September 11, 2005
DOLAN ROCKS ON OWN DIME
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amJIM Dolan wants to be a rockstar and is spending his own money to realize that dream. While Dolan has long indulged his love of music with his band JD...
TERMINAL BUNNY -BLEEDINGPLAYBOYPUSHINGE-ZINE
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amFaced with stagnant circulation, massive advertising declines and dwindling revenue at its print edition, Playboy is diving into the Internet's porn-infested waters in a bid to entice readers old and...
ONLINE RETAILER'S AD REJECTED FOR OVEREXPOSURE
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amA new advertising campaign for online retailer Bluefly.com has been labeled indecent by at least three cable television networks - and some print publications aren't too happy with it either....
NO ESCAPING MARTHA - DOMESTIC DIVA'S BACK WITH DAYTIME AND PRIMETIME SERIES
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Chinese may have celebrated the Year of the Rooster recently, but t his week we dive head first into the Month of Martha . It all starts tomorrow with...
TIME TO PUT 'SIMPSONS' TO EVERLASTING REST
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amPUT a fork in "The Simpsons " because this show is done. And that is one of the saddest things I 've ever had to report. But alas,it is true....
THE DON'T MISS LIST
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amDRAMA AN ODD COUPLE OF ATTORNEYS EVERYTHING implodes on attorney Jason Payne.His wife kicks him out of the house,he has a breakdown and loses his job.After recuperating at a "wellness...
REEL GOOD - LINDA STASI PREVIEWS THIS WEEK 'S BEST MOVIES
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amTHE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) Sunday, 5:30 p.m., AMC This is an immensely entertaining,if fictionalized,account of how Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner)brought down Al Capone (Robert De Niro)in the mob-run Chicago in the...
ZERO-TOLERANCE FAILS ON MTV
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amIN 1999,before MTV fully became a network of mass social destruction,it produced and aired "Warning Signs," a 30--minute documentary in conjunction with MTV 's Youth Anti-Violence Initiative. I watched it...
WORLD IN PERIL
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amTHE 29th edition of the Montreal World Film Festival wrapped on Labor Day. Whether there will be a 30th remains in doubt. Having lost nearly $1 million in funds as...
GAME'S HISTORY TAKEN BY STORM
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amA FOOTNOTE to the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is how much of America's chess history may have been washed away. New Orleans was the site of the world's first national...
THE HOT SEAT - KATHIE LEE GIFFORD
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amFive years after leaving "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee," la Gifford is back in the infotainment business as Broadway correspondent and celeb interviewer for the "Entertainment Tonight" spinoff "The...
HOT LIST - WHAT WE'RE OBSESSED WITH THIS WEEK
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amBirth sounds Sigur Ros, the Icelandic group that specializes in heartbreakingly ethereal effects, releases their new CD, "Taak," this week. Fun fact: Chris Martin says he and Gwyneth had Sigur...
THIS WEEK'S MOVIES
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amLORD OF WAR Nicholas Cage is a Ukranian immigrant arms dealer chased by Interpol and struggling with an African-leader customer. PIGGIE Oddball Fannie Pogue (Savannah Haske) lives on an upstate...
FALK ART - SLOUCHY TV SLEUTH PROBES GENERATION GAP IN NEW FILM
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amFOR many, Peter Falk will always be Columbo, TV's disheveled, raincoat-draped detective whose bumbling manner belied a cunning investigative instinct. But the 77-year-old actor, who lost his right eye to...
TOO DUMB TO PLAY SMART - UNBELIEVABLE BEAUTY, BRAINS
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amIN "Proof," out Friday, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Gyllenhaal play grad students with brilliant mathematical minds - who just happen to also have million-dollar smiles and trainer-sculpted bods. As the...
HEAR THIS
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amIN CONCERT At Irving Plaza: Take on A-ha tomorrow and Finnish goth-metal-cellists Apocalyptica on Tuesday. Icelandic rockers Sigur Ros play Beacon Theatre tomorrow and Tuesday. The Rolling Stones aim to...
A NEW GRAY - MELANCHOLY TROUBADOR STARTS TO SMILE
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amBEFORE David Gray made his worldwide breakthrough in 1999, the British singer-songwriter was at a low point - after three unsuccessful, folk-inflected albums, he'd been dropped by his label twice-over....
THIS WEEK'S CDS
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amPAUL MCMARTNEY "Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard" 3 Stars Capitol It's been a long time since Sir Paul mined a gold record and "Chaos and Creation" once again...
