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.
George Coleman Poage (November 6, 1880–April 11, 1962) born in Hannibal, Mo, was the first African-American athlete to win a medal in the Olympic Games, winning two bronze medals at the 1904 games in St. Louis. Poage remained in St. Louis after the Olympics, working as a school principal before becoming a teacher at segregated Charles Sumner High School. At Sumner, he was the head of the English department, teaching English composition, literature, and Latin, helped coach the school’s sports teams, and supervised various extracurricular activities such as debate and theater.[1][2] In 1920, Poage moved to Chicago. In 1924, Poage was hired by the United States Postal Service and worked as a postal clerk for nearly thirty years. After his retirement in the 1950s he remained in Chicago until his death in 1962
Maatology is still looking for gents with style and a great personality for the Seventh Annual Mista Couture Charity Style Contest (slated for August 23 in Atlanta) is posted. WE'VE EXTENDED THE Deadline to submit to online poll is Feb 16, 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
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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
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THE TOP ILLI MO STORY THIS WEEK IS
Kanye West appeared on Ryan
Seacrest‘s radio show on Wednesday, and had a lot to talk about
following his Grammy stage stunt and backstage rant against
Album of the Year winner Beck.
“You know what happened?” the
rapper said during an “On Air” interview. “It’s because I sat there and I
kind of let that [smolder] and I was asked my opinion and I was given a
platform. And when given a platform, it’s very hard as we know — and I’m going
to talk in third person like I’m a crazy person — but it’s very hard for Kanye
West to not be very true and vocal to what he feels.”
“This is our Super Bowl,”
West added, “and someone’s got to be mad that [Marshawn Lynch] didn’t get the
ball.”
West said he was egged on to
follow Beck to the stage by “voices in [his] head,” and explained he really did
do it as a joke in reference to the time he crashed Taylor
Swift‘s acceptance speech to praise Beyoncé at the 2009 MTV Video Music
Awards.
“What I really wanted to do
is just joke around about what had happened before, but I just really
didn’t want to take away from Beck’s moment,” West explained. “So I just walked
back down because you know, it was kind of a joke, like the Grammys
themselves.”
S The outspoken
artist, however, did straighten out what many considered a dig at Beck.
“When I said that thing about
respect artistry, I think it came off the wrong way, and that was a mis-wording
on my part because obviously Beck is one the most respected artists and
respects artistry,” West said. “But I felt that even though the Grammys
sometimes gives awards to people who you wouldn’t think should win in the
category, as a respect to artists, we mention the other artist’s name in our
speech. And that was the point I was making about it.”
West’s “mis-wording” has —
not surprisingly — angered a lot of people, including the ladies on “The View,” Patriots cornerback
Brandon Browner and Garbage singer Shirley Manson, who called West a “complete twat.”
“It is YOU who is so busy
disrespecting artistry,” she wrote on Facebook. “You disrespect your own
remarkable talents and more importantly you disrespect the talent, hard work
and tenacity of all artists when you go so rudely and savagely after such an
accomplished and humble artist like BECK.”
We should know that Ye is in a whole other universe when it comes to his beliefs. Was he wrong going up to the stage to swipe at Beck? Yes. Was he wrong in his opinion about questioning Grammy Awards' choices? Abosolutely not.
In other Ye newz, he is in New York during Fashion Week and he just launched his new Adidas Yeezy 750 Boost at his New York fashion show. He also debuted the very first track off his upcoming album: "Wolves," featuring Sia and Vic Mensa.
Rolling Stone Magazine recently ranked the Top Cast Members from 40 years of the show, "Saturday Night Live" fro, No 147 to No.1 and the cast mate that came in first was the late Chicago native John Belushi.
Here is what the mag had to say about Belushi:
Era: 1975-1979
Nobody embodied the highs and lows of Saturday Night Live like Belushi. He was the first rock & roll star of comedy — a touch of John Lennon soul behind all that Keith Richards pirate bravado. All the extremes were there in his weird physique — a wrestler's body with a dancer's feet, a palooka face with a showgirl's eyelashes. He was the first to make a cocaine joke on SNL (sixth episode — Beethoven takes a hit from the snuffbox and turns into Ray Charles), as well as the first to make the host (Buck Henry) gush blood after accidentally slashing him in the head with his samurai sword. There was always something boyishly vulnerable in his madness, whether he was doing the slow burn (Captain Kirk, George Wallace) or exploding (his horrifying Sam Peckinpah). Belushi was the "live" in Saturday Night Live, the one who made the show happen on the edge. We should have gotten a lot more years with him than we did. But no.
