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Cameron Diaz Celebrates Girl Power in New Book, Movie

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 21, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—With a bestselling book about the female body and a new movie coming out, Cameron Diaz is on top of the world. The 41-year-old actress stars in the comedy “The Other Woman,” but don’t expect any catfights. This is strictly a female bonding movie, in w [...]

A Double Dose of Christopher Meloni

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 18, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—For 12 seasons, Christopher Meloni played NYPD detective Elliot Stabler on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” Then his character abruptly resigned—offscreen—in the 13th season premiere. The official story was that Meloni left the show over a con [...]

The Depp In the Machine

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 16, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In the sci-fi epic “Transcendence,” Johnny Depp plays Will Caster, an artificial intelligence researcher whose consciousness is uploaded into his machinery after he is assassinated by an extremist. But Will’s thirst for knowledge soon evolves into a s [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Chuti Tiu Branches Out with ‘Rosebud’

Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 16, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Chuti Tiu is a talented and versatile actress who has guest starred on TV shows including “24,” “Weeds,” “The Closer” “Southland” and “Days of Our Lives,” to name a few, as well as the Sally Field-directed dramedy “Beautiful,” along with supporting ro [...]

Nicolas Cage is No Ordinary ‘Joe’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 10, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—No matter what your feelings are towards Nicolas Cage as an actor, you can always expect an interesting, unique, if not utterly outrageous, experience interviewing him. The maverick performer, known for his intense, sometimes over-the-top performances [...]

Filmmaker Carlos Saldanha Makes Return for ‘Rio 2’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 9, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Blu, Jewel, Nigel, Gabi, Luiz, Linda and Tulio are back in “Rio 2,” the highly anticipated sequel to the hit 2011 samba-flavored animated comedy adventure about two rare blue macaws from different worlds that find true love. Jesse Eisenberg (“The Soci [...]

Kevin Costner Enters the ‘Draft’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 8, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When you think of Kevin Costner, baseball movies (or maybe westerns) immediately come to mind. The two-time Academy Award winner (“Dances with Wolves”) insists that a really good sports movies really shouldn’t be about the sport. “You can’t try to imp [...]

Tilda Swinton is ‘Alive’ as Vampire

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 7, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Tilda Swinton is one of those people whose mere presence in a room commands attention. That magnetic characteristic is only further enhanced with the arrival of the unconventional and enigmatic actress for an interview in a very futuristic-looking bri [...]

‘Norma Rae,’ ’47 Ronin,’ ‘Nut Job’ and More on Home Video

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|April 7, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features It’s April, so that means you’d be a fool to miss the wide range of theatrical films making their way to home video. Sally Field delivered an Oscar-winning performance in the 1979 drama “Norma Rae,” playing a Southern mill worker who revolutionizes a small town [...]

Morgan Freeman Lends Voice to ‘Island of Lemurs: Madagascar’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 31, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When it comes to voiceover narration, no actor comes as close to evoking just the right mix of authority, folksiness, clarity and intelligence than Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman. Indeed, the Memphis, Tenn. native’s acting career began four decad [...]