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Man charged with murder of Etan Patz after 33 years Pedro Hernandez, now 51, confesses he lured boy, choked him, threw body in trash in 1979 Top cop says he hopes arrest brings family ‘peace’ {page 02} Films

Will Smith returns for new alien adventure After four-year hiatus, ‘Men in Black 3’ hits theaters New cast member Josh Brolin takes our time-travel quiz {page 08}

Brodeur, Devils in familiar place Etan Patz vanished on May 25, 1979, the ﬁrst day his family let him walk alone to the school bus. He was 6 years old.

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Truck kills woman, 21, crossing street in Union Square UNION SQUARE. A 21-

year-old woman was hit and killed by a truck in a hit-and-run Thursday, police said. According to police, around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, at 14th Street and Broadway, the woman was struck by a truck while she was crossing Broadway from the west side to the east side. The truck was traveling east, and hit the woman while turning right onto Broadway, heading south, police said. The truck fled the scene and police are investigating. METRO/AB

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Arrest in Etan Patz case Police arrest New Jersey man, charge him with 1979 murder of little boy Man said he lured the child into store, then choked him For the first time in 33 years, an arrest has been made in the tragic case of 6-year-old Etan Patz. NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly announced Thursday evening that police arrested Pedro Hernandez, 51, and charged him with murder. In a bizarre twist, the arrest comes nearly 33 years to the date of the boy’s disappearance on May 25, 1979. About a month ago, police and FBI workers reopened the case and began digging up a basement in SoHo where Patz used to play. The notoriety of the cold case spread, said Kelly, and about a week ago a Hernandez family member contacted the NYPD and said that Hernandez had killed the boy. Police went to where Hernandez now lives, in New Jersey, and took him into custody Wednesday night. He voluntarily returned with them to New York, where he spent more than three hours Thursday telling police what happened 33 years ago. According to Kelly, Hernandez told police he stopped the boy and lured him into a bodega at 448 West Broadway by offering him a soda. Once there, Hernandez said he took the boy into the basement and choked him to death. He then

“We think we have probable cause to go forward with the arrest.” COMMISSIONER RAY KELLY

wrapped his body in plastic wrap and put the body in the trash. Hernandez worked in the bodega stocking shelves at the time, and lived nearby on West Broadway. He later left New York, and in the years since, he told at least one family member he had “done a bad thing and killed a child in New York,” said Kelly. Police said they told the Patz family, who still lives in SoHo, that they made their first arrest in the case. “We can only hope this development brings them some measure of peace,” said a somber Kelly. Kelly said they have a written, signed confession from Hernandez. Sammy Vargas, a super in a building across the street, said he had hoped cops would finally arrest someone and put to rest the case. “It would mean a lot,” he told Metro. CARLY BALDWIN and ALISON BOWEN

Patz was one of the ﬁrst missing children to have his photograph printed on milk cartons.

Past suspects Long targeted as a suspect in the case was Jose Antonio Ramos, a friend of Patz’s babysitter who was later convicted of child molestation in a separate case in Pennsylvania. He is due to be released from prison in November. Authorities also tore through a workshop used by handyman, Othniel Miller, now 75, who had paid the boy to help him with chores. Miller was questioned by police but was never charged with a crime.

A cold case reopened Although little Etan was formally declared dead in 2001, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance reopened the case in 2010. Investigators tore apart the SoHo basement in April, looking for clothing and human remains after a cadaver-

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‘Law & Order: SVU’ evokes two sex scandals ripped from headlines WIREIMAGE

NEW YORK. New Yorkers watch-

ing the season finale of “Law & Order: SVU” Wednesday night probably experienced deju vu as two of this year’s biggest headline-making scandals were featured in the episode. The show began with a scenario that reflected the real-life rape allegations against NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly’s son, Greg Kelly, who is also a news anchor for FOX 5. In real life, Kelly was accused by a woman who said Kelly took advantage of her after she had too much to drink. The case was handed to the district attor-

sniffing dog sensed something at the site. Aly Hamamsy has lived in the neighborhood for about 10 years, and told Metro that locals have been “kind of freaked out” by the police presence lately, especially when investigators were excavating. After decades of no breaks in the case, he said he welcomed the news of an arrest. “It’s great that they stayed on it,” he said of investigators. “Those poor parents.” METRO/AB

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ney’s office, which later decided not to charge Kelly, based on insufficient evidence that a rape occurred. “Law & Order” put a different spin on the story, though, setting the scene of its season finale at a penthouse bachelor

party for the police commissioner’s journalist son, complete with high-profile bankers and athletes, and a slew of lingerie-wearing “escorts.” After a series of twists and turns, the episode unfolds into a tangled web of escort service wars. A prostitution ring is eventually uncovered and the detectives go after its leader, a woman who reminds us of the so-called “Upper East Side Madam” Anna Gristina, accused of running an elaborate prostitution ring out of an UES apartment. METRO/CG

Mayor of West New York charged with hacking WEST NEW YORK, N.J. The mayor of West New York, N.J., a town just across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattan, and his son were arrested and charged with hacking into an e-mail account and website set

up to recall him from office. Felix Roque, 55, and his son Joseph, 22, were to appear Thursday in Newark federal court on charges of gaining unauthorized access to computers and causing damage to them, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said in a statement. “The elected leader of West New York and his son allegedly hacked into computers to intimidate constituents who were simply using the Internet to exercise their constitutional rights to criticize the government,” Fishman said. The website, www.recall roque.com, was set up by an unidentified Hudson County resident for the posting of commentary on the mayor and his administration. BLOOMBERG

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Occupy Wall Street sues city over alleged book destruction Occupy Wall Street amassed thousands of books while at Zuccotti Park.

They said police and sanitation workers destroyed these books when they were seized.

