January 23, 2007
They're tiny, they're toony, they're all a little Looney
With the exception of "Sonic the Hedgehog," I can't think of a franchise that needed adapting to next-gen graphics less than the Looney Tunes, but I'll bite. Because, boy howdy!...
"Heroes" more than "24"
NBC's "Heroes" fended off a challenge from Fox's "24" Monday night to win the first face-off between the two red-hot TV serials. The first new episode of "Heroes" since Dec....
Less fun than "SingStar," but still funny
A cappella groups performing (and acting out) classic Nintendo songs (and scenes) are not a new phenomenon, in any possible way, by any stretch of the imagination. Heck, I remember...
South Beach Massacre
By MARC BERMANMIAMI - I have written it in the paper, I have said it on all radio and TV interviews I do. The Knicks are the most unpredictable team...
UPDATE: What's next, a soup kitchen on the pier?
City of Malibu Blame it on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (why, God, why did you have to take Suzanne Somers’ mansion?), but the folks in Malibu have gone completely nuts, agreeing...
Dreamgirls Nightmare, Clint's triumph
Kyle Smith will have a full analysis in Wednesday's paper, but at 6:30 a.m. Park City Time Tuesday the huge huge shocker is that "Dreamgirls,'' the supposed frontrunner for much...
IT'S A BARGAIN: Singapore for $553 RT!
courtesy of the Singapore Tourism Board If you can haul yourself to Los Angeles, you can get to Southeast Asia for the price of a ticket to Paris these days.That's...
Deal City
Warner Independent plunked down a reported $4 mllion for the Aussie romance "Clubland'' with Brenda Blethyn, while Sony Pictures Classics is said to have paid $1.85 for the documentary "My...
AIR SUPPLY: Spirit soars
Turks & Caicos, via oceanclubresort.com Spirit Airlines has been awfully feisty lately, what with their crazy sales, the going head-to-head with American on the Port au Prince route, that new...
ABOVE & BEYOND
THE grandeur of the Gal pagos Islands. The opulence of the Sultan of Brunei's palace. The splendor of a 200-foot stuffed rabbit. The introduction of Google Earth in 2005 uncovered...
PIT STOP
BEYONCE is up in arms - trying out a puzzling, Jessica Rabbit-like pose on red carpets around the world. There she is at the Golden Globes, arm draped over the...
'FREEDOM' MORE THAN JUST ANOTHER WORD
ON his first record in five years, John Mellencamp is lost in a sea of little pink houses, where amber waves of the American Dream crash on a rocky shore....
STARR REPORT
'Bert' & ErnieErnest Borgnine has just inked a deal to headline a Hallmark Channel movie in which he'll sing and dance - not bad for a guy who turns 90...
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
IF your life hasn't been quite the same since "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" bit the dust way back when, you will be enthralled by this less-funny show that's even...
JUDY'S SON IN DA'S RACE
JUDGE Judy's son is running for county DA upstate. Adam Levy, 38, Judy Sheindlin's son from her first marriage, is expected to announce today that he is a candidate for...
COLTS SEND SIMON HOME
'AMERICAN Idol's" record-breaking night didn't last long. "Idol" was the most-watched prime-time show of the season - until the thrilling AFC championship game Sunday night on CBS that ended with...
MUSCLE MAMBO
'DANCING with the Stars" has turned two football players - Emmitt Smith and Jerry Rice - into international twinkle toes. Now, it will see what can be done with Muhammad...
GUY'S STUFF
MADONNA'S Guy is getting into the TV business. English director Guy Ritchie, who's married to the Material Girl, will direct and executive-produce an ABC drama pilot called "Suspects," according to...
LET THE 'SUNSHINE' IN
WHO has the power to depose "The Queen," send "The Departed" packing, turn "Dreamgirls" into a nightmare and knock down "Babel"? Here's a hint: She's under 5 feet tall with...
COLD CHEER: RAW RAW
CRACK is wack, especially when your fingertips are splitting and burning from the cold. The blustery weather can wreak havoc on your skin and hair, causing chapped, dry skin and...
