Keeping ‘Company’ With Nick Nolte
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—To paraphrase Forrest Gump, interviewing Nick Nolte is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’ll get. Such was the case at a recent press conference with the 72-year-old “Prince of Tides” and “The Thin Red Line” star, where he was exp [...]
Orianthi Releases Third Solo Album
By MICHAEL HIXON Special to Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Australian guitarist/singer/songwriter Orianthi made her big U.S. breakthrough in 2009, when she played lead guitar for Carrie Underwood at the 51st Grammy Awards. Michael Jackson’s musical director Michael Bearden then contacted her  [...]
Saoirse Ronan At Core of Sci-Fi Thriller
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Saoirse Ronan is growing up. The 18-year-old Irish actress (best known for her Oscar-nominated turn in 2007’s “Atonement”) plays her first big romantic role in “The Host,” the latest adaptation of a Stephenie Meyer novel into a movie. Ronan’s characte [...]
Morgan Freeman Takes Charge in ‘Olympus’
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Morgan Freeman knows something about authority figures, having played a number of them over the years, including a school principal in “Lean on Me,” a brigadier general in “Outbreak,” the U.S. president in “Deep Impact” and the Almighty himself in two [...]
Butler Serves Up Action on ‘Olympus’
(EDITORS: PLEASE NOTE THAT OBSCENITIES HAVE BEEN ASTERISKED) By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Gerard Butler may be a Scottish by birth but having made his success as an actor here in America, the “300” star appears to have adopted a certain amount of patriotic pride on this side of t [...]
Gomez and Hudgens ‘Spring’ Forth
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—You can’t walk past a newsstand or flip past a TV talk show without seeing former Disney Channel stars Selena Gomez or Vanessa Hudgens touting their new movie, the edgy and definitely R-rated “Spring Breakers.” Like previous Mouse House alums Britney  [...]