By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Audiences may know Elizabeth Banks as the color-coordinated and well-coifed chaperone Effie Trinket in “The Hunger Games” films or as Jack Donaghy’s peripatetic wife on the sitcom “30 Rock.” Having directed a few short films and a segment of the 2013  [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Inspiration can come from almost anywhere if you know where to look. Take, for example, Robert B. Weide, the renowned writer/producer/filmmaker, best known for his collaboration with Larry David on the HBO comedy “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Weide was stuc [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—James Marsden is a ridiculously attractive actor who plays a ridiculously attractive actor whom Jack Black’s character feels he needs to lure back to their small town high school reunion in the dark comedy “The D Train.” As Oliver, Marsden, 41, plays  [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Alluring South American beauty Sofia Vergara knows comedy. She stars on the hit TV series “Modern Family,” and she’s known for playing sexy comedic roles in films like “Chasing Papi,” “Fading Gigolo” and “Chef.” She now co-stars in her first buddy com [...]