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Hemsworth, Hiddleston Revel in Onscreen Sibling Rivalry

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 1, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features LONDON—The stars of “Thor: The Dark World” recently gathered here to promote the second installment of the fantasy adventure revolving around the Marvel comic book and ancient mythological legend. Returning as the god of Thunder is Aussie hunk Chris Hemsworth. [...]

Time-Traveler’s Actress Rachel McAdams

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 31, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Rachel McAdams is no stranger to time travel. That is, the Canadian actress has played characters that get mixed up with fellows who have a magical ability to visit the past. Though not once in three time-travel films she’s been in has McAdams played [...]

McConaughey Transformed Himself for ‘Buyers Club’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 28, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Matthew McConaughey discovered a side benefit to shedding 30 pounds to play a role as an AIDS patient for the movie “Dallas Buyers Club.” “They say we only use 10 percent or our brain so there’s a 90 percent well of reserve that we haven’t even [...]

Harrelson, Wilson Take Flight with ‘Free Birds’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 28, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson play a pair of turkeys that travel back to 1621 to try and prevent their species from becoming the main course in the annual Thanksgiving tradition in the animated comedy “Free Birds.” Both Texas natives, they came aboa [...]

Harrison Ford Returns to Space in ‘Ender’s Game’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 26, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Whatever you do, don’t call Harrison Ford, the actor who embodied Han Solo and Indiana Jones, an icon. “I don’t know what an icon does except stand in a corner quietly accepting everyone’s attention,” he says in his low, gravelly voice. “I like [...]

Former Film Journalist Cole Haddon Takes a Stab at ‘Dracula’

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|October 23, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Let me start with a disclaimer: I’ve known Cole Haddon, the creator and co-executive producer of the new NBC series “Dracula,” premiering at 10 p.m./9 Central Friday, Oct. 25, for many years. I sat with him at roundtables and press conferences at vari [...]

Moretz Tackles Iconic Horror Role in ‘Carrie’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 16, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Dressed in a striped shirt by Top Shop and bib denim overalls with a short skirt attached by Vivienne Westwood, teen actress Chloe Grace Moretz looks more like she stepped out of a funky update of “The Wizard of Oz” instead of “Carrie.” The 16-year-ol [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Radcliffe Marches to a New Beat in ‘Kill Your Darlings’

Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 14, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Daniel Radcliffe plays a student in his new film in “Kill Your Darlings,” but it’s a role as far away from Harry Potter as you can imagine. Radcliffe portrays Allen Ginsberg, the famous Beat poet whose “Howl” has influenced and inspired generations of [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Another Subversive Character for Michael C. Hall

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 14, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“I’m certainly drawn to things that in one way or another could be characterized as subversive,” says actor Michael C. Hall in his deep, monotone voice. Hall, of course, is best known for his Emmy-nominated roles in “Dexter” and “Six Feet Under,” in w [...]

More and More for Julianne Moore

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 14, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Julianne Moore has played her share of movie moms, many of whom were a little off-kilter, but she’s never played anyone quite as iconic as Margaret White, the overbearing, fanatical head case she depicts in “Carrie.” The North Carolina native tackles [...]