January 4, 2008

Sutton can breathe easy ... for now

Jets defensive coordinator Bob Sutton, who’s job has been rumored to be in peril, still might not be able to sleep comfortably, but one thing became certain today: He won’t...

Ruh-roh! Warner Bros. to exclusively support Blu-ray

Wah ha ha! SUCKERS! Warner Bros. has announced that they're exclusively supporting Blu-ray, while dumping their HD DVD titles (after May, that is).Warner Bros. Home Video joins Sony Pictures Home...

Congress calls for Clemens, Pettitte

By BRIAN COSTELLORoger Clemens could face questions from a tougher interviewer than Mike Wallace.The House Government Reform Committee today invited former Yankees Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch to testify...

Injuries nothing to laugh at

By PAUL SCHWARTZThe pulled abdominal muscle suffered by cornerback Sam Madison in last Saturday's loss to the Patriots does not prevent Madison from laughing."I can laugh a little," Madison said...

Plax fires back at Ronde

By PAUL SCHWARTZIt's rare when a player posts his own bulletin board material, but that's what Plaxico Burress did today, cutting out and taping on top of his locker a...

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Julia Tsyvin rocks her winter look in a Traffic-Cone orange coat by Berardi with a Rebecca Minkoff bag and Miss Sixty boots."I'm colorful, but comfortable - eclectic and personally influenced....

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Adrienne Pratt works at Dolce Vita on the LES. She wears a vintage plaid shirt over a draped Ella Moss top with vintage boots and a cool bag. "I wear...

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Student Elisabeth Isaksen wears a cool army green coat from H&M with boots from Denmark and a friend's hat. "I'm laid-back and casual - I love dresses, I wear layers...

Zach suspended; new predictions sought

By MARC BERMANSAN ANTONIO - As if things couldn't get any worse, Zach Randolph was suspended for tonight's game by the league for the headband incident vs. Sacramento in which...

D.A.

By FRED KERBERHe majors in energy with a minor in cheerleading for the Nets. Darrell Armstrong, who was brought in after Marcus Williams broke his right foot before training camp,...

Bucs' LB June won't play

Tampa Bay Online says the Bucs will start a strong-side linebacker, Ryan Nece, who hasn't played the position since before training camp.The St. Pete Times says the Bucs' third-leading tackler,...

Next Stop, Edmonton

A "good effort" game against Vancouver wasn't enough to rebound from a "we almost came back" game against Calgary the night before. The Rangers are 0-2 in their 3-game Western...

Starr Report

"L&O" snared 13.4 million viewers (9-11 p.m.) with new cast members Linus Roache and Jeremy Sisto (R) on board. Those were NBC's best numbers, in that time slot, since April...

'Best Film Costume of All Time'

That stunning green dress worn by Keira Knightley in "Atonment'' -- the subject of a Pulse cover by Maureen Callahan last month -- has been voted the best film costume...

A Journal By Any Other Name

My first screening of the year was "27 Dresses,'' a rom-com starring Katherine Heigl, James Marsden and Edward Burns. 20th Century Fox just pushed back the chick flick's release from...

Box Office: The Year's First Turkey?

Warner Bros. was probably right to skip advance screenings for mainstream critics for "One Missed Call,'' based on the seven early pans at Rotten Tomatoes, which rates the U.S. remake...

Marathon Man

To prepare a piece on the Paul Thomas Anderson retrospective this weekend at the Museum of the Moving Image, S.T. Van Airsdale of The Reeler watched all four of Anderson's...

MIKE IMPOUNDING PARKING PASSES

In a sweeping crackdown against an infuriating government abuse, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday that he's cutting the number of official parking placards by 20 percent and creating a special NYPD...

COURT DROPS DOPP 'STOP'

ALBANY - An attempt by a former aide to Gov. Spitzer to block a subpoena in the Dirty Tricks Scandal was rejected yesterday in Albany Supreme Court. Justice Michael Lynch...

BEAST: I PAWED GAL, 15

Now he'll be a caged Beast. Former "Beauty and the Beast" star James Barbour faces two months in jail after confessing in graphic language yesterday to sex with a starry-eyed,...

ASSISTANT QNS. DA PROBED IN MOB PLEA

A veteran Queens prosecutor is the target of a corruption probe after a mob-tied coke dealer said he was offered a sweetheart plea deal in exchange for hiring the official's...

