By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Walt Disney Studios’ recent reimagining of the classic 1977 film “Pete’s Dragon” is now available to own on DVD and Blu-ray, and while it may not be Disney’s strongest live-action adaptation to date, it’s still a heartwarming adventure families will want to add  [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Opetaia Foa’i grew up about as far away from Hollywood as you can get—a small village in Apia in Western Samoa. But now he, along with “Hamilton” creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda and Grammy winner Mark Mancina (“The Lion King,” “Tarzan”), have coll [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Dwayne Johnson gives voice to a demigod named Maui in Disney’s colorful tropical animated adventure “Moana.” The professional wrestler turned action and comedy star spent part of his youth in Hawaii and is Polynesian on his mother’s side. He say [...]

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