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.
Shani Davis (; born August 13, 1982) is an Olympic Champion speed skater from the United States.[1]At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Davis became the first black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport at the Olympic Winter Games , winning the speedskating 1000 meter event. He also won a silver medal in the 1500 meter event. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada he duplicated the feat, becoming the first man to successfully defend the 1000 meter gold medal, and repeating as 1500 meter silver medalist.
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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. WE'VE EXTENDED THE Deadline to submit to online poll is Feb 7, 2015. Go tohttp://outstagin.blogspot.com/2014/10/seventh-annual-mista-couture-style.html
WE HAVE THE LIST OF CONTESTANTS SO FAR WHO ARE COMPETING. TO VOTE GO TO
IF YOU WANT TO DONATE TO THE MISTA COUTURE BUILDING FUND 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
THE TOP ILLI MO STORY THIS WEEK IS
Kanye West will perform twice on Sunday's Grammys
telecast. West will join Rihanna and Sir Paul McCartney to
perform
Rihanna's new song, "FourFiveSeconds," during the
ceremony. According
to the CBS press release, this will be
the "world debut" of the
track. West will also "deliver a
never-before-seen solo performance"
during the
show. That could mean the debut of a new track.
West already performed his latest
song, "Only One" with
McCartney, in concert this past weekend.
St Louis native comic legend/activist Dick Gregory received a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame this week
At the age of 85, Gregory
joins a class that includes Kool & the Gang, Pharrell Williams, Will
Ferrell and Amy Poehler. The induction ceremony was carried live Monday on
national and international television.
“A couple of you said “what took so long,''” St. Louis native
Dick
Gregory said as he received the 2542nd star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame
yesterday afternoon. “It’s because
I haven’t been a bad boy.
There were no scandals, no drugs. And I’ve never had sex with a white
woman.”
The
audience, which included Stevie Wonder, who stood to
celebrate with him reportedly didn’t know whether to laugh or
gasp.
"He didn’t
just open doors, he kicked them down,” Said Los
Angeles City Councilman
Mitchell O’Farrell. “He opened the
era and encouraged the type of activism that
changed
American society for the better and the entire nation is
indebted to
you Mr. Gregory.”
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But the
vast majority of his gratitude was directed towards
Playboy Mansion Club bachelor Hugh Hefner, who
Gregory
gave credit for not only
launching his career, but inciting the urban
comedy
crossover into mainstream entertainment by booking him at
the Playboy Mansion in 1961.
Congrats Mr Gregory. Well and long deserved!
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Adopted Chicagoan Oprah Winfrey and Selma director Ava DuVernay are teaming up again.First, they teamed for their movie Selma, now a new TV series on OWN
called Queen Sugar, where Oprah will have a recurring role
In related Oprah newz, her co-produced film Selma is on the new issue of Ebony magazine.
The Breaking Bad pre-quel spinoff “Better Call Saul,” will have a two-part premiere on AMC on This Sunday and Monday nights. The series revolve around Saul
Goodman played by Berwyn, Ill native Bob Odenkirk, the shady lawyer of Walter White, the hero of “Breaking
Bad,” and is set roughly six years before the two men meet.
Plainfield, Ill native actress Melissa McCarthy and her "Mike
N Molly: co-star Billy Gardell will have its 100th episode to
air this Monday on CBS. The episode titled, "Mike Check"
was directed by McCarthy..
The
milestone brought the show's stars, Melissa McCarthy
, 44, and Billy Gardell,
45, out for a night of celebration at the Cicada restaurant in Los Angeles recently
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It will also mark the second airing of an instalment
directed
by McCarthy. She
previously made her directorial debut with
season 4's Who's Afraid Of J.C.
Small? in April 2014.
UnSung Hollywood returns Feb 11 on TVOne starting with a profile of
Comedian/Actor and St Louis native Redd Foxx.
Chicago native comic/actor/game show host Deray
Davis made his dramatic acting debut on the hit series "Empire" this week. In an episode titled, "Dangerous Bonds" Davis played "Rose Thug," Cookie's cousin to take care of a henchman who she mistakenly thought was out to kill her.
