March 27, 2024.
08.03.2024 - 19:59 / deadline.com
Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast!
I am Valerie Complex, an associate editor and film writer at Deadline. Today I’m chatting with Mayan Lopez, co-creator, writer, co-executive producer and star of the NBC comedy series Lopez vs. Lopez alongside George Lopez and Selenis Leyva, which will return for its second season on April 2.
She conceptualized the series from her TikTok content, which she used as a creative outlet during the pandemic. She portrays a fictional version of herself, a modern Gen Z daughter working to rebuild her dysfunctional relationship with her old-school Latino father.
Lopez made her television debut in season 6 of the George Lopez show in an episode titled George Rocks to the Max and Gets Diss-Band-ed. Later, she received extensive training at the Conservatory Program at Second City as well as the Columbia College Comedy Writing and Performance Program in Chicago. Lopez honed her improv skills while performing with various improv troupes late at night at Second City after the Main Stage shows and did voiceover work for the local Chicago and regional Midwest market.
Lopez serves as an ambassador for the National Alliance of Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization. By using her voice and platform, Lopez empowers Generation Z and Millennials to speak up and take action when it comes to their own mental health. She also continues to support the LGBTQ+ community and this spring will be seen as a guest judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Her additional credits include Handsome: A Netflix Murder Mystery, Other People, Jersey, Mr. Troop Mom.
In this episode Lopez and I discuss growing up with a famous parent, how to turn family dynamics into comedy, and advocating
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Kate Garraway emotionally spoke about her late husband Derek Draper on Good Morning Britain as she revealed more about her new documentary. On GMB Kate told her ITV colleagues Susanna Reid and Ed Balls: “The idea came from him at the beginning of 2023 and he suddenly said, as words would come in fits and starts, 'are we making another documentary?” Kate continued: “I said I hadn't thought to do that Derek but he said 'I think we should'.
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Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. When Colin Jost and Michael Che are together, whether it’s as co-hosts of “SNL’s” Weekend Update or in the real world outside the confines of the famed 30 Rock stage, they are rarely serious. Like the comedic characters they broadcast on NBC, their teasing, banters and pranks are incessant — and their chemistry is palpable.
The National Weather Service in Los Angeles/Oxnard just issued a Flash Flood Warning for Southwestern Los Angeles County until 10 p.m. A flash flood warning means flash flooding is in progress, imminent, or highly likely.
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She has been at the top of her TV game for ten years so you could be forgiven for thinking Scarlett Moffatt has it all figured out. And, now that baby Jude has arrived, the breakout star of Gogglebox from 2014 admits that she ‘knows herself’ a lot more But the 33-year-old isn’t entirely immune to some self-doubt and the occasional attack of ‘imposter syndrome’. “I still sometimes go ‘I'm gonna get found out at any moment’,” laughs Scarlett, who gave birth to her son last June and who is engaged to her long time partner Scott Dobinson.
EastEnders star Mo George is swapping Albert Square for the glamour of Hollywood as he has bagged a role in a new movie with Tom Hanks, 16 years after he left the soap. Mo is famed for playing Gus Smith on EastEnders from 2002 to 2008, and now he's going to be in the new release, which is called 'Here'. On Thursday, Mo, who is 41, shared his happy news online.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's decision to change the way their two children were styled from Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor to Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet caused headlines around the world. In line with the rules laid out in the 1917 Letters Patent by King George V, grandchildren of the monarch are entitled to hold princely titles - something which Prince Harry and Meghan referenced in their statement at the time as they said they didn't want to deprive their children of their "birth right".
Coronation Street star Will Mellor has shared a surprising story about his encounter with Hollywood's Brigitte Nielsen.The 47 year old actor claimed she made him feel like a "piece of meat" during their one-night stand. On the Two Pints with Will and Ralf podcast, he talked about how Brigitte Nielsen - who was once married to Sylvester Stallone - came onto him. "I met Brigitte Nielsen and she came on to me and asked me to go and have sex with her in a hotel room," he revealed.
Hans Zimmer continued to write more music for the sci-fi epic. He was told to stop, but Zimmer insisted he would carry on, so much so that director Denis Villeneuve would joke that the composer was locked in the studio. Except it wasn’t completely a joke.
Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers has passed away at the age of 66, less than two years after revealing his cancer diagnosis.His death was announced by co-star and best friend, Si King, who said he was with Myers when he died “peacefully at home” on Wednesday, February 28His wife, Lillian, his family and close friend David were also “by his side,” King said in a statement on X/Twitter.“All who knew Dave are devastated at his passing,” wrote King. “His beloved wife brought him such happiness as did her children, Iza and Sergiu who Dave loved like his own.“Personally, I am not sure I can put into words on how I feel at the moment. My best friend is on a journey that for now, I can’t follow.
Ariana Grande is opening up about what inspired her to release her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine, which is set to drop on March 8.
Jennifer Lopez is celebrating the release of her documentary film The Greatest Love Story Never Told, which dives into some emotional topics.
Che la vie. Sara Ramirez has officially departed HBO Max’s “And Just Like That…” after two seasons — and after their character Che Diaz was ruthlessly ridiculed by viewers, Variety confirms.The Post reached out to both Ramirez, 48, and Max for comment.