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Hell-O, Bill Kraft Foods is bringing Bill Cosby back to promote its Jell-O brand after a 10-year hiatus. Cosby, whose work with Jell-O dates to 1974, will be executive producer for the “Hello Jell-O” campaign, which starts national ads today. In return, Jell-O will sponsor Cosby’s new weekly Web series called “OBKB” in which he interviews children in the style of the classic show “Kids Say the Darndest Things.”

Jobs crisis The economy has begun to climb out of the worst downturn since the 1930s but still needs additional steps by the federal government to stem the crisis in the job market, Christina Romer, a senior economic adviser to President Obama, said in prepared remarks for a commencement at the College of William & Mary.

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Greece may target US banks in legal action By JAMES COVERT Greece’s prime minister said he may take legal action against US banks for their role in the country’s debt crisis. Wall Street is attracting scrutiny from regulators around the world, who are examining transactions that occurred leading up to the subprime mortgage mess and the global financial crisis. For its part, the Greek parliament is looking into deals national authorities did in 2000 with help from Goldman Sachs that allowed them to

mask the size of the country’s debt through complex financial instruments. “I hear the words fraud and lack of transparency, so yes, there is great responsibility,” Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said in an interview broadcast yesterday on CNN. Complaining that international banks have inflamed Greece’s debt crisis with commentary about a likely default, Papandreou added that he “wouldn’t rule out” taking banks to court.

Last week’s $1 trillion rescue package for eurozone countries was bigger than many economists and investors expected, as central bank officials sought to protect the euro, whose value has tumbled in recent days. But the bailout package “didn’t do more than buy time” as European nations struggle to work through economic and budgetary differences, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “If you just ignore this problem, you won’t get things to calm down.” In early morning trading in Asia,

the euro fell to nearly $1.23 — its lowest level since the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Meanwhile, spreads on Greek bonds have continued to widen as investors increasingly doubt the country’s ability to meet its obligations. While recent austerity measures have provoked riots in Athens, Papandreou insisted Greece will carry them through. “We have made our mistakes, we are living up to this responsibility,” he said. “But at the same time, give us a chance. We’ll show you.”

Biggest TV drama: upfront ad sales By HOLLY SANDERS WARE Broadcast TV’s season finales aren’t the only nailbiters on the mind of Madison Avenue this week. With the big networks — ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox — launching their fall-schedule pitches over the next few days as part of the annual ad sales bazaar known as the upfront, the scrambling that networks are doing to make casting, scheduling and programming decisions have advertisers equally on edge. Network execs predict an ad-sales rebound this year, with some estimates calling for the big four networks to see their combined upfront haul surge 20 percent. But with sitcom stars being coy about renewing their contracts, a number of series coming to an end and a snarky British competitionshow judge moving on to other things, anxiety has arisen about what this week holds. This year much of the drama stems from CBS’ protracted contract negotiations with “Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen. Industry sources are optimistic that CBS will have a deal in place before its upfront pitch on Wednesday — or else its schedule will look quite a bit different next year. The situation is unusual for

Center of the action The Simon Cowell (left) and Charlie Sheen (right) stories are taking the spotlight as TV’s advertising upfronts get under way this week.

a network that has long been considered the most stable of the bunch. With popular crime dramas like “CSI” showing their age, however, industry executives are bracing for more changes to CBS’ primetime lineup. Meanwhile, hopes are fading fast that Fox will announce a successor for departing “American Idol”

judge Simon Cowell during its upfront pitch today. (News Corp. owns Fox and The Post.) Ratings for “Idol” among adults ages 18 to 49 are down nearly 10 percent this season, adding to the uncertainty around Cowell’s departure. However, Fox doesn’t seem to be feeling the pressure to announce his replacement

anytime soon. Rumored contenders have run the gamut from actor Jamie Foxx to singer Elton John to shock jock Howard Stern. “A lot is dependent on who fills in when Simon [Cowell] bails,” said industry analyst Shari Anne Brill. “It’s the interplay between the judges that makes the show.” Fox is focused on expand-

ing its slate of live-action sitcoms after the success of high school musical comedy “Glee.” While Fox has had a lot of success with animated hits such as “The Simpsons,” the network has struggled to deliver a live-action sitcom. For ABC, the big question mark is what will replace “Lost,” which is ending this Sunday. The network could plug in either “Flash Forward” or “V,” but neither show has performed as well as hoped. NBC, in particular, is under pressure to wow advertisers and its local affiliates after the Jay Leno fiasco. This time around, the network is investing heavily in shows, including “Undercovers” from “Lost” creator J.J. Abrams, after skimping on programming the past couple of years in pursuit of profit. This is likely the network’s last upfront before it is acquired by cable giant Comcast. Ad executives predict that next year’s sales process will be different. “There will be a lot more NBC-Comcast cross-pollination in next year’s upfront,” said Jarrod Moses, the founder and president of United Entertainment Group, which pairs brands and entertainment properties.

