By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Tim Robbins is no stranger to American politics onscreen or off. An outspoken liberal Democrat in real life, he played a conservative Republican folk singer in the mockumentary “Bob Roberts.” But, for the most part, the social issue films he has appea [...]

****Note to Editors: expletives have been asterisked.**** By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Having wrapped seven seasons on Showtime’s “Californication” as womanizing author Hank Moody last year, David Duchovny returns to network television as the star of a period crime drama called “ [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Inspiration can come from almost anywhere if you know where to look. Take, for example, Robert B. Weide, the renowned writer/producer/filmmaker, best known for his collaboration with Larry David on the HBO comedy “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Weide was stuc [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON and JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—They say all good things must come to an end, and so it is with AMC’s award-winning drama series “Mad Men,” which began airing the last seven episodes of the seventh—and final—season last Sunday night. The brainchild of writer-director [...]