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Jane’s Addiction gets up close and personal with “Theatre of the Escapists”

News By Peter Gonzaga|January 10, 2012 |0

By Front Row Features Staff. HOLLYWOOD-Known for their most unique parties in rock, mixing a fierce musicality with theatrical flair onstage, Jane’s Addiction takes their upcoming North American shows dubbed “Theatre of the Escapists” to more intimate venues in 2012. To s [...]

Gina Carano Goes ‘Haywire’ in Action Thriller

Film Features By Angela Dawson|January 9, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Gina Carano has dominated the world of mixed martial arts fighting for the past five years and has starred in the hit NBC show, “American Gladiators.” She now turns her sights to the big screen, making her feature film debut in Steven Soderbergh’s act [...]

Streep Steps Into ‘Small, Tight Shoes’ of Thatcher

Film Features By Angela Dawson|January 5, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—In “The Iron Lady,” Meryl Streep stars as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, one of that nation’s most controversial conservative leaders of the 20th century. Streep recently discussed her role in that film, and how she transformed i [...]

Jolie Makes Directorial Debut with ‘Blood and Honey’

Film Features By Angela Dawson|January 1, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Having served as a United Nations Goodwill ambassador, Angelina Jolie has traveled to many war-torn countries over the past decade. Over the course of her travels, she heard about the atrocities committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early 1990s. [...]

Branagh Channels Olivier in ‘My Week With Marilyn’

Film Features By Angela Dawson|January 1, 2012 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Early in his career, Kenneth Branagh sent a letter to his idol Sir Laurence Olivier asking him for advice on a role he was about to play. “That, in itself, was exciting: the ritual of writing to a god,” recalls the renowned actor and filmmaker some 30 [...]

Immortals (Release Date 11/11/11): Freida Pinto leads the future for ‘Immortals’

Film Features By Peter Gonzaga|November 7, 2011 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—If an oracle had appeared to Freida Pinto in 2006 and told her she would be a world famous actress in five years, the Mumbai-born beauty would not likely have believed it. “Not having any connections in the film industry makes it very difficult to get [...]

J. EDGAR (release date 11/09/11): Eastwood brings Hoover back to life

Film Features By Peter Gonzaga|November 6, 2011 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—For Americans growing up in 1930s and 1940s, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover was looked on as a heroic figure. “This was all prior to the Information Age,” says Clint Eastwood, who lived through the Depression and World War II, and has now made a biopic [...]