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LADY Gaga’s penchant for bizarre behavior continued at Monday’s Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gaga was the slated performer at Vogue editor Anna Wintour’s annual fete, cohosted this year by Oprah Winfrey and Gap creative director Patrick Robinson, though she refused to walk the red carpet and remained locked inside her dressing room for most of the evening. “She literally wouldn’t come out,” says a spy. “Friends tried, [Warner Music exec] Lyor Cohen tried, no dice. Eventually, Vito Schnabel came over and got [artist] Terence Koh on the phone to talk to her, which helped. Koh and Oprah were the ones who finally coaxed her out.”

Once on stage, Gaga told the 700 assembled guests — including Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, Diane von Furstenberg, Barry Diller and Mayor Bloomberg — how she got the gig. “I’ll never forget when Anna Wintour called me to play at this event, she called me and said, ‘I would like you to play at the Met gala, but I just want to make sure, because I’ve seen you perform before, that you won’t be swearing during the performance,’ ” Gaga explained. “So Anna, I will do my [bleep]ing best!” Most of the crowd seemed to enjoy the performance, except Bono — who left halfway through. Later, at an after-party at the Mark Hotel,

Pharrell Williams, Sean Combs, Usher and Justin Timberlake ended up having an impromptu jam session with DJ Cassidy. “Pharrell first jumped in and started singing ‘Beautiful,’ and then Puffy jumped up and started rapping to ‘All About the Benjamins.’ He even grabbed Anna Wintour into the deejay booth. Finally, Usher and Justin joined in.” Jude Law, Sienna Miller and January Jones were among those at the Mark, but it was Katy Perry who attracted the most attention. “She was out of control,” says a spy. “She was wearing a dress that had LED lights, and the switch was near her boobs. She was literally having people grope her to turn the dress on.”

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Ursine slime BRANDON “Greasy Bear” Davis — who will never be mistaken for a gentleman — was overheard recently claiming to a friend that Avril Lavigne pulled him into a bathroom at a party in LA and made out with him while her boyfriend, Brody Jenner, was in the next room. But sources say Davis was telling tall tales. “It didn’t happen,” said one insider. Davis, who used to brag about how rich his grandfather was, has been on a cold streak since he stopped dating Mischa Barton in 2005. Hmm, we wonder what they could have possibly had in common.

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Evan Longoria is off and running with a two-run triple during the Rays’ 6-2 win over the Indians yesterday. Tampa Bay brings its MLB-best 28-11 record to the Stadium tonight for the opener of a two-game series against the Yankees, who went into last night trailing the Rays by 21⁄2 games.

Blonde buzz ALEX Rodriguez (above) is batting 1.000 with Hollywood blondes. The night before A-Rod and his girlfriend, Cameron Diaz, dined with Kate Winslet at Hotel Griffou — which we told you about yesterday — the lovebirds broke bread with Drew Barrymore and Gwyneth Paltrow at Macao Trading Company. Diaz and Paltrow arrived first, and were joined by Barrymore. “Cameron got a call, then ordered a steamed fish with veggies for her ‘friend’ who was on his way,” said a spy. When Alex arrived, after the Yanks beat the White Sox 6-4, Barrymore “moved so the couple could sit together.”

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Ke$ha’s party surprise KE$HA was in for a surprise Saturday when she went to Cipriani 42nd Street to give a surprise performance at what she thought was a Sweet 16 party. The lavish bash was beyond ostentatious, with ballet dancers suspended from the ceiling blowing bubbles and handing out custom-made candy to guests as they arrived. “The gift bags were Juicy and had custom spray-painted sneakers in them,” said one witness. As a giant cake was wheeled out, it was announced that Ke$ha, who allegedly pocketed $50,000 for the gig, would sing two songs. “Everyone flips. For breaking Then Ke$ha wishes the girl a happy news all day Sweet 16, and people clap, but with puzlong go to zled looks on their faces,” said our witness. “It’s not her Sweet 16. It’s her bat mitzvah.” Kei$ha was evidently misled because many artists will perform for 16-year-olds but not 13-year-olds. Ke$ha’s management company had no comment.

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Joel Robuchon devouring a roasted goat head on the sidewalk cafe at Da Silvano . . . JAMES Gandolfini buying a large flat-screen TV at J&R Music and Computer World on Park Row . . . CALVIN Klein looking like a salesman on a recent Sunday morning at Barneys, helping a young man pick shoes, clothing and accessories but no cologne . . . CHEFS Todd English and Geoff Zakarian in the lounge at ‘21’ with some businessmen . . . RAY Liotta — in town to film “Son of No One” with Katie Holmes and Al Pacino — dancing with multiple hotties at Hudson Terrace.

Endquote “SOME have labeled me as a gay icon. Well no s - - t, Sherlock” — Liza Minnelli to roars of approval at the Straight for Equality Benefit at the Marriott Marquis.

