May 10, 2009
Box Office: $76.5M for 'Star Trek' as 'Wolverine' Drops 68 Percent
The "Star Trek'' reboot generated an estimated $76.5 million in ticket sales for its first 3 1/2 days, Paramount said yesterday. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine,'' which opened to $85M a week...
CHENEY BACKS LIMBAUGH OVER POWELL ON GOP FUTURE
Dick Cheney made clear Sunday he'd rather follow firebrand broadcaster Rush Limbaugh than former Joint Chiefs chairman Colin Powell into political battle over the future of the Republican Party. Even...
TEEN PARTY BOAT RESCUES FISHERMEN
A boat carrying six night fisherman capsized early this morning in Jamaica Bay, dumping the passengers into the icy waters near before they were rescued by two heroic skippers who...
LI DWI MOM: I'M SORRY I HURT MY BABY
A regretful Long Island mom was arraigned this morning on DWI charges after a horrific crash that landed her 3-year-old daughter in critical condition with brain swelling. Suffolk County cops...
Stuff for a Sunday
Report: Jets interested in PacmanA source close to Adam "Pacman" Jones told AOL Fanhouse that the Jets have expressed interest in the troubled cornerback.Jones played with the Cowboys last season,...
Pitching set for Braves series
Headlined by a Johan Santana-Derek Lowe showdown in the opener, the pitching matchups are now in for the Mets' three-game series with the Braves that starts Monday night at Citi...
Game 30: Pirates at Mets
The streaking Mets, now tied with Florida for first in the NL East, are in search of their seventh win in a row and third consecutive series sweep today when...
Coverage in The Post
The Mets don't know if this is for real or not, but they sure are enjoying the ride. Saturday's 10-1 rout of the pitiful Pirates at Citi Field was the...
LOCK, STOCK & SECURITY
The lazy Susan of security is now protecting the Stock Exchange. A high-tech, one-of-a-kind system of revolving bronze barricades began twirling on Broad and Beaver streets in lower Manhattan this...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
Winners BRAD GREY Paramount boss sitting pretty as 'Star Trek' garners rave reviews and expected big B.O. AL D'AMATO Former senator now lobbyist for online gambling forces sees Barney Frank...
WHAT IF ALEX HAD SIGNED WITH METS IN 2000?
THE baseball world changed during the 2003-04 offseason. The Red Sox did not obtain Alex Rodriguez, the Yankees did. The Players Association quashed a deal that would have sent A-Rod...
DEMS SLAP SENATOR SLUGGO
Hot-headed state Sen. Kevin Parker was stripped of his high-ranking leadership position in Albany yesterday after his arrest for attacking a Post photographer. Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith took away...
BOGGLES THE MIND
This is your brain on drugs -- or booze or cigarettes, or even coffee. Psychiatrist Daniel Amen studied the effects of addictions on brain activity, giving patients a small amount...
'FLAKE AND THE $NAKE'
For years they were the glamour couple of Greenwich, Conn., but as they prepare to meet in divorce court tomorrow, locals are calling them something else. "She's a flake and...
POPE 'FORGIVEN' IN JORDAN
AMMAN, Jordan -- The top religious adviser to Jordan's King Abdullah II thanked Pope Benedict XVI yesterday for expressing regret after a speech that many Muslims deemed insulting to the...
WANTED 'KILLER'S' BODY FOUND
ATHENS, Ga. -- Cadaver dogs found the body of a wanted professor "beneath the earth" in the north Georgia woods yesterday, two weeks after police say he shot dead his...
LI 'PIPE BOMB'-DISPOSAL DUNCE
A Long Island school-bus driver found two apparent pipe bombs in her driveway Friday and tried to drive them to a police station -- in her empty bus, sources said....
NICE TIMING! CUTTING 401(K) MATCHES AS DOW RISES
THE spunky spring rally of 2009 is upon us, with the Dow Jones industrial average up a tidy 2000 points since its March 9 lows. Too bad that tens of...