The self-appointed librarians of Occupy Wall Street’s “People’s Library” filed a lawsuit Thursday against the city and the NYPD over the destruction of 2,798 books. The five protesters who filed the suit, which also names Mayor Michael Bloomberg, seek $1,000 in punitive damages and $47,000 in damages for the books and materials that were removed and destroyed during the November 15 eviction of Zuccotti Park. Six computers and some metal shelves were also damaged, according to Norman Siegel, an attorney for OWS. Siegel said he and his clients came up with that figure by using Amazon to determine the average cost of a book and multiplying it by the number of Occupy Wall Street’s damaged or missing books.

“We hope to hold the Bloomberg administration accountable for the violation of OWS rights that occurred during the eviction of Zuccotti Park.” NORMAN SIEGEL, ATTORNEY FOR OWS

“We’re cautiously optimistic,” Siegel told Metro when asked about the protesters’ chance of winning the suit. “We hope to hold the Bloomberg administration accountable for the violation of OWS rights that occurred during the eviction of Zuccotti Park.” After the books were confiscated, they were taken to the Sanitation Department.

Protesters were invited to retrieve them, but many complained that hundreds of books were missing and others were damaged. The lawsuit also seeks to uncover the details surrounding the NYPD’s plan to raid Zuccotti Park and evict protesters. “The raid struck not only at Constitutional rights but at a fundamental tool of enlightenment — thousands of library books and materials were destroyed,” members of the OWS press team said in a statement. “Although they had the power to conduct the raid, this lawsuit raises the issue of whether they had the right to conduct it in the manner they did,” Siegel said about the NYPD and the Bloomberg administration.

Occupy candidate One Brooklyn-native is hoping to Occupy Congress. George Martinez, an adjunct political science professor at Pace University and an OWS protester, is planning a run against Rep. Nydia Velazquez this fall. The self-described “Occupy candidate,” a Democrat, first grabbed attention as a performer within the city’s hip-hop scene. His political goals include federal oversight on stop-and-frisk and student loan forgiveness, according to his campaign website. METRO/CG

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Fidelity, Knight problems add to Nasdaq’s Facebook woes The repercussions from Facebook’s botched initial public offering deepened on Thursday as Fidelity Investments found itself dealing with “thousands” of customers with order problems and Knight Capital demanded tens of millions of dollars in compensation from Nasdaq for trading-related losses. A technical glitch delayed Facebook’s market debut by half an hour on Friday and many client orders were delayed subsequently, costing some investors and traders big losses as the stock price dropped after an initial gain The exchange operator is facing lawsuits from investors and threats of legal action from brokers that have been compensating customers for delayed trades. Action on Facebook stock

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Long-term market play: Facebook seen at $22 Facebook Inc. may fall more than 42 percent below its initial public offering price by the end of the year, according to bets by structured-product investors. She most actively traded structured products tied to Facebook since its IPO have been so-called put warrants, whose buyers profit if the shares drop below a pre-defined level, in some cases as low as $22, data compiled by Bloomberg show. UBS AG, Commerzbank AG and Julius Baer Group Ltd. are among lenders that listed 1,504 warrants and certificates in Europe linked to shares of the social networking site that were offered at $38. Since raising $16 billion on May 17 in the biggest technology IPO of all time, Facebook has tumbled. BLOOMBERG

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WALKING THE PRESIDENTIAL PLANK The heaving surf and blustery winds of the presidential race provoked a rash act on Mitt Romney’s would-be ship of state this week. With little warning and undeniable bravery (or foolishness) Captain Romney stalked out to the edge of a political plank to make a bold proclamation about what his first term would bring.

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can tell you that over a period of four years, by virtue of the policies that we put in place, we get the unemployment rate down to 6 percent, or perhaps a litQuoted tle lower,” he told Time’s Mark Halperin. And in the waters below, the political critics beat the waves to foam and gnashed their teeth, because “The real they know if he is elected and this plank breaks, problem with he’s shark bait. Of course, that has never stopped candidates be- making fore. Oh sure, most of the time they stick with vague promises pledges to bring immeasurable things like, oh say, hope and change. But in every election, the big play- about the ers always figure they have to put a few solid prom- unemployment ises into play, and the unemployment situation is alrate is that ways an attractive target. they are almost President Barack Obama has strolled along the same plank. Just before taking office, his team always issued an assessment of the stimulus plan that prodestined to be jected it would keep unemployment below 8 percent. Contrary to Republican claims, this was not broken.” precisely a promise, and the administration has acFOREMAN knowledged that their team’s read on the economy’s resilience was overly optimistic. Still, the impression remains among many voters that Mr. Obama made a pledge and unemployment has been above 8 percent pretty much ever since. The real problem with making promises about the unemployment rate is that they are almost always destined to be broken. There are simply too many factors involved — factors that presidents can’t control. Still, you can understand the appeal for the candidates: Even if it’s risky, the view of the White House is just magnificent from the end of the plank. – CNN’s Tom Foreman is a regular on “AC360°”/www.ac360.com and “The Situation Room.”

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2 BROLIN IN BLACK Josh Brolin, who plays Tommy Lee Jones’ 1969 counterpart in ‘Men in Black 3,’ takes our time-travel pop quiz Spoiler: He doesn’t know his ‘Back to the Future’ facts

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osh Brolin knew he was taking on a challenge when he signed on to play a younger version of Tommy Lee Jones in the time travel-themed “Men in Black 3.” But how ready was he for the challenge of Metro’s Time-Travel Pop Quiz?

Q&A OK, you can only make one time-travel trip. Would you rather go forward or backward? Wow. That’s a great question. Forward, for sure. Selfishly, I’d like to backward because there’s a lot of people that I would love to meet, you know? Obviously a lot of very important people from your Jesuses to your Mahatma Gandhis to the obvious. But if you go forward, you can see what actually is the consequence of what we’re doing now, come back and actually have proof that will happen if we don’t change.

