January 22, 2014
Anthony swears at fan late in Knicks' 5th straight loss
In the final minutes of another disastrous Knicks loss, a boisterous fan shouted at Carmelo Anthony “Nice defense, Melo.” According to an eyewitness, Anthony shot back “Go f--- yourself,” drawing...
NYC's first lady shows up late to first speech
Being late must be a de Blasio family trait. First Lady Chirlane McCray was an hour late Wednesday to her first major postinaugural speaking engagement. McCray was slated to participate...
Ronan Farrow buys $1.5 million Upper West Side pad
Ronan Farrow, the estranged son and brother-in-law of movie-making legend Woody Allen, shelled out $1.495 million for a swanky Upper West Side pad, in advance of his cable-TV debut, The...
Babe Ruth's summer house on the market
An unusual 22.5-acre property is now on the market in Shelter Island, at 6 Daniel Lord Road. We hear the great Babe Ruth once summered there, and that years after...
3 must-attend NYC art and antique fairs
There's a fine line between hoarding and collecting, but if you can tell the difference, here are three stellar art and antique fairs to patronize this week. The New York...
Houses of the week
Gramercy Park | $2.25 million Bedrooms: 1 | Bathrooms: 1½ Square feet: 900 | Maintenance: $1,728 Thanks to the triple exposures and a 650-square-foot wraparound terrace, you can enjoy “panoramic vistas” from “wherever you look” in this penthouse co-op atop...
Dream Homes
Upper West Side | $5.875 million From 14 stories above Central Park West, between W. 91st and 92nd Streets, this classic seven bedroom home — which includes three bedrooms and three...
Artist Jasper Johns to take stand at fake sculpture trial
Famed contemporary artist Jasper Johns will take the stand in a Manhattan courtroom this week against a bankrupt foundry owner on trial for trying to pocket $11 million pawning off...
Yankees are more captivating now, but not clearly better
It has become a universal truth in the professional sports world, but it still applies most of all to the Yankees: They aren’t just a ballclub. They’re also a TV...
Predictable 'White Bird' seems to be killing time at Sundance
PARK CITY -- Gregg Araki’s “White Bird in a Blizzard” stars one of today’s hottest young actresses (Shailene Woodley of the upcoming “Divergent”) but gets stuck in a snowdrift of...
Israel says it foiled al-Qaeda plot on US Embassy
JERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday said it had foiled an "advanced" al-Qaeda plan to carry out a suicide bombing on the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and bomb other targets,...
Tanaka will thrive in NY spotlight, ex-teammates say
When Casey McGehee watched Masahiro Tanaka throw 160 pitches in Game 6 of last year’s Japan Series and then ask for the ball again during the decisive Game 7 the...
12 sunglasses great for the slopes or the streets
Shade your eyes from the winter sun -- whether you're speeding down Sundance trails or strolling the sidewalks of Manhattan. Safety First Protect your eyes while looking sporty and stylish...
Sundance’s ‘The Voices’ will fall on deaf ears
PARK CITY -- “The Voices” -- “Persepolis” director Marjane Satrapi’s disastrous attempt to turn her success in animation into a career as a live-action director -- illustrates the perils of...
Richard Sherman: 'Thug' label is code for N-word
RENTON, Wash. — If Richard Sherman’s critics thought their heat would change him, the Seahawks’ outspoken cornerback had some news for them Wednesday. “You can’t be anybody else,” Sherman said...
Without Tanaka, spending spree would have been worthless
The Yankees had spent $283 million on three huge free agents, hosted three significant press conferences at their Stadium this offseason and still knew this — spend another $175 million...
Giants find new running backs coach in veteran Craig Johnson
When Craig Johnson interviewed for the position of Giants running backs coach, he impressed head coach Tom Coughlin by stressing two particular areas. “He really did an outstanding job with...
Sundance flicks boast a Brooklyn flair
Two thousand miles from Bushwick, it turns out there really is no escape: The President Garfield beards, the arm tats, the shabby interiors stuffed with ironic retro items, radical awareness-raising...
Rare 29.6-carat blue diamond found in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — A mining company says it has found a rare blue diamond in South Africa. Petra Diamonds says the 29.6-carat diamond came from the Cullinan mine, source of some...
'Madness' after city roads go unplowed
Bus drivers and cabbies griped on Wednesday about battling unplowed, dangerous roads. “It’s rough. It’s very, very bad out there,” said Stan Winslow, a 50-year-old MTA bus driver in the...
Brendan Gleeson shines in powerful 'Calvary'
PARK CITY -- Filmmaker-playwright Martin McDonagh (“In Bruges,” “Seven Psychopaths”), who might be called the Tarantino of Ireland, and he and his big brother John Michael McDonagh (“The Guard”) usually...
