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New York Post, Tuesday, December 1, 2020

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Tears for my friend David

SATURDAY NYC officials offi-

cially said farewell to former

Mayor David Dinkins, 93. On his

90th birthday, he whispered to me:

“They began partying for me three

years ago, just to make sure.”

David and I were close. We sur-

vived a trunkload of lives together.

In the ’80s, as city clerk handling

marriage licenses, he’d drive

around this town we loved and tell

me he enlisted in the Marines in

high school when he weighed 120.

His goal then? “I’ll bust my ass

on a campaign to be mayor.” His

goal now? “I just want once to

play a judge on ‘Law & Order.’ ”

His outlet? Tennis. Even on icy

winter mornings. The twinkle? “I

look so good in shorts.” Me, his

repeat date at the US Open.

Jan. 1, 1990. “I’ll never ever forget

this first day in office. It was the

coldest 24 hours ever in the history

of mankind.” In ’93, beaten by Gi-

uliani for mayor, we were at Le

Cirque. He said: “OK. Providing I

don’t have to look at anything

about Rudy.” That year, drinking

beer at the annual Inner Circle

roast: “People made their choice —

and now they must be punished.”

Returning

from visit-

ing Gov.

Mario Cu-

omo in Al-

bany, his

helicopter

ran out of gas.

’95, we flew

to Chicago. Ma-

jor Dem hooley. He’d packed

trunks. Dandy David always

praised the tailor who custom-

made his suits. Mid-flight, he came

out of the can in changed clothes. I

said: “I bet your shorts are color

coded to your watchband.”

My suitcase went lost. His lug-

gage arrived perfectly. Five days

he’d say he couldn’t be seen with

me in the wrinkles I arrived in.

David called a local friend with

my size and asked for a donation.

It arrived that day — same morn-

ing we flew home.

I loved David Dinkins.

Cindy

Adams

“THE Way Back.” Came out in March. Its theatrical run got

trimmed by COVID. Ben Affleck as an alcoholic basketball

coach says: “I’m not from Laurence Olivier’s outside-in, inside-

out school of acting. Creating a face to show being upset doesn’t

work. I need similar feelings to take hold of how characters feel.

Performance, most important thing in the movie, carries every-

thing. When I started, I took anything to advance myself. Now,

it’s only what engages me. Mediocre’s not interesting. I don’t

want to be bored. I want something I’m proud to show my kids if

I could ever get my kids to watch my movies. I showed them one

for 10 minutes. They said, ‘Looks like it’s made in the ’90s.’ I said,

‘Because it was made in the ’90s.’ In ‘Mallrats’ they made fun of

my ’90s suits. I now want what generates the most passion. I just

finished playing Ridley Scott’s Middle Ages eccentric royal

character. He shoots with multiple cameras. Everyone on cam-

era at the same time. I loved it. Lately acting’s more exciting to

me than ever. Maybe I’m a late bloomer.”

He’s Ben there, done that

David

Dinkins:

The former

mayor was

a true friend.

DIRECTOR Regina King’s

“One Night in Miami” is about a

1964 fictionalized meeting. Mu-

hammad Ali, Jim Brown, Sam

Cooke, Malcolm X discussing

black men being successful during

the civil rights movement. Leslie

Odom Jr., playing Cooke, says:

“I’m thinking someone’s better for

this than I. Me spending so much

time carving out a place for myself

with everyone wanting to make the

next Will Smith, Wesley Snipes,

Denzel. Scary. At my start I’m

thinking, ‘What if I’m not a great

Sam Cooke?’ ” Obviously, he is. It

opens Christmas Day.

‘Miami’ nice

AFTER the bitter 1800 elec-

tion, incumbent Adams ducked

the swearing-in of Jefferson, who

began the traditional march from

Capitol to White House. 1828: the

Andrew Jackson-John Quincy

Adams rematch. Like his father,

Adams split before Jackson took

the oath. And Andrew Johnson

who assumed the presidency

after Lincoln’s assassination? He

was “too busy” to attend Grant’s

subsequent swearing-in.

Meh, just skip it

WE hear President Trump will

attend Biden’s big day. And

how’s newie Biden whose leg is

now in a boot? With lefties al-

ready attacking his Cabinet picks,

Joe himself mightn’t even show.

Only in the USA, kids, only

in the USA.

CONN.

N.Y.

N.J.