BRAVEST DIES

A fire officer died last night after he became trapped in a smoky blaze in a Brooklyn high-rise. Lt. John H. Martinson, 40, a decorated former NYPD cop, went into...

JAILBREAK DUO 'STILL IN JERSEY'

The fugitives who drove a New Jersey jail guard to suicide are likely still in the area, aided and abetted by supporters, officials said yesterday. On Dec. 15, Otis Blunt,...

TANKLEFF'S BITTER SIS INSISTS HE IS THE KILLER

Speaking out for the first time since Martin Tankleff was cleared, his half-sister said last night she still believes he killed their father and is "appalled" and "disillusioned" that his...

45 TO LIFE IN SLAY

A 22-year-old Queens man was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison yesterday for killing a bystander while trying to gun down the ex-con who had shot his brother...

BOOST FOR 'ASSASSIN' AIDE'S SUIT

A skeptical federal judge challenged the city's bid to derail a $1 million lawsuit by a fired aide to city Councilman Charles Barron yesterday, suggesting the case could go to...

47-STORY PLUNGE ENDS IN MIRACLE

Miracle window washer Alcides Moreno - who survived a 47-story fall from a Manhattan building last month - is making an amazing recovery, and even spoke his first words on...

FILL-IN FOR SLAIN BRAVEST

The FDNY yesterday filled the position of the supervising fire marshal who was slain last month in his Staten Island home. Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta promoted James Mahaney to fill...

RICH GUY SLASHES WIFE: COPS

A hulking "blueblood" was busted for slashing his wife with a kitchen knife in their luxury Upper East Side apartment after a New Year's Eve boozefest, authorities said. The 6-foot-4...

NO MORE SWANKY PANKY

A high-flying exec accused of stealing $200 million from his body-armor firm was released on bail yesterday in a deal that effectively bars him from having sex. Gazillionaire David Brooks,...

WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE

1: There are no trains between 14th Street and South Ferry. The 2 and the 3 lines run local between 14th and Chambers streets and shuttle buses replace trains between...

TAMPA REVAMPA: BUCS BACK OFF GIANTS TIX NIX

The Buccaneers' defense has already crumbled to the Jints. Tampa's hometown team switched tactics yesterday and opened tickets to Sunday's playoff game against the Giants to everyone - not just...

POLICE RAID SHUTS DOWN 'GUN NUT'

A tip that a man was carrying a gun led cops to a suspected arms merchant and a massive arsenal of weapons in his Queens apartment, authorities said. Seven rifles,...

RELIEF 'PITCHERS'

With baseball behind him, drinking became a top priority in Jim Leyritz's life, court documents reveal. The ex-Yankee slugger - now charged in a fatal DUI crash - once asked...

$661,000 CONDO NOT SO DUMBO

Just $661,000 can net you this two-bedroom, third-floor apartment in the newly constructed Bridgeview Towers at 189 Bridge Street in DUMBO/Vinegar Hill. The 793-square-foot condo is listed by Heidi Young...

$IMMER IN THE CITY

Manhattan real estate may still be skyrocketing, but Brooklyn came back to earth a bit at the end of 2007 - although it still saw gains in the housing market....

VILE PERV IN 'GRADE TRADE': DA

A former Manhattan high school social-studies teacher who was accused of offering grades in exchange for dates with young girls turned himself in to police yesterday, investigators said. Richard Dulberg,...

10 YRS. FOR DWI KILLER

A drunken driver who careened onto the West Side bike path a year ago - speeding a full mile before striking and killing a promising NYU teaching fellow - was...

KUNG-FOOL KILLER OFF TO PRISON

A martial-arts-fanatic bouncer convicted of killing two Brooklyn men was sentenced to 50 years to life yesterday, as one victim's sister delivered a fierce verbal kick to the ninja wannabe....

SCHOOLS EARNING A'S WILL EARN SOME G'S

A month after 14 city schools were given grades of "D" and "F" and tagged for closure, the flip side was announced yesterday: cash rewards for the best ones. The...

DOG KILLS BABY

A "protective" family dog yesterday mauled an 8-month-old boy to death as his grandmother screamed in horror, unable to wrench the infant from the Doberman's jaws in the family's Brooklyn...

JAY BEATS WORLDWIDE PANTS OFF LETTERMAN

David Letterman's bushy beard wasn't enough to scratch late-night rival Jay Leno Wednesday as both hosts returned with new shows, but the same old results. Leno's "Tonight Show" beat Letterman's...

