July 5, 2007
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Berrin Noorata, who does fashion PR, wears vintage satin hot shorts, a Loomstate tank, Mayle shoes, and a vintage bag. "I go for fun! I'm very vintage inspired. I'd say...
Wedding Bells for Indy?
Shia LaBeouf and Harrison Ford on the set of Indiana Jones 4.I've long held a grudge against the New Haven Register, whose owners ran a newspaper I worked for in...
Fresh Crop for Fields
Pat Field's calendar has just been booked up now that the Sex and the City movie is a go and will begin filming in the fall.Since the last episode aired...
Mayhem For Fun And Profit - Tournament.com
Sure, fragging is fun. But what if you could make real Earth monies for those kills?That's the idea behind Tournament.com, a new service that allows gamers to compete against each...
All's Fair in Love and War
I was suprised to find the 70-year-old Fair Theatre -- which I dubbed "New York's Last Grindhouse'' in an article timed to the release of that ill-fated Weinstein project --...
Deal of the Day
Throw a little Golden Girls jogging suit, a preppy shirtwaist, and a bit of alien chic and you'll somehow arrive at the amazing Eddie Dress from New York wunderkinds, Nicholas...
The Return of Helen Hunt
Whatever happened to Oscar winner Helen Hunt? Except for an appearance in the ill-fated "Bobby,'' the once-ubiquitous star of "As Good as It Gets" has been MIA from the big...
B.O. Fireworks for 'Transformers'; Robin's Comedy is Wet Firecracker
As widely predicted, Michael Bay's "Transformers'' has posted explosive numbers despite very mixed reviews (59 percent favorable at Rotten Tomatoes), many of which seem to have been written by critics...
CHECKING IN: Bedford Springs
This Pennsylvania resort hosted Presidents Taft, Harrison, Buchanan et. al., it was the landing point of the first transatlantic telegram. The mineral springs were legendary among those seeking a natural...
THE MONKEY KING
Adopted From the Classic Chinese Tale by Ji-li JiangIllustrated by Hui Hui Su-Kennedy Thousands of years ago in China, in the province of Ao-lai, there stood a towering mountain the...
THE BUYIN' KING
IF New York's boutique scene were broken down into the Kevin Bacon game, it would be renamed Six Degrees of Steven Alan. With four Manhattan stores, a number of former...
ALAN'S ARMY
Boutique king Steven Alan owns four stores in New York - but his fashion influence extends much farther. Former employees have started their own boutiques, and he runs showrooms that...
HAUTE LIST
How monks get their kicks AS badass celibate dudes go, few men of the cloth can contend with the fear factor of China's world-famous Shaolin monks, Buddhist devotees whose mad...
THIS STAGING OF 'CINDERELLA' DESERVES THE BOOT
SINCE Kevin McKenzie took charge of American Ballet Theatre 15 years ago, he has overseen a remarkable rise in the consistency of its dancing. From tip to toe today, it's...
'RING'-ING IN FEST
SOME towns - Edinburgh, say, or Salzburg - owe their identity and tourist clout to being festi val cities. But New York? When the Lincoln Center Festival started 13 years...
STARR REPORT
All hopped up Ch. 21 is poised to turn Miffy into a network star - in the vein of its other one-name wonders, Sissel and Mariza. Unlike those two songbirds,...
YOU GOTTA HAVE ART
NOW that Court TV has decided to morph into something that has nothing to do with court, it looks like CNBC is taking up the mantel. And "American Greed" -...
BEHIND PAULA'S TV MELTDOWN
PRESS-beseiged "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul wants to remind everyone that she isn't a drunk or drug addict - again. The diminutive dance diva devotes an entire episode of her...
CASTING CALL ON UTUBE
THE classic early 1900s tale "Anne of Green Gables" is getting a decidedly 21st century twist. Producers are casting a new prequel - featuring the beloved, feisty Canadian redhead -...
'ANCHORWOMAN' WHIPS UP A STORM IN TEXAS TOWN
THE blonde bikini model who became ananchorwoman at a small Texas TV station for a Fox reality show has left town, but controversy remains. Lauren Jones, 24, spent a month...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
You will be receptive to new ideas and new ways of looking at the world over the coming 12 months, which is great, but there is also a danger that...
