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Anthony Mackie to play Marvel Comic’s Falcon

Anthony Mackie has been making the media rounds promoting his new movie 10 Years, which means a whole lot of people have had the chance to quiz him about his role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. We’ve been excited ever since Mackie first landed the role as the Falcon, and now he’s finally opening up about what drew him to the role.
“It’s amazing,” he told MTV News in a recent interview. “The biggest part of it is, I think kids for so long have been looking for a role model or someone to look up to. I feel like this being truly the first African American superhero, being introduced in this movie and in this way, I feel like it’s going to be great.”
Although he hasn’t seen a copy of The Winter Soldier, he did say he had a “meet-and-greet” with Marvel where they gave him a tease of what the story is about. Mackie said that the story — as he’s heard it from the lips of Marvel executives — will fit into the Winter Soldier storyline in the comics.
“There’s going to be a lot of Anthony in a tight suit kicking ass,” he said. “Everybody wanted me in Spandex, and now you’ve got it — hours of it!”

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Cast of Patrik Ian Polk’s “The Skinny”

Drama, drama, and more drama!  So much has been happening this year and we are just trying to keep up or catch what's come across the radar.  For starters, Patrik Ian Polk’s new feature film, The Skinny was released to less that critical acclaim, if any. Accrording to Gay black News columnist Delvon Johnson, critics from the New York Times chopped poor Patrik’s creation to pieces.  They called it Mediocre, awkward, and clumsy.  Yet it appears that there are mixed reviews and much cross pollination as the filmaker partners with The Black AIDS Institute  to promote the importance of health in the LGBT Community, especially in the Black and Latino communities. Unfortunately and as usual unless you have a LOGO subscription, its no showing in the Little Rock market. Of course, its all abou the dollars and public request. Since there's none at this time, then we're out of luck.

Meanwhile, the Institute will sponsor appearances, receptions and panel discussions in Washington D.C. and Atlanta featuring producer/director Polk and cast members Jussie Smollett, Blake Young-Fountain and Jennia Fredrique (who all appear in the Black AIDS Institute’s latest PSA campaign “Greater Than AIDS”). The Skinny director and cast will be on hand to discuss the HIV awareness story-lines in the movie and other sexual health issues of importance to the LGBT population.

In a limited run of selected cities, the film had its world premiere at the OUTFEST FUSION FILM FESTIVAL 2012 in Los Angeles, California on March 24th, 2013, where it was well-received. Fans from all over came to view the film and also watch as Patrik-Ian Polk received the 2012 Fusion Achievement Award presented by famed director/producer Lee Daniels (“Precious”), who spoke highly of Polk.

Without the benefit of major promotions and marketing, the film was a hit with audiences, collecting a total of $21,157 at its two Landmark Theatre bookings. The movie brought in $12,507 at Landmark’s E Street Cinema in Washington DC and $8,650 at the chain’s Midtown Art Cinema in Atlanta, for a per screen average of $10,579- the 3rd highest per screen average at the box office this weekend, besting the re-release of “Titanic”’s $6,000 per screen average.

 THE SKINNY had its television premiere on MTV’s Logo Network last July. For more information, see http://www.skinnythemovie.com.