Friday, January 29, 2016

NO. 241--SPOT BITZ (JAN 29-FEB 4)




HEY OUTTOWNERS,


OUTSTAGRS AND 

COUTURIANS, 


CHECK OUT 

WHAT WE 
ARE STAGIN'!












It's 2016 and Maatology Productions have three sets of calendars for all of you calendar lovers: OBSDN Men of Color Calendar that features 12 gents from across the country in three black and white photos (style, undergear and artistic nude)....Florida based model Jay Redd also has his calendar that consists of various styles reppin the months and current Mr Couture Virginia based model Cordario Bodi Worrell doing the same. Each calendar is $15 ...If you buy two of the three it will be $20....If you buy all three it will be $25. To receive a Paypal invoice email to snaphoney2011@gmail.com 

To see the behind the scenes of each calendar go to 

OBSDN 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roGcPp9FsJ4

JAY REDD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xJWgi05U7k

BODI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAskNsKfLAU




Maatology is currently in pre-production of staging the Los


 Angeles showcase of the stageplay SNAP HONEY about

the story of a retiring female impersonator coming home to

 perform her one woman play before retiring her heels

.
We are currently seeking sponsors and donations for the play

 that  has been booked for May 20-22 at The Complex

 Theater in Los Angeles.


Our FB page is:

https://www.facebook.com/snapcasting2015/




Maatology is also seeking gents for the 8th Annual Mista


 Couture Charity Style Contest up until  FEB 16.  If you or 

someone you know who has style and a great personality,

 email to snaphoney2011@gmail.com for more info

.
You can go to YOUTUBE and type in MISTA COUTURE to

 see past videos!





HEY MEN OF COLOR, Maatology Productions seeks gents 
who are in fit, have ladies sex appeal and a great personality

 for its 2017 OBSDN Men of Color Calendar. Tasteful artistic body pics will be taken. Photo shoots will be done between

 Feb 16 to July 1 2016. Serious replies only. Email snaphoney2011@gmail.com for details!


OK, now to the BITZ...






The Anti  Stacey Dash Campaign is contacting as her 

controversial comments about how African Americans 

should choose whether to have segregation or integration, 

and that BET, BET Awards, Image Awards and Black 

History Month should be done away with  if they are asking 

for inclusion.  

The outrage  has even gotten Presidential  candidate Ben 

Carson to even try to explain her comments as to what she 

was really meaning to say. 

But the cherry on top was when actress

 Gabrielle Union, who stars on a BET show, Being Mary 

Jane, was asked hers thoughts about Dash's comments and

 had temporary amnesia saying who is Stacy Dash.  Major 

shade glasses were worn indeed. LOL

She said to the Associated Press , “Who is Stacy Dash?....The more that we focus on inclusion and a true representation of this country, I think that crazy lady will have less to say.”
Union’s words caused #WhoIsStaceyDash to trend on Twitter and Facebook. 
We wonder if Dash thought that her comments would cause such an uproar especially among  popular opinion with African Americans on social media. She has been a commentator on Fox and Friends for awhile now and although this hasn't been the first time her opinions have caused head scratching responses, but her recent comments is almost repudiating even causing her to go to her blog to explain herself.
We think Dash has committed career suicide (and thats not saying much since her last real job was on The Game which was on....ah BET), and we cannot see her trying to redeem herself with the base that has kept her relevant as an ultrasexy  black female. But the Who Is Stacy Dash hashtag is just the beginning of the media storm. Lets just hope she doesnt try to present on the Image Awards to try and redeem herself. That would be a boooooo fest indeed.



Also riding the media storm is Janet Hubert aka Aunt Viv of 

The Fresh Prince who was interviewed by a reporter at The 

Huffington Post about her viral video rant about Jada Pinkett

 Smith's boycott video of  the Oscars.. Of her post viral

 interviews she has said that Will and Jada should focus on

 giving back to the black community, hire African Americans 

as writers at their production company and where Will was 

when Jada had done her boycott video. Well many

 commentors have said that Hubert is out of touch as to the

 causes that the Smith;s have done and continuing to do and

 that her rant, although may have some validity, all stems

 from Will Smith shading her when she asked him to help her

 and other cast from Fresh Prince about getting raises in 

salary.

