Tommy Lee Jones is Back in ‘Black’
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones got his start in show business as so many actors have—by appearing in a school play. It was in tiny Rotan, Texas, some 60 miles from Abilene. “When I was in the second grade, my school performed ‘Snow White and the [...]
Will Smith Returns as Agent J in ‘MIB3’
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—There’s no denying that when Will Smith enters the room, electricity fills the air. “I feel so good, it’s almost a damn shame,” he exclaims when asked how he’s feeling. And why shouldn’t he? The onetime Fresh Prince is now the king of Hollywood, havin [...]
After Dark Debuts First Five Features
By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—A new contender has stepped into the lucrative action movie field. It’s called After Dark Action, a partnership between After Dark Films and Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Entertainment. The partnership will debut its initial five original films i [...]
Rita Wilson Tunes Up for ‘AM/FM’ CD
By MICHAEL HIXON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Actress-producer Rita Wilson grew up listening to the radio in her parent’s car in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Songs that were about the romanticized version of love from that era evolved into the singer-songwriters that dominated the radio in the [...]
Catching Up with Beach Boys’ Al Jardine
By MICHAEL HIXON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—With The Beach Boys going back on the road to launch their 50th anniversary, an original member of the band also is celebrating his own milestone. Al Jardine, the surf band’s original guitarist, has released his first solo album, “A Postcard from Cali [...]