December 10, 2007
It Could Be Worse
By FRED KERBERThe Nets are 9-12.Did you ever think they'd miss Bernard Robinson THIS much?In 2005-06, the Nets were 9-12. They finished with 49 wins and went to the second...
Behind the Scenes at the New York Film Critics Circle
Everybody thinks there are fist-slamming, eyeball-gouging arguments when the New York Film Critics Circle votes on its awards, and a generation ago there were indeed regular shouting matches and worse....
Not So Fast, Mr. Donohue!
Sanctimonious twit Bill Donohue of the Catholic League is predictably taking credit for the flop of "The Golden Compass'' and the probability the second and third books of "His Dark...
Scene
At the Russell Young show at Milk Gallery, Rachel Jones wears a greatvintage dress and vintage shoes she scored on Ebay."I mix a lot - vintage with trendy. I like...
'No Country' Dominates New York Critics Awards
It was a love feast for Joel and Ethan Coen at the New York Film Critics Circle awards voting today, as the siblings shared the awards for Best Picture, Best...
Ex-Giant honors Harlem youngster
Two-time Super Bowl champion and former Giants DB Perry Williams recently presented a scholarship on behalf of Football University to Harlem 8th grader Christopher Crenshaw. Williams played 146 games during...
Marbury out tonight
By MARC BERMANAfter two uninspired games vs. Philly, Stephon Marbury realizes mentally he's not ready to play basketball at the NBA level right now.Marbury was grief-stricken Saturday at the Garden,...
Starr Report
Case in point: Last Thursday night's episode of "Grey's Anatomy," (Patrick "McDreamy" Dempsey, right) which raked in a healthy 17.6 million viewers and a whopping 7.1 rating in the coveted...
OCD Archives: 'Titanic,' the 10th Anniversary
Dec. 19 marks the tenth anniversary of James Cameron's "Titanic,'' which I first saw at a massive old theatre in Cape May, N.J. Today in The Post, I look at...
And the Award For the Year's Best Bob Dylan Impression Goes to...
No, not the much-hyped Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There'' or Adam Sandler in "Reign Over Me.'' The most devastating send-up of Mr. Zimmerman is by John C. Reilly in...
RESUM-AID
ABOUT a month ago I made an offer in my weekly @work advice column, in response to a steady stream of questions about every aspect of how to write an...
POWER POINTS
THEY SWEAR Foul-mouthed workers take note: your expletives may be boosting morale and relieving stress. So says Yehuda Barach, a professor of management at Britain's University of East Anglia, who...
60 SECONDS WITH CATHIE BLACK HEARST MAGAZINES PRESIDENT
In your new book, "Basic Black: The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life)," you note that having a mentor is important, but what do you do...
DREAM JOB: GARRETT OLIVER
Garrett Oliver didn't fall in love with beer at first taste, but when he did, he fell hard. It happened in London, where the native of Hollis, Queens, moved to...
A GERMAN CHRISTMAS
The holidays are in full swing all around the world. Here's a look at how the holiday is celebrated in Germany. HOWdo you say Merry Christmas in Germany?Frohe Weihnachten! Christmas...
'TITANIC' FEATS UNLIKELY AGAIN
FEW movies have captured the public's imagination like "Titanic" did 10 years ago - and various factors have made it unlikely that another flick will ever dominate the culture in...
EVERGREEN
IT'S a stately, sepia-toned epic film about love and war, life and death, truth and lies in pre-World War II Britain - but in the few days since its release,...
LOOKING GOOD MORNING, NOON AND KNIGHTLEY
WHEN creating the hair and makeup to go with Keira Knightley's green dress in "Atonement," Ivana Primorac had one mandate: to make her look like "a real girl. We didn't...
PULSE SALES
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG 260 Fifth Ave., between 28th and 29th streets; (212) 463-6633 Sale: Dec. 10-15. Mon., noon-6 p.m./Tue., 9 a.m.-6 p.m./Wed., Thu., 10 a.m.-7 p.m./Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m./Sat., 10...
A TWAIN TO CATCH
MARK Twain memorably cabled The Associated Press from Europe: "The report of my death was an exaggeration." How much of an exaggeration we never guessed - for last night at...
STEP ON THE GAS & GET AWAY
JUDGING by "Pump girl" at the Manhattan Theatre Club, it's obvious that some sort of new theatrical trade agreement has to be hammered out. Why, when worthy American plays go...