Post Weather Report

Almanac

Athens 57/48/sh 59/48/pc

Baghdad 68/49/pc 65/52/pc

Beijing 39/24/pc 38/18/pc

Berlin 39/28/c 36/25/s

Cairo 72/55/pc 71/57/pc

Dublin 48/42/pc 46/36/pc

Geneva 40/34/r 40/29/pc

Hong Kong 74/61/pc 75/58/s

Jerusalem 60/45/s 58/45/s

Kabul 63/31/pc 62/31/pc

London 45/35/pc 44/38/pc

Madrid 61/41/pc 51/31/pc

Mexico City 73/46/pc 72/47/pc

Montreal 52/34/sh 39/29/sn

Moscow 31/23/sn 26/19/c

Paris 49/41/pc 46/40/pc

Rio de Janeiro 82/74/t 83/75/t

Rome 59/52/pc 56/45/r

Sydney 92/76/pc 78/61/pc

Tokyo 54/42/pc 47/43/r

World cities TODAY TOMORROW

Albany 53/31/c 39/30/c

Danbury 51/30/c 43/30/pc

Glens Falls 53/31/sh 39/29/sn

Gr Barrington 51/30/c 39/28/sf

Kingston 52/31/c 44/26/c

Liberty 43/26/sh 37/25/sf

Monticello 43/27/sh 36/28/sf

Newburgh 49/32/sh 42/28/c

Poughkeepsie 52/31/sh 43/31/pc

Saratoga Springs 53/31/c 41/28/sn

Stroudsburg 44/27/pc 41/27/c

Torrington 55/28/c 42/31/pc

Syracuse 47/33/c 38/32/sf

Regional cities TODAY TOMORROW

Sun and Moon

Coney Island 7:51a 8:25p 8:24a 9:05p

Fire Island 8:06a 8:19p 8:44a 8:57p

Hempstead 11:25a 11:58p 12:01p ---

Huntington 11:35a --- 12:08a 12:12p

Jones Inlet 7:35a 8:09p 8:08a 8:49p

Montauk Point 9:20a 9:45p 10:01a 10:30p

Port Washington 11:22a 11:55p 11:58a ---

Sandy Hook 7:55a 8:29p 8:28a 9:09p

New York Tides TODAY TOMORROW

YESTERDAY’S CONDITIONSAT CENTRALPARK THROUGH 6PM

Temperature

High Tide for 1st 2nd 1st 2nd

Weather (W): s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,

c-cloudy,sh-showers,r-rain,t-thunder-

storms,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice

Sunrise today......................... 7:01 a.m.

Sunset tonight........................ 4:28 p.m.

Moonrise today...................... 5:29 p.m.

Moonset today....................... 8:07 a.m.

High: 63,Low: 50, Mean: 57

Departure from Normal

Ye sterday: +14 degrees

Precipitation

Ye sterday: 0.95”, Month: 3.96”,Ye ar:

40.71”, Normalyear to date: 46.06”

Heating Degree days yesterday................

Total for the month (normal)......361 (519)

Total since July 1 (normal)..........617 (829)

Last season to date................................

Wind Chill(at noonyest.) ...................... 60

UV index(forTu e.) ......................... 1 (Low)

Humidity(at noon) ............................. 89%

Last

Dec 7

New

Dec 14

First

Dec 21

Full

Dec 29

Forecasts and

graphics providedby

AccuWeather, Inc.©

Forecast data is current as of 6

p.m.yesterday. Te mperatures are

today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

TuesdayWednesday

ThursdayFriday

Today:Mostly

cloudy, windy and

cooler.High 53

to 59.

Tonight:Partly

cloudy. Low 34

to 40.

Mostly

sunny. High

47 to 53.

Evening

Increasingclouds.Low

38 to 44.

Tomorrow

night:Mainly

clear.Low 34 to 40.

Tomorrow:

Partlysunny. High

43 to 49.

Cloudy. High

48 to 54.

Evening

Partly cloudy. Low

38 to 44.

Bridgeport

56/

Stamford

54/

Peekskill

50/

White Plains

52/

Garden

City

54/

Sussex

47/

Newark

53/

Paterson

52/

Asbury Park

52/

Manasquan

52/

Toms River

51/

Long Beach

53/

Atlantic City

50/

Ocean City

51/

La G

56/

Sandy Hook

54/

Long Beach

54/

Deer Park

54/

Huntington

54/

JFK

53/

Montauk

58/

Riverhead

55/31 Southampton

56/

Ye sterday ............................................... 0.0”

Month to date (normal) ............. 0.0” (0.3”)

AQI rating:(forTu e.)..................................Good

SNOW

Showers

T-storms

Rain

Flurries

Snow

Ice

Cold

Warm

Stationary

Fronts

Shown are noon positions of

weather systems and precipitation.

Temperature bands are highs for

the day. Forecasthigh/lowtempera-

tures are given forselectedcities.

-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s

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