"Ray Donovan" actress Sheryl Lee Ralph will be in St Louis Saturday Feb 7 performing her one woman piece entitled, 'Sometimes I Cry" on behalf of HIV/AIDs Awareness. It will take place at Harris Stowe State University's Givens Auditorium.
This week the staff of Mizzou Tigers recruited 18 high school seniors who made verbal commitments of attending Mizzou and becoming football freshmen this fall. Of the 18, several were from the ILLI MO area. They were
Cameron Hilton, S, St. Louis (Webster Groves HS)
Tanner Owen, OL, Kearney, Mo. (Kearney HS)
Ronnell Perkins, WR/DB, St. Louis (University City HS) and
Natereace Strong, RB, East. St. Louis, IL (East St. Louis HS)
The Grammy Awards will air this Sunday on CBS and below are our predictions of who will win in some of the categories . We will add the actual winners on Monday and see how well we done.
Grammy Awards Predictions
- WINNER:ALL
ABOUT THAT BASS MEGAN TRAINOR
- WINNER:
x-ED SHEREEN
WINNER:TAKE ME TO CHURCH-HOZIER
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WINNER: Sam Smith
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Pop
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WINNER: ALL OF ME JOHN LEGEND
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WINNER:SAY SOMETHING A GREAT BIG WORLD and CHRISTINA AGUILERA
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WINNER:IN THE LONELY HOUR SAM SMITH
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WINNER: CHEEK TO CHEEK TONY BENNETT and LADY GAGA
R&B
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WINNER:DRUNK IN LOVE BEYONCE feat JAY Z
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WINNER:JESUS CHILDREN ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT
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WINNER: DRUNK IN LOVE
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WINNER:BEYONCE
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WINNER:LOVE, MARRIAGE and DIVORCE—TONI BRAXTON and BABYFACE
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Rap
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WINNER: “RAP GOD” EMINEM
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WINNER: THE MONSTER EMINEM feat RIHANNA
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WINNER: “I” KENDRICK LAMAR
WINNER:MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2- EMINEM
Music
Video/Film
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WINNER:HAPPY-PHARELL WILLIAMS
WINNER:BEYONCE and JAY Z ON THE RUN TOUR
To see the list of nominees go to www.grammy.com/nominees
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.
RETRO BITZ
THIS WEEK FEB 2006
TIDBITZ. When you get a chance, peep out STL's very own
Committee members Chip and Jamie Price's Outflow Records Sample CD Vol,. 1
(www.outflowproductions.com). It has 19 killer tracks from some of todays
hottest STL artists inclduing Joe College, J-Biggs, Toyy, Jia Davis ., Klassic
and many more (My fave is Klassic's "Your Loss" -a sure fire radio
hit for sure)...Communique PR's Renee Thomas Woods hip me to a book signing
coming up this month with Belleville native and ex-FBI agent Cary Thornton, who
just released a book, "Oath of Office" about his experiences growing
up black in St. Louis and his experiences with the FBI.
THIS WEEK FEB 2007
In national news, Kudos to the Naptown Colts for winnin
Super Bowl 41 and Tony Dungey (PICTURED ABOVE) for being the 1st African
American coach to win the trophy. I
wonder whurr Dungy is going after the Superbowl? It would be cool if he was
going to chill in the hood somehwurr instead of the typical Disneyworld
rhetoric. And according to the USA Ad meter, the Top Commercial was Bud Light's
crab worship spot (PICTURED ABOVE) (I thought this was pretty cool too). And
kudos to Prince (PICTURED ABOVE) for a fantastic Half Time SuperBowl show. It
was classic Prince. He performed err thing from Lets Go Crazy, Bob Dylan's All
Along the Watchtower" and the closer, the apropo, "Purple Rain"(
I was glad he took that kerchief off his doo. The rain was killing it). And
speaking of the rain, what wa sup with the cameras used at the game? One camera
was filled with dew drops. You would think they would have an intern with a
hanky to get that taken care of. Overall, it was a very historic Bowl.
