HEY OUTSTAGRS!
ITS THAT TIME!!
RANKIN THE TOP ILLI MO STORIES of 2013!!!
The year 2013 is just about over, but as with any year, it is filled with memorable entertainment based events that will go down in the annals of time. From the Second Inauguration Ball of President Barack Obama to Dr. Maya Angelou's commemorating the passing of Nelson Mandela (with doses of Kanye rantings in the middle of things), to the passing of St Louis Cardinals baseball legend Stan Musial to the ongoing court battles of former STL news anchor Larry Conners, the year 2013 was definitely a year of reckoning.
OUTSTAGN will rank the Top 10 National Entertainment News Stories of 2013 that were Illinois and/or Missouri based as well as the Top 10 St Louis based entertainment news stories of 2013 that had some national notoriety or was an ongoing news bit in the city.
BELOW ARE THE TOP 10 NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS STORIES with an ILLI MO base.
#10 MAYA ON MANDELA
St Louis
born educator/poet Dr Maya Angelou wrote
a poem for the passing of African leader and former President of South Africa
Nelson Mandela in early December entitled, “His Day is Done” that was posted on YouTube
and commemorated by the State Department.
#9 BOB NEWHART WINS FIRST EMMY
In September, Oak Park, Ill native Bob Newhart won his very first
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy for his
work on the CBS sitcom on “Big Bang Theory.” Newhart, 84, has been nominated seven times throughout his 52-year career.
#8 EMINEM MAKES MUSIC HISTORY
In November,
St. Joseph, Mo
native rapper Eminem
charted 10 concurrent songs on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, a first in the charts history, including
“The Monster” that at years end was No. 1 on the Rap, Hip hop and Hot 100
charts on Billboard. All songs came from his comeback album, Marshall Mathers
2” which debuted on Billboard Album 200 with over 700 thousand copies sold its
first week released.
#7CRAZY SEXY COOL DRAWS BIG
RATINGS
The tele-film CrazySexyCool:
The TLC Story raked in
big numbers for VH-1 when it aired in October. Pulling in 4.5 million
viewers, VH1 scored the highest-rated original cable movie of 2013. The biopic chronicles the
R&B group’s rise to fame, was VH1’s highest-rated original movie ever. Two of its stars were from Illinois. Keke Palmer, who played Chilli, who's from Robbins, Ill and Drew Sidora, who played T-Boz, who
is from Chicago. The movie also caused controversy
over the validity of the facts and depictions the film mainly through TLC's ex manager, Pebbles.
#6JENNY MCCARTHY JOINS THE VIEW
In September, Chicago native and
comedic actress Jenny McCarthy was hired to fill one of the empty seats around the table on ABC’s "The View" vacated by Joy
Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck, McCarthy, who has been on the daytime talk show 17 times --
eight as a co-host -- joined the remaining ladies in its 17th
season this fall.
#5TINA TURNER IN VOGUE, GETS MARRIED, REVOKES USA
Music legend Tina Turner made news all of
2013….first, she made history becoming the oldest person to be on the cover of
German Vogue Magazine at aged 73…then she got married
cover of the April issue of German
Vogue. This summer, she married her longtime love, record executive Erwin Bach,
57, with a lavish Buddhist ceremony(Oprah was one of the guests), and
she made Switzerland
officially when she renounced her citizenship in the United States. For a spell, she lived in St Louis and East St Louis, Ill attended Sumner High School and joined Ike Turner’s Kings of
Rhythm in the 1950s and early sixties.
#4 NELLY CRUISIN ON THE CHARTS, WINS OVER ARSENIO
It was a good year for the St Louis bred rap superstar. Although his latest album, “M.O”
came and went on the charts, he made it up with his collaboration on the remix
to country duo Florida Georgia Line’s hit, “Cruise” which peaked at No. 4 on
the Hot 100 of the Billboard charts. The song also won Single of the Year at
this years American Music Awards, became the longest reigning No. 1 on the
Billboard Country charts (22 weeks) and was the No. 1 Country Song of 2013. The
rapper also made headlines when he made two appearances on Arsenio’s new talk
show waging a bet with its host Arsenio Hall on whether the St Louis Cardinals
or L.A> Dodgers will take a spot in the World Series and what each would do
if one lost the bet (Arsenio would rap Country Grammar in Cards gear if Dodgers
lost and Nelly would rap the same song
in Dodgers gear): Arsenio ended up losing the bet.