Menu: no men LAUREN Bush (above) got mothers and daughters together at the East Side Social Club yesterday to celebrate the new charity Feed Bears. Sales of the stuffed animals will help buy meals for children in Tanzania. The ladies who lunched included Lauren’s mother, Sharon; Nicole Miller, who showed off her iPad to her tablemates, Dylan Lauren, Cristina Cuomo and Tinsley Mortimer, who bet on Super Saver at the Kentucky Derby and was kicking herself for not placing more than $50 on the winning horse.

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By MAX GROSS O, it’s the middle of May and you still haven’t snagged a summer house. Maybe you didn’t want to schlep out to the Hamptons back in February because there was too much snow on the ground. Maybe you were banking on the fact that the closer it got to summer, the better prices would be. Maybe you broke down and bought an iPad, and the last four weeks have been kind of a blur. Well, it turns out that you’ll be just ﬁne. For those slackers who couldn’t get their act together around Presidents Day weekend (when you’re traditionally supposed to start looking for a summer rental), or even last month, there are still quite a few rentals waiting to be snatched up. And prices are negotiable. One 2,000-square-foot, three-bedroom contemporary home on Dune Road in Bridgehampton (left) just got $95,000 lopped off its price for the season, making it $200,000 from Memorial Day to Labor Day. “Because the weather was so disastrous at the beginning of the year, that set us back a little,” says Paul Brennan, Prudential Douglas Elliman’s regional manager for the Hamptons. And landlords who held onto their homes last summer, unwilling to offer huge discounts, have dived back See HAMPTONS on Page 44

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"It was just perfect,” she says. “I said, if I don’t do this now, when will I do it?” Kave threw herself into developing a business plan, testing new recipes and honing her skills. In October 2007, she opened RoniSue’s Chocolates, quickly drawing notice for her unique confections (which include “Pig Candy,” a chocolate-covered bacon treat). Today, having taken on an assistant and moved into a bigger space at the market, Kave sells some 30 signature chocolates in Dean & Deluca stores and on a number of Web sites. And she says she’s only getting started. “I’ve never been happier,” she says. Which is not to say she regrets her earlier careers, which she sees less as missteps than stepping stones. “I couldn’t have gotten to where I am now without all of my past experiences,” she says. And while there have been road bumps along the way — sleepless nights spent filling orders in her Upper East Side apartment, slow days at the market and “billions of moments of self-doubt” — her age was never one of them. “If anything,” she laughs, “it gave me credibility.”

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AREER reinvention just might be the new retirement. “The number of older Americans seeking new careers is soaring,” says Bruce Frankel, a veteran journalist with a new book on the subject (see far right). If recession-hit 401Ks are one reason, another is a growing view of our later years as an opportunity to do something meaningful rather than hit the golf course. “People’s view of retirement has changed radically,” he says. “It’s gone from being free of work to being freed to work with passion.” This week we look at three New Yorkers who prove it’s never too late to land your dream job.

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THE PATH TO Rhonda Kave’s new career started on a particularly sweet note — namely, with a buttercrunch the then-homemaker began making as a holiday gift over 20 years ago. Friends flipped over the treats, and soon she was expanding her repertoire to truffles and getting requests to launch her goodies professionally. “It just was never the right time,” explains the lifelong foodie, now 57. While she continued churning out chocolates each winter, Kave spent the next couple decades in disparate professions. First, she ran a Long Island beauty supply store for eight years. Then, after moving to Manhattan, she worked for a group fighting domestic violence while studying sociology to advance her nonprofit career. But even as she neared a degree, Kave felt increasingly tempted to finally make her chocolate dreams into a reality. Toward the end of her studies, the “stars started to align.” Her grown children moved out and she separated from her husband, freeing up her time. And while researching greenmarkets for a school project, she happened on the perfect venue: the city-run Essex Street Market on the Lower East Side, which provides spaces for startups.

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After wrapping up her Monster Ball tour in London over the weekend, Lady Gaga goes to eat at Mr. Chow. Isn’t a see-through plastic dress and a chicken claw bracelet enough? Does she need a silver lobster headpiece? OK, she needs it.

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JEWELRY designer MaryLise Lachapelle had to go to clever lengths to serve legal papers on Chris Onieal, owner of popular “Sex and the City” hangout Onieal’s. Lachapelle, who peddles her wares on the street, is suing Onieal, claiming his girlfriend, Adleta Kneifl, who once worked for Lachapelle, interfered with her business and copied her designs. (Onieal and Kneifl are co-defendants.) We hear that Onieal was so hard to pin down, Lachapelle had an attractive paralegal pose as a client interested in booking a private party at the Grand Street bar. “Chris came down to sit with her and offered her a drink — she thanked him by serving him the legal papers,” said our source. Onieal laughed, “I didn’t notice it was a setup.”

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JAY-Z needed to carbo-load after opening the North American leg of his BP3 tour in Miami last week with wife Beyoncé, Sean “Diddy” Combs and Alex Rodriguez in the audience. After the show, the group headed to Scarpetta in the Fon-

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MOVE over, Gerard Butler: There’s a new Hollywood hunk. Jason Momoa, who’s being lined up to star in a remake of “Conan the Barbarian” was a huge hit at an Entertainment Weekly party at LA’s Chateau Marmont the other day. Spies said women were “fighting to chat up the new Conan.” One witness said, “Gerard Butler was there, and was of course surrounded by women, but Jason Momoa was the one everyone was swooning over. Marisa Tomei was flirting outrageously with him. But he left at the end of the night with Lenny Kravitz and Lenny’s daughter, Zoe.”

