
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amJay Payton continues to show he deserves extended playing time. During yesterday's 13-5 loss to the Yankees, Payton hit an opposite-field homer off Andy Pettitte in the second inning and...
SOSA-TO-N.Y. A LONGSHOT
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe bottom line on Sammy Sosa being traded to either New York team is this: The 31-year-old Sosa is not available right now, according to sources. If this changes, the...
POSADA'S STAR RISING : JORGE COULD CATCH SUMMER CLASSIC SPOT
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amTHE GAME was a fair representation of the Yankees' season: They didn't play so crisply early. Jorge Posada made like an impending All-Star when it counted. The Yankees win! The-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e...
JORGE'S BLAST IS GREAT EQUALIZER : 3-RUN HR IN 5TH HELPS YANKS BOUNCE BACK
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amOne swing of Jorge Posada's bat and not only were the Yankees streaking away from the Mets but the embarrassment of Friday night was getting smaller the farther Posada's blast...
CHUCK HAS GOOD DAY IN THE CAGE
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amChuck Knoblauch's first hacks since Monday were taken in the indoor batting cage yesterday and didn't set back the leadoff hitter who has missed the past five games with what...
KITTLES MULLS RETIREMENT
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amJAYSON WILLIAMS isn't the only big bankrolled Net facing inevitable retirement. Kerry Kittles is weighing whether it makes sense to undergo another operation on his right knee (because it's a...
MET 'PEN WRITES HORROR TALE MAHOMES & COOK ARE MONSTROUSLY BAD
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe score was tied at five in the fifth inning yesterday as Pat Mahomes jogged in from the Met bullpen to face Jorge Posada with two out and two Yankees...
TIME TO CALL MISCONDUCT ON LINDROS BASHERS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - It's time for the league to step in. It's time for Gary Bettman to order Philadelphia chairman Ed Snider and GM Bob Clarke to stop with the public...
'STAG' LOOKS FOR SECOND BROOKLYN
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amRunning Stag will attempt today to become the first horse since Waquoit in 1987-88 to win back-to-back Brooklyn Handicaps when he goes in the 112th running of the Grade 2...
ERNIE'S GOT HAT TRICK ON MIND
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amWhen Ernie Els steps to the first tee for today's final round of the Buick Classic, he'll do it knowing he can win at Westchester CC merely because he's done...
D. WAYNE STILL D. MASTER
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amD. WAYNE LUKAS, the highest profile trainer in the history of the American turf, stole into New York for the Belmont Stakes like a burglar in the night. He sent...
HAMPTON, CONE GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe matchup tonight is Mike Hampton vs. David Cone. Advantage: Mets. The 27-year-old Hampton takes the mound for the Mets against the Yankees' 37-year-old Cone in tonight's rubber game of...
BOSS GIVING GOODEN MINOR-LEAGUE DEAL
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amAfter watching Roger Clemens get spanked and David Cone struggle all year, George Steinbrenner is giving Dwight Gooden one more chance to be a Yankee, The Post has learned. "George...
KOBE DOUBTS HE'LL PLAY TONIGHT
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - The symbolism was not lost in the scene. Here were the Lakers walking from their bus to practice at Conseco Fieldhouse here. Well, most were walking. Kobe Bryant...
HIGHLY COMMENDABLE : LUKAS LONGSHOT WINS THIRD JEWEL
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amIn two of the previous three years, the result of the Belmont Stakes was a bitter pill to swallow for thoroughbred owners Bob Lewis and his wife Beverly. In 1997...
WOEFUL JONES STILL HAS NO SOLUTIONS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amTeams start to make changes when after eight times out a starter has a 10.19 ERA. This is the struggling Bobby Jones' ERA after yesterday's 13-5 loss to the Yankees....
SOLIS NOT APT TO RIDE APTITUDE AGAIN
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amDon't expect to see jockey Alex Solis ride Aptitude again in the near future. The colt finished second in the Kentucky Derby and second in yesterday's Belmont, beaten by 1½...
DEVILS ARE IN HEAVEN : ARNOTT'S GOAL IN SECOND OT CAPTURES CUP
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - Sudden death brought final and lasting glory. The Good Old Days of the Devils will now be remembered as their Grand Era. YankeeNets has some act to follow....
BRODEUR ERASES THE FINAL DOUBTS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - He is back on top of the hockey world, five years later Martin Brodeur is back on top of the hockey world. He is a Stanley Cup champion...
DETHRONED STARS TIP HATS TO NEW CHAMPS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - By winning Game 5 in triple overtime Thursday, the Stars were sure, absolutely sure, that the Stanley Cup Finals would be decided in a seventh game at the...
DEVILS CARRY TORCH FOR INJURED SYKORA
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - Petr Sykora was at a hospital when the Devils won the Stanley Cup last night. But if he was watching on television, he saw his name on the...
ONLY TRUE CHAMPS GET TO RAISE CUP
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - It's the heavy lifting that went into winning it that in the end makes the 32-pound Stanley Cup so light. When the clock reaches zero, so does gravity....
SOME GOOD NEWS IF YOU'RE IN A FOWL MOOD
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amJOHN P. Cahill, commissioner of New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation, has announced the tentative schedule for the 2000-01 waterfowl hunting seasons - enabling hunters to plan trips early...
ABC AIRS GRAPHIC VIOLENCE : MINDLESS STATS BLOCK LIVE CUP PIX
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amWHY would anyone want to see the winning goal in sudden-death overtime of a Stanley Cup Final - perhaps even the Cup-winning goal - when he or she can look...
SYKORA SEEMS OK AFTER BRUTAL HIT
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - In the scariest moment of the Finals, Devil right wing Petr Sykora was taken off the ice on a stretcher with 7:52 left in the first period last...
NO CHANCE TO REST FOR WEARY MODANO
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amIRVING, Texas - Stanley Cup Finals or not, elimination game or not, how could Mike Modano have had anything left last night? Less than 48 hours before, he had played...
BEAUTY AND THE BEACH: EVERYONE AGREES TREACHEROUS PEBBLE IS PERFECT SITE FOR 100TH OPEN
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amPlay had just been suspended last Tuesday at Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit, N.J., after nearly two inches of rain had pelted the course, stopping the U.S. Open sectional...
SECOND TIME A CHARM? DEVILS TRY AGAIN TO NAIL DOWN CUP
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - The team with nine members who won the 1995 Stanley Cup has been asking Sergei Nemchinov about his Cup, the one the Rangers nearly blew. "They ask me...
NO CHANGE IS NEEDED: CROWN FORMULA STILL PROVIDES ULTIMATE THRILLS
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amA FEW hours before the Belmont Stakes field broke from the gate, the annual hue and cry went up in certain sections of the thoroughbred industry: slash the mile-and-a-half Belmont...
FLIP OF ZEILE AND VENTURA NO FLOP
June 11, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES Bobby Valentine decided to switch Robin Ventura and Todd Zeile in the batting order against the lefty Andy Pettitte yesterday. The right-handed Zeile, who entered hitting .297, batted...