ENGAGING CHAPLIN KIN KNOWS THE ROPES
FROM his intense, wide-eyed gaze to his lithe physicality, James Thiérrée is the spitting image of his grandfather, Charlie Chaplin. It's a statement about the current state of popular culture...
LETTERMAN RERUNS BOOST HIM IN LATE-NIGHT WAR
THE writers' strike may be the best thing that ever happened to David Letterman. To be sure, the strike, now entering week six, has cost him about $5 million so...
9/11 COP TO 'DEAL'
ONE of the last cops pulled alive from Ground Zero is set to try his luck at NBC's "Deal or No Deal." Retired Port Authority police officer Will Jimeno said...
AMERICAN POP
IT is difficult to imagine TV without Dick Clark. And yet, except for his annual New Year's Eve appearances, TV has been virtually Dick Clark-less ever since he suffered the...
STARR REPORT
Repeat as directed The ongoing writers' strike has been a huge topic of con versation among us TV writers, as you'd expect, but it clearly hasn't soured the public on...
CLAIRVOYANT CO-EDS
WHAT kid in college hasn't played around with the paranormal - Ouija boards, dormséances, visits to psychics? Well, tonight's debut of "Paranormal State," the new A&E show, follows a bunch...
PARA-TRANSIT VAN DRIVERS GO ON STRIKE
Access-A-Ride drivers, who transport thousands of disabled and elderly New Yorkers, went on strike this morning. About 1,500 drivers walked off the job shortly after midnight, said a spokeswoman for...
DUBYA CYBER TWITS
A boneheaded prank backfired on a pair of teenage cyberspace cadets who sent President Bush a death threat from a classmate's computer at an Upper West Side high school. Federal...
CHUCK IN AIR RAGE OVER LA G
Despite warnings of a catastrophic runway collision at a local airport, the Federal Aviation Administration hasn't installed crucial new radar technology that would help prevent one, Sen. Chuck Schumer charged...
BREAST PATROL AT JET GAME
And the breast is history! A small army of rent-a-cops and Jersey troopers patrolled the corridors of Giants Stadium during the Jets game yesterday, throwing a blanket on the breast-flashing...
BAD-NEWS STANDS
Those shiny new newsstands popping up around the city may look sleek and modern, but kiosk operators say they're beset by leaks, and complain about waiting weeks for phone-line installations...
GETTING DE-LAYED
Think getting delayed at the airport is a real drag? Think again. A new survey shows that the metropolitan area's three main airports rank among the top five in the...
RUDY HARD-PRESSED TO DEFEND GAL PAL'S SECURITY
Rudy Giuliani stammered his way through a defense of the taxpayer dollars spent on a security detail for his girlfriend after they began having an affair when he was still...
DANGER LURKS IN TEEN DATING GAME
Forget puppy love. New York's teen dating scene is a harsh reality of abusive 11-year-olds, 15-year-old rapists, beatings with broomsticks, and girls forced into cocaine addiction at 16. City officials...
COPS OUST PEDDLERS
Some Midtown gift shops say they are finally feeling the holiday cheer now that city cops have chased away many of the illegal street vendors. Police swung into action after...
'THOSE GUYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN FRIED'
The young cop was on night patrol in Brooklyn's 81st Precinct when he heard the call about gunshots at John and Al's Sporting Goods on Broadway. Officer Al Sheppard pulled...
BETSY: WATCH FOR KID ABUSE
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum yesterday urged New Yorkers to report any suspected cases of child abuse in the wake of the death of Tkai Marcelle, 3. "Someone heard screams and...
PEDICABBIES CLAIM TIX BLITZ
Pedicab drivers are accusing the city of waging a petty ticket blitz against them. They say that since Wednesday, cops have slammed them with summonses that are intended to run...
MIKE TARGETS W. HOUSE CANDIDATES
Mayor Bloomberg's anti-gun group has sent out surveys designed to force the presidential candidates to declare their positions on gun laws. "I hope this questionnaire puts illegal guns, and criminals'...
SKELETON SCHOOL COUNCILS
Fewer than 25 percent of the councils that replaced the city's former community school boards in 2004 are fully staffed, The Post has learned. Of the 32 Community Education Councils,...
BRAVE OWNER SAVES POOCH FROM BEING PUP-SICLE
A plucky pet owner plunged into the polar waters of a Queens lake yesterday to rescue her pooch from an icy doom. Linda Herrera, 47, was walking pooch Rocky Hero...
COPS SUED FOR TASER SHOOTING
A Long Island plumber has sued the city claiming cops used excessive force during a traffic stop by shocking him with a Taser gun. Scott Hoberman, 49, was pulled over...