BARACK A 'LADIES' MAN

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's central campaign themes - experience, electability and female appeal - were largely rejected by Iowa caucus-goers last night, a survey of voter opinions found. Clinton was...

ALL DOWN-HILL FOR NO. 3 DEM

DES MOINES, Iowa - Barack Obama scored a monumental win in the Iowa caucuses last night, sending Hillary Rodham Clinton to a devastating third-place finish. In a historic bid to...

RUDY GOES INTO FLA. ON CRUISE CONTROL

BOW, NH - With the nation's first primary here just days away, Rudy Giuliani yesterday made a brief appearance in New Hampshire before jetting off to Florida where he is...

OL' TIME RELIGION ALLOWS NO MITT-LE GROUND

WASHINGTON - Six out of 10 Republican Iowa caucus voters last night were born-again or evangelical Christians, setting the perfect stage for Baptist minister Mike Huckabee to push ahead of...

IT'S THE GOP'S HUCK-EYE STATE

DES MOINES, Iowa - Former Baptist minister Mike Huckabee won a "miracle" victory over top rival Mitt Romney in last night's Iowa caucuses Huckabee had 34 percent of the vote...

ZOO: BEWARE OF CAT

SAN FRANCISCO - More signs warning against disturbing the animals greeted visitors when the San Francisco Zoo reopened yesterday, nine days after a ferocious feline leaped out of the tiger...

NAME'S THE SHAME FOR JOEY'S KID

Jessica Buttafuoco, daughter of Long Island lothario Joey Buttafuoco, says she's ashamed of the family name - and her dad doesn't blame her. The 24-year-old aspiring actress lamented to "Inside...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

Manhattan Burglars made off with more than $100,000 in jewels after breaking into a Chinatown jewelry store, polices sources said yesterday. The thieves tunneled through a Sheetrock wall in the...

CLINTONS NO LONGER THE LIFE OF PARTY

DES MOINES, Iowa - Awaiting her coronation here last night, Hillary Rodham Clinton instead faced a seething revolt within her own party. More than 70 percent of Iowa Democrats rejected...

LOTTERY

NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 957; Lucky Sum: 21 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 4361; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 662; Lucky Sum: 14; Evening Win-4 Thu.: 9043; Lucky...

THE NYPD COMES THROUGH AGAIN

Credit the street smarts and quick judgment of two NYPD cops for bringing down an armed fugitive in Brooklyn this week. Darin Richardson was on the FBI's Most Wanted list...

SILVER'S RECKLESS BAILOUT

It sure must be nice to live in Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver's consequence-free world - where Joe and Eileen Taxpayer can always be hit up to cover the losses of...

THE DUEL IN ISLAM

FOR centuries, Iran and the Ottoman Empire, of which modern Turkey and Egypt were parts, fought for influence in the Muslim world. That changed when Turkish westernizers under Kemal Ataturk...

ANALYZING IOWA: TWO HISTORIC VICTORIES

THE amazing victories by Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee in Iowa last night are truly historic. They demonstrate the impact and viability of a message of change in both parties....

ANALYZING IOWA: BUCKING HUCK

IOWA is one strange bag of corn. First off, only one candidate has ever won the Iowa caucus and gone on to win the presidency in the same year: George...

ANALYZING IOWA: NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE

DES MOINES THEY'RE mad as Hell and they aren't going to take it anymore: That was the message Iowa voters sent loud and clear in casting their votes for change...

TIME TO PLAY HARDBALL WITH KILLER DRUNKS

THE ISSUE: Former Yankee Jim Leyritz's drunk-driving accident, which left one woman dead. The reason we have road killers, like former Yankee Jim Leyritz, free to risk the lives of...

WHEN FAITH IS AN ISSUE

THE ISSUE: Religion's role in shaping this year's presidential election season. Christians debating abortion on demand, the legalization of drugs, gay marriage and other aspects of a radical individualism promoted...

WRITERS GUILD FEELS ITS OWN LABOR PAINS

Sure to delight movie studio chiefs and producers everywhere, the striking Writers Guild of America is about to be struck by its own downtrodden employees. The East Coast branch of...

STATE STREET PURGE

A shake-up at giant money manager State Street over its contaminated junk mortgage paper could unleash a new flood of lawsuits against Wall Street firms for peddling risky, subprime mortgage...

WEATHER CHANNEL FORECASTS BIG SALE

If the potential sale of The Weather Channel proves anything, it is that a cable network's value depends largely on the reach of its distribution. The $5 billion valuation being...

