James Bond Will be Feted at Oscars
By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter HOLLYWOOD—While the nominees of the 85th Academy Awards are still six days away from being announced, one winner already has been revealed. Bond. James Bond. The producers behind Hollywood’s most important awards show announced today that a tribute to the Ja [...]
A Glimpse into the ‘Darkness’
By a Front Row Features Staff Report HOLLYWOOD—Trekkers have to wait until May 17 to see “Star Trek Into Darkness,” the next installment of the rebooted film franchise. But Paramount Pictures, the studio behind the J.J. Abrams produced and directed franchise, released a sneak peek today at produc [...]
‘Ice Age’ Arrives on DVD, Blu-ray
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Just in time for the holidays, “Ice Age: Continental Drift” sets sail Friday, December 11 on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Loaded with extras, the 3D Blu-ray version of the hit animated feature includes a  [...]
A Dark ‘Day’ Has Dawned
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Early in “The Day,” Dominic Monaghan turns to his fellow survivors and quizzically utters, “Where are we?” But “The Day” doesn’t have dinosaurs, smoke monsters or other supernatural elements as the TV series “Lost” did, in which the British actor played another [...]
Duff Story
By a Front Row Features Staff Report HOLLYWOOD—The life story of former Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan will be the subject of a film produced by Rainstorm Entertainment, it was announced Wednesday. Based on McKagan’s 2011 bestselling autobiography, “It’s So Easy and Other Lies” will be direct [...]
Carrie Underwood, Pink Join AMA Lineup
By a Front Row Features Staff Report HOLLYWOOD—Carrie Underwood, P!nk and Pitbull will be among the  performers at “The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards,” the show’s producers, Dick Clark Productions announced Tuesday. They join previously announced performers, Taylor Swift, Nicki Min [...]
‘Iron Man 3’ Poster Teaser Released
Hollywood – As the excitement mounts for the next installment of the Iron Man franchise, Walt Disney and Marvel Studios releases the “Iron Man 3” poster teaser. In Marvel’s “Iron Man 3,” Tony Stark/Iron Man finds his world reduced to rubble by a malevolent enemy and must use his [...]
Mamie Gummer Scrubs Up for New TV Show
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Mamie Gummer has spent the last few years working constantly in featured roles on stage, screen and television. But in The CW’s new dramady “Emily Owens, M.D.,” which premieres on October 20, she gets to shine in the title role. If she [...]
Rihanna Debuts ‘Diamonds’ Worldwide
By a Front Row Features Staff Writer HOLLYWOOD—Rihanna brought back the sparkle to the music world as she debuted her new single “Diamonds” on radio stations worldwide today, with the sales of the single released an hour after it hit the airwaves on iTunes along with music stores thro [...]