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| Just Jana
Jana Forest Hills Age: 20 Height: 5’ 7" Weight: 110 lbs Stats: 32-24-33 For Jana, getting into modeling was as easy as making a rap video. “I had a friend who brother is a big hip hop artist, so we used to go to all the music video shoots,” she said. “I met a few people who had clothing lines, and they asked me to do some modeling.” These on-set meetings led this Forest Hills Gardens native gal head-first into the business. “I did a little runway here and there – you, know, they would do the fall look, I would walk down the runway and show it off.” From there she did a few videos, and from hanging out and going to clubs she got to meet her manager, who has handled her career for the last three years. Jana grew up in the Gardens, but now has her own place in Rego Park. “I moved to the city for a while, but I’ve got a great place now – it used to be my grandmother’s – and its only $800 a month for two bedrooms.” This slender gal has dropped some weight recently in hopes of stepping up into slightly higher fashion. “I’m trying to get signed into Elite [Model Agency],” she said. “I know you have to be 5-foot-8, but I’m hoping they take me.” Jana, who went to the Kew Forest School and Forest Hills High School, enjoys the nightlife in Manhattan though she admits two major Queens weaknesses – Pio Bello’s on Austin Street and the Cheesecake Factory. Next time we’re going to have what she’s having. |
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| Nas Flies High Long Island City's Nas
The New York Post’s Page Six reports that hip-hop artist Nas admitted to “flying high” during many of his early recording sessions for his recently released CD, “Hip Hop is Dead.”
The rapper, who grew up in the Queensbridge housing projects in Long Island City, celebrated the release of his new album with an intimate dinner party at Gin Lane hosted by the cognac company, Hennesy Paradis. According to Page Six, Nas told guests—including wife Kelis, Mark Wahlberg and Miki Howard—that he was under the influence while recording the CD. “Hennesy is responsible for at least my first three albums, so all of this makes sense,” he said. Cheers! |
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| Al Roker By Al Roker
St. Albans homeboy Al Roker plays himself on the big screen in the Christmas comedy “Unaccompanied Minors.” Roker has appeared in a number of other movies including “Fat Albert and The Proud Family.”
The weatherman is also a best selling author. His books Don’t Make Me Stop This Car: Adventures in Fatherhood and Al Roker’s Big Bad Book of Barbecue are New York Times bestsellers. Al initially wanted to be a cartoonist before he got into television. He attended the State University of New York at Oswego where he double majored in graphic design and broadcasting/journalism. Check out his Web site alroker.com to get thoughts on a variety of subjects, daily cartoons, brain-busting trivia, and merchandise personally designed by Al. |
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| Merger
Astoria witnessed the merger of two outstanding legal entities last week at at St. Catherine and St. George Greek Orthodox Church when Clare Cusack an associate at the Manhattan office of the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius wed Michael Gianaris an attorney serving as Assemblyman representing the 36th AD from Queens and Finance Chair of the NYS Democratic Party.
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| Cool Trip
Queens is sending a representative to the land of penguins and mile-thick ice, as Astoria high-schooler Anthoula Lelekidis will be traveling to Antarctica next year as a part of the Students on Ice program.
Students on Ice sends students on a two week trip to the seventh continent each December. The trip highlights the beauty and fragility of the natural world, in the hopes that returning students will take an active role in helping preserve the nearly uninhabitable continent. Lelekidis was nominated for the trip by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney. “Anthoula is a very talented young woman and I’m delighted that she’ll have this extraordinary opportunity,” Maloney said. Bring us back a penguin. |
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