By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Imogen Poots reveals by phone that she is snowbound in a New York City hotel, but the British actress loves every minute of it. “It’s all extremely scenic,” she marvels. “Everyone’s afraid we’re going to be trapped here but I’m like, ‘What’s the probl [...]
By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features Wire HOLLYWOOD—It’s been quite a while since Vera Farmiga has made a romantic comedy. Having been busy with action and horror/suspense films along with her current role as spooky hotelier Norma Bates in the A&E television series, “Bates Motel,” Farmiga w [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Rosario Dawson plays one of the most despicable mothers ever depicted on film in the drama “Gimme Shelter.” Drug-addicted, she is verbally and physically abusive to her teenage daughter Apple (played by Vanessa Hudgens). The film is written, directed [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Filmmaker Evan Jackson Leong grew up in the Bay area. An Asian-American, he enjoyed watching basketball, but there were no NBA players that looked like him. When he started hearing about an up and coming Asian-American on Harvard’s basketball team a f [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—British actor Steve Coogan is best known for his biting sense of humor. But having grown up in the Catholic faith (his family hails from Ireland), he has experienced disillusionment with his faith over the years and no longer considers himself a practi [...]