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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)
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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
UPDATE: The deadline has now been extended to July 31.
UPDATE: The deadline has now been extended to July 31.
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THE TOP ILLI/MO STORY THIS WEEK IS:
Journalist and The Wire creator David Simon sat with President Obama this week to discuss the show’s very real portrayal of the effects of flooding our prisons with non-violent drug offenders both on the state and their immediate communities. While most of the interview finds the POTUS proclaiming his adoration for the show and allegiance to Omar Little there is some genuine back-and-forth on the ills of a failed system and how to move forward through education and awareness, which do seem to be on the rise in most cases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWY79JCfhjw
People are talking about First Lady Michelle Obama's new hair do during Tuesday's Jeopardy making an appearance via simulcast from a kitchen in promotion of her "Let's Move!" anti-childhood obesity campaign.
Neither FLOTUS nor Jeopardy made mention of the First Lady's possible new 'do, but a lot of commenters, mostly
non-Blacks, thought Michelle Obama shaved her head –
yes, as in bald – just because she had her hair pulled back
tightly into a bun. The 51-year-old First Lady appeared under
harsh lights in a taped spot for the popular game show to
ask contestants about healthy cooking.
non-Blacks, thought Michelle Obama shaved her head –
yes, as in bald – just because she had her hair pulled back
tightly into a bun. The 51-year-old First Lady appeared under
harsh lights in a taped spot for the popular game show to
ask contestants about healthy cooking.
now this. We all know good and well Mrs. Obama
wouldnt cut her hair off. But leave it to social media to
take this out of proportion going head over heels about
this...pun unintended.
The Chicago filmed ratings phenom "Empire" is still on the minds and mouths of fans a week after its two hour season finale which pulled in 17 million viewers and finished first place in the ratings. Filming for season two will start in July and the question now is will the upcoming season be longer than 12 episodes? FOX execs reportedly wants a longer season to cash in on Empire’s runaway hit status. Meanwhile, the Empire Soundtrack was the number 1 album in the country week according to Billboard Magazine selling over 150,000 copies and besting Madonna's "Rebel Heart" that charted at No. 2 l.Meanwhile, the FOX network is headed to court to keep the name Empire as the title of the show. They are currently doing legal battle with Empire Distribution Inc., a California corporation, to keep the name.
Ahh, success' double edge sword has come out for blood. This show is the "Thriller" of television with its ratings and now that the tidal wave has settled its all about next season which we are sure will be scrutinized on how well it does each week. But until next January (which we hear is when the next season will air) what will Empire fans do as they wait???
Ahh, success' double edge sword has come out for blood. This show is the "Thriller" of television with its ratings and now that the tidal wave has settled its all about next season which we are sure will be scrutinized on how well it does each week. But until next January (which we hear is when the next season will air) what will Empire fans do as they wait???
We predict Empire fans will watch this Pines show in
droves just to see Luscious in a another role. LOL
St Louis native actor Jon Hamm will be saying goodbye to his Mad Men character Don Draper as AMC will air the last seven episodes of the series beginning April 5. This week there was a red carpet screening of the first episode of the final season that was held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
Will the TV Academy finally give Hamm an Emmy after
being nominated since the show debuted in 2007? We
will see when the nominations will be announced in July.
first veterans combine in Arizona. Sam broke the 5-second
mark in the 40-yard dash at the NFL veterans combine held
at the Arizona Cardinals practice facility. Sam's official 40
time was 4.99 seconds, ran on his second attempt. His first
try was clocked at 5 seconds flat
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His fastest unofficial time was 5.07 seconds. At the NFL
scouting combine in 2014, he ran the 40 in 4.91 seconds.
was one of 105 participants in the league's first veterans
combine, which has seen three players signed since
Monday.
According to nj.com, After going through drills observed by
scouts, Sam essentially guaranteed that he will soon return to the football field.
scouts, Sam essentially guaranteed that he will soon return to the football field.
"I am very confident that I will be playing football this year somewhere,". "So I'll leave that at that."
He did not rule out the Canadian Football League.
"If that's an opportunity, then I will take it," he said.
Sam, 25, liked how he performed Sunday.
"I did the best I can," he said. "I did just as good, if not better than the other guys here. So I'm pretty confident about that. As long as I stay healthy and I still train, I think my chances of being on a team are quite high, in my own view."
Sam said he is "absolutely not" thinking about moving on from football right now, despite opportunities available to him outside the sport.
