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Billy Bob Thornton & Co. Return for ‘Bad Santa 2’ with Old and New Cast

Features Film Features By Peter Gonzaga|November 23, 2016 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s been 13 years since the outrageous and raunchy “Bad Santa” upended the feel-good holiday movie genre. In the sequel, Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox and Brett Kelly reprise their roles as no-goodniks who use the holidays to their advantage, with [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Opetaia Foa’i Infuses ‘Moana’ with Polynesian Sound

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 20, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Opetaia Foa’i grew up about as far away from Hollywood as you can get—a small village in Apia in Western Samoa. But now he, along with “Hamilton” creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda and Grammy winner Mark Mancina (“The Lion King,” “Tarzan”), have coll [...]

Dwayne Johnson Pays Homage to Polynesian Roots in Disney’s ‘Moana’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 18, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Dwayne Johnson gives voice to a demigod named Maui in Disney’s colorful tropical animated adventure “Moana.” The professional wrestler turned action and comedy star spent part of his youth in Hawaii and is Polynesian on his mother’s side. He say [...]

Isabelle Huppert Explores Resilience in ‘Elle,’ ‘Things to Come’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 16, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—This holiday season, prepare for a French treat that is actress Isabelle Huppert. She appears in two French-language films, “Elle” and “Things to Come,” playing two very different women whose lives are in transition. In “Elle,” [...]

Spy Games: Marion Cotillard Co-stars with Brad Pitt in ‘Allied’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 16, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Marion Cotillard looks smashing in a bright blue dress with colorful accents designed by former pop star Victoria Beckham as she arrives for a press conference. The French actress has the ethereal glow of pregnancy (her second). Having discounted vici [...]

Miles Teller Goes the Distance in ‘Bleed for This’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 14, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Miles Teller memorably sparred with J.K. Simmons with words and drums in 2014’s acclaimed drama “Whiplash.” In “Bleed for This,” the rising young star plays an athlete who uses his fists and simple willpower to recover from a debilitating injury to re [...]

Hailee Steinfeld Gets Awkward in ‘Edge of Seventeen’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 14, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Hailee Steinfeld has worked almost non-stop since she made her debut in Joel and Ethan Coens’ 2010 Western “True Grit,” in which she earned an Oscar nomination for her supporting performance. The native Angeleno has since grown up on screen, and now w [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Omar Epps Stars in ‘Shooter,’ ‘Almost Christmas’

Features Film Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|November 7, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Omar Epps is calling from a drive-thru. No wonder the former “House” and “Resurrection” star has no time to stop. He’s on a roll with another TV series, USA Network’s espionage drama “Shooter,” set to premiere Nov. 15 at 10 p.m./9C, and the holiday fa [...]

Amy Adams Communicates with Aliens in ‘Arrival’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 7, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features TORONTO—Amy Adams is a five-time Oscar nominee and with her new sci-fi film “Arrival,” there is already buzz about her making another trip to the Academy Awards ceremony in 2017. The titian-haired actress plays Louise Banks, a linguistics expert who is recruite [...]

Benedict Cumberbatch Conjures Marvel Hero in ‘Doctor Strange’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 1, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Benedict Cumberbatch joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the title character in “Doctor Strange,” in which he plays a brilliant neurosurgeon who obtains remarkable magical abilities after he embarks on a quest to heal his mind and body following an [...]