The 8 greatest TV kisses of the last decade
Mindy and Danny — “The Mindy Project's” will-they-won’t-they couple — finally kissed in Tuesday’s winter-finale episode. And that long-awaited liplock got us nostalgic for other highly anticipated small-screen smooches in...
The best plays in Super Bowl history
As Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium draws near, The Post ranks the 10 best plays in the history of the big game:
Detroit's Robocop statue almost a reality
Just weeks before the remake of Paul Verhoeven’s cult classic “Robocop” hits theaters, a 10-foot-tall bronze statue of the titular character that will eventually stand in Detroit continues its improbable...
De Blasio admits botched UES plow job
Mayor de Blasio finally stopped patting himself on the back for a stellar storm cleanup on Wednesday — and admitted that the city did a lousy job plowing the Upper...
Spoiler alert: 'The Mindy Project's' big kiss
[WARNING: Spoilers ahead!] Mindy/Danny shippers got their payoff in Tuesday’s winter finale of “The Mindy Project,” when the series’ will-they-won’t-they couple finally kissed in the final seconds of the episode....
The day in photos
Angry protests, a heavy snow storm, Iraqi female police train, koala bears, a lion takes a nap, figure skating and more.
Del Zotto never developed into Rangers building block
Michael Del Zotto’s game was going south. Now, that’s where the 23-year-old defenseman is talking it — south to Nashville following a one-for-one deal on Wednesday in which the Rangers...
Netflix ends Q4 with astounding 31.7M subscribers
Reed Hastings’ Netflix monster is getting bigger and stronger — and is working on plans to bulk up even more. The streaming video giant said Wednesday it added 2.33 million...
Watch out for this slippery NYC intersection
Wipeout! A slick Midtown intersection got the best of several New Yorkers on Wednesday, with pedestrians falling in spectacular fashion while trying to cross Fifth Avenue at 40th Street. Ankles...
Bill Cosby sets sights on return to TV
Just hours after NBC announced it would not pursue a remake of “Murder She Wrote,” the network also announced that it had made a deal with Bill Cosby to star...
NHL Power Rankings: Columbus with another surprise playoff push
On the final day of the 48-game strike-shortened season last year, the Columbus Blue Jackets missed the playoffs because of a tiebreaker after finishing even with the eighth-seeded Wild. Their...
Lupita Nyong'o knows how to rock the red carpet
Just a year ago, few people knew who Lupita Nyong’o was. Now, the Kenyan actress, who made her film debut in “12 Years a Slave,” has a Rolodex filled with...
'Stranger by the Lake' is a chilling affair
From a single setting, a lakeside gay cruising spot, and an old theme — the link between sex and death — Alain Guiraudie constructs an intricate film. Franck (Pierre Deladonchamps)...
Alleged cat thief turns down plea deal
She insists that while she took the cat, she’s no burglar. Retired optometrist Nancy Glassman refused a no jail plea deal Wednesday in a Manhattan court for allegedly swiping a...
Falling icicle slashes man's face in Midtown
A jewelry shop worker was slashed in the face by a falling icicle, horrifying passersby and leaving a puddle of blood on a Midtown sidewalk on Wednesday. The 27-year-old worker...
UTA acquires N.S. Bienstock news talent agency
Hollywood talent shop UTA is acquiring the most influential talent agency in the news business, N.S. Bienstock, according to a news release. Bienstock is well known among TV news outlets...
World's greatest event crasher sets sights on Super Bowl suite
Dion Rich, the world’s greatest gate crasher, will arrive in New York next week from San Diego for Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium as he continues to live the...
Nets rewind: The importance of Andray Blatche
Here are my three thoughts on the Nets' 101-90 win over the Magic Tuesday night in Brooklyn: 1. Over the past three games, the Nets have gotten the best of...
'Visitors' fails to meet expectations
Monk-turned-director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass arrive with “Visitors," a video installation which would be much more appropriate screening in a museum, where you could just get up and...
Avonte's mom sues NYPD for school probe records
The mother of the missing autistic teen whose remains were found in the East River the past week slapped the NYPD with an emergency lawsuit Wednesday to turn over records...
Former Giants TE coach Mike Pope joins Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys can’t find their way to the playoffs, much less advance through the postseason and secure another Lombardi Trophy. They did manage to add some championship experience, though,...
'Killer' dad stabbed wife, 2 young daughters in jealous rage: DA
Furious at finding pictures of his wife with another man, he stabbed her to death — then he picked up each of his baby girls in turn, hugging them, kissing...
