HEY OUTSTAGRS!
ITS THAT TIME AGAIN!!
TIME TO GET ON STAGE!!!
This year this blog will be celebrating a milestone this year as this blogspot will turn 10 years old! Its hard to believe but it has come a long way from small paragraphs journal entries, to a mini news letter to entertainment highlighter to what it is today. The commemorative date is July 5. To reminisce we will do weekly RETRO BITZ of some of the highlights from this blogspot (SEE BELOW)
All this month OUTSTAGN will highlight African Americans from the ILLI-MO area based in the arts and entertainment fields who became "firsts" their respective fields.
This week we feature Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard (January 27, 1894 – May 11, 1986). A Chicago native, he was the first African American head coach in the National Football League (NFL). Pollard along with Bobby Marshall were the first two African American players in the NFL in 1920. Sportswriter Walter Camp ranked Pollard as "one of the greatest runners these eyes have ever seen."
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B6 Entertainment presents a Networking Event featuring our very own Mr.Marcus Ma'at Atkins with some of the #OBSDN gents, Mr #Ricco Rico Demo Rico Demo, Traci E. Jones/Chocolate Couture and Fashion Remix Online Boutique and other various professionals. Please come out join us for a nice ambiance and bring your business cards. Live Entertainment and Appetizer will be provided
February 7th
5-8 pm
14th Street Artist Community Gallery
2607 N. 14th St. St.Louis Mo, 63106
To RSVP go to https://www.facebook.com/events/457284947752792/
February 7th
5-8 pm
14th Street Artist Community Gallery
2607 N. 14th St. St.Louis Mo, 63106
To RSVP go to https://www.facebook.com/events/457284947752792/
Maatology is still looking for gents with style and a great personality for the Seventh Annual Mista Couture Charity Style Contest (slated for mid August in Atlanta) is posted. Deadline to submit to online poll is Feb 1, 2015. Go tohttp://outstagin.blogspot.com/2014/10/seventh-annual-mista-couture-style.html
The group is also seeking donations to this event. For more info go to
Maatology is also looking for gents of color for its 2016 OBSDN Men of Color
Calendar. Must be comfortable in front of the camera and doing artistic nude poses.
If interested in shooting, the shoots are ONE DAY shoots THRU June 2015 . The shoots will be in St Louis, Mo. All models will receive a share of the sales and an opp to sale it as well. A small stipend will be given for travel. If interested email snaphoney2011@gmail.com with a selfie pic showing your chest and abs. To see video of 2015 calendar go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXOCifGU-lY
HEY OUTSTAGRS check out the story that yours truly wrote involving The Kranzberg Arts Center's upcoming Black History Month program entitled "Perception Isnt Always Reality." Go tohttp://www.westendword.com/Articles-Features-c-2015-01-27-194416.114137-One-Stitch-At-A-Time-Saint-Louis-Story-Stitchers-Celebrate-Black-History-Month.html#123
ADD: We were remiss to mention that veteran Chicago Cubs baseball player Ernie Banks died Jan 23 at the age of 83. Nicknamed "Mr Cub," Banks was a Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop and first baseman for 19 seasons, 1953 through 1971. He spent his entire MLB career with the Chicago Cubs. He was a National League (NL)All-Star for 11 seasons, playing in 14 All Star Games
(And for a Black History Month tidbit, entered Negro league baseball in 1950, playing for the Kansas City Monarchs.)
This Saturday, Hundreds of fans reportedly gathered outside of Wrigley Field to pay their final respects to Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks.
Also, a memorial service was held for Banks’ at Fourth Presbyterian Church In Chicago.
THE TOP ILLI MO STORY THIS WEEK IS
Kanye West showing his sensitive side in a video of him singing "Only One," to his daughter, North.
In the Spike Jonze-directed clip that premiered on Ellen Thursday, Kanye and his daughter, appear in footage shot more like candid home
video than his usual big-budget productions.
On the clip, its rainy and the two walk
outdoors. As Kanye sings lyrics written in the voice of his late mother
speaking to him from heaven, he is reportedly seen holding hands with North as they walk
through a field.
