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Los Angeles Times
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Jordan Firstman
Making a comedy-music album based on secrets shared by internet strangers might not seem like an obvious step for Jordan Firstman, who stars in FX's 'English Teacher' and Rachel Sennott's new HBO show that's being called the 'It' pilot of the season. But there is nothing about Firstman's career that feels textbook Hollywood — and that's what makes him such a compelling figure. That, and all the jokes. The actor-writer-director became 'internet famous' (his words) during the COVID-19 pandemic when he started doing impressions on social media of unsuspecting subjects such as an iPhone charger not made by Apple, a man who is 5'11' and banana bread's publicist ('They're trying to get me to represent pumpkin pie right now. I'm like, b—, come back to me in four months'). Since then, he's taken on projects that feel varied and fresh, including playing the lead role in the dark comedy 'Rotting in the Sun,' which premiered at Sundance in 2023. Firstman's debut album, 'Secrets,' released this month, was born out of the pandemic moments when he'd ask his followers to submit their secrets to him via Instagram Stories, and he'd share them anonymously. He eventually turned several of the confessions into hilarious and highly impressive songs (many of which have salacious titles that cannot be published here). 'The coolest thing is making art out of life,' says Firstman of the genre-defying album. 'This feels like the most direct way I can do that.' Always gravitating toward good vibes and more jokes, Firstman packs his Sundays with things that bring him delight. His agenda for a perfect day in L.A. includes a boat party, an ice bath and the most glorious spicy shrimp in town. This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Midnight: Sunday officially begins Are we considering midnight the start of the day? If it's midnight, we still have a couple hours starting the day, so we're either at a house party or maybe Chateau [Marmont] till around 2 or 3. I think 3 is the perfect time to go home because it doesn't feel like you're lame and going home at 2 just because you're in L.A. and everyone goes home at 2 in L.A. But you can still sleep till like 10 and have a good night. A lot of my friends push it a little too hard and go till 5 or 6. Not for me. I'm too old for that. 10:30 a.m.: Morning bagels We're immediately going to Courage Bagels. My biggest flex in L.A. is that I get to cut the line at Courage Bagels because they like me. I try to use it no more than twice a year because I don't want to lose the privilege. I'm almost even hesitant saying it because I don't want them to take it away from me. But I do think we have a good DM rapport. If I had my dream, someone would go pick up the bagels for me and bring them to my bed. But I don't have a loved one like that right now. So we'll go to Courage, cut the line, get a Burnt Everything with the salted butter. Then I'll pop over to Sqirl just for drinks. They have a good mocha there, and the lavender lemonade is really good. 11 a.m.: A strategic workout I'll go to Rodeo [Athletic Club], my gym in Silver Lake. Apparently, the secret formula to losing fat is — wait, hold on [pulls out his phone] — the 12-3-30 method. It's 12% incline and 3% speed for 30 minutes on the treadmill. And I watch one episode of either 'Sex and the City,' 'Girls' or 'Entourage,' and that's 30 minutes. The time goes by because you're not running. I hate running. So you're walking, but you still get sweaty and you feel like you're working out. And apparently it's better than running. Like, that's what TikTok tells me, and I believe everything TikTok tells me. Then I'll do a couple of minutes in the ice bath. In the past six months, I've gotten really into it. I did eight minutes one time. It makes you feel so much better emotionally. It's really hard to be in a bad mood after you do it. 12:30 p.m.: Party on a boat My friend John Sharp has a boat parked in Marina del Rey. I'd spend the day there with a bunch of these gay Venice boys. It's a good, wholesome vibe. And, you know, we'll do some mushrooms, drink some natural wine. Usually someone will bring some bread and cheese from Gjelina. Then some friends will have people over to their house after, and they'll order some food. And they'll make everyone Venmo before the food even comes. And sometimes I'm doing the math and I'm like, wait, I don't think you guys are even paying [laughs]. That's the vibe, but we love them for it. And they're opening their house to us, so we can pay for their delivery. It's fine. But that's usually what ends up happening. 3:30 p.m.: Get scrubbed On my way home, I would stop at Century Day & Night Spa. If this is the best day ever, I would do a body scrub. Because sometimes when you're at the gym, you forget to shower. There's some 'bacne' happening, so you really gotta scrub it out. And so we'll have one of those old, nice Korean men scrub it out. 6 p.m.: Assemble the ideal bite of Sichuan food So we're going all the way to San Gabriel Valley now. My favorite Sunday restaurant is Chengdu Taste, and I'm ordering a lot. Hopefully I can get some friends to come. All of my friends are, like, anorexic basically, or have some form of eating disorder, so it's hard to get people to eat fattening food with me. I'm getting the flavored shrimp, the crispy chicken with the chile peppers, the eggplant, the tomato and egg soup, the Chengdu fried rice and the green beans. The perfect bite is the Chengdu fried rice — it is so f— good and the best fried rice I've ever had in my life. That with a bite of the eggplant, which is really soft and almost souplike, and then with one of the shrimps. Oh, my gosh, I'm getting so excited. It's like the most insane bite ever, and you're sweating and it's beautiful. 