family -- they don't call you awkwafina?r music career or your film career? >> neither. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: really? >> like you know, they're just cool with it. they didn't kick me out of the house or anything. grdms yore not eve acting, dude, u ow what i mean? >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. "crazy rich asians" she's like, you're not even acting, it's just like you. >> jimmy: i see. >> i was like, all right, well. >> jimmy: mean grandma. >> yeah, mean grandma. >> jimmy: or maybe there are just high expectations for their little baby. >> yeah. >> jimmy: that show business seems trivial. >> air traffic controller was my expectation. that's what my dad wanted me to be in awkwafina. >> jimmy: that's a weird job to choose for a kid. >> i was like dad, law school? he's like, don't go to law school, become an air traffic controller, you'll be fine. >> jimmy: fortunately you didn't. where did you shoot this movie? >> we shot in singapore and kuala lumpur. >> jimmy: when you're flying in, do you get on the thing go, hey, guys, i could

and then, like it's me awkwafina. >> trust me people will know who she is after this movie.nd he hosted travel programs. >>> clearly hollywood is an international community and that means their talents don't just stop at acting. case in point, the stars who are completely fluent in a foreign language. >> bradley, we already loved you. but when you speak and sing in french? ooh la la. >> when i was a junior in college in my spring semester i studied abroad. i always loved french. >> some stars learned to speak a different tongue at home. sandra bullock's mother was from germany. >> leo's mom is also from so he didn't need a dialect coach for "shutter island." >> i got to go there many, many summers to visit my grandparents there. it was like a second home, germany. >> mila kunis was born in the ukraine and came to the u.s. as a child. >> at the moscow premiere of "friends with benefits," her co-star justin timberlake shared his russian skills. >> gwyneth paltrow learned spanish when she spent a student year abroad in spain. >> born in israel, natalie portman's real name is na

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ken's" ken jeong and "ocean eight's" awkwafina may be used to getting this kind of crazy press, not thisver of "entertainment weekly"" >> my first big cover. the fact that people were picking on it before any footage was coming out, i was blown away. and that just shows how much faith the industry has in our movie. >> anybody know where henry is? >> yeah. >> just who is this leading man? he's 31, married, and a former hairstylist who's also very comfortable in front of the camera. >> thank you for joining us on all of our travels. . >> henry was a tv host in asia and built up quite a following. and while shooting this movie in his home country of malaysia was a treat, it wasn't as glam as it looks. >> the three-piece suits, filming in asia, it was just like a steam box. >> but you know we lost a lot of weight from the sweat, you know? >> we did, we sweat it out. >>> all right, well, coming you, chrissy tiegen and john legend's two--month-old son miles proves next on kron-4 news at eight: two wildfires are forcing more people from their homes tonight as they grow in size. an update on the

. >> reporter: hip-hop comedian nora lum, aka awkwafina, plays his daughter. >> let me get this straighto the same school, yet someone came back with a degree that's useful. the other one came back as asian ellen. >> papa-fina. >> i heard that, that's amazing. >> nora and i, young hollywood. they had to age me up. >> he would have been 11 when i was born. >> yeah, i was like 11. i keep texting her, huh? us young bucks, right? >> it's lit. >> it's lit af! >> reporter: at the heart of this comedy, a universal love story with a distinctly asian flavor. >> it's just great seeing you guys all like this. >> there is a dumpling scene. i've done this as a child, making korean dumplings. think it's part what was evokes thisicanshoee t>> it's so rare scenes that are so familiar to us played out on the big screen, given the hollywood treatment. i met someone yesterday who took his 70-year-old father to a screening. he said, i've never seen my father cry, but he cried at the screening. he told me, he never thought in his lifetime he would see another movie like this. so it's so deeply touching to me

the romantic comedy stars constance wu, michelle yeoh, and awkwafina and is set in singapore.selling novel exploring consumerism and opulence in a continent that produces more billionaires than anywhere else. yet again the indonesian island of lombok has been hit by a series of earthquakes. the latest had a magnitude of 6.9. it was felt in the east of the island, triggering landslides and sending people fleeing into the streets. the new tremors come just two weeks after an earthquake killed more than a70 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes. richard galpin reports. once again, people in lombok run for their lives as another series of powerful earthquakes hit the island. the fear palpable. one of the tremors measuring 6.9, the same as the quake which killed more than 400 people here earlier this month. for those living near the hills, another danger — landslides triggered by the earthquakes sweeping down towards them. aid workers are doing what they can to help. we are lucky, they have water and food they can distribute, we are also distributing tarpaulin, but more a

