February 15, 2004
BULL'S EYE
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amOut of fashionYves Carcelle, the chairman and chief executive of Louis Vuitton, killed two birds with one stone last week, when he simultaneously offered a dig at rival Gucci Group...
ANI-MOUSE-ITY - EISNER AND ROBERTS STYLES CLASH IN M&A BATTLE
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amIt would be hard to find two executives more different than Michael Eisner and Brian Roberts. But it will be the two moguls' differing personal styles that play key roles...
ALL-IN-ONE NIGHTLIFE - WITH THESE NEW CLUBS, THERE'S NO LULL BETWEEN DINNER AND DANCING
February 15, 2004 | 5:00am'Dinner and dancing" is the classic night out. But few clubs have understood that night-owls need both food and funk - until now. Four new venues are offering the best...
JUST GOT ENGAGED? A WORD OF ADVICE
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amWhen you announce your engagement, spare the three page e-mails documenting what you said, what she said and where and how you had sex afterward. On this happy day after...
WHERE TO EAT AFTER ... THE BEATLES EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amFlash back to the beginnings of Beatlemania at the Museum of Television & Radio (25 W. 52nd St., between Fifth & Sixth avenues) with "It Was Forty Years Ago Today...
AMERICA'S UNFUNNY VIDEOS - ABC SERIES ENCOURAGES INJURY FOR CHEAP LAUGHS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amPARENTS SEND IN HOME VIDEOS OF THEIR KIDS GETTING HURT IN THE HOPES OF WINNING MONEY FROM THE SHOW. WHAT kind of a sadist thinks it's funny when kids get...
NICOLE'S SECRET
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amNICOLE Benisch is a cute, clean-cut girl next door, the kind you'd be proud to bring home to Sunday dinner with your old- maid aunt. In the micro-budget movie "Luvrgrl,"...
BLACK BEAUTY - WESTMINSTER'S SHAGGY, SHOWY CHAMP
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amAt Madison Square Garden last week, the audience just seemed to know which dog would trot off with the prestigious purple ribbon from the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Every...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amHey Ya, Charlie Brown: This is just so darn cute. And OutKast did so well at the Grammys and topped the Voice's Pazz and Jopp poll. Here's the Peanuts gang...
WILD WEST - IS THIS SOUL-BARING RAPPER THE NEXT JAY-Z?
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amHow determined is Kanye West? Only weeks after a near-fatal car crash in Los Angeles in 2002, the producer/rapper hit the studio to record tracks for his debut disc, "The...
STARR REPORT
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amTriumph spitfire Leave it to "Late Night with Conan O'Brien's" Triumph the Insult Comic Dog to stir things up North of the Border. "Late Night" was up in Toronto last...
SHOW OF THE WEEK
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amSLICK RICK Friday at Southpaw (125 Fifth Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn; [718] 230-0236) Brit-born, Bronx-living rap pioneer Slick Rick is out of jail (he spent 17 months fighting deportation) and...
THAT'S A WRAP
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amIt wasn't the heightened terror status that had the bomb-sniffing dogs and their M-16-toting handlers canvassing the Bryant Park tents several times daily, it was the MAC cosmetics booth and...
WHAT A WEEK!
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amI know, I know: It's not even spring yet and we're already talking about fall clothes. Well, that's how the world of fashion works. The Olympus Fashion Week that ended...
'PRACTICE' MADE PERFECT - JAMES SPADER STARS AS A SLEAZY LAWYER IN TV'S BEST NEW OLD SHOW
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amTHIS week is as good a time as any to check out Alan Shore, the ethically challenged attorney played to perfection by James Spader on "The Practice." Shore - sneaky,...
BEST GAMBLE
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amThe ladies of "The View" take their show on the road for the first time with a week of broadcasts from Caesar's Palace on the Vegas strip. Scheduled guests include...
HIT LIST - SIX REASONS TO TUNE IN
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amBEST JESUS ABC NEWS PRIMETIME Monday 10 p.m., ABC The passion of Mel Gibson is the subject of this special edition of "Primetime." Host Diane Sawyer conducts the movie star's...
MOVIE PIX - OUR MOVIE CRITIC MEGAN LEHMANN'S CHOICES OF THE WEEK
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amMY FAIR LADY Sunday, 12 noon, AMC Rex Harrison's snooty linguist attempts to knock the rough edges off Audrey Hepburn's sweet-faced, spunky ragamuffin in this perfectly "loverly" musical. BOWLING FOR...
SUPER BOWL SHOW TIP OF THE ICEBERG
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amOKAY, now that CBS has apologized for its Super Bowl halftime, what about the other 364 days? The mere notion that any network is blindsided by the content it airs...
