December 19, 2008
'WAKA' THIS WAY
This sales-bot doesn't have genes, but sure knows its denim! Meet "wakamaru," your new robot shopping assistant at SoHo's UNIQLO, who'll be helping customers until the end of this month....
GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS
A Brooklyn jury slammed the door today on the ex-con gunman who shot rookie cop Russel Timoshenko, convicting him on all counts and ensuring he'll spend the rest of his...
DOW JONES FALLS 25.88
Stock prices pared earlier gains to end a choppy day relatively flat on Friday, as Wall Street remained uncertain that a $17.4 billion lifeline for U.S. automakers will make a...
'Hill' Family's 2009 Resolutions
Hank Hill: On a bi-weekly basis, I am going to send President Obama my suggestions for public works projects involving propane. I truly hope and believe he will be the...
Starr Report: Super Mario
Latin TV and movie star Mario Cimarro is a hot commodity. Cimarro, who co-stars in the big-screen flick "Rockaway," is being shopped in LA for TV and movie deals by...
Jeffries out till next Friday
By MARK HALEWent to Knicks shootaround this morning as they got ready for tonight's game against the Bucks at the Garden. Here are a few items of note: * Jared...
Curley, Jarvis, Yi and Stuff
By FRED KERBERIt would be the longest of shots, but don't count out Nenad Krstic just yet, according to team president Rod Thorn.Comrade Curley wasn't too happy -- "Miserable," was...
THE BOSS ON BOBBY
George Steinbrenner has gone from "The Boss" to "The Writer" in the latest issue of Sporting News magazine, with memories of late former Yankee Bobby Murcer. Steinbrenner is among the...
SKELETEL REMAINS IDENTIFIED AS MISSING FLORIDA GIRL
ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando authorities say DNA tests confirm the skeletal remains recently found in the woods belong to missing toddler Caylee Anthony. A county medical examiner said at a...
All aboard for Giants?
BY PAUL SCHWARTZThe urgency of the game Sunday against the Panthers and the lateness of the season are readily apparent judging from the all-aboard mentality the Giants are adopting.RB Brandon...
Avery naming rights -- and wrongs
For all of you who think former Ranger Sean Avery is a big crybaby ...Parents.com says Avery was the 13th most popular name for newborn boys -- and the 15th...
Putz says eighth inning OK
Here is the story I wrote for today's edition of The Post on Thursday's news conference by new Mets set-up man J.J. Putz at Citi Field. As I mentioned earlier,...
Cashman calls back Brewers
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that GM Brian Cashman finally called back Brewers GM Doug Melvin regarding the Mike Cameron for Melky Cabrera trade.However, the proposed deal was not brought...
Around baseball, Dec. 19
The Denver Post reports the Rockies are interested in pitcher Tim Redding, in whom the Mets also have interest.The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Phillies pitchers Cole Hamels and Brad Lidge will...
Deal of the Day-Charlotte Ronson
Towering platform booties, despite the slippery weather, are still great picks.And these Beatrice Platform Ankle Booties by Charlotte Ronson are wonderfully rugged yet stylish.Lined with sherpa, they'll keep your feet...
DEALS: Christmas in Vegas for $39
Anyone who watches the television will remember being near-assaulted last fall with the information (over and over and over again) that the Detroit automakers were extending their employee discount for...
COPS EYE QUEENS REP FOR GAL BEATING
City Councilman and State State-senator-elect Hiram Monserrate, who touted himself as a staunch advocate of victims of domestic violence, was arrested early this morning for allegedly breaking a glass over...
NO SHEETS FOR YANKS
FROM JOEL SHERMANKeep hearing from multiple sources that the Yankees will have nothing to do with Ben Sheets. They have real concerns about his health, especially they fret about the...
TODAY'S TEN: TOP METS OF 2008
Another year, another colossal meltdown for the Mets. Well, maybe not colossal, but the 2008 Amazin's failed to make the playoffs - again - and to make matters worse, division...
3 UP: Sheets, Teixeira and Lowe
Hey, checking in from vacation again (sorry, honey). I will be completing my week of co-hosting The Show today from 3-6 p.m. on XM 175 or Sirius 210 in case...
Box Office: Smith Vs. Carrey
The Jim Carrey comedy "Yes Man'' will top the weekend grosses in North America, says Steve Mason of Big Hollywood, who is predicting $26.35 over three days. Carrey's flick rates...