"I'm young and I'm still good," he said. "I don't have any injuries. I'm going to play. ... As long as I still have that will, as long as I'm still healthy and can play this game, you will continue on to see me fighting to get into this league."
According to ESPN, Sam was also asked at the combine
about whether his participation on Dancing With the Stars
will impact his chances of getting signed by a team.
Sam was not interested in replying.
'Next question,' he said.
Sam is under a spotlight because of his being openly
gay playing in a "straight male" sport. He is definitely breaking the rules of masculinity with being openly gay.and pursuing a career in football (as opposed to having the career then coming out as gay) But will the NFL or any other league take him seriously as a possible candidate? And now with him being on Dancing With the Stars and getting "J-Lo'd" for shaking his buttocks in tight pants we think his chances have become even more slim.
"You Will," produced by Grammy-winning team the Underdogs, is available now for download on iTunes and streaming on Oprah.com, and it premiered during the season finale of Tyler Perry's The Have and the Have Nots via a behind-the-scenes video showing the recording of the song.
Robbins, Ill native KeKe Palmer returns to the big screen in the movie Brotherly Love, which opens in theatres April 24th. It also stars Romeo, Corey Hardrict (American Sniper) and Quincy Brown, son of Al B. Sure. The flick is set in Philadelphia’s famed Overbrook High School, and deals with the life of a famous high school b-ball player , his b-ball star
turned criminal older brother and their sister (played by Palmer) who wants to be a singer but falls in love. Palmer is also returning to TV in the horror-comedy anthology Scream Queens, with St Louis bred Niecy Nash, which debuts this fall on FOX.
turned criminal older brother and their sister (played by Palmer) who wants to be a singer but falls in love. Palmer is also returning to TV in the horror-comedy anthology Scream Queens, with St Louis bred Niecy Nash, which debuts this fall on FOX.
American Idol alum and Blue Springs, Mo native David Cook has found a new home for his songs. The season-seven winner has inked a deal with Warner/Chappell, the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group. The co-publishing agreement, executed via the company's Nashville office, was announced on March 24 and extends worldwide.
“I'm excited to get involved with Warner/Chappell and work with some of the best songwriters in the industry,” said Cook in a statement. “It's an honor to be a part of the roster and I'm looking forward to furthering my songwriting career with them.”
Cook, who moved to Nashville in 2012, has already had chart success co-writing the song, “Kiss You Tonight,” for singer David Nail. The song peaked at No. 18 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.
“It’s awesome to be on a different side of this,” Cook told The Hollywood Reporterin November.
Cook’s previous 2011 release, This Loud Morning, debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. He released the single, “Wait for Me,” independently last November. Cook's self-titled debut reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart with two hit singles, "Come Back to Me" and "Light On."
Last Saturday on the OWN St Louis filmed docuseries Welcome To Sweetie Pies, its star Robbie Montgomery received an honorary degree from St Louis bred rap mogul Nelly from his school Vatterott College ex’treme Institute, based in St. Louis. On the episode he and Miss Robbie give an inspirational speech to the graduating class about their time in the entertainment business and encourage the students to never give up when it comes to following your dreams.
PHOENIX, AZ. (KTVI) -On March 22, St. Louis Rams Owner Stan Kroeneke released the renderings of the NFL stadium he plans to build in Inglewood, California. Now, the topic of discussion is whether or not the NFL will see one or more teams in the Los Angeles market. NFL Commissioner fielded questions about the possibility of St. Louis possibly relocating west.
When asked about the St. Louis riverfront stadium plans, which were released in early January, Goodell said the plans were a positive.
“They’ve done a really good job of formulating a plan,” Goodell during the March 25 press conference. “They have a great site. They have a site that I think is important for St. Louis to redevelop.”
The St. Louis stadium plan calls for a redevelopment of the surrounding area of the proposed stadium as well.
Goodell said the momentum of making the riverfront stadium a reality needs to continue. So far, Governor Jay Nixon and labor unions have agreed to a deal to work around-the-clock five days a week, without overtime, should the stadium get the go-ahead to build. Deals with railroad and utility companies have also been reached to clear out the area surrounding the proposed stadium site, according to ESPN.
While Kroenke has never been on record saying he will move the Rams to Los Angeles, there is speculation that he will do so with or without league approval. Under the NFL owner’s guidelines for relocation, an owner seeking relocation must get approval from at least 24 other owners. Another step in relocation is exhausting all options in their current market.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the NFL also had discussions about changing the time window in which NFL teams can apply for relocation. Currently, NFL organizations can apply for relocation inside the time period between Jan. 1 – Feb. 15, 2015. The idea behind the proposal would be to make it easier on the organizations in their preparations to move their team.