CHRISTMAS-TREE FIRE TRAGEDY
A fire in a Bronx apartment building, apparently caused by faulty Christmas lights, left a man fighting for his life last night, authorities said. Eleven firefighters and 13 civilians suffered...
A WIDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
The wife of a New York hedge-fund hotshot who was found dead in his pool in September already had three bitter divorce battles in her past before the rocky marriage...
EX-JET TURNS DOWN PRICEY PENTHOUSE
Former Jet superstar Curtis Martin set many records on the football field, but he won't be setting any real-estate records in Brooklyn. The retired NFL running back has decided not...
B'KLYN'S CLOWN PRINCE
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is the Rodney Dangerfield of New York City politics: a self-proclaimed "regular guy" who gets no respect. But that won't make this lame-duck Beep -...
COMP-SCAM CHARGE JOLTS BRONX BOXER
A veteran Bronx boxer is fighting for his freedom after being indicted for allegedly ripping off the state by claiming that an injury sustained in the ring was work related....
'KILLER' BEGS
A murder suspect is begging for his life after the Latin Kings put out a contract on him for allegedly killing the 2-year-old nephew of a high-ranking "Queen" on Easter...
COURTESY VIGILANTE: THANK ME
The Long Island Rail Road is launching a courtesy campaign - and its unofficial etiquette enforcer is taking the credit. Last month, the LIRR started printing posters, distributing fliers and...
HOWARD'S MINI-ME AT MSG
Talk about double-teaming! That's not Howard Jr. with shock-jock Howard Stern and his gal pal, Beth Ostrosky, at the knick-76er game at the Garden. It's a friend of Stern's daugther,...
'HOLY' WATER ALL WET
You've never had holy water quite like this. Spiritual Water - which comes with a Hail Mary prayer and images of Jesus and the Virgin Mary on the label -...
AMY, PHONE HOME!
The mom of pop wreck Amy Winehouse pleaded yesterday for the troubled singer to call her family. Janis Winehouse, 52, reached out to her tormented Grammy-nominee daughter through an open...
'GOLDEN' RULES OVER WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Audiences found their way to the movies with the help of "The Golden Compass." The epic children's adventure took the top spot at the box office with a $26.1 million...
OFF-COLOR 'JOKE' IS A HOT POTATO
The silence was deafening in the camps of Democratic presidential candidates yesterday over civil-rights leader Andrew Young's tasteless crack comparing Bill Clinton's and Barak Obama's supposed prowess with black women....
OPRAH-RAH-RAH PULLS IN 30,000
COLUMBIA, SC - Black South Carolina voters, who will determine the outcome of next month's Democratic primary there, came out by the thousands yesterday to see the first lady of...
FOXY A BRAT IN A CAGE
She wears Louis Vuitton and Gucci sneakers with her prison jumpsuit - and when they get dirty, someone brings her a new pair. She alienates most of the correction officers,...
CHURCH CARNAGE
Three people, including a gunman, were killed and six wounded yesterday in two church shootings in Colorado - which were believed to have been carried out by the same man,...
BEAU TIE FOR SEXY 'GRIFT' GAL
Alleged identity-theft tart Jocelyn Kirsch's cheating extended into the bedroom, her former ex-boyfriend and best friend say. The 22-year-old busty brunette, who Philadelphia police say fleeced her neighbors to finance...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn The windows of at least 10 cars in a heavily Hasidic section of Williamsburg were shot out in a BB-gun attack, the second in three weeks, sources said yesterday....
SPITZ PROBE A JOKE
THE state Public Integrity Commission gives the appearance of being "involved in a cover-up" of Gov. Spitzer's role in the Dirty Tricks Scandal because its probe has been slow and...
BLIND EYE TO OF UNHOLIEST HORRORS MUSLIMS
WHAT do all these cases have in common? I'll give you a hint: Not one occurred in Iceland. Or Finland. Or the United States. In Saudi Arabia, a 19-year-old woman...
NO BUSINESS LIKE 'O' BUSINESS
COLUMBIA, SC - If you think for even a second that Oprah is only good at selling books, you're wrong. And Oprah plus Obama equals massive. You had to be...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 082; Lucky Sum: 10 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 6704; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 961; Lucky Sum: 16; Evening Win-4 Sun.: 3727; Lucky...
THE NYCLU'S SILLIEST GRIPE YET
The New York Civil Liberties Union isn't exactly famous for its sense of restraint - but its latest push to hamstring the NYPD is a stretch, even by its own...
