June 12, 2007
"Sopranos" Second Shirt Theory
Did you notice that Tony appears in TWO DIFFERENT shirts during the final diner scene of the "Sopranos" finale?You are not alone. We have received perhaps half a million email...
Scene
Laurel Henley wears a cute Zac Posen wrap dress, a vintage bag and Louboutin heels. "I love young designers. I favor Zac Posen and Lanvin for evening. I like a...
Why are Spurs boring?
By MARC BERMANI got an email yesterday from the president of the Pro Basketball Writers Association and was told about a remark David Stern said recently that he never could...
Sundin Remains a Leaf (and other news)
Mats Sundin signed a one-year contract to stay in Toronto, which guarantees that the long-time Leaf will stay that way at least until 2008-09. In other news, the Sharks are...
Speaking of Sundin...
Anyone remember this ad spot from about 10 years ago?Or these...? I thought this batch of spots was one of the better hockey-themed campaigns ever. You can find a ton...
Deal of the Day
This cotton Tiny Bye Bubble Dress is just screaming for a pair of colorful Chuck Taylors or flat slip-on espadrilles.And with an elasticized hem to jazz up the simple tank...
EATS/LONDON: Bugger bad burgers
After years of braving wilty Wimpy burgers and after numerous McDonaldâs missteps (leading the Golden Arches to shutter two dozen locations here last year), the Brits have had enough.These days,...
David Chase on the Sopranos Finale
The Sopranos' final scene shows Tony sitting down to dinner with his family. The tension builds as the restaurant fills with suspicious characters and, suddenly, the screen cuts to black....
UTAH THE BEEHIVE STATE
Our nation's 45th state joined the Union on Jan. 4, 1896. It covers 82,168 square miles and the capital is Salt Lake City. THE land that would become Utah was...
CREAMS OF THE CROP
GIRLS are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. Women, however, should skip the sugar part if they hope to make it through this summer with flawless skin. That's...
NANCY GIRLS
NICOLE Schiffer has been working on her tattoo design for the last few weeks. She's going to have it etched on her right forearm, and it has to be just...
LAKE FRONT AND CENTER WHEN IT COMES TO TALENT
THE second thing one notes about the Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet is the exceptional quality of its dancers - this 16-member troupe is top of the class, from toe to...
IT'S NO MOORE MISS NICE GUY
THOUGH she hasn't made a sex video, been arrested with a snoot full of toot or ditched the simple life for a jail cell - don't call her Bland-y Moore....
MPFREES
Black Light Burns, "Lie" Proving that there's life after Limp Bizkit, guitarist Wes Borland is fronting a new band, with help from ex-Nine Inch Nails collaborator Danny Lohner and A...
STARR REPORT
Called to 'Order' Jesse L. Martin, who'd been renegotiating his con tract, will return to "Law & Order" for a minimum of 13 episodes - and will play the late...
RATHER BASHES KATIE
DAN Rather has joined the growing contingent who is not watching the woman who replaced him, Katie Couric. Rather characterized the changes in his old show as "dumbing it down,...
DAILY 'DEAL'
HOWIE Mandel is taking his "Deal"-making to daytime. Mandel will host the syndicated daytime version of "Deal or No Deal," which is targeted to launch in the fall of 2008....
TONY VS. TONY
VIEWERSHIP of Sun day's Tony Awards show was 6.24 million, down 17 percent from last year, according to preliminary figures released yesterday. If that holds up when the final numbers...
UNDER FIRE
DID you ever notice how "Rescue Me," Denis Leary's NYFD drama, is like a modern-day "M*A*S*H"? A million one-liners amid the death and disaster. Leary is back for a fourth...
SOPRANOS CREATOR CUTS TO THE CHASE
The Sopranos' final scene shows Tony sitting down to dinner with his family. The tension builds as the restaurant fills with suspicious characters and, suddenly, the screen cuts to black....
CHECK SPECS ON SPECS
IF you're at Cohen's and you just can't decide between the Prada or the Gucci, know that fashion doesn't always mean protection. While most sunglasses come with some sort of...
PASSION IN A PETRI DISH
Last week, Post transit reporter Jeremy Olshan talked about how he and his wife were undergoing in-vitro fertilization to conceive a child. Here's an update on the progress; you can...
