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| Cookin’ With Fire
Cheryl Cooke
Home: Far Rockaway Age: 25 Height: 5’8 Weight: 150 Stats: 36-28-41 MissHarlemUsa.com Cheryl Cooke is sizzling hot, but this Far Rockaway beauty isn’t just a pretty face. Cooke, who prefers high heel stilettos to sneakers, has a head for business. In fact, she has a recently earned B.A. in business from Queens College. Although Cooke said she’d be happy to pose for a “Maxim shoot, or a double XL, I wouldn’t want to be typecast as the sexpod.” But it’s easy to see how she might keep getting those roles. When just hanging out, Cooke said she throws on “stilettos, jeans, and shirts down to the stomach.” But she doesn’t stop there. “I layer it with a bikini top to match” the shoes, she said. She said, “Pictures can say 1,000 words, and most of the time the shots I do take are sexy…I’m not afraid to admit that.” In person though, Cooke said, “I act a little more reserved, quiet.” She said she wants to take her unique look and “dip in other areas of modeling.” Cooke used her perfect body in a small independent movie, where she played the murderous girlfriend of a local drug dealer. Cooke said, “It feels fun to play someone you’re not…real fun.” She added, “I’m so far from that character,” but “it’s cooler to play the devil more than the angel.” But Cooke doesn’t stop with modeling and acting. While at a Manhattan nightclub, two women approached her and said, “Can you sing by any chance?” Inside the bathroom, where it was quiet, Cooke belted out Alicia Keyes’ song, “A Woman’s Worth,” and became a member of Drastic. Although disbanded, Cooke keeps writing R&B songs, and can’t wait to belt out more tunes. In the meantime, she’s sitting pretty on a modeling career and while others may keep their eyes on her, she has her eyes out for more acting gigs. |
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| On Screen Insult
Queens gets a bad rap in the new on screen comedy “Raising Helen” starring Kate Hudson and John Corbett.
In the film, Hudson’s character Helen Harris is thrown into a strange situation when her sister and brother-in-law die in a tragic accident, leaving her in charge of their children. Poor Helen, a Manhattanite, can’t juggle her prestigious job at a Manhattan modeling agency and motherhood, so she’s forced to leave the position and find a more affordable place to live. When a friend suggests Queens, Helen is immediately disgusted by the idea. She eventually agrees and moves into a run-down disgrace of an apartment. Of course, her neighbor is a stereotypical Indian woman with a heavy accent, who ends up to be a pleasant and humorous sidekick throughout the film. When Helen decides to enroll the kids in school, the neighborhood “public school,”is a dilapidated hellhole with lots of minorities in front of it. Obviously, Helen would never enroll her children there, so she finds a nice all-white Lutheran school to send the kiddies. After all, the only troublemaker there is the one lone Hispanic child. The makers of this film clearly did their research. |
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| Soul-less
The Godfather of Soul has been immortalized in Atlanta. Well, almost.
The city, which for many years hosted a music festival bearing the name of Queens native James Brown, was all set to unveil a large statue of Soul Brother Number One when allegations came to light that Mr. Dynamite’s explosive anger felled his wife. It seems the city doesn’t feel comfortable celebrating a potential spousal abuser and announced it is keeping the statue under wraps until things blow over. It looks like The Hardest Working Man in Show Business will have to work just a little bit harder now to “get on up.” When it comes to selecting people to pass the 2004 Olympic torch, Queens Beep Helen Marshall will probably not be on the list. After all, she may not make it to her relay post on time. Marshall arrived at the announcement of the New York City’s torchbearers in Astoria 37 minutes late. It’s bad enough that the Manhattan and Brooklyn borough presidents beat her there, but who would expect the Mayor of Athens, Greece to beat her to an event in Queens? It’s a good thing Marshall won’t be taking part in the Torch Relay. |
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| Separated At Birth
Assemblyman Jose Peralta may not have any gold records, but he sure looks like he does. Peralta shares a face with Latin crooner Jon Secada. Wonder if Jose can sing.
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| Field Of Dreams
Queens College grad Jerry Seinfeld has always said that he’s a raging Mets fan.
Now he can invite them to play in his backyard if he wants. Seinfeld recently added an actual baseball field to his 10.5 acre East Hampton property, a property that was once owned by Billy Joel and that the comedian bought for $32 million four years ago. Seinfeld has been renovating the sprawling spot, and this week completed work on his own personal baseball field. But if he gets bored with that, there are a few other things he can do. The property also has two pools, a main house with seven bedrooms, a 3-bedroom house, a five-bedroom guest cottage, and a 22-car garage. Go Queens College! |
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| Poetic License
This NY Brit was seen driving a Japanese car on Union Turnpike by Queens Boulevard.
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