November 19, 2008 - SOPHIA Loren's son - not exactly a kid anymore, he's 40 - wants civili zation to know about his new CD. Longest title in captivity, it's "Mus sorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on the Bare Mountain With the Russian National Orchestra." So what's Carlo Ponti Jr...

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• COPS & ROBBERS IN 'REALITY NOVEL'

  November 18, 2008 - RICHARD Belzer's been a cop forever on some form of "Law & Order" something. You've already heard that this guy, who has long played Det. Munch, has now written "I Am Not a...more >

• ELTON JOHN'S GOT A TEAR-JERKING WINNER

  November 17, 2008 - EXCITEMENT that's like a high and that can shoot through your veins only in New York was encapsulated last week at the Imperial Theatre. The houselights dimmed, the curtain rose and, despite...more >

• STROLL TOLLS MAKE GREAT CENTS

  November 16, 2008 - BECAUSE congestion pricing went the way of John Edwards' political fu ture, our genius economists have now considered adding tolls to the city's heretofore free bridges. Great idea. An...more >

• LIZA TAKES PAGE FROM HER OWN LIFE

  November 14, 2008 - LIZA - ask not Liza who - on the phone from Italy: "I'm in Torino. This is definitely what you call working out of town. "I'm with Ron Lewis, my director/choreographer who...more >

• QUANTUM OF INFO ON JAMES BONDS

  November 13, 2008 - SO, at the first showing here of the latest 007 movie, with the preposterously precious title "Quantum of Solace," I noted the descending of Bond. Sean Connery, 6-foot-3; George Lazenby...more >

• HERE COMES THE EARLY OSCAR BUZZ

  November 12, 2008 - WITH the Oscars further away than our financial recovery and none of these out yet, here's what's al ready being touted: Best Picture: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." F...more >

• FAME ISN'T ALWAYS POMP & GLAMOUR

  November 11, 2008 - SARAH Palin trashed on "SNL"? Listen, they turn everyone into chop meat. Out of Suze Orman, the "Saturday Night Live" chefs actually made Suzeburgers and then threw her on the...more >

• COMEDIAN GIVES GREAT IMPRESSION

  November 10, 2008 - TEN minutes ago I'd never heard of Ricky Gervais. I thought it was some bartender's new-age highball. Suddenly, wherever I go I see Brit comedian Ricky Gervais - on "Conan," on a...more >

• DOOM AND GROOM ON TV NEWS

  November 9, 2008 - TELEVISION anchors are definitely keeping up with the times. Boy, are they into change. Whether it's CBS, PBS or just BS, their looks, chat, and clothes now grab more focus than their lead...more >

• SENATOR PREDICTED PRESIDENT OBAMA

  November 7, 2008 - FOUR years ago, in the New York delegation section in a convention hall in Boston, I sat alongside Sen. Chuck Schumer. We were watching someone whose name I'd never heard before, Barack Obama...more >