May 11, 1999
BIG CHEESE IS A MALL RAT BUT OVITZ PLAYS LIKE LIGHTWEIGHT DEVELOPER
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMichael Ovitz, one of Hollywood's most controversial figures, likes to think his presence at a Tinseltown bargaining table gets action. But in New Jersey, the talent agent-turned wannabe mall developer...
GUNNING FOR BUNNY DURACELL SUES OVER PINK HARE'S 'WHITE LIES'
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amEveready's Energizer Bunny was accused yesterday of hopping all over the truth in recent commercials that claim its new high-tech battery beat, burned and stomped on Duracell and other competitors....
CALVIN SCENT IS THROWN FOR LOSS BY JUDGE
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amDesigner sought to have his Eternity bottle ruled unique, have Lauren enjoined. The bottle containing Calvin Klein's "Eternity" perfume is not so distinctive after all, a federal judge ruled yesterday....
NEW YORKER SNARES MEIGHER BIG
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe New Yorker landed a new associate publisher by swooping down on Meigher Communications to hire one of its high-profile executives, Saveur publisher David Kahn. One of Kahn's tasks will...
WELCH'S GIFT FOR HOLDERS A 'NET GAIN
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amJust as he promised months ago, Jack Welch is putting his NBC network into Wall Street's Internet action in a major way. The General Electric CEO yesterday said he will...
SEURAT FETCHES $35 MILLION
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amGeorges Seurat's Impressionist masterpiece, "L'Ile de la Grande Jatte," fetched $35.2 million last night during the auction of assets from the estate of the late socialites Jock and Betsey Whitney....
STREET LIKES LYCOS AS DILLER BID FADES
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amWall Street sent shares of Lycos soaring yesterday on reports that Barry Diller's USA Networks is backing away from its proposed $18 billion buyout of the popular Internet portal. Lycos...
SISTERS WERE BORN TO SING
May 11, 1999 | 4:00am*RUN YOUR OWN RACE Mulberry Lane Refuge/MCAAs we get closer to summer and further from the fires of last year's Spice Girls mania, Mulberry Lane - a Nebraska sister act...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amBrooklyn blastConey Island may be just a subway ride away, but many New Yorkers don't realize this historic section of the city still exists. To get to know the landmarks...
CITY BALLET ENDS SEASON WITH 'SWAN LAKE'
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amDANCE REVIEW THE good news from Lincoln Center is that New York City Ballet at last seems to be getting into the swim of Peter Martins' ''Swan Lake.'' But I...
TV TICKER
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amPrime (tee) timeABC is taking golf into prime time. On Aug. 2, ABC Sports will present "Showdown at Sherwood," a live, one-round golfing duel (8-11 p.m.) between Tiger Woods and...
NEW ADDITIONS TO CAST SWEETEN 'SOUND OF MUSIC'
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amTHEATER REVIEW A GOOD thing has gotten even better. The Broadway revival of ''The Sound of Music,'' directed by Susan H. Schulman, always had warmth and an infectious sense of...
HOW UNIVERSAL BREATHED LIFE INTO 'MUMMY'
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amONE day after Universal's ''The Mummy'' broke box-office records, executives are still stunned by its performance. ''We knew we were going to have an extraordinary weekend. No one ever knows...
CBS CLEARS THE DECKS FOR JAMES BROLIN AS A WIFE-KILLER. HE'S A (GUILTY) PLEASURE TO WATCH: ROUGH DADDY
May 11, 1999 | 4:00am"To Love, Honor & Betray" at 9 on WCBS/Ch.2 "TO Love, Honor & Betray" is the kind of whodunnit you take to the beach: a fast, twisty junky read with...
THE LIGHTS GO DOWN ON CH.5 EMMY-WINNING CRITIC KLEIN
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amVETERAN critic Stewart Klein - whose, blunt, in-your-face movie and theater reviews delighted viewers while outraging producers and directors - died yesterday at age 66. Klein, who lived in Fort...
HOLLYWOOD DIDN'T KILL 'STROKES' STAR: SUCCESS STORIES PUT THE TRAGIC PICTURE IN FOCUS
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amBLOSSOM never held up a video store. Neither did fellow child stars Urkel, or Webster, or Punky Brewster. Dana Plato did, though, in 1991, five years after the end of...
CHAMBERLAIN & NEWCOMER MAKE BEAUTIFUL 'MUSIC' TOGETHER: 'SOUND' CAREER MOVE FOR TEEN
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amWHEN 19-year-old Laura Benanti made her Broadway debut as Maria in the revival of "The Sound of Music" last month, she vowed not to read any of her reviews. "I...