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DON’T mistake Bette Midler for a mere look-alike. A spy at Tuesday’s performance of “A Little Night Music” reports, “Bette was totally dressed down, no makeup, glasses on. She joined the monster line for the ladies’ bathroom unnoticed until an overexcited woman boomed, ‘Ooh, you look just like Bette Midler! Do you get that all the time?’ She was met with a steely stare and the woman was left muttering, ‘Sorry.’ ” Midler later gave Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta-Jones a standing ovation.

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JEFFREY Katzenberg wasn’t always a fan of 3-D. On “The Colbert Report” the other night, the DreamWorks co-founder declared that every new film will be in 3-D, which he described as the greatest innovation since color. However, Nicole LaPorte writes in “The Men Who Would Be King” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) that Katzenberg was no fan of 3-D when the first “Shrek” came out in 2001, and “remained staunchly devoted” to the old-school animation he’d “fallen in love with, and been schooled in, at Disney.” La Porte relates that animator Noel McGinn once bluntly asked Katzenberg why he was so adverse to the latest technology. “‘I would never, ever give up on 2-D. Never,’ Katzenberg replied. ‘He was basically affronted by the whole idea,’ said McGinn . . . Good storytelling, not spectacular graphics, was the thing, he always said.”

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Odd couple GERALD Posner is joining forces with fellow JFK assassination author Mark Lane to battle further claims of plagiarism. Lane and Posner took opposing views over Lee Harvey Oswald’s guilt. But now Posner has hired attorney-author Lane in a bid to sue New Times Miami owners Village Voice Media, who claimed Posner ripped off passages from Frank Owen’s 2003 book “Clubland.” Posner says, “Although I’m convinced Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President Kennedy, I’ve always believed that had Mark Lane represented Oswald, he would have won an acquittal. That’s why Mark Lane was the obvious choice as my own attorney.”

NAOMI Campbell, who once compared kabbalah to Alcoholics Anonymous, is now having secret meetings with Madonna’s kabbalah mentor, Eitan Yardeni. Spies tell us the supermodel met Yardeni at Manhattan’s Kabbalah Center shortly before jetting to Europe with her Russian billionaire boyfriend, Vladimir Doronin, the other week. Two years ago, Campbell bashed the sect, saying, “I knew about kabbalah before Madonna got involved. Kabbalah is not a religion, it’s a program. I don’t like to get hooked on things like that. It reminds me of AA, but just with different words. They’ve got the same principles . . . I just believe in God. I am religious. I pray most days and do my thing. But each to their own.” A rep for Campbell, who’s preparing to celebrate her 40th birthday later this month with a huge party in Cannes, couldn’t be reached for comment.

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DAVY Jones sounds a little jealous of a certain ex-Beatle. Interviewed on BlogTalkRadio, the former Monkees frontman gripes about earning a living as a performer these days. “There’s a lot of impostors out there,” he said. “They’re all vying for the same job. The economics of the country right now is such that you gotta price yourself in the right place. Not everybody has got the Paul McCartney American Express connections.” Jones’ just played — as a solo act — the Seneca Casino in Niagara Falls.

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RYAN Phillippe, clearly not pining for his ex Abbie Cornish, has again been spotted with a hot brunette. This time they hit the Victoria’s Secret “What Is Sexy?” party in Los Angeles and were spotted “making out” throughout the event. Phillippe was caught kissing a similarlooking woman in LA at a party in March. While Phillippe was absorbed with his mystery girlfriend, Jamie Foxx was working his charms on every supermodel as she walked in. “He kissed Chanel Iman’s hand, and showed Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Candice Swanepoel his dance moves,” said a witness.

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CANDIDATES for this year’s primaries will pitch for gay votes at the Jim Owles Gay Liberal Democratic Club’s Pride Awards ceremony at Chelsea’s Elmo restaurant Sunday night. Among those expected to hear Raven O perform: comic Hal Sparks, John Cameron Mitchell of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” Patrick Heusinger of Broadway’s “Next Fall” and Bobby Steggert of “Yank!”

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GOLDMAN Sachs overlord Lloyd Blankfein is so rich, he bought his $26 million “Master of the Universe” duplex at 15 Central Park West in cash before finally selling his five-bedroom, seven-bath prewar duplex at 941 Park Ave. Blankfein just accepted an offer on that apartment, reports The Post’s Jennifer Gould Keil. The luxurious abode, asking $15 million last year, was most recently listed for $13.5 million — on top of which a buyer must pay $11,327 a month maintenance. In more Manhattan real estate news, Keil reports that Morton Binn, father of Niche Media (Hamptons, Ocean Drive) owner Jason Binn, just sold one of the last small rental buildings near Lincoln Center — 34 W. 65th St. — for $13.8 million. The six-story apartment house had been in the Binn family for more than 35 years, said broker Ivan Hakimian.


