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Former ‘Harry Potter’ Star Daniel Radcliffe Talks Rowling and Playing (a) Doctor

News TV Features By Angela Dawson|July 19, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON and JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Former “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe revealed Tuesday that he has not read J.K. Rowling’s new story involving an older version of the wizard he played in eight films, but he intends to do so soon. Speaking via satellite from New [...]

Ringo Starr Celebrates Birthday with Fundraiser Kickoff

News By Angela Dawson|July 8, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Rock icon. Film star. Environmentalist. Philanthropist. Now add fashion model to the list of Ringo Starr’s many hats. At a kickoff event Monday at the Capitol Records building here that coincided with the former Beatles drummer’s 74th birthday, Starr [...]

Ed Harris Lost John Brown Rights to Paul Giamatti

News TV Features By Angela Dawson|June 30, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Though it was widely reported last fall that four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris and “Breaking Bad”’s Giancarlo Esposito would be co-starring in an historic film about abolitionists John Brown and Frederick Douglass, respectively, it turns out that actor Paul Gia [...]

‘Napoleon’ Complex

News By Angela Dawson|June 12, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features One of cinema’s most beloved nerds is now forever immortalized with a life-size statue installed on the Twentieth Century Fox lot. The eponymous antihero from “Napoleon Dynamite” was unveiled in a ceremony conducted on the Los Angeles movie lot earlier this wee [...]

Neil deGrasse Tyson Talks on Post-‘Cosmos’

News TV Features By Angela Dawson|June 8, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” wrapped its 13th and final episode Sunday night. Hosted by renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the acclaimed family-friendly science series took viewers on a journey of exploration of the universe for an hour [...]

The Universe, the Afterlife and Drag Queens on Home Video

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|June 8, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Thinking about what to get dad for Father’s Day but just don’t know. Here are some suggestions: The 13-part Fox science series “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,” the acclaimed follow up to Carl Sagan’s groundbreaking 1980 TV series about the universe, is available [...]

‘Miss USA’ Co-host Giuliana Rancic Talk On Sunday’s Pageant

News TV Features By Angela Dawson|June 5, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—TV personality Giuliana Rancic returns for the fourth time as co-host of the “Miss USA” pageant, airing Sunday, June 8, on NBC from Baton Rouge, La. Contestants from all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, will compete for the crown. Rancic, 39, [...]

Halle Berry, Guillermo Del Toro and Charlie Hunnan Among Huading Recipients

News By Peter Gonzaga|June 4, 2014 |0

HOLLYWOOD— For the first time in its 12-year history, The Huading Awards, China’s biggest film awards ceremony, was held at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre here on Sunday, June 1. The awards ceremony reached over 1 billion viewers through its telecast on various Chinese networks in China, Hong Kong [...]

Robot Cop, Bible Story, Used Car Salesmen and Dragons Hit DVD

DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|May 31, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Joel Kinnaman was only seven years old when Paul Verhoeven’s cautionary sci-fi drama “RoboCop” came out. It was an iconic film for the Swedish-American actor, so when he heard from his agent that the film was set for a reboot, he thought he would be interested [...]

Los Angeles Greek Film Festival Hosts Eighth Annual Event

News By Angela Dawson|May 29, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“Enlightening, diverse and innovative!” is the theme of the Eighth Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (lagff.org), opening Wednesday, June 4, with Nick Cassavetes’ hit romantic comedy “The Other Woman.” The comedy stars Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann a [...]