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the story of a retiring female impersonator coming home to
perform her one woman play before retiring her heels
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We are currently seeking sponsors and donations for the play
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OK, NOW TO THE BITZ...
All eyes will be on Superbowl 50 this Sunday for the showdown between Cam Newton aka The Dabber and the North Carolina Panthers and Peyton Manning aka The Legacy and The Denver Broncos (And what's your over/under?) The main hype is the fact of Newton being an aggressive young and brash quarterback of color going against the legacy of the Manning Dynasty and the status quo of a quarterback being s superhero and white.
And Manning lovers hate Cam. And he knows it.
Newton is set to become only the sixth African-American quarterback in 50 years to start in the Super Bowl. The other five are Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks, Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers, retired Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, Steve McNair of the Tennessee Titans and Williams, who is well aware that Newton cited race as a reason Newton thinks he’s been criticized so harshly this season.
“I’ve said this since Day One,” Newton said “I’m
an African-American quarterback that scares
people because they haven’t seen nothing that
they can compare me to.
“I think it’s a trick question,” he added. “If I
answer it truthfully, it’s going to be ‘Aw, he’s this
or that.’ But I will say it anyway: I don’t think
people have seen what I am or what I’m trying
to do.”
On Monday, Warren Moon, one of Newton’s
earliest mentors and most ardent
supporters, came to the QB's defense.
“You’d think he raped like five pastors’
daughters over the last five years and he’s
getting away with it the way people are talking
about him,” Moon told Fox Sports about the
hate for Newton.
“They probably look at Cam almost like they look at
me,’’ Doug Williams told USA TODAY Sports, and with a chuckle he added, “I wish I was the athlete Cam is.”
Williams didn’t dance on the field, strike Superman poses or dazzle anyone with his running ability the way Newton does for the Super Bowl-bound Carolina Panthers. But in 1988, Williams became the first black quarterback to play in the Super Bowl. He also won the MVP award that day when he led the Washington Redskins to a 42-10 victory against the Denver Broncos while throwing for 340 yards and four touchdowns on 18-for-29 passing.
It's going to be a classic game, for sure!
This week the premiere of Ryan Murphy;s American Crime Story franchise debuted on FX with "The People v OJ." about the trial of OJ Simpson in 1994.
We caught the first episode and it was relatively good as far as its pacing of the background of the story (It started off with the aftermath/civil unrest of the Rodney King verdict n 1992). We also get a behind the scenes look of some of the characters in pay such as Marsha Clark as a working mother (played by Sarah Paulson ), Johnny Cochran as a an egotistical, flamboyant style hag (Played excellently by Courtney B Vance) and Robert Shapiro (played byJohn Travolta). What is also refreshing is that Murphy gave Cuba Gooding who plays OJ a sense of humanity showing his sadness of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson being killed and no scenes of him physically or verbally abusing her (Well, at least not in the first episode).
Another plus is the casting. Although Gooding as OJ is a bit to disbelieve but he does pull it off. What we hope that this show does is open up conversation of what the real issues are in our society of how racism, sexism and the imperfections of the law and police play a part in the phobias that plague our society.
There have been talk about the actual sales of Rihanna's new, Anti. On Friday, The New York Times reported that by Nielsen’s count, only 460 copies had been sold. That’s a shockingly low number, but as the reporter Ben Sisario wrote, it’s surely so small only because of quirks of rules and timing. The RIAA certified Anti platinum of one million sales within 14 hours of it hitting the Internet—apparently because Samsung, with whom Rihanna’s signed a reported $25 million marketing deal, bought up a million album copies that were then gifted to fans who typed in a download code.
Nielsen doesn’t count such free promotions in its numbers; the RIAA does, on the theory that they still reflect consumer demand for an album.
We think that this is what the music industry is going toward because actual sales of albums arent selling these days with the advent of downloading on the Internet and streaming services.
So this album in a way is a defining moment in music where an album goes gold or platinum through free giveaways when a company buys copies of it to give away and the DEMAND to have it and download it goes toward sales.
And speaking of the record industry, The RIAA (The Recording Industry Association of Artists have changed their certification process of what counts as a single or album going Gold or Platinum. Since 1991, singles and albums that "shipped" 500,000 copies to stores were granted a Gold Album and 1 million for a Platinum Album. This goes for sells as well. Soundscan, a service that scans music through a bar code when bought at music outlets, helped with those sales. Now, those numbers are the sum of sales and the equivalent of sales. The formula for equivalency: “1,500 on-demand audio and/or video song streams = 10 track sales = 1 album sale.”
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All eyez will be on the NAACP Image Awards that will air this Friday on TVOne. With all of the discussion of Stacey Dash's anti-black commentary and no diversity at the Oscars, this should be a very interesting show with the platform that host Anthony Anderson and the winners will have!
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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.
Renowned photographer Steven Williams launched his first
book Shades of Color. It is a photo series of men of color
capturing the beauty, spirit, and humanity with empowering
imagery. This book is about diversity, and what we don't see
in a world of color lines. He hopes to begin a new trend in
empowering the future of men and women of color. If you
want to place your order or donate, he have launched an
Indiegogo to fund this series. There will be many perks and
pleasures along the way. For more info go to
Prayers are up to St Louis radio personality John Carney who had a heart episode last week after hosting his afternoon show on KTRS-AM. He is currently recovering from heart surgery (attaching his torn aorta)and his return to KTRS has not been confirmed but was reported that it would take weeks for him to fully recover. Carney is the son to the late legendary radio pioneer, Jack Carney.
OUTCAM ON THE TOWN
The OutCam were at two events in St Louis recently.
The first was Jack Honey's Art Beats and Lyrics that was held at Neo last Friday (PICTURED headliner rapper Common). To see pics go to http://outstagin.blogspot.com/2016/02/jack-honey-presents-art-beats-and.html
The second was the first St Louis Star Awards that were held at The Sun Theater last Sunday (PICTURED singer Deandre Perryman).
To see pics go to http://outstagin.blogspot.com/2016/02/no-243-avadeworld-presents-first-st.html
R.I.P. to Grammy Award and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Award winning singer/producer Chicago native Maurice White of the legendary group Earth, Wind and Fire who died Thursday at the age of 74 from complications of Parkinson's Disease.
This week we feature St Louis based singer/producer Jiyo who released his second single
"Light Skinned Alien," To listen to this futuristic soul single
go to https://soundcloud.com/lightskinnedalien/jiyo
FIT BITZ
This week we feature actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. who is making news with the role in the FX series American Crime Story: The People v OJ. Here he is shown recently in Malibu, Calif. and still keeping his fitness tight since his role in the iconic Oscar Winning role in Jerry Mcgwire.
This week we feature the man of the moment Cam Newton who created a viral fashion buzz when he wore these Versace zebra printed and gold siding leggings. They sell at $800 and was sold out as soon as he was seen wearing them when this pic was taken as he was boarding a flight to Santa Clara, Calif for the Super Bowl. Lets not forget the upper part of his ensem with the black aviator jacket and yuppie style black sweater, white collar shirt and black tie.
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WORD TO THE WHYZ????
Why is Donald Trump saying that Ted Cruz cheated for his win in the Iowa Caucuses? Why was Lady Gaga chosen to sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl? Why do we care about Blacc China? And why did Kim Kardashian and Amber Rose take a pic together at Kris Jenner's bday party? Why are people making a stink about Kirk Franklin taking a pic in a studio with Kanye and 2 Chainz? Why is this new mosquito driven and now sexually transmitted disease Zika called Zika?
If you have a fitness pic, a style pic or an artist or event you
would like featured on SPOT BITZ, email to
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