SLAPPING OUR LATIN ALLIES
Congress got a big one right last week, approving a historic free-trade agree ment with Peru - a nation that's fast becoming one of America's crucial South American allies. Sadly,...
BLOW UP THE BIDS!
Nice tax hike that the Bloomberg ad ministration imposed on city mer chants and landlords last week. OK, it technically isn't a "tax." Nor is it imposed by City Hall....
HELPING HEROES
FORT SAM HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO THE rocket-propelled gre nade didn't detonate as it pierced the Humvee on a Ramadi street last March. But it blew through at just the right...
CLOSING TIME
NOT long ago, right here in New York City, dozens of schools were demonstrating abject failure. Year after year, thousands of students entered these schools. Many didn't pass their classes...
GOP PORKERS' GREASY DEAL
'GIVEN the lack of time available," Sen. Mitch McConnell said last week, "the best way to deal with the troop-funding issue would be in the context of some kind of...
SAY 'ALOHA' TO HAWAII'S NEWEST TRIBE OF VOTERS
With the likes of Sen. Daniel Akaka, we surely have met the enemy, and he is us ("Hawaiian Apartheid," George Will, PostOpinion, Dec. 1). We continue to re-elect politicians who...
AMERICA'S THREAT: IRAN OR ITSELF?
Why should we be quick to believe the National Intelligence Estimate ("(Some) Good News on Iran," Editorial, Dec. 5)? Isn't it part of the same intelligence system that said that...
COLOR BLACK'S CHRISTMAS BLUE
Conrad Black's lack of remorse for swindling shareholders in his newspaper company out of millions could come back to haunt him today. The dethroned press baron, who has called the...
A LEADING ROLE
With much of Hollywood on a strike-induced hiatus, TV stars with time on their hands are taking a second look at celebrity endorsements and other marketing deals to stay busy....
SNOW 'N' TELL TIME
The prospect of another green Christmas has Media City dreaming of silver slopes of knee-deep powder. Ski is the place to go for those planning a family vacation. This month's...
WEB CONTENT NOW 'UNIVERSAL'
Popular music-focused social network Imeem convinced the last major label holdout, Universal Music Group, to allow Imeem's 19 million users access to its music and video catalog, the companies said....
CHILL FACTOR
Top music downloads 1. Cyclone, Baby Bash 2. Crank Dat, Soulja Boy 3. No One, Alicia Keys 4. Ayo Technology, 50 Cent 5. Bed, J. Holiday 6. Double Up, R....
GRANNY'S GOT A GUN
You never know when one of those singing country bears might turn on you. A 63-year-old grandmother was arrested yesterday at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom after she entered the...
SETTLEMENT IN ISIAH SEX-HARASSMENT CASE
A financial settlement has been reached in the explosive sexual harassment case against Knicks coach Isiah Thomas. A Manhattan federal judge had been set to issue a decision late this...
L.I. TEEN TESTIFIES IN 'RACE SLAY' CASE
The son of a black Long Island man charged with fatally shooting a white teen during a confrontation outside the family's home yesterday emotionally told jurors that he thought the...
CHARLIZE THERON ROBBED
Burglars ripped off the Hollywood hills home of actress Charlize Theron while she was out of town over the weekend, Los Angeles cops said yesterday. The crooks hit Theron's home...
TWO PLANES ALMOST CRASH AT JFK
Two planes nearly collided over the runways of Kennedy airport this past weekend in the area's second near miss in the last four days, authorities said. An EVA Air Cargo...
MAYWEATHER SHOWS 'EM
LAS VEGAS - After thousands of Brits, who had packed the MGM Grand Garden Arena, booed loudly throughout the singing of the Star Spangled Banner, Floyd Mayweather became an American...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Vick faces sentencingMichael Vick faces sentencing today in Richmond, Va., for his role in a federal dogfighting conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson will sentence Vick in a...
MESSING WITH NHL RIVALRIES
It remains the hole in the Devils' Atlantic Division leading season. Seven games against the Rangers and Islanders, and they have yet to beat either. It had been nine straight...
GUARANTEE THIS!
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Guarantee this: The Patriots aren't vulnerable. Not if they're going to play like they did yesterday, when Tom Brady & Company returned to their rampaging ways with...
SMITH NOT DONE TALKING
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Anthony Smith went from brash to delusional in the span of just a few sentences yesterday. The Steelers' formerly unknown safety, whose out-of-nowhere guarantee of a victory...