MOB 'EX'ECUTION
The former acting boss of the Colombo crime family has been charged with orchestrating a hit on an off-duty NYPD officer - because the cop had married the mobster's ex-wife....
RIKERS GUARD 'THREATENS' COP WHO GAVE HER TICKET
A city jailer flew off the handle during a Bronx traffic-court hearing, railing at a cop who had slapped her with a ticket and threatening to shoot the officer if...
LINCOLN BOYS DEFEAT JEFFERSON
Lincoln held off Jefferson, 87-83, yesterday in an early-season matchup between what could be the top two basketball teams in the PSAL. St. John's head coach Norm Roberts was at...
JOE PUBLIC
Are you with the majority or the minority? As you plan your weekend wagering, take a look at the public's betting action in Las Vegas and offshore on this week's...
PAINT THE NFC BLUE
ONE game, at home, for the No. 1 seed. The Giants have been working all season for this, and even though things have gone south with Plaxico gunshot and losses...
THE ARROWHEAD'S POINTING TO 'UNDER'
The winner of multiple major handicapping championships against world-class competition, The Wildcat returns. Including the 1997-2007 seasons in The Post, Cat's 13-year-record in print stands at 354-295 (54.5 percent) against...
MS. CHARLEEN
LAST NIGHT: Colts (W)TOMORROW: CowboysSUNDAY: Seahawks, Giants, Steelers, Chiefs, Patriots, Browns, Rams, Lions, Chargers, Texans, Broncos, Vikings, EaglesMONDAY: PackersBEST BETS: Giants, Steelers, VikingsPLAY POST PICK 'EMNFL MATCHUPS, TRENDS STATSEXPANDED BETTOR'S...
TIM SULLIVAN
LAST NIGHT: Colts (W)TOMORROW: RavensSUNDAY: Jets, Giants, Titans, Dolphins, Patriots, Browns, Rams, Lions, Bucs, Raiders, Broncos, Falcons, EaglesMONDAY: BearsBEST BETS: Giants, Bucs, BearsPLAY POST PICK 'EMNFL MATCHUPS, TRENDS STATSEXPANDED BETTOR'S...
HONDO'S DREAMING OF A GREEN CHRISTMAS
Even though Hondo slipped to 6-7-3 in Week 15 and fell a game behind Ms. Charleen, there's no Claus for concern. His fundamentals remain strong and his intangibles are untouchable,...
CENTRAL PK. THUGS IN MUGGING SPREE
A rash of violent muggings is terrifying residents of the Upper West Side near Central Park. Cops last night released photos of two thugs suspected of carrying out eight robberies...
CLASS WAR AT NEW SCHOOL
More than 100 students who barricaded themselves in a cafeteria at the New School University for more than a day began tossing chairs and overturning tables as their raucous protest...
AMAZING SKETCHES ON FLIP SIDE OF DA VINCI
Previously unknown sketches by Leonardo da Vinci have been discovered on the back of one of his 500-year-old masterpieces. The Louvre museum in Paris said the drawings were probably done...
RAHM 'PITCHED BAM PICK'
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's incoming chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, had multiple phone conversations with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, pushing for the president-elect's pick to fill his Senate seat, according...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Cops are hunting for the suspected Chelsea bank robber pictured above. The crook walked into the Chase branch on Sixth Avenue near West 18th Street on Dec. 9 at...
HOLY CRU$ADE
Two popular New York bands will rock Times Square this weekend to help raise funds for the historic Church of the Holy Cross. Seeking Homer, a raucous acoustic group, will...
HOSP 'SHIELDS' DRUG MULE
The NYPD is furious with Bellevue Hospital after a doctor told cops he found 14 bags of coke in a drug mule but then refused to provide details, citing patient-confidentiality...
DOOM TO CASTLE CALVIN
Nothing gets between Calvin Klein and his dream house. The fashion mogul submitted an application this week to tear down his mammoth, $30 million Southampton estate - known as Dragon's...
NYC GALS LIVING LONGER THAN GUYS
There's never been a better time to be a woman in New York City. Men trail women badly in how long they live, according to the Health Department. Figures released...
COLUMBIA VICTORY
West Harlem's holdouts will have to get out of Columbia University's way. State officials yesterday approved the university's use of eminent domain to buy the last parcels of land in...