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AMERICAN burlesque queens upstaged the more demurely dressed stars at the Cannes Film Festival this week. Mimi Le Meaux, Dirty Martini, Roky Roulette and Kitten on the Keys star in “The Tour” (“La Tournee”) and took to the red carpet on the French Riviera. Their film was the first of 19 to debut in competition for the Palme D’Or, the festival’s top prize. Le Meaux gushed, “It’s like Cinderella going to the ball,” reports Post critic Lou Lumenick. Addressing the French media, Le Meaux — who showed off her curves in a tight red dress — added, “Thanks for your cheese!”

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By DAVID SEIFMAN City Hall Bureau Chief It looks like a million rent-stabilized tenants are about to catch a break. The Rent Guidelines Board last night recommended preliminary rent hikes ranging from 2 to 4 percent for one-year leases and 4 to 6 percent for twoyear leases signed on or after Oct. 1 for rent-stabilized apartments. The final decision on will be voted on next month. Tenants and landlords alike anticipate that the eventual increases will come in at, or below, the 3 and 6 percent boosts granted last year. “Unfortunately, I think the [rent] guidelines — because of the price index — look to be low,” conceded Jack Freund of the Rent Stabilization Association, which represents 25,000

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landlords. “It’s nothing good for owners.” He was referring to the 3.4 percent jump registered in landlords’ operating costs this year, the lowest recorded by the board in eight years. Last year, the price index went up 4 percent. Generally, the lower the price index, the lower the rent

hike. If the RGB follows form, this would be the second dose of good news for tenants this year. Earlier this year, a Supreme Court judge overturned the board’s decisions imposing minimum monthly rent hikes for tenants in place for six years or more. That required a long-

term tenant paying a $750 rent to pay $30 more a month instead of $22.50 for a one-year lease and $60 instead of $45 for two years. Landlords are appealing that ruling. Giti Dadlani, of Tenants & Neighbors, a leading tenant advocacy group, suggested a rent freeze would be the proper response to the modest movement in the price index and the wobbly economy. Because that’s never happened in the 40-year history of rent stabilization, she said a more realistic view is that the hike “needs to be as low as possible.” Meanwhile, tenants are lobbying Albany to repeal vacancy decontrol, the regulation that permits landlords to charge market rent once an apartment reaches $2,000.

ALBANY — Gov. Spitzer says he would sign off on raises for state judges if the Legislature sends him a bill that excludes the more controversial pay hikes for lawmakers. The Republican-led Senate has floated the idea of taking lawmakers’ raises out of the mix. That pressures the Democraticled Assembly, which has pushed for both, but agrees with the Senate and Spitzer that increases for judges are even longer overdue. Now Spitzer appears to have thrown the judges-only measure back at the Senate, which must decide whether to actually submit and approve the bill in its special session today. Either measure would still require approval by the Assembly. AP

Holland Tunnel LEDs the way The Holland Tunnel has gone green. Crews overnight replaced fluorescent lights with light-emitting diode units. The LEDs distribute light more efficiently, require less energy and last 15 years, compared to 1.4 years for fluorescent. More than 1,700 LED fixtures replaced some 4,000 fluorescent ones in the tunnel. Port Authority officials say they’ll save $340,000 each year in energy and AP maintenance costs.

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Pal made ‘$1M’ on pensions after Hev left By KENNETH LOVETT Post Correspondent ALBANY — Even with a new comptroller in office, the top political consultant to disgraced exComptroller Alan Hevesi took in a hefty fee from a fund doing up to $100 million in business with the state pension system, The Post has learned. New disclosure documents released yesterday by the Comptroller’s Office showed that Searle & Co., a small financial firm tied to Democratic consultant Hank Morris, received a placement fee from the Sector Performance Fund in a deal approved by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli in April. A source told The Post that Morris represented Searle in the deal, which yielded a placement fee of between 1.5 percent and 2 percent, or as much as $1 million. Sources have told The Post in the past that under such deals, Morris kept 95 percent of the fee, with Searle & Co. collecting the rest. The fee from the fund, which is owned by HM Capital, is said to be part of the $25 million in payments that investigators from the state Attorney General’s Office believe Morris pocketed since Hevesi took office in 2003. Searle’s connection to Morris was not widely known at the time DiNapoli approved the deal with the fund, DiNapoli spokesman Dennis Tompkins said.

