March 13, 2005
INTERPUBLIC'S NEWEST AD:'GOT ISSUES?'
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amIt'll take more than just a clever spin for ad giant Interpublic Group to wriggle out of its newest string of disasters. The world's third largest ad holding company, hailed...
FED THROWS BOOK AT FORGETFUL NUNN
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amWHEN two authors of opening books face off, the outcome can be a test of whose published analysis stands up better. But in key game at Ireland's Bunratty Open last...
KNIGHT SHIFT - HANK AZARIA, HAPPY (AND GAY) IN "SPAMALOT'
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amFOR a man who teeters around on stilts every night before stripping down to a studded codpiece, Hank Azaria sounds pretty cheerful. Ecstatic, even. "This is the most fun I've...
STAND-IN COMIC - WILL FERRELL LATEST TO TAKE TRICKY ROLE OF PLAYING WOODY ALLEN
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amIT'S not easy being Woody Allen. Especially if you're not actually Woody Allen. Though Allen usually takes center stage in his neurotic comedies, he occasionally turns to other actors to...
THIS WEEK'S MOVIES
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amTHE VENETIAN DILEMMA A documentary about the famous, sinking Italian city, exploring the disconnection between Venice as a money-making tourist trap and a home to a shrinking population dependent on...
KONG'S COMING - AFTER RING TWO, NAOMI WATTS GETS INTO MONKEY BUSINESS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amNaomi Watts couldn't get back to Hollywood this month to promote her new horror film, "The Ring Two," but she has a good excuse. For the past 113 days, she's...
ASHLEE, IN HER OWN VOICE - DESPITE 'SNL' GAFFE, SIMPSON STILL POPULAR
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amLip-synching on "Saturday Night Live" and being booed at the Orange Bowl have done little to slow down Ashlee Simpson's career. Her MTV series, "The Ashlee Simpson Show," is now...
HEAR THIS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amIN CONCERT At Irving Plaza: Jam rockers Rusted Root today. Alt-pop Vanessa Carlton on Tuesday. Indie rockers Slint play Thursday through Saturday. Southern rockers the Allman Brothers Band at Beacon...
DOVES FLY - MANCHESTER TRIO DELVES INTO POP ON THIRD ALBUM
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amIF or three years, the members of the Doves acted like the judges on "American Idol" - auditioning dozens of singers for their band. But the Manchester trio, which was...
THIS WEEK'S CDS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amKaiser Chiefs "Employment" 3 ½ Stars Universal Records What makes this quintet from Leeds, England, so good is its love of old-fashioned American rock 'n' roll and a determination to...
RING OF TRUTH
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amIT'S a good bet that the average moviegoer knows little about Ka zakhstan, a former So viet republic bordered by China and Russia. It's an even better bet that he...
TEEN'S GOT THE CHOPS - LONG ISLANDER PUTS MARTIAL MOVES ON CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amFor his career, Rory Bratter can thank the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. At age 5, the Long Island kid was so nuts about the reptilian action heroes that his parents...
REQUIRED READING
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amIF you've wondered what happened to the absent father in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women," Geraldine Brooks can help. In her novel "March," she tells how he became a chaplain...
SHOPAHOLIC - SWEATING IN STYLE - LAILA FAZEL FINDS BARGAIN SHOPPING A HIT
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amWho ever said you can't sweat in style? At the high-tech gym Aerospace, a "machine-free" sports-emulation center in the Meatpacking District, which opens tomorrow, clients will be dressing in the...
CHARM-ING NECKLACES
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amCall it costume chain jewelry. Or talisman trinket metal necklaces. Layering delicate gold and metal designs together is the hottest new Bohemian chic accessory that everyone is wearing these days,...
MEET MARKET - THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amMEET Phyllis, a beautiful 23-year-old publicist, who's bubbly and energetic. When she's not working, you're likely to find her traveling, shopping, dancing or dining out. "I'd describe myself as a...
MOL'S GREAT EXPECTATION
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amACTRESS Gretchen Mol is preggers.The actress is expecting her first child with husband Tod "Kip " Williams . The couple,who wed last June,live in New York City. "Gretchen 's already...