Bottom line is this--if it was say, any other Hollywood couple--


-black or white---we are sure she wouldnt have "went there"

 about the Oscar boycott. It is very obvious that Hubert is

 using this platform to voice her problems not with the 

Oscars, not with the community, but her problem with Will

 Smith and wanting to be heard about it.

If not, then she wouldnt accept being on TV and video podcasts talking about it. 


To peep the interview she had done for Huffington Post about Will Smith's acting in Concussion go to


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/janet-hubert-will-smith-accent-concussion_us_56aa9b3fe4b077d4fe8d73c7




In other Aunt Viv newz, now Hubert is talking on Nene Leakes. Hubert is chiming in on Leakes' Broadway success in Cinderella and is set to return and some more time performing on Broadway in the upcoming Chicago.

She said  “Did you know NeNe Leakes made it on Broadway before Janet Hubert? Something’s wrong with the whole system of bad behavior being rewarded. I think in the black community, ratchet has became the new black, ghetto has become the new black.”


Well, Ms Hubert how about green is the new black. And Nene is a money drawer and thats its all about selling tickets. We can respect her opinion and again, has validity, but in the entertainment game, if you are deemed difficult or too opinionated and unfortunately, not being part of the circle that hires, you wont get opportunities. But we see that Hubert is trying to milk her moment in the spotlight with her opinions (kind of reminiscent of Bill Cosby's opinions of the black community). '

And we can can just imagine what Leakes is saying---"Girl bye."LOL





And speaking of Leakes, What is this about Bravo TV 

requesting...more like forcing Nene Leakes to return to The 

Real Housewives of Atlanta next year, Thats what the reports

 are churning. Its apparent that the addition of actress Kim 

Fields was a bizarre move and her screen time shows her

 being aloof among the ratchetness of the Housewives, 

Well, Leakes appearance on the show recently caused the

 ratings to increase which has caused execs to summons

 Leakes back to her old stomping grounds. Well, Leakes is 

all  about expanding her brand namely her commentating on 

the  Fashion Police and her fashion line.


Leakes is reportedly refusing to come back to the reality

 series, and as a punishment, NBC Universal -- the parent 

company of Bravo and E! -- is threatening to cut her 

involvement from E!'s "Fashion Police."


 Well. as they say, everyone has a price, but the way Nene

 keep sayng Im rich, bitch, we are sure she wont be saying

 no to the extra coin. LOL




The Lifetime Movie event Unbreak My Heart led the cable rankings last Saturday with a 1.3 rating and 3.62 million viewers. Lifetime also says it was the top original movie on cable among its target female viewers since “Whitney” a year ago. The “Beyond the Headlines” special following the movie also scored well, earning a 1.0.


The movie was good based on the parameters of a two hour basic cable movie. The actress who played Toni  (Lex Scott Davis PICTURED with actor Gavin Houston) was OK. The main problem was that, her "singing acting" was a bit mousy. For those who are familiar with Braxton's stage persona, she has  emotive gesturing whereas Davis' pantomiming fell a bit flat. The two highlights however were Debbi Morgan and Gavin Houston who played the Braxton matriarch Evelyn and producer Babyface. Morgan gave a well acted performance (the infidelity scene with her husband was spine chilling) and Houston's laid back performance and spot on resemblance to the producer gave life to the film (Is it us or did the film insinuate that Braxton and Babyface may have had a relationship?)
Directed by actor Vonde Curtis Hall (who co starred with Morgan in Eve's Bayou by the way), Unbreak's main problem was cramming facts with the limited amount of time. Like one Twitter comment from a viewer wrote: "One minute she was signed to a contract and less than an hour she was bankrupt." It was in a way like a visual version of skimming and page turning her memoir just to get to the end of her story.
With the ratings success of Unbreak (preceding the success of Aaliyah, TLC and the Whitney films) we wouldnt doubt if Lifetime, if not already, has developed a black female biopic department. 
Its Cam Nation. The North Carolina Panther quarterback is about to head to the Super Bowl on Feb 7 when he goes head to head with the elder statesman quarterback Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos. This is the perfect match for the football audiences: the young verses old; new school vs old school; black vs white.  He in a way is the Muhammad Ali of football right now: outspoken, brash, charming and in your face and mainstream media cant handle it especially those who can't stand Newton's hot dog antics. But we hope Newton and his team are victorious next Sunday and get to go to Disney World. LOL





