September 6, 2007
Thieves Among Us. No Wonder She's Skipping Town
The great thing about fashion week is seeing how beautiful or busted these celebs are in person. Let's face it, they don't all live up to the hype. So the...
Report from the front line: Karen Walker
The Karen Walker SS08 show finale.
BACKSTAGE BEAUTY
Celebrity hairstylist Patrick Melville (who gave intern Christina a makeover in June)styled Mischa Bartonâs hair last night for the âUne Journee A Parisâ event hosted by Van Cleef & Arpels.To...
Celeb Watch: at Lela Rose
From left: Mariska Hargitay; Sophia Bush and Brittany Snow; designer Lela Rose and her really cute dog.
Report from the front lines: Preen
I seem to have a history of doing a lot for this label Preen. One year, I stood outside for half an hour in the pouring London rain along with...
WEARING THE BLUES
Front row fixture Sophia Bush looked gorgeous at yesterday's Abaete show.Turns out, you can too - the strapless blue Abaete "Carnie" dress is $420 at Saks.
A SEAT WITH A VIEW: MISS SIXTY
Yes, at the end of the row of beautiful women is British hottie and "Shoot 'em Up" actor Clive Owen.
Reality TV Tryouts: 'Gladiator' update
âAmerican GladiatorsâThe New York auditions are back on for âGladiatorâ (they were removed from the site earlier this week). The competition pits contestants against muscled Gladiators as well as each...
ONE HOT MAMA
Some of the best morning's celeb watching came courtesy of Miss Sixty's star studded front row including Hillary Swank, Demi Moore, Clive Owen and newly minted panty model Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Early starters
If you have Colts or Saints on your roster, they're going to be locked in or out of your lineup as of tonight.So you've got to decide early what you...
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Outsells Bioshock
According Computer & Video Games, the latest Metroid title has beaten the crap out of Bioshock in terms of sales."Metroid managed to shift over 400,000 copies in total, which must...
Deal of the Day
What girl doesn't need a neutral delicate frock in their wardrobe; something that will go from day to night and still look fresh regardless? Here's one for the collection.....The double...
Larry's Dating 'Enthusiasm'
Hey ladies, Larry David is available and wants a date. For the first time on national television -- David, the caustic comedian and star of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" --...
Stemp's Posse
No that's not Alek Wek walking at Sue Stemp's show last night at the Maritime Hotel.But with similiar stunning bone structure and a closely cropped cut, it's easy to mistake...
The taxi strike bites my butt
With the taxi strike on yesterday, hauling arse back and forth last night to Ninth Avenue for a show was super-not-fun. Sorry for everyone who has to get to 11th...
Northern Exposure
I'm in Toronto, where the director of North America's largest film festival, Noah Cowan, reckons there are a whopping 40 titles with Oscar potential and 10 wooing U.S. distributors. In...
Celeb Watch: Day 2
Look for these celebs haunting the following shows today, Thursday, 6 September:Lela Rose, 9:00 a.m.: Mariska Hargitay, Sophia Bush, and Brittany SnowMiss Sixty, 10:00 a.m.: Hilary Swank, Mischa Barton, Demi...
Save Mr. Met!
By NEIL GRAVESSeptember 6, 2007 -- It's two out, bottom of the ninth, Mets fans, and time to step up to the plate.No, we're not talking about beating the Phillies...
TAKE NOTE OF THIS
You're sitting in class and the teacher is explaining the lesson. You can't catch it all at once - and there's a quiz on Friday. You don't have a private...
HAUTE LIST
'MY apologies to parents," says Pete Wentz. "When they look back and do specials about the 2000s, they can blame me for guys wearing girls' jeans and eyeliner." Wentz, 28,...
SHE AIN'T NO HOLLABACK GIRL
There is No Doubt about rock 'n' roll's Carrie Bradshaw now Gwen Stefani became a style superstar last night, turning out a Fashion Week show that sampled heavily from her...