GOOD SAMS NAB 'MUGGER'
Three good Samaritans chased down a cowardly thug after he beat and tried to mug a woman in front of a trendy Manhattan bar, cops said yesterday. Kester Robinson, 23,...
FIREBOMBER JAILED
A Queens man yesterday got eight years in prison for hurling two Molotov cocktails at a Whitestone middle school. Konstatin Mavrikos, who pleaded guilty to arson in October, threw the...
'TEXTBOOK' CASE OF WA$TE
Students at the State and City universities could save as much as $500 a year by buying their textbooks online - but their schools need to enable them to do...
POL WANTS PIX TO BACK PARKING TIX
Heated parking-ticket contests soon could come down to a photo finish. Councilman Jimmy Vacca (D-Bronx) said traffic agents should have picture evidence of some of the tickets they write. He...
DAVE'S BUDGET UNDER FIRE FROM BOTH SIDES
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson's tax-packed budget got slammed from both the right and the left yesterday, as one lawmaker's study found its 137 tax-and-fee proposals would cost an average New...
'FRAUD' POL SNAPS AT FOTOGS
An enraged Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio came out swinging and swearing before pleading innocent yesterday to a federal corruption charge. The portly Queens pol cursed at a newspaper photographer and knocked...
SHEEP-$KIM PRISON DEAL
The accused mastermind behind the diplomas-for-sale scandal at Touro College is close to admitting his guilt and packing off to state prison, Manhattan prosecutors said yesterday. Former Touro computer honcho...
COP-SLAY JURY VEXES MIKE
Mayor Bloomberg tried his best to mask his frustration over a Brooklyn jury's decision to clear a man of murder in the slaying of rookie cop Russel Timoshenko - but...
OPERA MAN'S BAIL YANKED
A federal judge yesterday revoked the $10 million bail of crooked money manager Alberto Vilar and ordered him jailed pending sentencing on charges of conspiracy, fraud, and money laundering. Judge...
CITY TRIPLE-CROWNED BY ANOTHER TAX HIKE
New Yorkers got slammed yesterday by the third leg of a triple whammy - a 7 percent property-tax hike, approved by the City Council, that takes effect on New Year's...
BUBBA SHEIK-ING THE MONEY TREE
It's time to get Bubba fitted for a burnoose. Arkansas good ol' boy Bill Clinton turned the ancient lands of Arabia into his personal ATM over the past decade, raking...
GRANNY'S $1M 'SCRATCH' WIN
A 92-year-old great-grandmother from Queens accidentally discarded a winning $1 million scratch-off lottery ticket - but a scrupulous supermarket clerk saved the day. At a state lottery press conference in...
YOUTUBE VID SICKO 'FESSES
The black-masked "Trashman" who posted YouTube videos claiming he'd poisoned Gerber baby food said he's "just an entertainer," before pleading guilty to a federal charge yesterday. Under a deal with...
LILLO JURORS SAY THEY'RE DEADLOCKED
The jurors weighing the fate of two-bit actor Lillo Brancato in the shooting death of an off-duty cop said last night they were deadlocked. After deliberating for five hours, the...
'GOLDEN GOOSE' & THE PINUP
A Lehman Brothers broker master minded a $4.8 million insider-trading scheme, passing on to pals valuable in formation from his high-powered publi cist wife, whom he dubbed his "golden goose,"...
CAROLINE'S POLL FAULT
Caroline Kennedy, who's making her case to succeed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, didn't vote in several elections - including the 2005 mayoral primary and the 2002 general election, The Post...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A former Dunkin' Donuts employee allegedly tried to rob his old store in Chicago, but was quickly caught when an ex-colleague recognized him - even though he was wearing a...
WARM WELCOME EXPECTED FOR JASON
There were no bold predictions, no brash statements, no vow of payback. It was just Jason Kidd being Jason Kidd on the eve of what he insisted is only one...
GIANTS-PANTHERS BATTLE FOR NO. 1 SEED
Phil Simms has a message for Giants fans: Calm down - the worst is over. The previous two weeks the 11-3 Giants have gone from juggernauts to mediocre in losses...
500M PROBLEMS FOR MADAME SECRETARY
NOW that Bill Clinton has re leased the list of his 205,000 donors who have given close to $500 million to his library and foundation, it is clear why he...
