February 25, 2001
SCOOP ON SNOOP: DOGGY DUDS FOR SALE
February 25, 2001 | 5:00am"PLEEZ belavit." Snoop Dogg is becoming the first of the West Coast rappers to kick off not one, but two of his semi-eponymous clothing lines. The clothes, being described as...
OLD MEETS NEW IN PRESSMAN'S HOME
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amON a snowy Thursday night, irrepressible Gene Pressman has invited us into his vintage townhouse in the West Village. His recently renovated home, located on a quiet street, is cozy...
HOW JETS OWNER CAN CONJURE UP $300M FOR STADIUM
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amBillionaire Jets owner Woody Johnson has let it be known he'd be willing to fork over $300 million toward the cost of building his field of dreams. The idea behind...
CIRC'S UP: TALK RIDES A WAVE -BUT ITS NEWSSTAND SALES ARE DOWN 23%
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amTALK Magazine's circulation is improving. Late last week, the Audit Bureau of Circulations released the "pink sheets" for the embattled magazine's second half of 2000. And the numbers were showing...
FIRST TO ADMIT I'M HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amIt is one of the most frequently asked questions of critics: "Do you ever change your mind?" Of course we do. We are supposed to deliver opinions on time and...
WHAT I WATCH
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amMARY J. BLIGE R&B SINGER, M.A.C. COSMETIC SPOKESPERSONTHERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE CARTOON NETWORK. IT RELAXES ME AND MAKES ME FEEL YOUNG AGAIN.DOMINICK DUNNEAUTHOR, "A SEASON IN PURGATORY"I WATCH JAY...
HOT FILMS FROM CHINA
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amLast July, Cine File was honored to be part of a jury of critics at the Moscow Film Festival. Our prize for best movie went to "Lunar Eclipse," an oddball...
4 QUESTIONS FOR MISS USA ; I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amWho are your heroes? Wonder Woman, because I've always wanted to be her. And Oprah. Like me, she's a Tennessee native and she just overcame so much adversity to get...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: LAUREN GRAHAM
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amKeanu Reeves may be the object of many women's affection, but when his "Sweet November" co-star Lauren Graham jumped into bed for a sex scene with the dark-haired box-office hunk,...
THE BREAST THINGS ABOUT BEING A BRIT
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amExcuse me, but what is all the fuss about?All week, guys have been talking about Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition - the biggest selling magazine in the world, I discovered. I'm...
GUIDING LIGHTS - RAISING DOGS TO HELP THE BLIND IS AN ILLUMINATING EXPERIENCE FOR VOLUNTEERS
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amNine specially trained Labrador retrievers graduated yesterday from the Guiding Eyes for the Blind's training program in Yorktown Heights in Westchester. And no one was more proud of the dogs...
SALAD DAYS - GO GRAZING AT THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amOn a popular episode of "The Simpsons," the one in which Lisa asks Homer to include a vegetarian dish at a barbecue blowout, TV's favorite dysfunctional dad offers this observation:...
WHEN IT COMES TO COLLECTING SNEAKERS, THIS GUY'S NO LOAFER
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amSarah Jessica Parker's character on "Sex and the City" may have her obsession with Manolo Blahniks, but shoe maven Adam Leaventon has a more casual fetish: sneakers. Leaventon, a 28-year-old...
MOVING BEYOND 'SILENCE', 'SERIES' STAR GUNS FOR MORE
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amBrooke Smith, the actress best remembered as the woman held captive in a pit by serial killer Buffalo Bill in 'The Silence of the Lambs,' is back in her highest-profile...
REFRESHING GREEK SIBLING MAKES A GREAT THEATER DISTRICT DEBUT
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amKyma 300 W. 46th St. (at Eighth Avenue) (212) 957-8830 The Theater District can always do with a fresh, new face, especially on the food stage. Kyma, a pretty, one-month-old...
THE BALD SOPRANO
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amDavid Chase was sitting in his trailer in Paterson, N.J., eating a slice of pizza, and waiting to shoot a scene for the final episode of "The Sopranos" for the...
BUSH BEATS DRUM FOR HIS BUDGET & TAX CUTS
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Fresh off a summit with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Bush yesterday tried to build support for his budget and tax cuts, which he'll formally present to...
HILL'S BRO MAKES HUGE SPLASH
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amFORMER First Brother-in-Law Huge, er Hugh, Rodham - brother of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of the Hill Billys of Little Rock, Chappaqua and Harlem - finally made a splash bigger...