But when it comes to having an NFL team in LA, Goodell insisted the league is not in a hurry to move anyone there. He said the league is “not focused on 2016″ and is focused on “getting it right” if a team does file for relocation.
As the hit show Empire is on season hiatus, two of its stars , Bryshere Gray aka Jazz and Jussie Smollett have been touring the country signing copies of the hit soundtrack (Their appearance at Lennox Mall in the ATL last wekened reportedly over 10,000 fans showed up) . This weekend they will be in St Louis. Jussie aussie Smollett and Yazz, who portray brothers Jamal and Hakeem on the hit TV show, "Empire," are coming to St. Louis.
The two will be at the F.Y.E. store on Hampton Ave. on March 28 which is set for 4 p.m. Later that stars will be at a celebration party at The Complex (formerly The Colliseum) on Washington Ave. promoted by Rockhouse Entertainment.
St.Louis based rap group JGE Retro, who starred on BET's "Nellyville", co-hosted with April Simpson this week on Fox 2 in the Morning at 9. Here they are pictured with celeb trainer Donta Wade (in Cards hat) who was on the same show giving tips on how to improve your workout by using resistance bands if you aren’t able to make it to the gym. Last week the group had a free concert and CD release for its mixtape Transition Day at The Pageant in The U City Loop. BET was also there to film segments for the second season of the reality TV show, "Nellyville."
As we celebrate 10 years of blogging on July 5 we will highlight some of the stories reported and covered over the years each week.
THIS WEEK MARCH 2006
Hello cyberfans! This is Ma'at here tryin to maintain the blog while out of town in Hollywood. Yes, the Land of Lala. I arrived in Los Angeles this past Monday on an American Airline plane, with a lil turbulance, and I am staying with a buddy in the Crenshaw District aka The Jungle. I hear that my hometown oo the STL had about 3 inches of snow and I left right on time for the sunny side of life.
http://maatspear.blogspot.com/2006/03/out-39.html
THIS WEEK MARCH 2007
Former Rams player Marshall faulk (PICTURED ABOVE) retired his #28 jersey this week. After sitting out last season because of a knee injury, Faulk officially announced his retirement Monday. Faulk is ninth on the NFL's career rushing list, 33 yards behind Jim Brown, who at one time was the standard for the position. Faulk is fourth in combined yards from scrimmage with 19,154 yards and his 6,875 yards receiving are the most ever among running backs.
http://outtown.blogspot.com/2007/03/out-169.html
THIS WEEK MARCH 2008
Cory Spinks and his longtime trainer, Kevin Cunningham(SEEN ON THE RIGHT OF PIC NEXT TO SPINKS) , have split. Cunningham won't be working Spinks' corner at Scottrade Center for Thursday night's IBF junior middleweight title defense against Verno Phillips. Cunningham has turned his full attention to the promising Devon "The Great" Alexander (14-0), who will be on Thursday's card, defending his WBC Continental America's super lightweight championship against Miguel Callist. In the past, Spinks and Cunningham have quarreled over Spinks' training habits. OUTTOWN finds it interesting that all this went down after Don King’s promoting the fight a couple of weeks ago in the STL. One wonders of King jabbed more money into Spinks’ ear in regards to managing him. Hmmm. Seems odd all of a sudden.
http://maatspear.blogspot.com/2008/03/out-360-stl-tidbitz-and-more.html
THIS WEEK MARCH 2009
Last week, the PR team for St. Louis Cardinals ownership has released their "temporary" plans for the site of the Ballpark Village with a parking lot and a softball field on the site of their old Busch Stadium. The plan is described as "fan-friendly enhancements" that will occupy the property as the team continues its long push to finance Ballpark Village. In regards to the much delayed plan of a $365 million entertainment district, the release stated “ once the bonds for the larger Ballpark Village project are sold, the softball field and parking lot will be taken over by the construction of the larger project." Well, as long as there wont be a gaping hole for fans of the Boys of Summer when fans arrive for the All star game in July.
