A second life for ‘Act’?

Michael Riedel BROADWAY MATINEE The most enjoyable evening I've spent in the theater recently was at the Encores! production of "I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road," which wrapped up a brief run at City Center last weekend....

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Take off, Gipper!

THEATER REVIEW I FORGIVE YOU, RONALD REAGANBeckett Theatre, 410 W. 42nd St.; 212-239-6200. Through Aug. 25. Running time: 120 minutes, one intermission. In 1981, President Reagan famously fired some 11,000 air traffic controllers after they went...

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New Yorkers cash in on the Cronut craze

Dominique Ansel isn't the only one reaping the benefits of the city's Cronut mania. Some enterprising neighbors to Ansel's bakery are working to cash-in. Joey Goodwin, 28, lives across the street from the Soho bakery. He's also the founder, along with...

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Domestic sex goddess

Sheila Kelley remembers the day she got Martha Stewart to twirl around a stripper pole. It was in 2010 and Kelley was on "The Martha Stewart Show" to show off moves from her pole dance workout class, S Factor. "Martha came into the green room before...

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Sleepy in Smurf-ville

MOVIE REVIEW The Smurfs 2Smurf this. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG (mild crude humor and action). At the E-Walk, the Kips Bay, the 34th Street, others. In the '80s, I hated Ronald Reagan, Bob Dylan and the Smurfs. It's comforting to know...

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Flagging at ground zero

Here we go again: The folks running the 9/11 Memorial Museum are trying to downplay America's patriotism and resilience after the 2001 terrorist attack — much as officials did a decade ago at another facility planned for the site. According to a new...

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A fracking anniversary

Five years ago last week, then-Gov. David Paterson, citing environmental concerns, temporarily banned large-scale fracking, the natural-gas extraction process that can spur thousands of jobs for New York. Today, alas, there's no sign the state will lift...

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A danger to New York

Anthony Weiner is waging a scorched-earth strategy: He might lose the mayoral race, but he'll make the city suffer in the meantime. What else to make of his defiant refusal to bow out of the race in the face of growing calls for him to do so and vanishing...

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Saks sold to owner of L&T

Saks Fifth Avenue has a new corporate parent — and will be sharing it with a couple of famous retail siblings. The swanky luxury chain has struck a deal to be acquired by Hudson's Bay, the Canadian department-store chain that owns Lord & Taylor,...

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Royal ‘Queen’ slam

Best-selling novelist Philippa Gregory — whose book, "The White Queen" premieres as a Starz miniseries Aug. 4 — is not impressed with the royal baby, Prince George. "I know this is awful news. It's terrible. It's like blasphemy," Gregory told reporters...

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Bloomberg moves Lack, taps Smith

Andy Lack is getting kicked upstairs at Bloomberg. The financial news-and-data firm has replaced Lack, CEO of its media division for the past five years, with Atlantic Media President Justin Smith, according to reports. Lack has been named chairman...

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Chill factor

Most popular songs 1. Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke 2. We Can't Stop, Miley Cyrus 3. Radioactive, Imagine Dragons 4. Holy Grail, Jay Z 5. Get Lucky, Daft Punk 6. Cups, Anna Kendrick 7. Same Love, Macklemore + Ryan Lewis 8. Can't Hold Us, Macklemore...

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It’s Tonya vs. Nancy again

Get ready for dueling Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan documentaries to mark the 20th anniversary of "The Whack Heard 'Round the World." But the ESPN and NBC takes on the infamous Harding-Kerrigan ice-skating rivalry will be told from different points of...

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Waitress $erved self: suit

Eggs and bacon, please — with a side of bribes and kickbacks. The owners of the Cosmic Diner in Midtown say a longtime waitress, Judith Mejia, reduced customers' tabs in exchange for cash. Mejia's self-serving cost them at least $75,000 over the years,...

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An itsy ‘bitesy’ teeny Sharkini

Survive the Sharknado — and look good doing it! A cutting-edge San Francisco designer is taking the beach — and TV's annual Shark Week — by storm with the campy-cool "Sharkini." "It's a design with a sense of humor. It's ridiculous but also kind of...

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‘Mini’ Hillary in TV reel life

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — NBC says it's planning a four-hour miniseries about Hillary Rodham Clinton. The project, titled "Hillary," will star Diane Lane, the network announced yesterday at a session of the Television Critics Association. The role of...

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65 dead in Cairo rioting

At least 65 people were killed in Cairo yesterday when supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi clashed with security forces and armed men. Tear-gas canisters, bird shot and live rounds were fired at the crowds, witnesses said, in the...

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The gift of graft

Political corruption in Albany takes many forms. The most noxious is the kind that goes around the law. Take Dov Hikind. Crain's New York Business reports the Brooklyn assemblyman has set up an advertising company that, among other clients, collects...

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The good Weiner

It appears the national pastime has higher standards than our local politics. Like our race for mayor, Major League Baseball has a man named Weiner. This is Michael Weiner, who runs the players union. But unlike our sexting mayoral candidate, this Weiner...

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Executive producer for Showtime's 'Ray Donovan' pleads guilty for role in high-stakes sports betting business

A Hollywood producer has pleaded guilty in New York for his role in a high-stakes sports betting business run by an organized-crime enterprise. Bryan Zuriff is executive producer of the Showtime series "Ray Donovan." He pleaded guilty in federal court...

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This week with Bloomberg

Mike Bloomberg may be on his way out. But this week his better angels were at work, and we do well to pay attention. Here are just a few highlights: * The irresponsibility of Eliot Spitzer. In reaction to a campaign based on putting a bullseye on Wall...