NETS MAY BLOW KEY BANK $HOT
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amThe Nets to Brooklyn? Not so fast. Developer Bruce Ratner is up against a formidable foe in his bid to bring the NBA title contenders to Atlantic Avenue, said sources...
ELIOT GETS BALLY GYMS TO $HAPE UP
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amBally Total Fitness has signed an agreement with Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to halt high-pressure sales tactics and other dishonest practices used to muscle consumers into membership contracts, The Post...
MRS. SPATKINS - PICKS NEW FIGHT VERSUS VEGGIES
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amLess than a month after publicly lambasting Mayor Bloomberg for tarnishing her husband's legacy, the widow of Dr. Robert Atkins already has a new target in her sights - people...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amA tiny Alaska town will have underwear for the first time in a decade. It's not that Palmer residents haven't been wearing panties or briefs. But ever since three stores...
APPLE'S MEDICAID ENROLLMENT LEVELS OUT
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amMedicaid rolls in New York City have leveled off in recent months - bucking a skyrocketing trend that began in the days after 9/11. Roughly 2.3 million residents were enrolled...
NEVER SAY DIE - G.I. JOE LEADS TOY FAIR AGAIN
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amIt's back to the future at the International Toy Fair opening today, where the latest playthings range from high-tech gadgets to items parents might recognize from their own childhood. Toys...
BUSH'S GUARD 'ACCUSER' ADMITS FAULTY MEMORY
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amSerious doubts have been raised about the stories of two key Alabama National Guard figures who questioned whether President Bush showed up for weekend duty there in the early 1970s....
COP FIRE BRINGS DOWN GUNMAN
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amA Bronx shooting suspect was wounded yesterday when police returned his gunfire, officials said. Police gave this account: After 8 a.m., the suspect shot another man on the sidewalk at...
NEW SPARKS OF FEAR
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amLive wires shot sparks out of a wide-open electrical box on a busy Upper East Side street yesterday - just a month after a woman died stepping on an electrified...
KERRY IS PLAYING HOT HAND IN NEV.
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amSen. John Kerry was looking to roll a "7" as Nevada and Washington, D.C., held their caucuses yesterday, with 40 delegates up for grabs. Although the Democratic presidential front-runner spent...
LANDLORDS TAKE EXTRA NIBBLE ON RENT-DEPOSIT $$
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amNew York City tenants are getting cheated out of their share of tens of millions of dollars a year in interest earned on security deposits, says state Attorney General Eliot...
GOT A WARM VALENTINE'S FEELING? NOT FOR LONG!
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amThe Big Chill is back big-time for the Big Apple. After several days of above-average temperatures - we reached a balmy 48 degrees on Tuesday - the city returns today...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amTHE BRONX * An 18-year-old man was shot and killed in a Bronx housing project early yesterday after he and his friends were apparently playing with a gun, sources said....
GIBSON SET TO TAKE ON 'PASSION' CRITICS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amMel Gibson wanted his controversial new film depicting the death of Jesus Christ to be both "shocking" and "extreme" - and that's why the film is chock-full of violence. "The...
'PREPPY' PAYS A VISIT - KILLER NESTING IN POSH CO-OP
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amLook who's back in town. "Preppy Killer" Robert Chambers is staying in a Sutton Place co-op, a year after being released from an upstate prison for the 1986 murder of...
-STILL A 'BOSS' IN JAIL (M)-VICTORIA GOTTI'S EX STILL A 'BOSS' IN PRISON (S, LCF)
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amCarmine Agnello is living a little too large in a federal pen in Ohio, according to prison sources. The former Mr. Victoria Gotti is paying fellow inmates to draw his...
DUO PICKED WRONG PLACE FOR ROBBERY: COPS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amTwo masked robbers who had just ripped off patrons at an illegal Queens social club were caught red-handed with a satchel of jewelry and more than $6,000 in cash by...
HAPPY B'DAY, JOE - PLASTIC HERO LEADS TOY FAIR
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amRefusing to let middle age slow him down, 40-year-old G.I. Joe led the march into this year's International Toy Fair, which opens today with a mix of high-tech gadgets and...
YANKS PLAY BALL WITH MIKE IN NEW STADIUM TALKS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amBASEBALL executives are meeting with the Bloomberg administration in an attempt to revisit the stadium deals signed by the Giuliani administration. Sources said the Yankees have offered to pick up...
CITY HOLDS TALKS ON BIO 'DOOMSDAY'
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amThe NYPD has been holding talks with a wide array of local and federal agencies to plan for "doomsday scenarios," should the city be attacked by chemical or biological weapons,...
