American Masters: Billie Jean King
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s hard to sum up what Billie Jean King attained in her career as one of the great tennis players of all time, and in her private life fighting for social change and equality. But PBS’ “American Masters” is up to the task, spot [...]
Billy Campbell Takes On Lincoln
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Based on Bill O’Reilly’s phenomenally successful book of the same name, “Killing Lincoln” premieres on the National Geographic Channel Sunday, February 17 at 8 p.m., coinciding with Presidents Day weekend. Taking on the formidabl [...]
Katharine McPhee Makes a ‘Smash’ Encore
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The second season of the hit musical drama series “Smash,” returns Tuesday, February 5, picking up where the debut series left off with a two-hour premiere. The second season kicks off with Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson playing a Tony winning Broadway st [...]
Bringing Home the Bacon
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—If you think that Kevin Bacon’s new chilling Fox drama “The Following” is his first venture into series TV, you’d be wrong. Bacon portrayed Tim Werner on the daytime soap “The Guiding Light” from 1980-1981. Now, over  [...]
Mamie Gummer Scrubs Up for New TV Show
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Mamie Gummer has spent the last few years working constantly in featured roles on stage, screen and television. But in The CW’s new dramady “Emily Owens, M.D.,” which premieres on October 20, she gets to shine in the title role. If she [...]