There is talk around at this year's Sundance Film festival of 

the slave revolt film about Nat Turner--Birth of  A nation  that

was financed, directed and acted by  Nate

 Parker. Not only has it received rave reviews from critics, it

 has also received Oscar buzz for next year. Also, it made 

news for it making history of being bought by Fox Searchlight

 for distribution rights for 17 million.

To get the rights, Fox Searchlight agreed to release “The Birth of a Nation” at some point this year on at least 1,500 screens, Variety has learned. That wide a release can require spending as much as $15 million on promotion and advertising. Again, however, Fox Searchlight executives believed that they might be able to save on some of the spending. News of the historic nature of the deal has resulted in extensive media coverage that has raised awareness. A release date hasn’t even been decided on, but the story of the film and Parker’s drive to make the picture have been picked up by most major news outlets — a rarity for Sundance releases.



Netflix offered $20 million for “The Birth of a Nation,” but sources say that Parker was turned off by the idea of premiering the film on the streaming platform at the same time as it theatrical debut, a model that the company used to release last year’s “Beasts of No Nation.” That film failed to make much of an impact at the box office, although the company claims it was streamed by millions of subscribers.(Interestingly enough, Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios even offered $20 million), 
Other sources add that Parker, who owned a significant stake in the movie, had a great deal of control over who emerged as the winning distributor.

We can predict now that next year's Oscars will definitely nominated this film for Best Picture (if not win) and have Parker nominated for Best Actor (and, gulp, even win.)

Is Marlon Wayans become the new spoof movie king? This weekend his spoof on the soft porn flick, 50 Shades of Grey, that is opening this weekend, is cementing his niche in the spoofploitation genre that his older brother Keenan was crowned back when he came on the scene directing the blackploitation genre with Im Gonna Get You Sucka in 1988. Marlon's reign started writing Dance Flick (that starred his nephew Damon Wayans II), in 2009 spoofing dance films; then the Haunted House in 2013, with horror films and its sequel in 2015. And most of his films are released in January during the season that Hollywood term "filler films" where movies that Hollywood execs release without much expectation financially. Well, Wayans has proved that money can be generated during this movie season and we are sure Shades will be another box office winner for the comedic actor.










St Louis is back in the news  as far as a new stadium. After the St Louis Rams move and the scrapping of the Riverfront Stadium plans as a last resort move to keep the team in St  Louis. Well, some of the lawmakers in Missouri who were for the new Ram stadium are supporting  for an expansion MLS team.

According to reports, State Rep. Keith English of Florissant, Mo. has introduced legislation that would put a tax of not more than one-tenth of one percent on the ballot in St. Louis and St. Louis County. A green light from voters could generate between $10 million and $15 million annually. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is also supporting this bill as well. The plan is calling for a facility near Union Station in downtown St. Louis.

Meanwhile, Space Architecture + Design  have designed sketches of this proposed stadium adjacent to Union Station in the area that is now used  as a parking lot. It has had the designs for two years. 

