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ILLI MO SPOTLIGHT
The editors at Sports Illustrated have put former Mizzou Tigers football player Michael Sam on its front cover for this week.
But according to reports, it took a bit of shuffling and planning for a cover in case the news didn’t break by the time the magazine closed, said Sports Illustrated managing editor Chris Stone.
“On Friday we became aware of the fact that the story was going to break. We had initially heard mid-Monday and obviously that changed late Sunday afternoon,” he said. “We heard it was going to break Sunday night so we were prepared for this. There was a possibility it wouldn’t break until after our close on Monday, so we had to prepare for the possibility we would have to go with a different cover. But by late Sunday we knew the story was coming out and it was going to be a big story.”
The cover featuring Sam superseded other major sports news this week, including the Olympics and the firestorm created by Oklahoma State’s Marcus Smart shoving a fan. Stone said the magazine had been going in a different direction entirely until the news broke.
For Sports Illustrated, it’s the second cover in the past few months featuring a groundbreaking gay athlete on the cover. The way the stories came about, though, were different.
In May, NBA free agent Jason Collins decided to tell his story exclusively to the magazine. This affected the cover because of the photo availability: The magazine was able to shoot Collins themselves and decided to go with a portrait as the photo.
For Sam, it was much more reacting to the news. The photo they chose is a file photo of him pointing directly at the lens.
“We went through a bunch of pictures of him and that photo was just so striking,” Stone said. “(It seemed like) he had a very direct message and that photo displayed someone who is very confident.”
TIDBIT: The cover pic was shot by UPI photographer and St Louisan Bill Greenblatt.
Now the question is how well Sam will fare during the NFL draft. It was reported that some GMs in the NFL have a problem with him coming out. As with anything in life, people are uncomfortable when the normal ways are shakened and stirred up. We think Sam will do fine in the NFL but he will have the microscope on him with every move he makes on and off the field.
The athletes at this years Winter Olympics
have been having a hard time winning medals.
As of today, FRIDAY, the United States is
fourth in winning medals, four Gold, three
SILVER and six BRONZE, totaling 13. Of the
athletes who have won, two are from the ILLI
MO area were figure skaters Jason Brown of
Highland
Park, Illinois and Grace Gold
of Springfield, Illinois. (PICTURED)
Both won bronze models.
St Louis native actor Scott Bakula is having a
good 2014. He can currently be seen in the
new gay themed dramedy "Looking" on HBO.
And he will star in CBS' NCIS spinoff,
playing NCIS Special Agent Pride, a man who
“embodies New Orleans.” ” The spinoff pilot
will air as part of a two-part NCIS episode this
spring.
Former Chitown resident and network owner Oprah Winfrey
will be honoring Nelson Mandela with a tribute during the
45th NAACP Image Awards, the NAACP and TV One
announced this week.
Last month, its award nominations were announced and the
communications mogul had the most nominations (both
ILLI/MO and non ILLI-MO based)with five....they were Outstanding News/ Information - (Series or Special)
"Oprah: Where Are They Now?" (OWN); two nominations in the Outstanding Talk Series "Oprah's Lifeclass" (OWN) and "Oprah's Next Chapter" (OWN); Outstanding Variety Series or Special "Oprah's Master Class" (OWN) and for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture in "Lee Daniels' The Butler"
Other ILLI-MOians who were nominated .....in the Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series, three are vying for the prize. They are Chitown's Andre Braugher for "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (FOX), St. Louis bred Cedric The Entertainer -for "The Soul Man" (TV Land) and Kansas City, Mo native Don Cheadle - "House of Lies" (Showtime).........in the Outstanding Actress in a Comedy St Louis raised Niecy Nash was nominated for The Soul Man (TV Land)...... in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Kansas City, Mo's Columbus Short was nominated for "Scandal" (ABC)......in the Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Robbins, Illinois' Keke Palmer was nominated for her role in "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" (VH1).....for Outstanding Reality Series, St Louis filmed docuseries "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" (OWN) got a nod (who won last year).....in the Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional category , Chitown's Sheri Shepherd's was nominated for her book
"Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don't Have It)"....Chitown's Jennifer Hudson was nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture in her role in "Winnie Mandela" .....Chitown;s Terrence Howard will be competing with himself in two roles in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture "Lee Daniels' The Butler" and - "The Best Man Holiday"
The NAACP Image Awards will kick off Saturday, Feb. 22 on TV One.
STL SPOTLIGHT
Spring training officially opened for the St Louis Cardinals on Feb. 12 in Jupiter, Florida when pitchers and catchers old and newbies reported to camp. On Thursday \, the team had its first official workout . Position players don't have to take the field until next Tuesday, but a dozen or so have already arrived, including Matt Holliday, Matt Carpenter, Matt Adams and top outfield prospect Oscar Taveras, who ran on his surgically repaired ankle Wednesday.
