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| A Queens Natural
Joanne Douglas
Home: Glendale Age: 37 Height: 5’ 7" Weight: 125 Stats: 36-26-34 This vegetarian who originally hails from Jamaica got her first taste of modeling in high school when she nervously raised her hand to volunteer to be an art class model. “And I was just hooked from then,” she said. “I think I was born an actor and model,” Joanne noted. “From the minute I popped out my parents started taking pictures of me. Everything I did was photographed, so from an early age I developed a love for posing.” After high school Joanne quickly found work as a department store model and later a lingerie model at a retail outlet on Fifth Avenue. From there she progressed into working as an extra in films and TV. A lot of her work has focused on non-profits, doing photo shoots for such events as the Great American Meatout, the Manhattan East Breast Imaging Center and the 92nd Street Y Breast Cancer Prevention Seminar. “You may not know my face, but you may have seen my breasts,” she said. Living a mostly vegetarian lifestyle, staying away from fat along with rigorous exercise has kept Joanne in shape. But she admits that her looks are not all about good living. “I eat right, get good medical care and have a fabulous plastic surgeon - Dr. Stanley Taub on Central Park South in Manhattan. He has helped me become the best model I can possibly be.” She also thanked her husband, who has “a lucrative job on Wall Street,” for giving her the opportunity to fulfill her artistic desires. “I’m very grateful to my husband for that,” she said. |
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| Money For A Dead Man
At a Cambria Heights Civic Association meeting attended by Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week a voice from the past spoke up in the form of a check for $400.
It seems that when Cambria Heights resident Bob Wilkinson took the $400 tax rebate check out of his mailbox a few weeks ago he was disappointed to find out that the check was made out to Victor Salvo, the man from whom he purchased the house in 1968 (and who died two years later). It turns out that about 2,800 of the 581,000 checks made out to taxpayers so far were sent to the wrong people. The City Finance Department is working hard to correct the problems, the mayor said, and Wilkinson was promised a phone call from Finance Commissioner Martha Stark Monday. Watch out Martha, he may have a few other ideas up his sleeve. |
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| Write On!
Once again, Mitch Albom is preparing to take on Hollywood.
The award-winning sportswriter for the Detroit Free-Press has turned himself into a veritable triple threat as ABC has announced it will air on Dec 5, “The Five People You’ll Meet In Heaven,” the film based on the former Forest Hills resident’s second blockbuster novel of the same name. The film, which stars Jon Voigt and Ellen Burstyn, will be the second TV movie based on one of Albom’s books: “Tuesdays With Morrie,” starring Jack Lemmon, won an Emmy Award in 2000. Albom got his start as a writer and went on to become Managing Editor right here at the Queens Tribune. |
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| Drug Money!
Oops. Hollis native Ja Rule, a beacon of lawfulness in the hip hop community, broke the law. Well, his personal manager, Ron Robinson, did. He was arraigned last week for laundering more than $1 million. Surely Ja Rule is entirely innocent.
According to sources, the charges stem from an investigation of record label The Inc. (formerly Murder Inc.). That investigation reportedly involves ties to drug trafficking, money laundering and gang activities. Oops. |
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| Homecoming?
Welcome back!
That’s what Jackson Heights residents can say to Lucy Liu when she and the cast of her latest film, “Lucky Number Slevin,” start shooting in this December. She and co-stars Josh Hartnet, Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman will film in New York and Montreal. Exact film locations have not been released. The last time most of Liu’s old neighborhood saw her was most likely on a billboard when her movie, “Charlies Angles: Full Throttle,” hit theaters last year. |
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| Junior Tennis Anyone?
Beleaguered Councilman Alan Jennings showed up at the Junior Tennis League luncheon last Thursday still embroiled in an ethics committee review that started with sexual harrassment charges.
Former City Councliman Bob Dreyfoos, the group's lobbyist, had two tables at the affair. Councilmen David Weprin and Brooklyn's Lew Fidler were at one, and Dryfus was starting to ask one of his staffers to switch seats with Jennings so that he could sit with his colleagues. Jennings, very politely, said it wasn't necessary. Dreyfoos replied, “Oh, Alan has a seat with the ladies, this is fine.” Weprin and Fidler looked at each other and Weprin blurted out, "Did Bob just say what I thought he did?” Maybe, you had to be there. | |||||||||
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