I will always have THE biggest crush on Kristen Kish. Second woman to ever win Top Chef, model, queer Asian-American woman, all-around badass. Plus she always favorites/replies to my tweets. Ugh, what an attractive person !!
Gina Rodriguez tagged [Melissa Fumero and I] in this Facebook post, and was like ‘I’m so proud of these Latinas that are killing it!’ And I was like, ‘Oh my god! I guess I’ll friend Melissa.’ And we were friends on the internet before we even met in real life.
Now, I had a google alert for Brooklyn Nine-Nine because I had auditioned and then gone for a screen test, and then gone for a second screen test, and I was waiting to hear… And I had a google alert, and it came up that Melissa had been cast in the show.
And I was so happy to see a Latina on the show, but also so devastated, because I knew… I knew there was not going to be any network that would cast both of us as ensemble leads on a show.
So I cried a lot. And I was devastated. And I showed a couple of friends at the time and I was like *imitates crying noise*, ‘I’m really happy for her but I really wanted that show.’
It was like two days later when I got the call, and I was gobsmacked.
The world is fucking changing.
And it’s such a testament to the show that they cast both of us! And not only us, but also Terry Crews and Andre Braugher – two black men in positions of power. It was sort of an amazing thing to see.
But yeah, now me and Melissa are real life friends.
Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o will costar in a buddy movie directed by Ava DuVernay for Netflix
“After dramatic negotiation session at the Cannes Film Festival, Netflix has nabbed a film project pairing Grammy winner Rihanna with Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, in a concept that began as a Twitter sensation. Ava DuVernay (Selma) will direct, and Issa Rae (Insecure) is in talks to write the screenplay…”
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