'MIRROR' ON THE WALL

DAILY News owner Mort Zuckerman negotiated heavily in the second half of 2007 to land a new British editor-in-chief for his embattled tabloid. The man in Zuckerman's sights was Fleet...

MOTOROLA'S GAMBLING ON TV OPTION TO AID CELLPHONE WOES

Just as Carl Icahn turns up pressure on Motorola to spin off its cellphone business for up to $20 billion - it's launching a small portable TV about the size...

MUSICAL MYSTERY

Warner Music Group shareholders may be singing the blues, but CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. can at least grab some brief bragging rights. Warner surprisingly ended 2007 with the top-selling album...

BETTING ON JONAS BROTHERS

Touring giant Live Nation, on the hunt for a new generation of touring stars in the rapidly graying concert business, is gambling that Disney tween pop rockers the Jonas Brothers...

RXECESSION FEAR

Shares of the country's three largest drugstore chains hit the skids as weak December sales stoked fears that the fast-growing pharmacy business isn't immune to a broad downturn in the...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

It was an all-you-can-eat buffet - except for the really fat guys. Ricky Labit claims a Chinese restaurant in Houma, La., overcharged him and his corpulent cousin because they ate...

THE GRAND AND GLORIOUS AUTOMAT

Before fast-food chains became a mainstay of our diet, automats were the way to get great food - really fast. And you didn't need much money because here, a nickel...

BLACKHAWK FROWN: CHOPPER IDEA NOT BRIGHT

THAT was fast. If seeing, difficult as it was, is believing, the first "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" moment of 2008 occurred just after 1 p.m. on New Year's...

THESE GUYS SHOULD NEVER GET BACK IN RING

THEY are invincible heroes in their prime: flesh and blood gladiators who fight without fear. But Father Time is an unbeaten opponent. He wears on the body one day at...

PEARL OF WISDOM

BRUCE Pearl stared up at the ceiling, rolled his eyes and flashed one of those sly smiles that has made him so popular as the head coach at Tennessee. This...

AT TB NOT TO BE

THE sentiment here last week was that Tom Coughlin should listen to Harry Carson and challenge the Patriots; that if the Giants beat the best team in football on a...

SAY 'SEA YA LATER' TO REDSKINS

Adding to his stuffed trophy case, The Wildcat captured first place over more than 50 foes in the 2006-07 edition of Playbook's long-running Wise Guys Contest with an overall record...

HUNGRY HUSKIES HOUND THE HALL

Bobby Gonzalez had wanted to see how his Seton Hall Pirates responded to this brutal three-game gantlet to open their Big East season. He wanted to learn how they would...

'BUCK'-ING THE ODDS

The overconfidence and distractions that plagued Ohio State in its 41-14 loss to Florida in the national championship game last year will not be problems for the Buckeyes in their...

TRENDSETTERS

SEAHAWKS (-31/2) VS. REDSKINS, 4:30 P.M. Seattle has covered four straight as a home favorite of 31/2-10 points, five straight at home, five straight as a home favorite, five out...

5 QUESTIONS FOR...SEAN SALISBURY

ESPN NFL analyst Sean Salisbury talked with The Post's Justin Terranova about Sunday's Giants-Bucs wild-card showdown. Q: Even though several players suffered injuries, do you think the Giants are in...

HONDO KICKS THE CANN

Hondo wrapped up the playoff preseason with a solid 9-6-1 record to finish a scant 20 games out of first place. But enough about Mr. Aitch; how about a HondoNation...

THE ODD COUPLE

Speaking of going into Wild-card weekend with momentum, The Odd Couple (Dick Klayman & Peter Tocco) finished the regular season with a 10-5-1 stomping of the overmatched spread. Consequently: TOMORROW:...

O/U RICO!

Rico went 8-8 (2-1 on Best Bets) last week on the over/unders, giving him a final record of 130-124-2 (27-22-2). The league ended the season with nine overs and seven...

PAST-POSTING INCIDENT AT BIG A

Past-posting - betting after the race begins - has been in the news lately because of an incident at Fair Grounds last Nov. 25, when one big bettor was able...

SPORTS SHORTS

NFL: Dolphins fire CameronCam Cameron was fired as the Dolphins' coach yesterday by new boss Bill Parcells after plunging to an 0-13 start in his first year on the job...

