By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—As the old saying goes, when one door closes, another opens. That was the case for Jon Rudnitsky, a comedian who had landed his dream gig as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live” in the 2015-16 season, but was unceremoniously not invited back the fol [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The wait is over for the devoted, patient fans of “Outlander,” the popular time-travel drama, based on Diana Gabaldon’s successful novels. The third season returns to Starz on Sunday Sept. 10 at 9 p.m. The first season was set in 1945 when married Briti [...]
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Seth MacFarlane (“Ted, “Family Guy”), creator/writer/executive producer and star of Fox’s “The Orville,” wants viewers to know the series is not a spoof of the classic sci-fi series “Star Trek,” but it is an homage to the franchise. The live-action spac [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features The historical documentary “The Churchills” makes its DVD debut on Tuesday Sept. 5, from Athena, an RLJ Entertainment brand. Presented by historian David Starkey, the series uncovers the links between Britain’s two greatest war leaders, both called Churchill: W [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” Steven Spielberg’s 1977 sci-fi adventure about alien-abduction and UFOs, returns to theaters for an exclusive one-week engagement beginning Friday, Sept. 1. As with most things Hollywood, the 40-year-old film has [...]