HOT DISC THERAPY PUTS SPINAL PAIN ON BACK BURNER
A backache can make it painful to sit, stand, sneeze, open a window, pick up a paper, get in a cab, get out of a cab - in short, it...
FRAUDSTER GAVE QUINN 20G
A real-estate developer who was forced by Eliot Spitzer to repay nearly $1 million in Medicaid overcharges has contributed nearly $20,000 to the campaign of City Council Speaker Christine Quinn...
PREZ-MINDED RUDY TO SHED FINANCE BIZ
Rudy Giuliani, a 2008 GOP White House front-runner, is moving to sell the Wall Street wing of his multi-pronged business - the strongest sign yet that he's making a serious...
WILL SMITH 'ATTACKS' NEW YORK
Don't be alarmed by the fleet of Black Hawk helicopters and military ships converging on the Brooklyn Bridge tonight - it's only the new Will Smith movie, police said yesterday....
'MODEL MOM' JAB AT CHRISTIE
Christie Brinkley's cheating hubby took a snide shot at the supermodel in divorce court yesterday, suggesting that the Uptown Girl delegates her mommy duties to the household help. Peter Cook...
AX B'KLYN PRINCIPAL, SAYS POL
Add a member of the City Council to the growing chorus of calls for the removal of the principal at troubled Lafayette HS in Brooklyn. Councilman Dominic Recchia (D-Bensonhurst) fired...
PAROCHIALS' PUSH
Catholic educators want you to know their schools' doors are still open. Having weathered the largest round of parish-school closings in history, teachers in the New York Archdiocese have launched...
HORROR-HOUSE BOYS TORTURED
Three young brothers were tortured in front of their parents before all five were mercilessly slain and their Dutchess County home set on fire to cover up the murders, it...
CUOMO TO TIGHTEN CURBS ON PORK $$
ALBANY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo yesterday said he will now require community organizations that receive state pork-barrel money to disclose potential conflicts of interest, including any ties to the...
HOSPITAL WORKERS WIN 9% PAY HIKE
New York's 91 hospitals and nursing homes and their workers agreed yesterday on a new - and unusually early - 41-month contract that will provide workers with a 9 percent...
COP HOME COCKTAIL 'BOMBS'
Someone tried to set off a Molotov cocktail in the driveway of a Brooklyn undercover cop's home yesterday, but the homemade concoction failed to fully ignite, police sources said. Firefighters...
HEARTENING NEWS ON KID SURGERY
The death rate for heart surgeries on kids has plummeted 24 percent in New York state hospitals, with New York Presbyterian's two Manhattan branches having the best outcomes. A state...
B'KLYN SEX SLAVE
A frightened 18-year-old woman was held as a sex slave by a savage thug who beat and raped her before pimping her out to several men over 11 hellish days...
SUICIDAL STUDENT PLUNGES 19 FLOORS
A Hunter College student jumped to his death from the roof of a 19-story school building last night - just a few hours after security guards had ordered him off...
BLACK SUNDAY GAL'S 'APOLOGY'
A woman charged with causing the deadly Bronx Black Sunday blaze says her heart still aches for the two firefighters who died - but she's not to be blamed for...
WIDOW OPENS HEARTH TO HEROES' KIN
Black Sunday fire widow Jeanette Meyran says she bought a small vacation home to help her kids cope with the loss - and plans to open it, for free, to...
SEX GUARD GETS CAGED
A former correction officer was sentenced to spend 18 months on the wrong side of a cell door for having sex encounters with female inmates at a federal lockup. Nicholas...
BELL CASE BEGINS
A Queens grand jury yesterday got its first peek at the evidence in the shooting death of Sean Bell - an unarmed man killed on his November wedding day in...
ASSEMBLY COMPTROL FREAKS
ALBANY - Hearings into the selection of the next state comptroller begin today, but Assembly Democrats who control the process say that if given the chance, they would choose one...
STRIP-CASE NO-SHOWS
The trial of a jealous personal trainer accused of slashing the throat of an exotic dancer was scheduled to begin in Manhattan yesterday - but the two defense lawyers went...