REALLY HIGH MAINTENANCE
The estranged wife of United Technologies Chairman George David says she has weekly expenses of $53,000 - more than what half the households in America earn annually and higher than...
SLAY FEAR AS 3 IN NURSING HOME DIE
Cops believe a killer could be stalking the halls of a Brooklyn nursing home after three patients on a single floor were found dead within an hour of each other....
SNOWSTORM BARRELS ACROSS NEW YORK
A storm system that clobbered the Midwest moved into New York on Friday, grounding more than 650 flights in New York City and giving schoolchildren an early start to the...
PIVEN'S FISH TALE BEGINS TO STINK
Jeremy Piven's wild tale that mercury poisoning forced him to walk out on a popular Broadway show got even fishier yesterday. The party-boy actor's controversial doctor claims that his condition...
NO SHOCK, SUNDIN FOLLOWED THE MONEY
IN the end, Mats Sundin made like Woodward and Bernstein following Deep Throat's advice. He followed the money. The 37-year-old free agent center followed the money to Vancouver, accepting a...
TEIXEIRA TOO RICH FOR RED SOX
The Red Sox say they got outbid for free agent first baseman Mark Teixeira. Though Boston didn't talk about which teams offered more for the switch-hitting Teixeira, it wasn't the...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Romo ready to go Despite battling a sore back, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo said he will be ready tomorrow night when Dallas plays its Texas Stadium finale against the...
O/U RICO
Rico dipped below the .500 mark for the first time this year, going 5-11 (1-2 Best Bets) on the over/unders last week, bringing the season record to 106-112-6 (24-20-1). The...
5 QUESTIONS FOR... BOB DAVIE
FORMER Notre Dame football coach Bob Davie can relate to what Charlie Weis is going through. Davie, now an analyst with ESPN, talked with The Post's Justin Terranova about Weis'...
HARD-HITTING HOLIK GIVES DEVILS MUSCLE
At 37, center Bobby Holik is delivering even bigger hits than he did in his younger days with the Devils. Finally, Holik has found something he likes about the NHL's...
JONES FLEXING MUSCLES FOR JETS
In the Jets' weight room, skill players usually lift in one area and the linemen lift in another. There is, however, one exception. Running back Thomas Jones prefers to join...
PUTZ SATISFIED WITH AMAZIN' NEW ROLE
A shutdown closer for much of his career in Seattle, J.J. Putz did his best to shut down any potential controversy yesterday. In his first comments since the Mets acquired...
GILBRIDE: OFFENSIVE WOES WON'T CONTINUE
It seems as if it was just a few weeks ago that Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride was being hailed as a genius, as he dialed up the plays that...
STEPH PAYS THE PRICE FOR TICKET
Stephon Marbury's publicity stunt at Staples Center Tuesday night didn't come cheaply. Marbury paid $2,600 for his courtside, front-row, baseline seat - which was face value, The Post has learned....
$243M PAIR MAKES IT DUO-OR-DIE FOR GIRARDI
The spotlights were on CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett yesterday at the old Yankee Stadium, but come April the attention will focus on Joe Girardi. Sabathia and Burnett hadn't removed...
LIGHT PRACTICE MAY FUEL FAVRE'S JETS
Brett Favre's practice has been scaled back, but it's not because of injury. Jets coach Eric Mangini said he just wants to keep his quarterback fresh. Favre's passing has been...
GIRARDI: PETTITTE STILL EAGER TO RETURN TO YANKEES
According to Joe Girardi, Andy Pettitte wants to rejoin the Yankees. "I talked to him recently and he is still excited about coming back," Girardi said yesterday of Pettitte, who...
BIG BLUE MUST STOP PANTHERS' HIGH-POWERED 'O'
The Giants are set to face perhaps the NFL's best one-two rushing punch, as well as one of the league's most dangerous wide receivers, when they play the Panthers on...
MONEY TRAIN DERAILS GAMES
BEYOND some of the most outstanding, thus obvious - World Series that are played too late for kids is No. 1 - have you ever stopped to consider how many...
MOVES IN TRUE YANKEES SPIRIT
IT'S easy to understand how this happens. For 85 years, purple-prosing people (like me) have been likening the old Yankee Stadium to churches and cathedrals and basilicas, turning a place...