LINCOLN'S FINEST HOUR
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amLincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America by Allen C. Guelzo. Simon and Schuster, 316 pages, $26 THOUGH it was doubtless the most important document of Abraham Lincoln's...
A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SAID HE'D RATHER BE SENT BACK TO PRISON...
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amA registered sex offender said he'd rather be sent back to prison than be forced from his home just blocks from PS 16 in Williamsburg. "I live a few blocks...
COPS: 2 DELIVER DEATH TO QNS. MAN
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amA Chinese deliveryman in Queens was robbed, viciously beaten and stabbed to death by a pair of 16-year-old thugs who then dumped his lifeless body in a park, cops said....
FINAL FINE DINING - LUTECE AND GAGE & TOLLNER SERVE LAST MEALS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amGoodnight, Gage. So long, Lutece. Two New York dining institutions, Brooklyn's Gage & Tollner and Midtown's Lutece, served their last suppers last night to an emotional Valentine's Day crowd that...
COPS: DUO SLAY FOOD DELIVERER
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amA Chinese delivery man in Queens was robbed, viciously beaten and stabbed to death by a pair of 16- year-old thugs, who then dumped his lifeless body in a park,...
FERRY PILOT LIED - CRASH WITNESS SAYS 'BLACKOUT' CLAIM IS BOGUS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00am'He was sitting upright and he was looking down at the damage.' - Witness Robert Seckers said of Assistant Capt. Richard Smith at time of fatal ferry crash. The suicidal...
CLEAR & PRESENT DANGER TO KIDS - MANY PERVERTS LIVE NEAR B'KLYN SCHOOLS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amDozens of child molesters convicted of the most heinous crimes on the youngest of victims are living within blocks of elementary and middle schools all over Brooklyn, a Post investigation...
WE INTERRUPT THIS SHOW TO BRING YOU . . . POLITICS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amHave you noticed how so many important political announcements are now made on TV and radio shows - complete with host? Last week, President Bush announced on "Meet the Press"...
A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SAID HE'D RATHER BE SENT BACK TO PRISON ...
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amA registered sex offender said he'd rather be sent back to prison than be forced from his home just blocks from PS 16 in Williamsburg. "I live a few blocks...
3 OFFICERS INJURED IN HIT-RUN
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amA sergeant was seriously hurt in Gramercy Park early yesterday when he was struck by a fleeing motorist, and two other cops suffered minor injuries when they crashed responding to...
MILBURY'S TORN OVER GOALTENDING CHANGES
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amGLENDALE, Ariz. - Islanders boss Mike Milbury joined his team here after the GM meetings in Las Vegas and was in attendance Friday night when Rick DiPietro recorded his second...
SCOTT'S MISSED OFF ICE, TOO - AILING STEVENS WAS LIAISON TO GRUFF BURNS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - The amount of time the Devils spend in their own zone is evidence enough of Scott Stevens' absence from the lineup. But the greatest impact of the captain's...
NUMBERS PROVE HUNTING IS SAFER THAN EVER
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amNEW York hunters set an all- time record low in hunting-related injuries for the 2003 season, making the sport one of the safest outdoor pursuits in the state. The number...
FOR A DAY, EVERYTHING'S OK
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amDevils 4 - Hurricanes 1 Just when Lou Lamoriello is said to be ready to deal for Alexei Zhamnov, the Devils' offense resurfaced to perhaps give pause. Sources insist the...
SHAQ WON'T 2ND-GUESS FANS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amNOTEBOOK LOS ANGELES - The idea of Shaquille O'Neal not being one of the five best players in the Western Conference is a bit ridiculous. But he'll enter tonight's All-Star...
KIDD & CO. ARE GUNG-HO FOR CLASSIC
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Jason Kidd will play in his seventh NBA All-Star Game today when he joins the Eastern Conference in its annual midseason tussle with stars of the Western...
ANGELO'S 'SOUVENIRS' TOO TOUGH
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amMaryland shipper Among My Souvenirs remained unbeaten in three starts yesterday, rallying from last in the field of six 3-year-old fillies to win Aqueduct's $75,000 Dearly Precious Stakes under Mario...
A-ROD TRADE REAL BRONX-BUSTER DEAL - SORIANO TO TEXAS NETS BASEBALL'S BEST
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amBecause A-Rod agreed to play third base, Brian Cashman's trial balloon turned into baseball's version of the A-Bomb. According to multiple sources, the Yankees and Rangers have agreed in principle...