First of all, how many giga-watts are required to energize the ﬂux capacitor?

Um ... 360,000? Nope, 1.21.

I’m glad I got that so wrong. [Laughs]

While time-traveling, can you interact with your past or future self, or would that cause a catastrophic event? There isn’t much redemption in watching a film like “Chernobyl Diaries.” Then again, there’s not supposed to be. As a gratuitous spectacle set at the now-abandoned site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, a group of tourists get stranded only to discover they’re not alone. Oren Peli’s (“Paranormal Activity”) script isn’t wholly original, but mere suggestion and shaky cinematography will likely be enough to sell many tickets. STEVE GOW

It would cause a catastrophic event. But Boris the Animal does [in “Men in Black 3”]. I just know that time-travel, as is understood by Hollywood and their storytelling, has been if you in any way affect the past that you go into, that it always has a negative effect on the future. That’s what I’ve been told, at least.

Say you travel back in time and you arrive standing alone in front of a young Adolf Hitler. What do you do?

Befriend. That’d be the best way to get in there, and then you can detour him. Befriend and detour.

What kind of adventure did Bill and Ted have?

An excellent one. When I met Keanu Reeves, that was the first

Will Smith, right, brings Josh Brolin, left, into the “Men in Black” fold.

thing I said. I was like, “Bill and Ted, right on dude!” I did “SNL” recently and we did “The Californians,” and I think that was what I did, some version of guys I grew up with and Keanu Reeves in that movie. It’s funny because they came up to me during rehearsal and were like, “We’d like you to do more of a California voice.” And I said, “Dude, honestly, being from California, I’m doing the only voice that’s California. Everybody else is doing the funny version. I think I’m just doing the accurate version.”

The T-1000.

that I’ve seen, just because it was so fantastical, and Terry Gilliam is such a brilliant director. Like “Brazil” and “Fear and Loathing,” the lenses that he uses are so warped and all that. It’s brilliant. I like that movie a lot.

The T-1000. Very good, man. You know your stuff.

A lot of people say “Back to the Future.”

In “Terminator,” is Arnold Schwarzenegger a cyborg, an alien or a wacky twin?

A cyborg, of course. But a different type of cyborg than Robert Patrick in No. 2, right? What’s it called?

Which movie, in your opinion, gets time-travel the most right?

God, man. “Time Bandits” by Terry Gilliam was probably my favorite time-travel movie

To me, “Time Bandits” was a different level of it. “Back to the Future” is fun and kind of like, [in a Valley Girl voice] “Oh my God, it’s so much fun! He’s skateboarding and it’s a rocket! Oh my God!” [Laughs] I

haven’t seen “Time Bandits” in a while, I need to watch it again.

I’ll give you a chance to redeem yourself on the gigawatts question if you can tell me how fast the DeLoreon in “Back to the Future” has to go to travel through time.

Oh God, I know this. Sixty-five? Eighty-eight.

F—! I wouldn’t get very far. NED EHRBAR METRO WORLD NEWS IN LOS ANGELES

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t’s been nearly four years since Will Smith has had a movie out — his last being the weepy dud “Seven Pounds” — so you’ll understand if he wanted to ease his way back into things with something a bit familiar. “I haven’t worked in three years, so I wanted to put on some shoes that I knew fit,” Smith says. Hence “Men in Black 3,” re-teaming Smith with Tommy Lee Jones as the black-suited, Ray Bans-donning men of mystery keeping Earth safe from aliens its citizens aren’t even aware of. This time, they toss in the element of time-travel — but it’s still very much a “Men in Black” film. “It was very important for me, having been away that long, to come back in a way that I was comfortable and to come back with a project that was kid-friendly,” Smith says. “That was something that Eddie Murphy said to me a few years ago. He said, ‘Man, if you’re lucky enough to be in this business, every 20 years you have to go back and get the kids.’ I was looking at ‘Dr. Doolittle’ and ‘The Klumps’ and everything, the idea of matur-

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ing. What’s great for me is that that target audience is in my house.” That wasn’t the only piece of wisdom from his elders Smith has held on to, as it turns out. “I was in Australia in 1990 with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis, and they were opening Planet Hollywood,” Smith remembers. “I go sit there with those guys, and Arnold says, ‘Young man, I want you to know that you cannot be a movie star only in the United States. You’re only a movie star if they know you around the world.’ They put that idea into

my mind very clearly, and then from that point that’s when I started to make it a point to open in new markets. We went into Russia with ‘I, Robot.’ It used to be a time where you could just have hit movies in the United States, but that’s not the case. So, to me it’s just about taking those laps around the world to maintain that.”

o with that kind of global stardom in mind, does that mean Smith will continue easing his way back into acting, possibly with a visit to another popular franchise like “Bad Boys”? Because co-star Martin Lawrence has certainly expressed interest. Smith is not so sure. “I love making those movies. It’s Miami, the tight T-shirt and fast cars,” he says. “But just at this point in my career, the material has to be right. I’m 43. I’m looking at maybe seven more years where I can run and jump a little bit, and then I’m going butt and gut for the rest of my career.” NED EHRBAR METRO WORLD NEWS IN LOS ANGELES

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Film Society Lincoln Center - Walter Reade Theater 212–875–5600 Lincoln Center & W. 65th St. 1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE (PG-13) Sun 3:00 ALIEN (1979) (R) Fri 9:00 AMERICAN GANGSTER (R) Fri 1:00 BLACK RAIN (1989) (R) Sat 1:30 BLADE RUNNER (R) Sat 4:00 THE DUELLISTS (NR) Fri 6:30 GLADIATOR (R) Sun 6:00 HANNIBAL (R) Sun 9:00 LEGEND (PG) Fri 4:15; Sat 9:15. THELMA & LOUISE (R) Sat 6:30 WHITE SQUALL (PG-13) Sun 12:30