8 p.m.: Some quick fun If this is my ideal Sunday, a f— buddy or a casual dalliance would come over, and we would have sex. That would be 8 to 8:40. OK, at most, really, 8 to 8:25. Let's be real. And then he would leave, and then I would watch 'The White Lotus.' 10 p.m.: Wind down with a skincare routine I would do skincare after that. Get all my new peptides that I'm taking filled up. Get those syringes filled. A good mask would be nice, just to look fresh for the next day. In bed by 11.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘The Maid' Star Catalina Saavedra, Madre Board Malaga Buzz Project ‘A Decorous Woman' (EXCLUSIVE)
Chile's Catalina Saavedra, a Sundance Acting Special Jury Prize winner for 'The Maid,' and a Film Independent Spirit Award nominee for 'Rotting in the Sun,' is attached to star in Natalia Luque's 'A Decorous Woman' ('Señorita de Buena Presencia'), lead produced by Chile's Parina Films and one of the highest profile projects to be showcased at next week's 2025 Malaga Festival Fund & Co-Production Event (MAFF). In further news, 'A Decorous Woman,' set up at Parina Films, represented by Rodrigo Díaz, and France's Tomsa Films (France), headed by Thomas Lambert, has just been boarded by Madre Content. A Latinx company, Madre was launched in 2023 by distinguished Chilean filmmaker Francisca Alegría ('The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future') with offices in Chile, Uruguay and the U.S. More from Variety Spain's Latido Films Scoops Up Doc 'Almudena' Ahead of Malaga Film Fest Premiere (EXCLUSIVE) Latido Picks Up Gracia Querejeta's Malaga Competition Title 'The Good Luck' (EXCLUSIVE) Malaga Unveils 2025 Work in Progress Lineup Spotlighting Projects From Chile, Dominican Republic Madre will co-produce 'A Decorous Woman,' which has also tapped a grant from the Chilean Audiovisual Fund 2024 in its Feature Film Production category, securing 30% of its budget, Díaz told Variety. Breaking out after 'The Maid,' Saavedra also played next to Tilda Swinton in Julio Torres' SXSW 2023 debut 'Problemista,' produced by Emma Stone. She scored last year a Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for supporting performance in 'Rotting in the Sun,' directed by 'The Maid' helmer Sebastián Silva. In 'A Decorous Woman,' Saavedra will play Maria Marta, a 55-year-old hairdresser in Chile whose copes with her loneliness when her only daughter moves abroad. immersing herself in the gossip and stories told by her clients. After learning her daughter will not return to Chile, however, she is forced to stop fantasizing about others' lives and find comfort in unexpected places. 'Catalina is a magnificent artist. She has a quality of embodying the roles she plays with such commitment that you can feel how they live within her skin, transmitting the characters' emotions and experiences beyond the screen, connecting with the audience in a way that's not easy to achieve,' said Díaz. 'She is also a versatile actress who seamlessly navigates both drama and comedy – two genres central to the film and integral to Marta Maria's experience,' he added. 'A Decorous Woman' marks the feature debut of Columbia U and BAFTA Newcomers Program alum Luque, whose 2023 Chilean village abortion short 'So They Say' played Palm Springs Shortfest, as well as the Telluride Film Festival, Hamptons Film Festival and GuadaLAjara Film Festival, winning Jury Honors and Student Selects recognition at the Columbia Film Festival. It was also shortlisted for the BAFTA Yugo Student Awards and went on to score last year a CCAS Prize at the Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse. 'The film explores intergenerational bonds among women and their influence during a pivotal moment in the protagonist's life,' Luque told Variety. 'Set in a hair salon – an epicenter of gossip and storytelling – it combines elements of drama and comedy to portray experiences that resonate intimately with women's perspectives.' 'The film is a journey to the heart of motherhood, where caring and nurturing are in the epicenter. The protagonist must confront the absence and rediscover herself as a woman,' added Díaz. At Mafiz, Málaga's industry forum, Díaz and Luque aim to meet with Spanish producers, international sales agents, distributors and film funds representatives. 'I am driven by films – and art in general – that explore the intimate universe of women. Natalia's debut feature is a film that depicts a complex character through a journey of self-discovery and self-recognition beyond society's expectations,' said Díaz. He added: 'The film is also an invitation for the audience to reflect on the 'decorous women' in our lives – our mothers, aunts, grandmothers and beyond who have seen their life experience repressed, with limited opportunities for development outside the roles they are expected to fulfil.' Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Oscars 2026: First Blind Predictions Including Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone, 'Wicked: For Good' and More What's Coming to Disney+ in March 2025