Wow, what a concept--have the people vote on how their money will be spent. In hindsight, and from opinionmakers, if the voters for their taxes to be raised for the building of the Riverfront Stadium, that it wouldnt have passed and the last trump card to keep the Rams in the city would have been folded, But as seen, the Rams left anyway and the city still has a mutlimillion bill to pay on the Edward Jones Stadium, the Rams old football home and a reported $16 million was spent of the city;s money for planners to research and create phase developments for the Riverfront Stadium that's down the drain. Now the question is, will the soccer stadium bill pass? We will see.








We are still stanning on the trio group KING. Three black, natural hair young ladies who was discovered by Prince on YOUTUBE and opened for him in 2011. Well, they have announced their promo tour on their FB page. One coming Feb 11 in Evanston, Ill. at The Space. To see their tour schedule go to https://www.facebook.com/weareKING/?fref=ts.







                                                                        FIT BITZ


This week we feature  ATL native Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton who has modeled for various campaigns, one being Under Armour. His very fit frame we are sure helped the company  sign him quick and fast! After his endorsement, the Under Armour brand of products have skyrocketed.




 

                                                                            



This week we feature Maryland native singer Toni Braxton who rocked teh red carpet in this white train  Marc Bauer  evening gown and a beuatiful sequins embellished front that she wore at last year's Grammy Awards red carpet. The same look that was mimicked on her Unbreak My Heart biopic.




WORD TO THE WHYZ????



Why did Kanye go on a Twitter rant about Wiz Khalifa's comment of having some KK when Wiz was talking about weed and not Kim?  And speaking of Kim, why is she and her sisters so against their brother Rob dating Black Chyna? Why  did the GOP candidates talk more  about Trump than the issues at the last  Trumpless debate before the Iowa Caucus? Why cant the city of Flint change the pipes to get clean water? Why  was a white British actor cast to play Michael Jackson in a comedy film about his trip cross country with Liz Taylor and Marlon Brando after 9/11?  And Why did they have that actress playing Towanda Braxton in pigtails the whole movie? 

If you have a fitness pic, a style pic or an artist or event you 

would like featured on SPOT BITZ, email to 

snaphoney2011@gmail.com!

Friday, January 22, 2016

NO. 240--SPOT BITZ (JAN 22-28)



HEY OUTTOWNERS,


OUTSTAGRS AND 

COUTURIANS, 

CHECK OUT 
WHAT WE 
ARE STAGIN'!







It's 2016 and Maatology Productions have three sets of calendars for all of you calendar lovers: OBSDN Men of Color Calendar that features 12 gents from across the country in three black and white photos (style, undergear and artistic nude)....Florida based model Jay Redd also has his calendar that consists of various styles reppin the months and current Mr Couture Virginia based model Cordario Bodi Worrell doing the same. Each calendar is $15 ...If you buy two of the three it will be $20....If you buy all three it will be $25. To receive a Paypal invoice email to snaphoney2011@gmail.com 

To see the behind the scenes of each calendar go to 

OBSDN 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roGcPp9FsJ4

JAY REDD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xJWgi05U7k

BODI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAskNsKfLAU




Maatology is currently in pre-production of staging the Los Angeles showcase of the stageplay SNAP HONEY about
the story of a retiring female impersonator coming home to perform her one woman play before retiring her heels.
We are currently seeking sponsors and donations for the play that  has been booked for May 20-22 at The Complex Theater in Los Angeles. 
Our FB page is:
https://www.facebook.com/snapcasting2015/




Maatology is also seeking gents for the 8th Annual Mista Couture Charity Style Contest up until  FEB 16.  If you or someone you know who has style and a great personality, email to snaphoney2011@gmail.com for more info.
You can go to YOUTUBE and type in MISTA COUTURE to see past videos!





HEY MEN OF COLOR, Maatology Productions seeks gents who are in fit, have ladies sex appeal and a great personality for its 2017 OBSDN Men of Color Calendar. Tasteful artistic body pics will be taken. Photo shoots will be done between Feb 16 to July 1 2016. Serious replies only. Email snaphoney2011@gmail.com for details!


