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| Jackie Is Back In The Game
Jackie Urena
Home: Ozone Park Age: 29 Height: 5’ 7" Weight: 120 lbs Stats: 33-28-34 One of Jackie Urena’s first modeling jobs was at Dunkin’ Donuts. She headed over to the gig expecting to talk to customers, give out coffee—the normal promotional work she thought she had signed on for by putting herself in classes at Barbizon Modeling and Acting Center. Instead, what she found waiting for her when she arrived was a Munchkin suit, funny tights and a hat, which she wore as she greeted customers all day. That was 10 years ago. Since then, Jackie has done mostly promotional work and a few fashion shows, one of which took her to the Dominican Republic, where her family is from. “After that, I kind of stopped modeling because I was in school and working full-time,” Jackie said. “Recently, a photographer contacted me to work with him, and I figured, ‘Why not do this again?’” By day, Jackie works in administration for a blood plasma bank, something which is a far cry from what she earned her Bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in—Sociology. On weekends, she is currently promoting Coors Light for one of her modeling gigs. “I have lots of interests and am kind of all over the place,” Jackie said. “But I love it in Queens—Queens is good to me.” Born and raised here, Jackie is a resident of Ozone Park, but spends a majority of her time in Corona, where most of her family lives. She loves going to the gym, traveling, movies, and choreographing dance routines. Jackie plans to continue modeling and may even do it full-time if she finds the money is good. She wants everyone to definitely keep an eye out for her as she beefs up her profile and gets ready to head out to take on the modeling world again. |
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| Nestor Dishes
QConf found out recently that Queens College alumnus, actor Nestor Serrano can provide quite an interview. Not willing to simply paint a rosy picture of the entertainment industry, the occasionally sharp-tongued Serrano provided an interesting take on what an actor’s life can really be like.
Though he enjoyed being on the hit show “24,” Nestor was not shy about describing life with the show’s executive producer and star, Keifer Sutherland. “I only got to work with him in the last two episodes. He’s a smart guy, and he knows what he wants, but he has very little patience, so it’s sometimes difficult . . . The director would tell us what he wanted , but when Keifer would walk in, he would say something completely different, . . . it got really confusing.” He also admitted that working with Jackson Heights native John Leguizamo wasn’t always a piece of cake. The two have played in multiple films together, including “Empire” and “Hangin’ With the Homeboys.” “When I first started working with him, I thought he was an obnoxious little brat,” Nestor said. “I’ve since gotten to work with him on four films and he’s a very smart guy and a lot of fun. He’s a good friend.” |
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| That Makes Our List
For years, David Letterman’s Top Ten list came from “the home office” in Lake Havasu, Arizona. How fitting, then, that as the Queens Tribune prepared to publish its 2006 Book of lists, more strange – and Queens-related – news would come from Lake Havasu about the birth of twins.
It seems that Sept. 27 was a magical date, as Rose Caracciolo was born on that date in 1957 in Queens. She grew up, married and later had a daughter, Andria, on Sept. 27, 1978 – the exact same birthday, 21 years apart. Not to be outdone, Andria took a tip from dear old mom and, 28 years later, gave birth in Lake Havasu, to Kaitlin Marie and Malia Rose on Sept. 27, 2006. The twins were born a month early, and grandma couldn’t be there to celebrate – she was on her way to Mexico to celebrate her 49th birthday. Not a bad gift, though, right? |
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| To Hang With The Sopranos
With the hit HBO series “The Sopranos” ready to plant the kiss of death on TV and enter its last season come March, avid fans may find themselves looking for another taste of the series filmed in and around Queens.
Creator David Chase spoke recently from the set of Artie Bucco’s Nuovo Vesuvio restaurant at Silvercup Studios about the newest foray into videogames – “The Sopranos: Road To Respect,” where players will be able to be a young mafia hoodlum trying to make his way into the inner circle of Tony Soprano and his pals. But don’t expect Chase to try his hand at the game himself. “When my daughter was younger, I tried playing Super Mario, and I was really bad at it,” he told gaming site Kotaku.com. “My hand-eye coordination is lousy. She could beat me when she was 3 or 4.” |
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| WWE Queens Teacher
By day he was Matt Kaye, high school social studies teacher. By night he was Matt Striker, professional wrestler.
Striker’s gimmick that of a cocky and preppy schoolteacher who espouses his intellect, incidentally, isn’t much of a stretch either. The 32-year-old lost his job last year as a social studies teacher at a high school in Queens after the school discovered he was constantly calling in sick due to his wrestling bookings. The scandal eventually landed him a full-time contract with WWE. The notoriety also earned Striker a spot in an issue of GQ magazine in which he struck poses among kids in a classroom while wearing yellow wrestling trunks. “Ultimately, I owe the Department of Education a debt of gratitude,” Striker told a wrestling magazine. “Had none of this happened, I might still be teaching.” |
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