In one of the more precious scenes, North becomes fascinated by
her father’s boots, and points to them. Kanye looksdown in awe. In another shot, he sings the lyrics to her while holding her in
his arms as she peacefully gazes off camera.
On the Ellen show, Kanye says marriage to Kim Kardashian and fatherhood have calmed
him. “I’ve learned how to shut up more,” he told Ellen DeGeneres. “I think I’m
a better human being because of [Kim] and my daughter.”
Kanye compared some of his famous rants to his daughter. “I
think I was going through my version of my terrible twos,” he said. “My
daughter she wants to express herself but she doesn’t have the words. For me,
there’s so many things I want to do with film or with clothing, and I didn’t
have the words or the resources or the backing.”
Kanye also revealed that he and Kim would like to have more
children. “Yeah, we’re trying,” he told the talk show host, adding that he
would have as many kids as his wife wants.
Well, good for Ye. We think he has finally grown up.
Chitown native Patricia Arquette has been nominated six times over her illustrious career, but Sunday she won her very first Screen Actors Guild Award. She took the stage to accept her Actor statue for Female Actor in a Supporting Role in "Boyhood" and was noticeably shaken upon hearing her name being called.
"I can't tell you what this means to me," she told the audience while taking out a folded-up piece of paper. I'm a fourth generation actor. My family has been committed to acting for over a century through feast or famine. My father Lewis Arquette taught me to approach work with compassion and gratitude and taught me also how hard it is to make a living as an actor."
She continued to thank her co-stars for their work on the film, which famously took 12 years to complete.
Her win and her win of the Golden Globe earlier this year has given her a leg up on winning the Oscar for her role when the Academy Awards will be presented Feb 22.
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An The attorney for Apple Inc. defended the company’s use of
Eminem’s songs on iTunes in court on Thursday, as a trial got under way to
determine who had the right to offer digital downloads of the rapper’s music.
Eight Mile Style LLC, Eminem’s music publisher, and an
affiliated company, Martin Affiliated LLC, say their contract with Aftermath
Records, which controls the recordings, reportedly did not entitle it to strike a deal
with Apple to sell 93 songs over iTunes.Eminem-2014
The case involves millions of dollars and the creative
rights behind the hip-hop star. But the issue for the judge here in the rapper’s
hometown is narrow: What do contracts between Eight Mile and Aftermath say
about the ability to peddle songs beyond traditional compact discs?
So the question is did Apple go beyond its rights to carry the rapper's songs and get most of the profits. The contract in question questions if digital downloads should be profited because it only states CDs can be downloaded. We think so as long as the record companies are paid. But we think its more of how much of that pie Itunes is receiving. . However, we think this case will hold a standard of how digital downloads can carry songs from recording artists.
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In other Em newz, Back in November,the St Jospeh, Mo
native put out Shady XV, an
album that ostensibly paired
some new songs with the greatest hits of his
label, Shady
Records. One of the cuts on it thats making waves is
“Detroit vs. Everybody,” an anthem featuring an array of
Detroit based rappers, including Big Sean, Danny Brown,
Royce Da 5’9”, Trick Trick, and “Try Me”
sensation Dej Loaf
all join Eminem on the track, celebrating their city
Patrici
Chicago native Rapper/actor Common and singer
John Legend, are set to perform the Oscar nominated song
“Glory” from the movie Selma at the upcoming 87th annual Academy Awards 2015. The duo will also perform "Glory" at the
57th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8.
Both are nominated Grammy Awards (Legend for Best Pop Vocal Performance for "All of Me") with Common nominated for two Grammy Awards ommon is nominated for two Grammys: Best Rap/Sung
Collaboration for "Blak Majik," featuring Jhené
Aiko, and Best Rap Album for Nobody's Smiling. Also, their song, "Glory" has made the Top 20 on Billboard Adult R7b and R&B/Hip Hop charts.
In other Common newz, he is the host of the new series “Framework,” the first-ever furniture design competition series airing on Spike TV. This 10-episode series pits emerging furniture designers against
each other to compete for $100,000 in cash and the chance to launch their lines
nationally.
