By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Will Smith is best known for his music (as the Fresh Prince) as well as his comedy and action hero roles. But the world-renowned performer has demonstrated on several occasions that he is also adept at delivering powerful performances in dramatic role [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—As one of the new stars of the AMC spinoff “Fear the Walking Dead,” Danay Garcia plays a self-reliant survivor who spends most of her time trying to fend off carnivorous dead people. In real life, the Cuba-born actress is happy to be living in Los Ang [...]

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Ever wonder what your pets do while you’re away? Although Illumination Entertainment’s “The Secret Life of Pets” offers some comical insight into that age-old question, the animated feature plays more like a homage to Pixar’s “Toy Story” than anything else. Rath [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep (“The Iron Lady,” “Sophie’s Choice,” “Kramer vs. Kramer”) has a history of singing in film. From “Postcards from the Edge” to “A Prairie Home Companion,” from “Mamma Mia!” to “Into the Woods,” from “Ironweed” to “Ricki and t [...]