'02-SLAY FIEND DUCKS DEATH
A Bronx drug dealer charged with torturing and killing his girlfriend and two other victims during a robbery managed to dodge a potential death sentence yesterday as a federal jury...
CITY WILL HEAT ICE-BOX APTS.
City officials yesterday said they are making arrangements to put a temporary mobile heating unit outside a Harlem building where residents - including one family with an infant - have...
CLUB LOCKER 'THIEF' BUSTED
Police have arrested a man who allegedly used his gym membership to break into 10 lockers at Manhattan gyms and take wallets, cellphones and clothes. Carlos Guerrero, 29, a New...
W. INDIAN PARADE PIONEER, 83, DIES
Carlos Lezama, founder of the Brooklyn West Indian-American Day Carnival Association, died yesterday at Kings County Hospital. He was 83 and had been ill for some time. In 1967, Lezama...
A BITTER PILL
Drugmaking giant Pfizer will shut its historic Brooklyn plant - eliminating 600 jobs - as part of the company's desperate bid to stave off financial catastrophe, grim-faced officials said yesterday....
'BASHER' BRAVEST'S NEW BUST
An FDNY firefighter accused of beating an NYPD cop unconscious last year was charged with driving drunk over the weekend - after doing 124 mph on the Long Island Expressway,...
YOU HAVE JUST SURVIVED YOUR WORST DAY OF THE YEAR
It was more than just than another manic Monday. Miserable weather, the end of holiday cheer and mounting debt contributed yesterday to what experts tagged the most depressing day of...
CHILLING PLOT FOR 9/11 II
Al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq planned to sneak into the United States with student visas and carry out a devastating new round of 9/11-style attacks, it was disclosed last night....
HITLER'S $15M RACE CAR
The race car Adolf Hitler had built to prove the superiority of the Third Reich is expected to sell for an incredible $15 million at an auction next month. Bids...
WEB CHAT IS MOSTLY 'GIRL' TALK
WASHINGTON - It was ladies' night as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton kicked off her presidential courtship last evening through an online "listening tour" with supporters across the country - fielding...
FIRST MAN
Former President Bill Clinton, speaking for the first time since his wife declared her 2008 candidacy for the White House, said last night that he's ready for his "supporting role"...
HILLARY DOES IRAQ FLIP: GOP
National Republicans ripped into 2008 Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday, painting her as a "classic" John Kerry-type waffler on Iraq, in their first direct attack since she announced...
KNIFE STABS AND SHOOTS
Law-enforcement agencies across the country have been warned about a deadly new weapon - a knife that fires bullets. The Drug Enforcement Agency has sent out a bulletin alerting cops...
P.E.T.A. RIVAL HOWLS
A consumer-rights group is happier than a pig in mud now that two PETA activists are being tried for animal cruelty - and is crowing about the irony in a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn* A handyman was busted for molesting a woman in her Midwood home while he fixed her washing machine, cops said yesterday. Peter Yip, 52, allegedly touched the woman's breast...
$UCCESS COMES TO ADRIENNE
PARK CITY, Utah - After an ecstatic audience reception, the last film by slain actress-director Adrienne Shelly sold for one of the highest prices at this year's Sundance Film Festival....
KILLER'S FAMILY CIRCUS
WHEN the shoe is on the other bloody foot, execution is out of the question. Cheryl Wilson, mother of convicted double cop-killer Ronell "The Worm" Wilson, was asked a simple...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Numbers Mon.: 517 Midday Win-4 Mon.: 4728 Evening Numbers Mon.: 558 Evening Win-4 Mon.: 8416 Pick-10 Mon.: 14, 16, 20, 22, 29, 30, 31, 40, 42, 43,...
SAVING GOTHAM'S GOLDEN GOOSE
Unless the feds act, New York City's pre-eminent stature as the world's capital for financial services could be lost within 10 years. That was the startling warning Mayor Bloomberg and...
SPITZER ON THE SIDELINES
Just 23 days into Gov. Spitzer's term, New Yorkers today are about to get their best sense yet of whether "everything changes" in Albany, as Spitzer promised. Or if anything...
