By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When he got his first taste of success with “Rocky,” Sylvester Stallone recalls standing backstage at the People’s Choice awards waiting to make his entrance, dressed in a wide-lapelled blue tuxedo, frilly shirt and big bow tie. (Hey, it was the ‘70s. [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s getting harder to turn on the TV or find an indie film that doesn’t star Hollywood “It” girl Aubrey Plaza. Her day job is playing oddball civil servant April Ludgate on the NBC comedy “Parks and Recreation.” She also has a recurring role on the N [...]
By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter Two new home video releases are centered on characters seeking justice against those who would do their family members harm. The past comes back to haunt a former petty criminal in the crime thriller “Rage,” starring Nicolas Cage. The Image Entertainment fil [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When she was only a toddler, Sarah Wayne Callies recalls battening down the hatches in her home for Hurricane Eva in her native Hawaii. She and her grandmother—her parents were out of town—filled the bathtub with water (in case the storm damaged the w [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—YouTube has replaced Schwab’s Pharmacy as the place for aspiring film actresses to be discovered. Just as Lana Turner was purportedly discovered sitting at the drug store counter by Mervyn Leroy back in the day, French-Canadian actress Charlotte Le Bo [...]