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“It was a deal that was in the process for a number of months before Comptroller DiNapoli took office and it was properly vetted under the existing regulations,” Tompkins said. The Post has since reported in a series of stories that Morris received millions of dollars in placement fees from companies that secured business with the pension fund under Hevesi’s watch from 2003 through 2006. Some of the fees were paid to Searle, where Morris was employed as a broker. Others went to five LLCs created tied to Morris, four of which shared his home address in East Hampton. An HM Capital spokesman would say only that the firm “is

currently engaged in fund-raising and cannot comment on any aspect of that process.” Peter Anderson, a lawyer for Searle, had no immediate comment. Neither Morris nor his lawyer could be reached for comment. Searle’s links to the fund surfaced yesterday in a set of monthly transaction reports the Comptroller’s Office is now making available. As part of a series of reforms announced yesterday by DiNapoli and Gov. Spitzer, the Comptroller’s Office will release, for the first time, on a monthly basis, transaction reports detailing the pension fund’s individual investments and whether placement

fees were part of the deal. In addition, Spitzer announced the state Insurance Department will have broader audit oversight of the pension fund and Comptroller’s Office. The proposed regulation, which needs no legislative action: I Establishes a conflict-of-interest disclosure requirement and reporting standards for the comptroller and all outside consultants and investment managers. I Establishes an independent audit committee made up of members not affiliated with the comptroller or the pension fund. I Calls for the development of transparent procurement rules. Spitzer, who called DiNapoli “thoroughly and totally unqualified” when he was selected for the job , yesterday praised his fellow Democrat as “superb.” But state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who told The Post on Tuesday his investigation into the Comptroller’s Office could last another few months, was more tightlipped on the changes announced yesterday. “We agree that the Comptroller’s Office needs significant reforms, and will comment on them at the end of our ongoing investigation concerning that office,” Cuomo spokesman Jeffrey Lerner said. [email protected]

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BETHENNY Frankel’s wedding at the Four Seasons restaurant Sunday really made a splash. After the 7 1⁄2-month pregnant bride (above) exchanged vows with Jason Hoppy in the middle of the Pool Room, two guys from the groom’s side jumped into the water during dinner, frolicking while Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like the Wolf” blared from the speakers. “I knew this was going to happen. This is great,” gushed Frankel. “Real Housewives of New York City” co-star Alex McCord hit the dance floor, while husband Simon McCord hung out at the dinner table.

Humphrey Bogart married Lauren Bacall — and will turn it into a hipper, less expensive hotel for the chic set . . . THAT Darius Rucker, who ruled out another Hootie & the Blowfish

Nemesis gives Corzine agita JON Corzine, the former Goldman Sachs chief and governor of New Jersey, wasn’t happy to see Fox Business Network reporter Charles Gasparino at the next table at Elio’s the other night. A couple of years ago, Gasparino sandbagged Corzine during an appearance on CNBC and asked him how he could be in favor of raising taxes during a recession. “They butted heads a lot,” said one source. Gasparino — who was with his childhood pal, bodybuilder Gregg Valentino, and CNBC anchor Mary Thompson — jumped up as Corzine was leaving and For breaking congratulated him on his new job as news all day head of MF Global Holdings. A witness long go to said Corzine shook hands awkwardly and left without saying a word. Gasparino declined to comment. Corzine had a more pleasant time the next night at The Mark by Jean-Georges, on East 77th, where journalists left him alone.

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Prison reading STEVE Madden showed appreciation for celebrity gossip the other night at an event at his Ludlow Street store hosted by his shoe line, Star magazine and “Twilight” actor Chaske Spencer. When Madden approached Star’s advertising sales team, he said, “I love your magazine. You were my favorite thing to read in prison. I used to pass you around to all my friends.” Madden in 2002 served 30 months in jail for securities fraud and money laundering.

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Playboy fetes Neiman THE party tomorrow night at Highbar for “Playboy: The Book of Cigars” could be a last hurrah. With the magazine’s Fifth Avenue offices shuttered, the systematic dismissal of Playboy’s New York-based editors and the outsourcing of sales and marketing to David Pecker’s AMI, the mood could be somber, especially because longtime Playboy artist LeRoy Neiman, 88, had a leg amputated last month. “LeRoy Neiman and I started discussing this book when we first met over lunch at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel back in 1993,” author Aaron Sigmond explained. “Tomorrow night is really a celebration of LeRoy’s contributions to the Playboy lifestyle — a tribute to him.” Expected to raise a glass: restaurateur Drew Nieporent, Forbes.com media critic Bill McCuddy, “Twilight at the World of Tomorrow” author James Mauro and model Nina Manuel.

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album and tour two years ago, told BlogTalkRadio.com that he’s changed his mind — that, “yes, within the next few years, there will be another Hootie record tour.”

Smoochies raffle MICK Jagger, John McEnroe, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were among those who donated short stories and poems for auction at the Riverkeeper event at the Standard Hotel, but an offering from host Salman Rushdie

Endquote “GOING to Paris is like losing your virginity: Even if it’s bad, it’s unforgettable” — Marc Jacobs, speaking at the Alliance Francaise Designer Discussion Series hosted by Michele Gerber Klein . . . “I LOVE doing accents. I love doing Thai accents. So I’d like to do a Thai hooker on the show. It’s never going to happen” — Toni Collette, whose character on “The United States of Tara” has multiple-personality disorder, to TheFrisky.com . . . “KIRSTIE Alley is so big that her driver’s-license photo was taken by Google Earth” — Bill McCuddy at Carolines on Broadway.