OFFICER KILLS B'KLYN THUG IN GUNFIGHT
A heroic off-duty detective shot dead a brazen robber in a wild shootout after a stickup went awry at a Brooklyn auto-repair shop yesterday, police and witnesses said. Ray Williams,...
OBAM-HA SKEWERS PALS, FOES
Bam! President Obama yukked it up at last night's White House Correspondents dinner, taking a pointed swipe at his administration's bone-headed move to send Air Force One buzzing over lower...
TAXING THEM OUT OF TOWN
WHEN Albany's power trio -- Gov. David Paterson, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith cobbled together legislation last week to bail out the MTA and save...
ALOMAR MANAGES TO DO SOMETHING HE HASN'T DONE BEFORE
SANDY Alomar Sr. kept the scorecard from the Mets' shellacking of the Pirates yesterday afternoon at Citi Field. But he isn't sure what he's going to do with it. Hopefully,...
NO APOLOGIES FROM JERRY
Jerry Manuel wasn't in an apologizing mood yesterday. The Mets' manager didn't back down in the wake of his one-game suspension by Major League Baseball for making what Manuel described...
SWEET-SWINGIN' METS SURGE INTO FIRST
Just a hot streak? Or is this a team finally living up to its potential? The Mets still don't know for sure, but they certainly are enjoying the ride after...
HALL OF FAMER, 78, MADE CASE FOR DEFENSE
The United States was preparing to gather the greatest basketball team ever assembled for the 1992 Olympics. They were looking for the man to lead it. "It was critical to...
FANS WIN BY TELLING GREEDY TEAMS TO STICK IT ON TICKETS
BALTIMORE -- The season is still less than 30 games old, there is still a lifetime of games left, still a half-dozen mysteries disguised as pennant races lurking out there,...
STYLE
FRESH off "America's Next Top Model," 26-year-old Celia Ammerman returned to New York to pursue a career in fashion -- "I'd love to work at WWD and I'd love to...
SPORTSCASTER AND GROUNDSKEEPER LEAD EFFORT TO RECLAIM LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
IT BEGAN to bug Jon Frankel this past October when, while driving by, he first noticed it. Man, it bugged him. At 112th Street, between Madison and Park, there was...
FAST MONEY
French DJ David Guetta seems to have a thing for animals. While the superstar spinner of house and funk may be more familiar with the party variety housed in clubs,...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH... CALVIN BOREL
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the 42-year-old Cajun jockey who has ridden Street Sense and Mine That Bird to victory in the Kentucky Derby. Q: Everything changed for you...
MEET MARKET
IRENE, a 26-year-old surgical technologist, is looking for a guy who hates khakis, loves being active and can strike a pose, too. Say cheese!Paul, 24 commercial real-estate broker He is:...
KNICKS' MAGICAL 1999 RUN TO FINALS SEEMS SO LONG AGO
At their Westchester compound, Knicks team president Donnie Walsh has to pass a certain framed picture on his way to the cafeteria -- Larry Johnson exulting after his four-point play...
IF THE FLIP-FLOP FITS
I'M stretched out on the Jitney, returning from a wild weekend in the Hamptons. And by wild I mean 48 gay men, 47 identical grosgrain belts, one summer share ripped...
IN HIGH SPIRITS
Who says blind dates have to be awkward? With a little help from a lot of wine, James, a 26-year-old restaurant server, and Peggy, a 27-year-old office manager, hit it...
AGENDA
* SMELL THIS: Forget fabric -- spring fashion calls for flowers, and that's just what designers Tory Burch, Alvin Valley and Cynthia Steffe, among others, will put models in at...
MONSTER'S STINK
Hitoshi Matsumoto spent five years of his life making "Big Man Japan," of which he is the director, star and co-writer. And still, he says, "I have no idea how...
