October 2013 - Page 4 of 5 - Front Row Features

School Grants Available in Conjunction with ‘Shrek’ Blu-ray Release

News By Angela Dawson|October 12, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—First it was a book. Then it was an animated movie. Then it was a Broadway stage production. Now the Broadway stage production of Shrek, called “Shrek the Musical,” is coming to home video. DreamWorks’ highly acclaimed Broadway production is based on [...]

Dizon and Brooks Deliver Breakout Performances in ‘Mister and Pete’ – 4 Photos

Film Features Photos By Peter Gonzaga|October 10, 2013 |0

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Dizon and Brooks Deliver Breakout Performances in ‘Mister and Pete’

Film Features By Peter Gonzaga|October 10, 2013 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Child actors Ethan Dizon and Skylan Brooks may seem like old pros, having started in the entertainment industry at age 2 and 8, respectively. However, their upcoming roles in the Alicia Keys-produced and George Tillman Jr.-directed “The Inevi [...]

Contestants Discuss Their Blind Auditions on NBC’s ‘The Voice’

News By Peter Gonzaga|October 10, 2013 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s been an uphill battle for many contestants of this season’s blind auditions of NBC’s “The Voice.” This past Tuesday, some of the contestants making it onto the various teams came together for a press conference to talk [...]

Saudi Filmmaker Blazes Path with ‘Wadjda’ – 4 Photos

Film Features Photos By Peter Gonzaga|October 8, 2013 |0

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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 [...]

Booth Tackles the Bard in ‘Romeo & Juliet’ – 3 Photos

Film Features Photos By Peter Gonzaga|October 7, 2013 |0

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Booth Tackles the Bard in ‘Romeo & Juliet’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 7, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Douglas Booth follows a 400-year acting tradition, playing a lovesick Verona boy who’s love for a local girl is verboten thanks to a longstanding family feud. The young lovebirds would rather die than be held apart by their respective families’ hatred [...]

Tom Hanks Takes the Helm in ‘Captain Phillips’ – 3 Photos

Film Features Photos By Peter Gonzaga|October 6, 2013 |0

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Tom Hanks Takes the Helm in ‘Captain Phillips’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 6, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Tom Hanks is used to playing heroes onscreen but the two-time Oscar winner doesn’t consider himself a hero in real life. In the action thriller “Captain Phillips,” the beloved actor plays Richard Phillips, a merchant ship captain who saved his crew fr [...]