Tuesday, February 14, 2017

OS 295--28th Annual NAACP Image Awards Fashion PIX

Last Saturday, TV One aired the 28th Annual NAACP Image Awards. Below are our some of our FASHION PICKS  from its red carpet.


TOP LADIES:


Teyonnah Paris


Jurnee Smollett-Bell

Nicole Murphy 

LaVerne Cox

Tracie Ellis-Ross

Taraji P. Henson



Grace Gealey



BEST DRESSED COUPLES



Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Jussie Smollett




                                                      
Terrence Howard and Mira Park 




Trai Byers and Grace Gealey-Byers




GENTS:



Marcus Scribner




Miles Brown



Justin Hartley

Jay Ellis


John Legend



Bryshere Gray aka Yazz

WORST DRESSED FEMALES



Kerry Washington



Tina Lifford






Serayah




Naturi Naughton



Niecy Nash



WORST DRESSED MALE


Deon Cole



Well that's our choices. Tell us what you think of our choices and comment below!

Friday, February 10, 2017

OS 294--OUTSTAGN's GRAMMY PICKS (UPDATE--RESULTS)








This Sunday, the Grammy Awards will be televised on CBS.  Below are the nominations and our predictions of who will win.

UPDATE: OF THE 22 CATEGORIES WE PREDICTED 13 of them GIVING US A PERCENTAGE OF 59 PERCENT

Album of the year            
  • “25” — Adele  
  • “Lemonade” — Beyonce (WINNER) 
  • “Purpose” — Justin Bieber
  • “Views” — Drake 
  • “A Sailor's Guide to Earth” — Sturgill Simpson
  • ACTUAL WINNER: ADELE




Record of the year:
  • "Hello" — Adele (WINNER) CORRECT
  • "Formation" — BeyoncĂ©
  • "7 Years" — Lukas Graham
  • "Work" — Rihanna featuring Drake 
  • "Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots


Song of the year:
  • "Formation" — Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, BeyoncĂ© Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (BeyoncĂ©)
  • "Hello" — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele) WINNER CORRECT
  • "I Took a Pill In Ibiza" — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
  • "Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
  • "7 Years" — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)


Best new artist:
  • Kelsea Ballerini
  • The Chainsmokers (WINNER) 
  • Chance the Rapper
  • Maren Morris
  • Anderson .Paak 
  • ACTUAL WINNER CHANCE 

Best pop vocal album:
  • “25” — Adele (WINNER) CORRECT
  • “Purpose” — Justin Bieber
  • “Dangerous Woman” — Ariana Grande 
  • “Confident” — Demi Lovato
  • “This Is Acting” — Sia


Best alternative music album:
  • “22, a Million” — Bon Iver 
  • “Blackstar” — David Bowie (WINNER)CORRECT
  • “The Hope Six Demolition Project” — PJ Harvey
  • “Post Pop Depression” — Iggy Pop 
  • “A Moon Shaped Pool” — Radiohead 




Best urban contemporary album:
  • “Lemonade” — BeyoncĂ©
  • “Ology” — Gallant
  • “We Are King” — King
  • “Malibu” — Anderson .Paak
  • “Anti” — Rihanna  WINNER)
  • ACTUAL WINNER LEMONADE


Best rap performance:
  • "No Problem" — Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz (WINNER) CORRECT
  • "Panda" — Desiigner
  • "Pop Style" — Drake Featuring the Throne
  • "All the Way Up" — Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared
  • "That Part" — Schoolboy Q featuring Kanye West




Best gospel album:
  • “Listen” —Tim Bowman Jr.
  • “Fill This House” — Shirley Caesar
  • “A Worshipper's Heart [Live]” — Todd Dulaney
  • “Losing My Religion” — Kirk Franklin (WINNER) CORRECT
  • “Demonstrate [Live]” — William Murphy



Best music video:
  • "Formation" — BeyoncĂ© (WINNER) CORRECT
  • "River" — Leon Bridges
  • "Up & Up" — Coldplay
  • "Gosh" — Jamie XX
  • "Upside Down & Inside Out" — OK Go

Best pop duo/group performance
  • “Closer” — The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
  • “7 Years” — Lukas Graham 
  • “Work” — Rihanna featuring Drake (WINNER)
  • “Cheap Thrills” — Sia Featuring Sean Paul
  • “Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots 
  • “Culcha Vulcha” — Snarky Puppy
  • ACTUAL WINNER STRESSED OUT 21 PILOTS