A-ROD'S EXPENSIVE RING HABIT
ALEX Rodriguez said he was happy to be in the background yesterday as his wife, Cynthia, hosted her first fund-raiser in New York at Daniel featuring her favorite designer, Nicolas...
STARR REPORT
One 'Hungry' guy Steve Schirripa has an other project in the works. The former "Sopranos" star is hosting "Steve Schirripa's Hungry," a new series pre miering in December on Life...
TRADING PLACES
TIME Warner Cable will shake up its New York City channel lineup this fall to make room for the new Fox Business Network. The move, which will take place Oct....
'HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL' SCHOOL DOES 'MUSICAL'
THE Utah school where Disney's "High School Musical" was filmed will put on its own version of the hit show this year as the school fall musical. Salt Lake City's...
SON OF A GUNN
IF you can't get enough of those morning show makeovers - from Maury's extreme "Help! My mom dresses like a fat slut," to Regis & Kelly's "Easy, Breezy Summer Hairdo"...
'9/11' DVD MYSTERY
THE writer who penned the script for last year's controversial ABC miniseries "The Path to 9/11" says pressure from powerful supporters of Bill and Hillary Clinton is delaying the mini's...
CANADA GOES TO WAR
THE Toronto International Film Festival, opening tonight, is caught between Iraq and a hard place. "There's a huge number of films dealing directly with the war in Iraq, or the...
NOT JUST WAR - WOODY, COENS & BRAD PITT
HERE are some of the other hot titles un spooling at the Toronto International Film Festival: * "No Country for Old Men": Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem in the...
JENNI KAYNE SHOW
The LA designer follows up her fall collection with yet another menial grouping of dresses, jackets and shorts for Spring '08. This season, she saved the trouble and expense of...
CYNTHIA STEFFE SHOW
Cynthia Steffe's spring 2008 collection lacks the female touch - literally. Since the namesake left the company in February, the line has finally taken a turn for the more subtle...
BADGLEY MISCHKA SHOW
Designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka have been through some hard times - losing their backers, closing down for a season, being bought by Iconix and then finding their way...
CARLOS MIELE SHOW
Tall and tan and young and lovely ... There's no mistaking who designer Carlos Miele's muse is for this, and every season. Brazilian by birth, Miele never strays far from...
BILL BLASS SHOW
Much has been made of the styling on the television show "Mad Men." The secretaries don revealing working girl ensembles that make the most of their curves, while the wives...
MORNING, NOON & RIGHT
A clean bill of health can be as easy as a day's work. We spoke to nutritionists and doctors to find out exactly what you can do all day to...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
You appear to have entered a more serious phase, one in which you are focused more on long-term issues than day-to-day activities. That's good - you need something big to...
ASTOR TWIST
Brooke Astor may have been mentally incapacitated as early as 2000 - much earlier than was previously believed, and well before she changed her will to her son's financial benefit,...
MIKE HIKES TRASH FINES
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday signed into law a bill that dramatically hikes fines for New Yorkers who drop their household trash into street litter cans. "We do have a problem that...
RACCOON BITES IN BROOKLYN
A masked marauder took a bite out of a woman in Prospect Park - but was caught after he turned tail and ran. The odd attack by a rampaging raccoon...
STRIKE FIZZLES AS MOST DRIVERS BECOME . . .
Most New Yorkers didn't even notice yesterday's taxi strike because the vast majority of drivers chose to hit the streets - and ended up hitting the jackpot. Several thousand cabbies...
BONDS-BALL BIDDERS UP
The Queens man who managed to snag Barry Bonds' record-breaking home-run ball watched online bidding yesterday push the keepsake's price up to $177,000. Some experts predict the 756th home-run ball,...
35 YRS. FOR BRUTAL RAPE
A judge slammed a Brooklyn man with a 35-year sentence yesterday for raping a beautician and savagely beating her with a hammer inside a salon bathroom. "The crime here was...