THIS WEEK FEB 2008
Prior to Super Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama drew tens of thousands to the Edward Jones Dome last Saturday .
"This is our moment. This is our time. And if you stand with me and vote
for me … if you are not willing to settle … you and I together, we will remake
this country and we will change the world!'' Obama declared at the end of a
40-minute address that frequently ignited cheers from a crowd that Dome
officials estimated at more than 20,000.
THIS WEEK FEB 2009
Nelly had his VIP SuperBowl Party last Sunday at his new restaurant
the Skybox (formerly the Hollywood in Lacelde's Landing) that he owns with
Cleveland Cav's and St. Louis native Larry Hughes, former Rams player Marshall
Faulk and Portland Trailblazers and East St. Louis native Darius Miles. From a
source, it was STL stars all through including Nelly, the St. Lunatics, Hughes,
rapper Gotti. and the Derrty ENt crew. I also heard that I-N-D-E-P-E-D-E-N-T
rapper Lil Webbie was also gettin his party on.
THIS WEEK FEB 2010
Chicago talk show queen Oprah Winfrey was involved in her
second Superbowl commercial with David Letterman (the other was in 2007). The
18-second promo for “Late Show With David Letterman” was one of the highlights
of the commercials during Super Bowl XLIV. The spot, taped last week at the Ed
Sullivan Theater, got a one-time-only airing, as Winfrey, Letterman and rival
talk show host Jay Leno sharing the couch as Winfrey tries to bring peace to
Letterman and Leno.
THIS WEEK FEB 2011
The Democratic Party announced this week that Charlotte would be the home of
their four-day nominating convention in 2012, and the news came via First Lady
Michelle Obama in an e-mail, where she said Barack and her want a “people’s
convention.
THIS WEEK FEB 2012
The producer of American Idol, Nigel Lythgoe has given an
open invitation to President Barack Obama and Rev. Al Green to sing a duet on
the show after the viral You Tube hit of Obama singing the first line to
Green’s classic hit, “Let’s Stay Together” last month at a fundraiser at the
Apollo in Harlem (It’s up to four million hits so far and counting) on a dare
from his aides and where Green was going to perform.
THIS WEEK FEB 2013
Last Thursday, thousands filed through the Cathedral
Basilica in the Central West End in St. Louis at Stan Musial's six-hour public
visitation, and last Saturday hundreds
more attended the service. From reports, hundreds more were waiting at the more
prominent of the two Musial statues outside Busch Stadium, where fans
reportedly gathered. Next to the statues were reportedly flowers, balloons,
teddy bears, helmets, autographed items and a homemade sign that read
"Thanks for the memories. You live in our hearts, No. 6."
THIS WEEK FEB 2014
This Sunday, the focus will be on the East Coast with the
Superbowl with the Seattle Seahawks against The Denver Broncos.
(VOICE-OFF, TALLY OR ELECT)
This week we have featured several ILLI MO based comedians on the blog, so we ask the question, which late-great ILLI MO native comedian made the biggest impact on comedy St Louis native Redd Foxx or Peoria, Ill native Richard Pryor?
Voice your choice below in the comment boxes after the end of this blog!
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This week we feature STL based fashion model Sheena Mohammed who is wearing a stylish front V cut dress with a white jumpsuit underneath accessorized with a gold belt. She posted this pic recently on her Facebook page.
WORDZ
TO
THE
WHYZ
Why did NBC keep Brian Williams' war correspondent story falsity a secret? Why isnt Sherri Shepherd holding up her end of the bargain with the surrogate baby situation? Why wasnt Ledisi invited to perform the tribute to the film Selma at Sunday's Grammies? And why did they ask Beyonce to perform in her place? Why was Suge Knight in such a hurry when he drove off the set of the NWA movie?Why are so many football players getting caught in prostitute stings? Why are we not surprised that Bruce Jenner is transforming into a woman? And why are the measles making a comeback?
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