A CLOSE CALL - ARISTOCRATIC ACTRESS PLAYS A TOUGH COP - FOR THE FIRST TIME - ON 'THE SHIELD'
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amWHY did one of the world 's most revered actresses sign up for a one-season tour of duty on TV 's toughest cop show? The answer is pretty simple."I don...
FILM TO TV: NOT FOR EVERY STAR
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amMany actresses turn to television as a way of extending their careers when starring roles in feature films peter out.But the transition from big screen to small has proven difficult...
REALLY BIG SHOW - 'EXTREME MAKEOVER' - DISNEY DELIVERS HEALING TOUCH TO SICK KIDS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amA SICK child 's simple,selfless request unleashed an army of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition " design wizards and 50 Disney animators on an Arizona hospital ward to make it a...
'DEADWOOD' IS THE VILEST SHOW ON TV
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amDOESN 'T anyone get shocked anymore? Missing from most,if not all,of the glowing reviews published recently to usher in the second season of "Deadwood " on HBO were any descriptions...
COURT TV PLAYS JACKSON TRIAL FOR LAUGHS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amAT some point,every day, during Court TV 's coverage of the Michael Jackson trial,someone on the cable net- work 's roster takes the time to provide a solemn reminder that...
THE HOT SEAT BRAD BIRD
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amBrad Bird was one busy guy on Oscar night - besides collecting an Oscar for Best Animated Picture for "The Incredibles," which he directed, he also got to upstage James...
HOT LIST - WHAT WE'RE OBSESSED WITH THIS WEEK
March 13, 2005 | 5:00am1 Short's shorts Now available on DVD is season three of "SCTV" (the Canadian "Saturday Night Live") - notable as the year Martin Short joined the show, introducing such characters...
21 YEARS' WAR; LONGEST DIVORCE IN STATE HISTORY
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amIt has raged for more than 21 years and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, but now New York's "War of the Roses" - the state's longest and most bitter...
ELDERLY PATIENTS FLEE FUMES
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amAn underground electrical fire outside a Bronx nursing home knocked out power in the area and forced the evacuation of 19 elderly critical-care residents yesterday amid fears that poisonous fumes...
KILLER CASH - CITY STUCK PAYING ACCUSED NYPD 'HIT MEN'
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amThe two rogue cops charged with doing double-duty as mob hitmen each collect a tax-free pension worth around $70,000 a year - and will shockingly continue to collect the taxpayer-funded...
MARINES GET HEROES' WELCOME
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amMore than 100 New York Marines were welcomed home yesterday by dozens of relatives who were waiting with open arms. "It feels good to be here," said Lance Cpl. Stephen...
REAL-LIFE POTTER GADGET COULD HELP CLOCK KIDS' MOVES
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amParents may be able to use a bit of magic in the future to locate their loved ones, all thanks to Microsoft and an unlikely inspiration - Harry Potter. Researchers...
9/11 KIN RIP 'NET SELLER OF WTC TOY
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amA Bronx bricklayer who says he's fallen on hard times is trying to unload his most precious possession, a rubber toy bus he snatched from the World Trade Center wreckage,...
MIKE'S 'INVESTMENT' IN FREDDY PAL HYNES DOESN'T PAY OFF
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amBROOKLYN DA Charles Hynes collected $180,000 for his re-election campaign thanks to Mayor Bloomberg, who donated his townhouse for the single largest fund-raiser the DA has ever held. But the...
SLAMMING SELIG - EX-COMMISH VINCENT: BUD MUST TESTIFY
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent was sitting in a golf cart yesterday afternoon watching the Mets and Cardinals take batting practice before their exhibition game at...
COPS EYE 4TH S.I. PRECINCT
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amThe population boom on Staten Island has led the NYPD to recommend opening a fourth police precinct in the borough, officials said. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly met with Mayor Bloomberg...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amMANHATTAN *** A 39-year-old man was shot inside a Harlem subway station early yesterday, police said. The victim, who was not identified, was arguing with four Hispanic men aboard an...
ASHTON & DEMI ARE JUST 'FOLKS': REPORT
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amDemi Moore will soon be cradling a cute bundle of joy - and it won't be Ashton Kutcher. The couple recently announced to friends that they are expecting a baby...