CORZINE PAL HAS JOB ON HU$H, HU$H
The man at the center of an alleged hush-money scandal that has ensnared New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has been quietly working as a mortgage broker - despite his repeated...
FIELD OF TEAMS' DREAMS
Big Blue and Gang Green are building a gleaming new $1.3 billion home so high-tech, they won't have to share color schemes. When it opens in 2010, the as-yet unnamed,...
BOMBER WAS SENDING 'MESSAGE' TO 'SOPRANOS' STAR
Cops believe the amateur bomber who detonated a homemade explosive outside former "Sopranos" star Michael Imperioli's Chelsea theater was sending "a message" to the actor or his family, sources told...
SAVE MR. MET!
It's two out, bottom of the ninth, Mets fans, and time to step up to the plate. No, we're not talking about beating the Phillies or Braves and finally winning...
SPITZER'S IG ON THE GRILL
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer's embattled inspector general, Kristine Hamann - who started and then stopped her investigation of the dirty-tricks scandal - will answer questions for the first time today...
B'KLYN BOY DIES AFTER TONSIL OP
A 7-year-old boy died in his mother's arms yesterday morning after he mysteriously stopped breathing only days after being released from the hospital following a tonsillectomy. "His birthday is next...
GIRL RIPS DAD FOR MOM SLAY
There was a time when Remington Watson's daughter Tiara called him her hero. Yesterday, she chose a different word. "Let me relate how my mother's murder at the hands of...
COSTLY WTC STATION WILL STILL WING IT
Engineers trying to cut costs at the World Trade Center transit hub won't clip the wings of its spectacular roof, the Port Authority said yesterday. The terminal designed by Spanish...
PILL KILLER CONFESSES
A man charged with driving on drugs - after The Post found pills he discarded at the scene - later admitted to cops he was high when he fatally struck...
PHIL TOILET TALE
A prosecutor slammed Phil Spector yesterday for allegedly humiliating actress Lana Clarkson after she was dead - by wiping her face in water from the toilet bowl. "Lana Clarkson suffered...
SUBPOENA SCOPPETTA: UNION BIG
The investigation into last month's deadly blaze at the former Deutsche Bank building should go all the way up the FDNY ladder - to the desk of Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta,...
DOUBLE LIFE OF MAFIA'S KINDLY KILLER GRAMPS
He was a faithful churchgoer with six grandchildren who hosted lavish family dinners on holidays - often cooking the meals himself. He was a hardworking truck driver who did what...
BEAU EYED IN SOHO MURDER
A SoHo woman was found murdered in her apartment last night, and cops were looking to talk to her boyfriend, who had previously been busted on charges of assaulting her,...
COP-COMPLAINT PANEL RIPPED
The New York Civil Liberties Union yesterday blasted the Civilian Complaint Review Board for allegedly failing to properly oversee the behavior of the NYPD. The agency issued a 63-page report...
TWO 9/11-SICK COPS DIE
Two more cops have died of 9/11-related lung cancer, according to their families. Officer Frank Macari, 51, died on Monday, after a five-year battle with the disease. Macari, a 13-year...
SWAN SONG
Arriverderci, Luciano. Opera legend Luciano Pavarotti, regarded as the greatest tenor of our time, died early today at his home in Italy following a bout with pancreatic cancer. He was...
TV CHEF: DON'T STICK FORK IN ME
Celebrity chef Mario Batali denied yesterday that execs at the Food Network are taking him off the broadcast menu, insisting he's not being replaced on the wildly popular "Iron Chef...
A BUNCH OF 'NUKE'LEHEADS
A B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown over several states last week, prompting the Pentagon to fire one commander and order a massive investigation, U.S....
WRESTLER HAD A BATTERED BRAIN
Blows to the head, not steroid abuse, could have made pro wrestler Chris Benoit snap and kill his family before committing suicide, a doctor who studied slices of his brain...
