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27Oct2008

Jensen's Arc

DateMonday, October 27, 2008 at 3:00PM

By Arnold Wayne Jones

 

From the streets of South Central to Dallas Black Pride, Jensen Atwood has become an unlikely but appreciative object of gay male lust

NOAH'S HEARTTHROB: Jensen Atwood helped launch Black Pride early with a Dallas appearance in September.

Normally when you meet a handsome man in hotel bar for drinks on a Saturday night and are having breakfast with him on Sunday morning, there's a good story in between.

Unfortunately, this is not one of those stories. Though it's not for lack of trying.

It's the night before the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade, and Jensen Atwood, who plays Wade on Logo's "Noah's Arc," is drinking a Hennessey on the rocks in the Library Bar of the Warwick Melrose Hotel. He's in town making an appearance and promoting his new calendar during a pre-event for Dallas Black Pride. But it is not his first visit to the Metroplex.

"One of my first memories of Dallas was when I was here with the national tour of ‘Miss Saigon,'" he says.

Really? Did he play one of the leading roles? Or perhaps one of the soldiers in the chorus?

"Selling programs in the lobby," he says, then goes into a barker's voice: "PRO-grams! Get your ‘Miss Saigon' PRO-grams!' I made it so you needed to buy one of these."

Atwood flashes a smile that says he could sell veal to a vegan, and I find myself wanting to buy that program even now.

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Monday
27Oct2008

One film fest honoree serenades the other

DateMonday, October 27, 2008 at 12:32AM

Jennifer Hudson accepts her award Saturday from actor
Jensen Atwood (right) at Chase Auditorium. Hudson later
serenaded lifetime achievement honoree Sidney Poitier (inset).
(Oscar Lopez, for the Sun-Times/AP)


One film fest honoree serenades the other
October 20, 2008

BY MISHA DAVENPORT mdavenport@suntimes.com


Hollywood's gilded past and bright future were both honored Saturday as Oscar winners Jennifer Hudson and Sidney Poitier accepted awards at the Chicago International Film Festival's 12th Annual Black Perspectives Tribute.


Hudson, a Chicago native who took home an Academy Award in 2007 for her debut performance as Effie White in "Dreamgirls," kept her remarks short when she accepted a trophy for artistic achievement."There is nothing like being at home and being received by your own," she told the sold-out crowd of 525. She returned at the end of the evening to serenade lifetime achievement honoree Sidney Poitier with a soulful rendition of the title track from his 1967 film "To Sir, With Love."


The 82-year-old actor took questions from Johnson Publishing chairman Linda Johnson Rice and reminisced about filming "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" with screen legends Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn: "As I was looking at them and talking to them, I was saying in my head: 'Oh, my God! Here I am talking to these two great actors.' I couldn't remember my lines." Poitier ended up having to shoot the scene with a stand-in for the actors.


He was humble in accepting the award. "I thank you for the opportunity to speak with you face to face," he said. "Now you know enough about me that you will be completely tired of me very shortly, but the fact remains I shall never forget you."

 

Source: Sun/Times Chicago

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Monday
27Oct2008

More than just another pretty face

DateMonday, October 27, 2008 at 12:05AM

Jensen Atwood opens up to us about his 'Noah's Arc' movie, calendar and fans

By Jason A. Michael

Originally printed 10/2/2008 (Issue 1640 - Between The Lines News)

He brings the sexy to "Noah's Arc" - the Logo series and, opening next month, the feature film - but there's also a serious side to Jensen Atwood. In town to celebrate his birthday with a special party at Backstreet late last month, the actor sat down with Between The Lines to talk about his career and its trajectory.

"The route that my career has taken is not the route that I planned on it taking," Atwood mused. "But I'm on the right path and I'm thankful that it has taken the route that it has."

After studying acting at both California State University-Long Beach and Playhouse West in Los Angeles, Atwood's first break was a part in the television movie "Oprah Winfrey presents Their Eyes Were Watching God." But he became something of a phenomenon in gay circles after his debut in "Noah's Arc," the first black, gay television series and one of the first shows on the Logo network. As Wade, Noah's boyfriend, Atwood brought to life the struggle of a man, who thought he was straight, falling in love with another man for the first time. It's an understatement to say that he was an instant fan favorite.

"I never expected to have the fan base that I do," said Atwood. "'Noah's Arc' fans are so dedicated and I think the biggest reason is because 'Noah's Arc' has a bigger, deeper meaning than most television series. I get e-mails from fans talking about how 'Noah's Arc' has given them purpose, how it's given them positive images to look at and, hopefully, strive towards. The fan base is just phenomenal."

Arguably the highest rated show on the fledgling network, Atwood was as surprised as anyone when, after only two short seasons, Logo announced that it was canceling "Noah" and retooling the show as a feature film.

"I was just shocked, really," Atwood said. "I've heard a bunch of different reasons of why it got taken off the air. But, you know, I haven't got a real response from Logo. I would love for someone at Logo to be sat down in a nice interview and for some real questions to be asked, as far as why the show got canceled. Because I don't think anybody really has a real answer."

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