In unrelated Cards news, KMOX-AM and Gold’s Gym completed its search for the next SpringTraining Correspondent with the last one being held at the Florissant, MO Gold's Gym February 10th.
Participants auditioned by reading a :60 KMOX sports report. This week 10 finalists were chosen and know will will be up to a public vote at KMOX.com to determine the next KMOX Sports Correspondent. The winner of the competition will receive a trip with one guest to Jupiter, FL to report live from Spring Training alongside KMOX’s Tom Ackerman, covering all of the latest baseball action from Spring Training.
Read more here: http://www.bnd.com/2014/02/07/3044738/cardinals-pack-for-florida.html#storylink=cpy
On a sad note, the STL music community lost Richard McDonnell, founder of the STL based jazz label MAXJAZZwas there.
He was 68.
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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
This week we feature STL based singer Theresa Payne. This power house singer is a mainstay in the music circles in the city. Singing since the age of six, this award winning singer has released two albums, her most recent being THE MOMENT, tinged with gospel, blues and funk, Payne is truly one of the vocal powerhouses on the STL music scene. Next month, we will see her audition on the Sixth Season of teh hit NBC music competition show THE VOICE and she posted recently on her Face book page of her helping aspiring singers and songwriters develop their craft by emailing her at withlove.theresa@gmail.com. For more info on how to purchase her music go to http://www.theresapayne.com/
SELFIE PIX
This week's seflie is former St Louis native and current ATlian Bianca Bond who had taken a pic of herself in her mirror this week getting her model on....Bond is a Saint Charles West high School alum.
MAAT TIMED
YOURS TRULY attended a star studded red carpet event for Will Smith's film, SEVEN POUNDS that had taken place in St Louis, Mo in November 2008. It was a historic and exciting event here thousands attended and the movie star himself made an appearance.
To see pics go to
http://maatspear.blogspot.com/2008/11/out-517-exclusivered-carpet-premiere-of.h
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Which STL celebrity went H.A.M. on Facebook about an event producer who using their staff
without permission for the event producer's upcoming event?
HINT 1. The STL celebrity is known for fashion
HINT 2. The STL celebrity is female
HINT 3. Her name when hearing it is a "foreign greeting."
HINT 4.The event producer is a male that goes by a moniker that can be found in an En Vogue song about prejudice.
Who are these people?
FOOD BITEZ
As lovers celebrate Valentine's day, millions will buy Chocolate.
Chocolate 
i// is a processed, typically sweetened food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico and Central America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC by the Olmecs in south central Mexico.
After fermentation, the beans are dried, then cleaned, and then roasted, and the shell is removed to produce cacao nibs. The nibs are then ground tococoa mass, pure chocolate in rough form. Because this cocoa mass usually is liquefied then molded with or without other ingredients, it is called chocolate liquor. The liquor also may be processed into two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Unsweetened baking chocolate (bitter chocolate) contains primarily cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions.
Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, a combination of cocoa solids, cocoa butter or other fat, and sugar. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk. White chocolate contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk but no cocoa solids.
Cocoa solids contain alkaloids such as theobromine, phenethylamine and caffeine.[2] These have physiological effects on the body and are linked toserotonin levels in the brain. Some research has found that chocolate, eaten in moderation, can lower blood pressure.[3] The presence of theobromine renders chocolate toxic to some animals,[4] especially dogs and cats.
The Europeans sweetened and fattened chocolate by adding refined sugar and milk, two ingredients unknown to the Mexicans. In the 19th century, Briton John Cadbury developed an emulsification process to make solid chocolate, creating the modern chocolate bar. Chocolate has become one of the most popular food types and flavors in the world, and a vast number of foodstuffs involving chocolate have been created. Chocolate chip cookieshave become very common, and very popular, in most parts of Europe and North America. Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes have become traditional on certain holidays. Chocolate is also used in cold and hot beverages, to produce chocolate milk and hot chocolate.
Although cocoa is originally from the Americas, today Western Africa produces almost two-thirds of the world's cocoa, with Côte d'Ivoire growing almost half of it.
This week we spotlight STL based fashion designer Carissa Victoria of NAVISH. Here she is rocking the blonde frizzy fro, nerd glasses, red thick looped earrings, and linen casual wear with a white jacket, gray blouse, and red hot pants....the look overall is very comfort chic.
Why did entertainment reporter Sam Rubin slip[and called Samuel Jackson, Laurence Fishburne on his show? Why did Bob Costas go on TV reporting at Sochi with pink eye? Why is Suge Knight caught on tape buying drugs? Why is it shocking that Lil Kim is preggo? Why wont Bruce Jenner come out and say he is transforming into a female? Why did De la Soul give permission for all their music catalog away to download online? And why is Valentines Day considered a holiday?
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