MARRIED TO THE BEATS - AMADOU & MARIAM'S GROOVY ROMANCE
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amA decade ago, the Gipsy Kings were the "it" band of the world music scene. In the late '90s, the Buena Vista Social Club took the honor. But this year's...
REQUIRED READING
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amMARLON BRANDO was a lot of things. Now, we discover, we can add novelist to the list. "Fan-Tan" got it's start in 1979, when Brando pitched a South China Sea...
MEET MARKET - THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amSEEKS SOBER MAN WHO'S SEW QUIET MEET Martha,a cute visual communicationsspecialist who describes herself as "happy,social,silly,creative, independent,funny and a tad eccentric." When she 's not working, Martha gets creative;the 30-year-old...
EATERY STAFF'S NEW 'WINDOW' ON FUTURE
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amFour years after the tragic destruction of Windows on the World, former employees are getting ready to open their very own restaurant. A group of about 50 waiters, busboys, cooks,...
THE BATTERED BRAVEST TAKE GOOD COUNSEL
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe FDNY is slowly healing from the wounds of Sept. 11 FDNY counselors told The Post they expect nearly 3,000 firefighters and EMS worker to seek counseling this year. In...
BOURBON ST. TOASTS COMEBACK
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amNEW ORLEANS - Despite the flooding, lack of power and water, and the city looking more like an armed camp than the Big Easy, it's business as usual on Bourbon...
$WEET LEMON AID; KIDS RAISE THOUSANDS FOR VICTIMS
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amA group of enthusiastic Queens kids turned lemonade, iced tea and cookies into thousands of dollars for Hurricane Katrina victims this week - and is now calling on New Yorkers...
OUR EFFORT WAS A HELL OF A HAUL
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amIT began with loading my household goods and cartons, suitcases and trunks last Sunday, and it ended yesterday with a girlfriend and me unloading a tractor-trailer full of goods that...
THE HOTTIE TICKET; LADIES' MAN ANTHONY WOOS HEARTS & MINDS
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amLook out, ladies. The hottest candidate in the mayor's race happens to be a hottie. Rep. Anthony Weiner is climbing in the polls, and while his victory in the Democratic...
WEINER, FERRER WHACK THE PACK ; POLL: RUNOFF NEAR CERTAIN
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amA new poll shows that Fernando Ferrer and Anthony Weiner are distancing themselves from the pack and that a Democratic runoff is growing likelier - with Ferrer walloping Weiner if...
FEDS FEEL N.J. POL'S 'AIR' RAGE; 'WAR' OVER TETERBORO
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe battle over the number of flights at crash-plagued Teterboro Airport is heating up, with the Port Authority threatening a lawsuit - and a New Jersey congressman a "war" -...
COPS BLOW AWAY KILLER JAIL GUARD; HARLEM LOVE-TRIANGLE TRAGEDY
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amA city correction officer shot his ex-wife and killed her new boyfriend before cops chased him down and shot him dead in Harlem yesterday. Joseph Henry, 40, shouted "You're going...
TEAM FREDDY IS ASKING: WHERE'S AL?
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amAnother 24 hours passed yesterday without the Rev. Al Sharpton formally endorsing Fernando Ferrer, as questions mounted about if, when and where the Harlem activist would come out for the...
STABBED INFANT STILL CRITICAL
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amLittle Isabelle Avins remained in critical condition yesterday after being stabbed Wednesday. The girl's mom, Sarah Avins, returned home from the hospital briefly yesterday, and is "feeling much better now,"...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN *** A Sunset Park man was shot dead in Bushwick, police said yesterday. One or more assailants shot Santiago Vasquez, 35, of 54th Street, in the chest and back...
FIRE WIDOW'S NEW CHAPTER; WRITER READY TO LAUGH AGAIN
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amMarian Fontana spent the first anniversary of 9/11 - and her ninth wedding anniversary - kneeling on damp pine needles in a clearing of trees in Prospect Park, where her...
COPS KILL JAILER; CORREX GUARD SHOT EX & BEAU
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amA city correction officer shot and wounded his ex-wife and killed her new boyfriend before cops chased him down and shot him dead in Harlem yesterday. Joseph Henry, 40, shouted...