SURE SIGNS YOU'RE 'SPACED OUT'
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMuch of the nation seems to be in the grip of "Star Wars" fever these days - just over a week before "Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" lands in movie...
STERN: DANA TRIED DESPERATELY TO DODGE DRUG TEST
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe day before she died of an overdose, Dana Plato privately begged shock-jock Howard Stern not to submit her hair for drug testing - after boasting over the air she...
MOURNERS BID HESS A SAD FAREWELL
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amFriends, family and Jet players past and present - including Joe Namath - were among 1,000 mourners who packed a Manhattan synagogue yesterday to bid farewell to team owner Leon...
GRAND-JURY REFORMS WEIGHED
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe 25,000 citizens summoned each year to serve as grand jurors would get shorter terms of service and more money - as much as $80 a day - under statewide...
LIRR'S GRAND PLAN BELITTLED BY UNCLE SAM
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe feds have turned thumbs down to a $4.6 billion plan to connect the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal, MTA officials admitted yesterday. The Federal Transit Administration...
EXODUS IS CIA HOAX, YUGO SAYS
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amYugoslavia came up with a new explanation yesterday for the weeks of TV footage showing thousands of terrified refugees streaming out of Kosovo: It's all a show, using thousands of...
PREGNANT C0VER GIRL CINDY L00KS JUST SWELL
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amIt's deja nude all over again. Supermodel Cindy Crawford is seen naked and seven-months pregnant on the cover of W magazine - eight years after a then-eight-months-expectant Demi Moore posed...
THIS SEEMS MORE LIKE A PRELUDE TO THE MONEY ROUND
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amBEFORE court began, Beatle-haired lawyer Barry Scheck wafted into the Brooklyn courtroom like a persistent case of bad breath. The diminutive attorney disappeared from view momentarily amid the gaggle of...
CHECK OUT THESE CHESS CHAMPS
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe Kings of Harlem have done it again. The Dark Knights, a team of chess-playing sixth- and seventh-graders from the Mott Hall school on Convent Avenue, crowned hundreds of teams...
ANGRY JOEY DOESN'T HAVE WIFE'S FORGIVING NATURE; ANGRY JOEY FEARS FOR HIS CHILDREN'S SAFETY; EXCLUSIVE
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amJOEY BUTTAFUOCO, broke his silence on Amy Fisher yesterday and fumed: "I am angry she is out." He was quiet, but deliberate. "Frankly, I am worried for my kids, Paul...
BRAND-NEW 'AMERIKAN' IS LEAVING HOSP
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amFORT DIX, N.J. - The Kosovar Albanian refugee mom who gave birth last week will go "home" with her baby to Fort Dix today, officials said. The baby, named "Amerikan"...
LETHAL-HEROIN BATCH BLAMED IN 3 DEATHS
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amA killer batch of heroin may have hit the streets of lower Manhattan, where three men died of apparent overdoses within hours yesterday, police said. Matthew Boyd, 26, a squatter,...
EX-KID STAR EDDIE BEAT OLDER LOVER: SUIT
May 11, 1999 | 4:00am"Terminator 2" kid star Eddie Furlong beat and abused his cradle-robbing girlfriend during the years they lived together, his angry ex charges. Jackie Domac, who hooked up with Furlong on...
SPITZER PLANTS SEEDS OF HOPE FOR GARDENERS
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amAttorney General Eliot Spitzer jumped into the thorny battle over community gardens yesterday - filing a suit to delay Thursday's auction of 112 of the city-owned spaces. Spitzer's action is...
PREZ HOSTS GATHERING ON YOUTH VIOLENCE
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton yesterday huddled with everyone from Hollywood glitterati and poets to priests and parents as he urged a nationwide effort to curb youth violence. "We know that...
LOUIMA COOL ON THE GRILL - DEFENSE HITS HIS VARYING ACCOUNTS
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amHard-nosed defense lawyers blasted away at Abner Louima on the witness stand yesterday in a determined effort to destroy the alleged police torture victim's credibility. The 32-year-old Haitian immigrant kept...
OLD MAP IS SORRY EXCUSE FOR EMBASSY BOMBING
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Pentagon yesterday blamed an outdated 1992 map for the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, as President Clinton apologized again for the fatal foul-up. "I apologize....
GIULIANI SET TO CHECK OUT MILWAUKEE'S VOUCHER PLAN
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani plans to go to Milwaukee next week for a firsthand look at a controversial program that sends kids to private schools with publicly funded vouchers. Giuliani appears to...
