Friday, February 28, 2014

OUT 127--OUTSTAGIN BITZ (FEB 28-MARCH 6)

HEY OUTSTAGRS!

ITS TIME!!

TO GET ON STAGE!!






The contestants for the Mista Couture Style Contest has been selected! 

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ILLI MO SPOTLIGHT




This Sunday, the Academy Awards will be 

aired on ABC. Of the major categories, two

 of the nominees are from Illinois and in the

 same film, NEBRASKA, that is also 

nominated for Best Picture. 

They are Chicago native actor Bruce 

Dern who has appeared in more than 80

 feature films,received his first  Academy 

Award nomination for Best Actor in the film.

 He received his first award nomination 

for  Best Supporting Actor for the 1978 

filmComing Home. The other is Vandalia, Ill 

native June  Squibb who plays the wife 

of Bruce Dern in Nebraska,  for which she

 received an Academy Award nomination for 

Best Supporting Actress.[1] Squibb will also 

appear on season three of Girls.[2]



This week lost Chicago actor/director Harold Ramis. He was  best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981); he also co-wrote both films. As a writer-director, his films include the comedies Caddyshack (1980), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Groundhog Day (1993), and Analyze This (1999). 

Ramis was the original head writer of the television series SCTV (on which he also performed), and one of three screenwriters for the film National Lampoon's Animal House (1978).

In 1966 he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri,[1][6


Two Chicago native film stars and recent Image Award nominees will be in two anticipated TV projects. First is Keke Palmer who was nominated for her role in CrazySexyCool:The TLC Story,  stars in a movie called “The Trip To Bountiful” based on the Broadway show by the same name. The movie, set in the 1940s, tells the story of an

 elderly woman,  who wants to return home to the small town

 where she grew up, but is frequently stopped from leaving

 Houston, Texas by her daughter-in-law and an

 overprotective son who will not let her travel alone. The film is premiering on Lifetime on March 8....Next is double Image Award award nominee Terrence Howard, who starred in an d was nominated for  The Butler and The Best man Holiday, landed the starring role in Empirea family drama set in the world of a hip-hop empire.
Howard will play Lucious Lyon, the head of a record label, in the drama from The Butler's Lee Daniels. No date has been set on its premiere but it will air on Fox TV.





Former St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer wants the federal government to make opening day of the baseball season a national holiday.
The Hall of Fame shortstop is leading a campaign to collect 100,000 signatures within 30 days under the We the People petitioning program, which would trigger a review by the Obama administration. The effort is being backed by Anheuser-Busch InBev's Budweiser brand.
"Coming from St. Louis, of course being such a baseball town, it's sort of an unofficial holiday, Opening Day, so they thought it would be a good idea for Mr. Smith to just take a trip to Washington," Smith said Tuesday during a telephone interview for ESPN.


Hmmm, we dont know about this one.....to make Opening day a holiday? Thats a bit much.....so if they do that,, will people get the opportunity to get free tickets to a game? What will people do who arent fans?  And what will they call it, Opening Day Day? LOL

Opening Day by the way is  Monday, March 31.




Four of the 18 new players in the 27th  season of the hit reality show competition Survivor are from the Illinois/Missouri area. They are (FROM LEFT) Chicagoans Spencer Bledsoe and JTia Taylor , former Rams cheerleader and St Louis native Latasha Fox, Addision, Ill native Alexis Maxwell have been selected as one of the contestants in the latest season of the hit CBS reality show ‘Survivor’.  It features eighteen new players divided into three tribes of six based on dominant attribute — athleticism, intelligence, and attractiveness. The show airs Wednesdays on CBS. 




STL SPOTLIGHT



The National Hockey League had its  trade deadline Friday and The St Louis Blues reportedly acquired Ryan Miller and Steve Ott from the Buffalo Sabres
The Blues confirmed the deal on their official website. Ott and Miller are expected to join the team in Phoenix for St. Louis' Sunday game against the Coyotes.
According to the report, this is a massive deal for both sides and a heavy price for the Blues to pay for a goaltender and veteran center on expiring deals. 