PENSION WORMS IN APPLE CORPS
At least 97 former municipal employees - including 76 teachers and 11 ex-cops - violated rules by taking jobs with the city and state governments, improperly collecting a total of...
CITY HALL IN B'KLYN MOVE
Mayor Bloomberg and his staffers are getting ready to move operations to the city's new emergency bunker in Brooklyn to give it a test run - and give his City...
LIBERTY FOR ALL
Congress will hold hearings this summer to discuss the reopening of the Statue of Liberty's crown, which has been closed since 9/11, Rep. Anthony Weiner said yesterday. The entire statue...
BIZ RIDES C-ROD'S 'F' TRAIN
Don't like Cynthia Rodriguez's F-bomb tank top? Return fire! A Brooklyn-based custom T-shirt chain is selling a wearable answer to the "F - - - you" tank top worn at...
ZIP-PITY HOO-HA
An unhappy group of Upper East Siders is suffering from address envy for the first time. Residents of the northern and southern ends of the posh neighborhood have lost their...
'NET PROFITS AS IPHONES BAG 1G ON WEB
Entrepreneurial New Yorkers have turned a tidy iProfit on the iPhone, with the coveted must-have, do-everything gizmo commanding a whopping $1,000 on the Internet. Forward-thinking folks who lined up -...
WHOLE FOODS' PICKLE
It's a case of the big pickle versus the little gherkin. A pickle peddler says she's soured on trendy Whole Foods, claiming the chain of supermarkets has been buying legendary...
VIOLIN MAN'S PLUCK LUCK
The drowsy violinist whose $80,000 instrument was either lost or stolen after he dozed off on the bench of a Brooklyn subway station was playing a happy tune yesterday. "It's...
QNS. HOSP TURNS AWAY TUB-TOT DAD
A heartsick Brooklyn father spent the holiday yesterday trying to see his 11-month-old daughter who was fighting for her life in a Queens hospital. When Jorge OrdoÑez, 19, tried to...
PAYBACK'S GYM DANDY
A Brooklyn gym that suddenly shut down in January must pay back hundreds of furious former members, under an agreement struck with the state Attorney General's Office. Robert Dreiss and...
'CALL 911!' MAN CRIES BEFORE OWN SUICIDE
A 46-year-old man walked up to a lifeguard in Coney Island and blew his brains out in front of hundreds of horrified holiday beachgoers yesterday, police said. The distraught man,...
CONEY I. HAS A NEW TOP DOG
In a record-shattering wiener war yesterday, Joey Chestnut downed 66 Nathan's hot dogs, besting six-time defending champ Takeru Kobayashi's 63. Chestnut reclaimed the Mustard Yellow Belt for the United States...
ON RED, WHITE AND BLUE ALERT
Bomb-sniffing dogs and cops with radiation detectors reminded New Yorkers around the city yesterday of the ever-present terror threat, even as they hustled off to backyard barbecues and Fourth of...
RAINY APPLE IS A 'BOOM' TOWN
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers celebrated America's birthday last night under a sky filled with fireworks and raindrops. "It's a great time. It's what our country's all about," said...
POLS' 'FREE RIDES' SOUND CAR ALARM
Municipal officials have made wildly different reimbursements for private use of city cars in recent months, from thousands doled out by the city comptroller and council speaker to just $93.70...
HORSE & TAXI IN TALE OF WHOA
A frightened carriage horse bolted from its driver early yesterday and collided with a taxi on Central Park South - slashing its leg and sending a cabby to the hospital....
COLUMBIA OUSTS AUTO SHOPS
In late May, Columbia University handed out degrees to its graduating class - and now, the school is effectively handing hardworking Harlem auto mechanics eviction notices, the workers say. More...
DEVIL DROPPED A HINT OF EVIL
An al Qaeda boss chillingly forewarned an Anglican cleric of last weekend's foiled terror attacks in Glasgow and London with the ominous words: "Those who cure you are going to...
BUBBA ON PARADE
WATERLOO, Iowa - Bubba-licious! Ex-President Bill Clinton was the prince of the parade during Fourth of July festivities in rural Clear Lake, Iowa, yesterday - but insisted all the attention...
GORE SON AT 'HIGH' SPEED
Call it an inconvenient toke. Al Gore III, the 24-year-old son of the former vice president, was booked on pot-and-pill-possession charges yesterday after police clocked him speeding 100 mph down...