Greatest hit: "Samurai Hitman," where Belushi proves he doesn't need words — just a robe and a sword — to turn a one-joke premise into a savage comic ballet.
Fox’s freshman offering “Empire” hat is filmed in Chicago, tcontinued to grow in the ratings this Wednesday night, notching modest gains over last week to score the night’s top
ratings and largest audience. It also led Fox to an overall win for the evening.
Fox took first place in the
advertiser-sought 18-49 demographic with a 3.7 rating /12 share and in total
viewers with 11.2 million. That was thanks largely to “Empire” at 9 p.m., which was the night’s
highest-rated program with a 4.7/14 and also the most-watched with 11.9
million. Those numbers represent a 2 percent and 4 percent growth over last
week, respectively.
The Chicago-based little league team, Jackie Robinson
West, that last
year became the first all-black contingent
to
stripped of the title on Wednesday for cheating by using
players who lived outside the geographic area set for
the
squad.
Little League International Chief Executive Stephen Keener
told
Reuters the team “encroached on the neighboring
territory of at least three
neighboring LittleLeague programs”
to secure players.
to secure players.
The 2014 U.S. championship has been awarded to the
Mountain
Ridge Little League team from Las Vegas, which
lost to the Chicago squad in the
title game, officials said.
“It’s a sad day for a bunch of great kids,” Keener said in a
telephone interview. “We adults will deal with this. But today,
our hearts are
heavy for the kids that played on that Jackie
Robinson team. They’re as much
victims in this as anybody.”
Little League Baseball said Darold Butler, the Chicago team’s
manager, has been suspended from Little League activity
because of the
violation and Illinois District 4 Administrator
Michael Kelly also has been
removed from his position.
Jackie Robinson West defeated the Las Vegas team 7-5 in
the U.S.
title game last August before losing in the global
Little League championship
game to a squad from Seoul,
South Korea, 8-4.
This is very sad. And its not the youngsters fault for
what happened but what about the parents of the
students who lived outside Chicago area? We wonder if
they knew of the discrepancy or was told by the
coaches that it was OK for them to play. Theres more to this story we are sure.
Chicago native and TV legend Marla Gibbs guest starred on an episode of the hit show Scandal last week. Titled, "Where's The Black Lady," Gibbs’s character, Rose (Hmmm wonder if her name came from 227), helped tie up some loose ends from the previous week’s episode. In apartment R, where Olivia was held hostage as Jake ran
outside of her building frantically searching for her, it turned out, it belongs to
Rose’s friend, Lois. Rose hasn’t heard from Lois and decides that Olivia
Pope is the only one who can help find her.
And she quipped to the Gladiators: “Where is the black lady? The
one in charge.”
Let's hope she has more cameos in this show.
Oprah Winfrey's film, Selma won big at the NAACP Image
Awards last weekend taking Best Picture.
"This is more than a movie," Oprah Winfrey, who was a "Selma" producer and appeared in it, said last Friday in accepting the trophy for outstanding motion picture. "It's important that we all know who we are so we know where we're going, and claiming the glory."
"Selma," which dramatizes events surrounding the 1965 Alabama voting rights marches led by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., also captured best actor honors for David Oyelowo, who played King.
"I want to take this opportunity to say I thank the Lord I was able to play one of the most transcendent human beings who ever walked the planet," Oyelowo said.
Chicago native rapper/actor Common added another award
hardware to his mantel as he won an NAACP Image Award
for Best
Supporting Actor in a Mation Picture for “Selma,
. Also, actress Carmen Ejogo won Best Supporting Actress in
a Motion Picture playing the role of Coretta Scott King.
Speaking of Common, he is the voice of Microsoft. Microsoft, who unveiled two ads during the Super Bowl, hired the rapper to voice over their ads reciting passages
from speeches by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
In the STL area, Missouri
Gov. Jay Nixon held an outdoor news conference this week along with leaders of Ameren Missouri and Terminal Railroad
Association at the proposed site on the Riverfront for the 64,000-seat, open-air stadium that
would replace the Edward Jones Dome, n
"This is a historic opportunity to bring hundreds of
millions of dollars in private investment to this area, build an iconic stadium
and transform these deserted streets into a thriving destination," Nixon
said.