NAOMI'S BOD VS. KIMORA'S BLING ; BABY PHAT BEATS BIKINIS IN DIVA DUEL
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amTwo of the world's most notorious divas, Naomi Campbell and Kimora Lee Simmons, wrestled for the spotlight yesterday during a whirlwind second day of Fashion Week. Naomi got lots of...
HYNES FOE SNUBBED ME: UNDERCOVER MA
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe brave mother who went undercover for Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes to expose judicial corruption charged that she first tried to report the wrongdoing to the office of a state...
SENIOR KILLED IN L.I. BUS CRASH
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amA minibus full of handicapped seniors careened off a Long Island highway and crashed into a tree yesterday, killing one person and injuring eight others, Suffolk County police said. The...
QUEENS TRANSIT OFFICER CUTS DOWN DERANGED SLASHER
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amA knife-wielding man who had slashed another man and then chased him into a Queens subway station was shot and killed by a cop patrolling near the turnstiles, a police...
REV. AL RIPS INTO WEINER ; CALLS HIM PRO-WAR
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday tore into Anthony Weiner for supporting the war in Iraq, as he announced that he'll officially endorse front-running Fernando Ferrer this morning. "I can't forget...
IRON MAN ANDRE - CROWD LIFTS 'OLD' AGASSI INTO FINAL
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amAs New Yorkers cheered him on, Andre Agassi smacked down a much younger player yesterday and advanced to the finals of the U.S. Open. He'll play for the championship this...
BEAU STABS GAL PAL TO DEATH
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn construction worker described by neighbors as "extremely violent" killed his girlfriend yesterday, plunging a knife into her chest three times, before slashing his wrist in a failed suicide...
'KIDNAP' MOM CHARGED
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amA mentally ill woman who allegedly snatched a 4-year-old boy in Washington Heights last week to replace a son who had been removed from her care was ordered held for...
FUTURE NOT ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amDrowsy drivers will soon be getting a high-tech wake-up call - behind the wheel. Cars of the future will prevent fatigued motorists from disaster with subtle sensors like dash-mounted cameras...
MILLER'S TEAM IS TOTTERING
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amA SPLIT inside Gifford Miller's campaign has sent morale plummeting at the worst possible time - just days before Tuesday's primary, insiders tell City Confidential. Lagging poll numbers, a series...
MULTITUDE OF MARTHAS; BIG-NAME GUESTS FOR DIVA'S SHOW
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amMartha, Martha, Martha! With two new TV shows, an ever-expanding merchandise line and a well-known felony record, it seems like Martha Stewart is everywhere. And maybe she is. There are...
N.Y.'S DISGRACE ; THE POLS ARE STILL FALLING FLAT ON DOWNTOWN REBUILDING
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amFOUR years after 9/11, and here's what a stroller at Ground Zero finds - testament to Gov. Pata ki's appalling lack of leadership and Mayor Bloomberg's colossal indifference: Business as...
VOLUNTEER RAIL PATROLS; NYPD SUBWAY-SECURITY PLAN
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amAuxiliary cops are going underground. The NYPD will soon flood the subways with volunteer cops, establishing new auxiliary transit units to patrol and monitor the system. "Auxiliaries have never been...
BLOOMY'S 'UPSTAGE' ELEX BASH
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amTHE four Democratic candidates for mayor will each be hosting election-night parties on Tuesday, but the biggest shindig of them all is being sponsored by the man who isn't on...
HE'S A HERO TO THE U.S., AND TO ME
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amDorothea Crawford went to Washington, D.C., Friday to receive a 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor for her fallen firefighter husband, Robert J. Crawford, a 32-year FDNY veteran, father of five...
NAOMI DOES A CHA, CHA, CHA ; TEENSY BIKINIS IN SHOCK WALK AT ROSA SHOW
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amNaomi Campbell turned the heat way up at Bryant Park yesterday when she scorched the runway in a string bikini as a sizzling opener for the Rosa Cha swimwear show....
SUPERMODELS GAL-VANIZED AT SAPPHIC RETREAT
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amTHIS must be how rumors get started: Supermodel Helena Christensen was spotted at lesbian bar The Cubbyhole bumping and grinding with several sisters of Sappho the other night. Christensen -...
MOM'S ALBANY ORDEAL - AG SNUBBED PLEA
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe brave mother who went undercover for Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes to expose judicial corruption charged that she first tried to report the wrongdoing to the office of a state...
DEADLY L.I. VAN CRASH
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amA commuter van careened off a Long Island highway and crashed into a tree yesterday, killing one person and injuring at least five others, cops in Suffolk County said. The...