AMC Empire 25 888–AMC–4FUN 42nd Street Between 7th and 8th Avenues BATTLESHIP (PG-13) 9:50, 10:50, 11:35, 12:25, 1:10, 2:05, 2:50, 3:45, 4:25, 5:20, 6:05, 6:55, 8:05, 9:10, 10:10, 11:25, 12:25. Digital Presentation T H E BE S T EX O T IC MA RIG OL D HOTEL (PG-13) 9:45, 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15.C I N D E P E N D E N T; D i g i t a l Presentation THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (R) 8:10, 10:55, 1:15. Digital Presentation CHERNOBYL DIARIES (R) 10:15, 11:10, 12:45, 1:45, 3:15, 4:20, 5:45, 6:45, 8:15, 9:15, 10:45, 11:45, 1:15. Digital Presentation THE DICTATOR (R) Fri 9:35, 10:10, 11:05, 12:00, 1:30, 2:25, 3:05, 3:55, 4:50, 5:30, 6:20, 7:15, 7:55, 8:45, 9:25, 9:55, 10:30, 11:10, 12:00, 12:30, 12:55. Digital Presentation; Sat and Sun 9:3510:20-11:05-12:00-1:30-2:253:05-3:55-4:50-5:30-6:20-7:157:55-8:45-9:25-9:55-10:30-11:1012:00-12:30-12:55. Digital Presentation THE HUNGER GAMES (PG-13) 11:45, 3:10, 6:40, 10:05. Digital Presentation MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS (PG13) 9:55, 10:35, 12:05, 1:25, 2:05, 3:35, 4:55, 5:35, 7:05, 8:25, 9:05, 10:35, 11:55, 12:35. Digital Presentation MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS 3D (PG-13) 9:30, 12:45, 4:15, 7:45, 11:15. ETX: Enhanced Theatre Experience;RealD 3D; 11:15-2:456:15-9:45. RealD 3D MEN IN BLACK 3: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG-13) 10:00, 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20, 12:10. IMAX;RealD 3D MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG-13) 9:40, 11:00, 12:30, 1:50, 3:20, 4:40, 6:10, 7:30, 9:00, 10:20, 11:50, 1:10. Digital Presentation MEN IN BLACK 3 IN 3D (PG-13) 10:30, 11:30, 12:00, 1:20, 2:20, 2:50, 4:10, 5:10, 5:40, 7:00, 8:00, 8:30, 9:50, 10:50, 11:20, 12:40. RealD 3D MIGHTY FINE (R) 10:05, 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40, 12:05.C I N D E P E N D E N T; D i g i ta l Presentation THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS (PG) 12:40 RATATOUILLE (G) Fri 10:00. Digital Presentation; Sat 5:05. Digital Presentation; Sun 2:45. Digital Presentation THINK LIKE A MAN (PG-13) 10:10, 1:15, 4:30, 7:35, 10:40. Digital Presentation TOY STORY 3 (G) Fri 5:15. Digital

Presentation; Sat 2:40. Presentation; Sun 12:20. Presentation UP (PG) Fri 12:35. Presentation; Sat 10:00. Presentation; Sun 5:20. Presentation WALL-E (G) Fri 2:55. Presentation; Sat 12:20. Presentation; Sun 10:00. Presentation

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AMC Loews Kips Bay 15 888–AMC–4FUN Corner of 31st Street and 2nd Avenue BATTLESHIP (PG-13) Fri and Sat 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30, 11:30. Digital Presentation; Sun 11:102:10-5:10-8:10-11:05. Digital Presentation T HE BE S T E XO T I C MA RI G OL D HOTEL (PG-13) 11:20, 2:10, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40.C I N D E P E N D E N T; D i g i ta l Presentation CH ER NOBYL D IAR IES (R) Fri and Sat 10:20, 12:30, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:35, 11:50. Digital Presentation; Sun 10:20-12:302:40-5:00-7:20-9:35. Digital Presentation DARK SHADOWS (PG-13) 11:35, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:30. Digital Presentation THE DICTATOR (R) Fri and Sat 10:20, 11:25, 12:35, 1:35, 2:45, 3:50, 5:05, 6:05, 7:10, 8:10, 9:30, 10:20, 11:40. Digital Presentation; Sun 10:20-11:25-12:35-1:35-2:453:50-5:05-6:05-7:10-8:10-9:3010:20. Digital Presentation MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS (PG13) Fri and Sat 10:00, 10:35, 1:15, 1:40, 4:20, 4:45, 7:30, 8:00, 10:40, 11:10. Digital Presentation; Sun 10:00-10:35-1:15-1:40-4:20-4:457:20-8:00-10:25-11:10. Digital Presentation MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS 3D (PG-13) Fri and Sat 11:15, 11:45, 2:20, 3:00, 5:30, 6:10, 8:40, 9:15, 11:45, 12:15. RealD 3D; Sun 11:1511:45-2:20-3:00-5:30-6:10-8:409:15. RealD 3D MEN IN BLACK 3: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG-13) Fri and Sat 11:00, 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40, 12:10. IMAX;RealD 3D; Sun 11:00-1:304:10-7:00-9:40. IMAX;RealD 3D MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG-13) 11:40, 12:25, 2:10, 3:00, 4:55, 7:40, 8:20, 10:20. Digital Presentation MEN IN BLACK 3 IN 3D (PG-13) Fri and Sat 10:00, 10:30, 1:00, 3:30, 5:40, 6:00, 8:50, 11:00, 11:30. RealD 3D; Sun 10:0010:30-1:00-3:30-5:40-6:00-8:5011:00. RealD 3D WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING (PG-13) 11:10, 1:50, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00. Digital Presentation