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Second effort MISCHA Barton (above) had a rough night over the weekend in Hollywood. A spy reports that the “O.C.” actress, who alternates between being on and off the wagon, rolled into Bar Marmont on Saturday alone and looking “totally out of it.” Says our witness, “A few minutes after she comes in, she runs outside and vomits everywhere. And then she went back inside and hung out for the rest of the night.” A rep for Barton declined to comment.

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NYC flavors Vegas resort THE Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas resort, sporting a long-winded name after settling a dispute with Cosmopolitan magazine, will have serious New York flavor when it opens in the winter. Scott Conant will run a Scarpetta restaurant and a casual wine bar, and outposts of Manhattan’s STK, Blue Ribbon and Estiatorio Milos will also be among the resort’s eateries, reports The Post’s Andy Wang. Plus, sources say that nightlife moguls Noah Tepperberg and Jason Strauss, who operate Avenue here and Tao in Vegas, are close to a deal to operate the property’s beach club and an adjacent nightclub.

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SEAN “Diddy” Combs turned up with a posse of 40 for DJ David Guetta’s “[Bleep] Me I’m Famous” party at Miami’s Mansion Saturday night. Diddy was spotted at a table with singer Estelle while his entourage sipped champagne. Also at the club were Jamie Foxx and singers Kelis and Kelly Rowland, who performed with Guetta. A source said, “Diddy arrived with a huge entourage but didn’t stay too long — he was hitting all the parties around town to promote his new album.” He also hosted a listening party for top deejays at his home on Star Island that went on until Sunday morning.

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competing on “Dancing With the Stars.” Trumble, who was paid just $390 a week, testified that she was ordered back to work from maternity leave: “[Mills] wanted to know when I was going back to work. She left a message — it was something about Bea not having a nanny. It was a really rude, horrible message, and I was reduced to tears.” But after returning to work, Trumble found herself doing paperwork and cooking meals for Mills, who then announced at a staff meeting that Trumble would be a fulltime cleaner. She then quit. Mills, who’s expected to give evidence today, sat in court and muttered to friends throughout Trumble’s testimony.

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embarrassed” when Mills kept asking her whether Jamie Walker, a resort guide she met in Tenerife, ever flirted with her. Trumble met Mills in 2003 and took a job looking after Beatrice, Mills’ daughter with McCartney, the following year. Mills became more demanding over time, and Trumble was often expected to stay late for no extra pay while the couple was out. After the pair split in 2006, “Heather was very bitter toward Paul,” Trumble said. “I was, I believe, a great source of comfort and support for Heather at this time.” When Trumble became pregnant in 2007, Mills demanded she accompany her and Bea to the United States, where she was

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A FORMER nanny for Heather Mills described yesterday how the vain ex-model demanded that staff say nice things about her on TV — and quizzed them to find out if her hunky new boyfriend was flirting with them. Sara Trumble, who’s suing Mills for sex discrimination and unfair dismissal, told a British employment tribunal that Sir Paul McCartney’s ex-wife became bitter and high strung after their split. When a documentary crew arrived, Trumble related, “I was told to say [on camera] how wonderful Heather was. The interview was orchestrated entirely by Heather. I had no choice but to take part.” She also said she felt “awkward, upset and

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attracted the most interest. While the “Satanic Verses” scribe donated an original work, auctioneer Brooke Geahan told the crowd she’d be “raffling off kisses” from Rushdie as well. His date, a curvy black model from London, laughed and rolled her eyes. Also attending were Matthew Modine and Andre Balazs.

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BRITISH retailer Sir Philip Green has a Mercedes S500, a Gulfstream jet, a 206-foot yacht and a combined net worth of more than $6 billion with his wife, Tina. But the Topshop owner doesn’t use a BlackBerry or an iPhone — instead, Green talks on a 9-year-old Nokia 6130, a model long since discontinued. “This phone has no answering machine because it’s on 24-7,” he told W. Green is so loyal to the unit’s simple design — no camera, a monochrome screen — he bought the entire back stock of the obsolete 6130 in case one breaks.

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lenders that made up the ‘broken’ syndication,” said one source familiar with the proceedings. “You have many different sellers who have stakes at very different levels. Some just want

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they are in it,” added another source on condition of anonymity. Now, the investment advisers at Eastdil have to figure out which bids will maximize the value as participants were allowed to bid on any combination of one to all four properties. It’s also possible a second round of bids could be requested. I It looks as if the Abu Dhabi Investment Council will get its hands on 90 percent of the Chrysler Building for its $800 million. That’s more than the 75 percent we wrote it was getting last week. A deal could be signed as early as next week. Our sources tell us that Tishman Speyer Properties’ own stake will also drop to 10 percent from 25 percent. As part of the deal, ADIC also wants TSP to take out a so-called mezzanine loan (like a second mortgage) through one of its subsidiary banks. Stay tuned. I Omnicom just inked a lease for another 80,000 feet at 200 Varick St. The deal encompasses the entire third and fourth floors of the 410,000-foot building, which had an asking rent of $45 a foot. Omnicom divisions Doremus and Merkley Partners already occupy 100,000 feet in the building. Lee Feld of Feld Real Es-

