Katharine McPhee Makes a ‘Smash’ Encore
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The second season of the hit musical drama series “Smash,” returns Tuesday, February 5, picking up where the debut series left off with a two-hour premiere. The second season kicks off with Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson playing a Tony winning Broadway st [...]
The Catherine Zeta-Jones Effect
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When you marry an actor, you have to accept that your beloved likely will have to spend a lot of time smooching other people. For Catherine Zeta-Jones, who is married to fellow thespian Michael Douglas, that understanding came in handy when hubby rece [...]
Jason Statham Tackles Literary Thief ‘Parker’
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Jason Statham has played a number of tough guy movie characters over the years, but he says what distinguishes his role in “Parker” from previous roles is the writing by author Donald Westlake, who penned more than a hundred hard-boiled crime novels b [...]
Seth Gabel Pledges His ‘Allegiance’
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Fans of the TV series “Fringe,” will recognize Seth Gabel from his depictions of various versions of Lincoln Lee, a recurring character on the Fox sci-fi series who ultimately settled in an alternate universe. His portrayal of a tactical agent for the [...]
Schwarzenegger Makes ‘Last Stand’
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Eight years as California’s governor obviously has molded Arnold Schwarzenegger into a political animal, even though he has returned to his previous career. The onetime bodybuilder turned actor turned governor has returned to acting, but he addresses  [...]
Bringing Home the Bacon
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—If you think that Kevin Bacon’s new chilling Fox drama “The Following” is his first venture into series TV, you’d be wrong. Bacon portrayed Tim Werner on the daytime soap “The Guiding Light” from 1980-1981. Now, over  [...]