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| Entrepreneur At Work
Nefertiti Jones
Queens Village Age: 24 Height: 5’8" Weight: 135 lbs. Stats: 36-26-38 Black Cartel Models Dressed for success, or barely dressed at all, Queens Village’s Nefertiti is a model and entrepreneur who is helping herself and others make it in the world of modeling. Just a novice with a year and a half of modeling under her belt, Nefertiti has started the “House of MSH,” a Manhattan based styling agency where artists simply have to show up to shoot and all their needs will already be there waiting. Supplying the photographer, make-up artist and all other necessities that go into the high profile profession, is what Nefertiti does for a living. She also finds the time to do some work in front of the camera for herself. A 2003 Hofstra University grad, majoring in Art History, Nefertiti was thrust onto the scene after just one photo shoot landed her on a photographer’s Web site, and winding her up on the pages of Hush, Raw, IVC and Smooth. Dubbing herself as a glamour model, Nefertiti said, “I’m very curvy,” which allows her to express herself in swimsuits and lingerie. Fashion models are more remembered for the clothes they have on, people remember Nefertiti more for the body that’s underneath – that is when she’s wearing something underneath. With hopes of a future Playboy spread, Nefertiti said she doesn’t mind the birthday suit shots, “if it’s done tastefully and classy.” Nefertiti likes Queens because it is in between her Long Island family and her Manhattan business. Her business is her future, “I know modeling only lasts a couple of years,” she told us. We sure hope it doesn't throw her any curves. |
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| Quote Of The Week
“I used to travel on the subway from Queens to Manhattan with a rifle. Could you imagine doing that today in New York City?”
-Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in the San Diego Union Tribune |
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| Split On Abortion
Looks like The Brooklyn Diocese can’t even make friends with those who oppose abortion.
After firing Michelle McCusker, a pre-kindergarten teacher at St. Rose of Lima School, in October 2005 for becoming pregnant, the group Feminists for Life, which opposes abortion, has voiced a few words to the Diocese. “When an employer fires a woman for carrying a child to term, they send an unintended message: An abortion will cover up the sex,” Feminists for Life President Serrin Foster said. Although her teaching contract was for one year and she had recently received enthusiastic reviews for her work, the principal wasn’t pleased by her non-marital frisky business, let alone McCusker’s decision to carry the pregnancy to term. |
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| Still Feelin’ Good
One-time St. Albans resident James Brown took his soul and funk across the ocean for his first ever gig in China. Performing at the Yunfeng Theater in Shanghai, the Godfather of Soul brought his wily act to a whole new audience- and a whole new country.
The 72-year-old performer seemed to enjoy the challenge of having to win over a crowd that was unfamiliar with his music. Rolling out some of his best songs, such as “Get Up Offa That Thing” and “Make It Funky,” with the energy and swing of a teenager, got everyone at the show cheering and clapping. “We are going to funk you up before we finish,” Brown said to the audience. Dressed in a cherry red satin suit, he shimmied, shook and leapt. Behind him, the nine-piece Soul General put on a virtuoso display of rhythm and horns. His quartet of backup singers, the General Sweet, egged on the cheering crowd that filled the theater in the heart of Shanghai’s once-thriving nightclub district. Still performing happily, its obvious that he still means it when he says, “I feel good!” |
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| Queens Aspen Trifecta
What do Goldie Hawn, Jon Favreau and Russell Simmons all have in common other than that they’re all from Queens?
They will be in Aspen, Co. this month for the 12th Annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival sponsored and hosted by HBO. Although it’s too early to tell if the three might share drinks with one another at after parties, talking about their Queens’ upbringing, Hawn will be honored with the AFI Star Award, Favreau’s cult classic “Swingers” will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a special screening and Simmons’s “Def Comedy Jam” will also be honored for 15 years of airtime. Hawn’s award comes after establishing herself in both film and television throughout her career. Years after performing on stage at the 1964-65 NY World’s Fair, Hawn became a regular on 1970s hit television series “Laugh In” and later starred in the Academy Award nominated film “Private Benjamin. “Swingers” stars Favreau, Vince Vaughn and Ron Livingston will reunite in Aspen, headlining the film program and Simmons’s decade and a half running of the hilarious stand-up series will be showcased alongside a tribute to “The Larry Sanders Show.” The event will be held, March 8-12. |
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| Good Morning
Sometimes, people go too far.
A New York band named for a slang term regarding a man’s status when he awakens from his slumbers got someone off to a bad start along the Horace Harding. Signs advertising a band named “Morningwood” popped up on the L.I.E. service road but this spontaneous case of “wood” didn’t last long. The band's promoters must have thought it a good idea to erect posters on a construction wall that sits on the westbound side of the service road near Utopia Parkway promoting their new self-titled album. The up-and-coming band, considered part of the punk rock genre, is fronted by female singer Chantal Claret and is quickly taking the rock world by storm. So a multitude of pink posters saying, “Morningwood is on the rise,” arose. The Morningwood signs were soon completely torn down. Other suggestively titled music stars such as “The Strokes” and “Biggy Smalls” managed to stay up during the mysterious billboard thrashing. It is unknown who tore the signs down or why, but it is possible that someone thought the suggestive nature of the band’s name was too distasteful for Queens pedestrians and motorists, along with the fact that Francis Lewis High School is just on the other side of Utopia Parkway. | |||||||||
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