'Gloria' finds a way to shine on screen
Paulina Garcia has the face of a real-life woman in late middle age, one with facial muscles that move all the way up to the hairline and skin that is...
Rangers trade Del Zotto to Predators for defenseman Klein
After months of deliberation, Rangers general manager Glen Sather finally found a suitor for Michael Del Zotto, trading the 23-year-old defenseman to the Predators on Wednesday in exchange for Kevin...
NFL uses vortex storm to test Super Bowl snow plan
If only the city ran this well. The NFL used the vortex-driven blast that dumped a foot of snow in MetLife Stadium and left temperatures in the single digits, to...
Drug dealer slain after bragging about $125K stop-frisk court win
A drug-dealer who scored a six-figure stop-and-frisk settlement against the city ran his mouth all over Staten Island about his windfall — and was shot dead by a robber targeting...
A-Rod book/movie proposal shopped
A-Rod: the movie? The Post has learned a proposal has gone out to Hollywood producers and Manhattan publishers for an exposé on the Alex Rodriguez saga. The book project, entitled...
'Gimme Shelter' is a clunky anti-'Philomena'
Vanessa Hudgens takes another stride away from her Disney and “High School Musical” past, playing a homeless, pregnant teen in a clunky movie that feels as if it’s underwritten by...
Top Cuomo aid questions de Blasio's 'tax for taxing sake'
A top aide to Gov. Cuomo is questioning whether Mayor de Blasio wants to "tax for taxing sake" as he keeps pushing higher taxes on the rich to fund universal...
Deaf NFL star's adorable letter from hearing impaired girl
That was one sweet tweet. A hearing impaired 9-year-old New Jersey girl became an Internet sensation after writing a touching note to deaf Seattle Seahawks star Derrick Coleman, charmingly calling...
Yankees' free-agent binge stems from farm system's drought
The Yankees missed the playoffs in 2008 and responded by spending $423.5 million on three huge free agents: A.J. Burnett, CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira. The hope for the Yanks...
Iconic Apple cube's glass panel shatters in snowstorm
Among the victims of Tuesday’s snowstorm was one of the massive 32-foot glass panels at Apple’s showcase “cube” store on Fifth Avenue. Passersby posted photos of the cracked, $450,000 panel,...
Owner declares David Robertson the Yankees' closer
The Masahiro Tanaka signing has taken the Yankees’ outlay to retain and sign free agents beyond a half a billion dollars, so Hal Steinbrenner declared his baseball operation staff must...
Meet the Canadian teen taking tennis by storm
It’s unfair to judge a person by one answer in a post-match interview. But most non-tennis-loving sports fans now know one thing about Eugenie Bouchard: She has a crush on...
Dolan's mediocre Knicks now worth NBA-best $1.4B
Don’t worry, Knicks fans. While the team’s on-court play is stinking up the Big Apple from Tremont to Tottenville, owner Jimmy Dolan — by increasing ticket prices and jacking up...
Wife’s agony of losing ‘love of my life’ in theater shooting
ORLANDO, Fla. — The widow of a man killed in a Florida movie theater last week cried on Wednesday as she described how the joy over a rare date with...
Jonah Hill only made $60K for 'Wolf of Wall Street'
Jonah Hill really wanted to be in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” The actor says he took the role of Leonardo DiCaprio’s amoral sidekick Donnie Azoff for a measly $60,000...
College women most likely target of sexual assault
WASHINGTON — The most likely victims of sexual assault in America are college women, according to a report. One in five women say they’ve been sexually assaulted while in college,...
Hal Steinbrenner: Why Yankees had to get Tanaka
Hal Steinbrenner decided winning games trumped saving money, and authorized his baseball people to forget the Yankees' $189 million goal for the 2014 season and spend almost that much to...
10 ways to dress chalet chic
Vested interest Burton’s puffer cuts a surprisingly trim silhouette — ideal for layering. Water repellent “Wander” vest, $109.95 at Burton, 106 Spring St. Get the boot Talk about a ski...
Teens slash school custodian in dawn attack
A school custodian was slashed in the face by three teens early Wednesday while he was shoveling snow at an East Harlem school, police sources said. The 40 year-old worker...
Bernie Madoff suffers heart attack in prison
Apparently, Bernie Madoff does have a heart. The Ponzi villain suffered a heart attack that caused him to be temporarily transferred from his federal lockup in North Carolina, according to...
De Blasio opens schools despite state of emergency
This call gets an “F.” Parents and kids lashed out Wednesday at Mayor de Blasio and schools chief Carmen Farina for keeping public schools open despite Gov. Cuomo’s declaration of...