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The 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Championship takes place March 6-9, 2014 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri.






                                                                 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT



This week we feature rap artist Tef Poe.
 Saint Louis native and current L>A. resident  Tef Poe aka  Kareem Jackson has been honing his weaponry in the war for musical supremacy since the early 2000s.  His solo projects include “Glory To God,” “The Redeemer,” Money Never Sleeps”, & latest release “War Machine” which all have been well received by the public, critics, and media outlets alike.
Tef, who is nominated this year for rap Artist in the Traffic Music Awards coming up next Sunday in St Louis at the Ambassador,  has commanded large crowds opening for Chicago's Lupe Fiasco in addition to being featured in the SXSW Smoking Section Showcase. In addition, Poe has been featured on major hip hop sites such as globalgrind.com, thesmokingsection.net, thisis50.com, rockthedub.com and several more.
For more info on his projects go to 





SELFIE PIX


This week we featureSt Louis based  singer Calela who posted the many faces of her face on her Facebook page.

MAAT TIMED

This week we feature  YOURS TRULY who attended ,a taping of the popular HBO boxing series  After Dark 
for the double header fight leading with The Devon Alexander vs. Andryi Kotelnik as the main event on Aug 2010. Pictured is YOURS TRULY with
  Florida-based singer Tranea Cannon who performed the National Anthem 
Check out the pics from this event go to 



FOOD BITEZ



This Sunday the Academy Awards will be aired which present awards in the film industry, Motion Picture Arts Association. And the food that is associated with watching films, is....popcorn.

Popcorn, also known as popping corn, is a type of corn (maizeZea mays var. everta) that expands from the kernel and puffs up when heated. Popcorn is able to pop because, like amaranth grainsorghumquinoa, and millet, its kernels have a hard moisture-sealed hull and a dense starchyinterior. Pressure builds inside the kernel, and a small explosion (or "pop") is the end result. Some strains of corn are now cultivated specifically as popping corns.
There are various techniques for popping corn. Along with prepackaged popcorn, which is generally intended to be prepared in a microwave oven, there are small home appliances for popping corn. These methods require the use of minimally processed popping corn.
A larger-scale, commercial popcorn machine was invented by Charles Cretors in the late 19th century.
Unpopped popcorn is considered nonperishable and will last indefinitely if stored in ideal conditions.
Depending on how it is prepared and cooked, some consider popcorn to be a health food, while others caution against it for a variety of reasons. Popcorn can also have non-food applications, ranging from holiday decorations to packaging materials.
Popcorn was first cultivated thousands of years ago by the people living in what is now Peru. It is one of the oldest forms of corn; evidence of popcorn from 3600 B.C. was found in New Mexico, while even older evidence was found in Peru. It is estimated that these remnants date from as early as 4700 B.C. Purple popcorn was found in the early 1900s.[1][2

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This week we highlight the SL based husband-wife dance team,, Team 2.0. that consist of  Tabeitha Jones and Rian Alexander Dugar  who is sporting  skateboard chic with jeans, bright colors, and youthful swagness. 










Why was their allegedly a girl fight between Serena Williams and Rihanna over Drake? Why did Matthew Knowles side piece go on Inside Edition complaining that he was behind in child support? Why did Paula Deen compare herself to MIchael Sam?Why is Pharrell getting so much slack for not having black women on his newest album cover? Why did the states of Kansas and Arizona pass laws banning homosexuals to public accommodations?  Why is Ludacris claiming broke regarding his break baby? And why is he trying to get custody of the baby if thats the case?   Why is the TV show "Single Ladies" still on air? (NOTE:VH1 has reportedly cancelled it  this week) And why are some politicians get sticky fingers using campaign funds for their own personal use?