#3OPRAH’s OWN PULLS NUMBERS, WIGS OUT, RETURNS TO FILM,
WINS FREEDOM MEDAL
Former Chicago resident and TV mogul Oprah Winfrey had a big year (one hiccup on that Switzerland boutique profiling) as
her network OWN finally pulled in its highest numbers since its inception in
2011 mainly die to shows produced by Tyler Perry (who's a shareholder) including
The Haves and Have Nots, Love Thy Neighbor and the former TBS stationed For
Better of Worse. In September, the cover of her O Magazine had her spouting a
huge Afro wig… In October she placed her
Chicago based Harpo Studios and condo up for sale. She also returned to acting in film when she
was seen in the box office success Lee Daniels’ The Butler in August and receiving a Supporting Actress nomination
when the Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced later in the year. She
closed out the year receiving the National Medal of Freedom by President Barack
Obama at the White House.
#2.THE MANY FITS OF KANYE
The year 2013 would not be
2013 without the news that Chicago
bred rap superstar Kanye West made sans Kimye. Three of big news items that
Kanye made headlines by himself after the summer hit. First, in September was
his Twitter fit with talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. He
launched it, after Kimmel poked fun of a BBC Radio interview on "Live!"
with a kid-Kanye spoof interview. Soon afterwards, Kimmel invited Ye on
his show to make amends which ended up in more self aggrandizing. Then, he made
news when his Yeezus tour started and he had an actor to portray Jesus during
one of his moments of his tour that caused controversy over the depiction.
Next, he started sporting Confederate flag jackets, got into an now infamous
verbal fight with MTV news anchor and radio personality Sway on his
SiriusXM station Shade 45. And in December he cursed the Grammy Awards at a concert for not nominating his album in the Album of Year category.
#1 KIMYE
You had to be under a rock to not know that
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian became a hot item in 2013 and became a phenomenon
in amalgrammed couples since Bradjolina.With the birth and naming of their first
child, North, in August their relationship in media went into the
zenithsphere….Kanye also claimed that he and Kim were more fashionable and
popular than President Barack and Michelle Obama that had people scratching
their heads. Then, he staged a pop the question the moment at San Francisco Giants
AT and T Ballpark in front of friends and family. It was speculated that it was
staged for Keeping Up with the Kardashians upcoming season, but the couple took
matters in their own hands when they sued YouTube for leaking their proposal on
the interactive video channel…they ended the year when Ye released a parody
ready music video for the song, “Bound 2” from his Grammy Award nominated CD,
“Yeezus” depicting Kim topless riding a motorcycle in front of with Kanye in
the opposite direction .
BELOW ARE THE TOP 10 STL STORIES of 2013
#10 BLACK REP HOME CLOSES
This
summer, The St Louis Black repertory Company received a notice from the owners
of the Grandel Square Theatre, Grand Center Organization,that the venue was
sold and
leaving the seminal theater troupe without a home for its upcoming 37th
season. After a vigorous search, the landed with Emerson Theatre at Harris Stowe University.
#9 BRETT HULL RETURNS TO BLUE
St. Louis Blues organization announced this summer that Hall of Famer Brett Hull
would return to the franchise as the club's new executive vice during a press
conference at Scottrade Center on Monday. Hull was acquired from Calgary late in the 1987-88 season and over the next 10-plus campaigns rewrote
the franchise record books.
#8 LARRY CONNERS FILES AGAINST KMOV
Former
KMOV anchor Larry Conners spent most of 2013 in court than on air fighting his
former bosses for their part in his getting fired.. Late late year. Conners was
fired from KMOV after a Facebook post inquitring if his URS troubles
escalating after his Obama interview. Connors filed suit forallegedly being unfairly terminated and later on in the
year filed another suit alleging race and age discrimination an an
African American co anchor and younger, less experienced staff with less
seniority were given major, breaking news stories that. He was seeking at least
$50,000 in damages, His suits were still pending
as of press time.