http://maatspear.blogspot.com/2009/03/out-578-stl-tidbitz-and-more.html
THIS WEEK MARCH 2010
The NFL Draft is set for April 22-24 and the St. Louis Rams got first dibbs (the losingest team picks first) of who they want on the tea. Sports experts are saying that the organization may select star Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford. The Heisman Trophy winner worked out for NFL teams this week and reportedly did so well that one observer called his display the best he'd seen since Troy Aikman worked out for the Cowboys.
http://maatology.blogspot.com/2010/03/illimo-bitz.html
THIS WEEK MARCH 2011
The final original episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will air May 25. Winfrey's Chicago-based Harpo Productions has confirmed the date. Winfrey announced live on the show in November 2009 that she would end its run after 25 years. She since has launched cable's Oprah Winfrey Network. "The Oprah Winfrey Show" has been in reruns for the last few weeks. But Winfrey tweeted that she was "hard at work planning the final shows" and new episodes would begin April 7. The final episode brings an end to what has been television's top-rated talk show for more than two decades. It airs in 145 countries worldwide.
http://maatology.blogspot.com/2011/03/out-981-illi-mo-arts-and-ent-bitz-mar.html
THIS WEEK MARCH 2012
Former Illinois
http://maatology.blogspot.com/2012/03/out-1112-illi-mo-bitz-mar-22-28.html
THIS WEEK MARCH 2013
Cape Gireaurdo, Mo native and talk
show host Rush Limbaugh made
headlines this week hen he called out
Grammy Award winning singer Beyonce on his talk show for supposedly abandoning the feminist image and for now telling women to "bow down" to their husbands in her newly leaked single, "Bow Down Bitches."
show host Rush Limbaugh made
headlines this week hen he called out
Grammy Award winning singer Beyonce on his talk show for supposedly abandoning the feminist image and for now telling women to "bow down" to their husbands in her newly leaked single, "Bow Down Bitches."
"[Destiny's Child] songs were attempts to
inspire young women not to take any grief
from men. She's done a 180," said
Limbaugh. "Beyoncé, now having been
married, having been impregnated and
giving birth toBlue Ivy…she's got a new
song, 'Bow, Down Bitches'…
Beyoncé is now saying, 'Go ahead and put
up with it!'"
inspire young women not to take any grief
from men. She's done a 180," said
Limbaugh. "Beyoncé, now having been
married, having been impregnated and
giving birth toBlue Ivy…she's got a new
song, 'Bow, Down Bitches'…
Beyoncé is now saying, 'Go ahead and put
up with it!'"
http://outstagin.blogspot.com/2013/03/os-sixty-seven-mar-28-apr-3.html
THIS WEEK MARCH 2014
This week VOGUE released its April 2014 issue with couple Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. Since then the cover has caused controversy mainly on how the couple got on the cover.
West had "begged" publisher/editor Anna Wintour t to give the cover spot to his fiancee. The rapper even publicly railed against the publication for not tapping Kardashian sooner.
"There's no way Kim Kardashian shouldn't be on the cover of Vogue right now," West told Ryan Seacrest in October 2013. "She's like the most intriguing woman right now. She's got Barbara Walters calling her like every day. And collectively, we're the most influential with clothing."
Radar Online reported that Wintour "loathed" Kardashian and her notorious reality TV clan, but happened to love the Grammy-winning rapper and fashion designer.
http://outstagin.blogspot.com/2014/03/out-132-outstagin-bitz-march-28-april-3.html
FIT BITZ
We are now debuting a segment called FIT BITZ where women and men (mainly in the ILLI MO area) who are extremely fit, have fitness model quality and have post their fitness pics on social media.
This week we feature beach pics from fitness champion Sharmane Williams and actor/director Joel P.E. King .
forward while out on the town from head to toe. Here she is rocking the gray bob, a leopard print cleavage cut leotard top, kneeless jeans and red multi strpped/gold beaded heels and check out her daughter rocking the black tu-tu and gold boots. Too cute!
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Why did that pilot use a plane to commit suicide in theFrench Alps? Why did that guy call Mone Davis a ho? Why is there so much focus on Michel Sam's azz on Dancing with the Stars?Why does the Robert Durst off camera comment about murdering on the documentary Jinx seemed like a set up? Why is Raven Symone calling FLOTUS an animal? Why did some people think the Empire Finale was an hour instead of two? And why did Shad Ross aka Bow Wow call out Empire for being streotypical? Why did Starbucks try to have race relations chat with customers? Why was Karruche Tran given a Fix My Life with Iyanla episode?
If you have any feedback, scoop, or fashion/fitness pics to be featured email to snaphoney2011@gmail.com or comment below!