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AMC Loews 34th Street 14 888–AMC–4FUN 312 W. 34th St.; between 8th and 9th Avenues BATTLESHIP (PG-13) 10:45, 12:45, 1:50, 5:10, 6:00, 8:15, 11:10. Digital Presentation CHERNOBYL DIARIES (R) 12:05, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:50, 12:15. Digital Presentation DARK SHADOWS (PG-13) 10:30, 11:30, 1:15, 2:15, 5:30, 8:30, 11:30. Digital Presentation THE DICTATOR (R) 10:20, 11:20, 1:40, 3:50, 4:10, 6:15, 8:30, 9:30,

11:00, 12:00, 2:00, 3:00, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 9:00, 11:00, 12:00. RealD 3D THINK LIKE A MAN (PG-13) 10:50, 2:00, 5:15, 8:10, 11:20. Digital Presentation WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING (PG-13) 11:10, 1:55, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25. Digital Presentation

AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 888–AMC–4FUN 1998 Broadway

Presentation DA RK SHA DOWS: A N IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG-13) 10:40, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10. IMAX THE DICTATOR (R) 10:20, 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:55, 10:20, 12:30. Digital Presentation MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS (PG13) Fri 10:55, 3:00, 6:30, 10:00. Digital Presentation; Sat and Sun 11:35-3:00-6:30-10:00. Digital Presentation MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS 3D (PG-13) 12:30, 4:00, 7:30, 11:00. RealD 3D

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Regal E-Walk 13 800–326–3264 247 W 42nd St @ 8th Ave - In Times Square 21 JUMP STREET (R) 12:05, 2:45, 5:30, 8:15, 11:00, 12:35. CC/DVSClosed Captions & Descriptive Video Service DARK SHADOWS (PG-13) 11:50, 12:20, 12:50, 1:20, 2:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 5:10, 5:40, 6:10, 6:40, 8:10, 8:40, 9:00, 9:30, 10:50,

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TITANIC 3D (PG-13) 12:15, 4:30, 8:45. RealD 3D WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING (PG-13) 11:00, 12:00, 12:45, 1:40, 2:40, 3:20, 4:20, 5:20, 6:00, 7:00, 7:55, 8:50, 9:45, 10:45, 11:30, 12:30. CC-Closed Captions

Presentation MEN IN BLACK 3 IN 3D (PG-13) 11:55, 2:30, 5:15, 8:15, 11:00. Digital Presentation;RealD 3D THINK LIKE A MAN (PG-13) 10:45, 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45. Digital Presentation

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800–326–3264 629 102 North End Avenue - Vesey & West Street BATTLESHIP (PG-13) 11:10, 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:20, 11:00 CHERNOBYL DIARIES (R) 1:10, 3:30, 6:00, 8:20, 10:50, 12:45 DARK SHADOWS (PG-13) 11:20, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 THE DICTATOR (R) 11:35, 12:35, 1:50, 2:55, 4:20, 5:25, 6:30, 7:45, 9:10, 10:00, 12:35 MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS (PG13) Fri 2:50, 6:20, 9:40, 11:40. Digital Projection; Fri 11:40. OCOpen Caption; Sat 11:40-6:209:40-11:40. Digital Projection; Sat 2:50. OC-Open Caption; Sun 2:50-6:20-11:40. Digital Projection; Sun 11:40-9:40. OCOpen Caption MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS 3D (PG-13) 12:40, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30, 12:20. RealD 3D MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG-13) 1:10, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30, 12:15 MEN IN BLACK 3 IN 3D (PG-13) 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10. RealD 3D WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING (PG-13) 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:50, 10:40

Clearview’s Chelsea

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212–777–FILM 260 West 23rd Street at 8th Avenue; Between 7th & 8th Avenues BATTLESHIP (PG-13) 11:30, 3:00, 6:30, 10:00. Digital Projection T H E BE S T EX O T IC MA RIG OL D HOTEL (PG-13) 10:30, 11:45, 1:30, 4:30, 6:00, 7:30, 10:30. Digital Projection DARK SHADOWS (PG-13) Fri and Sat 10:35, 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30, 12:10; Sun 10:35-1:15-4:006:45-9:30. THE DICTATOR (R) Fri and Sat 11:50, 2:15, 4:40, 7:15, 9:45, 12:00; 10:40-1:00-3:30-5:508:30-11:00. Digital Projection; Sun 11:50-2:15-4:40-7:15-9:45. MANON: LIVE FROM THE GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU (NR) Sun 11:00 MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS (PG13) 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS 3D (PG-13) 2:45, 9:00 MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG-13) Fri and Sat 12:15, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15, 12:15. CC/DVS-Closed Captions & Descriptive Video Service; Sun 12:15-3:15-6:15-9:15. CC/DVSClosed Captions & Descriptive Video Service MEN IN BLACK 3 IN 3D (PG-13) 10:45, 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (R) Fri and Sat 12:00

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Regal Union Square Stadium 14 800–326–3264 628 13th & Broadway BATTLESHIP (PG-13) Fri and Sat 11:50, 1:20, 3:20, 4:30, 6:20, 7:50, 9:35, 11:00, 12:30; Sun 11:501:20-3:20-4:30-6:20-7:50-9:3511:00. THE DICTATOR (R) Fri and Sat 11:40, 12:40, 1:50, 2:50, 4:10, 5:05, 6:30, 7:20, 8:50, 10:00, 11:20, 12:10; Sun 11:40-12:401:50-2:50-4:10-5:05-6:30-7:208:50-10:00-11:20. THE HUNGER GAMES (PG-13) 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:30 MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS (PG13) 11:00, 12:10, 2:00, 3:30, 5:10, 6:50, 8:20, 10:10, 11:30. Digital Projection MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS 3D (PG-13) 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 10:45. RealD 3D MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG-13) 12:30, 3:10, 6:00, 8:40, 11:10 MEN IN BLACK 3 IN 3D (PG-13) 11:30, 1:00, 2:10, 3:40, 5:00, 6:40, 7:40, 9:20, 10:20, 12:00. RealD 3D MOONRISE KINGDOM (PG-13) 11:00, 12:00, 1:15, 2:20, 3:30, 4:45, 6:10, 7:00, 8:30, 9:30, 10:50, 11:45 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING (PG-13) 11:45, 2:40, 5:25, 8:00, 10:40