HERE'S A BOMBSHELL: WEDDING BELLS WILL RING FOR LEO AND GISELE
February 25, 2001 | 5:00am"Titanic" heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio is finally ready to take the plunge and marry his supermodel girlfriend, Gisele Bundchen. The Brazilian bombshell, who has said in the past that she was...
DON'T EXPECT A TRIAL OF THIS CRIME FAMILY
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amImmoral? Wrong? Filthy? All true, and ultimately, extremely smart. That is, of course, if the accolade of smart is fitting praise for a crime family. You see, as there is...
SOAP STAR BUSTED IN 'COKE' SALE
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amSquare-jawed soap star Michael Nader, who plays a dashing count on ABC's "All My Children," was busted at an illegal East Village nightclub yesterday and charged with selling cocaine to...
PHILLIPS HAS ODD TASTE WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING DEALS
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amWHEN someone finally gets around to publishing that future best-seller, "The Logic of Steve Phillips, or The Art of the Deals I Didn't Make," hopefully there will be a chapter...
POWELL TRIES TO PICK UP PIECES OF MIDEAST PACT
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amJ ERUSALEM - On his first visit to Israel as U.S. secretary of state, Colin Powell meets today with Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to talk...
CLEMENCY PROBE PUTS HEAT ON HILLARY'S SHAMED PAL
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amThe federal probe of a possible votes-for-clemency deal in New Square may put disgraced Hillary Clinton pal and ex-Democratic powerbroker Paul Adler under a spotlight, sources said. Adler, the ex-Rockland...
ARMED MAN IN FATAL FALL AT HOME OF EX
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amA heartsick ironworker known for a wild temper plunged to his death yesterday while trying to climb into an ex-girlfriend's sixth-floor apartment with a loaded gun. Darnell Jones, 57, plummeted...
A HARLEM FAREWELL FOR KHALLID
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amThe casket bearing the body of Khallid Muhammad was carried through the streets of Harlem yesterday after a funeral in which the firebrand black activist was remembered as a revolutionary....
FEAR STALKS WEST SIDE IN STRING OF SEX ATTACKS
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amUpper West Side women reacted with fear yesterday to the news that an attacker who struck twice Tuesday night is suspected of robbing as many as eight victims since December....
WILL LAWYERS TAKE THE J. LO ROAD?
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amThis installment looks at some of the unreported but notable happenings from Week 4 of testimony in the Sean "Puffy" Combs guns-and-bribery trial in Manhattan Supreme Court. Will she or...
HILL RATINGS TAKE DIVE NYERS DON'T BUY PARDON DENIALS: POLL
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amThe majority of New Yorkers aren't buying Hillary Clinton's "I knew nothing" denials in the growing pardon scandal - and only 22 percent think she's doing a good job, a...
DENISE'S PRICE TAG FOR LOBBYING BUBBA
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amFugitive billionaire Marc Rich persuaded his ex-wife Denise to lobby former President Bill Clinton for a pardon by promising more money for their two daughters, a close Israeli friend of...
RUSSIAN SPY CHIEFS STILL WAGE COLD WAR
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amThe FBI spy scandal that rocked Washington last week provided stunning evidence that the Cold War never ended - at least for the people running Russia's military and intelligence agencies....
AX MTA TOLLS: VALLONE & FERRER
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amTwo of the four Democrats running for mayor want to wipe out tolls on bridges and tunnels linking the boroughs - a move that would strip the city's transit system...
COPS BUST 18 READY TO RUMBLE
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amEighteen members of the The Mexican Boys gang were arrested last night on weapons and unlawful-assembly charges after a raid in Brooklyn, police said. Police said that the 17 men...
MONEY TRAIL LEADS TO FREEDOM TRAIL ARE DONATIONS AND FEES THE PRICE OF CLEMENCY?
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amLike never before, the presidential pardon seems to carry a price tag. From the $1,000 an Arkansas man's family chipped in to Hillary Clinton's campaign to the more than $1...
AXING SALES TAX ON CLOTHES HAS WORN WELL
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amIt's been smooth sale-ing in the city since last year's repeal of the 8.25 percent sales tax on clothing and footwear. New Yorkers have been cashing in on their savings...
NEVILLE FLICK TEACHES THE LESSONS OF ROSA PARKS
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amHe missed out on a gospel Grammy the other day, but singer Aaron Neville says a small but pivotal role in an upcoming civil-rights movie is helping him keep the...