OBAMA: CLINTON HEALTH PLAN WAS POISON
Sen. Barack Obama said yesterday he's found the right prescription for health-care reform - don't do it the Hillary way. In a stunning putdown of the front-running Hillary Rodham Clinton,...
FRED FOES ROAR
Fred Thompson drew withering criticism from fellow Republicans after the actor-politician dodged last night's debate in favor of Hollywood, where he sat on Jay Leno's couch to formally announce his...
BRANSON'S PLAN TO FIND FOSSETT:
Virgin megamogul Richard Branson is using Google satellite maps in a desperate attempt to find his missing millionaire-adventurer friend, Steve Fossett. Google's technology can study pictures shot from space that...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN Cops are looking for a trio of thugs who have robbed eight businesses across the borough since April, authorities said. The bandits first struck in the Gramercy Park area...
I FEEL LIKE I RIDE & WENT TO HEAVEN
BEST commute I ever had. No stress. No traffic. No crabby driver. No cranky passenger. Even I was happy. Why can't there be a taxi strike every day? At the...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 333; Lucky Sum: 9 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 3718; Lucky Sum: 19 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 189; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Win-4 Wed.: 6913;...
SPITZER'S TRACK FIX
Gov. Spitzer's plan to let the New York Racing Association keep its horse- racing franchise for another 30 years inspires little confidence in the industry's future, its economic role in...
SEN. POTATOHEAD
'Is Larry Craig in or is he out?" That's what they're asking these days about the Idaho senator - America's latest laughingstock. Following news that he pleaded guilty to a...
IRAN'S ARAB UNREST
IS the Islamic Republic facing a growing revolt by Iran's Arab minority? Until a couple of years ago, the question would have sounded naive. In the '80s, Arab-Iranians fought bravely...
THE EDSEL'S LESSONS FOR DETROIT
LEAVING no talent un tapped in its quest for per fection, the Ford Motor Co. asked Marianne Moore, one of America's foremost poets in the 1950s, to suggest a name...
HILL'S GAMBIT
HILLARY Rodham Clin ton's presidential cam paign hints that agree ing to refrain from campaigning in outlaw Florida and Michigan primaries is a noble sacrifice bowing to party rules. Some...
FOR SALE ON CRAIG'S LIST: BIPARTISAN HYPOCRISY
Republicans identify traditional family values as one of the most important qualifications for public office, and Sen. Larry Craig is no exception ("No Privacy for Republicans," Linda Chavez, PostOpinion, Sept....
CABBY STRIKE: CITY WILL SURVIVE
I read with horror about the taxi strike ("Crabby Cabby Rally," Sept. 3). I haven't been this worried about the survival of New York since the doorman walkout a few...
HOME & WORK
Home sale deals are collapsing at six times expected levels and setting up the worst jobs bloodbath in years - but Uncle Sam is still sending mixed signals when it...
SAKS SETTLES SEC SALES REPORT SUIT
Saks Inc. said yesterday that it had reached a settlement with federal securities regulators over deceptive practices that materially overstated income at the company's Saks Fifth Avenue chain, hours after...
OUR BET ON JOBS REPORT
TOMORROW Wall Street may get too much of a good thing in the monthly employment report. So, we at the Make Us Rich hedge fund - having summered in places...
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TAX FIGHT HEATS UP
The fiery battle over a proposal that would double the taxes on the private partnerships behind Wall Street's buyout bonanza heated up yesterday as two more business lobby groups came...
BEARING FRUIT
Steve Jobs is blurring the lines between the iPod and iPhone. Apple yesterday unveiled a new iPod that looks and acts much like the popular iPhone, and at the same...
SEC LOOKING INTO PAPER
Wall Street's regulatory watchdog is starting to scrutinize the short-term debt markets, which have faced criticism for their lack of transparency and could potentially become the next shoe to drop...
