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ITS THAT TIME AGAIN!!
TIME TO GET TOWNED!!!
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HEY OUTSTAGRS and COUTURIANS here is the four minute video teaser from last Sunday's MISTA COUTURE CHARITY STYLE CONTEST. Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNBCIKpKMFw
There's YOURS TRULY, Maat Atkins, on the set of the film he helped to assist direct on called HAPPY HOUR that was shot at the now defunct Paragon in Midtown St Louis last month. The film stars director and co-writer and St Louis native Chrys Yvette, comedians Guy Torry (a St Louis native) and Dannon Green and co-writer, actor, Trae Ireland who will be next seen in the upcoming film, "Baggage Claim." The film is set to be released sometime in 2014.
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President
Obama paid tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Wednesday before
throngs of people who descended on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the 50th anniversary
of his "I Have a Dream" speech, declaring that "his words belong
to the ages."
King's address, delivered to 250,000 supporters, punctuated the
1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was a
watershed moment for race relations in America that has been remembered in a
week-long series of events, which culminated in remarks from President Obama on
the steps of the Lincoln Memorial Wednesday afternoon.
"His words belong to the ages, possessing a power and
prophecy unmatched in our time," Obama said of King. "We rightly and
best remember Dr. King's soaring oratory that day, how he gave mighty voice to
the quiet hopes of millions."
Pointing
to laws, social change, and himself as an example of how far the nation has
come since King's speech, Obama was quick to highlight economic disparities
between whites and blacks as proof that King's dream hasn't been fully
realized.
But he chided those who dismiss the gains that have been made by
the people who marched for civil rights in 1963.
"On the battlefield of justice, men and women without rank,
or wealth, or title, or fame would liberate us all, in ways that our children
now take for granted," Obama said. "To dismiss the magnitude of this
progress, to suggest as some sometimes do that little has changed, that
dishonors the courage and the sacrifice of those who paid the price to march in
those years."
Celebrities
such as Oprah Winfrey and Jamie Foxx were among a list of speakers who
addressed a nation that has made great strides in racial equality since King's
"dream" speech helped bring about landmark civil rights legislation.
"Dr. King was the passionate voice that awakened the
conscience of the nation," Winfrey told the people in the crowd, urging
them to carry on his message. "He challenged us to see how we all are more
alike than we are different."
According to BCT Consulting, the organizers of event,
there were "give or take 100,000 folks in today's attendance."
To see a clip of POTUS speaking at the Memorial go to
Rap superstar Kanye West flipped the script on a TV audience of millions when he
played "Blood on the Leaves" instead of "Black Skinhead" at
the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards on August 25.
The song samples Nina Simone's cover of Billie Holiday's
"Strange Fruit." That song, released in 1939, was based on a poem by Abel Meeropol about the lynching of African
Americans in the days of Southern slavery. The sobering lyrics include the
lines, "Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze/ Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees."
West started the
performance in near-darkness lit only by a small spotlight. When the skittering
beats kicked in, strong backlighting silhouetted West dancing wildly in front
of a backdrop of a huge tree. It was the first time West performed the Yeezus track in public; and, as with
much of West's work, there was more to the art than immediately greeted the
audience.
The tree was a
photograph called "Lynching Tree" by British artist and filmmaker
Steve McQueen. The image is of an actual tree near New Orleans, from which slaves
were once hung, and many lynched victims are buried around it. The photograph
is currently on display at the Schaulager Museum in Basel, Switzerland.
McQueen shot the powerful image while making his movie Twelve Years a Slave, the story of Solomon Northup,
a free African-American man from upstate new York who was kidnapped
in 1841 and sold into slavery at a Louisiana cotton plantation.
The film, which comes out October 18, features Chiwetel Ejiofor as Northup; as well as Brad Pitt and
Paul Giamatti.
West posted "Lynching Tree" on his website and Twitter account along with the text:
"This tree was used for lynching. Those who were murdered are buried in
the ground around the tree. Blood on the leaves."
Also on the same MTV Awards show, singer/actress Jennifer Hudson was the the other surprise performer as she sang the closing minutes of Macklemore and Lewis and Mary Lambert's trophy winning sing, "Same Love" To
close, J-Hud and Lambert faced each other and had a
good old-fashioned sing-off before sharing a hug.
It was just one of many VMA moments for Lambert.
"That was so cool," the singer told us. "In rehearsals, I was
like, 'How can I not talk about this [cameo]? I have to keep
my mouth shut.' It was really hard," Lambert admitted. "
[Hudson's] a phenomenal singer and a phenomenal person,
performer — all of it."
In unrelated J Hud newz, the film adaptation of Anné Mariè du Preez Bezdrob’s biography Winnie Mandela: A Life, that she stars in exploring the personal and political life of the wife of renowned activist and revered former South African President, Nelson Mandela (played by actor Terrence Howard), will also have a music soundtrack produced by RCA Records next Tuesday, September 3, four days before the film, titled Winnie Mandela, opens in theaters on September 6. Hud will have a song on it called, th Bleed For Love, written by veteran, multiple award-winning songwriter, Diane Warren. She performs the song with the Soweto Gospel Choir.
