April 5, 1999
HIS SPOILS FROM KING WORLD GO BIONDI HIS INPUT
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amTHE more bad luck Frank Biondi Jr. has professionally, the more money he makes. The former Universal and Viacom chief will walk away with an estimated $2 million for a...
ON THE NEWSSTAND
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amSUDDENLY it's spring - which, in Manhattan, means mainly a change of wardrobe. The women's fashion magazines charge into spring as revamped titles, with some of the best issues they've...
FED'S RATE POLICY IGNORES INFLATION WINDS
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amIS inflation back? If you look at the economic numbers coming out recently, you'd probably decide that the nation's economy is growing steadily without a whiff of inflation. And if...
SILVER-SCREEN DREAM - THEATER-CHAIN MEGAPLEXES MULTIPLYING IN NYC
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amCall it the attack of the movie megaplexes. Reversing decades of conventional wisdom that New York City had no room for big, state-of-the-art movie theaters, some major theater chains have...
TV TICKER
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amFrank Magee Magee Hickey returns to the local airwaves on Thursday with "Parent to Parent," airing 8:30 to 9 p.m. live on MSG MetroGuide (Ch.70 in Manhattan). The show will...
THESE 'EYES' DON'T HAVE IT
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amHOW appetizing is a sushi souffle? Find out when you look into "Tokyo Eyes," Jean-Pierre Limosin's trendy French-Japanese co-production, a "Breathless" for the global millennium. The gamine? Hinano (Hinano Yoshikawa)...
TRADING PLACES - ANCHORS BUMPED FROM 11 O'CLOCK NEWS DESK LAND HEADS-UP IN BOOM BIZ OF MONEY, HONEY
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: THEY bristle at the idea that they were nudged off local TV - but it's beginning to dawn on Tony Guida and Jack Cafferty that it's a far, far...
TWIST ON H'WOOD THEME - CLUELESS DADS AND THE DAUGHTERS WHO LOVE THEM
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amSMART children, foolish parents - it's long been a Hollywood convention, especially in movies aimed at teen audiences already disposed to believe they know much more than Mom and Dad....
HALL PILOTS 'NEXT' PROJECT
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amBRAD Hall has harbored the idea since his days on "Saturday Night Live:" A sitcom about a late-night sketch-comedy show. Now, 15 years after he left "SNL," Hall is finally...
FLIGHTY 'BIRD' LEAVES AUDIENCE UP IN THE AIR
April 5, 1999 | 4:00am'TONGUE of a Bird," Ellen McLaughlin's new play at the Public Theater, is basically a poetic meditation on the meaning of flight in the lives of five women. McLaughlin is...
TONY TURMOIL - NO ROSIE, NO MUSICALS MEAN NO RATINGS FOR ANNUAL THEATER AWARDS SHOW
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe clock is ticking on this year's Tony Awards, and still the show has no host and no format. The only thing set is the venue: the Gershwin Theater. Tony...
ONE-LABEL LADIES
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: With hundreds of designer names on the rack, surprisingly, there are women who spend all their shopping dollars on the clothes of just one favorite. LIBBY CALLAWAY found three...
'LOFT LAW' LOOMS AS NEW RENT BATTLEGROUND
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amCALL it "New York City Rent Wars: Round II." Gov. Pataki and Senate Republicans are considering a plan to use the June 30 expiration of New York City's "Loft Law"...
NEXT FIGHT: THE REV VS. THE DA
April 5, 1999 | 4:00am'Ultimately, ... the murder caseis going to revolve around whetherit was reasonable for the firstcop to have fired the first shot.' BRONX District Attorney Robert Johnson, with his indictments in...
SHE'S UP IN YARDARMS OVER 3-BANNER FLAGPOLES
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amYOU'D think it would be hard to get worked up over a horizontal, 10-foot-long metal bar. You'd think that because you're you - a sensible human being - and not...
WIDOW: WHY I HAD BABY WITH SPERM FROM DEAD HUBBY
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe woman who gave birth last month to a daughter using sperm from her long-dead husband says she ordered the macabre procedure because they had planned to have a child...
COUNCILMAN GOES TO BAT ON BEHALF OF LEFTYS' RIGHTS
April 5, 1999 | 4:00am"Left-handed people have suffered discrimination . . . since time immemorial." COUNCILMAN MORTON POVMAN A city lawmaker is leading the fight against a rampant prejudice that turns one-fifth of the...
DIALLOS IN U.S. CRUSADE - WILL TOUR NATION TO SPEAK OUT VS. POLICE BRUTALITY
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amPlans are in the works for the parents of police-slaying victim Amadou Diallo to embark on a 16-city tour speaking out against police brutality, The Post has learned. The trip...
