By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In the big screen adaptation of “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones,” Godfrey Gao plays Magnus Bane, an 800-year-old warlock whose considerable charm and good looks—he doesn’t look a day over 20—make him irresistible to both men and women. Though t [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—One-time Disney Channel icon Vanessa Hudgens (of “High School Musical” fame) is discarding her goody-two shoes image once and for all and exploring some darker characters now that she’s an adult. Earlier this year, Hudgens co-starred with James Franco [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Having gotten a taste for fantasy worlds with roles in “Priest” and “Mirror, Mirror,” rising star Lily Collins is ready to tackle an entire whimsical movie franchise. She stars in the big screen adaptation of the first book of one of the hottest new y [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—As Josh Duhamel counts down the days to when he becomes a first-time dad with wife-singer Fergie (now officially Fergie Duhamel), he also has another baby he’s ushering into the world. “Scenic Route” is the first feature film he has produced through h [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—A second helping of “Meatballs” is in the forecast. “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2,” the long-awaited sequel to the 2009 Sony Pictures Animation comedy hit, is predicted to make landfall September 27. Returning to the table is Bill Hader, recent [...]