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| Rosedale's Rhonelle
Rhonelle Bruder
Home: Rosedale Age: 23 Height: 5’7" Weight:125 Stats: 36D-25-35 myspace.com/simplyrhonelle Rhonelle Bruder was pleasantly surprised to find warm, welcoming Queensites when she first arrived here from Canada last year. The 23-year-old film student fell in love with Queens during her trips here to visit family members. The happening party scene, clubs, restaurants and malls intrigued her, with their wide array of people and merchandise. Rhonelle, who has done print work and runway modeling, as well as some commercial and editorial posing, said Queens has everything she needs. She spends her time on Jamaica Avenue and Queens Boulevard, and frequents Green Acres and Queens Center Malls. An avid movie-lover, Rhonelle visits the theater at Queens Plaza, which she says is the best one she’s been to. When she’s not modeling, the Rosedale resident said she loves shopping and eating at Queens’ numerous multi-ethnic restaurants, her favorite being Moments, which serves Indian cuisine and is near her home. To work off all that great food, Rhonelle spends hours at the local gym and then works as a bartender, running back and forth making drinks for patrons. She is currently looking into acting and modeling for television commercials, and luckily she’s had help from the Black Cartel agency. But, keeping her independent spirit alive, pursuing auditions and offerings on her own. Business has been good so far, said the swimsuit and lingerie model, and her West Indian heritage has served her well. “People always tell me I have nice eyes,” she said. “I’m a little of everything, Asian, black, white. And it’s something different, something new.” Magazine modeling of accessories and clothing has been more than enjoyable for Rhonelle, especially since she’s met celebrities, including the rap group G-Unit whose was started by Queens’ very own 50 Cent. But she’s still keeping her hopes of modeling for a TV ad high. |
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| Vote for the Wright Stuff
Anyone who’s been to a ballgame in the last decade knows that the players, especially heavy-hitters, need a little encouragement when they step into the batters box. That encouragement has recently come in the form of plate-music, the songs that play over the loudspeakers as a batter gets ready to take a few good cuts.
Now, thanks to mets.com, the fans will get to decide what that music is, at least for one of their favorite players, since David Wright has agreed to let a poll on the team Web site decide what his plate-anthem is. Fans were given a list of 50 songs on the site, everything from a hip-hop cover of “New York State of Mind,” to “Fame” by David Bowie, which QConf thinks might raise a few eyebrows in Shea. No word yet on the final selection, but it’s bound to be interesting when Wright finally takes a pitch at home this season – which won’t happen until April 9. |
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| Oh, My!
Just when you thought you’ve seen it all on the streets of New York, the circus animals have arrived. To kick off its six-day show at Madison Square Garden, Ringling Brothers’ elephants marched through the Queens Midtown Tunnel, much to the cheers of children and the jeers of one Manhattan Council Member, Rosie Mendez.
No more lions and tiger and bears, oh my, if Mendez is successful with a bill that would prohibit circuses that use wild animals from performing in New York Perhaps the two-ton mammals should have marched to Queens where we have no problem with an elephant learning how to balance on one foot. But apparently, using animals for fun is downright primitive according to some four-legged-friend advocates. “Bears don’t naturally wear tutus or ride bicycles,” John Phillips, executive director of the city’s League of Humane Voters told Metro this week. What about Chihuahuas in raincoats? |
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| Hebrew Hercules
From Houdini to Louis Armstrong to 1930s professional wrestler Abe Coleman, who recently died in his Queens’ nursing home, there are dozens of celebrities who so loved Queens that they decided to stay for the duration of their next lives.
The 101-year-old “Hebrew Hercules” or "Jewish Tarzan," as he was called, had kidney failure and died just last week on March 28 at Meadow Park Nursing Home. But, he was a tough man: the 5-foot-3 brute weigh in at 200 pounds and fought more than 2,000 fights in his 25-year career. That would explain how in 1986, at the age of 80, the Polish-born wrestler allegedly beat up two teenage thugs who tried to mug him in Forest Hills. Coleman reveled in the story, repeating it often. Despite Queens’ friendly nature, maybe the numerous 80-year-olds in Forest Hills will take a cue from Coleman and adopt defense training to protect themselves. |
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| Trump’s Grudge Match
Queens billionaire Donald Trump rained thousands of dollars in cash on the audience much to the chagrin of a fellow billionaire who hosted a World Wrestling Entertainment, (WWE) Inc. Fan Appreciation Night recently in Dallas, Texas.
“It was raining money,” one enthusiastic WWE fan was quoted as saying. Billionaire WWE Chairman Vince McMahon showed his appreciation by presenting one lucky fan in the sold out American Airlines Center with a giant poster of himself, only to be outdone and embarrassed by Trump’s generosity. The two settled it by sending surrogates into the ring and the loser, McMahon, ended up with his head shaved. *comic*(QonfH.jpeg) |
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| COLOR of the word
Look at the chart below and say the COLOR of the word, not the word itself.
This old internet bit demonstrates left-right conflict: Why is it so difficult? Because the right half of your brain is trying to say the color, while the left side of your brain is trying to say the word. | |||||||||
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