OK, now to the BITZ...





The big talk over the past week of the backlash that The Academy Awards received when the nominations were announced and all of the nominees in the Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress were of Caucasian descent. (#OSCARSOWHITE) for a second year in a row. Well, you all Im sure have seen and heard about actress Jada Pinkett Smith's video she posted on social media about her frustration with the non color factor in the nominations and decided that people of color should stop supporting the award show that doesnt represent them. Well, the heat went on when actress Janet Hubert from "Fresh Prince of Belair" clapped back with her own video calling out Pinkett-Smith on that her complaint was mainly because her husband Will wasnt nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor, that there are more things to protest about than the Oscars, and that people of color shouldnt jeopardize their livelihood of boycotting the awards ....then went wayyy back to when she was on Fresh Prince and how she went to Will about the cast going to NBC to ask for a raise and told her that she's on her own in regards to getting her own deal.

Well, here is the thing, The Academy Awards have been exclusive since its inception 80 years ago. So what's changed? A few African Americans have won the award (Hattie McDaniel becoming the first in 1940) and their is an African American female who is the President of the Academy, but it is still ran by people of non-color.  There have been many arguments for why people of color should be included mainly because its to help generate money for the actors and actresses in their careers building their brand. Bottom line.  

However, just like the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, there has to be more aggressive change by actually going to the Academy and demanding that things change or don;t go to see movies in theatres. Thats the only way that things will change. Not going to the ceremony may have people talking, but it wont affect real change unless you go to the executive's doors during meetings on green lighting movies interrupting them and demand for a change.  Does Jada have a point? Absolutely. Does Janet have a point? Yes she does. But from the outside looking in, it looks like two women of color bashing it out in front of the spotlight.





Meanwhile, Jada's husband, Will had to do some clearing the air regarding Jada's video saying that he wasnt aware that she was doing it and that he was out of the country when she had done it. But, he said he will support his wife and not attend the awards. Hmmm, this is really interesting. Could this have been more of a damage control thing so Will wouldnt get maligned in Hollywood? Possibly. But he had to do something.




Then, director Spike Lee who along with Jada wasnt attending the award show but said that he didnt say boycott the awards. Now, Spike, who have used his voice over the years about the injustices in Hollywood (even last year when he won an honorary Oscar called out execs in hi speech who dont greenlight movies involving black subject matter) is shying away from saying boycott? But isnt that what he's doing? He said that he was going to a Knicks game instead. Okay, Spike.




 Some of Black Hollywood is even calling for the host of this year's Academy Awards, Chris Rock, to step down as host (more specifically Curtis 50 Cent Jackson and Tyrese Gibson) to protest the all-white BET Awards, in the words of Rock himself. Should he step down? Many are saying it would be up to him. We think he shouldnt. What he should do is address the elephant in the theater and do what he was hired to do.  We think the attention that this is getting, will be a ratings winner, mainly to see if he shows up or not. So, in the end, ABC, who will be airing the Oscars Feb 28. 






Talk show host Steve Harvey had both Miss Colombia and Miss Philippines on his talk show recently on two different days to apologize to them about the now infamous goof that Harvey had done when he announced the wrong winner of the Miss Universe Pageant. He asked Miss Colombia if she was suing him and taking his house and she said that she wasnt. He then shared that he and his family received death threats for the mishap. WOW. Really? Its called a mistake.  We dont even think invaders of countries would have gotten that type of treatment. But when he started crying during his apology, although  a bit over dramatic, we can understand.