The Rams reportedly informed
officials earlier this month that they were reportedly going to a year-to-year lease,
clearing the way for a potential move. Team owner Stan Kroenke is
part of a joint venture that reportedly announced plans earlier this month for an
80,000-seat stadium in the Los Angeles suburbs.
The NFL reportedly has said no moves would be made in time for next season, but
Commissioner Roger Goodell has reportedly established an internal committee to review
stadium options in Los Angeles and coordinate any possible move to Southern
California, according to a league memo obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
The memo emphasizes that the league, not a single team,
controls when and where a move can take place. Any decision to bring an NFL
team to Southern California would require multiple steps and approvals from NFL
owners. The memo reportedly does not refer to the Rams, the San Diego Chargers or the Oakland Raiders,
which have been considering a move.
Nixon said in his press conference that the planning of the stadium construction could begin in the fall.
Well we will see after the 2015 NFL season on whether the Rams will still be in St. Louis. It has been a topsy turvy rollercoaster ever since the Kroenke and the city;s Convention, that owns the Edward Jones Dome had to go to arbitration two years ago regarding who was going to pay for what amount to build a new stadium and how much would the city pay for this infrastructure., Well now that the Rams signed a year by year lease last month, its likely the Rams could be gone and the city having two stadiums: The Edward Jones Dome and the new Riverfront Stadium and no team.
The St. Louis Symphony won the Best Orchestral Performance
Grammy Award Sunday for its recording of John
Adams' City Noir. The Nonesuch recording includes two recent
compositions by American composer Adams, the symphonic work City Noir, and the
Saxophone Concerto, featuring soloist Timothy
McAllister. Both were recorded live at Powell Hall in 2013, with St. Louis
Symphony Music DirectorDavid
Robertson conducting. The orchestra has now won seven.
Congrats to STL based clinical therapist Tracie Berry-McGhee (PICTURED ON RIGHT with guest and actress Taraji P Henson) )was recently honored by the NAACP at the Image Awards last weekend for her work with girls
and women through the SistaKeeper Empowerment Center. She was also featured on Fox 2 St Louis this week talking about selfies and her organization, SistaKeeper Empowerment Center.
HEY OUTSTAGRS well we did fairly well in predictions of the Grammy Awards that were posted on OUTSTAGN BLOGSPOT last week. Of the 19 categories we posted we predicted 12 which is 63 percent. In parenthesis are the actual winners #GrammyAwards
Record of the Year
WINNER:ALL ABOUT THAT BASS MEGAN TRAINOR (ACTUAL WINNER was STAY WITH ME)
Album of the Year
WINNER: x-ED SHEREEN (ACTUAL WINNER WAS BECK)
WINNER: x-ED SHEREEN (ACTUAL WINNER WAS BECK)
Song of the Year
WINNER:TAKE ME TO CHURCH-HOZIER (ACTUAL WINNER WAS STAY WITH ME)
WINNER:TAKE ME TO CHURCH-HOZIER (ACTUAL WINNER WAS STAY WITH ME)
Best New Artist
· WINNER: Sam Smith (WON)
·
Pop
Best Pop Solo Performance
· WINNER: ALL OF ME JOHN LEGEND (ACTUAL WINNER HAPPY by PHARELL)
· WINNER: Sam Smith (WON)
·
Pop
Best Pop Solo Performance
· WINNER: ALL OF ME JOHN LEGEND (ACTUAL WINNER HAPPY by PHARELL)
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
· WINNER:SAY SOMETHING A GREAT BIG WORLD and CHRISTINA AGUILERA (WON)
· WINNER:SAY SOMETHING A GREAT BIG WORLD and CHRISTINA AGUILERA (WON)
Best Pop Vocal Album
· WINNER:IN THE LONELY HOUR SAM SMITH (WON)
·
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
· WINNER: CHEEK TO CHEEK TONY BENNETT and LADY GAGA (WON)
R&B
Best R&B Performance
· WINNER:DRUNK IN LOVE BEYONCE feat JAY Z (WON)
·
Best Traditional R&B Performance
· WINNER:JESUS CHILDREN ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT (WON)
·
Best R&B Song
· WINNER: DRUNK IN LOVE (WON)
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Best Urban Contemporary Album
· WINNER:BEYONCE (ACTUAL WINNER WAS TO PHARRELL)
Best R&B Album