B'KLYN JEWS OUTRAGED BY CHRISTIAN CANDIDATE
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amA Brooklyn deli owner who calls herself a "light for Jesus Christ" has ignited a holy war by calling on "all Christians" to support her in next week's school board...
'SHELL-SHOCKED' AMY HEADS HOME TO MOM
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amShe's baaack. "Long Island Lolita" Amy Fisher walked out of jail a free woman yesterday - and into a crush of reporters, swirls of controversy and an uncertain future. A...
JOAN KENNEDY SUFFERS A HEART ATTACK
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amShe "is resting comfortably." REP. PATRICK KENNEDY Teddy Kennedy's ex-wife, Joan, is in the hospital recovering from a mild heart attack, her family said yesterday. The senator's 62-year-old ex checked...
ANGRY CREW VOWS: NO ONE WILL 'RUN ME OUT OF TOWN'
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Rudy Crew went on the offensive last night, warning Mayor Giuliani that their bitter feud is hurting schoolkids and vowing that "I'm not going to let anybody run...
CHAOS OVER O.J.'S 'DEAL' TO KEEP KIDS
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amConfusion reigned last night in the custody battle over O.J. Simpson's kids, with conflicting claims over whether the grid great and the parents of his murdered ex-wife have reached a...
CAR KILLS QUEENS PEDESTRIAN
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amA 69-year-old Astoria, Queens, man was mowed down yesterday by a motorist who apparently became alarmed when cops intervened in his argument with a taxi driver, authorities said. Elias Filiandros...
JOAN KENNEDY HAS MILD HEART ATTACK
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amTeddy Kennedy's ex-wife, Joan, is in the hospital recovering from a mild heart attack, her family said yesterday. The senator's 62-year-old ex checked into Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on...
ACE-OF-THE-CITY LUGO CLOSES IN ON PRO DREAM
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amWith Major League scouts incessantly calling to inquire when Ruddy Lugo will be pitching next, Xaverian coach Dennis Canale has saved time by announcing the schedule on his answering machine...
'SILVERBULLET,' MENIFEE SIZZLE
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMenifee and Silverbulletday solidified their roles as the top two favorites for Saturday's Preakness with blazing workouts yesterday at Churchill Downs. Menifee, who closed like a rocket to miss winning...
DARRYL DUE IN COURT MAY 25
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amDarryl Strawberry's hope of jump-starting his career any time soon was dealt a blow yesterday when Florida authorities went ahead with plans to arraign the Yankee outfielder on two charges....
KNOBLAUCH IS ALL SET TO RETURN
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amWhen Chuck Knoblauch took a nasty hit from rookie Corey Koskie last Thursday in Minnesota, both Knoblauch and the Yankees feared the leg injury might be season-ending. But when the...
$6M BONUS PUTS JESSIE BACK IN FOLD
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amJessie Armstead's quiet boycott ends today when the All-Pro linebacker, fresh off signing a contract extension that landed him a signing bonus of $6 million, takes part in the Giants'...
SILENT BUT DEADLY LJ LETS PLAY DO TALKING AGAINST HATED ZO, HEAT
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Larry Johnson stood in the locker room after the Knicks' Game 1 victory and apologized to several members of the media that travels with the Knicks. "Don't get...
COME PLAYOFF TIME HOUSTON NO LONGER HAS A PROBLEM
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES MIAMI - Houston, we don't have a problem. The cliche has been changed whenever the Knicks take on the Heat. Allan Houston is at his best when he...
HARDAWAY KNEEDS TO PICK IT UP
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Ask the Heat's Tim Hardaway about his overall health, and specifically his knee, and you get a look that would freeze the equator. But if you'd asked him...
RILEY MISSES THOMAS
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - As a member of the Miami Heat after coming out of Texas Christian, Kurt Thomas showed all the traits and intangibles that Pat Riley loves. But there was...
A PACKED HOUSE FOR HESS:1,500 PAY RESPECTS TO JET OWNER
May 11, 1999 | 4:00am"He liked quiet times and family. I don't know if he would have liked all this. But, everybody is glad we're here."EX-JET COACH JOE WALTON Some 1,500 people snaked in...
RILEY STARTS TO FEEL HEAT
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amLosing to the Knicks in this series would be more than a pothole on the developing road to NBA elitism. MIAMI- Tim Hardaway walked into Miami Arena last night wearing...
SPENCER GETTING LF SHOT
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amYankee interim manager Don Zimmer had hoped that either Chad Curtis or Ricky Ledee would step forward to solidify the Yankees' shaky left-field situation. Now contestant No. 3, fan-favorite Shane...
IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP WITH 2 JONESES
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES DENVER - No one knows for sure, but tonight's scheduled matchup of Bobby Jones vs. Bobby Jones could be a first. If it isn't the first time two...
PARCELLS: I'VE GOT NO INTEREST IN OWNING JETS
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amIn the wake of the death of Jets' owner Leon Hess, as speculation mounted about who'll take over ownership of the franchise, Bill Parcells yesterday emphatically took his name out...
CABAN CUFFS KENNEDY
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amLehman 6 Kennedy 1 If Lehman's Anthony Caban - the best PSAL pitcher there is, according to his high school coach - turns pro, as he told The Post he...
SUPER-SOFT PIPPEN IS SCOTTIE TISSUE
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amIF not for Sunday's Lakers-Rockets showdown, an opening weekend's worth of NBA playoff games would've left me with no alternative but to break today's column into two parts: The intricacies...
HORNETS KEEP SILAS
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amPaul Silas, who took over a mentally whipped 4-11 Hornets team when Dave Cowens suddenly quit, and almost steered them into the playoffs by going two games over .500, has...
OREL EYES TRIP TO BULLPEN: HERSHISER WON'T CRY IF ASKED TO RELIEVE
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amDENVER - Through happily misty eyes, Orel Hershiser sees a changing starting rotation, but the veteran right-hander said he would be willing to pitch in any role the Mets want...
WARD SLATES KNEE SURGERY AFTER SEASON
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES MIAMI - Charlie Ward will have surgery after the season to remove bone chips in his right knee. Ward has been playing with a sore knee and sore...
THUNDER DAN MAKES NOISE ; HITS KEY 3S AFTER SHOULDER INJURY
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - There was no way Dan Majerle would be going back into the game, Heat teammates thought. "I figured he was done. We were sitting on the bench and...
PORTER, 'SPOON ERASE THE STENCH FROM BENCH
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Pat Riley wasn't talking about points. But he still got points. And he also got all the other stuff he had lamented was missing from his reserves in...
SWEEP DREAM: FIRED-UP MIAMI KNOTS SERIES 1-1
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - To the crazed dogs go the spoils. In a series between two mirror-image maniacs, the bottom line is that the ultimate aggressor wins. With the Heat season basically...
HEAT BACKS UP WORDS WITH DEEDS
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - They said they were resilient. They said they were good defenders. They said they were better than what they showed the NBA world Saturday. And then last night,...
WILT'S IN HEAT: RILEY'S GANG GETS DOWN AND DIRTY
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amHeat get tough - and get even "Our guys were in a desperate state of mind. They just were committed that they weren't going to let this one game get...
HEAT FORCE HOUSTON TO MELT DOWN
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Houston, we have that problem again. Allan Houston was magnificent in Game 1. Last night he was lost. After hitting his first five shots in Game 1, a...
OREL HEADS TO BULLPEN IN SHAKEUP
May 11, 1999 | 4:00am"I'll do whatever they ask me to. It's no problem."OREL HERSHISER MET NOTES DENVER - One of the benefits of getting hammered Sunday is that Rick Reed can now come...
HARDAWAY IS TOPS ON DISH LIST
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - At first glance, you might think the Heat are in trouble. There, in statistic-sheet black and white, right next to Tim Hardaway's name, was a 1-of-5 on field-goal...
DUDLEY HAS A GOOD SEAT FOR BAD SHOW
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES MIAMI - It was a frustrating night for the Knicks, but it was really frustrating for backup center Chris Dudley. Even though the Knicks' big men were saddled...
ROCKIE OPENER IN DENVER: LEITER, AMAZIN'S CONTINUE TO SLIDE
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amRockies 10 Mets 3 DENVER - If it looks like a slump and smells like a slump, then it probably is. At the very least something must be wrong, because...
HOUSTON STORY NOW A CHILLER
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Houston, we have that problem again. Allan Houston was magnificent in Game 1. Last night he was lost. After hitting his first five shots Saturday in a 20-point...
THUNDER DAN MAKES NOISE
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - There was no way Dan Majerle would be going back into the game, Heat teammates thought. ''I figured he was done. We were sitting on the bench and...
EWING SCORES BITTERSWEET 16
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Patrick Ewing kept the Heat guessing right up until gametime whether he would play in Game 2 last night. Ewing not only played, but led the Knicks with...
CARLISLE BELIEVES IN MIRACLES
May 11, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: LONDON - Weird things can happen on the last day of the season, when a club's future, can be decided inside a few fateful seconds. Such was the case...