By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Don’t believe the hate. Although Fox’s “Fantastic 4” franchise reboot has endured months of toxic pre-release buzz from Internet know-nothings who didn’t bother waiting to see the actual movie, the finished product turns [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLYWOOD—Christina Hendricks played Joan Harris on AMC’s “Mad Men” for seven seasons, rising from office manager to partner at a 1960s ad agency. She garnered six Emmy nominations, including one for her memorable supporting performance for the final season. The [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Charlize Theron (“Monster”) first became captivated with Gillian Flynn’s writing when she read her 2006 novel “Sharp Objects.” The Oscar-winning actress says she was fascinated with the way the author wrote female characters. So when she h [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—“I have seen distress around the world and sometimes it makes you lose hope,” laments Emmy award-winning actress Salma Hayek, who has traveled the globe as a humanitarian supporting causes ranging from raising awareness of violence against women to pr [...]