By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Able to speak three languages fluently—German, French and English—Diane Kruger is able to move with ease between Hollywood and Europe. She notably played the beautiful Helen in “Troy,” a World War II German film star/undercover agent in Quentin Tarant [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Though Disney’s rebooted “Pete’s Dragon” is set in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, it actually was shot in far away New Zealand. The family adventure film reimagines the 1977 classic, and like that earlier film combines live action with animation. The new [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep (“The Iron Lady,” “Sophie’s Choice,” “Kramer vs. Kramer”) has a history of singing in film. From “Postcards from the Edge” to “A Prairie Home Companion,” from “Mamma Mia!” to “Into the Woods,” from “Ironweed” to “R [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—A fixture of late 20th century and early 2000s Hollywood rom-coms, Hugh Grant has distanced himself from the limelight in recent years to focus on politics and social issues back home in England. The still dashing 55-year old was coaxed back to Hollyw [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—On August 18, Robert Redford turns 80. Yet the two-time Academy Awards winner (one for directing “Ordinary People” and an honorary award for his contribution to the independent film industry through Sundance) feels as though he’s just hitting his stri [...]