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really good one. >> it's a huge moment for you, too, awkwafina.s your story. it centers around you. you wrote such a moving post, which i read a couple about what this means to you. how has this whole experience tien. are you kind of pinching your self? >> definitely i feel so lucky and so thgrateful. began for me five years ago when my television sho "fresh off the boat" the first tv show in over 20 years to feature an all american asian story.n to do it a larger scale, meeting more people and hearing their stories and why important to them to see their stories reflected on screen, it's been a really meaningful process. >> we think it's an awesome movie. we can't overemphasize enough, it's a great rom com. no matter where you're from, people will enjoyt and learn a lot, to >> >>> this is a "news 4 today" news break. >>> good morning, everybody. 8:26 now on this wednesday, august 15th. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's start with a check on the commute. melissaollet has your first 4 traffic. >> good morning. taking a look. frederick row between 109 and 1

and later this week, kristen bell, john david washington, awkwafina plus music from brett eldridge andurprise mystery guest, unless he cancels on us. so we'll see you tomorrow night too. our first guest tonight is an actor, director, producer and forever a bluth. he is a double emmy nominee for his excellent show "ozark." >> what would you like to do, wendy? you want to send them out of here? >> no. we tried that already. it didn't work. we need to be here for them. >> what does that mean? was that for me? >> marty, you can't sit in this house for more than 15 minutes without being distracted. >> okay. that's enough. >> with the deposits, the meetings you're hiding from me. you're hiding from the kids. and i'm not going back to that life. i mean, you want the know why jonah is laundering money? because he wants to prove to you that he is useful so you have to pay some attention to him. what? >> season 2 of "ozark" premiers august 31st on netflix. please welcome jason bateman. >> it's good to see you. >> hi. >> jimmy: i see you all the time. >> it's really weird to see you. >> jimmy: it

and on thursday awkwafina and fire-nado known as kanye west. be here, kanye live -- [ cheers and applause ] sitting right there. or over there, i don't know, wherever he wants to sit is where he's going to sit. our first guest won two emmy awards for the original run of "will & grace" and they have risen from the dead for more. she is nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy. please welcome megan mullally. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: how are you doing? >> hi. >> jimmy: very good to see you. >> great to see you. >> jimmy: i'm not pandering, you look fantastic. i think you're getting younger, this is happening? >> well, yes. >> jimmy: you figured out a way? >> officially benjamin buttoning out. >> jimmy: good, it's about time somebody benjamin buttoned out. everything good in your life? >> yeah everything's great? did you work today? were you shooting "will ask grace" today? >> i was not. but my husband, sire nick offerman and i -- [ applause ] yes, we have been recording our audio book. the audio book of our book that we

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awkwafina and ken jeong bring the funnny as daughter and father in "crazy rich asians" -- sometimes,, he was too funny!"it was hard. dude! it was really hard. 'cause like, i'm just trying to act. i'm calling sag. "yeah, you're calling sag. 'help! there's an over-actor on set!'""'help!' no, 'help, he's too funny!'" (laugh)(singing) "i know it's been a long time comin' since i saw your face..."it's been two decades since steve perry put out a new album, but the former journey frontman is back! perry writes on his website that he "disappeared" years ago because he lost his love for music. eventually, he began writing songs, thinking he'd be the only one who ever heard them. that changed: his new album, "traces," arrives october fifth. in hollywood, i'm david daniel. (robin)still ahead... a robber's bold move to get cash fast. and police say this isn't the only crime he's suspected in. i'm april kennedy and i'm an arborist with pg&e in the sierras. since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year