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Teen pop star Austin Mahone debuts on Chase Records

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 30, 2012 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Report Move over Justin Bieber. The newest teen hearthrob is 16-year-old Austin Mahone. The rising young pop singer is the first music artist on Chase Records, which has entered a deal with Universal Music. Chase Records, founded by Rocco Valdes, Michael Blumstein, [...]

Nick Cave Discusses ‘Lawless’ Words and Music

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 27, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Musician/writer Nick Cave’s image may be that of a sometimes intensely grim performer who has fronted the Bad Seeds since the 1980s, released a 1996 album titled “Murder Ballads” and was described as a “harbinger of the gothic p [...]

‘Twilight’s” Ashley Greene Flees Ghosts in ‘Apparition’ and Sizzles in ‘Butter’

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Ashley Greene soared to international fame as part of the “Twilight” cast. She has played the likable Alice in all three vampire films that have become a pop culture phenomenon and reprises her role one more time in the upcoming “The Twilight Saga: Br [...]

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Peddles ‘Premium Rush’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 21, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Joseph Gordon-Levitt is having quite a summer. He appeared as police officer John Blake in the box office hit “The Dark Knight Rises.” He now stars as Wilee, a bike messenger in the real Gotham who winds up in the crosshairs of a crooked cop while del [...]

‘ParaNorman’ Creators Make Dark Magic Fun

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 15, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—”ParaNorman” writer Chris Butler, who co-directed the 3D animated zombie-adventure comedy with “Flushed Away” and “The Tale of Despereaux” director Sam Fell, says his inspiration for the story came from “watchi [...]

Kendrick Gives Voice to ‘ParaNorman”s Big Sister

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 15, 2012 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Actress Anna Kendrick, who voices 11-year-old Norman’s self-absorbed big sister Courtney in the animated zombie adventure “ParaNorman,” was shown a picture of her blond, beautiful but very big-bottomed character when she was hired for [...]

Whitney Houston Adds ‘Sparkle’ To New Movie

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 13, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Whitney Houston was on the minds of the cast and filmmakers as they promoted their new movie “Sparkle,” the story of a young singer-songwriter living in the shadow of her more glamorous sister and under the ever-watchful eye of her overprotective moth [...]

‘Odd’ Family Drama Brings Cast and Filmmaker Together

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 13, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Jennifer Garner knows a little something about the specialness of being a parent, having given birth to three children with husband actor Ben Affleck. But she knows many couples who have trouble conceiving and having their own biological children, whi [...]

Jason Statham Returns for ‘Expendables 2’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|August 7, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Hollywood’s biggest action stars—old and young—return for another round of big screen action and witty banter, playing off their iconic images in “The Expendables 2.” Among them is Jason Statham, who at 41 is one of the younger members of this ensembl [...]

Jeremy Renner Carries On the ‘Bourne’ Legacy

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

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD— Matt Damon became an action star playing amnesiac spy Jason Bourne in the “Bourne” trilogy based on Robert Ludlum’s popular novels. The action-packed franchise earned nearly $1 billion globally at the box office. Building on the foundation of the “Bo [...]