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| Brenda: Beauty & Brains
Brenda Foley
Home: Woodside Age: 31 Height: 5’7" Weight: 130 lbs. Stats: 36-27-39 Brenda Foley has been in show business in one way or another for quite some time, and even at age 31, this Woodside girl is not planning on slowing down. Shooting with independent photographers and featured on onemodelplace.com, Brenda is somewhat of a novice at modeling. Most of her creative efforts have gone towards acting, as she has already done a great deal of stage work. She has performed in many far off places, including a Broadway revue she played in at Japan’s Disney Resort. “Ultimately, I would love to do some television or film work, and I’d love to do a Broadway play,” Brenda said. “Modeling was a side thing because I wanted to do some print work. I can shoot the sexy photos and I do, but I also shoot quirky ones. My brother might say I have no sense of humor, but I’m funny.” At the age of 2, Brenda set her showbiz career in motion through dance classes. She then sang in church choirs and participated in various drama activities before setting out for the U. of Michigan. “It’s very different,” she said of film versus stage. “On the stage, you’re trying to direct your energy to a huge audience. In front of a camera, you’re focusing your energy in a smaller way. My experience on film has been more helpful to my modeling career.” Brenda also has some brains to go along with her beauty. Last year, she wrote a screenplay that made the quarterfinals of the American Accolades Screen-writing Competition. Recently married, Brenda and her husband enjoy traveling, but the couple has plenty of favorite Queens spots. They like to eat in Maya’s Restaurant in Queens Village and the many sushi restaurants on Queens Boulevard. “I like that when I get on the train, I end up in midtown Manhattan,” Brenda said. “I like the streets that are a little broader and have trees on them. Seeing kids playing on sidewalks, people walking dogs is nice. I also like this neighborhood because everything is so convenient.” |
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| Full Of Grace
Challenging the Democratic machine in Queens is a near-impossible battle that most lose right out of the starting gate.
For the few who manage to hang on, they often meet mixed results. Some win, some lose, and some get bought off. Then there’s Grace Meng, the daughter of Assemblyman Jimmy Meng, who is stepping away from his post after one term due to health issues. Grace was the front-runner in some circles to take his place despite her lack of elective office and political experience. Well, she’s got experience now. She dropped out of the race last week to avoid a challenge she said she would have won regarding her residency. With at least four known addresses in the last year – two of which were outside the district – she certainly would have faced the proverbial uphill battle. But if she could have beaten the challenge, why not fight? Some say quit to fight another day might have worked for Andrew Cuomo, and Anthony Weiner is still hoping it does. Grace Meng, we’ll keep watching – including her home address. |
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| No Nuptials
KISS band member Gene Simmons’ new reality TV show, “Gene Simmons Family Jewels” debuts this month on A&E. The show features Simmons with his live-in love of 23 years B movie super sexy star Shannon Tweed, and puts forth the idea that Tweed might like a ring some day.
“Just the thought of it takes all the wind out of my sails,” he told wedlock.com. “I believe if you give your word you have to live by it. It’s more important than a contract. That’s why I won’t take an oath in front of some religious person saying I promise I will never want another woman for as long as I live.” Reacting at a wedding on the show, “I do,” he said. “Do you have any idea what you are getting yourself into?” He asked. “One woman for the rest of your life!” Simmons said he’s been happily unmarried to the same woman for 23 years and does not plan to change his course. |
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| Just Another Queens Kid
A whopping 90 percent of the more than 5.4 million new jobs created since August 2003 require some kind of skill training, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao explained to union workers last week.
Chao’s the type of woman who takes these figures seriously, a woman of business, a woman who likes to see thing get done. Obviously, that’s why she was on Bush’s short list of candidates to be transportation secretary in 2001 and the first Asian-American woman to hold a Cabinet post. But before Chao’s efforts to reduce regulation and make compliance with federal labor laws easier became headlines, she was a sweet little girl growing up in Queens. Emigrating to the United States from Taiwan with her family when she was 8 years old, Chao got her first taste of business when her family founded a ship brokerage and agency business, Foremost Maritime Corp. So yeah, that must have been where she got the training for the chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission and deputy maritime administrator in the Department of Transportation under the first President Bush. Queens is a great place to learn. |
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| Shake That Groove Thang
During a recent sitdown here at the Tribune, Councilman and state Senate candidate Hiram Monserrate said that in his spare time, when not campaigning or working for his district, he enjoyed dancing. But the careful eye of a QConf reporter spotted Monserrate doing both.
On a recent Sunday, Monserrate drove around Woodside and Elmhurst on a campaign bus, blaring slogans and shaking hands. He stopped at a park near 69th Street and Broadway, when our correspondent just happened to be driving by. There Monserrate was seen shaking his tailfeathers with some voters, showing off his moves in public. It looked like a little Salsa/Rumba mix, but we’re no experts. Forget people’s hearts and minds, we like it when politicians appeals to voter’s grove thangs. |
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| Aubry’s Tune
Assemblyman Jeffrey Aubry of Corona shared more than proposals for legislation with Elmhurst Care Center’s choir, “America’s Finest,” when he showed off his singing talent while thanking the performers.
After a moving performance by one choir member who passionately sang “Blue Moon,” Aubry gave a short speech about the compassionate staff of the center and its talented residents. Then, surprising and exciting the audience, he serenaded the choir member with the first two lines of “Blue Moon.” Sensing that the audience enjoyed his smooth vocals, he closed his speech with another mini-serenade. When the show was over, Aubry stepped back into Assembly mode and circled the room, shaking the hands of many residents. | |||||||||
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