N.Y. MAN SAVED IN COLORADO
Rescuers saved the life of a Manhattan man and a Florida woman vacationing in Colorado after they were swept by icy water into a drainage tunnel yesterday, authorities said. "It...
L.A. MAYOR SWAYED ANCHOR IN '05: WITNESS
The love affair between frisky Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the femme-fatale newscaster who once covered him is hardly a recent romance - a former neighbor says she was...
RADIO-ACTIVE DEMS STIR FLAP
WASHINGTON - Powerful Democratic lawmakers are giving static to conservative radio hosts - by trying to reinstitute a federal rule requiring balance on the airwaves. The move has conservatives howling...
PARIS' DWI MESSAGE
She's tanned, she's rested - and recently sprung celebucon Paris Hilton has some Independence Day advice for you. "Be responsible and have a designated driver!" the heirhead gushed to fans...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
THE BRONX A woman was in critical condition yesterday after cops discovered her lying on a Tremont street with slash wounds. The victim - whose name was withheld - was...
IRAN'S NETWORK SPEWS
ALL that's missing is the ani mal act. The government of Iran is not only dangerously volatile, the nuke-loving regime has developed a twisted sense of humor. For the last...
GOV'S TROOPER SNOOP JOB ON BRUNO
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer targeted state Senate Ma jority Leader Joseph Bruno for an unprecedented State Police surveillance program that led to allegations Bruno improperly used a state helicopter for...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 547; Lucky Sum: 16 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 5843; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 702; Lucky Sum: 9 / Evening Win-4 Wed.: 7189;...
AN ABUSE OF POWER?
So now comes word that the New York State Police, at the direction of Gov. Spitzer's office, undertook a detailed surveillance of Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno. The surveillance appears...
DON'T FORGET THE DAY JOB, CHUCK
Given that Hillary Rodham Clinton is running for president, one might understand if she misses a few Senate votes as she shuttles around the country. In fact, she's only missed...
BEVERLY SILLS, 1929-2007
Opera may no longer be the immensely popular art form it was once, but that was no fault of Beverly Sills. The legendary singer, who died of cancer Monday at...
NY'S LEGAL PLAGUE
ON the heels of a 14 per cent hike in medical- malpractice rates, Gov. Spitzer has directed his insurance superintendent to form a task force to "confront the fundamental drivers"...
W'S LIBBY WHIMPER
WHEN he finally decided he couldn't be re sponsible for sending Scooter Libby to federal prison, President Bush performed Monday as he had from the start in the CIA leak...
'WAGE' KNAVERY
EVERY year, the close of the legislative session in Al bany calls to mind Bis mark's comment: "Laws are like sausages: It is best not to see them being made."...
EVIL DISTINCTIONS
FOR most of the 53 years since the Supreme Court's school-deseg regation decision, the court, in collaboration with people who fancy themselves "progressive," has been instructing Americans to unlearn the...
MEDICINE'S MURDERERS
THE arrest of seven doctors in the attempted British terror bombings has shocked many people. Sadly, it shouldn't. All seven are Muslims working at government-financed hospitals, their salaries paid by...
N.Y.C. FOR RUDY IN '08: IT'S NOT IN THE BAG
Bravest boss? Where was Steve Cassidy when the towers went down ("Union Big Opens 'Fire' on Giuliani," July 1)? I lost loved ones on 9/11 and believe that Mayor Rudy...
DEBT COMING DUE
The recent weakness in the corporate debt market could put a damper on the cantankerous breed of investors who push for sweetened prices in merger deals - a trend that...
GATES' CASH-OUT KOS SCHMIDT
Eric Schmidt is leading Google to victory over Microsoft in the search engine war, but he's losing big time to Bill Gates in the payday showdown. Gates, 51, who just...
PHANTOM JOBS NUMBERS COULD BE FED'S UNDOING
WALL Street is expecting the government to announce fairly strong growth in jobs tomorrow. And it might be just unlucky enough to get it. I say "unlucky" because the worst...
THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD
Skechers is out-stepping larger rivals with its combination of affordable fashion, playing into a larger trend that has seen kids turn away from high-priced athletic sneakers in favor of so-called...
SIZZLING STARS FINALLY SET FOR BIG SCREEN
Hoist your Cosmos and strap on your Manolos - the "Sex and the City" movie will start filming this fall. Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall...