· WINNER:LOVE, MARRIAGE and DIVORCE—TONI BRAXTON and BABYFACE (WON)
·
Rap
Best Rap Performance
· WINNER: “RAP GOD” EMINEM (LOST TO KENDRICK LAMAR)
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Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
· WINNER: THE MONSTER EMINEM feat RIHANNA (WON)
·
Best Rap Song
· WINNER: “I” KENDRICK LAMAR (WON)
Best Rap Album
WINNER:MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2- EMINEM (WON)
Music Video/Film
Best Music Video
· WINNER:HAPPY-PHARELL WILLIAMS (WON)
Best Music Film
WINNER:BEYONCE and JAY Z ON THE RUN TOUR (LOST TO 20 FEET FROM STARDOM)
· WINNER:IN THE LONELY HOUR SAM SMITH (WON)
·
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
· WINNER: CHEEK TO CHEEK TONY BENNETT and LADY GAGA (WON)
R&B
Best R&B Performance
· WINNER:DRUNK IN LOVE BEYONCE feat JAY Z (WON)
·
Best Traditional R&B Performance
· WINNER:JESUS CHILDREN ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT (WON)
·
Best R&B Song
· WINNER: DRUNK IN LOVE (WON)
·
Best Urban Contemporary Album
· WINNER:BEYONCE (ACTUAL WINNER WAS TO PHARRELL)
Best R&B Album
· WINNER:LOVE, MARRIAGE and DIVORCE—TONI BRAXTON and BABYFACE (WON)
·
Rap
Best Rap Performance
· WINNER: “RAP GOD” EMINEM (LOST TO KENDRICK LAMAR)
·
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
· WINNER: THE MONSTER EMINEM feat RIHANNA (WON)
·
Best Rap Song
· WINNER: “I” KENDRICK LAMAR (WON)
Best Rap Album
WINNER:MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2- EMINEM (WON)
Music Video/Film
Best Music Video
· WINNER:HAPPY-PHARELL WILLIAMS (WON)
Best Music Film
WINNER:BEYONCE and JAY Z ON THE RUN TOUR (LOST TO 20 FEET FROM STARDOM)
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
Last Saturday afternoon, I checked out the local DVD,
"Crunk"at the Tivoli Theater in the University Loop. It is a 60
minute "quasi-documentary" about the hottest new dance craze that's
been been popping in the STL. It featured many local crunk "tween"
dancers (including Little G, as in Ginuwine) and featured over 20 or so
youngsters doing serious battling or "crumping" with each other. It
was screened and produced by local music mover and shaker Sonny Metcalfe of
Black Independent Film And Music.
http://maatspear.blogspot.com/2006/02/out-33.html
THIS WEEK FEB 2007
Acoustic soul artist
David brings some ‘Red Clay’ to the STL
By Ma’at Atkins
About 200 neo-soul music lovers came out to hear the acoustic soul sounds of Atlanta based singer/songwriter Anthony David last Sunday at the new establishment, Gravity located at 1620 Delmar.
And he did not disappoint. During his 90 minute set, David came across as a male version of India.Arie (who he’s best friends with, did background vocals for and co-wrote her latest hit, “There’s Hope”) and a raspy liquid-voiced Bill Withers and you have the makings Anthony David. Manning just a guitar and his DJ (DJ Woodchuck), David sang most of the songs from his two CD’s “Three Chords and the Truth” and his latest, “Red Clay chronicles”
By Ma’at Atkins
About 200 neo-soul music lovers came out to hear the acoustic soul sounds of Atlanta based singer/songwriter Anthony David last Sunday at the new establishment, Gravity located at 1620 Delmar.
And he did not disappoint. During his 90 minute set, David came across as a male version of India.Arie (who he’s best friends with, did background vocals for and co-wrote her latest hit, “There’s Hope”) and a raspy liquid-voiced Bill Withers and you have the makings Anthony David. Manning just a guitar and his DJ (DJ Woodchuck), David sang most of the songs from his two CD’s “Three Chords and the Truth” and his latest, “Red Clay chronicles”
http://outtown.blogspot.com/2007/02/out-156.html
THIS WEEK FEB 2008
Congrats are also in store
for St. Louis native comedian/actor Cedric The Entertainer, who had the No., 2
flick at the Box Office last weekend with Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins. The film
made Made $17 million (second to Fool s Gold that made 22 mil). This family
comedy of a talk show host returning to its Deep South roots was surprisingly
good. I was definitely expecting a color by numbers version of a Cookout ghetto
flick, but the movie was entertaining.
