Tuesday, February 18, 2014

2015 MISTA COUTURE STYLE CONTEST CONTESTANTS

 AS OF APRIL 11, 2014 DUE TO THE OVERLOAD OF VOTES, VOTERS MUST VOTE  BY EMAILING TO MAAT.ATKINS@GMAIL.COM


This is the online poll of the contestants who will be competing in the Sixth Annual Mista Couture Charity Style Contest that's set for SUNDAY AUG 3 2014 at the St Louis Activity Center.

To vote, you must have a gmail account and type your choice in the comment box below this poll!


RULES

You cannot type more than one name of a contestant in the comment box. It will not count.

You cannot type  multiple names of contestants in the comment box. It will not count.

You can vote as many times as you like as long as its one contestant name in a comment box.

UPDATE: BECAUSE OF THE HIGH VOLUME OF VOTES, IN ORDER TO SEE YOUR VOTE YOU MUST SCROLL DOWN AFTER THE COMMENT BOXES WHERE IT SAYS "LOAD MORE" AND CLICK THAT AND IT WILL TAKE YOU T THE NEXT PAGE OF VOTES....SCROLL DOWN AGAIN, HIT LOAD MORE AND REPEAT UNTIL YOU SEE THE MOST RECENT VOTES WHICH WILL BE DATED.

COMPETITION

This is the first round where all the contestants are in the running.

The semi final round will be in May where we will pick the Top 8 contestants with the most votes (or Top 10 pending if its a tie)

We will then have another poll with just the semi-finalists and their votes from the first round.

The finals round will be in July where the Top Six will be selected (with two alternates) for the actual show.We will have another online poll just with the Finalists and their votes from the semi-final round and the voters will vote on who they think should win Mr Couture. 

All voting will end on FRIDAY AUGUST 1, 2014.

The contestant with the most votes overall will win the Online Voting Title that will be revealed at the show in August.


BELOW ARE THE CONTESTANTS COMPETING THIS YEAR 
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER 




1.NINO BROWN, NEWARK, NJ




2.CARLOS COLEMAN ST. LOUIS, MO.






3.JOHNATHAN FRANKS, CHICAGO, ILL.




4.CHRIS FREEMAN, ATLANTA, GA.
(ELIMINATED)




.
5.LUTHER HALL, LOS ANGELES, CA.






6.SIR DAMIEN HAMBY, COLUMBUS, OH. 
(ELIMINATED)






7.DE'BRONSKI JEFFERSON, ATLANTA, GA.








8.DE'MARIO Q. JIVES, MEMPHIS, TN.




9.ROB MADDEN, VALLEY, AL




10.MATHEUS MEIJER, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
(REMOVED)



11.RICHIE PEE, NEWARK, NJ








12.JAY REDD ATLANTA, GA.





13.ADAIVIUS SATTERFIELD, MARIETTA, GA. 
(ELIMINATED)






14.BRANDON TARVER, O'FALLON, MO

                                                                     (ELIMINATED)





15.ROB WATERS, ST. LOUIS, MO.
(ELIMINATED)




16.CARL WEATHERSPOON, JR., GARY, IN.
(ELIMINATED)


WILD CARD CONTESTANTS


17.IRV FLORES, LOS ANGELES, CA.



18.QUANTAS JAMES, SHREVEPORT, LA.
(ELIMINATED)

19.BRIAN LAGRONE, CHICAGO ILL.



20. CARLOS MCLAURIN ST. LOUIS MO.



21.RYAN RANDOLPH, KENTWOOD, MICH.


TO VOTE, TYPE THE CONTESTANTS' NAME BELOW IN THE COMMENT BOX.
REMEMBER--TYPE ONE NAME ONLY IN EACH BOX AND YOU CAN VOTE AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WISH!


UPDATE: BECAUSE OF THE HIGH VOLUME OF VOTES, IN ORDER TO SEE YOUR VOTE YOU MUST SCROLL DOWN AFTER THE COMMENT BOXES WHERE IT SAYS "LOAD MORE" AND CLICK THAT AND IT WILL TAKE YOU T THE NEXT PAGE OF VOTES....SCROLL DOWN AGAIN, HIT LOAD MORE AND REPEAT UNTIL YOU SEE THE MOST RECENT VOTES WHICH WILL BE DATED.

NEW UPDATE:AS OF APRIL 11, 2014 DUE TO THE OVERLOAD OF VOTES, VOTERS MUST VOTE  BY EMAILING TO MAAT.ATKINS@GMAIL.COM

Friday, February 14, 2014

OUT 125--OUTSTAGIN BITZ (FEB.14-20)

HEY OUTSTAGRS!

ITS TIME!!

TO GET ON STAGE!!





Black History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. The event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating black history.




