Angela Dawson, Author at Front Row Features

Angela Dawson

Editor/Co-owner

Angela Dawson is the editor and co-owner of frontrowfeatures.com. An award-winning journalist, she has covered Hollywood since 2000. Her interviews with actors, directors, writers, authors and musicians have run in numerous outlets. She is the author of the novel "Generations: A Greek Family Odyssey" available on Amazon.com.

Three’s the Charm for De Niro, Pfeiffer

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 12, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—After co-starring in two films in which their characters never interacted, two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro and three-time Oscar nominee Michelle Pfeiffer finally get screen time together in “The Family.” They previously co-starred in 2007’s “Stard [...]

Filmmaker James Wan Returns for Another Round of ‘Insidious’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 9, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—James Wan’s films are a bit like New York taxis. If you miss one, another will come along shortly. The 36-year-old filmmaker of Malaysian and Chinese descent is one of the big brains behind the hit “Saw” films. Though he directed only the first instal [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Lovely Freda, Beatles’ Aide

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 4, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Talk about your dream job. Freda Kelly was a teenager living in Liverpool, England in the early 1960s when she landed a job as the Beatles secretary. A fan of the band before they were famous, Kelly answered a call for a secretary from their manager B [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Katee Sackhoff Holds Her Own Against the Guys in ‘Riddick’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 2, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Katee Sackhoff has played her share of tough characters over the years, most notably hotshot pilot Starbuck on the critically acclaimed Syfy series “Battlestar Galactica,” which aired for four-and-a-half years. She currently plays tough-as-nails Deput [...]

Vin Diesel Eyes More ‘Riddick’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 31, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Vin Diesel arrives for an interview in a joyful mood. He is literally dancing with delight as he listens to E17’s “I’m Here For You” on his iPod. There’s a reason for his high spirits. Diesel is coming off the success of “Fast & Furious 6,” which [...]

One Direction’s Horan and Styles Talk on ‘Us’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 29, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Like so many British invasions before them, pop phenom One Direction has arrived on the shores of the colonies. If you had any doubt, just consider the five-member boy band already has a documentary titled simply “One Direction: This is Us,” that char [...]

‘Sons of Anarchy’ Season Five Rolls in on Blu-ray

DVD Features Features By Angela Dawson|August 27, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—With the sixth season of the wildly popular biker series “Sons of Anarchy” set to premiere on FX on Sept. 10, fans of the show or just plain newbies can catch up with what leads up to the season opener with the fifth season of “Sons of Anarchy” now [...]

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Kon-Tiki’ Filmmakers Set their Sights on ‘Pirates’

DVD Features Features By Angela Dawson|August 26, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg are calling from the Walt Disney Studios lot where they are hard at work in pre-production on the next installment of the worldwide box office bonanza “Pirates of the Caribbean.” “We can’t really talk that much about [...]

Olivia Wilde Drafts a Feisty Character in ‘Drinking Buddies’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 21, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Olivia Wilde is one of those naturally beautiful women who could wear a potato sack and make it look like a Chanel gown. Dressed in a white t-shirt decorated with a painted man’s face on the front (a gift from a friend), pin-stripped grey pants and hi [...]

Taiwan Export Godfrey Gao Joins the ‘Mortal Instruments’ Team

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 20, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In the big screen adaptation of “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones,” Godfrey Gao plays Magnus Bane, an 800-year-old warlock whose considerable charm and good looks—he doesn’t look a day over 20—make him irresistible to both men and women. Though t [...]