Ukraine descends into chaos after cops fire on protesters
KIEV, Ukraine — Two people were shot to death early Wednesday in anti-government protests in Ukraine, the first fatalities in the increasingly heated clashes with police in the streets of...
Meet Renee Fleming, the newest addition to Super Bowl XLVIII
Who on Earth is Renée Fleming? And what does she have to do with football? That’s the question millions of football fans are asking. Fleming has just been selected to...
LAX shooting came while armed guards were away
LOS ANGELES — Minutes before a gunman opened fire in a Los Angeles International Airport terminal last fall, killing a security screener and wounding three other people, the two armed...
New Nelson Mandela statue has bronze rabbit in its ear
JOHANNESBURG — A new, 29.5-foot sculpture of Nelson Mandela is billed as the biggest statue of the former South African leader. It also has a tiny quirk: a sculpted rabbit...
Hungary's Olympic athletes threatened with Sochi attack
BUDAPEST, Hungary — An email in Russian and English threatening national Olympic delegations and athletes with terrorist attacks at the Sochi Winter Games is a hoax, not a real danger,...
Driver's body removed 24 hours after truck smashes into home
The body of the driver of a construction truck that careened off a Bronx highway Monday night and slammed into a three-story home was removed after being trapped in the...
Yankees sign Masahiro Tanaka for 7 years, $155M
The Yankees made signing Masahiro Tanaka their top priority this offseason and got their man in the early hours of Wednesday morning, signing the star Japanese pitcher to a seven-year,...
NY digs out as polar vortex leaves city in deep freeze
The snow has blown northeast over Long Island and out to sea - but the frigid arctic air from the Polar Vortex isn’t going anywhere soon. Temperatures bottomed out at...
Proof that One Direction sing like angels
If you’re one of the haters who thought that One Direction couldn’t sing, then it’s time to eat a double helping of humble pie. This live performance of “Story Of...
Coach stock succumbing to competition
Competition is heating up in handbags, and Coach is getting pushed to the sidelines. Shares of the New York-based leather-goods manufacturer slid 6 percent on a drop in holiday sales...
Home loans rise 4.7% for week
Mortgage applications grew 4.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis as interest rates fell from the prior week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday. On an unadjusted basis, MBA said...
Federer, Nadal set up semifinal clash at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer rekindled his dominance over Andy Murray in Grand Slam matches and advanced to his 11th consecutive Australian Open semifinal with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6),...
Apple wins reprieve from antitrust monitor
A U.S. appeals court gave Apple Inc a reprieve from an external monitor appointed to oversee its compliance with antitrust laws after the company had been found liable last July...
Resignations in fallout of Mandela sign-language fiasco
JOHANNESBURG — Two officials of South Africa’s ruling party who were linked to a bogus sign-language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial have resigned from the African National Congress, South African...
Family a role in Vargas' favoring Red Bulls
The picture is beginning to clear regarding the Red Bulls’ potential pursuit of Ronald Vargas. Sources have repeatedly said the attacking midfielder favors a move to New York, but now...
Nets finalize pair of trades
The Nets made official the two trades they came to an agreement on Saturday, sending Tornike Shengelia to the Bulls and Tyshawn Taylor to the Pelicans. In exchange for Shengelia,...
'Bachelor' star's comments on gays don't hurt show numbers
"The Bachelor” star Juan Pablo Galavis' controversial comments last week about why there shouldn’t be gay and bisexual contestants on the ABC reality franchise didn’t affect the show’s ratings. Monday...
'Flowers in the Attic' snags 6.1M viewers
Say what you will about Lifetime’s “Flowers in the Attic”— which didn’t exactly generate critical raves before its premiere — but the movie snared 6.1 million viewers last Saturday night...
Forbes may keep his hands on Capitalist Tool
Forbes Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Steve Forbes is apparently willing to take a 20 percent stake in the company after a sale to new owners, a well-placed source tells Media Ink....
Lex Fenwick out as CEO of Dow Jones
Lex Fenwick, a former CEO of Bloomberg L.P., is out as CEO of Dow Jones & Co. William Lewis has been named interim CEO, according to an announcement Tuesday by...
Ex-AOL editor Cyndi Stivers joins Tina Brown's company
Cyndi Stivers, who saw her job as editor-in-chief of AOL.com eliminated in the upheaval at the media company late last year — after only seven months in the position —...
Wonk Ezra Klein leaves the Washington Post
Having a high-tech mogul Jeff Bezos, of Amazon, as the new owner of the Washington Post was apparently not enough to get the paper to hang onto Ezra Klein, its...