'RACHEL' FACTOR
An epic, made-for-TV showdown looms for the 134th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico. In one corner, you have Mine That Bird, the diminutive gelding that posted a 50-1 storybook...
THE SHINS
When jangly balladeers the Shins play NYC, it won't be the same band lovelorn hipsters swooned to in "Garden State." Leader James Mercer recently updated the lineup with Modest Mouse...
PEACHES
ON her new album, "I Feel Cream," deejay, performer and sexual wild woman Peaches unveils her most shocking approach yet -- vulnerability. "I've made some hard-core, boundary-pushing albums, and feel...
LATE-ROUND QB GUNS FOR ROSTER SPOT
Rhett Bomar did not win the Heisman Trophy for his slinging and record-setting at Sam Houston State. That award went to Sam Bradford of Oklahoma. But could it have been...
JANE'S ADDICTION/NINE INCH NAILS
THE only thing sweeter for Perry Farrell than reuniting the original Jane's Addiction line-up was the group's collective decision to charge back into the studio. Sadly, the sessions left him...
THE BEAT IS ON
In summer, a music fan's fancies turn to stadiums and sheds, the better to hear the dulcet tones of favorite bands in the great outdoors. It's the season when every...
DEM FOE EYEING KIRSTEN
ALBANY -- Long Island Congressman Steve Israel will announce plans to challenge US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in next year's Democratic primary as early as tomorrow, several sources said yesterday. The...
FEDS GIVE NY TEENS JOB BOO$T
Nearly $100 million in federal funds will create 50,000 jobs across the state for teenagers between 16 and 19 years old this summer, with 27,000 of the openings slotted for...
RANDI TO ED. BOSSES: LET'S BE PARTNERS
Teachers union president Randi Weingarten offered to become "partners" with Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday in the creation of a network of schools targeting low-performing students. Weingarten...
DERANGED GETAWAY IN CO-ED SLAY
The Jew-hating madman who allegedly gunned down a Wesleyan co-ed "looked mad and confused" as he fled the crime scene, and made it very clear he was ready to kill...
OCTOMA'S GREAT 8
Whoa, mama! It's a really, really happy Mother's Day for Octomom Nadya Suleman, who gets eight times more love this year from her brood of adorable, 5-month-old octuplets. Surrounding Suleman...
CRANE-FALL VICTIM IN A REBUILD WAR
All Jean Squeri wants is to go home again -- to the tiny Midtown building where she grew up, raised a family and was living last year when a falling...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan * As a 15-year-old boy continued to fight for his life yesterday, the woman suspected of being the hit-and-run driver who struck him on a Harlem Street surrendered to...
BOND MARKET'S FULL OF QUESTIONS
Dear John: I have a portfolio that is heavy in bonds and I recently spoke to the manager of my bonds. He assures me that I am in their safest...
'SWINE' CLAIMS 3RD AMERICAN
SEATTLE -- Washington state health officials said yesterday a man in his 30s is the first person in the state to die from what appears to be complications of swine...
GOVS IS. BOAT FERRY SILLY BUY
State pols have launched an investigation into a Governors Island redevelopment team's $500,000 purchase of an aging ferry with taxpayer dollars that was recently sold off on eBay for just...
GUN-SHY! WEAPON SEIZURES DROP 13%
The number of guns taken off city streets plummeted 13 percent last year, new numbers obtained by The Post show. Firearms recovered from crime scenes dropped from 5,913 in 2007...
'MA'FIOSO IS A 'CAPO DI CONDO'
She's married to the mob -- and neighbors claim, she's capo di tutti capi of a Staten Island condo. Now, irate residents want to make an offer she can't refuse...
BIO HAZARDS
The Real Housewives of New Jersey have some skeletons in their walk-in closets. The McMansion-living Jersey girls featured in the latest incarnation of the Bravo series, which debuts at 11...
HE SHOOED THE POOCH
He's Brooklyn's canine vigilante -- secretly taping owners who let their mutts roam without a leash in Prospect Park, posting the videos to his anti-dog blog and even siccing the...
