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Saudi Filmmaker Blazes Path with ‘Wadjda’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 8, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Haifaa Al Mansour is a trailblazer. Born in Saudi Arabia, a country that doesn’t allow public movie theaters, she has the distinction of being the first director—and the first female—to make a feature film entirely in that country. Her film has been s [...]

Zeta-Jones To be Part of Oscars Musical Salute

News By Angela Dawson|January 27, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones revealed today she is a bit anxious but excited about her upcoming appearance at the Academy Awards as part of a special celebration of movie musicals of the last 10 years. Speaking at a press junket to promote her n [...]

Director Nikolaj Arcel Reacts to ‘A Royal Affair’ Oscar Nom

News By Angela Dawson|January 11, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Nikolaj Arcel is on top of the world. Well, at least very close to it. The Danish director got the news Thursday of his Oscar nomination for his period drama “A Royal Affair” while visiting friends in Los Angeles. The film is among five foreign langua [...]

James Bond Will be Feted at Oscars

News By Angela Dawson|January 4, 2013 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter HOLLYWOOD—While the nominees of the 85th Academy Awards are still six days away from being announced, one winner already has been revealed. Bond. James Bond. The producers behind Hollywood’s most important awards show announced today that a tribute to the Ja [...]

Danish Delight: Nikolaj Arcel Talks ‘A Royal Affair’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 12, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Every Danish schoolboy knows the story of the 18th century mad monarch Christian VII, his British-born queen Caroline and a court physician named Johann Struensee, who helped bring about social reforms in that small European country before getting cau [...]

Now Hear This: Oscars Theater Renamed Dolby

News By Angela Dawson|May 1, 2012 |0

By A Front Row Features Staff Reporter HOLLYWOOD—The Kodak Theatre, which has been the venue of the Academy Awards for the past decade, now has a new name: the Dolby Theatre. Dolby Laboratories, Inc. and CIM Tuesday announced a 20-year agreement to name the Dolby Theatre—the iconic theatre at th [...]

Israeli Film Contemplates the Relevance of Minutiae

Film Features By Angela Dawson|March 6, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Fathers and sons have been at odds with each other since the beginning of time. (Adam and Cain, anyone?) “Footnote,” which was this year’s Israeli entry in the Academy Awards’ foreign language category—it’s released here in Hebrew with English s [...]

Silence is Golden: ‘The Artist,’ ‘Hugo’ Win Big At Oscars

News By Angela Dawson|February 27, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Two films paying homage to the Golden Age of Cinema divvied up many of feature film Oscars Sunday, with the black and white silent film “The Artist,” winning five awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, and Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo [...]

Fun Facts about This Year’s Academy Award Nominations

News By Angela Dawson|January 24, 2012 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Report “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” marks Gary Oldman’s first ever Oscar nomination. He is nominated in the Best Actor category for his performance as fictional British spy George Smiley. Neither Leonardo DiCaprio nor Clint Eastwood received a nomina [...]

‘Hugo,’ ‘The Artist’ Top Oscar Nominations

News By Angela Dawson|January 24, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Two films celebrating Hollywood’s Golden Age are the top nominees for this year’s Academy Awards: Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” with 11 nominations and Michel Hazanavicius’ silent, black and white “The Artist,” with 10. “Hugo” and “The Artist” were among t [...]