Orianthi Releases Third Solo Album
By MICHAEL HIXON Special to Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Australian guitarist/singer/songwriter Orianthi made her big U.S. breakthrough in 2009, when she played lead guitar for Carrie Underwood at the 51st Grammy Awards. Michael Jackson’s musical director Michael Bearden then contacted her  [...]
Saoirse Ronan At Core of Sci-Fi Thriller
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Saoirse Ronan is growing up. The 18-year-old Irish actress (best known for her Oscar-nominated turn in 2007’s “Atonement”) plays her first big romantic role in “The Host,” the latest adaptation of a Stephenie Meyer novel into a movie. Ronan’s characte [...]
Romance is Over
By A Front Row Features Staff Reporter HOLLYWOOD—After a 12-year run in the music business, music act My Chemical Romance has disbanded. According to their official website at www.mychemicalromance.com, the band states: “Being in this band for the past 12 years has been a true blessing. We& [...]
Morgan Freeman Takes Charge in ‘Olympus’
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Morgan Freeman knows something about authority figures, having played a number of them over the years, including a school principal in “Lean on Me,” a brigadier general in “Outbreak,” the U.S. president in “Deep Impact” and the Almighty himself in two [...]