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Cohen has pros and cons in Conn.

Despite donating plenty of money to hospitals and other local institutions, Steve Cohen wasn't getting the benefit of the doubt from all his neighbors in leafy Old Greenwich, Conn. "It's a shame," said Bobo Delia, a bartender at the Beach House Café,...

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Talk show guests

WEDNESDAY GIADA DE LAURENTIIS, HOWIE MANDEL, BARRY MANILOW - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4 HUGH JACKMAN - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7 RICHARD HAASS - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 9 a.m. and 7:28 p.m., (COM) KENNETH GOLDSMITH - The Colbert...

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Joke’s on us in this mediocrity

Linda Stasi If you tune into ABC's new hidden-camera series expecting the big laughs you used to get from, say, "Candid Camera" or the hilarious Canadian series "Just For Laughs," chances are good you probably won't fall for "Would You Fall For That?"...

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‘Carrie’ on

Lindsey Gort, who'll play young Samantha Jones on the second season of "The Carrie Diaries," is a dead-ringer for Kim Cattrall (inset) — who originated the role of Samantha on HBO's long-running series, "Sex and the City."In the upcoming season of "Diaries,"...

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UK soap beats royal kid news

British TV viewers gave a big meh to news of the royal baby Monday night. Long-running British soap "Coronation Street," which airs on ITV, beat the combined royal baby viewership on BBC One, BBC News and Sky News from 8 to 9 p.m. — when the big news...

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A big ‘Road’ trip for Jason

Jason Mamoa will co-star in the upcoming Sundance Channel series "The Red Road." The series centers on a sheriff who's struggling to keep his family together while dealing with two disparate communities: his small hometown and the nearby Ramapo Mountains,...

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Girls serve up angst

THEATER REVIEW VOLLEYGIRLSPershing Square Signature Center, 480 W. 42nd St.; 212-352-3101. Through Saturday. Running time: 120 minutes, one intermission. After the cheerleader musicals "Bring It On" and "Lysistrata Jones," it's nice to see girls...

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Wrong Direction

Michaelangelo Matos Downloads of the Week ONE DIRECTION "Best Song Ever" ★ 1/2 BRITAIN'S biggest boy band rolls out this song from their new biopic, "This Is Us," out next month — and an upcoming album — and it sounds ready to be one of the summer's...

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Royal baby fever

Hovering over monarchy merchandise at British cafe Tea & Sympathy in the West Village yesterday, Wendy Kohlenberg was in the mood to celebrate. "I'm just excited because Kate Middleton is a breath of fresh air," says Kohlenberg, 52, a tourist from...

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Is this man too sexy to win an Emmy?

As Don Draper, the dark and stormy ad executive from "Mad Men," Jon Hamm has won millions of fans and critical acclaim, as well as six Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. But, despite his talent and critical raves, he has...

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Wrong Direction

Downloads of the Week ONE DIRECTION "Best Song Ever" ★ 1/2 BRITAIN'S biggest boy band rolls out this song from their new biopic, "This Is Us," out next month — and an upcoming album — and it sounds ready to be one of the summer's most overbearing...

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Humans unwelcome

Bob McManus It's been half a century since New York's Hamilton County — scene of today's whitewater-rafting throwdown between Mayor Mike and Gov. Andrew of the Adirondacks — voted Democratic in a presidential election. So imagine the joy among the...

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Business briefs

RadioShock RadioShack brought on investment bank Peter J. Solomon to raise new financing as the one-time popular electronics chain works to reverse falling sales and repair its image, WSJ.com reported, citing sources. Shares have plummeted about 90...

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Out networking

Call her "Show Me the Money, Honey." CNBC's No. 1 star, Maria "Money Honey" Bartiromo, with her hefty five-year contract set to expire late this year, is in play and is shopping herself around to rival networks, sources familiar with the situation tell...

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$65M Sitt-uation set for Milford stores

The retail stores at the Milford Plaza Hotel are being sold to Joseph Sitt of Thor Equities for $65 million, The Post has learned. Thor will buy the 27,456 square-foot slice of the mammoth Times Square-area hotel for $2,730 a square foot, sources said....

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Tween the pages

Ok, you've tried everything to get your teen or pre-teen to keep up with their school summer reading list. How about tucking one or two of these titles into the book bag to get them started? Let's cut to the chase: California-based BOP magazine is 109...

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Facebook page to 'save' cop who released Boston Bomber pics a hit — sarge faces firing

Reuters A police officer faces firing for releasing this photo of Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev surrendering to police in Watertown, Mass. The cop was motivated by Rolling Stone's pretty-boy treatment of the fiend. A "Save Sgt. Sean Murphy" Facebook...

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Shot for going to the cops: Gunmen open fire on family, wound 5, because dad went to police to protect his daughter

Benny J. Stumbo Police at the scene where gunmen opened fire on a family in Bushwick, wounding five people. An enraged gunman opened fire on a Brooklyn park today in a senseless act of revenge — wounding five people, including two bystanders sitting...

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Brit Westwood holds leads, Woods two strokes back heading into final round of British Open

AP Tiger Woods (l.) shakes hands with British Open leader Lee Westwood on the 18th green. GULLANE, Scotland — To term British sport as flush with pride at the moment is an understatement akin to calling Ian Poulter's plaid pants loud. With Lee Westwood...

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Baghdad car bombs, other Iraq attacks kill 46

REUTERS An Iraqi soldier inspects a Sunni mosque at the site of a suicide bomber attack in the town of Wajihiya. At least 46 more people were killed in Baghdad Saturday, as the Ramadan death toll continues to rise. BAGHDAD — A coordinated wave of...

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