Daily blotter
Brooklyn A thief is wanted for at least two gunpoint robberies, authorities said. The crook first barged into the Sip & Chat restaurant on Avenue D in East Flatbush shortly...
Doctor in Martoma case lied because he was embarrassed
The doctor lied because of pride. Renowned neurologist Sidney Gilman said Tuesday he lied six times to the FBI, the Securities and Exchange Commission and Manhattan prosecutors about his role...
The TV science behind opening-night guests
When Jimmy Fallon announced Will Smith and U2 as the guests for his Feb. 17 premiere as new host of “The Tonight Show,” he clarified the importance of an opening-night...
'Sherlock' opener way up & other TV news
Logo is celebrating Sunday night’s Grammy Awards in its own unique way — with “The Grannies,” a marathon of “The Golden Girls” episodes featuring the best musical numbers from the...
Why you should be watching 'Suburgatory' on ABC
Through no fault of their own, veteran TV shows relegated to the dreaded “midseason” slot are often unfairly branded — not worthy of a vaunted fall slot, but good enough...
Sundance horror flick 'The Babadook' ripe for remake
PARK CITY — One of the better-received offerings in Sundance’ midnight movie series of genre films, Australia’s “The Babadook” is a reasonably well-done hunk of horror that seems bound to...
Avoid the large, lousy offshoot Tao Downtown
Can a fantasy-driven, ear-splitting, 400-seat Asian jumbo boasting 146 different menu items and calling itself the “next iteration” of celeb-magnet Tao put you out like a light? You betcha Quan...
Woody Allen's keeping a tight lid on 'Bullets' score
It's no secret that Woody Allen is secretive. An actor friend who’s been in a few of his movies says that when you go in for the audition, you’re given...
Feds on board with $850M for Sandy subway fixes
The feds are going to give New York straphangers a break by kicking in more than $880 million for Hurricane Sandy repairs, officials announced Tuesday. Much of the money will...
'Killer' dad only hours away from border when nabbed
The fugitive dad suspected of slaughtering his wife and two adorable daughters in Queens was arrested in Texas — where he was just hours away from the Mexican border, authorities...
Ranks of de Blasio ‘do nothing’ paid staffers grow
Mayor de Blasio’s nonworking staffers are still enjoying themselves at city taxpayers’ expense — and their ranks seem to be growing. A day after The Post revealed on Tuesday that...
Deal near in 'Central Park Five' lawsuit
The city and the so-called Central Park Five moved closer to a settlement Tuesday — and a Manhattan federal judge put their case on hold so both sides could work...
Record Fifth Avenue deal in danger
A Russian billionaire’s planned $75 million, record-breaking purchase of a Fifth Avenue co-op is in limbo — because the owner’s wealthy widow is convinced she can get even more dough...
City settles 'modesty rules' case against Hasidic storeowners
The city’s Commission on Human Rights has settled a 17-month-old lawsuit against seven Hasidic-owned stores in Williamsburg that posted signs asking customers to dress modestly. The stores faced fines totaling...
Shameless and partisan hijacking of MLK's Dream
Not so long ago, savvy politicians were fond of describing election campaigns as “the silly season.” They saw it as a scripted ritual where every promise made, every charge leveled,...
De Blasio’s mission is to raise taxes
Mayor de Blasio has a mission. “I have a mission,” he said yesterday at a City Hall press conference. “The people of this city have given me a mission. They...
De Blasio brushes off state pre-K, will raise taxes anyway
A defiant Mayor de Blasio is vowing to go full speed ahead with plans to raise taxes on the city’s highest earners to pay for universal pre-K — even as...
Cuomo: NY hospitals could close over fed funding delay
Three ailing Brooklyn hospitals could close because the Obama administration is dragging its feet in reallocating $10 billion in health-care funding to the state, Gov. Cuomo warned Tuesday. A clearly...
McDonald's cashier slugged me over sandwich: suit
A woman was punched in the face by an enraged McDonald’s cashier when she demanded cheese on her young son’s Happy Meal cheeseburger, her lawyer said Tuesday in opening arguments...
'I.V. Doctor' gives house-call flushes for hangovers
Drink up, New Yorkers — for a couple hundred dollars a doctor will deliver a hangover cure right to your front door. The “miracle elixir” comes in the form of...
Carnegie Deli loverboy blasts suing wife as 'a woman scorned'
The lawsuit filed by the owner of famed Carnegie Deli against her estranged husband and his alleged mistress is getting messier than the Midtown joint’s overstuffed sandwiches. In new court...
Turmoil as de Blasio botches early snow
Mayor de Blasio bungled the second winter storm of his administration when the snow hit a few hours earlier than expected Tuesday — causing a rash of car crashes and...