BRODEUR REGAINS TOP FORM

To Brent Sutter, it isn't a chicken-and-the-egg puzzle. He says the Devils are better because Martin Brodeur has been better. "There's no question that Marty's taken his game to a...

A LINE IN THESAND

So here it is, what figures to be a determining factor for Sunday's NFC wild card playoff game, pitting the ravenous, battle-tested, sack-happy Giants defensive line against a ridiculously youthful...

RELENTLESS ROAD WARRIORS WILLING & ABLE

THEY are defiant Giants now, Road Warriors who want the city of Tampa against them, who want the whole wide world against them ... and mostly, they want the team...

CHUMP CHANGE

NO MATTER what happens from here, the coach gets his reputation back. He gets his coaching legs back. Tom Coughlin would never admit as much, because he has never been...

FORTUNE ROOKIES

The phrasing varied, but Kevin Boss, Ahmad Bradshaw and Steve Smith all got the same message from their veteran teammates this week: You're not in college anymore. The three rookies...

BIG BLUE BLOWS OFF BARBER BROS. BARBS

The fact Buccaneers cornerback Ronde Barber, Tiki's twin brother, told The Post on Wednesday that Eli Manning "can be had" certainly was not lost on the Giants yesterday as they...

ISLES 'FINED' WAY TO LOSE

The Islanders lost a game last night and perhaps lost Rick DiPietro for two games. DiPietro, returning after missing three games with a sprained left knee, used some new white...

NO-WIN SITUATION

Isiah Thomas came back to reality for a few moments yesterday, classifying his potential championship team as a group of mental basket cases who are "playing afraid" and incapable of...

PROPHET OF DOOM

IF nothing else, Isiah Thomas has united New York City, perhaps the nation. For weeks and weeks it has been impossible to listen to radio, watch TV (even anchors and...

ROSE: WE DON'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES FOR TITLE

Malik Rose, who won two rings with the Spurs, knows the ingredients needed in a championship team, so he knows what the Knicks lack. Contrary to Isiah Thomas' proclamation, Rose...

DELGADO: METS MUST LEARN FROM COLLAPSE

Have the Colossal Collapse Mets learned their painful lesson? Listening to Carlos Delgado yesterday, it was clear he learned his lesson. In their own strange way the Mets quit on...

STREAKING NETS ONE VICTORY FROM .500

One more win. If the Nets get that tonight against Charlotte, not only will they have their first four-game winning streak of the season, but also they will be able...

RANGERS ONLY HALF DECENT

VANCOUVER - Kristian Huselius' game-turning goal Thursday night in Calgary came from an angle far deeper than Tom Renney's night of sleep. "A post-game contemplation," the Rangers coach called his...

ROGER TAKES LATEST SHOT

Roger Clemens has unveiled his latest dubious defense against steroid allegations in an interview with "60 Minutes." The former Yankees star admitted receiving injections from his former trainer, but not...

Western Redemption Falls Short

The Rangers attempt at a rebound from Wednesday’s 4-3 loss in Calgary was handled and discarded – as every one of the 28 shots the Rangers took tonight – by...

THAT '70S SHOW

THE scene is a Williamsburg loft, the home of Larry Tee, DJ and founder of the Electroclash festival. The characters are Carlos, an aspiring DJ who's juggling school and his...

IN COMIC CONTEST, DANE REIGNS

DANE Cook broke a Laugh Factory endurance record set less than a month ago by Dave Chappelle. In what is becoming a heated battle between the two comedians, Cook told...

MUSIC ASIDE, CLASSIC 'JEWELS' STILL SHINES

WHEN it premiered, al most 41 years ago, George Balanchine's "Jewels" was a hit with critics and - more important - the audience, which was amazed at the sheer fecundity...

B'WAY'S BEST GUESSES

A year ago, I predicted the stagehands wouldn't strike, the "Grease" reality TV show would be as big as "Danc ing With the Stars," and "Young Frankenstein" would be the...

NOT ALL IT'S QUACKED UP TO BE

ANYONE with intimacy issues may want to avoid the new interactive burlesque show that's set up shop on the Lower East Side. With its communal seating and acts that get...

PLAY'S BLOODY AWFUL

THERE'S a childish glee evident in the violence punctuating the Red Bull Theater's "Edward the Second." The political intrigues of Christopher Marlowe's play are less important to this impudent company...

BATTLE FOR OSCARS

THE tussle this week be tween the striking Hollywood writers and the Golden Globes is only a skirmish for a bigger battle looming on the horizon - the Oscars. Yesterday,...