-YANKEES MAKE FANTASY COME TRUE (M)-ONLY THE RUTH HEIST CAN COMPARE (S, LCF)
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amIT TAKES something like this to rattle New York City, to send a breathless buzz across our sporting landscape. It doesn't happen very often. Maybe the last time was Nov....
ISIAH LIKES MOHAMMED - NAZR MAY BE COMING TO KNICKS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - With Thursday's trading deadline looming, the Knicks and Hawks are creeping closer toward a deal involving Nazr Mohammed and Michael Doleac, confirm sources on both sides of...
IT'S GARBAGE TIME - BLUESHIRTS LOOKIN' LIKE CADAVERS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Chicken Little was right. Because the sky has fallen, friends, and it has fallen on the Rangers, who, following yesterday afternoon's indelible stain of a 6-2 defeat to...
A-ROD'S N.Y. STATE OF MIND
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amHere are a few tidbits about Alex Rodriguez, the newest New York Yankee: * With No. 3 retired by the Yankees in honor of Babe Ruth, Rodriguez will need to...
LSU RUNS AWAY WITH TWO MORE TITLES
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amLouisiana State won a share of football's national championship with blinding speed on both sides of the ball. Turns out they took their cue from the Tigers' track team, which...
UNCOVERED! SEX HYPOCRISY
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amANOTHER day, an other duller. Last week, the St. John's basketball program was all over the TV news. But of course. Red Storm players had been booted after they were...
MOHAMMED PROPHECY - NAZR COULD LAND WITH KNICKS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - With Thursday's trading deadline looming, the Knicks and Hawks are creeping closer toward a deal involving Nazr Mohammed and Michael Doleac, confirm sources on both sides of...
KIDD, KENYON HAVE STARS IN THEIR EYES
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Jason Kidd will play in his seventh NBA All-Star Game today when he joins the Eastern Conference in its annual midseason tussle with stars of the Western...
CURSES! BOSTON FOILED AGAIN
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amA FEW days after the World Series ended, I was sitting in a cold and empty, rain-soaked Yankee Stadium, thinking about the future of Steinbrennerville. After making a few calls...
SOX BIGWIGS QUESTION SYSTEM
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amRed Sox brass praised the Yankees last night for the Alex Rodriguez trade. "This certainly makes the Yankees even more formidable and it makes us even more of a hungry...
PACERS' JONES IS SLAM KING; VOSHON TREY-MENDOUS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amNBA ALL-STAR NOTES LOS ANGELES - Fred Jones of the Pacers won last night's slam-dunk competition in a disappointing finish that left fans at the Staples Center mumbling instead of...
ILLUSTRATING SEX HYPOCRISY
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amANOTHER day, another duller. Last week, the St. John's basketball program was all over the TV news. But of course. Red Storm players had been booted after they were found...
TOUGHING IT OUT! - KENYON OVERCAME STUTTERING PROBLEM, BATTLED WAY TO TOP
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amTough. Hard-nosed. Throwback. Those are terms used about the Nets' Kenyon Martin. But mainly, it's tough. "He brings a level of intensity, of toughness to that team that they need....
THE INSIDERS!
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amSend Johnnies to the Dean Here's strong advice for St. John's: Find yourself a teacher who happens to be a basketball coach. Find yourself someone in the mold of Dean...
CHAMPS & CHUMPS - 8TH-ANNUAL LOOK AT THE BIG APPLE SPORTS SCENE
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amWhom do we love and whom do we love to hate? In our eighth-annual two-part series, here are the guys from New York's professional teams who both rate and rate...
THE PENNANT STAYS HERE!
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amThis has been an offseason of wild and weird changes, all the way through yesterday's pending Alex Rodriguez deal. Most contenders re-tooled and with the addition of new ownership in...
BIG DEAL IS ANSWER - A-ROD, NEW ARMS GIVE LAME-DUCK TORRE SHOT TO KEEP DYNASTY ROLLIN'
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amTHE embalming fluids ordered to make the Yankees look presentable at the wake were premature. And while there are areas of concern, the pending trade for Alex Rodriguez all but...
BARTMAN CAN'T STOP THESE CUBS
February 15, 2004 | 5:00amYou never know what delights and surprises a season will bring. Who knew that Steve Bartman would become a household name come mid-October and that Jack McKeon would go from...
ON THE UP AND UP - PIAZZA, REYES MOVES WILL BE KEY TO HOW HIGH METS CLIMB
February 15, 2004 | 5:00am'Catch the Energy" is how the Mets are touting their 2004 campaign. But considering their consecutive last-place finishes, perhaps the more appropriate slogan should simply be Catch the Expos. Indeed,...