Have you all checked the remix and music video for Lalah Hathway's song, "Little Ghetto Boy?"  It is hella fire! Well, she has veteran rapper Snoop Dogg on the track and video and in the video she chauffeurs him in a car through the hoods of America  as well as others (producer of this years Oscars Reginald Hudlin, Noah's Arc Darryl Stephens ). Comedian Affton Crockett also makes a cameo in the video. To peep it go to 

http://www.bet.com/news/music/2016/01/20/bet-com-exclusive--lalah-hathaway---snoop-dogg-reveal-powerful-m.html





Is actress Megan Good the male version of Taye Diggs? She continues to land shows like airplanes. After one  cancels (crashes and burns) she manages to get another and fly again. Her Fox  series Minority Report  and her role in NBC's Mr Robinson were both cancelled recently and now she signed up in a recurring role on CBS' show Coded.  







Well, the radio coup that  Tom Joyner Morning Show personality J Anthony Brown started last week on the show came to an end this Monday when he returned to the show. He made fun of the situation by saying, "I'm baaaaaaack." And then quipped about how people came up to him thinking he was off teh show. Then said, "Families fight, hey."  We figured Brown wouldnt be off for long and from what we hear Joyner had to open those deep pockets himself  to increase the deficit in Brown's contract.  







We are still stanning on the trio group KING. Three black, natural hair young ladies who was discovered by Prince on YOUTUBE and opened for him in 2011. Well, they have announced their promo tour on their FB page. One coming Feb 11 in Evanston, Ill. at The Space. To see their tour schedule go to https://www.facebook.com/weareKING/?fref=ts.





Longtime St Louis restaurant Mike Shannon;s is closing its downtown St Louis location after 30 years in business, Its proprietor St Louis Cardinals sportscaster and veteran player's namesake announced this week of its closing and concentrating on its other restaurants in the St Louis Lambert Airport and Edwardsville, Ill. Speculation is he was closing it due to the heavy competition from Ballpark Village which is a few blocks away from the restaurant. Also, it was reported on the Martin Kilcoyne radio show that his employees didnt know the restaurant was closing until Shannon announced it this week. Wow talk about ringing the bell for service.





This past weekend  former Fox 2 News personality April Simpson  (PICTURED with former Fox 2 personality Tim Ezell) had her Farewell to St Louis party  at Sweetie Pies Upper Crust.  Wishing her well were Olympic champion and East St Louis native Jackie Joyner Kersee, comedian Darius Bradford and music producer Orlando Watson.. To see pics of the event go to http://outstagin.blogspot.com/2016/01/no-239-april-simpsons-farewell.html





R.I.P.  We lost rock singer Glenn Frey who was a member of the 1970s rock group The Eagles and had a successful solo career in the 1980s ("The Heat is On,") and acted on the TV show "Miami Vice." He was 67.  We also lost soul singer Clarence Reid whose alter ego X-rated party record artist, Blowfly. He was 76.




ARTIST SPOTLIGHT



                                                          FIT BITZ


This week we feature St Louis based model management owner/makeup artist Jasmine Alexis who looks very sleek and sexy in this pic for Audacity photographer James Rich out of North Carolina.
 





                                                                            


This week we feature Centerville Illinois based roofer Minnow Jones  who is rocking thsi skin hugging olive green spanpex dress with a unique long string, backlet  gold necklace and robotic style pumps. And lets not forget her low cut gold hair.  



WORD TO THE WHYZ????



Why is Sarah Palin endorsing Donald Trump for President? And why did she blame Barack Obama for her son's PTSD based domestic violence charge? Why did it take so long for Flint, Michigan to deal with the tainted water? And why did they claim the water was safe to drink? Why are people surprised at what Stacy Dash says in the first place? And why are people suprised at who the Oscars choose as nominees? Why did Tichina Arnold's husband video tape his sexual conquests with other women?  Why is R Kelly acting like he didnt know who comedian Dave Chappelle was when asked about the latter's skit about him on his comedy show a few years ago? Why did Madonna have people waiting clos eto three hours to perform at a recent concert? And Why did someone dump some issues of the latest St Louis based Delux magazine in a dumpster? 


If you have a fitness pic, a style pic or an artist or event you would like featured on SPOT BITZ, email to snaphoney2011@gmail.com!