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BATTLESHIP (PG-13) 10:00, 1:00, 4:05, 7:25, 10:35. Digital Presentation T HE B ES T E X OT IC M ARI GO LD HOTEL (PG-13) 10:05, 1:10, 4:20, 7:20, 10:25.C I N D E P E N D E N T; D i g i t a l Presentation BULLY (PG-13) Fri 11:00.C INDEPENDENT DARK SHADOWS (PG-13) Fri 2:20, 5:15, 8:05, 10:55. Digital Presentation; Sat and Sun 11:302:20-5:15-8:05-10:55. Digital

MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG-13) 11:25, 2:15, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40. Digital Presentation MEN IN BLACK 3 IN 3D (PG-13) 10:30, 12:35, 1:20, 3:20, 4:10, 6:10, 7:00, 8:55, 9:50, 11:40, 12:35. RealD 3D MOONRISE KINGDOM (PG-13) 11:10, 12:05, 1:40, 2:35, 4:15, 5:10, 6:45, 7:45, 9:25, 10:15, 12:00.C I N D E P E N D E N T; D i g i ta l Presentation WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING (PG-13) 11:00, 1:55,

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11:20, 11:50, 12:20. CC/DVSClosed Captions & Descriptive Video Service; 11:10-2:00-4:407:20-10:10-12:50. CC/DVS-Closed Captions & Descriptive Video Se;RPX THE LUCKY ONE (PG-13) 11:40, 2:10, 4:45, 7:10, 10:00. CC/DVSClosed Captions & Descriptive Video Service THE RAVEN (R) 12:40, 3:10, 5:50, 8:20, 10:55 SAFE (R) 11:30, 1:50, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40, 12:15. CC-Closed Captions

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In the arena, a cockfight unfolds JOAN MARCUS

Set on a patch of green carpet surrounded by the audience in a small, sparse, plywood arena, “Cock,” at the Duke on 42nd Street, is a cockfight if ever there was one. Punctuated between scenes — or rounds — by bells reminiscent of those in a boxing match, it’s a verbal slugfest that rages unheard within the head of John (Cory Michael Smith) and crackles between him and his two lovers, M (Jason Butler Harner) and W (Amanda Quaid). With its rapidfire dialogue by Mike Bartlett and deft direction by James Macdonald, it’s a knockout without a champion. John is gay. He lives with M in a committed, if somewhat fractious, relationship. Then he meets W and finds intimacy with her surprisingly fulfilling. It seems that he loves her. But he also loves M. It’s time for a decision, to be announced at a dinner M prepares for the three of them and his father (Cotter Smith). But decisions are not John’s strong suit.

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The script is almost nonstop talk, so the few silences take on a weight that’s palpable. The cast is flawless — especially Smith, who anchors the play with striking honesty. His performance is like the set and the play itself, devoid of decoration. With no props and no fur-

niture, the beauty of “Cock” lies in its bold, theatrical simplicity. But there’s nothing simple about its ambiguous ending: It resonates with the contradictions of life itself. MICHAEL BRACKEN

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Don’t expect the rapper’s brand new album to sound like a sequel to ‘Airplanes’ Why he enlisted Taylor Swift to help him with his sophomore effort

B.o.B. HAS HIS

After the massive hits on his debut, B.o.B. is primed for an easy smash of a follow-up, if he just follows the formula. But he probably doesn’t even need to do that. The Atlanta-based emcee and multi-instrumentalist gained a worldwide audience with “Nothin’ On You,” featuring Bruno Mars, and “Airplanes,” featuring Eminem and Hayley Williams — but he went the opposite direction with his new album, “Strange Clouds.” The new work features such hit makers as Lil Wayne (on the title track), Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj, T.I., Trey Songz and

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“I approached this with a blank canvas. I don’t really try to hold onto what was successful about the last album.” B.O.B. Roscoe Dash. But the standout guest might just be Taylor Swift (see sidebar). “I approached this with a blank canvas,” says the rapper. “I don’t really try to hold onto

most like the name of a country performer. But that’s not the reason that Taylor Swift fits right in on the new album’s song “Both of Us.” B.o.B. explains how the country star who loves hip-hop signed on after he did a

what was successful about the last album.” Now that the album is in stores, the work doesn’t stop for B.o.B. There are plans for an international tour and more music including a collaborative album with T.I., titled “The Man and The Martian.” “It’s definitely something,” he says. “Right now we are getting both of our solo projects out there. We can’t really speak too much about it. We have a few songs recorded for it already though.” G. VALENTINO BALL letters@metro.us

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Metro’s Monica Weymouth shares her take on the world of gossip

@JerrySeinfeld “sex,worms” is what I believe the first tweet was. Posted by a sparrow on a branch. @TheRealRoseanne now that women are a majority in the world, patriarchy is dead (though still in death throes)-peace will just happen now

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Weekend swoon: Efron in Cannes We didn’t really want to talk about how Nicole Kidman relieves Zac Efron’s jellyfish sting in their new film, “Paperboy.” But we needed an excuse to run this photo as large as possible, so here goes: She had to pee on him. And yes, it was awkward. “I don’t think I was supposed to be comfortable,” the actor said at a press conference. “This character is learning the ways of the world. That can be uncomfortable.”