The Black Rep, the nation’s premiere professional African-American theatre company,  announces the extended run of the third play of its 37th Season, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf. The Tony award-winning show, which was scheduled to close on February 9, will now run from through March 2 at the E. Desmond Lee Auditorium at the Missouri HistoryMuseum. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (314) 534-3810, visit theblackrep.org, or stop by the box office at 4709 Delmar, 63108.


Hosted by DARIUS BRADFORD / Starring - "The African King Of Comedy" - MICHAEL BLACKSON / along with the hilarious Jovan Bibbs & Jessie Taylor











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Friday, February 21, 2014

OUT 126--OUTSTAGIN BITZ (FEB. 21-27)

HEY OUTSTAGRS!

ITS TIME!!

TO GET ON STAGE!!





Black History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. The event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating black history.





The contestants for the Mista Couture Style Contest has been selected! 

To see the contestants and vote for your favorite 
go to 




ILLI MO SPOTLIGHT





The First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon this week to discuss the fourth year of Let’s Move! and to encourage young people to sign up for the Affordable Care Act — but the sit-down chat isn’t what has people buzzing. Much like she’s done in past appearances with Fallon, Mrs. Obama also appeared in a viral-ready skit.

In yet another holdover from Late Night, Fallon brought back Ew!, his Saturday Night Live-esque teen girl talk show, where he and another guest (this time, Will Ferrell) pretend to be 13-year-olds and discuss matters of great importance to teens: Harry Styles, kissing posters of Harry Styles, etc.
The First Lady was a great sport in the silly sketch, and managed to give great face to the cameras, plug healthy snacks (Kale chips!), and, of course, even participated in a requisite dance party.

To see the skit go to 


And did yawl check out that black jumpsuit she wore----she gave us LIFE indeed!







St. Louis Blues hockey player TJ OShie is the IT MAN of the Winter Olympics after his goal winning score last Saturday against Russia. Prior to the final goal, Oshie scored four times in the shootout and put the winner in the eighth round, leading the United States past Russia in the thrilling revival of a classic Olympic hockey rivalry.

"I was just thinking of something else I could do, trying to 
keep him guessing," said Oshie, the St. Louis Blues forward.
 "Had to go back to the same move a couple times, but I 
was glad it ended when it did. I was running out of moves 
there."

Since then, Oshie, has seen his popularity surge, gaining 140,000 Twitter followers since the start of the Games and the nickname "T.J. Sochi" after bringing home the win over host Russia on Saturday at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi. He even received a congratulatory tweet from the president. The crowd was chanting his name, and his phone was bombarded with texts and congratulatory calls afterward. 

People are also saying  the game was similar to "Miracle on Ice" in 1980 when the Americans shocked the then Soviet Union.

The eight-round shootout ended in a 3-2 victory for Team USA and sent it to the quarter finals, where it defeated the Czech Republic before it will face Team Canada on Friday in the semi finals in hopes of advancing to the gold medal game that will take place Sunday.

UPDATE: TEAM USA Lost to Canada so they will not advance.




In other Sochi hockey news, The National Women’s National Hockey Team won a bronze medal this week winning over Japan 3-1 of the 2013 Winter World University Games. and two from the team are from the Chicagoland area. They are Megan Bozek Buffalo of Grove, Ill. (LEFT)and  Kendall Coyne of Palos Heights, Ill




Earlier this month it as reported that entertainment mogul Oprah Winfrey is keeping her promise to act on Broadway, eyeing a debut opposite Audra McDonald in a revival of the suicide drama Night, Mother. According to The New York Times, the iconic talk show host and the five-time Tony winner plan to team up in the play sometime during the 2015-2016 season under the direction of George C. Wolfe.
According to the report, Winfrey and McDonald read the play together one night in the apartment of producer Scott Sanders.



