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The Finest Feet in Astoria
Kerri
Pagiarini Many
young and ambitious beauties come to the Big Apple with oversized dreams of
becoming models/actresses.
While
our fair city has no shortage of those who can dream the dream, very few get to
walk the walk. Kerri
Pagliarini — who moved to Astoria from Carnston, Rhode Island just over two
years ago — has a novel approach to launching herself into a modeling/acting
career: she’s just taking things one step at a time – literally. “I
do a lot of modeling of my feet,” Kerri said. “I have small, nice feet.” Though
the rest of her petite personage isn’t exactly hard to look at, Kerri has
received a lot of attention for her fantastic feet, which appear frequently in
advertisements for posh lines of women’s shoes. Kerri
spends many of her working hours in what she described as “girly, high
heel” numbers – a fashion staple that suits her fine. “I’m definitely
the kind of person who will suffer through four inch heels because I think they
look good,” she said. Kerri
spends her free time walking around the hip cafes and small boutiques of
Astoria. Like many aspiring actors with Manhattan on the mind, she chose the
neighborhood for its more manageable rents and short commute. But now she’s
found reasons to love the place in its own right. “There
are tons of neat cafes with trendy young people,” Kerri said of her newly
adopted home. One of her favorite spots to eat is Cavo, which she described as
“pretty with an almost Middle Eastern look to it.” For
shopping, she likes to strut her stuff down Steinway Street. “They have cute
trendy stuff you could find in [Manhattan], except it’s cheaper,” she said.
The small, independent boutique Ivy on Steinway provides her with many of
her fashion staples. Since
relocating to Queens, Kerri has graduated from an intensive acting conservatory
and worked with an avant-garde theater troupe called the International Wow
Company. Besides extensive foot modeling, Kerri has also appeared in a hip Spanish fashion catalogue and will soon appear in a music video for Ivory, an up-and-coming female rapper who is also one her friends. ‘Stepford
Wives’
Disturbed
News from the Queens set of the star-studded “The Stepford Wives” remake is nearly as frightful as the film’s dark plot.
The
1975 original, which starred Katherine Ross, takes place in a prim
Connecticut suburb where demanding husbands begin to replace their wives with
compliant sex robots who are otherwise identical to the original human spouses. The
new all-star production currently filming interior scenes at the Kaufman-Astoria
Studios stars Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Mathew Broderick, Christopher
Walken, Glen Close and Faith Hill. But production
ground to a halt on Sept. 3 when film producers announced that director Frank
Oz had fallen ill.
Oz,
who is perhaps most famous for giving voice to Yoda in the Star Wars saga and
several of the Muppets characters, will turn 60 next year.
There were no other details leaked about the nature of his illness. Earlier
rumors from the set also indicated that Nicole Kidman had begun to act like a
Hollywood diva, even among the other big names in the cast.
During the summer, Kidman reportedly refused to perform her scenes
outdoors due to the oppressive July heat.
Now, sources indicate that Kidman has demanded two weeks leave to shoot a
perfume commercial in Australia with "Moulin Rouge" director and
fellow Aussie Baz Luhrmann. The
new “Stepford Wives” is to be released sometime next year. Better
With Age
One enterprising Canadian journalist found a good use for an old issue of the Queens Tribune — he put it up for auction on eBay.
Listed
under “Collectibles > Postcards & Paper > Newspapers >
1970-Now,” the item description reads: "This is the July 5, 1977
issue of the Queens Tribune in Queens, N.Y., with the front page headline Son of
Sam Strikes in Bayside — Police Get First Tips On .44 Calibre Killer. The
second page of the 20-page newspaper is all Son of Sam coverage, including a
composite drawing and two scene photographs. The newspaper has a centrefold
crease and wear along the fold front and back. There are also two telephone
numbers written in red ink at the top right corner of the front page, Plus $4
postage.” John
Cosway,
who used to work for the Toronto Sun, said he has been collecting
newspapers from around the world for more than 30 years. He said, “As an eBay
seller since 1997, I have discovered Son of Sam items sell . . . I sold a Daily
Post with a SoS headline and a magazine. I found this complete Tribune last
week . . . .” The
starting bid? A mere $7.99, not including shipping. Clearly a bargain! And
simply proof that it pays to read – and save — the Tribune! Sampson
To The Rescue
Insiders
tell QConf that the smooth evacuation of employees at the Citicorp
tower in Long Island City during the Aug. 14 blackout was, in part, the result
of numerous “Operation Sampson” drills conducted by the NYPD, FDNY, and EMS
since Sept. 11. A
security guard at the tower said people in the building were, for the most part,
calm – “because everybody knew what they had to do, where they were supposed
to go,” the guard said. NYPD
brass at Patrol Borough Queens North said their counter-terrorism cops have been
working closely with officials at the tower since Sept. 11. In fact, the
Citicorp Tower is “No. 2” on the NYPD’s Queens list of “hotspots” in
its counter-terrorism campaign. Police have been assigned to the rooftop of the tower, NYPD choppers keep an eye on the site, and the tower has a “dedicated patrol,” meaning that police are stationed at a street-level detail 24/ 7, high ranking police said. What’s
In A Name?
The
New York City department in charge of public education may have hoped their name
change from “Board” to “Department”
would wash away
the bad bureaucratic feelings of the past, but it appears problems are
still in full force. One
recently graduated teacher- hopeful related her experience. Upon hearing of the
dire City teacher shortage, she concluded there would be jobs available, so she
hopped on the Dept. of Ed.’s website and found tons of openings. She
tried to apply. The
site kept saying she had the wrong password. So, she clicked the “Forgot Your
Password” link, and followed the prompts. Error
message. For
a week, the website didn’t work. So the teacher-hopeful called the Dept.’s
help number – busy. She
started to panic, checking the site everyday. Finally, six days after she
started her search, the website let her apply.
What’s
in a name? Absolutely nothing.
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