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GUESTS at food artist Jennifer Rubell’s dinner Tuesday for America Business Council’s 2010 Courage Forum at Industria Studios almost couldn’t get into the dinner — literally. Rubell, the niece of Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell and daughter of art collectors Donald and Mera Rubell — put guests, including Kelly Bensimon, Whitney Contemporaries founder Lisa Anastos and “Man on a Wire” star Philippe Petit in a room with goggles and hammers, and laid out a massive platter of lamb legs on the opposite side of a glass wall. “No one was given any instructions, so people stood there for 20 minutes, trying to figure out what to do,” laughs a spy. “Finally, [former Fashion Week director] Fern Mallis realized that they were supposed to break down the glass with the hammers to get to the lamb.” Guests had to pop a series of large balloons to get access to dessert. Rubell previously dripped honey from the ceiling onto 2,000 pounds of ribs.

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YOKO Ono and Michael Douglas joined the mayors of Nagasaki and Hiroshima at the Upper East Side apartment of John and Margo Catsimatidis the other evening to help Mayors for Peace, the international group dedicated to the abolition of nuclear weapons. The reception included mayors from Britain, France, New Zealand, Israel, Croatia and Spain.

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STEPHEN Stills walking right past an incognito Al Pacino on his way into the Café Carlyle to catch the opening-night performance of ex-lover Judy Collins, who tells audiences her 1960s romance with Stills was “hot and heavy” [See cabaret review on Page 60.] . . . ANNE Hathaway sobbing through the final scene of MCC Theater’s “Family Week,” starring her “Rachel Getting Married” co-star Rosemarie DeWitt ... WILLOW (Mrs. Robert Iger) Bay playing with her new iPad on a Virgin red-eye from LAX . . . JESSICA Alba and Cash Warren requesting old-school hip-hop and indie rock from DJ Jessie Marco as she celebrated her birthday at SL . . . HANK Azaria cooling off with a chocolate granita to go from Max Brenner’s off Union Square . . . CAMILLA Belle eating sweets with hot new boyfriend Adrian Bellani at Serendipity3.


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By BART HUBBUCH The Jets were ecstatic when Kyle Wilson fell to them in the NFL Draft last week, and nothing the past two days has doused that enthusiasm. The skills, which made the Boise State cornerback so coveted by the Jets that they ignored more pressing needs to take Wilson in the first round, remain firmly on display during the team’s three-day rookie minicamp that concludes today. Wilson was projected as the Jets’ starting nickel (third) cornerback when he was drafted, a plan Rex Ryan said yesterday is even more cemented by what the coach has seen this weekend. “I was a rookie [head coach last year], and my expectations were pretty high,” Ryan said. “My expectations for [Wilson] are that high, too. He’s coming in here to be the starting nickel on the best defense in football. I think he’s going to be great.” Wilson — who is just 5-feet10, 194 pounds, but overcomes that with speed and tenaciousness in man coverage — has made it look almost effortless so far in camp. While fellow highly-touted draft pick Joe McKnight has stumbled mightily out of the gate, vomiting during practice for the second day in a row while dropping four more passes, Wilson already moves around the field like a polished veteran. Wilson also is looking the part during the minicamp while fielding punts, a role the Jets could have him handle as a

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rookie after he excelled at that in college. “I feel right at home,” said Wilson, a Piscataway, N.J., native who ended up in Boise after no major schools — not even hometown Rutgers — recruited him out of high school. “I’m getting a good feel for what they like and want. I just expect the worst and roll with it. If it goes right, that’s a bonus.” Wilson also can feel relaxed because, despite Ryan’s comments yesterday, the expectations are muted somewhat by the team’s deep stable of veteran corners. The most celebrated of those corners, All-Pro Darrelle Revis, already is Wilson’s role model. Wilson met

Revis for the first time earlier this week in the hallways of the Jets’ Florham Park, N.J., complex and plans to pick Revis’ brain early and often. Facing Revis is so torturous for opposing receivers that he has compared their plight to being stranded on “Revis Island.” Is “Wilson Island” in the Jets’ future? “That’s my goal,” Wilson said. “I’d love for that to happen.”

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HE JETS — having trouble selling personal seat licenses, under the same conspiratorial pressure of all NFL teams not to overspend in this uncapped year, fearful of having to make draconian roster cuts once a new collective bargaining agreement likely is ratified for 2011 — decided to save $2 million this season by cutting Alan Faneca. Despite how much Woody Johnson is worth, and for whatever it is worth, Faneca’s cheaper replacement has bought into the program, prov-

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said Rex Ryan, playing along with the gag. “Ah, Brick [Ferguson] and Brandon [Moore] never say anything, he’ll fit right in there.” Ducasse had better, or the Jets blew up arguably the best offensive line in the game in what might be their best chance to get to a Super Bowl since 1969. The chances of Leon Washing-

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