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ILLI MO SPOTLIGHT







The editors at Sports Illustrated have put former Mizzou Tigers football player Michael Sam on its front cover for this week. 
But according to reports, it took a bit of shuffling and planning for a cover in case the news didn’t break by the time the magazine closed, said Sports Illustrated managing editor Chris Stone.
“On Friday we became aware of the fact that the story was going to break. We had initially heard mid-Monday and obviously that changed late Sunday afternoon,” he said. “We heard it was going to break Sunday night so we were prepared for this. There was a possibility it wouldn’t break until after our close on Monday, so we had to prepare for the possibility we would have to go with a different cover. But by late Sunday we knew the story was coming out and it was going to be a big story.”
The cover featuring Sam superseded other major sports news this week, including the Olympics and the firestorm created by Oklahoma State’s Marcus Smart shoving a fan. Stone said the magazine had been going in a different direction entirely until the news broke.
For Sports Illustrated, it’s the second cover in the past few months featuring a groundbreaking gay athlete on the cover. The way the stories came about, though, were different.
In May, NBA free agent Jason Collins decided to tell his story exclusively to the magazine. This affected the cover because of the photo availability: The magazine was able to shoot Collins themselves and decided to go with a portrait as the photo.
For Sam, it was much more reacting to the news. The photo they chose is a file photo of him pointing directly at the lens.
“We went through a bunch of pictures of him and that photo was just so striking,” Stone said. “(It seemed like) he had a very direct message and that photo displayed someone who is very confident.”

TIDBIT: The cover pic was shot by UPI photographer and St Louisan Bill Greenblatt.
Now the question is how well Sam will fare during the NFL draft. It was reported that some GMs in the NFL have a problem with him coming out. As with anything in life, people are uncomfortable when the normal ways are shakened and stirred up. We think Sam will do fine in the NFL but he will have the microscope on him with every move he makes on and off the field.





The athletes at this years Winter Olympics 

have been having a hard time winning medals.

As of today, FRIDAY, the United States is 

fourth in winning medals, four Gold, three 

SILVER and six BRONZE, totaling 13. Of the 

athletes who have won,  two  are from the ILLI

 MO area were figure skaters Jason Brown of

 Highland Park, Illinois and Grace Gold 

of Springfield, Illinois. (PICTURED)


Both won bronze models.



 St Louis native actor Scott Bakula  is having a
 good 2014. He can currently be seen in the
 new gay themed dramedy "Looking" on HBO.
 And he will star in CBS'   NCIS spinoff, 
 playing NCIS Special Agent Pride, a man who
 “embodies New Orleans.” ” The spinoff pilot 
will air as part of a two-part NCIS episode this
 spring.




Former Chitown resident and network owner Oprah Winfrey

 will be honoring Nelson Mandela with a tribute during the

 45th NAACP Image Awards, the NAACP and TV One

 announced this week. 

Last month, its award nominations were announced and the

 communications mogul had the most nominations (both

 ILLI/MO and non ILLI-MO based)with five....they were  Outstanding News/ Information - (Series or Special)
"Oprah: Where Are They Now?" (OWN); two nominations in the Outstanding Talk Series "Oprah's Lifeclass" (OWN) and  "Oprah's Next Chapter" (OWN); Outstanding Variety Series or Special "Oprah's Master Class" (OWN) and for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture in "Lee Daniels' The Butler"
Other ILLI-MOians who were nominated .....in the Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series, three are vying for the prize. They are Chitown's Andre Braugher for "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (FOX), St. Louis bred  Cedric The Entertainer -for "The Soul Man" (TV Land) and Kansas City, Mo native Don Cheadle - "House of Lies" (Showtime).........in the Outstanding Actress in a Comedy St Louis raised Niecy Nash was nominated for The Soul Man (TV Land)...... in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Kansas City, Mo's Columbus Short  was nominated for "Scandal" (ABC)......in the Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Robbins, Illinois' Keke Palmer  was nominated for her role in  "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" (VH1).....for Outstanding Reality Series, St Louis filmed docuseries "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" (OWN) got a nod (who won last year).....in the Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional category , Chitown's Sheri Shepherd's was nominated for her book 
"Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don't Have It)"....Chitown's Jennifer Hudson was nominated  for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture in her role in "Winnie Mandela" .....Chitown;s Terrence Howard will be competing with himself in two roles in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture "Lee Daniels' The Butler"  and - "The Best Man Holiday" 

The NAACP Image Awards will kick off Saturday, Feb. 22 on TV One.




STL SPOTLIGHT


Spring training officially opened for the St Louis Cardinals on Feb. 12  in Jupiter, Florida when pitchers and catchers old and newbies reported to camp. On Thursday \, the team had its first official workout . Position players don't have to take the field until  next Tuesday, but a dozen or so have already arrived, including Matt Holliday, Matt Carpenter, Matt Adams and top outfield prospect Oscar Taveras, who ran on his surgically repaired ankle Wednesday.


