Things We Saw Today: This Is Us Star Milana Vayntrub Tells Her Refugee Story
Milana Vayntrub, whom you might know from the hit show This Is Us, came to the United States from Russia when she was three. In this short, but awesome video that’s part of the Lives of Women series, she talks about her experience as a child comparing herself to American children, and how much she values the organization that worked with her family to help them get settled and thrive. (via Women and Hollywood)
- Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) and Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta) have joined the voice cast of the upcoming Spider-Man animated film, which is all about Miles Morales’ Spidey! (via Birth.Movies.Death)
- This Wonder Woman/Hello Kitty cross-promotion in Japan is too adorable for words. (via Variety)
- Chadwick Boseman talks the Black Panther trailer on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (via Jimmy Kimmel Live on YouTube)
First, they went back into the past. Now, they’re going into the future. Well, their future, which is really 1991, which is our past. It’s all very confusing, but it looks highly entertaining. Check out the trailer for the upcoming Wet, Hot, American Summer: Ten Years Later on Netflix. (via Deadline Hollywood)
- At the first annual CAA Amplify Summit on diversity in Hollywood, Ava DuVernay and J.J. Abrams talked about all the work that still needs doing. (via Variety)
- Donald Trump doesn’t think poor people or people with a poor person’s “thinking” should be in his cabinet. That’s funny, I don’t think ignorant, sexist blowhards should be President. The world is an unfair place, my friend. (via The Daily Dot)
- And lastly, Jurassic World 2′s official title is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Woot. (via /Film)
That’s it from us! What have you seen out there today?
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