TEEN WAS SOBER IN L.I. CRASH - BLOOD TESTS LIKELY TO CLEAR HER
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amThese are the tears of a teen who's been to hell and back. April Brown lost her two best friends in a car crash and was then branded the drinking,...
ESSAY-PREP PROS PREDICT DE-GRADING FUROR
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amStudents who took the SAT yesterday better S-I-T down before they get their scores on the new essay section, some test-prep experts warn. The 25-minute essays, in which test-takers had...
TAILS OF CUSTODY WARS; EXES FIGHT LIKE CATS & DOGS FOR PETS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amDivorce has gone to the dogs. Jimmy and Jada Coppolo's marriage broke up early last year, and over the next nine months, each ex spent thousands of dollars in legal...
UNIONS IN BLITZ ON GIFF; PITCH STADIUM JOBS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amA powerful labor group with close ties to Council Speaker Gifford Miller has sent the mayoral hopeful a blistering letter asking that he end his opposition to the West Side...
MADE IN MANHATTAN - SNEAK PEEK AT NEW YORKERS' PAYCHECKS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amNo wonder Katie Couric's so perky. The early morning talk show host rakes in a staggering $15 million a year. And her cab driver? Barely making enough to get by...
STOOLIE KEY TO FEDS' CASE
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amAn informant who ferried orders and information back and forth between a Mafia boss and two detectives doubling as hit men gave investigators critical info they needed to finally crack...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amPreparation H - the beauty secret of the stars? Sandra Bullock revealed that she uses hemorrhoid cream on her face to prevent wrinkles while attending the London premiere of her...
'BOGUS COP' IS CAUGHT; L.I. PULLOVER PRANK
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amA Long Island teen was arrested for impersonating a cop yesterday after he allegedly pulled over a car in Melville last week using illegal strobe lights installed in his SUV....
COPS BUST SUSPECT IN L.I. BANK-HEIST SPREE
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amLong Island cops collared a suspected serial bank robber yesterday for a string of Nassau County heists that began last December. Robert Fields, 23, of Brentwood, robbed a North Fork...
POLS FIRE UP STEROID GRILL; TOUGH QUESTIONS DUE FOR STARS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amThe congressional panel looking into the use of steroids in baseball plans to grill seven top players - including Jason Giambi - on whether they ever used the performance-enhancing drug...
JUDGE-SLAY BUST; 4TH VICTIM FOUND DEAD AFTER CHASE ENDS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amThe man accused of brazenly killing an Atlanta judge and two others was in custody yesterday after a woman taken hostage by the fiend phoned cops and led them to...
MTA HIKES TAKE THEIR TOLL
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amDrivers will pay more at New York's toll bridges and tunnels starting today. Most of the nine MTA-operated crossings will hike tolls by 50 or 25 cents. On the Verrazano...
BUBBA'S 1ST STEP TO RECOVERY
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amFormer President Bill Clinton was walking and in good spirits yesterday as he continued to recover from successful surgery to remove scar tissue from a lung. Jim Kennedy, a Clinton...
BATTLE OF 'BOWLING' SLAY PAIR
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amA tightwad husband charged with hiding his spouse's hacked-off head in a bowling-ball bag and stashing her body parts in the walls of their home may have snapped during a...
BEEP FIELDS ON MOVE IN MAYORAL BID
March 13, 2005 | 5:00am"C. Virginia Fields is the roadside bomb waiting to go off." At first blush, political consultant Norman Adler's incendiary description doesn't seem to match the Manhattan borough president, whose infectious...
THE S.A.TEASE; NEW TEST STAGGERS HS KIDS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amExhausted students who spent four hours toiling over the new SAT yesterday said the essay was easy, but the algebra was outrageous. "It was math I'd never seen before," said...
'STAR'-CROSSED WORKER; BARNEYS DOORMAN BUMPED
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amA Barneys employee yesterday accused a vengeful Star Jones of using her showbiz clout to get him demoted to basement security guard. Tyrone Harris told The Post the upscale Midtown...
WAR HERO MOURNERS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amHundreds of mourners packed a Queens funeral home yesterday to say goodbye to war hero Wai Lwin, the latest New York City soldier to die in Iraq. After the flower-packed,...