St. Louis bred actress Niecy Nash got more good news this week. HBO has renewed comedy drama series Getting On for a second season that stars Niecy Nash, along with Laurie Metcalf, Alex Borstein and Mel Rodriguez as nurses at a female geriatric wing of a struggling California hospital.Getting On was the only show among HBO's new 2013 comedies to be renewed. This weekend Nash will find out if she will walk up to the podium to accept an Image Award at Saturday’s NAACP Image Awards. She is up for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for “The Soul Man”

UPDATE: Nash did not win the Image Award. She lost out to Wendy Raquel Robinson for "The Game."




St Louis native comedian/activist Dick Gregory will be featured in TVOne’s spinoff documentary “Unsung Hollywood”  that features African American Hollywood  actors and actresses, sports figures and comedians  who were missed their opportunity to  reach superstardom.  His feature will be based on his rise to stardom in the sixties and his civil rights activism,. It will be aired on TVone March 19. This week, it was screened at a private screening through the NAACP Image Awards week in Hollywood.


Former St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith was featured as the Black History Month tidbit on the Tom Joyner Morning Show segment Friday.  His lauded career was highlighted by his  1982 and 198World Series homeruns. Smith is currently in Jupiter, Fla with the Cardinals during Spring Training helping to coach some of the players.


STL SPOTLIGHT



'St Louis native and Bravo Tv exec Andy Cohen will host and be the grand marshal for the  Beggin' Pet Parade/Mardi Gras 2014, that will take place Feb. 23 in Soulard in St. Louis, Mo..

                                                             



STL THE MOVIE will be screened at the Tivoli March 20 The film is a 2013 drama inspired by Menace II Society.The director, Arturo Smith of NIYA FILMS and wirter J WHA introduces life growing up in STL.




                                                                 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT


For Black History Month, we will feature St. Louis raised Ntozake Shange is an American playwright, and poet.[2] As a self-proclaimed black feminist, she addresses issues relating to race and feminism in much of her work. Shange is best known for the Obie Award-winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.
She also wrote Betsey Brown, a novel about an African-American girl who runs away from home. Among her honors and awards are fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund, and a Pushcart Prize
When she was aged 8, Shange's family moved to the racially segregated city of St. Louis. As a result of the Brown v. Board of Education court decision, Shange was bused to a white school where she endured racism and racist attacks. Shange's family had a strong interest in the arts and encouraged her artistic education. Among the guests at their home were Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Chuck Berry, and W. E. B. Du Bois.When Shange was 13, she returned to New Jersey, where she graduated from Trenton Central High School.[5]  Her most recent work was the novel, Some Sing, Some Cry in 2010.






SELFIE PIX


This week we feature Mack TV host Snap Babei whos getting her sexy on in a bathroom....dont know where she was but wherever she was, she was looking urban chic doing it!

MAAT TIMED


This week we feature YOURS TRULY who attended g the grand opening of the club/restaurant Exo in Midtown St Louis with featured singer Chico DeBarge (PICTURED ON LEFT)  as the feature entertainment, The event had taken place Sept 2008

To see the link go to 







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Which STL based socialite  got catfished in social media when someone used their pics to 
hookup with females?

HINT 1. The socialite  is a male

HINT 2.The socialite is into fitness 

HINT 3. The socialite has worked with a rap superstar "in the region" on the latter's fitness video 

HINT 4. His first name and last name ends with a vowel 


Who is this socialite?



FOOD BITEZ





The First Lady Michelle Obama made news this week when she appeared in a sketch with Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight show promoting her healthy lifestyle initiative,.In the segment, she suggested instead of potato chips to try kale chips.

So what is kale?