UFT'S NEW PUPPET ACT
In its campaign to break mayoral control of city schools, an ally of the powerful teachers union is feeding inflammatory e-mails to parents through private school administrators. The Village Preschool...
OOPS! HE'S TWICE WED
It's not exactly "Big Love," but New York's tough divorce laws have made Matthew Gerber an unwitting "bigamist." Gerber was granted a divorce five years ago, and then remarried. But...
PAIN ON THE MENU
Warning: feasting now on restaurant sector stocks can give your portfolio agita. The rocket-like ascent of some restaurant stocks over the past two months was fueled by cost-cutting moves --...
9/11-TILE GAL RIPS MUSEUM PLAN
A plan to preserve the city's last impromptu 9/11 memorial at a Ground Zero museum has angered its creator. Artist and pottery store owner Lorrie Veasey said a plan to...
REUTERS' SCREEN PRESENCE
Bloomberg's major competition on Wall Street comes from the Reuters terminal, which is seen as being popular among equity traders but less so among bond or commodity traders. The Reuters...
GET ME REWRITE
Bloomberg LP, which for two decades combined a booming Wall Street economy, weak competition and a quality product to create an ever-growing, money-making machine, is experiencing one of its toughest...
OFFSHORE THING! CITY EYEING TAX CHEATS
Wealthy tax cheats, beware: New York has your number. Mayor Bloomberg is considering backing a new effort by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office to nail rich New Yorkers who stash...
DROPOUT RUMORS ROIL BILL
AS if he doesn't have enough problems going up against a billionaire incumbent, now Bill Thompson has to fend off persistent rumors that he might drop out of the mayoral...
CIG WAR BURNS OUT
Despite its having been touted as a way to close budget gaps, city and state officials have backed off plans to crack down on the $1.6 billion black market for...
NOT THE ORIGINAL RECIPE
STRIKING workers at the Stella D'oro Biscuit Com pany in the Bronx claim the private equity owners of the well-known baker are interested in nothing but fat returns on their...
O: END CREDIT 'RIP-OFF'
President Obama yesterday urged Congress to deliver a credit-card reform bill by Memorial Day. During his weekly radio and YouTube address, Obama urged legislators to send him a bill by...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Kids at a Lititz, Pa., high school slurred whatever anti-drunk-driving lessons they got before this year's prom. A student committee bought more than 450 shot glasses to be given out...
NYC'S 10 BEST FREE SHOWS
Recession or not, the city overflows with free summer music. These are so good, they'd be worth paying for. 1. Bang on a Can Marathon May 31 River to River...
THE BEST OF THE REST
May 19 * Tori Amos, "Abnormally Attracted to Sin" * Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, "Live at Madison Square Garden"May 26 * Mandy Moore," "Amanda Leigh" * Marilyn Manson, "The...
THE RUMBLE
Enter the Tigress Golf's next Great One comin' to town HAS the female counterpart to Tiger Woods been discovered? New Jersey native Bill Echikson, in his book "Searching for Tiger,"...
IGGY POP
IGGY POP's new album, "Préliminaires," is a joyful mash-up of sultry Serge Gainsbourg tunes, the New Orleans' Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and Tom Waits-style melancholy. But the force behind it...
PHOENIX
For the Frenchmen of Phoenix, the latest indie buzz band from across the pond, what's old is new again. Like the quartet's cheekily titled "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix." "For me, it's...
BLOODY GOOD EMINEM
Eminem has created a bloodbath -- and now he's happily soaking in it. On "Relapse," the exceptionally gifted wiseass -- er, wordsmith -- invites listeners on a profound tour of...
BILLIE JOE BREAKS DOWN
Green Day is the most dangerous, subversive band in America. Under the guise of another rock opera -- their first was 2004's Grammy-winning "American Idiot" -- the trio continues their...