W'S EXCELLENT HEALTH-CARE RX
IN his State of the Union speech tonight, President Bush will propose steps to make health insurance more affordable by cutting taxes on health benefits for some workers and encouraging...
WALL STREET WOES
YESTERDAY, consulting firm McKinsey unveiled a report detailing how, and why, New York is losing its position at the top of the global-finance world. Mayor Bloomberg and Sen. Charles Schumer...
A PASSPORT TO PRIVILEGE
THE folks complaining about the new, stricter U.S. passport rules need to take a step back and appreciate what they have. Starting today, U.S. citizens traveling by air from Canada,...
MORE'S MERRIER
THINGS sure are hopping in Democrat-land, what with two new entries in the White House sweepstakes this weekend joining five others who got in even earlier. With Bill Richardson following...
A PAGE FROM SCHUMER'S BOOK
THE ISSUE: Sen. Chuck Schumer's new book and its criticism of the Democratic Party. Sen. Chuck Schumer is right: The Democratic Party has abandoned the middle class for the sake...
OPRAH'S SYMPATHY: SACRIFICED FOR RATINGS?
THE ISSUE: Oprah Winfrey's interview with kidnapped Shawn Hornbeck and his parents. I couldn't agree more with Linda Stasi regarding the treatment of Shawn Hornbeck by Oprah Winfrey ("Shame on...
HANDFUL IN HUNT FOR TIME INC. MAGS
Up to six companies are believed to be in the hunt for the 18 magazines that Time Inc. is auctioning off. The deadline was yesterday, and according to sources, several...
OUT OF FASHION
More than a year after analysts started calling for his dismissal, Paul Pressler resigned yesterday as Chief Executive of the Gap, bringing to an end a term that was marked...
MILITARY RADIO HAS NO ROOM FOR TRIBUTE
ROLAND MAJEAU just wants his song, "Soldier's Cry," played for U.S. troops fighting overseas. But the American military says that it not only won't, but can't, grant his wish. This...
DOUBLE TROUBLE
The troubles at video-game designer Take-Two Interactive Software continued to mount yesterday as the company accused former CEO Ryan Brant of orchestrating a six-year stock option-backdating scheme that ended in...
FEDS EYE BANKS IN GAMBLING CRUSADE
As thousands of sports fans gear up to put wagers on the Super Bowl the feds are continuing their crusade against online gaming by issuing subpoenas to several banks that...
NEW TUNE
Despite his earlier war on Wall Street's misdeeds, Gov. Eliot Spitzer is now jumping on the bandwagon to ease rules for the same crowd he once prosecuted for their loose...
CABLEVISION REELING FROM FIOS FEELING
Investors dumped Cablevision shares yesterday after a Citigroup analyst downgraded the stock to "sell," citing a deterioration of its main cable business. While the analyst, Jason Bazinet, also pegged the...
EOP TO OPEN BOOKS TO VORNADO'S GROUP
Real estate giant Equity Office Properties Trust, run by billionaire Sam Zell, will open its books to a bidding group led by Vornado Realty Trust, which submitted an offer last...
MORT'S PIECES OF 8TH
SCORE one for Boston Properties. The publicly traded giant led by Mort Zuckerman is tying up a spectacular assemblage that paves the way for a new, 850,000-square-foot office tower in...
SALLIE RIDES TO THE RESCUE AT CITIGROUP
Cheering erupted across trading desks and banking cubicles in Citigroup headquarters on news that Wall Street's "Mrs. Clean" - Sallie Krawcheck - was going to be their boss again. The...
STORM WARY OF LETDOWN
St. John's coach Norm Roberts has one of those good problems that exist in good programs throughout the country. It's a problem the Red Storm haven't faced this season and...
INVASOR IS HORSE OF YEAR
Invasor, the Argentine-bred colt who won all four U.S. starts last year including the Breeders' Cup Classic, was named Horse of the Year last night at the annual Eclipse Awards...