Bits and pieces

The end is near

Roseanne

Not only does Pauly Shore want to do a sequel to “In the Army Now” with Andy Dick, but he already has the plot in mind for a follow-up to the 1994 film. “I’ve always said we should

Jim Parsons officially comes out “The Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons is on record as a gay man, with a New York Times profile highlighting his 10-year relationship with Todd Spiewak, whom Parsons previously

do ‘In the Army Again,’” he said during an interview for Dick’s radio show. “We should rescue Katy Perry from a USO show gone bad or something.” Any other week, we’d brush this off. But as of Friday, both “Men in Black 3” and “Battleship” are in theaters.

thanked in his 2010 Emmy acceptance speech. But this apparently isn’t a big “coming out” moment. “Jim was never ‘in the closet,’” a source tells Hollyscoop. “He has never hidden anything. He has been to award shows with his boyfriend and thanked him in speeches, so there was nothing to ‘come out’ of.”

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@lindsaylohan working is the best medicine.

@ConanOBrien A sad moment for civilization: I just bought Greece with an old can of olives.

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Today, Lindsay Lohan has found a new drug, Jerry Seinfeld is exploring the history of Twitter, Roseanne Barr must not watch “Real Housewives” and Conan O’Brien is taking advantage of the European crisis.

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Although he insists there’s no date set for his wedding to Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt has been treating the Cannes Film Festival like a bit of a bachelor party. At a black-tie after-party for his new film “Killing Them Softly,” the actor partied with everyone from Kylie Minogue to Diddy — who stopped by for a congrats drink before getting back to his yacht — and put back some expensive booze. “With Brad’s impending wedding, it almost had the feel of a sophisticated pre-bachelor party, with bottles of $390 Johnnie Walker whiskey and plenty of cigars,” a guest who we assume didn’t arrive by yacht tells Us Weekly. “It was definitely a night for Brad to remember.” You’d think so. But then again, swanky whiskey with Diddy on the French Riviera might be Brad Pitt’s equivalent of warm wine-coolers with the cat.

Scruﬀ, shades and whiskey: Brad’s having a good weekend.

Straight up now, Paula

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Jennifer Lopez, who stepped down as a judge from “American Idol” because she’s too busy, just signed a deal with the Oxygen Network for a reality show, according to the New York Post. But the show won’t focus on Lopez, sources say. It will instead be about her boyfriend, Casper Smart, who was recently promoted to choreographer for Lopez’s upcoming tour, as he “whips her other backup dancers into shape.” Lopez and Smart report-

No matter what an unauthorized Simon Cowell biography says, Paula Abdul claims she never had a relationship with her former “American Idol” boss. “It would never, ever

edly plan to keep the focus on their “professional relationship.”

Bar Refaeli: ‘No one hits on me’ It’s hard out there for a supermodel. Bar Refaeli, who previously dated Leonardo DiCaprio, insists that despite her famous beauty, she gets very little male attention. “Let’s put it out there: No one hits on me. No one flirts with me. It’s very sad,

happen because he’s selfish and he’d be a selfish lover and he’d call his own name out during sex if it ever happened,” Abdul tells Wendy Williams in an interview. Paula, why do we have a feeling that you’re speaking from experience here?

actually,” Refaeli tells Conan O’Brien during an interview. “A guy who comes up to me [directly] works. I hope that will happen every now and again.” But if you plan on approaching Refaeli, be sure you’ve been to the dentist: “I want him to be sweet and kind with good values and morals,” she says of what she looks for in a guy. “But the first thing I notice is his teeth. I have a fetish. He has to have a great smile and really white, bright teeth.”

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Curtis Stone dishes on ‘80 Plates’ JUSTIN STEPHENS/BRAVO

The TV chef, now hosting Bravo’s ‘Around the World in 80 Plates,’ tells us about the global gastronomy scene

n “Around the World in 80 Plates,” Bravo’s cross between “The Amazing Race” and “Top Chef,” cheftestants travel the world and complete culinary challenges based on the culture of the city they’re in. Though the series is sending its competitors everywhere from England to Morocco, you don’t have to leave your kitchen to add some of the global flair host Curtis Stone says you can bring to any Americana dish. “That’s the great thing about a show like this — there’s all sorts of inspiration to be taken from so many different sorts of people. The home cook will learn a lot by watching this.” Here, he breaks down some lessons learned from his time abroad.

Get involved in the show Now until July 31, you can rate international food from eight New York restaurants to raise funds for charity. Visit Chase Sapphire’s Facebook page to choose your favorite dish. For doing so, Chase Sapphire will donate $1 to Feeding America, up to $100,000 nationwide. Gilt Taste, Gilt Groupe’s online food market, has also partnered with the show: Each week, you can visit its “Around the World in 80 Plates Marketplace” to purchase exotic ingredients like chorizo and green curry. You can also check out recipes tied to each episode.

Spice it up

Stone says. His top spices for rich flavors:

“The culture in Tuscany was just so steeped in tradition, and some of our contestants tried to do stuff that was a little out there — they were just like, ‘That’s not in season right now!’ ‘Basil in a ribollita? Why?’”

for some of those flavors next time I’m drinking a wine.’” Thailand: One base, many dishes

France: Explore your food

"[In our episode in France] they do a tasting of different cheeses and have to identify which ones are made with sheep’s milk. I think that opens your eyes to be like, ‘Oh, sheep’s milk, cow’s milk, goat’s milk — what’s the difference?’ They also do a wine challenge where they have to try and match a bowl of ingredients that have the same bouquets and aromas that the wine has. Watching something like that makes you think, ‘OK, I’m gonna look out

Paprika Cumin Cayenne Fennel seeds and fennel a la grecque Fresh herbs (not dried)

Spices add exotic finesse to any meal. “If you're talking about a burger, you can do Thai burgers, Moroccan burgers — you can do all these different things,”

Italy: Customs are important

“Around the World in 80 Plates,” hosted by Curtis Stone and Cat Cora, airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on Bravo.