JAMBA'S JUICE-Y BREAKFAST
Looking to juice its profits, smoothie chain Jamba Juice is expanding its offerings in the fast-growing breakfast business. The new breakfast menu - set to start testing today in New...
FLOWERS POWER
A student-loan bill that Congress is expected to pass this week is setting the stage for a brutal showdown over the $26 billion takeover of student lender Sallie Mae -...
TERRE IT UP
Pierre Berge, the longtime partner and former lover of Yves Saint-Laurent, has sold his Fifth Avenue pied-a-terre to Valentino's lifetime partner, Giancarlo Giametti, for a fashionable $7.5 million. Berge's two-bedroom,...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan CHELSEA $785,000 270 W. 17th St. One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 625 square feet, with central AC, dishwasher, balcony and southern exposure; building is pet-friendly and features concierge, laundry and live-in...
HOUSES OF THE WEEK
Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn $1.6 million Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 2,100 Maintenance: $1,480 This co-op triplex in the historic converted landmark Eagle Warehouse is "amazing" in so many...
THE 25 PERCENT SOLUTION
TWO years ago we bought a one-bedroom co-op close to the Meatpacking District. At that time the down payment was 15 percent. The board has now raised it to 25...
UP IN THE OLD HOTEL
Apartment buyers who want a taste of the suite life now have more options than ever. "If you look at the trends in hotels and hotel development, most being built...
BEANE THERE
IT takes a minor miracle to turn a movie dud like "Xanadu" into a Broadway hit, but writer Douglas Carter Beane has that magic touch. Just as he did with...
DREAM HOMES
Hamilton Heights $2.995 million Talk about sweet! This circa-1926 multi-family townhouse set in Sugar Hill, a landmarked historic area, has gotten a top-to-bottom renovation. The façade has been "elegantly" restored,...
SPORTS SHORTS
HOOPS: Refs can use replay Referees will be able to use television replays to review flagrant fouls and player altercations from the start of the 2007-08 season, the NBA said...
CYCLONES RALLY IN 9TH
Brooklyn shortstop Matt Bouchard was the star in last night's 3-1 win over the Lowell (Mass.) Spinners with his two-out, walk-off home run in the ninth inning at Keyspan Park....
SJU HIRES SINGLETON
St. John's is expected to announce the hiring of former Red Storm player Bill Singleton as its director of basketball operations, The Post has learned. Singleton helped St. John's to...
SOONER THE BETTER
THERE are commercials and highlight shows still showing the nightmare. It's on the cover of a video game. Heck, there's even going to be a documentary about it coming to...
HONDO: WAHOO!
The Indians, who've been kind to Hondo all sea son, came through again for him yesterday as they broomed the Twins in Minnesota to increase the take to 380 kirklands....
SAINTS NOT AFRAID OF BIG, BAD COLTS
INDIANAPOLIS - After 40 years, the Saints' time finally is prime. The NFL season opens tonight with its presumed next champion playing the defending one, the Colts, which is no...
COUGHLIN'S ALL EARS
Tom Coughlin in his three previous seasons as Giants coach insisted the lines of communication between himself and his players were always open. Yet, somewhere along the way, the message...
MADISON ISN'T COUNTING HIMSELF OUT OF OPENER
The sight yesterday of cornerback Sam Madison on the practice field for the Giants came as a surprise, considering he was expected to be out at least another week after...
BENDER WILL KEEP GUARD UP
Jacob Bender might not know exactly what'll be coming at him in Sunday's season opener against New England, but his Jets teammates will surely be warning him. Patriots coach Bill...
ALONG COMES JONES
The time has finally come for Thomas Jones. Jones, the Jets' most critical offseason acquisition, yesterday pronounced himself optimistically ready to make his true debut in the Jets uniform, ready...
RED ALERT: CARLOS MISSES METS' LOSS
CINCINNATI - The most alarming news for the Mets yesterday was a test result, not a game result. While the Mets offered a relatively sad performance, drilled by the Reds...