St Louis native actor Mykelti Williamson can be seen in Season 3 of
ABC’sNashville. He will play “Terry,” a talented musician with a dark past roaming
the streets of Nashville. Williamson
will sing on the show, in what is expected to be a four-episode arc. "Nashville"
season 3 will return with a mid-season premiere on Feb 4.
In other Mykelti newz, he will be directing a gritty drama
called "Sons 2 The Grave "in Atlanta Georgia that is
currently being shot. .The emotional and gritty film from Canadian Author/ Writer
and Producer Lynne Stoltz deals with an incidnet that occurs after midnight on a bridge involving a b-ball phenom.
The now infamous St Louis based Megan Meier Internet bullying trial was featured in an episode of The
Investigation Discovery series "Web of Lies" that was aired this week.
The case involved teen Meier who believed she had met a boy and fallen in love online on MySpace in 2006 and a taunted by this boy who turned out to be Lori Drew, the mother of the friend of Drew who created the fake profile page to fish info about Meier as revenge for Megan allegedly spreading vicious rumors about her daughter. Thus, Meier committed suicide. "
Interviewed on the show was Megan's mother, Tina Meier; her sister, Allison; family
friend Christine Buckles and others.
STL TV will debut a new weekday entertainment show called "The Daily Mix". It will be hosted by St Louis personalities Angella Sharpe, Erica Ussery, Coco Rochelle, Gina Cheatham and Andy Ruzicka! It will begin airing on STL TV Feb 2 at 8pm CST. You can watch the show on Charter Cable Channel 992, AT&T Uverse 99, or streaming live on stltv.net.
STL/ATL based T Couture Boutique will hold an open call for male and female models on JAN 31 for its upcoming fashion show MARCH 28th REGIONAL ARTS COMMISSION CENTER!! ST.LOUIS, MO ... ALL MODELS MPLEASE SEND HEADSHOT/BODYSHOT TO TCOUTUREBOUTIQUE@YAHOO.COM ALL HIGH FASHION DESIGNERS PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR WORK TO THE EMAIL LISTED!!!
This segment will highlight some of the events and news items that we covered/posted during our 10 years in existence as we begin the countdown of our anniversary on July 5.
Below are some of the posted highlights from our blog.
THIS WEEK FEB 2006
The world is mourning the passing of Coretta Scott King this
week. She died of a respiratory failure. The 78-year-old matriarch died Tuesday
at an alternative medicine clinic in Mexico. She was in dire health. She a few
months ago. She also was dealing with ovarian cancer. I had a chance to see her
speak when I attended the National Black Arts festival in the ATL in 2002 when
I traveled with the Eugene B. Redmond Writers' Club to perform. She was the
first speaker at the Opening Ceremonies at the Studioplex right next to the MLK
Center. She was telling people to quiet down because the program was about to
start before she brought on the mayor fo the city. I was so entraced by her
becasue she was so regal and elegant--and is a part of American/African/World
History!.
THIS WEEK FEB 2007
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson will speak at the University of Missouri - St. Louis in
the Millennium Student Center Century Room on Monday, February 12, 2007 at 7:00
pm. Dr. Dyson will discuss the "the color of disaster" and the broad
implications of the Hurricane Katrina aftermath. This event is free and open to
the public. Seating is limited, please arrive early. Dyson is a professor at the
University of Pennsylvania and bestselling author of "Come Hell or High Water:
Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster."
