Speaker
Jason Bateman
Appearances over time
3 episodes
Episodes
3
Podcasts
Quotes & moments
In the streaming era, touring has become the primary revenue source for recording artists, replacing album sales which have been decimated by streaming platforms.
Walking to the store from her LA apartment after Selena came out, someone ran toward Lopez screaming — and her first instinct was pure fear. The moment she realized they were a fan was also the moment she understood her anonymity was gone forever.
At New York's Hit Factory — where all the Sony artists recorded — rapper Heavy D kept calling Lopez 'Jenny Lo.' She loved it so much she named her second album after it. A nickname born of studio banter became one of the most recognizable monikers in pop culture.
After her last divorce, Lopez canceled her tour and forced herself to sit in discomfort rather than work through the pain. She stopped blaming external circumstances and confronted the patterns she recognized in herself. That was two years ago. She says she's a completely different person now.
When Lopez wore the plunging green Versace dress, the internet broke — and Google had nowhere to send the image searches. According to co-founder Sergey Brin, the overwhelming demand for that single image directly led to the creation of Google Images.
After impressing Soderbergh with her initial read, Lopez was sent to Clooney's house for a chemistry test. She arrived to find a pig in the yard, then sat on the couch with Clooney and read the script. The chemistry was instant — and by the time she got home, she had the job.
Making coffee one morning — oat milk, notably — Arnett said aloud 'it's you.' That moment of self-accountability, recognizing he was the common thread in his life's problems, pushed him into serious therapy. He calls it a turning point.
Lopez wasn't born into Hollywood. She came from the Bronx, Puerto Rican, with holes in her sneakers — and a colleague's words ('If you can't do it, none of us can') made her realize the weight she carried for women who saw themselves in her. She didn't resent it. She embraced it.
Lopez worked in a law office through high school, was strong in numbers and taxes, and was on track for law school. She had done one semester of college before a dream convinced her to stop attending classes and go to the dance studio full-time instead. Her parents thought she was crazy.
Filming Enough, recording the J.Lo album, doing junkets, and shooting videos simultaneously, Lopez worked 98 consecutive days without a break. On set one afternoon, she lost her vision, became paralyzed, and had to be carried to a car. The diagnosis: complete exhaustion.
Lopez traces her relentless work ethic directly to childhood track, gymnastics, and softball — sports she left behind only when dance consumed her completely. The athlete's drive never left; it just found a bigger stage.
Lopez's new Netflix comedy My Big Fat Greek Romance — written by Brett Goldstein specifically for her — reunites her with Edward James Olmos, who played her father in Selena and now plays her father again. When Olmos walked into the first screening and delivered his opening line, the audience burst into applause.
Emma Thompson keeps her Oscars in the lavatory and her Globes on a shelf so high she can't see them. It's not false modesty — it's a very British instinct to refuse to let trophies define the room.
Emma Thompson has spent a decade writing the Nanny McPhee musical with composer Gary Clarke, aiming for a Victorian steampunk, Tom Waits-meets-dark-circus sound. It is finally coming to the West End.
When Emma Thompson first arrived in America, she was baffled by the relentless presence of ice — everything came with it, she joked, including chicken Parmesan. Britain's lack of ice, she explained, comes down to smaller fridges and fewer hot days.
During a quiet, spotlight-only ballad on tour in Spain, the audience started screaming and laughing. Lopez stayed still and kept singing. Only afterward did she realize a massive bug had slowly crawled from her chest to her neck in front of thousands. She finished the song before reacting.
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