And in more J Hud newz, she was scrapped from being a judge on the upcoming Americna Idol 13th season with the planned alum season along with Kelly Clarkson and Adam Lambert (now its Season 11 judge Jennifer Lopez, Season 12 judge Keith Urban and longstanding mentor Harry Connick Jr.)
When the producers
were hot on the idea of an all-alum panel, Hudson came on, struck a deal and then waited as the series weighed
its options. While it chased its inaugural winner Clarkson -- who was firm in
her desire not to join the panel -- Lambert also made it clear that he was
game. And, yet,
producers decided that an all-alum panel wouldn't work without Clarkson and
ditched the idea all together. Even as Hudson waited in the wings.
Actress and game show hist Jane Lynch's
estranged wife, Dr. Lara Embry, is requesting that the actress to pay her
attorney's fees and spousal support, according to People magazine.
"It's
two people who decided it's better to go apart than stay together," she
told King.
In unrelated Lynch newz, she can be seen in Jill Soloway's new
dramedy, Afternoon Delight where Lynch
has a scene-stealing supporting role as the self-involved therapist to a stay-at-home mom who attempts to revive her sexually
depleted marriage by taking in a young stripper. The film opens this weekend.
- Twitter co-founder
Jack Dorsey returned to his hometown of St. Louis this week to host a
conversation among local business owners. The
social media innovator led a panel discussion Thursday with Sump
Coffee owner Scott Carey; Cherokee Street Bike's Jeremy Schwartz; Kaylen
Wissinger of Whisk Bakeshop; and Scarlett Garnet Jewelry owner Katie Miller. The
90-minute event had taken place at the Casa Loma
Ballroom.
Steve Cochran. (Time Out Chicago)
KTRS radio personality Steve Cochran resigned this week as his two year stint on the radio show came to an end. Cochran, who broadcast from Chicago, returned to his former radio gig at WGN in Chicago where he broadcast for a decade , but was reportedly unceremoniously dumped by then-program director Kevin Metheny in 2010. Cochran is a twenty-year veteran of Chicago radio..
Congrats to St Louis native basketball player BJ Young of the Arkansas Razorbacks who signed to the Houston Rockets.
KPLR TV has a new talk show called "Afternoons at 11" that will be hosted by its sister station KTVI's news personality April Simpson The talk-show airs on Mondays and Fridays at 4:30 in St Louis
Congrats to Chicagoan Orlondo Thompson who won this year's Mr Couture contest that had taken place last Sunday at Laperla in downtown St. Louis. Also winning titles were Roy-al (Popular Vote) of Memphis and Zurich Buckner (of St Louis) who won Online Poll Choice.
This week we feature singer/talk show personality Niambi Knows (formerly of the duo Az One) She sported a sassy and sexy red sleek backless dress that she wore last Sunday at the Mista Couture Charity Style Contest at Laperla where she co-hosted the event.
Which STL mover and shaker had gone on Facebook ripping the business practices of a STL based business?
HINT 1. This mover and shaker is a female
HINT 2. This mover and shaker is part of the fashion scene in St Louis
HINT 3. Her name has a moniker that is associated with an "entertainment city"
HINT 4. The business is a "training spot" located in St. Louis that is affiliated with a popular music-based entertainer.
Who is she and what is the business?
Why werent there any Black republicans who were at the March on Washington Rally? Why did Lamar Odom go into hiding? Why was there a blackkout recently at CBS TV? And why is the word 'twerking' in the Oxford dictionary?
AT THE MTV MUSIC AWARDS. Why was Miley Cyrus trying to be a sex vixen while on stage performing solo and with Robin Thicke? And why did she change her clean cut image so drastically? Why was the Nsync performance during the Juston Timberlake's homage performance so brief? And why was Justin Timberlake given 10 minutes to perform? Why was Jimmy Fallon screaing like a groupie when he handed Timberlake his Michael Jackson Vanguard Award? Why did rapper Asap look uncomfortable while presenting with NBA player Jason Collins? Why was Lil Kim lookin like Chaka Khan? Why did Taylor Swift say after she won an ward that she tweeted that she really wanted to win the award? Why didnt MTV let Kevin hart host? And why did he keep saying that he wasnt hosting but MTV wanted him to say stuff? And why was he harping about Lady Gaga's ass?
GLAM SLAM has had a venue
change!!!! The event will now be held at the Regional Arts Commission (RAC). The new venue is
located at 6128 Delmar Blvd. St. Louis, MO. 63112( The Delmar Loop Area)
Across the street from the Pageant.
Get ready for a great
experience at Glam Slam. SEPT 1 starting at six
pm… We welcome young people to come out and join us as this is
a family friendly environment. Get your tickets!!!! Make sure to be glamorous
for this SLAM!!!
Come down and enjoy the first show of the fall season. Daniel Beaty's
EMERGENCY. A one man show performed by Ron Conner. A slave ship has risen out
of the Hudson River and landed in present
day NYC. Conner weaves the story of 40 characters through spoken word,
monologues, music, and song! Tickets go on sale today! Limited engagement so
get your tickets now. EMERGENCY runs Thursday through Sunday from September 5
through September 15th. Call the box office for more info and tickets (314 534
3807) Or go online and purchase your tickets at theblackrep.org. "WE TELL
THE STORY!"
ONGOING
THE DATE OF THE SHOW IS NOW SEPT 29. CONTACT INFO ABOVE FOR MORE INFO.
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