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...comforting alternative universe of sitcoms like Julia, with Diahann Carroll as a loving single mom, and Chico and the Man, with Latino comic Freddie Prinze. "It was the first time I ever saw anybody on TV who looked like me," Lopez says. Inspired by Prinze, Lopez became a stand-up comedian, but his career floundered until Chris Rock's manager, Dave Becky, told Lopez he needed to put his story into his act. "He said, 'With you, people laugh, but there is nothing to attach to,'" Lopez says...
...action movie these days is like the old ritual of ordering Chinese food: choose one from column A and one from column B. In column A is a martial-arts star imported from Hong Kong; in column B, a rising young African-American, usually a hip-hop performer or stand-up comic. Studio bosses have decided that the ideal action recipe, like a good Sichuan dinner, is a mix of flavors, spices and colors. And where are the white stars? Don't need 'em in the new East-West rainbow coalition. To get into a decent fight film, Caucasian actors...
DIED. GEORGE MILLER, 61, stand-up comedian and frequent guest on David Letterman's late-night talk show; of complications from a blood clot in the brain following a long bout with leukemia; in Los Angeles. He and Letterman met on the L.A. comedy-club circuit in the 1970s, and the talk-show host invited him for more guest appearances--56--than any other comic...
...stand-up comic, Valdez used to joke about the dearth of English-language TV shows that feature Latinos. At 46, he fights for these shows--and wins. He co-founded Si TV to produce them, and its show The Brothers Garcia, a comedy based partly on Valdez's childhood with nine siblings in Colorado, is a hit for Nickelodeon. This summer EchoStar will distribute the new Si TV network, the first English-language channel for Latinos, to U.S. cable and satellite customers...
...Harvard’s Immediate Gratification Players (IGP) join forces with a number of other comedy troupes to overload you with their hilarious stand-up improvisations and witticisms. Friday, Feb. 21, and Saturday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets free at the Loeb Box Office. Loeb Experimental Theater...