American Masters: Billie Jean King
FeaturesTV Features By Judy Sloane|September 9, 2013 |0
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
FeaturesTV Features By Judy Sloane|February 14, 2013 |1
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
FeaturesTV Features By Judy Sloane|February 6, 2013 |0
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 [...]
Keri Russell Says ‘Da’ to ‘The Americans’
FeaturesTV Features By Judy Sloane|January 29, 2013 |0
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Television viewers were first introduced to Keri Russell when she was chosen by J.J. Abrams to star in the title role of “Felicity,” a college student attending the University of New York. Her new character, Elizabeth Jennings on the F/X ser [...]
Bringing Home the Bacon
FeaturesTV Features By Judy Sloane|January 13, 2013 |0
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 [...]
J.R. & Co. Saddle Up for Another Trip to the Ranch
FeaturesTV Features By Judy Sloane|November 24, 2012 |0
Front Row Features originally ran this interview with Larry Hagman and the cast of “Dallas” on June 11, 2012. In memory of Mr. Hagman, we are running it again. By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—More than 20 years have passed since “Dallas,” one of TV’s most popular se [...]
Tippi Hedren Reveals a Darker Side of Hitch in ‘The Girl’
FeaturesTV Features By Judy Sloane|October 15, 2012 |0
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In the early ‘60s, Alfred Hitchcock spied Tippi Hedren, an unknown fashion model, on a TV commercial, and was immediately infatuated with her. He brought the gorgeous blonde to Universal Studios and offered her a seven-year contract. The first movie he [...]
Mamie Gummer Scrubs Up for New TV Show
NewsTV Features By Judy Sloane|October 8, 2012 |0
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 [...]
Claire Danes Returns for More ‘Homeland’
FeaturesNewsTV Features By Judy Sloane|September 24, 2012 |0
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—At 15, Claire Danes starred as Angela Chase on the TV drama “My So-Called Life.” The ABC network series only ran 19 episodes, but became a cult favorite. Danes went on to embody such diverse characters as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Ju [...]