THIS WEEK FEB 2008
KMOX Radio/Donnybrook personality Charlie Brennan on his
radio show Tuesday had an interesting debate on should St. Louis native rock
veteran Chuck Berry receive a statue in his honor in St. Louis despite his
checkered life with sex scandals. Brennan felt as though the rock and roll
pioneer should have one base don the fact that he was one of the creator of
Rock and Roll (He even quoted the late pop musician John Lennon famous quote of
“If we changed the name of Rock and Roll, it should be Chuck Berry.” )
THIS WEEK FEB 2009
In unrelated Nelly news, Nelly and rapper Bow Wow got some
staged up beef going on who is the best in b-ball. This week, Nelly challenged
the ATL star as well as his producer So So Def exec Jermaine Dupri on the
b-ball court and get a team together. Bow Wow with So So Def and Nelly with
Derrty ENT. Nelly wants to make it a tour across the country. To peep out this
challenge go to
http://www.collegeotr.com/college_otr/the_economy_hasnt_affected_nelly_or_lil_bow_wow_18584
THIS WEEK FEB 2010
THIS WEEK the biggest ILLIMO Bitz story this week was
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address speech last Wednesday that
was televised on several stations and streamed on various news websites .
According to the Nielsen’s ratings, about 48 million viewers
watched Obama's first State of the Union address on 11 networks, with Fox TV
drawing the biggest share. The viewership was 7 percent lower than for
President George W. Bush's first such address in 2002 but 5 percent higher than
for President Bill Clinton's inaugural State of the Union speech in 1994.
THIS WEEK FEB 2011
Chicago based talk show mogul Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo
Productions, which produces "The Oprah Winfrey Show", announced this
week that they will be embracing "Meatless Mondays" at the Harpo
Cafe. The inspiration for it was during Oprah's "Vegan Challenge"
television special that aired Monday on her daytime talk show-, which featured
guests like Michael Pollen author of "The Omnivore’s Dilemma," and
wellness expert Kathy Freston, and in its wake has created a massive
amount of interest in the animal-free diet. Oprah and over 300 of her staff
members went on a vegan diet for seven days and the results of the challenge
were revealed on the show -having lost over over 444lbs (and gained 84lbs). It
was not known if Oprah lost or gained weight or is continuing the diet.
THIS WEEK FEB 2012
The shocking death of Chicago native and TV icon Don
Cornelius early Wednesday.
THIS WEEK FEB 2013
Chicago native and award winning
singer/actress Jennifer Hudson will be seen
on TV next week on two programs.
On Sunday, Hudson will perform at
the Super Bowl on February 3, according
to
the Hollywood Reporter. She will sing
"America the Beautiful" alongside the
Sandy
Hook Elementary School chorus before the
big game starts. Then, on Tuesday she
will
making her debut on the Golden
Globe
nominated musical drama Smash. Hudson,
will play Veronica Moore, a Tony-winning
Broadway star in a multiple-episode role
that
will air on NBC.
THIS WEEK FEB 2014
There
were two artists from the
ILLINOIS/MISSOURI
area who were winners--no, it wasnt
Kanye
(who was nominated for two) or Eminem (nominated
for one),
but Oak Park, Ill comedian Kathy Griffin and
Chicago
native singer Lalah Hathaway. Griffin won for Best
Comedy
Album for "Calm Down Gurrrl" after being
nominated
six consecutive times prior. Hathaway won for
Best
R&B Performance with the jazz band Snarky Puppies
for a
remake of her song "Something."
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There are many TV shows whose locations are based from Chicago. Two popular drama series have the city as its setting. They are HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" and CBS' s "The Good Wife". Which
show is the most popular?Voice your choice below in the comment boxes after the end of this blog!
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This week we feature STL socialite April Spain who is rocking those stylish Raybans from a recent selfie she posted on her Instagram page, She is definitely riding in style with those sun rays!
WORDZ
TO
THE
WHYZ
Why is the Saudis giving FLOTUS Michelle Obama a hard time for not covering her head in their country? Why are some folks giving music group TLC the side eye for doing a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to record their last album? Why did actor Benedict Cumberbatch refer black actors and actresses as "colored"?
Why did it take this long for Tom Petty to question the similarity in the chorus of Sam Smith's "Stay With Me?" Why didnt Chris Brown complete all of his community Service? Why is the media giving Marshawn Lynch a hard time for not wanting to speak to them? Why did Claudia Jordan leave her laptop in the back of her car for it to be stolen? Why did Willow Smith pose bare chested for a magazine? Why is Taylor Swift the only artists these days to be able to sell millions of albums? And why does the ink from an ink pen vanish when you write with it on a wall surface?
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