|
....June 2, 2:08 PM |
| Queen of Queens Blvd
Linda Wang
Jackson Heights/Elmhurst Height: 5’ 6" Weight: (hmm, wouldn’t say) Age: “late 20s, early 30s.” Stats: 36-24-35 Actress Linda Wang may enjoy cruising down the palm tree-lined streets of L.A., but the stunning beauty says she misses the streets of Elmhurst and Jackson Heights, where she lived until three years ago. Growing up, the lights of Hollywood were close enough to shed a faint light on her and inspire a life-long passion for acting. And as soon as Wang could, she headed west. “Within two weeks of getting my [driver’s] license, I drove out here,” she said. Despite her seeming hurried escape, Wang said she fondly remembers her old stomping ground. “There used to be a Macy’s. I remember Seaman’s,” said Wang. “That’s the area I grew up there. I remember Eddie Murphy shooting the movie ‘Coming to America.’ I lived a block away on Queens Boulevard.” Wang, who is Chinese American, said she misses not just the food in Queens, but “the walking. Over here, it’s a novelty.” Wang’s broad smile and photogenic appeal helped her land some key roles on television. But this stunning beauty takes her acting seriously, not shying away from unflattering air time, like her role as a caged, dirt-smeared sex slave on HBO’s “Deadwood,” or as a tearful patient on Fox’s medical drama “House, M.D.” She did get the chance to glam up when she went on a speed date with David Spade on his show “Eight Simple Rules.” While Wang gets more exposure, she said she’s also staying busy with voice-over roles in Chinese and Mandarin cinema. Although it may be some time before her old neighbors see the rising actress back on Queens Boulevard, Wang said the neighborhood was never far from her heart. “I think once you’re a New Yorker, no one can take that away from you.” |
|
Seminerio Steps Down, Pleads Guilty Hundreds Get In Line For Handful Of Jobs Man Caught On Video Trashing Political Signs Hiram Claims Reform, Dems Disagree City Geese Removal Not Linked To Trash Public Art Installation Destroyed By Vandals Facing Foreclosure? Find Help With 311 Judge OKs Vantage Tenants’ Lawsuit Iranian Election Votes Cast In Queens Centers Saved But Programs Face Cut COBRA Coverage May Be Extended BP Offers Guide On Immigrant Aid Mayoral Control Saga Winding Down Back To School After Graduation? Amigos Strike Back: Albany In Chaos After Monday’s Coup Boro Loses A Soldier Serving In Afghanistan Maloney Poll Shows Edge Over Gillibrand Jamaica High School On the Rebound Hearings Set For Waste Transfer Station Sanitation Commish Defending Trash Plan Vantage Response System Earns Praise Avella’s Existence Doubles Thompson’s $$ Queens School Ready For The Bronx | |||||||
|
|||||||||
| Hard Times?
New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi revealed recently that taxpayers have been funding Viagra for convicted sex offenders. Hevesi’s report showed that since 2000, 198 Level 3 NY sex offenders received Medicaid-reimbursed Viagra after their convictions. Some of those crimes were against children as young as 2 years old.
Keeping erectile-dysfunction pills from sex offenders should be a no-brainer. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services claims that this was an “unintended consequence” of Medicaid law. Gov. George Pataki reacted swiftly. To ensure that no sex offender receives the little blue pills, he issued an immediate moratorium on all distribution of Viagra until legislation could be approved that would ban sex offenders from getting their hands on the Pfizer drug. |
|||||||||
| Life-Sized Soul
In what we here at QConf feel is a blatant attempt to steal thunder from our fair borough, the townspeople of Augusta, Ga. have added a life-sized bronze statue of James Brown to their downtown. Although Brown spent part of his adult life on Linden Boulevard in St. Albans, he grew up in the small city about 170 miles south of Atlanta.
The statue depicts the Hardest Working Man in Show Business dressed in a cape and grinning broadly. It was unveiled in a ceremony commemorating his 72nd birthday, which Brown attended. The unveiling was originally intended to take place on his birthday last year, but was postponed because Brown was facing a domestic violence charge at the time. “I hope I didn’t disappoint anyone,” Brown said of the charge, the most recent in what’s become a long spate of legal troubles for the Godfather of Soul. “God bless you and God is good and please, please, please don’t forget me.” Bob Young, Mayor of Augusta, drew a clear line between Brown’s personal life and his career as one of the greatest singers and composers of our time: “All of Augusta should be proud of the professional accomplishments of James Brown,” Young said. “He is truly an icon in his profession.” |
|||||||||
| On The Road Again
Lovers of Beat-era literature and former Queens resident Jack Kerouac can raise a glass (or a funny-smelling cigarette) to some news from New Jersey. A previously unknown play by the writer has surfaced in a warehouse there, and is scheduled for publication in October.
The play, “Beat Generation,” chronicles “a day in the drink-and-drug-hazed life of his own literary alter ego, Jack Duluoz, as he parties and gambles with thinly veiled characters based on Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady and other Beat legends.” It was unearthed by Kerouac’s literary agent while rummaging through old files at the Jersey warehouse. Kerouac penned the work in 1957—the same year as the publication of his masterpiece “On The Road,” which was written in the house he shared with his mother at 94-21 134th St. in Richmond Hill. He died in 1969 at age 47. |
|||||||||
| Alcalde Mike
There is supposed to be a hard line separating politics from policy. In an election year, that line often gets blurred.
The same day Mayor Michael Bloomberg began airing Spanish-language television advertisements for his re-election, the City’s Department of Education announced they are expanding language translation services. Coincidence? |
|||||||||
| Trouble Brewing At Shea?
In the recent installment of this year’s version of the Subway Series, it was business as usual at Shea Stadium In the first game last month, the crowds were wild. After the Bombers took the lead that eventually ended in defeat for the Mets, things got a little crazy in the stands, as it often does.
Sitting in the non-alcoholic upper deck section of the Stadium, security frequently chased after beer drinkers trying to sneak their Buds up to their seats. Their plan to keep the section alcohol free, which was clearly displayed on ticket stubs and signs marking the section, worked out well for the security who were on top of every beer at every seat. One fan even repeatedly called one of the security guards, “The Beer Nazi.” The problem occurred when at least a dozen fights broke out in the section and now, instead of chasing after beer drinkers, security employees were chasing after fists. Many people in the section located directly behind home plate were kicked out of the game as a result of the altercations. With security’s successful effort in preventing beer from entering the section, maybe the Met execs who thought of having an alcohol-free section ought to consider a fighting-free section as well. | |||||||||
| |||||||||
You
can reach us by e-mail at conf@queenstribune.com Fax to Conf (718) 357-0972 Or you can reach us by mail: "Confidential" 174-15 Horace Harding Expressway Fresh Meadows, NY 11365 |
|||||||||