In unrelated Cards news, KMOX-AM and Gold’s Gym completed its search  for the next SpringTraining Correspondent with the last one being held  at the Florissant, MO Gold's Gym  February 10th. 

Participants auditioned by reading  a :60 KMOX sports report. This week 10 finalists were chosen and know will  will be up to a public vote at KMOX.com to determine the next KMOX Sports Correspondent. The winner of the competition will receive a trip with one guest  to Jupiter, FL to report live from Spring Training alongside KMOX’s Tom Ackerman, covering all of the latest baseball action from Spring Training.

Read more here: http://www.bnd.com/2014/02/07/3044738/cardinals-pack-for-florida.html#storylink=cpy




On a sad note, the STL music community lost Richard McDonnell, founder of the STL based jazz label MAXJAZZwas there. 

He was 68.
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                                                              ARTIST SPOTLIGHT


This  week we feature STL based singer Theresa Payne.  This power house singer is a mainstay in the music circles in the city. Singing since the age of six, this award winning singer has released two albums, her most recent being THE MOMENT, tinged with gospel, blues and funk, Payne is truly one of the vocal powerhouses on the STL music scene. Next month, we will see her audition on the Sixth Season of teh hit NBC music competition show THE VOICE and she posted recently on her Face book page of her helping aspiring singers and songwriters develop their craft by emailing her at  withlove.theresa@gmail.com. For more info on how to purchase her music go to http://www.theresapayne.com/


SELFIE PIX

This week's seflie is former St Louis native and current ATlian Bianca Bond who had taken a pic of herself in her mirror this week getting her model on....Bond is a Saint Charles West high School alum. 

MAAT TIMED


YOURS TRULY attended a star studded red carpet event for Will Smith's film, SEVEN POUNDS that had taken place in St Louis, Mo in November 2008. It was a historic and exciting event here thousands attended and the movie star himself made an appearance.

To see pics go to

 http://maatspear.blogspot.com/2008/11/out-517-exclusivered-carpet-premiere-of.h
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Which STL celebrity went H.A.M. on Facebook about an event producer who using their staff 
without permission for the event producer's upcoming event?

HINT 1. The STL celebrity is known for fashion

HINT 2. The STL celebrity is female

HINT 3. Her name when hearing it is a "foreign greeting."

HINT 4.The event producer is a male that goes by a moniker that can be found in an En Vogue song about prejudice.

Who are these people?




FOOD BITEZ

As lovers celebrate Valentine's day, millions will buy  Chocolate.

Chocolate Listeni/ˈtʃɒk(É™)lÉ™t/ is a processed, typically sweetened food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico and Central America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC by the Olmecs in south central Mexico. 
After fermentation, the beans are dried, then cleaned, and then roasted, and the shell is removed to produce cacao nibs. The nibs are then ground tococoa mass, pure chocolate in rough form. Because this cocoa mass usually is liquefied then molded with or without other ingredients, it is called chocolate liquor. The liquor also may be processed into two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Unsweetened baking chocolate (bitter chocolate) contains primarily cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions. 

Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, a combination of cocoa solids, cocoa butter or other fat, and sugar. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk. White chocolate contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk but no cocoa solids.
Cocoa solids contain alkaloids such as theobrominephenethylamine and caffeine.[2] These have physiological effects on the body and are linked toserotonin levels in the brain. Some research has found that chocolate, eaten in moderation, can lower blood pressure.[3] The presence of theobromine renders chocolate toxic to some animals,[4] especially dogs and cats.
The Europeans sweetened and fattened chocolate by adding refined sugar and milk, two ingredients unknown to the Mexicans. In the 19th century, Briton John Cadbury developed an emulsification process to make solid chocolate, creating the modern chocolate bar. Chocolate has become one of the most popular food types and flavors in the world, and a vast number of foodstuffs involving chocolate have been created. Chocolate chip cookieshave become very common, and very popular, in most parts of Europe and North America. Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes have become traditional on certain holidays. Chocolate is also used in cold and hot beverages, to produce chocolate milk and hot chocolate.
Although cocoa is originally from the Americas, today Western Africa produces almost two-thirds of the world's cocoa, with Côte d'Ivoire growing almost half of it.







This week we spotlight STL based fashion designer Carissa Victoria of NAVISH. Here she is rocking the blonde frizzy fro, nerd glasses, red thick looped earrings, and  linen  casual wear  with a white jacket, gray blouse, and red hot pants....the look overall is very comfort chic.






Why did entertainment reporter Sam Rubin slip[and called Samuel Jackson, Laurence Fishburne on his show? Why did Bob Costas go on TV reporting at Sochi with pink eye? Why is Suge Knight caught on tape buying drugs? Why is it shocking that Lil Kim is preggo? Why wont Bruce Jenner come out and say he is transforming into a female? Why did  De la Soul give permission for all their music catalog away to download online? And why is Valentines Day considered a holiday? 








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