N.Y. JOINS SUDANESE $QUEEZE
ALBANY - State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli yesterday announced he will use the state's $155 billion pension fund to pressure the Sudanese government to end the genocide in Darfur. DiNapoli, the...
OVERHAUL FAA FOR CLOSE CALLS: CHUCK
The Federal Aviation Administration needs "a top-to-bottom reorganization" in the wake of a spate of near-misses over New York City airspace, Sen. Chuck Schumer said yesterday. Reacting to an exclusive...
MIKE HYPES SUNNY SIDE
Getting greener by the day, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday that the city is looking for a private developer willing to front the money to retro-fit 20 to 50 municipal buildings...
'FIRE DAD' EYES SUIT VS. CITY
The West African father whose wife and four kids perished in a horrific Bronx blaze last March has taken the first step toward a $100 million lawsuit against the FDNY...
KID PEPPER ATTACK
An eighth-grader released pepper spray at a Queens junior high school yesterday, landing seven people in the hospital, cops said. About 400 staffers and students were evacuated from the third...
COURTS HIRED A CRIMINAL
Investigators are looking into $61,000 worth of questionable bills submitted by an "expert" who was hired by the court system - even though he had a criminal record. Richard Gottfried...
PAGE RAGE AT MCG
Dina Matos McGreevey says her tell-all memoir about life with the Garden State "Love Gov" has tanked because gay men aren't buying it - and it's all his fault! Jim...
HOTELS PLAY GENIE
New services at the city's top hotels are giving New York's tourists more bang for their buck - literally. Starting next week, The Bryant Park Hotel, which has played host...
HIP-HOP HOPEFUL SHOT DEAD IN QUEENS AMBUSH
An up-and-coming rapper was ambushed and killed yesterday when he returned to his Queens housing project after a night of clubbing in Manhattan, cops said. Rayquon Elliott, 25, who went...
BODEGA MAN SHOT
A beloved Queens bodega owner was fighting for his life last night after being shot during a robbery, police said. The owner of the Kennedy Mini Market in South Ozone...
SANDHOGS LEARNING THE 'DRILL'
Talk about "some assembly required." The 600-ton tunnel-boring machine that will drill the East Side Access connection between the Long Island Rail Road and Grand Central Terminal, arrived in Queens...
'KID SEX' GAL: 'FESS FORCED
A child-care worker on trial for raping a 4-year-old boy took the stand yesterday and claimed a cop conned her into making a graphic videotaped confession. Khemwatie "Anita" Bedessie, testifying...
SHOT WISEGUY'S PAL IN SOLITARY FOR 'PROTECTION'
An associate of Robert DeCicco, who was shot in a botched mob hit last week, was moved into solitary confinement after a contract was put on him in prison, according...
SLAY RAP KO'D IN 'MOB FED' SHOCKER
A Brooklyn judge yesterday tossed out cold-case murder charges against a co-defendant of alleged rogue FBI Agent Lindley DeVecchio, slamming cops and prosecutors for waiting 16 years to follow up...
CITY GOING COUNTRY
New York, the world's premier urban center, will be hosting this year's Farm Aid benefit concert, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday. "New York City isn't the most obvious place for a...
TRAFFIC SILVER 'SPIKE'
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver threw cold water on Mayor Bloomberg's controversial congestion-pricing plan yesterday, claiming Hizzoner wasn't concerned about traffic problems when he proposed the West Side stadium. "You could...
FED 'HAIL' STORM FOR NYC
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff yesterday said the Big Apple is well prepared should it ever get socked by a major storm. "The planning that's been done here . ....
'TRUCK STOPS' TARGET TERROR
The NYPD has stepped up its inspections of trucks at checkpoints to protect against radioactive, biological or chemical bombs entering the Big Apple, officials said. Enlisting an array of new...
TOT'S KIN RIP KILLER SITTER
The family of a toddler suffocated when his baby sitter tried to quiet him with duct tape lashed out at the woman yesterday, calling her their "worst nightmare." Tammy Williams,...
HEAD-BITE COCK KILLER DUCKS CAGE
No harm, no fowl. Under a deal struck yesterday in Manhattan Criminal Court, a bird-brained Inwood man won't face any jail time for admittedly biting the head off his pet...