SUN SETTING ON NASH'S VALUE
LOS ANGELES - Until Robert Sarver kindly elaborated in the Phoenix locker room after his team barely beat the Knicks' seven-man team (minus two who fouled out), I had no...
CC MAKES MIKE CENTER OF ATTENTION
When CC Sabathia takes the mound for the first time as a Yankee, he would like to see Mike Cameron playing center field behind him. Sabathia, who was introduced to...
NATE MAY MOVE UP IN KNICKS' ROTATION
There are reasons both for and against Nate Robinson starting. Mike D'Antoni isn't sure which way he'll eventually go for sure. But the Knick coach admitted yesterday that he's considered...
ALBANY NEEDS TO START TALKING LAYOFFS
WHILE watching New York's train-wreck of a state budget crumple like an accordion, I've wondered when any of our fearful leaders in Albany are going to start talking the obvious:...
SOUTH STREET SEAPORT'S OWNERS SET SALE
The iconic South Street Seaport is being put up for sale for nearly $200 million, as debt-laden owner and mall operator General Growth Properties looks to shed assets. Sources tell...
A MOGUL DODGES A BULLET
Sumner Redstone's National Amusements and its creditors have agreed to extend indefinitely today's deadline to repay $800 million in debt so the two sides can continue to try to work...
MTA MADNESS
THE MTA was subjected to a wave of rage from the public and politicians at this week's public hearing. The average citizen has a legitimate gripe - but our political...
YET ANOTHER KOREAN CONUNDRUM
AFTER years of haggling, North Korea is refusing to allow routine disarmament inspections of its nuclear (weapons) program, leaving the Six-Party Talks, established to denuclearize Pyongyang, in limbo. Who's really...
STOCKING SUCKERS
Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan plans on stuffing the Christmas stockings of some of his employees with lots of toxic junk. The Swiss-based financial firm informed staff on a conference...
WISE COUNSEL FOR THE PREZ-ELECT
President-elect Barack Obama this week received wise counsel from some of his top generals in Iraq. He'd do well to consider it - however politically difficult that may be. At...
A TRAVESTY IN BROOKLYN
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says he's "stunned and disappointed" by a Brooklyn jury's acquittal of Robert Ellis in the brutal murder of Officer Russel Timoshenko and the wounding of his...
BILL'S PALS, HILL'S PROBLEMS
Finally, Bill Clinton has made public the names of the fat cats, insiders, corporations and foreign govern ments who kicked in a half-billion dollars to his charitable foundation. Not surprisingly,...
TV GUIDE NET GOES FOR $300M
Media entrepreneur Allen Shapiro yesterday spent $300 million on the TV Guide Network in the hopes of remaking the struggling channel into a general interest entertainment destination rather than an...
NEW YORK'S SORRY STATE: NO PENNY LEFT TO PINCH
THE ISSUE: Gov. Paterson's proposed $121 billion budget and plans for additional taxes. *** Wall Street is crashing, stores are closing, people are losing their jobs and a governor not...
CLEARED ON CHARGES
At 28, an Air Force captain and Academy graduate, I entered the world of politics by taking on, and beating, the local political machine ("Silver in the Limelight," Editorial, Dec....
THE LEFT BEREFT
AMERICA'S hardcore leftists had convinced themselves they were finally getting "their" president. Boy, were they wrong. Their latest cause for outrage: Barack Obama has picked the Rev. Rick Warren -...
MADOFF LOSS: TAX WRITEOFFS
With lots of luck and good lawyers, victims of accused swindler Bernard Madoff might someday win only pennies for each dollar they lost - but they stand to reap possible...
HARPER IS MAD FOR MADOFF
ANDREW Kirtzman, a former CBS News correspondent and Rudy Giuliani biographer, is the first man out of the gate with a book deal on the dizzying Bernard Madoff scandal. Industry...
BERNIE'S RED FLAGS
It didn't take a lot of complex calculations for Bryan White to realize he didn't want to invest with admitted mega-crook Bernie Madoff. The prominent fund manager and co-head of...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
SIMPLY WONDERFUL Film - December 19 In 2008, troubled banks turn to the federal goverment for a big-bucks bailout. Back in 1946, the little people and an angel named Clarence...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
HOLIDAY MARKETS: Search for gifts at the finest holiday markets around town: Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall, Bryant Park and Union Square Park.