KIN'S PATHOLOGIST NO STRANGER TO CONTROVERSY
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe pathologist hired by Amadou Diallo's family is a controversial figure whose work on another New York cop-brutality case was ridiculed by prosecutors - but he still has fans among...
DUSTY'S WILL A TESTAMENT TO HER LOVE FOR PET CAT
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amDusty Springfield's elderly cat will live in the lap of luxury for the rest of his life, thanks to a generous provision in the late singer's will. Springfield's last will...
JERRY LETS MICK OFF EASY, TO TUNE OF $8M
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amJerry Hall will walk away with a paltry $8 million dollars from her stormy marriage to Mick Jagger, a London newspaper says. The Texan supermodel agreed to the relatively tiny...
ISRAEL'S PERES MAY JOIN PEACE EFFORTS
April 5, 1999 | 4:00am"If I thought I could contribute toward saving even one life, I would say yes." FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINSTER SHIMON PERES Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres said yesterday he...
BORDER BABY BORN TO SUFFER - CRUEL LAWS DEPRIVE REFUGEES
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amBLACE, Macedonia. HIGH on the southern hill in this wretched Valley of the Damned, you can see them strutting in their combat gear, with German shepherds trotting beside them. Kevzere...
CIA NIXED OUSTER OF SLOBBO: MAG
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amSome officials told Newsweek the United States in the early '90s may have botched its chance to head off the current crisis in Kosovo.Members of Slobodan Milosevic's inner circle reportedly...
YUGOS HEDGE ON TRIAL FOR CAPTURED GIS; MILITARY COURT STILL POSSIBLE
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amYugoslav officials yesterday appeared to back off threats to stage a trial for three captured GIs. "Of course, they will not be tried and they will be back in their...
LOCKERBIE-SUSPECT HANDOVER FINALLY NEAR
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amLibya yesterday appeared to be getting ready to hand over for trial the two men accused of bombing a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people. Foreign dignitaries...
BX. KIN GRIEVE OVER HORROR OF ATROCITIES
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amQele Qelaj remembers he cried ''for three days straight'' after he learned that his beloved uncle and two cousins had been slaughtered by Serb troops in Kosovo. ''They were massacred...
WOODY TAKES NEW JAB AT MIA
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amWoody Allen's young wife, Soon-Yi Previn, doesn't miss her "super-mother," the controversial filmmaker says. In a Sunday Times of London interview with author Erica Jong, Woody also defends his marriage...
CARDINAL: PRAY FOR WAR'S 'CRUCIFIED'
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amJohn Cardinal O'Connor asked worshipers yesterday to pray for those being "crucified" in the war over Kosovo. "We cannot in conscience be here to celebrate The Resurrection if our hearts...
SELLING 'STAR WARS' WILL BE CHILD'S PLAY
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe new "Star Wars" flick is still six weeks from hitting theaters - but toys and other collectibles based on the hotly awaited sci-fi epic are selling as if they're...
WAR THUG: I'M SET FOR BATTLE
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amIndicted Serb war criminal Arkan said he is ready and willing to fight NATO troops on the ground, according to a new report. Arkan, whose real name is Zeljko Raznatovic,...
FARRAKHAN MAY GO HOME THIS WEEK
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amLouis Farrakhan's condition has improved after emergency surgery for prostate cancer - and he could be released from a Washington hospital within a week, according to a new report. Rev....
U.S. OFFERS SHELTER TO 20,000 REFUGEES - CHOPPERS WILL BRING TROOPS CLOSE TO COMBAT
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The United States said yesterday it would offer refuge to 20,000 victims of Yugoslavia's ethnic cleansing, as Washington took new military measures that could place American troops in...
WHITMAN SET TO RAISE FUNDS FOR SENATE RUN
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amGov. Christie Todd Whitman is reportedly set to announce she's forming a committee to raise campaign cash for New Jersey's 2000 Senate race. But Whitman, a Republican, will stop short...
FIVE SLAYS IN ONE DAY HIT B'KLYN
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amFive people were killed in the city yesterday in what police say was the worst single day for homicides so far this year. In a strange twist, all of the...
NOW, BAFFERT'S RIDING HIGH
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amWhat a difference last weekend made in reshuffling the Post's "Derby Dozen" - especially for trainer Bob Baffert, who could have the top three betting choices when it's post time...
VAN HORN ON 'FREE' RIDE
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amNET NOTES BOSTON - There's another streak going on around the Nets in addition to the three straight victories. Try 44 in a row. As in free throws made by...