SPAM MAN CONFESSES
A proudly prolific spam artist has 'fessed up to bombarding more than 1.2 million AOL customers with bulk e-mail advertisements for a cut in the profits. Adam Vitale, 26, of...
GRAN RAMS INTO BANK
An elderly woman plowed her car through the front window of a Queens bank yesterday, dragging a customer several feet, police said. Olympia Miglietti, 85, lost control of her 1999...
TWISTED ALIBI BID IN MURDER
A Wall Street exec who is claiming he was insane when he slaughtered his millionaire ex-lover tried to cover his tracks by calling a buddy and asking him to get...
BAIL DENIED FOR CRUELLA AND HUBBY
The Long Island couple accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves will remain behind bars, a federal judge ruled yesterday, putting the kibosh on their multimillion-dollar plan to live...
KIDS IN RX TEST FUROR
The number of city children in foster care with HIV who may have been steered into experimental drug trials has ballooned to 663, The Post has learned. That figure is...
WHITMAN TO FACE 9/11 FIRE
WASHINGTON - Former New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman will be grilled on the government's environmental response to 9/11 at a congressional hearing June 25. A House judiciary subcommittee headed by...
AIR PASSENGERS' FURY IS ALL THE RAGE
Long lines, lost luggage, delayed departures, plastered passengers and surly staff will fuel air-rage incidents this year, experts warn. There have been 1,750 documented air-rage incidents since 2000, according to...
BORN-AGAIN PARIS CALLS DITZ QUITS
Paris Hilton says she's found God behind bars - and will dump the ditzy-blonde persona that's made her a world-famous celebutante. "My spirit or soul did not like the way...
SOPRANOS SNIT HITS THE FANS
"Sopranos" fans seething over the series' finale flop called for one more person to be whacked yesterday - creator David Chase. "[He] should be shot - what a disgrace!" ranted...
SOPRANOS FANS OUT FOR BLOOD
The Post asked readers for their reactions to the controversial finale of ''The Sopranos." Here's a sample of their e-mail replies: 'David Chase may be thought of as a genius...
CHUCKING BOMBS AT SCHUMER
WASHINGTON - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell all but accused Sen. Charles Schumer of hypocrisy yesterday in a highly unusual personal attack on the Senate floor, where the Kentucky Republican...
MOORE CLAIMS 'PRESS' RIGHTS IN CUBA VISIT
Bush-whacking filmmaker Michael Moore yesterday whined that the U.S. Treasury Department is unfairly targeting him by probing whether he violated a federal embargo on visiting Cuba. Moore said he went...
HILL DOUBLES N.H. LEAD
WASHINGTON - A surging Hillary Rodham Clinton has doubled her New Hampshire lead over arch rival Barack Obama - to 14 points - coming off the Democrats' presidential debate there...
BUSH: I'LL REVIVE IMMIGRATION BILL
WASHINGTON - Despite predictions that the Senate's immigration reform bill is dead, President Bush yesterday declared he would retrieve it from the political dust heap and turn it into a...
JUDGE TO TEAM SPECTOR: DROP THE DIRT
The judge in Phil Spector's murder trial warned defense lawyers yesterday they should probably dump any plans they might have to "dirty up" slain actress Lana Clarkson. Outside the presence...
GENERATION SUSHI
Teens are dropping more cash on sushi and Starbucks and less on clothes and accessories these days, according to a new survey gauging the spending habits of high-schoolers across the...
GOOD MORNING, JEN
Jennifer Aniston seems to be more than just "Friends" with British model Paul Sculfor. Aniston's publicist may have denied that the two are a couple, but Sculfor was seen skulking...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan* A Brooklyn man has been charged with viciously slashing a fellow patron with a broken bottle in a Flatiron bar, authorities said yesterday. Anthony Pezzolanti, 30, of Sheepshead Bay,...
HALLELUJAH! HEIRESS FINDS GOD - AND HER BRAIN
CALL her Paris Almighty. Six days behind bars, and Paris Hilton has located the brain she'd misplaced, discontinued her idiot act and learned to read without moving her lips. And...
