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.

Arnel Pineda Never Stopped Believin’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 6, 2013 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA and CHRIS TRONDSEN Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In 2007, veteran musician Arnel Pineda was on the brink of giving up on his dream of becoming a worldwide success. At 40, the Philippines native had enjoyed some modest success at home and in Hong Kong, but after years of perform [...]

Colin Farrell Plays Helpful Neighbor in ‘Dead Man Down’

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Colin Farrell has played his share of hit men with a heart. Remember “In Bruges?” The Irish actor again plays an assassin with a conscience in the drama “Dead Man Down,” directed by Niels Arden Oplev, who helmed the original “Girl With the Dragon Tatt [...]

‘One Night With the King’ Available on Blu-ray

DVD Features By Angela Dawson|March 4, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features The 2006 historical epic “One Night With the King” has arrived on Blu-ray. Lushly shot and beautifully scored in the grand style of classic Hollywood biblical epics including “Ben-Hur,” “The Ten Commandments” and “Spartacus,” the drama tells the story of Hadass [...]

Rapace Bears Scars in ‘Dead Man Down’

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Swedish actress Noomi Rapace is no stranger to changing her look depending on the part. She played the pierced and tatted Lisbeth Salander in the original “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” trilogy. Only recently has ventured into more commercial fare [...]

James Franco Opens His Bag of Tricks in ‘Oz’

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Actor, director, author, scholar and teacher James Franco can add one more accomplishment to his resume: magician. The 34-year-old California native learned some mend-bending tricks from master magician Lance Burton for his title role in “Oz The Great [...]

David Duchovny Surfaces in ‘Phantom’

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s been a long day of interviews for David Duchovny, but the former “X-Files” and current “Californication” star sees the light at the end of the tunnel. Just two more interviews…and then it’s time for a whole new round of questions on the red carpe [...]

EXCLUSIVE: The Wright Stuff

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 26, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Claudia Schiffer lookalike Sarah Wright got her start in the 2006 American sitcom called “The Loop,” starring Mimi Rogers and Bret Harrison. Though she was on the series for only one season, it’s where the Kentucky-born former model was introduced to [...]

Mommie Dearest

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 25, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Academy Award winning actress Nicole Kidman (“The Hours”) is busy promoting her new movie in which she plays unstable parent to “Alice in Wonderland’s” Mia Wasikowska in the psychological thriller “Stoker.” The daring fortysomething actres [...]

Small Blessing: Luke Ganalon Tackles Anaya Character

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—At 9, Luke Ganalon was a straight-A student and aspiring actor in Los Angeles. He hadn’t heard of “Bless Me, Ultima,” the much acclaimed yet controversial novel by noted Mexican-American author Rudolfo Anaya. Delving into the delicate subject matter o [...]

Waugh Enlists Johnson to Play Everydad in ‘Snitch’

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Ric Roman Waugh directs Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in “Snitch,” an edge-of-your-seat action thriller about a man who makes a deal with the feds to go undercover and infiltrate a drug cartel in order to spring his teenage son, facing a mandatory 10 year [...]