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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 [...]

No Role is Too Small for Funnyman Paul Rudd

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 13, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s hard to believe that two decades have passed since Paul Rudd played the heartthrob young attorney Josh Lucas in what has become a teen comedy classic “Clueless.” Now 46, Rudd has established himself as a leading man, mostly in comedies including [...]