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Father and Son: O’Shea Jackson, Jr., Depicts Ice Cube in Biopic

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 11, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON HOLLYWOOD—Call it a preparation process 20 years in the making. O’Shea Jackson Jr., spent much of his life watching his dad perform—his dad being the famed hip hop performer Ice Cube. As he grew older, the lookalike son sometimes would take the stage with his father, exhibiting t [...]

Straight Outta D.C.: Corey Hawkins Plays Dre in Rap Biopic

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 11, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Corey Hawkins is a Julliard-trained actor who made his Broadway debut two years ago in the revival of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” playing Tybalt. The 26-year-old also had bit parts in the blockbuster “Iron Man 3” and the Liam Neeson action thrill [...]

Christina Hendricks Goes from Agency to ‘Dark Places’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 4, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLYWOOD—Christina Hendricks played Joan Harris on AMC’s “Mad Men” for seven seasons, rising from office manager to partner at a 1960s ad agency. She garnered six Emmy nominations, including one for her memorable supporting performance for the final season. The [...]

Charlize Theron Once Again Goes to ‘Dark Places’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 3, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Charlize Theron (“Monster”) first became captivated with Gillian Flynn’s writing when she read her 2006 novel “Sharp Objects.” The Oscar-winning actress says she was fascinated with the way the author wrote female characters. So when she h [...]

Salma Hayek Won Over Daughter, Investors to Make ‘The Prophet’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 3, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“I have seen distress around the world and sometimes it makes you lose hope,” laments Emmy award-winning actress Salma Hayek, who has traveled the globe as a humanitarian supporting causes ranging from raising awareness of violence against women to pr [...]

Expect the ‘Unexpected’ with Cobie Smulders

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 23, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Cobie Smulders first connected with audiences when she appeared as sexy news anchor Robin Scherbatsky on the long running CBS comedy “How I Met Your Mother.” The French-Canadian actress then became a pop culture icon when she joined the “Avengers” cast in 2012 [...]

Naked Brother Nat Wolff Bares Soul in ‘Paper Towns’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 21, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Nat Wolff is only 20, but he is already a show business veteran. Millennials may remember him as one of the stars of Nickelodeon’s “The Naked Brothers Band,” which ran from 2007-2009. The son of a jazz pianist father (Michael Wolff) and actress mother [...]

Sandler Establishes Himself as King of Kong in ‘Pixels’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 21, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—Dave & Busters may be an unlikely venue to hold an effects-laden studio movie press conference, but “Pixels,” isn’t your typical summer blockbuster. The fantasy action comedy, directed by “Harry Potter” helmer Chris Columbus, is all about vintage v [...]

‘Married With Children’ Star Goes on ‘Vacation’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 20, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Comedian Christina Applegate was part of TV’s most dysfunctional family —the Bundys—on the popular sitcom “Married With Children” for more than a decade. As the sexy, ditsy daughter Kelly Bundy on that series, Applegate was every male’s teen fantasy g [...]

Amy Schumer, Bill Hader Couple Up in ‘Trainwreck’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 14, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Comedians Amy Schumer and Bill Hader travel the rocky path of modern urban romance in the R-rated comedy “Trainwreck.” Schumer’s career has taken off like a rocket in the past few years. Having burst onto the scene in 2012, the blond, blue-eyed jokest [...]