GREAT SCOTT WAS AS GOOD AS IT GETS
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amNO EXCUSES, no regrets, no sentimentality. Scott Stevens left the game this week just the way he played it. There goes the best hitter there ever was. There goes as...
RFA SETS UP NEW CHAPTER IN NEW YORK
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Recreational Fishing Alliance, an organization that has fought for recreational anglers both in Washington and Albany, has formed a New York Chapter. "With over 2,500 RFA members, several allied...
BELTRAN'S SLIPPING BEHIND PEDRO
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES ST. LOUIS - Carlos Beltran's magic when Pedro Martinez pitches is apparently gone. For a good part of this year, Beltran was a dominant player when Martinez was...
'WIT' STAYS ON A ROLL
September 11, 2005 | 4:00am1ST RACE - Cool Days, Ramon Dominguez up, was pounded to 2-5 off second last out to The Daddy at Spa, even though he was beaten 12 lengths. He was...
AMAZIN' BATS ARE IN A DEEP SNOOZE - SCORE JUST 24 RUNS IN 1-9 TAILSPIN
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Again on Friday night, the Mets played a game, lost and had trouble scoring runs. That's been a daily occurrence lately for the Mets. Entering last night...
DOWN ... AND OUT- PIAZZA BEANED AS METS' PULSE FADES
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amCARDS 4 METS 2 ST. LOUIS - The beginning was ideal for Mike Piazza. In his first game back from the disabled list last night, the Met catcher homered in...
JORGE HAS SOFT SHOULDER
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Friday night, Jorge Posada thought he was suffering from a slight case of whiplash after Jason Varitek knocked him over at the plate and was out when Posada...
KIM'S NEW OUTLOOK - CLIJSTERS CHANGESHER BATTLE PLANS
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amKim Clijsters had done almost everything there was to do in a career coming into last night's U.S. Open final. She'd been ranked No. 1 in the world, and fought...
SOX SET TO RIDE ON WAKE
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amAfter a rough 2004, Tim Wakefield has found some consistency. And for a knuckleballer, that's like trying to find coins at the beach with a metal detector. Last season, the...
HELLFIGHTERS FORFEIT
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amFor the second straight year, the Harlem Hellfighters football team is on the losing end of PSAL eligibility rules. The second-year program, composed of players from 13 different Manhattan and...
BIGGEST GAME FOR UNIT
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amRANDY Johnson gets more than the ball today. He gets a big chunk of the Yankees' season. Johnson was brought here to be Curt Schilling. He was summoned to change...
NEEDLE GETS TO DAMON
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amWhen Johnny Damon removed his shirt yesterday in the Red Sox clubhouse, he revealed a Band-Aid just above his left shoulder blade. After Friday night's game, the Boston center fielder...
ANDRE'S FINAL FANTASY: TITLE WAVE - AGASSI WINS ANOTHER 5-SET THRILLER FOR BERTH IN CHAMPIONSHIP
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amAs the two Americans took the court at 5-3 in the fifth set, with Andre Agassi serving for the match, Arthur Ashe Stadium erupted into a standing ovation. It was...
BOSS SAYS 'LEAVE ME ALONE'
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amAn agitated George Steinbrenner moved briskly past reporters yesterday after his Yankees were thrashed 9-2 by the Red Sox. Being ushered to his waiting blue Town car, Steinbrenner, 75, walked...
SAINT LIAM TAKES WOODWARD
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amWith help from a pair of "rabbits," Saint Liam came from off the pace under Jerry Bailey to win yesterday's Grade 1, $500,000 Woodward Stakes by two easy lengths at...
CHACON COMES UP SHORT
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amWhen Joe Torre walked to the mound in the fourth yesterday to pull Shawn Chacon, his goal was to find the right soothing words. Along with Aaron Small, Chacon has...
IRISH SURPRISE ; WEIS' GUYS SHOCK MICHIGAN TO GO 2-0
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amNotre Dame 17Michigan 10 ANN ARBOR - Michigan linebacker Dave Harris' helmet lay spinning on the field in the Big House, the maize and blue design twirling around and around...
STADIUM NOW BOSTON COLONY
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amTHE BALL looked like it had a shot when it left Derek Jeter's bat, but somewhere high above Yankee Stadium it lost a few feet, began to die, began to...
BRONX IS BOO-TIFUL
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amNO bloody sock this time. This time it was only the Yankees who were bloodied and beaten once again by Curt Schilling. If the Yankees know anything about Schilling, it...