$8M ACCORD PUTS END TO 'ICE' STORM DEVELOPER TO FIX STARS' TONY CONDOS
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amThe chill is gone! The frosty fight between the tenants and developers of TriBeCa's celebrity-and-problem-filled Ice House apartment building is over, The Post has learned. Sources said the building's sponsors...
FOOD FIGHT FOR TAVERN, TEA ROOM HEATING UP
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amRestaurateur and showman Warner LeRoy, who passed away on Friday, leaves a $100 million empire up for grabs among four children and the ex-wife he battled for seven years. With...
2 DOCS SUSPENDED AFTER BRAIN-OP BOTCH
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amA Brooklyn hospital suspended two brain surgeons last week after an operation was performed on the wrong side of a former city fireman's head, The Post has learned. The state...
248G PUTS FALSE-BUST DRIVER CLOSER TO EASY STREET
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amThe city has reached a $248,000 settlement with a motorist who filed a federal lawsuit after being wrongly arrested in Midtown by a traffic agent with a history of violent...
IS ASIAN CARDINAL IN LINE FOR PAPACY?
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amROME. STANDING in a church built over the graves of two 4th century Christian martyrs, Edward Cardinal Egan spoke about a modern-day martyr who had received a red hat alongside...
RICH PARDON PLANNERS USED PM AS KEY
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israelis aren't as miffed by the Barak government's involvement in the Marc Rich pardon as they are at its failure to win freedom for imprisoned Israeli spy Jonathan...
MONEY TRAIL LEADS TO FREEDOM TRAIL - ARE DONATIONS AND FEES THE PRICE OF CLEMENCY?
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amLike never before, the presidential pardon seems to carry a price tag. From the $1,000 an Arkansas man's family chipped in to Hillary Clinton's campaign to the more than $1...
MADONNA SITE FOR EYE OP: TAB
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amGot into those grooves? After looking fresh-faced at the Grammy Awards, a British paper speculates today that Madonna may have gone under the knife in London. According to the News...
CELL-RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGH
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amThe people who created Dolly the cloned sheep have done a new bit of biotech magic - changing a cow's skin cell into a heart cell - that could end...
JETS DON'T HAVE MUCH TO GIVE FOR TOP RECEIVER
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amIf you're expecting the Jets' new regime to make headlines soon after Friday's free-agency period begins, patience is suggested. The agenda of newly-hired GM Terry Bradway and coach Herman Edwards...
FOR GIANTS, TIME FOR GOOD BUYS ACCORSI HAS MORE MONEY TO SPEND
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amDid the lesson stick? Did the Giants' stunning surge to the Super Bowl convince their often skeptical fans that sometimes the best way to improve during the NFL free-agency signing...
SUFFERN'S WHERE THE REEL ACTION'S GONNA BE
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amOUTDOORS enthusiasts simply call it "The Suffern Show," but there is nothing simple about it as The World Fishing and Outdoor Expo is by far the largest and most popular...
NIKE GOING STRAIGHT? YEAH, RIGHT! SNEAKER GIANT'S MEA CULPAS SOUND LIKE PREEMPTIVE STRIKE
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amTHIS past Wednesday, after years of indignant denial about its Third World factory conditions, Nike unilaterally issued a report that found workers at nine of its Indonesian factories to have...
HIGH BASES-FULL AVERAGES SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISE
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amTHE sports media have long been confounded by players whose batting averages with the bases loaded exceed their career averages. That this "phenomenon" stands to reason - all batters should...
BIG EAST LACKS SWEET 16 POWER
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amANTHONY GLOVER was lamenting the plight of the Big East Conference. "Everyone is beating on everyone else," said the junior power forward from St. John's. "The games are so close...
DOMINGUEZ'S AMERICAN DREAM COMES TRUE
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amTHREE days after the fatal earthquake of 1999 struck Colombia, St. Francis' Richy Dominguez stood on the court against Robert Morris College in Coraopolis, Pa. His mind strayed from basketball....
UNEVEN LIES UNCOVERS THE TRUTH
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amDURING this celebration of black history month, there have been documentaries on African-Americans and their contributions in several sports, particularly boxing, football, baseball and basketball. Absent is a chronology of...