CRUISES'S CLINIC OK
SHOCK and grief turned to horror when Joe Higgins helped pull the body of his brother and fellow firefighter, Tim, from the rubble of the World Trade Center. "We found...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 129; Lucky Sum: 12 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 3104; Lucky Sum: 8 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 802; Lucky Sum: 10 / Evening Win-4 Mon.: 0133;...
HILLARY'S ODD PAL
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has named Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings co-chairman of her presidential effort in the Sunshine State. What an odd choice. Hastings has the dubious distinction of being...
SILVER'S PRICE
Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver raised a host of, well, interesting issues yesterday about Mayor Mike's plan to charge motorists a fee to drive in Midtown - and not one of...
IRAN: GENERALS WHO FEAR A FIGHT
IN Persian mythology, no warrior worth his salt would enter battle before indulging in a good dose of rajaz. Put simply, rajaz translates as boasting. The term, however, encompasses other...
AN AGE OF CYNICISM
IN five years, we built the Hoover Dam. From 1931 to 1936, the Colorado River was diverted with tunnels blasted into the Black Canyon walls, a town was built to...
PICTURE-PERFECT PUBLIC HOUSING?
THE ISSUE: New York City Housing Authority's plan for vacant and surplus property. As an ex-North Parkchester resident, following the "Parkchester Model" is not a solution, but a step backwards...
MIKE & CO.'S RINO: REFORM IN NAME ONLY
THE ISSUE: Campaign-finance legislation introduced by Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council. The campaign-fi- nance-reform legislation presented by Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn will provide unions with...
LAMPERT HIRES GOLDMAN SACHS TO RAISE $5B
Eddie Lampert, the general partner of ESL Investments and one of the titans of the hedge fund universe, is said to have hired Goldman Sachs to troll institutions and the...
GIANT CA$H-OUT
Using $400,000 in seed money, Stephen Schwarzman and Pete Peterson hammered their Blackstone group into a Wall Street money machine - whose billions were disclosed for the first time yesterday....
THIS GUY'S GOOD DEED BLEW UP IN HIS FACE
STEVE Hamilton probably won't be doing anybody a favor anytime soon. He's now a believer in the charming old saying about no good deed going unpunished. The bellhop at the...
COOL MILLION A DAY
Forget the hedge fund titans and their gargantuan paydays - ordinary CEOs are getting as much as $1 million for each working day. Heading a new ranking of CEO compensation...
WARNER STILL EYES AN OFFER FOR EMI
Warner Music Group yesterday offered a clear sign it is still in the hunt for EMI Group, confirming that it still might try to top the $4.7 billion offer currently...
THREE TOP PUBLISHING EDITORS QUIT JOBS
The book publishing world was rocked yesterday by a high-stakes game of musical chairs in which the editors-in-chief at Random House, Penguin Press and Houghton Mifflin all jumped ship. At...
MACY'S MARGINS
Even as Macy's spends millions of dollars to create a national brand through advertising and store renovations, behind the scenes the company still operates through seven regional buying offices, a...
CHANGES À LA MODE
FRANCOPHILE gourmands got a Gallic gift yesterday, thanks to a just-signed lease that will bring a prominent French-born restaurateur to fashionable East 60th Street between Park and Madison avenues. Francois...
CFO'S NO CPA
A Utah personal care product and nutritional supplements distributor continues to experience trouble with important aspects of the biographical details of its key executives. The chief financial officer of Usana...
COLUMBIA KID CAN CUT IT
OAKMONT - It's been quite a couple of months for Chris Condello. If his life stays true to its recent pattern, Condello might win the lottery before the end of...
BRITTANY'S CRANKING UP FOR MATCH PLAY DEFENSE
Brittany Lincicome is champing at the bit as she counts down the days until she defends her title at next month's HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship. Fresh off a...
HONDO'S COOKIN'
Those darn White Sox were 'O' so bad last night, coming up small in Philly to shrink Hondo's take- home pay to 265 pateks. Tonight, Mr. Aitch will slide 10...
LIBS LOOKIN' TO LEARN FROM PAIR OF L'S LIBERTY LOOKING TO LEARN FROM L'S
MYSTICS at LIBERTY Tonight - 7:00 ESPN2 When Patty Coyle looked over the tape of the Liberty's last two games, she not only was focused on what her team did...
