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EXCLUSIVE: Jon Heder Talks Turkey About New Rom-Com ‘Funny Thing About Love’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|5 hours ago |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Funnyman Jon Heder (“Napoleon Dynamite,” “Blades of Glory”) finally gets a chance to play a character who’s a parent in the holiday-themed romantic comedy “Funny Thing About Love.” The film, written and directed by Adam White (“Inspired Guns,” “Chick [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Indian American Filmmaker Geeta Malik Brings the Sweets and Spices to Festive Comedy

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|16 days ago |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Filmmaker Geeta Malik (“Troublemaker”) recalls growing up in a tightly knit Indian American community in Aurora, Colo., where her parents would regularly take her to elaborate dinner parties hosted by their friends and extended family. These gathering [...]

Jill Scott and Barry Watson Answer a Higher Calling for ‘Highway’ Reimagining

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|27 days ago |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Michael Landon’s popular TV series “Highway to Heaven” ran from September 1984 to August 1989. Now Lifetime has updated the drama in a new format of two-hour event movies starring Jill Scott and Barry Watson. Scott, a three-time Grammy Award-winning sin [...]

Michael C. Hall Stalks ‘New Blood’ in ‘Dexter’ Sequel

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|29 days ago |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—On Oct. 1, 2006, Showtime premiered a new series called “Dexter.” The psychological thriller starred Michael C. Hall in the role of Dexter Morgan, a blood splatter pattern analyst for the Miami police department, who moonlights as a serial killer. The u [...]

EXCLUSIVE: The Life Aquatic Surfaces in Jacques Cousteau Documentary

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 24, 2021 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Jacques Cousteau was the Elon Musk of the 20th century … and then some. He not only was a celebrated adventurer who explored the world’s oceans and seas and an inventor, he also was an award-winning filmmaker, an author of 40 books, who turned focus o [...]

The Opioid Epidemic Origins Are Explored in Hulu’s ‘Dopesick’ Drama Starring Michael Keaton

TV Features By Judy Sloane|October 11, 2021 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Michael Keaton has enjoyed a long and eclectic acting career, including the successful comedies “Night Shift” and “Mr. Mom,” iconic genre movies, “Batman” and the classic fantasy “Beetlejuice.” More recently, he’s starred in two Academy Award winning mo [...]

Original Stars Return For ‘CSI’ Sin City Reboot Premiering on CBS

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|October 4, 2021 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—On Oct. 6, 2000, CBS premiered “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” touting it as a new kind of police drama, which would become the first in a lucrative franchise. The longrunning series followed a team of forensic investigators working with the Las Vegas [...]

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Purge’ Conjurer James DeMonaco Talks Life Imitating Art and More

DVD Features Features By Angela Dawson|October 2, 2021 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—You know you’ve tapped into the social consciousness when a political ad is a takeoff on your idea. This week, opponents of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis began running a TV spot that was inspired by “The Purge” films. Social media blew up with comment [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Dynamic Duo Christopher Scott and Comfort Fedoke Take ‘Big Leap’ in New Series

Features TV Features By Peter Gonzaga|September 19, 2021 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When Christopher Scott was in high school, he refused to take dance class as part of the performing arts curriculum at Hollywood High School. His attitude towards dance eventually did a 180, wherein now dancing has become not only his profession bu [...]

James Wolk Leads Three Lives on NBC’s ‘Ordinary Joe’

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|September 18, 2021 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—NBC’s new drama “Ordinary Joe” spotlights the ‘what if’ scenario of college graduate Joe Kimbreau. Faced with three career choices—a rock singer, a nurse or a police officer—each episode moves back and forth among the three storylines, revealing how a s [...]