BYE-BYE BALTIMORE

OUCH! I've just been in formed that I'm stupid. And the bearer of this upsetting information is a TV show. Double ouch! "Americans [of whom I am one] are a...

STARR REPORT

'Order' on the menu Considering the feeble pri me-time numbers lately, the two-hour season premiere of "Law & Order" Wednesday performed admirably. "L&O" snared 13.4 million viewers (9-11 p.m.) with...

CHARLIE NO. 1 FOR '07

CHARLIE Gibson - who ABC brass initially passed over for the top anchor job - is officially the evening news king, winning the most viewers of all the newscasts for...

LOOK MA, NO WIRES

THE picture frame is re ally a TV now. Westinghouse yesterday unveiled the first high-definition wireless television set that utilizes a technology called ultra wide-band that allows a signal from...

'LAW AND ORDER' IN ENGLISH

'LAW & Order" is setting up a London branch. The longtime crime show is in talks to produce a British version of the series for TV there. It will be...

DEPP'S DOUGH

JOHNNY Depp pillaged the most money for theaters in 2007, in a survey of movie exhibitors. Depp - star of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and "Sweeney Todd:...

WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT

IDA BETTER GET READY FOR SOME GILBERT & SULLIVAN January 4 - Stage The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players kick off their whirlwind season tonight with a grand production...

BROADWAY

"A BRONX TALE": ** Chazz Palminteri stars in his 1993 one-man show of growing up in The Bronx when The Bronx was The Bronx, and having to choose between hoodlum...

LONG-RUNNING

"AVENUE Q": *** John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "CHICAGO": **** Ambassador Theatre, 219 W. 49th St.; (212) 239-6200. "A CHORUS LINE": ** ½ Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre....

OFF-BROADWAY

"ALTAR BOYZ": *** Musical spoof of Christian-pop boy bands is entertaining despite one-joke premise. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St.; (877) 226-9941. "THE AWESOME '80s PROM": Kitschy ode to...

JAZZ

DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA: Through Sunday: Benny Golsen Quintet. 33 W. 60th St.; (212) 258-9595. IRIDIUM: Terri Lynne Carrington with the Berklee Jazz Ensemble. 1650 Broadway; (212) 582-2121. VILLAGE VANGUARD: Through...

CLASSICAL

AVERY FISHER HALL: The New York Philharmonic performs Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture" and 1844 Violin Concerto today at 11 a.m. Lincoln Center, 132 W. 65th St.; (212) 721-6500....

CASINO BEAT

NEW JERSEY * HANNAH MONTANA (MILEY CYRUS) takes to the stage in her "Best of Both Worlds" tour tomorrow at 6 p.m. in the Boardwalk Hall Arena. Tickets: $26-$66; boardwalkhall.com,...

PREVIEWS

"THE LITTLE MERMAID": The latest Disney cartoon to hit the stage. Lunt- Fontanne Theatre, 205 W. 46th St.; (212) 307-4747. Opens Thursday. "NOVEMBER": Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf star in...

CABARET

CAFÉ CARLYLE: Through Jan. 19: Elaine Stritch. 35 E. 76th St.; (212) 570-7189. METROPOLITAN ROOM: Monday: Teri Ralston. 34 W. 22nd St.; (212) 206-0440. OAK ROOM: Through Jan. 12: Andrea...

FILM

ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: Luis BuÑuel and Salvador Dalí's 1930 experimental film "L'Age d'Or" shows at 7:30 tonight at 32 Second Ave.; (212) 505-5181. FILM FORUM: Marion Cajori's "Chuck Close" documents...

COMEDY

CAROLINE'S COMEDY CLUB: Through Sunday: Nick DiPaolo and Paul Mooney. 1626 Broadway; (212) 757-4100. COMIX: Today and tomorrow: "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein. 123 W. 43rd St.;...

MUSEUMS

AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM. 45 W. 53rd St.; (212) 265-1040. BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS: 1040 Grand Concourse; (718) 681-6000. THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM: 200 Eastern Parkway; (718) 399-8440. COOPER-HEWITT NATIONAL...

FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...

BIG APPLE CIRCUS: At Damrosch Park's big tent at 62nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, through Jan. 13. For a full schedule, go to bigapplecircus.org.

Tracking the Tracker

After a slow start, the Fantasy Tracker rallied in many of our 61 leagues. Here's a breakdown of how the Tracker did this year: As our banner states, 145 teams,...