http://maatspear.blogspot.com/2008/02/stl-tidbitz-and-more.html
THIS WEEK FEB 2009
St. Louis rapper Nelly will fill in for singer Chris Brown
at an NBA All-Star party this weekend in Scottsdale, AZ, according to TMZ. The
teen superstar saw his world turn inside out this week after a felony criminal
threat charge stemming from allegedly attacking girlfriend Rihanna after a
Grammy pre-party last weekend. Since then, Brown has lost several endorsements,
and radio stations have begun withdrawing his music from the airwaves. Rihanna
is reportedly on to healing in her homeland of Barbados.
THIS WEEK FEB 2010
Talk about unexpectedness, in unrelated Oprah newz, a first
occurred on her long running show when a lady went into labor while she was
taping her show last Friday. A Toronto woman who was 27-weeks pregnant was
rushed to the hospital after her water broke as Oprah ran off set to the
ambulance which was taking her to the hospital. The lady had a boy and phoned
into the show during the taping. Oprah promised to fly McCrindle back to
Chicago for another taping of the show.
This lady and her child are going to be famous. She will
have stories to tell to him for sure!
THIS WEEK FEB 2011
In other Superbowl newz involving ILLIOians. About 150 people attended the business casual Super Bowl
party thrown by the Obamas in the East Wing of the White House. The guests
included people from Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to watch the Green Bay Packers
and Pittsburgh Steelers battle it out. Pennsylvania's U.S. Senators, Democrat
Bob Casey and Republican Pat Toomey, attended.Jennifer Lopez and her husband,
Marc Anthony, were present, too.
THIS WEEK FEB 2012
Oak Park, Ill native and 2012 Grammy nominee Betty White
made newz this week with her featured spot on the promo commercial during the
Super Bowl for NBC's 'The Voice' . She hands down upstaged the show’s stars
Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, and Cee-Lo Green who were in
the 70s kung fu themed commercial, who battle each other in a hotel lobby after
hearing a beautiful voice coming from one of the rooms upstairs.
THIS WEEK FEB 2013
THE ST LOUIS BASED REALITY
SHOW, "WELCOME TO SWEETIE PIES "THAT WON BEST REALITY SERIES (AT NAACP IMAGE AWARDS).
THIS WEEK FEB 2014
Congrats are also in
store for Chicago Bears cornerback
Charles Tillman who
was announced as the Walter Payton
NFL Man of the Year at
"NFL Honors" on Saturday at a gala
in New York. He was also honored prior to the Superbowl
game at Metlife Stadium on Sunday.
A finalist for the
award in 2011 and the winner of the NFL
Salute to Service
Award in 2012, Tillman has impacted
countless people in
the Chicago area through his
Cornerstone
Foundation.
(VOICE-OFF, TALLY OR ELECT)
\The city of Chicago has been the setting of many sitcoms, two in particular "Good Times' (1974-79) and "Family Matters" (1989-1997). These shows were also spin offs from other shows ("Good Times" was a spin off of "Maude" and "Family Matters" was a spin off of "Perfect Strangers"). These shows also had breakout stars that had viewers tuning in to see and hear them say their famous catchphrases: Urkel's "Did I Do That?" and JJs, "Dynomite". Which character had the most popular catchphrase?
VOTE YOUR CHOICE AFTER THIS BLOG POST IN THE COMMENT BOXES!
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This week we feature STL based clinician Tracie Berry McGhee who was honored at the NAACP Image Awards for her work. Here she is wearing a dazzling red one shoulder gown with silver bracelet, ring and clutch. We also love her natural low cut tresses and black rimmed glasses giving some good "scholared glam."
WORDZ
TO
THE
WHYZ
AT THE GRAMMIES: Why were their so many performers this year? Why did AC/DC open the show? Why werent there any rap artists performing? Why didnt Ed Shereen win anything? Why was Kristen Wiig dancing during Sia's interpretive dance performance? Why Why did Pharrell give Taylor Shift serious side eye when Swift was dancing in her seat? , And why was he shocked that he won the Pop Solo award?
OTHER WHYZ: Why are their so many conflicting stories about the health of Bobbi Kristina? Why was Birdman not admitted to a party Nicki Minaj threw recently? Why are people messin with Dwight Howard for wearing a checkered jacket on the sidelines of an NBA game? And, again, why is a man's penis called eggplant these days?
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