Best rock performancee
  • “Joe (Live From Austin City Limits)” — Alabama Shakes
  • “Don't Hurt Yourself” — BeyoncĂ© featuring Jack White
  • Blackstar” — David Bowie (WINNER) CORRECT
  • “The Sound of Silence (Live On Conan)” — Disturbed
  • “Heathens” — Twenty One Pilots


Best rock song
  • “Blackstar” — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie) (WINNER) CORRECT
  • “Burn the Witch” — Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead)
  • “Hardwired” — James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica)
  • “Heathens” — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
  • “My Name Is Human” — Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)





Best R&B performance
  • “Turnin' Me Up” — BJ the Chicago Kid
  • “Permission” — Ro James
  • “I Do” — Musiq Soulchild
  • “Needed Me” — Rihanna (WINNER)
  • Cranes In the Sky” — Solange (ACTUAL WINNER)
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Best traditional R&B performance
  • “The Three Of Me” — William Bell
  • “Woman's World” — BJ the Chicago Kid
  • “Sleeping With the One I Love” — Fantasia
  • “Angel” — Lalah Hathaway (WINNER) CORRECT
  • “Can't Wait” — Jill Scott







Best R&B song
  • “Come See Me” — J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (PartyNextDoor featuring Drake)
  • “Exchange” — Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)
  • Kiss It Better” — Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Natalia Noemi, songwriters (Rihanna) (WINNER)
  • “Lake by the Ocean” — Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell) ACTUAL WINNER
  • “Luv” — Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez)





Best R&B album
  • “In My Mind” — BJ the Chicago Kid
  • “Lalah Hathaway Live” — Lalah Hathaway (WINNER) CORRECT
  • “Velvet Portraits” — Terrace Martin
  • “Healing Season" — Mint Condition
  • “Smoove Jones” — Mya

Best rap/sung performance
  • “Freedom” — BeyoncĂ© featuring Kendrick Lamar
  • “Hotline Bling” — Drake (WINNER) CORRECT
  • “Broccoli” — D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty
  • “Ultralight Beam” — Kanye West featuring Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & the-Dream
  • “Famous” — Kanye West featuring Rihanna






Best rap song
  • “All the Way Up” — Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared)
  • “Famous” — Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Rihanna)
  • “Hotline Bling” — Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake) WINNER CORRECT)
  • “No Problem” — Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
  • “Ultralight Beam” — Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico "Donnie Trumpet" Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & the-Dream)

Best rap album
  • Coloring Book” — Chance the Rapper (ACTUAL WINNER)
  • “And the Anonymous Nobody” — De La Soul
  • “Major Key” — DJ Khaled
  • “Views” — Drake (WINNER)
  • “Blank Face LP” — Schoolboy Q
  • “The Life of Pablo” — Kanye West



Best gospel performance/song
  • “It's Alright, It's OK” — Shirley Caesar featuring Anthony Hamilton (WINNER)
  • “You're Bigger [Live]” — Jekalyn Carr
  • “Made A Way [Live]” — Travis Greene
  • "God Provides” — Tamela Mann (ACTUAL WINNER)
  • “Better” — Hezekiah Walker




 


Best music film
  • “I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: Steve Aoki” — Justin Krook, video director; Brent Almond, Matt Colon, David Gelb, Ryan Kavanaugh, Happy Walters & Matthew Weaver, video producers
  • The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years” —  Ron Howard, video director; Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Scott Pascucci & Nigel Sinclair, video producers (ACTUAL WINNER)
  • “Lemonade” — BeyoncĂ© Knowles Carter & Kahlil Joseph, video director
  • (WINNER)
  • s; BeyoncĂ© Knowles Carter, video producer
  • “The Music of Strangers” — Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble Morgan Neville, video director; Caitrin Rogers, video producer
  • “American Saturday Night: Live From the Grand Ole Opry” — George J. Flanigen IV, video director; John Burke & Lindsey Clark, video producers


So based on our featured predictions the tally of winners will be Drake 4; Rihanna 4 (Note: She may win 5 if her Album win Best Packaging); Adele 3; Beyonce 3; David Bowie 3 and Lalah Hathway 2.