HOLLOWAY JOINS IONA
Iona continues to steal from the Big East. First-year coach Kevin Willard, a former guard at Pitt and assistant at Louisville, yesterday named former Seton Hall guard Shaheen Holloway as...
SPORTS SHORTS
OBIT: Vern Hoscheit, 85Vern Hoscheit, the bullpen coach on the Mets' 1986 World Series championship team, died yesterday in Pierce, Neb. He was 85. Hoscheit, who was with the Mets...
FUHGEDDABOUTIT!
CLEVELAND - Magic Johnson says his talk show had a better chance of survival than the Cavaliers do against the 2-0 Spurs. When LeBron James was yanked 2:55 into the...
WRIST REST
OAKMONT, Pa. - Phil Mickelson, the star of last year's U.S. Open for all the wrong reasons thanks to his epic final-hole collapse at Winged Foot, is again a lightning...
PRAYING FOR SUCCESS
OAKMONT, Pa. - When his dad said it was time to get a job, 12-year-old Steve Kautz figured being a caddie at the local country club 20 minutes away might...
KNICKS WILL TAKE ON ISRAELI POWERHOUSE
The Knicks will announce today that they'll open their preseason Garden schedule in October by hosting Maccabi Tel Aviv, the European powerhouse that features former Georgia Tech point guard Will...
STEPH TO ZEKE: TAKE A SHOOTER IN DRAFT
Stephon Marbury said yesterday he'd like to see president/coach Isiah Thomas add another perimeter shooter in the June 28 NBA draft, in which the Knicks hold the 23rd pick. "It...
STRANGE DAZE
Dodgers- 5- Mets- 3- LOS ANGELES - Even though he tried to make a sliding catch, Carlos Gomez couldn't the make the grab. And Paul Lo Duca couldn't convert what...
HR MARK ELUDES WRIGHT
LOS ANGELES - David Wright's closest bid at making Mets history last night ended as just a fly out to deep right field. Wright had homered in four straight games...
FEELING THE STRAIN
LOS ANGELES - Moises Alou had an MRI yesterday, and the pain in his strained left quad isn't going away. The Mets said the MRI revealed that the quad continues...
NETS UPBEAT OVER VINCE
The Nets' draft search for size continues almost daily. And so does the quest to keep Vince Carter in New Jersey. While stressing nothing was pending, team president Rod Thorn...
RANGERS' DUO FINN-ISHED?
They have gone from prospects to suspects and now it appears as if both Jarkko Immonen and Bryce Lampman will be leaving the Rangers organization to play next season in...
BIG UNIT SKIPS TRIP TO BRONX
Yankee fans, you won't be seeing the ornery lefty this week. Randy Johnson hasn't made the trip to New York for this week's Diamondbacks-Yankees series, eschewing a chance to revisit...
BEWARE OF THE SNAKES
It would be really impressive if the Yankees last another six games without a loss. The competition this week, though, makes last week look like a walk in the park....
YANKS' SURGE STARTED WITH 'STRAY-ROD'
LOOK, we're too modest here at The Post to take credit for anything that doesn't rightly belong to us, OK? So, for the record, it's best to point out that...
FLY RIGHT
AS if the exchange rate weren't enough, getting to London is now more expensive than it's been in a while. Still, these simple tips can help you save hundreds on...
STAY CHEAP
NEW ARRIVAL Hoxton Hotel Following the successful Zetter, the Hoxton is the latest London pad to offer pop-art, boutique-level style and design (pillows with fish on them, the flat screen-and-duck...
FREE LONDON!
UNBELIEVABLE! Our dollar has wilted against the British pound, recently crossing the once-mythical two-to-one barrier, where it currently hovers. Never an affordable prospect, a journey to London - one of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
What dirty dogs! Two drug-sniffing security dogs that worked at a Thai airport were fired for constantly peeing on luggage and sexually harassing female travelers instead of doing their job....
Kevin Aviance shoes
This Thursday at Kino 41, it'sKinky Boots meets a magical dance diva meets a true survivor. The launch of Kevin Aviance Shoes happens 10:30 p.m. this Thursday night at Kino...