SEARCH PARTY
EVERY house hunter has his or her own system. Most of them, though, aren't about to be patented. Neil Binder expects that his system is. The co-founder and co-owner of...
GETTING CLOSURE
IT was two hours into the closing of my new Brooklyn Heights condo last Thursday when I realized the numbers didn't add up. Specifically, the number the attorney for the...
DREAM HOMES
Purchase, N.Y. $10.8 million We love when a listing shows up in this town, and not just because we get to make our old joke about how Purchase is a...
HOUSES OF THE WEEK
Upper East Side $749,000 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 900 Maintenance: $907 This junior four on East 73rd Street features a spacious 28-foot-long living room, a generous master bedroom...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan CHELSEA $1,495,000 315 W. 23rd St. Prewar two-bedroom, two-bath, three-level penthouse co-op, 1,500 square feet, with marble gas fireplace, modern open kitchen, windowed bath, Jacuzzi, washer/dryer, skylight and 350-square-foot...
HONDO'S RAY OF HOPE
Hondo's day with the dozen 'dogs was truly a minor failure as he finished seven down and five up to go from 190 ruffings in the hole to 195. Culprits...
'SATURDAY' TAKES CARE OF BIZ-NESS
In a rematch between two Kentucky Derby also-rans, Any Given Saturday - eighth in the Run for the Roses - surged to the front at the top of the stretch,...
RED BULLS NEED KICK IN PANTS
Though they're getting their injured players back, the problem has been lack of hustle, not health. That's why the Red Bulls, who play at Houston tonight (8:00, ESPN2), have just...
SPORTS SHORTS
OLYMPICS: Sochi wins bid The Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi won the right to stage the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in a vote by the International Olympic Committee yesterday...
PICK 6 HAS HOLLYWOOD ENDING
Believe it or not: Of 13 winning tickets, each worth 576G, bet on Hollywood Park's record $10,870,852 pick 6 last Monday, two belonged to same bettor, who placed his pick...
NADAL FIRES SHOTS AFTER VICTORY
WIMBLEDON, England - Who could blame Rafael Nadal and Robin Soderling for being a bit sick and tired of each other? No. 2-seeded Nadal won their third-round match yesterday 6-4,...
GLASS HALF PHIL
AT&T NATIONAL BETHESDA, Md. - Phil Mickelson - whose presence at this week's Tiger Woods-hosted AT&T National at Congressional was somewhat in question because of his injured left wrist -...
ROCCO TO TIGER'S CRITICS: STUFF IT
AT&T NOTES BETHESDA, Md. - In the weeks following the news that Tiger Woods would be hosting his own PGA Tour event and that it would be an invitational with...
DEVS WAIT ON COACH
Perhaps just waiting to complete a room in their Newark arena for a press conference, the Devils still haven't named a head coach. The latest rumble is that John MacLean...
METS CALL ALOMAR JR.
DENVER - The Mets now have three catchers and an extra pinch-hitter. The team promoted 41-year-old Sandy Alomar Jr. from Triple-A yesterday, sending pitcher Jason Vargas back to New Orleans...
ROCK BOTTOM
DENVER - All three games were lopsided to the point of being staggering. All three were terrible to the point of being non-competitive. In their three games at Coors Field,...
A-ROD MAY BREAK NOW
Joe Torre said Alex Rodriguez's left hamstring is good enough to play third base today against the Twins. After chatting with Rodriguez this morning, the Yankees manager may learn he...
SEVENTH DOWNFALL FOR MOOSE
Joe Torre just can't win when it comes to making decisions on Mike Mussina, especially around the holidays. It was Memorial Day weekend against the Angels and Torre was loudly...
COMES UP ACES
Just how much help Johan Santana received from what Twins teammate Torii Hunter called a howling wind is a matter of debate. "[Santana] gives up a lot of fly balls,...
NO FIREWORKS ON DISPLAY
There is no shame in getting beat by Johan Santana, the reigning AL Cy Young winner who is riding a four-game winning streak. However, when you are trying to string...
BACKUPS PRESENT LIMITED OPTIONS
LEFTIES are hitting .144 against Johan Santana, so yesterday Joe Torre went as right-handed as possible, using Miguel Cairo at third base for more than just the purpose of saving...
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...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
They were biting a little too well for one North Carolina fisherman's taste. Jerry Melton, 46, was fishing in the Catawba River when he caught a piranha, which flashed its...