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‘Sparks’ Fly Between Zoe Kazan and Paul Dano in New Comedy

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 23, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Any writer will tell you a character sometimes will take over a story as it is being created. Actress and budding screenwriter Zoe Kazan takes that premise literally in her first produced screenplay “Ruby Sparks,” a quirky romantic comedy in which a n [...]

Matthew McConaughey Is No Ordinary ‘Joe’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 22, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Fresh from his turn as an exotic dancer and strip club proprietor in “Magic Mike,” Matthew McConaughey plays a far more sinister character in his newest movie, the ultra-violent “Killer Joe,” in which he plays the title character, a killer for hire wh [...]

Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis Hit ‘Campaign’ Trail

Features Film Features News By Angela Dawson|July 18, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Will Ferrell has three words for Congress: stop screwing around. At least that’s the message he’s taking to Washington on his so-called Whistle-Stop Tour Across America, which kicked off here Tuesday. Ferrell, who’s famous for depicting George W. Bush [...]

Cillian Murphy Pulls Out the Stops for ‘Red Lights’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 10, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Eagle-eyed viewers can catch a double-dose of Irish actor Cillian Murphy in theaters. He reprises his role as the Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises,” the third installment of that blockbuster franchise. In addition, the Irish act [...]

Christian Bale Flies Again With ‘Dark Knight Rises’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 9, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Christian Bale remembers the first time he put on the Batman costume, he suddenly felt overwhelmed. He literally couldn’t breathe. “I thought, ‘oh, Chris (Nolan) has to recast,’ because the claustrophobia was just unbelievable,” the Welsh actor recall [...]

A Royal Brotherhood of Soul and Southern Rock

Features Film Features By Michael Hixon|July 9, 2012 |0

By MICHAEL HIXON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Cyril Neville is one of the founding members of the New Orleans’ Neville Brothers. Devon Allman’s father Gregg founded one of the quintessential Southern rock bands, The Allman Brothers. Sprinkle in some additional talent and you have the Royal Southe [...]

Tyrese Brings Down the House at CityWalk

Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 6, 2012 |0

By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.—The bangin’ outdoor concert venue at Universal CityWalk got a one year anniversary treat when R&B singer turned movie star (“2 Fast 2 Furious” and the “Transformers” franchise) Tyrese Gibson (who simply goes by Tyrese) went back to his [...]

Blake Lively Gets Gritty in Oliver Stone’s ‘Savages’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 2, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Blake Lively burst onto the Hollywood scene in 2005’s big screen adaptation of the perky young adult novel “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” She went out to become a household name playing Upper East Side socialite Serena Van Der Woodsen on “Gossip [...]

Another Side of Eric McCormack

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|June 30, 2012 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—A cross between “CSI” and “A Beautiful Mind,” TNT’s new drama “Perception,” premiering Monday, July 9 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), stars Eric McCormack as Dr. Daniel Pierce, an eccentric neuroscience professor who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. One o [...]

Chris Pine is Down to Earth in ‘People Like Us’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 28, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Chris Pine rocketed to stardom in 2009 when he took over the iconic role of Captain James T. Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ reboot of the sci-fi classic “Star Trek” franchise. With his intense blue eyes and considerable acting chops the second-generation actor [...]