“In Chiang Mai, Thai food really comes alive, and they do so much in a mortar and pestle. They use things like galangal, which is very similar to ginger, and they also use ginger, lemongrass (something that I don’t think we use enough of in the Western world), lime leaves (used more similarly to

how we use bay leaves), palm sugar, lime rinds themselves, garlic, cilantro (both the stems and the leaves) — of course lots of fresh chilies — and all that’s pounded together to create this delicious paste. It’s so adaptable, whether it goes into a green papaya salad or a curry. That’s how the Thais cook, which is really inspirational.”

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Subway grades idea is an epic FAIL RE: “CITY COUNCIL SUGGESTS GRADING SUBWAY STATIONS”: Are

these really the types of ideas our City Council is spitting out? Letter grades for restaurants are pointless enough but at least they work in promoting competition between the restaurants. What other subways are the MTA competing with? Sounds like the taxi lobbyists have been pulling overtime at city hall. How about instead of wasting money telling people how dirty their subways are, they use to money to clean them up. HANS HAUGEN, ASTORIA If “City Council suggests grading subway stations,” why not grade the council? The report card could include votes raising taxes, increase spending and long-term debt,

legislation infringing on civil and economic liberties, attendance at committee and full sessions, monies raised from pay-for-play campaign contributors, amount of lulus from $4,000 to $28,000 supplementing their $113,500 base salary for a part-time job, number of personal drivers, frequency of using private City Hall parking spots; ownership and use of MetroCard traveling around town, share of millions in pork barrel member item projects and relationship to campaign contributors, numbers and salaries for paid staff to ghost write newsletters, speeches, op-ed and letters to the editor, cost for out-oftown travel, value of free tickets to events and using one public office to run for another. LARRY PENNER, GREAT NECK

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‘Pakistan has “demanded drone strikes stop.”’ But our wicked criminal government continues acts of war against an ally that kills its citizens. How insane is that? America is now a rogue criminal nation.

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Sherman is absolutely correct; the Taliban are a collection of murderous and sacrilegious thugs who demean the piety of the religion they claim to practice. I await Mr. Sherman’s equally brutal rejection of the North Carolina Baptist Church, whose pastor, Charles L. Worley, recently called for death camps for gays and lesbians, and the Catholic Church, which is still shielding confessed child molesters from the law.

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If you’re looking for a guarantee from this year’s Rangers team, you won’t get it. Mark Messier’s guarantee before Game 6 of the 1994 Eastern Conference finals is irrelevant to a Rangers team that finds itself in a 3-2 series hole going into a win-or-theseason-ends match in New Jersey, exactly like the captain’s

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squad did 18 years ago. But both sides dismissed the subject as wholly unrelated to this series when it was raised Thursday. “Not to disrespect what

Brodeur

happened, but that has nothing to do with how we’re preparing, I guess, is the best way to put it,” Rangers coach John Tortorella said. The only player on either team that played in the 1994 series is Martin Brodeur. Then, like now, he was the Devils’ starting goaltender. “I don’t even think about

All eyes on QBs Sanchez, Tebow dominate attention on first day OTAs are open to media Incumbent starter strong, ‘backup’ throws picks Too soon they say JEFF ZELEVANSKY/GETTY IMAGES

If the media is playing up a competition between starter Mark Sanchez and the recently acquired Tim Tebow, then neither the Jets quarterbacks nor their teammates are seeing it. Following Thursday’s organized team activities, the focus in the locker room was squarely on Sanchez, now entering his fourth year as starter, and Tebow, the popular quarterback who won the starting job in Denver last year. Try as the Jets might to downplay Tebow’s role, his every movement was analyzed, critiqued and tweeted during the twohour practice. During a three-play span in 7-on-7 drills, Tebow was intercepted by linebacker Bart Scott, had a rather plebian handoff to running back Bilal Powell and then was picked off again, this time by newly signed safety Yeremiah Bell. When asked about those two interceptions, Tebow managed to piece together a perspective that most of the media surrounding him seemed at a loss to find. “I’ll learn from it. Honestly it won’t bother me again. When you make a bad play you have to put it behind you and move on, and I feel like I did and I went out the next team

Special teams coach Mike Westhoﬀ missed OTAs Thursday after having his 10th leg surgery. He was diagnosed with cancer in his left femur two decades ago.

‘94. In '94 I still had hair. It was that long ago. That plays no part in what we’re doing,” Devils coach Pete DeBoer said. “I don’t see anything that is similar,” Brodeur said. “That’s 18 years ago. That’s a long time. I know I’m feeling a lot different. I’m feeling a lot more appreciative of what’s going on.” DENIS GORMAN

period and felt like I did OK,” Tebow said. “You have to remember where you are and what you’re doing and it was 7-on-7 and the first time around on those plays.” Sanchez understands the aura behind Tebow and takes it in stride. “It’s maybe more at OTA time, but we’ve been in the playoffs around here and we know what it’s like to have different media outlets,” Sanchez said. “When you have a guy as popular as Tim, it’s only natural. It’s good exposure for our team and everybody.” KRISTIAN DYER sports@metro.us

Nicks down One day after the Giants lost a minor piece in cornerback Brian Witherspoon (torn ACL), they lost a major one in wide receiver Hakeem Nicks. Nicks, who had 78 catches and 1,192 yards last season, broke his right foot in OTAs Thursday. He will undergo surgery on Friday to insert a screw in his ﬁfth metatarsal and will be out for three months. The Giants have mandatory minicamp from June 12-14 and then training camp opens on July 26. He’ll miss both and be pushing right against the season opener Sept. 5 versus Dallas.

Tim Tebow, left, and Mark Sanchez might as well have been the only ones on the ﬁeld Thursday.

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