EL DUQUE THROWS, 'NO PAIN'
CINCINNATI - Orlando Hernandez survived a bullpen session yesterday, and the Mets right-hander said the sore tendon in his right foot is improving. "I feel better," El Duque said. "No...
IT'S ALL ROG VS. RODDICK
The sobering part of last night for Andy Roddick was that he played the best he could - and still it wasn't enough to dent the great Roger Federer. It...
FLUSHING STILL LURES AGASSI
A bulked-up Andre Agassi, returning to the U.S. Open for the first time since retirement, was on hand last night to witness the Andy Roddick-Roger Federer quarterfinal showdown - saying...
SET FOR REVENGE
A night after the Williams family had an ugly time at Arthur Ashe Stadium - from father Richard being bounced from his seat to Serena falling in straight sets to...
YOUTH MOVEMENT
THERE was the episode of the old "Twilight Zone" TV show in which aliens land on Earth carrying a book called, "To Serve Man." After using their superior intelligence to...
SUMMER OF '77
Remember the sizzling, scintillating summer of 1977 when Billy Martin's Yankees stormed past the Red Sox and went on to capture their first World Championship in 15 years by beating...
WANG: BACK IS OK
Chien-Ming Wang gave all indications yesterday that his lower back is not an issue, and the right-hander is scheduled to start Sunday in Kansas City. Wang left Tuesday's start against...
A-ROD SEVENTH FUELS GREAT 8
The MRI exam on Alex Rodriguez yesterday showed no serious damage to his right ankle, just a plate embedded in his midsection. It's a rare condition known as "guts of...
ALEX BAT WON'T BE DISRUPTED
ALEX Rodriguez hates disrup tions in his routine. He arrives early at the ballpark just so he can comfortably go through his pre-batting practice regimen that includes on-field conditioning exercises...
PHIL MAKES A HUGHES REBOUND
Phil Hughes got a no-decision last night, long gone by the time the Yankees polished off a 10-2 rout of Seattle. But his bounce-back performance was as important as anything...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
An Iowa man has been arrested for allegedly attacking his father with a bag of Cheetos. Patrick Hamman, 22, of Des Moines, was charged with domestic violence for hurling the...
ALL ABOUT EVE
We ran in to rap superstar Eve backstage at L.A.M.B. and got the glamour girl and MAC Viva Glam spokesmodel to talk beauty, booty and dish a little about her...
And now something for the hairy boys
Starting October 14th, Freeman's Sporting Club will be offering "Cut Throat 101" classes -- one-hour tutorials to men on how to achieve the closest shave possible with a straight razor...
The Fashion Week Diet (a.k.a. No Food For You)
I am not thin, not even close. And when I'm around fashion people during fashion week, this fact becomes especially obvious.But there is hope.There are a lot of ways to...
And Now We Present Boys in Striped Socks
We love the boys in striped socks at Duckie Brown.
BEST INVITATION
Truth be told, it's one of my favorite shows to cover and I can't wait.Stay tuned.
Report from the front lines -- Yes, sometimes it's like war.
Fashion shows to which non-industry people are invited (or can buy tickets) are always sordid and hilarious affairs (and by 'sordid and hilarious affairs' i mean 'total cluster-f***'). Working in...
BACKSTAGE BEAUTY REPORT
"It's double lashes and a 60's vibe," says MAC president John Demsey, describing the MAC look Charlotte Tilbury created for the L.A.M.B. show. "It's about a liquid liner, heavy lash,...
DADDY, DIDDY AND BABY KINGSTON
Cutest moment of the night: Gavin holding baby Kingston on his knee while he stared friendly neighbor Diddy in the face. Amazing.
A SEAT WITH A VIEW: LAMB
Check out the power front row at L.A.M.B. today: Carrie Underwood, Shirley Manson (taking pictures), Sophia Bush (taking notes), Eve and MAC pres John Demsey.