HOT ROCKS
After a recent live performance on "Good Morning America," even the TV staffers stop to gawk at Princess Ciara Harris (Ciara to you), who's wearing her slick, black hair in...
ANOTHER 'CODE' TO BREAK
On Friday, "Angels & Demons" hits theaters, and like its predecessor "The Da Vinci Code," the film deals with ancient puzzles, shadowy societies and a conspiracy that could reach the...
ADOPT ME
Devon is a 4-year-old neutered tabby who's sweet, affectionate and independent, so he'd make a great only cat. Meet him from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane Society...
USE COMMON SCENTS
IT'S spring, which means it's time to open the windows and air out the house. This is an exciting season for cats, too, since looking out the windows is Cat...
HEAVEN UNLEASHED
There were two deaths in my animal family recently. First Tom, my 20-something tabby cat, made his peaceful final exit at the vet. Then, Cyrus, my 11-year-old cream Persian, died...
NY'S 'SOVIET' STAR
THE star of the recent Russian Team Champi onship is being hailed as the latest "produce of the Soviet school" -- yet he's not a Russian. He is Fabiano Caruana,...
BRIDGE
"I HEARD you have a good memory for deals," a player at the club remarked to me. "The ones I remember best are the ones in which I did something...
SHE MARRIED A MIDGET
FILM Forum is freakin' out with a 10-film salute to Tod Browning (1880-1962), the carnival barker turned film maker with a taste for the macabre. The flicks will unreel as...
MARTIN VICTORIOUS AT SOUTHERN 500
If Mark Martin keeps winning like this, even he might have to concede that he's racing for a Sprint Cup championship. The 50-year-old Martin won for the second time in...
YANKEES' HORNE ON COMEBACK TRAIL
SINCE graduating from high school in 2001, Alan Horne's career could be summed up by a line from the Grateful Dead: "What a long, strange trip it's been." COMPLETE YANKEES...
HARD CALL FOR RANGERS ON GOMEZ
WHEN the Rangers gather this week for their organiza tional meetings at Glen Sather's digs in La Quinta, Calif., you can be certain Scott Gomez will be front and center...
MANN OVERBOARD
* Big surprise that Manny Ramirez was taking steroids. Who really cares? Manny said he was sorry. But does anyone really believe him? Is he sorry enough to give back...
BAD BOYS LEADER HAD HEART OF GOLD
SEVERAL weeks after Chuck Daly was diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer on Feb. 9, Jack McCloskey, Don Casey, Bob Weinhauer and Bob Staak -- whose coaching careers were knotted at...
'RACHEL' LIKELY WOULD BE CHOICE IN PREAKNESS
An epic, made-for-TV showdown looms for the 134th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico. In one corner, you have Mine That Bird, the diminutive gelding that posted a 50-1 storybook...
HONDO HAS PODS, RAYS
Hondo hit paydirt with the Tigers for a second straight game, but the Royals failed to hold up their end of the deal last night, so the earnings held steady...
REYES STARTING TO PROVIDE SPARK
After 21 years in the major leagues and having shared the field with many players on eight different teams, Gary Sheffield is actually in awe of one of his Mets...
MAINE-LY SATISFYING OUTING
The velocity on John Maine's fastball yesterday was hitting 94 miles per hour, and manager-for-a-day Sandy Alomar Sr. proclaimed it one of his finest outings of the season. Maine, though,...
ALL EYES ON WALLEYE
WALLEYE has become a reel go-to fish -- as both a challenge and a meal. Walleye, the largest members of the perch family, often exceed 20 inches in length. Although...
VETERAN TOMKO CALLED UP TO BOLSTER BULLPEN
BALTIMORE -- It seems like every day, the Yankees make another move with their fluid roster. Yesterday's change was righty reliever Brett Tomko being promoted from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and right-hander...
JOBA TO PITCH WITH POPPED BLOOD VESSEL
BALTIMORE -- Joe Girardi said Joba Chamberlain suffered a popped blood vessel in his right thumb throwing a ball back into the infield during batting practice before last night's ugly...
