The Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network Convention attracted White House officials, Bill Cosby, Mayor Bloomberg and Mariah Carey and the Post's Andrea Peyser writes, "With pared-down hair and tailored suits"—track suits are 20 years ago—"Al Sharpton has emerged as the Lady Gaga of the civil-rights movement — undergoing a style makeover aimed at turning the Rev. into the thing he craves most: a player." Her reaction to his statements about "trying to bridge the illiteracy and entitlement gaps"? "Zzzz... This was a far cry from Sharpton, circa 1987, who promoted the Tawana Brawley rape hoax, and the ’90s Sharpton, who revved up anti-Semites in Crown Heights." Detectives union head Michael Palladino said, "Despite the change of clothes, my guard is not down. The true Al will come out during the next controversial police shooting.”