Judy Sloane has worked as an entertainment journalist for over 20 years and is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America and the TV Critics Association.
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD,CA-What would you sacrifice for perfection? That’s the question asked by creator/writer Ryan Murphy for his new FX’s drama The Beauty. And the fact that the trailer has had nearly 190 million views, it seems like the audience wants to know the answer. W [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-Ken Burns is perhaps the most prolific and successful documentarian in the world. For years the producer/director has engaged the public with his films on “The Civil War” (1990,) The Roosevelts” (2014,) and “The Vietnam War” (2017.) He now has produced [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-CBS’s new reality competition series follows Blake Shelton’s journey, along with Grammy winners Keith Urban and Gretchen Wilson, to find the next superstar, with 12 emerging talented musicians vying as opening acts for Urban at music venues across Ameri [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-If you miss the long-running series “Blue Bloods,” you’re in luck with CBS’ new show “Boston Blue,” in which Donny Wahlberg (“Band of Brothers,” “Saw”) reprises his role as NYPD detective Danny Reagan, who takes a job with the Boston Police Department. [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-CBS’ new single-camera workplace comedy, “DMV,” is set in the East Valley Department of Motor Vehicles, where the staff has to deal with customers who are frustrated before they even walk through the door. In the branch is Colette (Harriet Dyer, Austral [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-Roadside Attractions musical drama “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” is based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Manuel Puig, and the Tony Award winning Broadway musical. Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Beauty and the Beast), wrote the screenplay and directed thi [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-Set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, FX’s new drama “The Lowdown” spotlights a self-proclaimed ‘truthstorian,’ Lee Raybon (Ethan Hawke,) a citizen journalist, whose obsession with the truth often puts him in harms way. As an idealist who is passionately commi [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-Last summer, I attended a PBS press junket to publicize their documentary, “American Masters – Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames,” which spotlighted the iconic career of the producer/screenwriter/director, who created such popular and successful [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-What do Liza Minnelli, Al Pacino and Wesley Snipes have in common? They all attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, a unique institution that was created in 1948 to encourage young people to follow their artistic dreams. It became [...]