WOODS SURGES INTO FINAL GROUP AT PLAYERS
Alex Cejka made a 5-foot birdie putt on the final hole to end a wild and steamy day at The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., that left yet...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSNBA: Rockets lose Yao for playoffs Yao Ming will miss the rest of the playoffs because of a broken left foot. The Houston center limped off the court late...
VAGABOND TITANS REACH NLL FINAL
The New York Titans may have been hosting the Buffalo Bandits at the Prudential Center in the National Lacrosse League's East Division Final last night, but a look at the...
MALKIN'S OT GOAL PUTS PENS ONE WIN AWAY
WASHINGTON -- When it comes to the Capitals, the Penguins excel at playing from behind. They've done it so well they finally have the lead. The Penguins overcame a third-period...
A-ROD AFTERGLOW WEARS OFF QUICKLY FOR YANKEES
BALTIMORE -- This was December 26th. This was New Year's Day. This was the morning after the wedding, the day after vacation ends. This was Robert Redford, as Senator-elect Bill...
LEBRON'S 47 GIVE CAVS 3-0 LEAD
The Cavaliers were actually being challenged. Finally, LeBron James had seen enough. James scored 47 points in his best game yet of these playoffs, leading the Cavaliers to the brink...
HUGHES IS FOR THE BIRDS IN NIGHTMARE 8-RUN INNING
BALTIMORE -- About an hour before the Yankees played the Orioles last night, Joba Chamberlain brought a popped blood vessel in his right thumb to the team trainer's attention. Not...
EVAN GOES 'LONG' IN RAYS' BLOWOUT WIN
The Red Sox are having trouble getting Evan Longoria out with runners on base. At least they have some company. Longoria homered and drove in five runs to raise his...
DEATH OF SENTIMENT
Like many New Yorkers, I've grown accustomed to tight spaces and bootlegged Internet access. When my only neighbor with an unprotected wireless network moved, however, I found myself, a reporter...
O'S ROAD TO RUIN
"I don't want to run auto companies," President Obama said last week. "I'm not an auto engineer. I don't know how to create an affordable, well-designed plug-in hybrid." To those...
THE END OF FREE MARKETS
From Oct. 18 to Dec. 3, 1961, 116,000 people visited New York's Museum of Modern Art before anyone noticed that Henri Matisse's painting "Le Bateau" had been hung upside down....
GANGS OF NEW YORK
One night in 2003, Albanian gang leader Alex Rudaj showed up at famed Italian eatery and mob hotspot Rao's in East Harlem. It was one year after the death of...
DE-NUKING AN ALLY
As Iran races to acquire nuclear weapons, Team Obama has latched onto a -- shall we say? -- interesting response: nudging Israel, America's most reliable Middle East ally, to give...
MIKE CHALKS ONE UP
New Yorkers still unsure about keeping City Hall in charge of schools should take note of the overwhelming bipartisan support the concept got last week. President Obama, for instance, seemed...
AD-OPTION
Creating a family is the most private and personal of decisions ("A Fertile Biz Aids Sarah," April 30). Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick made a decision that obviously is...
DEM DODGERS
With every passing day, it is more apparent to me that Leona Helmsley was correct: Only the little people pay taxes ("Obama's Tax Dodgers," Editorial, May 6). Maybe that's why...
LOCAL SAP
I was interested to note that Sen. Chuck Schumer has a new cause ("Tap Our Sap, IHOP: Chuck," May 5). The economy is in a meltdown, unemployment is rising, we...
BYE DOM!
Dom DeLuise was like the Pillsbury Doughboy: You just wanted to squeeze him he was so lovable ("Beloved 'Fatso' Dom DeLuise Dies," May 6). Brooklyn says, we'll miss you! Brenda...
