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.

Morgan Freeman Enters ‘Oblivion’ with Tom Cruise

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 15, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Although Morgan Freeman and Tom Cruise have headlined Hollywood films for decades, the two prolific actors never appeared onscreen together until this year. (Freeman narrated the 2005 Cruise starrer “War of the Worlds,” but the two did not interact in [...]

Ford Steps Up to the Plate in ’42’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 10, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In his storied 47-year career in movies, Harrison Ford has never appeared in a sports movie and rarely has depicted a real life person. In “42,” he does both, playing Brooklyn Dodgers owner Wesley “Branch” Rickey, who broke the color barrier in 1945 b [...]

The Parlotones Attempt to Conquer America

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 8, 2013 |0

By MICHAEL HIXON Special to Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Four friends from Johannesburg, South Africa formed The Parlotones nearly 15 years ago. With lead singer Kahn Morbee, drummer Neil Pauw and brothers Paul Hodgson (guitar, keyboard) and Glenn Hodgson (bass, piano), the quartet quickly vaulte [...]

Danny Boyle Explores Hypnotism in ‘Trance’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 5, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Danny Boyle is an unstoppable multi-tasker. While preparing 2012’s elaborate opening ceremony for the London Olympic Games, the Academy Award winning filmmaker (“Slumdog Millionaire”) used his down time to make a movie, the dreamlike sci-fi thriller “ [...]

Ellen DeGeneres Reprises Unforgettable Role in ‘Dory’

News By Angela Dawson|April 3, 2013 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter HOLLYWOOD—The long-awaited sequel to the Oscar-winning Disney/Pixar animated feature “Finding Nemo” is on its way. “Finding Dory” tells the story of Nemo’s friend, a beloved but forgetful blue tang fish voiced by Ellen DeGeneres. It is scheduled to swim into [...]

Holistic P.I. ‘Dirk Gently’ on DVD

News By Angela Dawson|April 2, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“Dirk Gently,” a quirky BBC comedy about a private detective in the vein of “Bored to Death” and “Monk,” makes its U.S. debut on DVD Tuesday. Stephen Mangan (“Episodes”) plays the wild-haired title character who relies on “holistic” sleuthing methods— [...]

Keeping ‘Company’ With Nick Nolte

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 1, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—To paraphrase Forrest Gump, interviewing Nick Nolte is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’ll get. Such was the case at a recent press conference with the 72-year-old “Prince of Tides” and “The Thin Red Line” star, where he was exp [...]

‘Room 237’ Worth Checking Out

Film Reviews Reviews By Angela Dawson|March 28, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic The fascinating “Room 237” provides a forum for the oddball opinions of five fanatics who have taken a little too much of a shine to “The Shining.” Although it becomes hard not to wonder if some of the rambling interviewees ac [...]

Mischa Barton Reminisces on ‘Resurrection’ Co-star Clarke Duncan

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 28, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Mischa Barton first garnered international fame as the little girl hiding under Haley Joel Osment’s bed in M. Night Shyamalan’s supernatural drama “The Sixth Sense,” and she has enjoyed a steady career in show business ever since. The 27-year-old Lond [...]

Orianthi Releases Third Solo Album

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 27, 2013 |0

By MICHAEL HIXON Special to Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Australian guitarist/singer/songwriter Orianthi made her big U.S. breakthrough in 2009, when she played lead guitar for Carrie Underwood at the 51st Grammy Awards. Michael Jackson’s musical director Michael Bearden then contacted her [...]