There was a bit of drama Friday at the Broadway theater where The Color Purple performs, just not onstage. The lobby of the theater was mobbed by disgruntled ticket holders demanding refunds when ex-American Idol Fantasia, who stars as Celie, failed to turn up for work. Lobby spies for Post columnist Michael Riedel witnessed an 8-year-old girl “sobbing uncontrollably when she heard Fantasia was not going to be in the show.” But it seems there......

Maybe the new badge of infamy is how quickly your story gets co-opted by a Law & Order show. Apparently the antics of former Attorney General candidate Jeanine Pirro and trouble-making husband Al will be dramatized for an episode of Criminal Intent that will air next year. The Post has details:In the episode, a very Pirro-like politician has her eyes on becoming the first female mayor of New York. But her husband, who's described as......

Every few months the two New York City tabloids go at it like little girls in a schoolyard fight-- lots of hissing and scratching over something really silly. In this case, The Post is accusing The Daily News about lying about it's $1 million giveaway. This is actually a followup to their coverage of the Daily News Disaster last year, when the paper accidently printed FOUR HUNDRED winning tickets for a similar giveaway. Anyway, here's......