JUGGERNETS STEAL 3RD STRAIGHT WIN
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amNets 91 Celtics 79 BOSTON - For so long this season, the Nets searched for an identity. But as so much valuable time ticked off the shortened schedule, the best...
ROCKET'S DEBUT LOST IN MAELSTROM; ROG'S DEBUT IS REDUCED TO SIDEBAR
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Oh yeah, one of the 10 best pitchers ever makes his Yankee debut tonight. What was expected to be the spectacle of Roger Clemens in pinstripes has...
JAX KEEPS FAITH - MARK STAYS STRONG IN TRYING TIMES
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - There are no coincidences, says Mark Jackson, only his strong belief that God has a stronger rotation than any coach. The Pacer point guard came home to Brooklyn...
EMOTIONAL DAY FOR BELLINGER
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES LOS ANGELES - Tears of joy washed over Clay Bellinger's face Saturday night when interim manager Don Zimmer and GM Brian Cashman informed the minor-league journeyman he had...
GIRARDI GETTING START, BUT ...
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Don Zimmer's plan is to give Jorge Posada more playing time than the switch-hitting catcher received last year, when he started three-fifths of the games. However, when...
ON DAY ONE, ROGER MUST PLAY STOPPER - TASK IN OPENER: QUELL YANK CHAOS
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - When the Yankees traded for Roger Clemens on Feb. 18, the World Series champions knew the five-time Cy Young Award winner would be needed to win a...
HUMBLED HIDEKI: I'M SORRY; IRABU APOLOGIZES TO 'MATES
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Hideki Irabu said all the right words upon rejoining the Yankees yesterday at Dodger Stadium. Yet, until he throws all the right pitches, covers first base all...
PIAZZA ADOPTS BUNKER MENTALITY
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Mike Piazza goes into his seventh opening day today with a complete understanding of what is at stake - one game out of 162. But make no mistake,...
BOBBY BO'S RARIN' TO GO
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Bobby Bonilla will be wearing a large brace on his right knee in order to stabilize a partially torn ligament, but that won't keep him from batting fifth...
DEVILS OFFER PROOF THEIR WAY'S BETTER
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amDevils 4 Rangers 1 There was no official announcement, no farewell tour ticket, but it looked like an era ending. The Devils and Rangers are obviously headed in different directions,...
AMAZIN' CURTAIN RISES - LEITER GETS OPENING DAY NOD IN MIAMI
April 5, 1999 | 4:00am"There's a lot more to it than putting names on a piece of paper and saying you're a good team. You've got to go out and do it over the...
BLUESHIRTS' 'PLAN' JUST ISN'T WORKING
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amEXACT same time, next year. One year ago today, in their 77th game of 1997-98, the Rangers were eliminated from the playoffs. Now, if they lose tonight in Philadelphia in...
LEITER'S RIGHT AT HOME AT PRO - FOND MEMORIES FOR MET ACE; LEITER'S A REAL PRO PITCHER
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - As a stage for baseball history, it's not exactly the Polo Grounds or Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, even Shea Stadium. The name is perfect: Pro Player Stadium. It...
WASTED TRIP TO MARKET - KNICKS STILL TRAVEL AT SNAIL'S PACE ON ROAD
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amPacers 108 Knicks 95 INDIANAPOLIS - No answers. No chance. One year after being rocked from the playoffs by the Pacers, the Knicks showed yesterday they still have no answers...
IRABU SAYS HE'S SORRY, BUT 'MATES STILL WARY
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Hideki Irabu said all the right words upon rejoining the Yankees yesterday at Dodger Stadium. Yet, until he throws all the right pitches, covers first base all...
METS' START PIECE OF CAKE
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - The Mets send their shiny new aircraft carrier of a $68 million payroll out to battle against the Marlins pip-squeak $17.5 million PT boat today. And...
THE BASKET'S EMPTY THIS EASTER; KNICKS LAY ROTTEN EGG ONCE AGAIN
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Eleven months after the Knicks, as Pat Riley once knew them, were killed off by the Pacers, the outline of Charles Oakley's body was still on the floor,...
CAMBY SITS THIS ONE OUT
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - Marcus Camby, who came up with a groin injury in Saturday's practice, said he was hopeful of playing yesterday. However, after consulting with trainer Mike Saunders...
ARTEST IS OPTING FOR NBA; EXCLUSIVE
April 5, 1999 | 4:00amSt. John's sophomore forward Ron Artest is expected to hold a news conference tomorrow to announce he will forego his final two years of eligibility to enter the NBA draft,...