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Gloria Calderón Kellett: Norman Lear gave me the courage to embrace my purpose

Writer and producer Gloria Calderón Kellett worked closely with Norman Lear, developing the reboot of his groundbreaking 1975 show, “One Day at a Time.” Here, in her own words, she writes about her relationship with the TV icon. Norman Lear and Gloria Calderón Kellett on the set of “One Day at a Time.” Norman acknowledged the challenge and with the …

There’s a detail in the opening moments of “With Love,” the holiday romantic comedy series premiering Friday on Amazon, that may seem unremarkable to some, but was a very intentional priority for creator Gloria Calderón Kellett in bringing her vision to the screen: a swoon-worthy kitchen inside a Latino home. Well aware of the genre’s predominantly white, straight, cisgender past, …

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Illustration: HuffPost; Photos: Kevin Estrada/Amazon Prime Video The opening scenes of “With Love” immediately establish the show’s cozy and joyful vibes. So it was really so awesome to get to make stuff that now gets to exist,” said Calderón Kellett, who previously co-created and was the co-showrunner on Netflix’s reboot of “One Day at a Time.” “We didn’t have it …

“Vida” creator and showrunner Tanya Saracho has been trying to create the roles she didn’t have at the beginning of her career and make it possible for others to do the same. When she was first starting out in TV, one of Saracho’s role models was Gloria Calderón Kellett, then a supervising producer on the Lifetime show “Devious Maids,” where …

There won’t be another life for “One Day at a Time.” Showrunners Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce took to Twitter on Tuesday to share the sad news that their acclaimed Cuban American sitcom, inspired by Norman Lear’s 1975 original, is “officially over” after four seasons. “I’ll forever be grateful for the amazing experience and honor it was to work …

Bourdais and rookie Kellett complete Foyt’s IndyCar lineup

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — AJ Foyt Racing has completed its IndyCar lineup and will use Sebastien Bourdais and rookie Dalton Kellett in its flagship No. Tony Kanaan announced last week he was scaling back to race only the five ovals on the IndyCar schedule, and that includes the Indy 500. “This opportunity is truly a dream come true for me, dating …

CNN — According to the legend, American blues singer Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil at a crossroads, in exchange for otherworldly musical talent. “The story of Robert Johnson selling his soul at a crossroads inspired me from the start,” Kellett said in a phone interview. Oli Kellett His first photo in the series is of a woman …

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‘One Day at a Time’s’ Gloria Calderón Kellett on being the boss and the Netflix numbers game

In this series, Running the Show, The Times speaks with showrunners of your favorite TV programs about breaking into Hollywood, being the boss and more challenges of the job. At the time, that’s what I felt I had to do.” Flat irons and curling wands inside the office of Gloria Calderón Kellett, the co-showrunner of Netflix’s reboot of “One Day …