ICE MAN!
You'd think that teams with the best goaltending in the NHL would not only be willing to open it up, but would indeed invite their opponents to trade chances over...
PLAIN AND SIMPLE, THERE'S ONLY ONE MIKE FRANCESA
WE ALL know people who act like Mike Francesa. But that's where it ends; that's as close as it gets. No one knows anyone exactly like Mike Francesa. That would...
PLAX-IMUM EFFORT
PHILADELPHIA - All time, all motion, all reason seemed to freeze as Eagles kicker David Akers clobbered the football with the side of his left foot, as the ball approached...
JACOBS: FIRST FUMBLE SHOULDN'T HAVE COUNTED
PHILADELPHIA - Brandon Jacobs following yesterday's 16-13 Giants victory over the Eagles was asked about his two lost fumbles. "THE fumble," Jacobs corrected. He was charged with two in his...
PIERCE LOOKS LIKE SUPERMAN
PHILADELPHIA - All week Antonio Pierce seemed a long shot to even dress for the Eagles game, much less start. For days his teammates cajoled him, prodded him, even enlisted...
BIRDS GET THE BOOT
PHILADELPHIA - As the ball sailed higher and higher into the damp chilled air, one thought raced through the mind of Amani Toomer, the veteran receiver who has been through...
TOM MUST STAY, A YEAR AFTER TOM MUST GO
PHILADELPHIA - Tom Coughlin is no longer the object of New York's scorn and wrath, because he's given New York a team built in his own snarling, fighting image. A...
COLES, COTCHERY SHOW GRIT
If wins were given out for toughness and dedication to teammates, receivers Laveranues Coles and Jerricho Cotchery would have the Jets in a thick of a playoff race. The playing...
CANARSIE PROUD OF BROWNS' WILLIAMS
Leon Williams didn't take long to make his presence felt during his first trip to Giants Stadium. The former Canarsie High linebacker, now in his a second year with the...
EMPTY FEELING FOR 3-10 JETS
The paint wasn't yet dry on the canvas of the Jets' latest loss in this miserable season of underachievement - a 24-18 defeat to the Browns - when the "P"...
TIME TO HURRY UP, LET CLEMENS SHINE
AFTER Kellen Clemens, no-huddle wizard, had taken the Jets 69 yards in nine plays in 2:28 in the driving rain to cut the Cleveland lead to 17-12, and after Brad...
DOWN WITH THE SHIP
Isiah Thomas is losing his players but not losing support from Knicks owner James Dolan. One day after getting a reassurance from Dolan that his job is not in jeopardy...
ROSE TO ISIAH: KEEP ME INACTIVE
Malik Rose has asked Isiah Thomas to keep him on the inactive list while requesting the club look to deal him if playing him is not in its plans. Thomas...
GRIEF MAY BENCH MARBURY
Stephon Marbury is leaning toward not playing tonight against Dallas because he believes he came back too soon after burying his father, Donald Marbury Sr., on Thursday. Marbury, who played...
NETS PUT SUND IN GM MIX
WASHINGTON - Nets team president Rod Thorn confirmed last night that he has called Seattle seeking permission - and receiving it - to talk with Rick Sund about the Nets'...
WASTED EFFORT VS. WIZARDS
WASHINGTON - Find the connection. A Jason Kidd triple double. A 30-point game by Vince Carter. The time of any of their fans who watched. Got the link? Name things...
HAWKINS HEADS TO YANK PEN
The Yankees whiffed in their attempt to sign LaTroy Hawkins four years ago, but this time around the veteran reliever is headed for pinstripes. The right-hander reportedly agreed last night...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A South Dakota woman had an unwanted companion while relaxing in a backyard hot tub - a mountain lion. Marlene Todd was enjoying a morning soak outside her Deadwood home...
Hawkins gets 1-year, $3.75M
Moving to shore up their weak middle relief, the New York Yankees reached a preliminary agreement on a $3.75 million, one-year contract with right-hander LaTroy Hawkins.Hawkins' deal is subject to...
Done and Done
The Rangers' losing streak and the Devils' winning streak are over. The scoreline says what kind of offensive fireworks there were. 1-0, OT -- Brendan Shanahan netting the winner.The Devils...
Oscar Watch: L.A. Crix Smell 'Blood,' While D.C. Votes for 'No Country'
Defying predictions they would go for "No Country for Old Men,'' the Los Angeles Film Critics Association gave its top prize to "There Will Be Blood,'' as well as honoring...