#7LARUSSA GOES INTO THE HALL
In
December, it was announced that Former St Louis Cardinals manager Tony Larussa (LEFT) along with baseball coaches and former players Joe Torre, and Bobby Cox,
were unanimously elected to the Hall of Fame La Russa who won World
Series titles with Oakland in 1989 and St. Louis in 2006 and 2011, finished
with the third most wins by a manager in a career that began with the Chicago
White Sox in 1979 and ended with a record of 2,728-2,365.
#6 LUCY GOES VIRAL
Early this year, St Peters, Mo. resident Lucy is the latest in many who
has gone viral in 2013. Lucy became an Internet sensation when the little
girl laughs hysterically when Lucy’s father pulled out his video camera to
record her hysterical attempt to walk the family dog. put the video on his
Facebook page then to YouTube. Thus, the video gotten nearly 2 million YouTube
views and was shown on news programs across the U.S. as well as in Belgium and London.
#5PUJOLS SUES CLARK
Former
St Louis Cardinals slugger and current Angels slugger Albert Pujols
followed through on his threat of legal action in St Louis County against
former St Louis Cardinals player and radio host Jack Clark filing a
defamation lawsuit for his accusation that Pujols used performance-enhancing
drugs. Clark said
the accusations this summer on his radio show that was aired on the now defunct
WGNU 920 AM station. After Pujols; filed suit, Clark aired an apology but
was eventually fired. The suit is currently pending as of press time.
#4CARDS LOSE WORLD SERIES
In October, the boys of summer were not able to pull off a
return to the championships when the St
Louis Cardinals lost to the Boston Red Sox in Game 6, 6-1, at the World
Series at Fenway Park. The Series
also had its share of controversy as well with the now infamous third base
obstruction call that gave St Louis Cardinals the win in Game 3 at Busch
Stadium.
#3 SOCCER IN ST LOUIS
The city of St Louis was introduced to three
international soccer
games , a first for the city. The first
was Manchester City vs Chelsea in
front of a sold-out
crowd May 23 at Busch Stadium. The second game was
played
in September at Edward Jones Dome with Real
Madrid and Inter Milan and Busch Stadium was
the
venue again for the third international soccer game
between Argentina and Bosnia 2 city. Of the
three
games, the first one was the most attended.
#2 STAN THE MAN DIES, LAST
GAME RECOGNIZED
In St. Louis, the big
entertainment news story was the passing of St Louis Cardinals legend Stan Musial over
the Martin Luther King Jr weekend. He was 92. In
memoriam, there was a public viewing of Musial
Thursday where hundreds attended at the Cathedral
Basilica of St Louis. A
tribute was given to him during opening day of the St Louis Cardinals season
opener in April in Busch Stadium. Also on Sept.
29, the 50th anniversary of Stan Musial’s last game at Busch Stadium was also
recognized. The St. Louis Cardinals legend ranked at or is near the top of
baseball’s all-time lists in almost every batting category.
#1 BATTLE OF THE
TIGERS
The Battle of the Tigers, Mizzou and
Auburn was a game
for the annals of time especially
after Mizzou big
winning streak leading up to the championships and its
debut in
the Southeastern Conference division and
accolades for its coach Gary Pinkel.
The Tigers game
had taken place in the ATL in November and aired on
CBS., Although Mizzou (11-2) ended up losing 59 to 42,
they were invited to
play in the 2014 AT&T Cotton Bowl
Classic, set
for Jan. 3rd in Arlington, Texas at the world-
renowned
AT&T Stadium. Kickoff for the game, which
will pit the Tigers against
former conference foe
Oklahoma State (10-2, 2nd place in Big
12), It will
be MU's 30th all time bowl
appearance.
Well those are our pick of 2013....see you all with a new
STAGE BITZ on Jan 10, 2014!
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