Kathy Bates Revives The ‘Matlock’ Mystique
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-The popular TV legal drama “Matlock” starring Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock, a folksy criminal defense attorney, aired on NBC and later ABC from March 3, 1986, to May 7, 1995. Now almost 30 years and a gender switch later, Academy Award winning actress K [...]
Ginger and Steve tell ‘True Lies’
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features   HOLLYWOOD-CBS’ new action comedy “True Lies” is inspired by James Cameron’s 1994 motion picture of the same name starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis which, in turn, was based on the 1991 French comedy “La Totale!” In CBS’ version, Steve How [...]
The Wolf That ‘Must Love Christmas’
By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-With “Must Love Christmas,” CBS continues to deliver their Sunday night original holiday movies this month. The film spotlights, Natalie Wolf, (Liza Lapira, “The Equalizer”) a recluse from New York, who happens to be a renowned writer of romantic Christ [...]