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Melissa McCarthy is ‘Boss’ in New Comedy

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|April 3, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Hollywood comedies are filled with oppressive employers: from Dabney Coleman’s sexist and tyrannical Franklin M. Hart Jr. in “9 to 5,” to Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly in “The Devil Wears Prada” to all of the higher-ups in “Horrible Bosses,” to name [...]

Self-Described Cheeto Stars in ‘Tammy’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|July 1, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—With her star-making turn in “Bridesmaids,” an ongoing successful TV comedy series, “Mike & Molly” and a hit buddy comedy “Heat” under her belt, comedian Melissa McCarthy teams up with Oscar winner Susan Sarandon in another rib-tickler, “Tammy.” T [...]

Susan Sarandon Plays Sexy Granny in ‘Tammy’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 26, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Aside from her turn in the musical comedy “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” four decades ago, Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon (“Dead Man Walking”) is mostly known for her dramatic performances. The titian-haired New Yorker is still sexy at 67, and [...]

Kathy Bates Adds Flash to ‘Tammy’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 26, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Kathy Bates earned an Academy Award for playing an obsessed fan in the big screen adaption of Stephen King’s “Misery.” The Memphis, Tenn., native now plays another oddball in the Melissa McCarthy comedy “Tammy,” whose obsession is blowing things up. I [...]