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| Making It Happen
Lauren Francesca Home: Jamaica Estates Age: 23 Height: 5’6" Weight: 108 Stats: 34 24 34 MissNYC.com model When Brook Shields tells you she wishes she had a butt like you and you’re working on a movie with Wesley Snipes and Richard Gere, then your modeling career is doing good things for you. “It’s awesome,” said Lauren Francesca of her experiences on the set of Brooklyn’s Finest, a movie scheduled for release in 2009 starring Gere and Snipes, and acting with Shields on the television show Lipstick Jungle. “It’s so surreal because I’ve just been trying to do this for a long time. It’s finally working out.” Lauren has been modeling for three years and, in addition to her acting work, she has also been featured on Maxim online and has done a lot of prom dress and wedding dress modeling. Lauren’s life may sound glamorous, but while she has rubbed shoulders with some of Hollywood’s elite, her focus on her career prevents her from most extracurricular activities. “I don’t go out, I don’t party because I don’t have time,” she said. When she does have free time, it’s either spent working at American Dance and Drama Studio in Queens or hanging out with her family or pet Cockatiel, Pretty Bird. “If I have free time, I like to focus on things that will actually help me,” she said. “I’m 23 and if you don’t start making a move now, it’s never going to happen for you.” She said it’s not uncommon for a photographer to suddenly ask her to take her clothes off, something she refuses to do in front of a camera. “It’s not for me. I’m very religious,” she said. “And I wouldn’t want my father to get upset by that.” While she has lived in Manhattan, she much prefers being in Queens. “I lived in Manhattan for about a year. I hated it so much I moved back home,” she said. Queens is close enough to the City to make auditioning easy, but just far enough away to make life a little more relaxing and enjoyable. “I like that it’s normal, down to earth,” she said. “I don’t feel crowded.” |
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| Britain In America
Perhaps he'll help you discover the "square root of Popeye."
Yes, Queens native David Schwimmer will attempt this year to bring “Little Britain” into Big America. Schwimmer – best known as Ross from the television show “Friends” – is directing studio segments of the wacky skit show. The show features characters such as Mr. Cleeves, a traditional looking yet bizarre teacher at Kelsey Grammar School who gives the pupils strange tasks such as finding the “square root of Popeye” and “dividing Henry VIII by Edward II.” Questions remain as to whether the catchphrase-heavy show will score the same kind of success as “Da Ali G Show” or “The Office” when they came stateside. Filming of "Little Britain" is currently underway in North Carolina. |
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| So Falls The Waterfalls
New Yorkers are known around the world for being opinionated. And now, thanks to Olafur Eliasson’s public art project, “New York City Waterfalls,” City residents will once again have the opportunity to tell it like it is.
Many are baffled by how Eliasson managed to receive $15.5 million to complete the piece. Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the masterminds behind the Gates in Central Park back in 2005, were met with considerably less skepticism. But of course we in Queens may be more familiar with the Danish-Icelandic, 41-year-old artist. After all, his work has been on display at Long Island City’s PS 1 since April. And, in the end, we may have to content ourselves with the P.S. 1 exhibit as none of the four waterfalls are visible from Queens. |
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| Hot Dog Anyone?
Queens resident Nathan Biller is hoping to answer “yes” to that question about 66 times July 4 when he competes in the mother of all endurance competitions, Nathans Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest.
Biller qualified for the sausage-fest by taking first place in a Texas qualifying event. Biller ate 20 hot dogs in 10 minutes, just enough to put him in a showcase showdown with a fellow competitor. In the two-minute eat-off, Biller polished off another five wieners to oust his competitor by one. Biller will have to do some practicing if he wants to place in the Nathans event. Last year, Joey “Jaws” Chestnut set the world record for hot dog eating, putting away 66 along with their buns in 12 minutes. Yummy! Heavy is the head – and queezy is the stomach – that wears this crown. |
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| Unfriendly Skies
A Queens woman took her frustrations with the airlines a little too far after allegedly punching a crew member June 17 on a San Francisco bound Jet Blue flight out of New York.
Christina Elizabeth Szele, 35, allegedly was shouting racial slurs and wielded a cigarette while the crew member tried to settle her down and put out her butt, according to the FBI. She faces charges of assault and interfering with flight attendants. She was released June 25 on $10,000 bail under the conditions that she does not drink or fly. Szele’s next court date is July 11. |
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