SPORTS SHORTS
FOOTBALL: Raiders, Steelers name coaches The Raiders last night hired Lane Kiffin, making the 31-year-old Southern California offensive coordinator the youngest NFL head coach in decades. Kiffin, the son of...
SIXERS WRIGHT ON
FOR whatever it's worth, in Larry Brown's infamous last straw conversation with Isiah Thomas, Malik Rose was the fourth Knick (Jalen Rose, Maurice Taylor and Steve Francis) he wanted bought...
RESPECT US
Brace yourselves. The Bears are headed for Miami and they're set to play the race card. No, not the fact their head coach, Lovie Smith - along with Tony Dungy...
LOVIE GENERATION
CHICAGO - The dictators are dead, their bodies buried, their way of life a thing of the past. They had their day, the same way disco had its day, and...
BEAR IN MIND: COLTS NO LOCK
THE idea today is to attempt to convince you that Super Bowl XLI will not be the noncompetitive afterthought mismatch so many pundits believe it will be after watching Peyton...
SMITH, DUNGY, EDWARDS AT HEAD OF CLASSY TABLE
INDIANAPOLIS - Three weeks ago, three men whose lives have intertwined in such a fascinating way converged with their wives at a dinner table at a restaurant in downtown Indianapolis....
PARTY'S OVER FOR PARCELLS
He has uttered the words "Never say never" more than once, so beware when Bill Parcells insists he's retiring from coaching, an announcement he made yesterday, 15 days after his...
FLY LIKE AN EAGLE
If you can't beat 'em, hire 'em. The Giants were ousted from the playoffs by the Eagles two weeks ago, and four days later Tom Coughlin fired defensive coordinator Tim...
BIG BILL TO BIG BLUE? YOU CAN FUGGHEDABOUTIT!
BILL PARCELLS e-mailed goodbye to Jerry Jones and the Cowboys and retired again yesterday, meaning there will be a Tuna lurking off the shores of East Rutherford if and when...
MARBURY SITS OUT 2ND HALF
MIAMI - It's time to really worry about Stephon Marbury's knee. Before last night's game, Knicks coach/president Isiah Thomas acknowledged he will monitor Marbury's minutes and keep him out of...
SICKERBOCKERS
MIAMI - Humiliating. Embarrassing. Disgraceful. Despicable. And historic. The Knicks played their second-worst first quarter in their history during which they gave up a record-setting 27-0 run and fell behind...
WILLIE, METS TALK PACT
Omar Minaya said last night the Mets want to sign Willie Randolph to a new contract before spring training. The GM and manager didn't put a deadline on discussions, however,...
NETS GET SAC-ED
Maybe this wasn't as bad as the fabled "Milt Palacio Loss" for the Nets. But it was pretty darn close. Playing their first game in the latest installment of "Life...
RJ OUT 6 WEEKS AFTER SURGERY
SACRAMENTO - For weeks, Richard Jefferson had insisted loose bone chips and fragments in his right ankle would need to be cleaned out. He had good games and bad games,...
CANO'S NO. 22 TO ROG - IF ...
The Yankees are preparing for Roger Clemens - at least, numerically speaking. Recently, the club asked All-Star second baseman Robinson Cano to hand over his No. 22 in the event...
KID STUFF
BACK when we were kids, going on vacation with Mom and Dad meant keeping quiet in fancy restaurants, being on our best behavior at stuffy hotels, and learning to cope...
PAPERS, PLEASE!
ALLOW us to clear up the no-small-measure of confusion regarding the new passport rules which go in to effect, like, now. Here's the deal. It's simple. If you're boarding a...
QUICK, GET OUT
BOSTON $289/night Fenway Park Package at Hotel Commonwealth The deal: A room overlooking Fenway Park, two tickets to tour the ballpark and breakfast. Details: Until Nov. 7, (800) 525-4800; slh.com...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Colorado company has launched a line of anti-flatulence underwear designed to conceal the smell of, uh, natural gas. Under-Ease pants are made of an airtight fabric equipped with a...
Little Miss Rainshine
You would think TV actress Kerri Russell would be happy to share her reaction to the news that her big starring film here, "Waitress,'' was picked up Monday by Fox...