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| Brains Too!
Home: Rego Park
Age: 23 Height: 5’10" Weight: 160lb Stats: 38C-30-39 Nicole Amendolare is a bright model, with a bright future. This long time resident of Rego Park is a self-directed women, with an array of paths in her future. Nicole, who has been modeling since she was 15, is a student at St. John’s University, and is finishing up her masters. In her future she looks to pursue clinical psychology, and go for her doctorate degree. In her spare time Nicole goes to church, and hangs out with her family and dog, as well as plays tennis, track and field, and dance. Nicole ‘s other interests include designing clothes and shopping. In her own words “I love fashion and I love to shop. I like to shop at the Queens Center Mall and in the Village.” When she was younger, Nicole appeared as a backup dancer in a Mariah Carey music video entitled Fantasy, now she is a showroom model for American Eagle outfitters and Victoria Secret. Her biggest influences include her parents , and Kimora Lee Simmons. In addition she stated that “if I could be in one magazine I think it would be Vogue.” She also said that “I’m focused on college; I’m actually educated. I’m not a no-brain model.” |
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| Nanny No More
Following her inspiring battle with uterine cancer, everyone’s favorite nanny from Flushing, Fran Drescher, is getting set to make her return to television in Living With Fran, a new series coming to the WB this April.
With comparisons already being drawn to the network’s hit comedy Reba, Living With Fran stars Drescher as Fran Reeves, a divorcee looking to move into the next phase of her life with her wonderful new boyfriend Riley (Ryan McPartlin). Did we mention that he’s in his mid-20s? Problems arise when Fran’s 21-year-old son moves back home after dropping out of medical school. The laughs continue with surprise visits from Riley’s parents (guest-stars Marilu Henner and John Schneider) and the return of her ex-husband, played by Drescher’s former co-star on The Nanny Charles Shaughnessy. The series debuts on Friday, April 8 at 8:30 p.m. |
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| Favreau Fun
Actor/director Jon Favreau is looking to release another holiday blockbuster this November, teaming up with author Chris Van Allsburg (The Polar Express) on his latest film, Zathura, the long awaited sequel to the 1995 box office smash Jumanji.
Zathura tells the story of two young brothers who embark on a wild adventure in outer space after stumbling across a jungle-themed board game. Zathura is the only the third movie to be directed by Favreau, who struck Hollywood gold with the 2003 release of Elf. Fans of the movie will be treated to a sneak peak of Zathura later this year on Favreau’s weekly talk show, Dinner For Five, which airs Monday nights at 11 p.m. on the Independent Film Channel. |
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| Duermes Bien
Napolean Barragan and his son Luis, the family that in 1976 started 1-800-MATTRESS, launched the next phase of their multi-million-dollar operation.
1-800-SU-COLCHON is the Spanish-speaking arm of 1-800-MATTRESS, making Barragan’s company the only tele-retailer of mattresses to reach out to an ever-growing Latino clientele . . . in Spanish. Nap Barragan started the Long Island City based company seven years after he emigrated from Ecuador. Luis, a St. John’s grad, was made director of operations in '96 and VP in 1998. The company offers mattresses and other bedroom furniture through www.mattress.com & www.1800sucolchon.com, as well as through telephone and showrooms throughout the country. |
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| Fine Print Politics
For the prosecutor-turned Councilman, a candidate’s political future is less about his violent past and more about the fine print.
That’s what former Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. said led him to believe fellow Councilman Charles Barron wasn’t serious at all about running for Mayor. Why? According to Vallone, it’s not because of Barron’s history of slapping white police officers, his calls for racial quotas to fill top-level administration posts, or even his participation in a City Hall event welcoming Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe. Barron wasn’t a serious candidate, Vallone said, because of a legal technicality. “He always maintained he would run for both his City Council seat, and for Mayor. That’s not allowed. Barron always said he would take that challenge to court, but he never said what he would do if he lost that challenge.” No surprise, Barron dropped out of the Mayoral race. |
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| A Spit Shine
Noticing that some dust had settled on a bus for which Councilman David Weprin (D-Hollis) had helped allocate funds to aid seniors at the SNAP senior center in Queens Village, the busy councilman took a moment out of his day to take it upon himself to brush off where his name was printed before posing with Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum and his brother, Assemblyman Mark Weprin (D–Little Neck).
With David’s hands-on treatment of transportation services for the elderly, they should look forward to not only getting a ride in a bus that he helped provide, but one that clearly identifies where it came from. When he spotted Beep Helen Marshall’s name, which was also camouflaged with dirt, he wiped that clean, too. But the Beep didn’t make his photo-op. | |||||||||
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