Kale or borecole (Brassica oleracea Acephala Group) is a vegetable with green or purple leaves, in which the central leaves do not form a head. It is considered to be closer to wild cabbage than most domesticated forms.
The species Brassica oleracea contains a wide variety of vegetables, including broccolicauliflowercollard greens, and brussels sprouts. The cultivar group Acephala also includes spring greens and collard greens, which are extremely similar genetically. Pieris rapae is one of the most well known pests of the plant.
The name borecole most likely originates from the Dutch boerenkool (farmer's cabbage), whereas kale bears semblance to the Danish kÃ¥l and to the German Kohl (a general term for various kinds of cabbage) and Scottish Gaelic càl. Some varieties can reach a height of six or seven feet; others are compact and symmetrical and of good quality for eating. Many, however, are coarse, possess an undesirable coloring, and are unappealing and indigestible. Most kale are either annuals or biennials, and are raised from seeds, which, in size, form, and color, resemble those of the cabbage. In Congo and in East Africa (Tanzania and Kenya), the plant is referred to by the generic name of sukuma wiki, which literally translates as "stretch the week "; the term also includes collard greens.
Until the end of the Middle Ages, kale was one of the most common green vegetables in all of Europe. Curly leafed varieties of cabbage already existed along with flat leafed varieties in Greece in the fourth century BC.[citation needed] These forms, which were referred to by the Romans as Sabellian kale, are considered to be the ancestors of modern kales. Today one may differentiate between varieties according to the low, intermediate, or high length of the stem, with varying leaf types. The leaf colours range from light green through green, dark green and violet-green to violet-brown. Russian kale was introduced into Canada (and then into the U.S.) by Russian traders in the 19th century.
During World War II, the cultivation of kale in the U.K. was encouraged by the Dig for Victory campaign. The vegetable was easy to grow and provided important nutrients to supplement those missing from a normal diet because of rationing.[1]
Kai-lan, a separate cultivar of Brassica oleracea much used in Chinese cuisine, is somewhat similar to kale in appearance and is occasionally called "kale" in English.










This week we feature former STLian and current ATlian fashion designer Joni Marie Ross who is wearing a black V-neck wrap around dress with shiny black leggings and black boots....and check out that bag...we are sure its branded.....we also like the wrap do with one curl to the side (and we see she has slimmed KUDOS).







Why is Pharell auctioning off his hat on Ebay?
Why didnt American Idol have the contestants vying for the Top 13 spots regroup before singing during Rush Week?
Why did Nicki Minaj use Malcolm X pic for the cover of her single “Lookin As N#gga?” Why is R Kelly allegedly hiding out to not pay child support?
Why did Justn Bieber post up an Instagram vid of his mom singing?
Why is Hulk Hogan returning to wrestling?
Why was newscaster Brian Williams caught rapping Rappers Delight on one of his newscasts?
Why is Juicy J the breakout rapper and producer these days?
Why do people on the news say “spoiler” when they about to talk about a tv show or movie review?









The Black Rep, the nation’s premiere professional African-American theatre company,  announces the extended run of the third play of its 37th Season, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf. The Tony award-winning show, which was scheduled to close on February 9, will now run from February 20 through March 2 at the E. Desmond Lee Auditorium at the Missouri History Museum. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (314) 534-3810, visit theblackrep.org, or stop by the box office at 4709 Delmar, 63108.




RIPPING THE RUNWAY FOR DOORWAYS FASHION SHOW
THURSDAY, FEB 27
6:30pm
6128 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis 63112

 This event will showcase 5 talented DESIGNERS: Caroline Willard, Shukuru Couture, Ola Hawatmeh, Aqueesha Alexis, Ak fashion by Anna Linzie.

Live ENTERTAINMENT by: Charlotte Sum Times, DJ Karma, POP Singer Cassandra Llea, Famous Fresh Dance Crew, Hybrid Hip-Hop dancers 2.0 and AllN1 ENT. Come check out some of the best live entertainment Saint Louis has to offer!
Get tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ripping-the-runway-for-doorways-tickets-10081932331 









If you have or someone you know who has a selfie pic, an artist that you would like to spotlight or an event you want promoted send a comment in the comment box below or email snaphoney2011@gmail.com