RANGER STORY: DOLLARS, NO SENSE
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - The week the NHL went into convulsions . . . In the aftermath of Mike Richter's season-ending injury, Ranger people couldn't wait, they just couldn't wait, to go...
RED STORM GEARING UP FOR BIG FINISH
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amST. JOHN'SatVILLANOVAToday3:30 p.m. - Ch. 7 WFAN (660 AM) VILLANOVA, Pa. - As far as the NCAA Tournament goes, today's St. John's showdown at Villanova is virtually an elimination game....
MCLEAN'S ANSWER IRKS RANGERS
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amRANGERSatFLYERSTonight8:00 - ESPN WFAN (660 AM) PHILADELPHIA - The Rangers asked the question. They did not like the answer. Kirk McLean may not be receiving his mail at the Garden...
SHEFF SALAD'S A SOUR DISH BUT UNHAPPY SLUGGER STILL MAIN INGREDIENT IN MET, BRAVE RECIPES
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amVERO BEACH - Let's take a little inventory on Gary Sheffield's mouth. He told Baseball Weekly several of his teammates were overpaid. He told the Los Angeles Times that club...
YANKEES, TORRE LIVE A CHARMED CONTRACT LIFE
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Why is it that the Yankees' porch is never cluttered with contract headaches like the Dodgers have with Gary Sheffield or the White Sox are fighting with Frank...
PIAZZA GETS ROCKET DEJA VU
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - Take a moment and think of your worst Mets' nightmare, then keep reading. OK, you've got your bad dream in mind. This is what...
ORDONEZ GETS THE A-OK FROM FOREARM X-RAYS
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - The image was picture perfect. Rey Ordonez went to the doctor Friday and what he found out was negative, which was good. "I had the X-rays...
SHANE FEELING NO KNEE PAIN
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - When it comes to rebounding from major knee surgery, you take the progress wherever you find it. For Shane Spencer, he searches early in the day. And lately,...
SUTTER'S DECISION A BONANZA FOR ISLES
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amIslanders5Panthers4 Someday, Roberto Luongo vs. Rick DiPietro may develop into one of hockey's best goaltending rivalries. But their first possible matchup was postponed yesterday when Panthers coach Duane Sutter, showing...
BIG BEN'S TIME HAS COME
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - This offseason, Benny Agbayani wrote a book. He started his own blend of coffee. He became a pitch man for a cell phone company. And He...
'O' THE YANKEES WILL TRY IT WITH SELF HELP
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - The microphone was hidden and so, says Brian Cashman now, was his agenda. For an ESPN piece tracking Manny Ramirez's free agency, an initial phone call to the...
ANTLEY DEATH SPARKS TV PROBE
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amWho or what killed Chris Antley? That question was supposedly answered once and for all when the L.A. County Coroner announced in January that the 34-year-old jockey, who had a...
HOUSTON WANTS TO STAY WITH KNICKS
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amUnlike Brian Grant last summer, Allan Houston is not opting out of his contract July 1 to play the field and test the market. Although the Knicks did not shop...
THE CENTER OF ATTENTION KNICK YEN FOR MUTOMBO SPURRED 76ERS TO ACT
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amIN the final box following the expiration of the trade deadline, the majority of the participants in the busiest February traffic day in NBA history achieved their goals by either...
HERE COMES THE SON! DWIGHT GOODEN JR. FOLLOWING IN SOME OF DAD'S FOOTSTEPS
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - There was nothing he could do about it almost 15 years ago. No way to avoid entering the world with the same name as his famous father. He...
KNICKS OPEN NEW JAX ERA AT GARDEN
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amA new point-guard era for the Knicks truly begins today at the Garden. With a downsized playbook, Mark Jackson is starting against Sacramento, his name to be announced during player...
AGBAI HELPS BC HOLD OFF FRIARS
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amPROVIDENCE - It was a game where neither team could truly be called a loser. But after Romuald Augustin's off-balance fadeaway rolled around and off the rim, after Boston College...
MARK: EW BETTER CHEER
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amMark Jackson, who played five years with Patrick Ewing in his first Knick stint, is urging Garden fans to stand and cheer Tuesday night upon Ewing's grand return. "Anybody that...
THE 5TH ANNUAL BEST & WORST ATHLETES IN NEW YORK
February 25, 2001 | 5:00amThe Post concludes its review of the best and worst qualities of the sports personalities of the city by spotlighting those who are underachievers, overachievers, cocky, immature, bright, generous, whiners,...