By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Seth MacFarlane (“Ted, “Family Guy”), creator/writer/executive producer and star of Fox’s “The Orville,” wants viewers to know the series is not a spoof of the classic sci-fi series “Star Trek,” but it is an homage to the franchise. The live-action spac [...]

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Proudly standing 6-foot-3-inches tall, British actress Gwendoline Christie has portrayed an array of unique characters, notably loyal warrior/protector Brienne of Tarth on “Game of Thrones,” and Captain Phasma, one of the main antagonists in “Star Wars: [...]

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—British actor Paul Bettany has had an eclectic career, with his amusing performance in 2001’s “A Knight’s Tale”, to his dramatic turns in “A Beautiful Mind” (2001) and” Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” (2003), not forgetting  [...]

By JUDY SLOANE and ANGELA DAWSON HOLLYWOOD—In his two decades as an actor, Jude Law has played his share of heroes and villains. Now he rises to the level of the Holy See in the HBO miniseries “The Young Pope.” Not only is Law’s Pope Pius XIII young (by pope standards) but he also plays the  [...]