2 PALS KILLED IN RIOT; 40 BRAWL IN QNS.
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amTwo childhood friends were slain outside a crowded Queens catering hall early yesterday after a dispute between two groups turned into a brick- and bottle-throwing mini-riot, eyewitnesses and authorities said....
KILLER CASH- CITY STUCK PAYING ACCUSED NYPD 'HIT MEN'
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amThe two rogue cops charged with doing double-duty as mob hitmen each collect a tax-free pension worth around $70,000 a year - and will shockingly continue to collect the taxpayer-funded...
SHOCK AS TWO 'GOOD COPS' ARE BARED AS GOODFELLAS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amIT WAS a case of good cops, bad cops. By day, they were hard-charging detectives, making good cases and earning the respect of their colleagues. By night, they are accused...
TACKY WTC RELIC SELLER UNDER FIRE
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amA Bronx bricklayer who says he's fallen on hard times is trying to unload his most precious possession - a rubber toy bus that he snatched from the World Trade...
BIRTHDAY SLAYS - QUEENS PARTY BRAWL AT CATERING HALL
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amTwo childhood friends were slain outside a crowded Queens catering hall early yesterday after a dispute between two groups turned into a brick- and bottle-throwing mini-riot, eyewitnesses and law-enforcement sources...
BUBBA TAKES FIRST STEP TO RECOVERY
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amFormer President Bill Clinton was walking and in good spirits yesterday as he continued to recover from successful surgery to remove scar tissue from a lung. Jim Kennedy, a Clinton...
BUDDHIST FAREWELL TO FALLEN QNS. GI
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amHundreds of mourners packed a Queens funeral home yesterday to say goodbye to war hero Wai Lwin, the latest New York City soldier to die in Iraq. After the flower-packed,...
DITTY DOZEN - IT'S SHOWTIME FOR 'IDOL' FINAL 12
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amRock 'n' roll leads the day on the fourth big "American Idol" showdown. For the first time, two macho male rockers, Bo Bice and Constantine Maroulis, have placed among the...
VINCE: COLD SPELL ISN'T HAND-MADE
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES MIAMI - Vince Carter insists his sore right hand is not affecting his shot, although he is 17-for-57 (.298) since bruising his finger last week in San Antonio...
STRAW STIRS UP MEMORIES
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - In Darryl Strawberry's time here as a Mets special instructor, he more often than not found himself talking about New York. Strawberry, whose last...
DERBY HOPEFUL 'HARBOR' HURT
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amDay after 2-year-old champ Declan's Moon was withdrawn from Triple Crown due to knee chip, another undefeated Derby contender, Rockport Harbor, training at Oaklawn Park, reaggravated a foot injury suffered...
WRONG TO LET LIEBER LEAVE
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - Jon Lieber was a 14-game winner in 2004 and a quality starter all three times out in the playoffs before $2 million of an $8 million option caused...
SPLENDID SPLINTER; SHARP GLAVINE QUIETS CARDS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amMETS (ss) 3 CARDINALS 2 PORT ST. LUCIE - Albert Pujols' bat shattered in half, and the business end stuck into the Tradition Field grass like a lawn dart. It...
'HAK & MAC' MANHANDLE MOUNTAINEERS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amTITLE GAMESyracuse 68W.Va. 59 Been there, done that. And that. And that. First there was the national championship two years ago. Then there was Jim Boeheim's 700th win just a...
NOW HAKIM & CO. TAKE AIM AT ST. LOUIS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amTITLE GAMESyracuse 68W.Va. 59 Been there, done that. And that. And that. First there was the national championship two years ago. Then there was Jim Boeheim's 700th win, just a...
JUICY THOUGHT - (THEY MIGHT REALLY BE GIANTS)
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amREADER Mark Morley of Connecticut suggests two major league baseball leagues - one for clean players, the other for chemically altered players: the Baseball Altered League, Corrupt Outcome (BALCO), for...
PROPOSED WILDLIFE OFFICE JUST ANTI-HUNTING DECOY
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amIN A veiled attempt to stop sport hunting in New York state, a Brooklyn politician has introduced a bill to create an Office of Advocacy for Wildlife. According to the...
