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| Oh Mandi
Mandi Fresh Meadows Age: 19 Height: 5’ 3" Weight: 115 lbs Stats: 34-27-36 Mandi has been modeling for just over a year now, and this St. John’s Communications and Business major sees herself potentially getting serious about a future in front of the lens. “I actually went with one of my friends to try it out, and it looked like a lot of fun,” she said of her first experience modeling. “I decided to try it myself.” From that point she was hooked. “I like it a lot more than I thought I would,” she admitted. “I thought it would be more of a hobby. But I really think I’m going to try to be more serious about it over the summer or when I graduate next year.” Mandi said it helps that she has a twin sister who sometimes models with her. “I do a lot of promotional work, print, some commercial fashion,” she said. If the modeling doesn’t work out for her in the long run, Mandi, who is a cheerleader and who works at a children’s fitness center, is ready to face a career in public relations. When not studying, working or in front of the camera, Mandi doesn’t do a whole lot, she admits. “I like Queens, but my family is in Orange County, and I come back and forth a lot,” she said. However, when she does stay in town you can catch her at a movie theater in Forest Hills, usually taking in a comedy. “I like funny movies,” she said. “I don’t know if I have a favorite, but I know I don’t like scary movies.” If it gets lonely, we invite our neighbor Mandi to stop by for a cup of coffee and . . . |
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| A Friendly Wager
It's the NY Rangers or the Buffalo Sabres and Albany is in the game. Before Buffalo’s opening-round series with the Islanders, the Senators from Sabre country made a little wager with their Long Island counterparts. After ousting the boys from Nassau, the Long Island Senators had to wear Sabres’ jerseys in the halls of the state capital.
“They’ve never looked better,” State Senator Dale M. Volker (R-Depew) said as Long Island’s Kenneth LaValle and Carl Marcellino donned their new apparel. This time, the stakes are higher. The Western NY Senators upped the ante against the NYC delegation, a challenge quickly accepted by Senators Serphin Maltese (D-Glendale), Marty Golden (Brooklyn) and Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island). The losers will present the winners with a care package of local delicacies – Buffalo wings from the Anchor Bar and Beef on Weck from Charlie the Butcher if the Rangers win. If they fail, Staten Island’s world famous cannoli, sauerbraten from Queens’ own Zum Stammtisch and Junior’s Cheesecake will make its way upstate. |
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| 50 To Pay 15K Monthly
Queens-bred rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who has made a name for himself in the last few years as a performer, actor and producer, has been ordered to play the role of provider by a Suffolk County court
Fitty was ordered to pay $10,000 immediately for the support of his son Marquise Diamond Jackson, and must pay $15,000 a month in child support to the boy’s mother, Shaniqua Tompkins. The once-bullet-riddled rapper turned his life story into a successful movie, “Get Rich Or Die Tryin’,” in which he played an aspiring actor whose life mysteriously mirrored his own. In the movie, his son’s name was Marquise. Fitty caught flack for posters for the movie that showed him holding a baby and having a gun tucked into his pants. With support bills like his, he may wish to consider a sequel. |
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| Cancer Schmancer
Always portraying to the nation the behavior of the stereotypical Jewish female Queensite, Fran Drescher hasn’t changed.
The former star of the sitcom “The Nanny,” Drescher – a Flushing native who kept her Queens identity, and accent, alive and vibrant in each and every episode of the show – is preparing to launch a new movement beginning next month, according to accesshollywood.com: the Cancer Schmancer Movement. The uterine cancer survivor, who attended Hillcrest High School, was initially misdiagnosed and treated for a condition she didn’t have. Since her recovery, she’s been actively spreading awareness about the importance of early detection. “Through education, legislation and social reform, we will not stop until the very landscape of America’s women’s healthcare consciousness has been replanted,” Drescher said in a statement. Now Queensites can also pick up a copy of her book: “The Cancer Schmancer Movement.” |
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| QConf Tourism Month
Spring Break is always a good thing, as is summer vacation, and Queens seems to be getting the best of both this year, as May has official become Queens Tourism Month, according to the Web site DiscoverQueens.com
According to the site, shops, parks and other areas will offer special tourism discounts to help foster travel to the borough that is New York City’s gateway to the world; and our advice is to get out there and take advantage of it. You don’t have to be from out of town to make every day in May seem like a vacation in Queens! |
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