FEAR 'FACTOR'
ODS should stand for "O'Reilly Derangement Syndrome" ("Let's Be Fair About Obama," Bill O'Reilly, PostOpinion, May 1). Let's recap. Despite 9/11 crippling our economy, President Bush gave us three tax...
ICE, ICE BABY
"Cartier's 'Rock' Hall of Fame" (May 1) refers to "a pear-shaped diamond that, at 231 carats, is the largest in the world." This is wrong. At 530.20 carats and also...
REQUIRED READING
Sunnyside by Glen David Gold (Knopf) Like his acclaimed previous novel, "Carter Beats the Devil," set in 1920s San Francisco, Gold creates his own world in an earlier America --...
IN MY LIBRARY: AYELET WALDMAN
Ever since her confession, in a newspaper essay four years ago, that she'd rather make love to her husband than take care of their kids, Ayelet Waldman has felt the...
THE HUNGER
John DeLucie is not a celebrity chef, yet he finds himself in the curious position of being a chef constantly surrounded by celebrity. As a partner in the Waverly Inn...
THE WHOLE FIVE FEET
On New Year's Day 2007, struggling would-be novelist Beha, 27, resolved to read one volume of the Harvard Classics per week, finishing on December 31, 2007. But in the year...
TO LIVE OR TO PERISH FOREVER
Pakistan is the vital country we can't fix. As the new administration in Washington promises to hurl additional billions of dollars into this foreign-aid black hole, Schmidle's brave and supremely...
HOW SEX WORKS
Does size really matter? Is an hourglass body more attractive to men? Dr. Sharon Moalem, an award winning neurogeneticist and evolutionary biologist, set out to answer these and other burning...
EVERYBODY MUST GET STONED
Thank God for Amy Winehouse. The British pop chanteuse has bucked the oppressively ubiquitous vision of the good life by declaring "rehab is a cop-out" and having a hit song...
CHARITABLE MAN ROLLS IN PETER PAN
Discretion proved the bettor part of valor for Charitable Man in yesterday's Grade 2, $200,000 Peter Pan at Belmont, a prep for the June 6 Belmont Stakes. Unbeaten in two...
REEL GOOD
THE LAST STAND (2000), Sunday, 6:30 p.m., FX The third in the "X-Men" series begins with a flashback to the time when the fledgling mutant supremacist, Eric Lensherr/Magneto (Ian McKellen)...
PRIMETIME
Two weeks ago this space noted that nothing short of murder will prevent a fallen celebrity or noted political figure from employment as a TV and/or radio personality. Among the...
BE THEIR GUESTS
Acting on television isn't all about the stars. Sure, we know we're going to see Teri Hatcher every week on "Desperate Housewives" and Mark Harmon on "NCIS." But it takes...
LIFE BEFORE 'GOSSIP'
Break out the shoulder pads and the rubber bracelets. "Gossip Girl" producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, already buoyed by the sensational success of their New York-based prep-school drama, are...
'LOST' GOES OUT WITH A BANG
This season of "Lost" has been the story of how five of the Oceanic 6 - all but young Aaron - returned to the island, which has jumped back in...
DON'T MISS LIST
COMEDY UGLY BETTY, Thursday, 8 p.m., ABC Will you marry me? - Betty (America Ferrera) teams with Matt and Marc for a photo shoot with Grammy winner Adele. Meanwhile, love...
Dawson Defeats Tarver Again
Chad Dawson stays unbeaten, keep titlesTheir second fight wasn't much different than the first. Chad Dawson retained the IBF/IBO light heavyweight championship Saturday night, earning a 12-round unanimous decision over...
A WIFE LESS ORDINARY
John and Elizabeth Edwards have proven themselves the perfect match. On the one hand, you've got a lying, hypocritical, power-hungry narcissist. And then there's her husband. Yes, I've heard that...
Six make the grade
By PAUL SCHWARTZThe Giants rookie mini-camp was especially meaningful for six players who attended the two-day event on a tryout basis. After four practice sessions, six players were signed to...