THE BURNING BUSCH ; KURT'S STILL PARKED IN PROMISED LAND
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amKurt Busch hung out with the Chicago Cubs last week at their Mesa, Ariz., spring-training camp. He met Nomar Garciaparra, Ryan Dempster and Greg Maddux. They spoke about baseball and...
GAELS SAY SYSTEM'S UNFAIR
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amTim Cluess has guided St. Mary's (Manhasset) to one of the best seasons in the history of Long Island: a 25-0 record, a Diocesan title and a chance today to...
BEEN THERE BEFORE ; LINCOLN, BERGTRAUM SHOOT FOR TITLES
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amJohnny Mathis recalls how impressed people were when he got his Kennedy team to the PSAL championship game at the Garden for the second straight year in 2000. "Everybody made...
DAYS OF RECKONING WILL SOON BE HERE
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amIF GARY Bettman has said it once, he has said it dozens of times throughout the lockout. The NHL, the Commissioner of the Owners has repeatedly testified, would lose less...
BOSOX BLUEPRINT
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amFORT MYERS - Beyond the early A-Rod sniping, there is something else happening here. Now that the Red Sox are World Champions, they plan on winning much more than one...
BOEHEIM, ORANGE MAKE NO EX-'CUSES - CONFIDENT TEAM NOW REACHING POTENTIAL[[BD
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amWhen you've won 702 games, as Jim Boeheim has, there are no more surprises, no need to disguise the truth or to try to convince yourself your team is something...
LOOKING UP ; KNICKS SET TO MARCH ON
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amThe Knicks get back to work tonight, back to complete something special. After four days off, the Knicks' four-game homestand takes a mighty steep climb - with surprising league power...
NO BROWNOUT YET
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amDAVE Checketts and Phil Jackson both deny they met recently to discuss a "position" with the Knicks' organization. At the risk of getting it right the second time, it seems...
SHEFFIELD SITS OUT ANOTHER
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - If yesterday's Phillies-Yankees game was a regular-season tilt, Gary Sheffield would have been in right field and hitting third. Because it was a meaningless exhibition game at Legends...
ISIAH'S EYES ARE ON NATE
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Herb Williams and Sonics coach Nate McMillan have two things in common. They don't have contracts for next season and Isiah Thomas said they both were among "the...
SPRING FORWARD ; MATSUI SETS STAGE FOR BIG SEASON
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amYankees 5Phillies 2 TAMPA - Whether it's March, May, July or September, Hideki Matsui hitting with the bases loaded is something the Yankees love to see. Poised for the best...
JASON STILL UP IN THE AIR ABOUT ITINERARY
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Jason Giambi is still waiting for official word on whether he will be in Washington D.C. on Thursday or not. "I talked to [agent] Arn [Tellem]...
HEAT PROSTRATION ; NETS MELT DOWN IN 35-POINT LOSS
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amHeat 90Nets 65 MIAMI - Stop us at any time if you've heard any of this before. The Nets played a commendable first half (you should stop us here) but...
HEAD TO HEAD
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amPost writers Mike Morrissey and Brian Costello slug it out over whether Congress should inject itself into baseball's steroid situation. Michael Morrissey: Brian, our representatives in Congress are finally doing...
DRUG THROUGH THE MUD
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amTHE government has done such a wonderful job in its war on drugs that it should feel compelled now to broaden its horizon to go after illegal performance enhancers in...
YOU CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH - FANS NEED TO KNOW, EVEN IF THEY DON'T WANT TO
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amYOU'D be amazed at some of the e-mail I get. Much of it, nowadays, is the same as it's always been, along the lines of, "You're an idiot!" "The Dolans...
BOEHEIM, ORANGE MAKE NO EX-'CUSES - CONFIDENT TEAM NOW REACHING POTENTIAL
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amWhen you've won 702 games, as Jim Boeheim has, there are no more surprises, no need to disguise the truth or to try to convince yourself your team is something...
OPENING TIPS FOR BIG DANCE - POST'S GUIDE TO SELECTION SUNDAY
March 13, 2005 | 5:00amSNUBS Oral Roberts (25-7): How does a team with 25 wins including an 18-pointer over Georgetown in Hawaii and a one-point loss at Indiana not get in? Wichita State (20-9):...