Episode 21 - The Twenty-First One... and Byron Lane
Wendi and Dfernando's twenty-first episode and their guest interview is Emmy Award winning author, playwright and screenwriter Byron Lane. His debut novel is called A STAR IS BORED, about a celebrity assistant struggling to manage his eccentric and hilarious movie star boss, inspired in part by Lane’s time as assistant to beloved actress, author and screenwriter, Carrie Fisher. The novel has received rave reviews in The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, USA Today, and People Magazine which hails: "Funny, dishy, deeply affectionate... the force is with him." Lane also wrote and co-stars in the play TILDA SWINTON ANSWERS AN AD ON CRAIGSLIST, a comedy hit having sold out runs in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It's been critically praised by The Guardian, British Theatre, and Broadway World which says, "Hysterical... Lane has written a brilliant tour de force." The play was inspired by his late rescue dog, Tilda. Lane wrote and co-stars in LAST WILL a TESTICLE, an award-winning web series about his first testicular cancer diagnosis which screened at festivals around the world, was called "fearless" by Cosmopolitan Magazine, and named "New York Television Festival Pilots to Put on Your Radar" by NBC Out. He wrote and co-stars in a feature film called HERPES BOY, starring Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer, which won Best Comedy at Comic Con and an Audience Award from Austin Film Festival. And he wrote and produced a trailer for a series called GAY DIVORCE which was a finalist in Project Greenlight's See Yourself contest. Lane is a regional Emmy Award winner from his time as a TV News journalist. He's originally from New Orleans and lives in Los Angeles with his husband, best-selling author Steven Rowley. And also on Episode 21, Wendi and Dfernando's RIPE a ROTTEN REPORT bring up the 2018 documentary DURAN DURAN: THERE'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW, Kevin Stea and the 2016 documentary STRIKE A POSE, which follows up on the dancers of Madonna's legendary 1990 BLONDE AMBITION WORLD TOUR and featured in her groundbreaking 1991 documentary MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE. Then there's broken flip-flops, Diet Coke and THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS. Follow us on our Instagram: Wendi McLendon-CoveyDfernando ZarembaGENERATION RIPE ... and our guest Byron Lane, his Twitter, and his Facebook page. Click here to purchase Byron Lane's novel A STAR IS BORED Remember to subscribe, rate a leave a review for GENERATION RIPE Visit Dfernando Zaremba's website: dfernandozaremba.com