FILM
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: A mini, one-day Charles Chaplin festival includes a series of short films on Sunday at 4 and 8 p.m., with the feature film "The Gold Rush" (1925)...
DANCE
THE JOYCE SOHO: Led by 21-year-old choreographer Josh Beamish, Vancouver's Move troupe performs tonight at 8 and tomorrow at 3 and 8 p.m. 175 Eighth Ave.; 212-691-9740. NEW YORK STATE...
CLASSICAL
AVERY FISHER HALL: The New York Philharmonic supports an all-star cast of soloist singers in Handel's "Messiah" tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. Lincoln Center; 212-875-5656. CARNEGIE HALL: Musica Sacra...
JAZZ
BLUE NOTE: Bela Fleck & the Flecktones through Sunday at 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. 131 W. Third St.; 212-475-8592. DIZZY'S CLUB COCA COLA:Bassist Christian McBride's quintet plays through Sunday at...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
BLANKFEST: More than two dozen bands, including the Baghdaddios and Statues of Liberty, rock to get blankets for New York City's homeless from noon to midnight Sunday at Bruxelles, 173...
OFF-BROADWAY
"THE ATHEIST:" ** 1/2 Campbell Scott delivers a compelling performance in this unconvincing solo drama about an unscrupulous journalist. Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow St.; 212-243-6262. "BACK BACK BACK": **...
STARR REPORT
NBC News has rejiggered its correspondent lineup as we head toward Inauguration Day. Chuck Todd, who'd been rumored as a possible "Meet the Press" host, becomes chief White House correspondent,...
DRIVING HARD BARGAINS
'I'M not going to sleep with you - not in a million years," Matty tells Johnny in the romantic comedy "Moscow, Belgium." But time flies, and within the hour the...
TAKE A WALKER ON THE MILD SIDE
BEING waterboarded in a secret CIA prison would be a lark compared to being subjected to "easy listening" radio and pap such as the Walker Brothers' "Make It Easy on...
NO MORE MR. MICE GUY
'THE Tale of Despereaux" is an old-fashioned animated fable that teaches kids about the importance of courage, loyalty and soup. Despereaux, voiced by Matthew Broderick, is a little mouse (he's...
NOT BEWITCHED BY 'JOEY'
I'M pleased to report that a musical-comedy star is born in the newly revived "Pal Joey." Unfortunately for the Roundabout, it's Martha Plimpton and not Matthew Risch, the chorus boy...
O, BROTHER, THEIR ART - WOW!
OASIS singer Liam Gallagher and his guitarist brother Noel oozed pure cool throughout a tight two-hour gig at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. For all their bratty brotherly brawls and...
PURR-FECT HOWL AND NICE FUR
IT would be downright rude to give a performer a bad review after she's let you feel her up. The last was an accident, mind you: the result of being...
OH, NO! 'YES' IS A MESS
THE first time I saw "Yes Man," I thought the concept was getting kind of stale toward the end. As it turns out, that was only the trailer. The movie...
OVER THE WILL
THE press kit describes "Seven Pounds," a Will Smith weepie that should include diabetes testing in the admission price, as a "gripping mystery." The only mystery here is how many...
HAGGARD PITCHING HBO FILM
DISGRACED evangelical leader Rev. Ted Hag gard will finally break his silence - to promote an HBO documentary about his own fall from power. The coming out is set for...
MIKA MUGGED
'MORNING Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski really got a jolt yesterday after she was mugged outside her Washington, DC hotel. Brzezinski, Joe Scarborough's sidekick on the MSNBC morning show, wasn't harmed...
CHIKLIS RIPS HEADLINE
JUST as Bernard Ma doff is making headlines as a $50 billion con man, Michael Chiklis is developing a show about financial scammers. Chiklis, who just wrapped up his Emmy-winning...
MOURNING 'SHIFT'
MY new favorite channel is ID (Investigation Discovery), a wall-to-wall true crime channel that has seemingly limitless episodes of "48 Hours Investigates," which makes me happy to be alive. It...
BROADWAY
"ALL MY SONS": ** 1/2: Arthur Miller's period piece is given a starry cast (John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Patrick Wilson, Katie Holmes) who were apparently told to shout their lungs...
CAROLINE'S SPOTTY VOTING HISTORY
Caroline Kennedy, the former first daughter who is making her case to get tapped for outgoing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's seat, didn't cast a ballot in the 2005 mayoral primary...