TODAY'S OPEN EVENTS HONOR 9/11
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe U.S. Open has a special link to the 9/11 tragedy. The Open was the last professional sporting event staged on New York soil with the Twin Towers still standing....
NO FUN IN THE SUN - YANKEES DROP GAME TO RED SOX; 4 BACK
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amRed Sox 9Yankees 2 George Steinbrenner's reputation as a talent evaluator and the Yankees' chances for an eighth straight AL East title are on the line today. It was The...
MANNY BLASTS OUT OF SLUMP
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amSome of Manny Ramirez' teammates wear T-shirts that read, "Manny being Manny." But lately, Ramirez hadn't been himself. Entering yesterday, the wacky Boston slugger hadn't homered since Aug. 21. If...
GRAND NEW DAY ; CLIJSTERS CLAIMS FIRST SLAM TITLE
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amSeconds after Mary Pierce's service return fell harmlessly into the net, Kim Clijsters sprinted off the court, climbed over the ad signage and clambered along the railings in the Arthur...
METS DEEP-SIXED - DROP TO 1-8 ON ROAD TRIP TO HELL
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amCards 4Mets 2 ST. LOUIS - There is probably no point to playing today's game. Because win or lose this afternoon, the Mets are not going to the playoffs. And...
COUGHLIN CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER SEASON IN RED
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amAT 4:15 p.m. today, the honeymoon is over for Tom Coughlin. No more season passes. No more overlooking the obvious. Bill Parcells once said, "You are what your record says...
LAST LICKS FOR FRAN?
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amIN HIS 24th year as a Mets TV broadcaster- more accurately, a voice of Cablevision/the Dolan Family - Fran Healy is very likely approaching his final days in the Mets'...
READY FOR A BRANDON NEW TASK
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Brandon Jacobs sensed the excitement from Giants fans throughout training camp and the preseason. The rookie running back also sensed something about what the fans expect out of...
KEEP DANTE FROM IGNITING INFERNO
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES KANSAS CITY - Stop Dante Hall. This is one of the top items on the Jets' agenda for today's season opener against the Chiefs in Kansas City. Hall,...
BODY OF WORK KEEPS HIM GOING
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amWe're going to be stuck with Andre Agassi a while longer, because he's willing to get stuck up to four times a year for the privilege, ours as well as...
ROAD TRIP LEDGER: 1-8
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES ST. LOUIS -There is probably no point to playing today's game. Because win or lose, the Mets are not going to the playoffs. And win or lose, this...
PIAZZA BEANED IN RETURN
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES ST. LOUIS - In his first game back from the disabled list, Mike Piazza had a good beginning and a bad end. Piazza, who had been out since...
COULD GET WORSE - AL'S GETTING BETTER ALL AROUND YANKEES
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amIT GETS worse for the Yankees because the American League is getting better. The Devil Rays are a bellwether. They have manhandled the Yankees with a swelling group of young...
ANDRE'S FINAL FANTASY: TITLE WAVE - BODY OF WORK KEEPS HIM GOING
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amAndre Agassi has been around the block too often to fade away to some accidental tourist named Robby Ginepri. He's a nice player and did this Open a big favor...
THE GAMES COUNT - SPORTS PROMOTED HEALING AFTER 9/11 ... AND TODAY'S TRAGEDIES
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amWE WERE playing golf a few weeks ago, one of those perfect summer days you get once in a while, no clouds, no humidity, not even enough heat to make...
BLUE DAY DAWNS - GIANTS THINKING BIG IN ELI & TOM'S SECOND TRY
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amTo those around the Giants who assess the talent, study the holdovers and welcome the newcomers, there's a palpable sense that this is a team on the come. Armed with...
GANG GREEN SEES RED - JETS PREDICT SMOOTH TAKEOFF IN TURBULENT ARROWHEAD
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amKANSAS CITY - There will be many forces conspiring against the Jets today as they open their 2005 season against the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. * They're on the road,...
LEHMAN, QB OFF TO BIG START
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amLehman 28 S. Shore 6 Roberto DeLeon Jr. isn't just trying to make the best of his senior season and his motivation isn't simply to make up for the season...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 11, 2005 | 4:00amGot milk? Well, that's all one fifth-grader can get in his Michigan school. The father of a fifth-grader in Lansing asked his school district to give the child water instead...