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Pixar’s Andrews Aims High with ‘Brave’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 14, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features EMERYVILLE, CALIF.—The first thing you notice outside Pixar’s college campus-like headquarters here is a collection of oversized rocks strategically laid out in a circle. Is it some sort of holy place where offerings are made to the animation gods? Perhaps it’s [...]

Emily Blunt Improvises in ‘Your Sister’s Sister’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 12, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Lynn Shelton had never stepped onto a movie set when she made her features film, “We Go Way Back,” in 2006. She found herself introducing herself to her crew. “Oh, hi. You’re the gaffer? What do you do?” she recalls innocently asking. From that inaus [...]

Mary J. Blige Delivers Justice in ‘Rock of Ages’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 9, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Grammy winning music artist Mary J. Blige was the first performer filmmaker Adam Shankman thought of when he was casting his newest big screen musical adaptation “Rock of Ages.” “I think I just wanted (her) to sing around me,” says Shankman, who previ [...]

The Right Hough for ‘Rock of Ages’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 6, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Julianne Hough steps into the room sipping a tall glass of orange juice. Dressed in a black and white patterned jumpsuit, the stunning blond and former “Dancing with the Stars” performer looks perky and prepared for a full day of interviews. She stars [...]

Tom Cruise and Julianne Hough Too Hot in ‘Rock of Ages’

Features Film Features News By Angela Dawson|June 4, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Is Julianne Hough too hot for PG-13? That’s what director Adam Shankman explained at a press junket Sunday for the upcoming big screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical “Rock of Ages,” in which the former “Dancing With the Stars” performer turned [...]

Tommy Lee Jones is Back in ‘Black’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 29, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones got his start in show business as so many actors have—by appearing in a school play. It was in tiny Rotan, Texas, some 60 miles from Abilene. “When I was in the second grade, my school performed ‘Snow White and the [...]

Will Smith Returns as Agent J in ‘MIB3’

Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 14, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—There’s no denying that when Will Smith enters the room, electricity fills the air. “I feel so good, it’s almost a damn shame,” he exclaims when asked how he’s feeling. And why shouldn’t he? The onetime Fresh Prince is now the king of Hollywood, havin [...]

Out of the ‘Shadows:’ Building A Manor Fit for Vampire

Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 9, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—If the hilltop mansion in the new feature film “Dark Shadows” looks familiar, it should. Production designer Rick Heinrichs, who won an Academy Award for his work on director Tim Burton’s “Sleepy Hollow,” purposely took inspiration from the one that a [...]

After Dark Debuts First Five Features

Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 9, 2012 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—A new contender has stepped into the lucrative action movie field. It’s called After Dark Action, a partnership between After Dark Films and Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Entertainment. The partnership will debut its initial five original films i [...]

Johnny Depp Sinks Teeth Into ‘Dark Shadows’ Role

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|May 7, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Johnny Depp and Tim Burton first collaborated 22 years on the offbeat romantic monster movie “Edward Scissorhands.” Depp played the softhearted metallic monster with razor-sharp scissors for hands; Burton was an up-and-coming filmmaker who co-wrote th [...]