TELL
TELL ME
TELL ME ABOUT PADDING THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SO THE ONE WE NEED STUFF TO WATCH
YOU NUMBER TWO WE WANT TO FOCUS
IN ON OUR MILITARY. WE'VE GOT A
MOVIE THAT'S INSPIRED BY A TRUE
STORY WHICH IS GONNA BE I THINK
A HUGE HIT HERE IN SAN DIEGO
JUST BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SUCH A
HUGE MILITARY PRESENCE. SO WITH
ME OF COURSE KELLY GILLESPIE,
ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER TO TELL
US MORE ABOUT IT. HI. YEAH, I'M
EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE. SO IT'S
CALLED MILITARY WIVES AND IT'S
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS WHO YOU'LL
KNOW FROM THE ENGLISH PACE
PATIENT AND FOUR WEDDINGS AND A
FUNERAL AND SHARON HORGAN FROM
GAME NIGHT AND THEY TEAM
TOGETHER AND THEY GIVE
THE PERSPECTIVE OF MILITARY
WIVES AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
OTHER PARTNERS ARE DEPLOYED IN
AFGHANISTAN AND THEY DO IT BY
FORMING A CHOIR THAT ENDED UP
SPARKING A MOVEMENT AND KIND OF
LAUNCHING THEM ONTO AN
INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM. SO I
TALKED WITH BOTH OF THEM ABOUT
THE CHARACTER OF ACTUAL
MILITARY WIVES BECAUSE WE HAVE
SO MANY HERE IN SAN DIEGO TOP
BRASS HOW WOULD YOU RATHER AND
YOU'VE BEEN INVITED TO SING AT
THE FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE
THE BIG ONE ON TV. THIS IS
GOING TO BE A DISASTER FOR SAN
DIEGO. WE HAVE MULTIPLE BASES,
MULTIPLE BRANCHES. SO
THE MILITARY ARE A HUGE PART OF
OUR COMMUNITY AND WE LOVE THEM.
BUT FOR THE TWO OF YOU, WHAT'S
STUCK WITH YOU MOST ABOUT
THE CHARACTER OF MILITARY
WIVES? OH MY GOD. I THINK FOR
ME IT WAS BECAUSE REALLY WHAT I
KNEW VERY, VERY, VERY LITTLE I
WAS PURELY IGNORANT ABOUT THEIR
LIVES AND I'M YOU KNOW WHAT
THEY GO THROUGH WHAT THEY HAVE
TO ENDURE. JUST AN LOOK WHICH
IS POSITIVE AND YOU KNOW, IT
WAS NOT KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON
BUT JUST LIKE LIFE EXISTS AND
LIFE HAS TO HAS TO ALSO BE
LIVED ON. YES. WE HAVE TO SAY
GOODBYE TO OUR PARTNERS FOR
SOMETIMES SIX MONTHS AT A TIME
AND IT'S AWFUL AND IT'S A
REALLY TOUGH THING TO GET
THROUGH. BUT LIFE DOESN'T END
THERE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S FUN
AND THERE'S LAUGHTER AND
THERE'S HAPPINESS THAT RUNS
ALONGSIDE IT. THE THING THAT
IMPRESSED ME WAS THIS SORT OF
RESILIENCE AND KNOWING THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONTHS
SOMETIMES MAYBE TWO YEARS AND
MAKE MOVE AGAIN. SO YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE TO PUT DOWN ROOTS
AGAIN. YOU KIND OF START AGAIN.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO RECREATE
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RE
REASSEMBLE YOUR LIFE IN
DIFFERENT PLACES. YOU MAY NOT
MEET THE QUALITY SOME OF THOSE
WOMEN DO. SO WHAT THEY TALKED
ABOUT WAS WAS KIND OF HEAVY.
BEING A MILITARY WIFE SEPARATED
FROM YOUR SPOUSE HAVING TO
UPROOT AND REROUTE BUT IT IS
STILL A COMEDY. THERE'S A LOT
OF LIGHTHEARTED MOMENTS.
ABSOLUTELY. A COMEDY FIRST AND
IT'S VERY FUNNY. BUT THEY DO,
YOU KNOW, PAY A LOT OF RESPECTS
TO WHAT THESE WOMEN HAVE TO GO
THROUGH. AND YOU KNOW, THE TWO
OF THEM WERE KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
UNFAMILIAR WITH WHAT THAT
PROCESS LOOKED LIKE. AND SO I
THINK IF YOU'RE A MILITARY
WIFE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY
GRAVITATE TOWARDS AND AND SAY
YES, I'M GETTING REPRESENTED.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT, THIS IS A
GREAT GLIMPSE INTO, YOU KNOW, A
STRENGTH THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER
TO HOLD THAT POSITION IN YOUR
FAMILY. SO FROM MY WORTH
STAYING ON THE TREND OF SINGING
BUT THIS IS A MOVIE THAT'S
COMING OUT NEXT WEEK. THE HIGH
NOTE STARRING DIANA ROSS IS
DAUGHTER. BASICALLY THE STORY
OF A WHITE US SINGING SUPERSTAR
AND HER ASSISTANT. YOU SAID IT
WAS SIMILAR TO DEVIL WEARS
PRADA. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO
TRACY ELLIS ROSS WHO YOU KNOW
FROM BLACKISH OF COURSE SHE
DOES HER FIRST TIME SINGING ON
SCREEN WITH SUCH A FAMOUS
MOTHER. SHE'S PLAYING THIS VERY
ICONIC NEW MUSIC ROLE AND HEARD
DAKOTA JOHNSON IS HER
ASSISTANT. AND WE KIND OF SEE
THEIR CAREERS AS THEY PARALLEL.
BUT I HAD TO TALK TO TRACY
ABOUT MUSIC IN HER BLOOD. YOU
KNOW, EVERYONE IS HAPPY IN
THE SAME SHOW EVERY NIGHT.
THERE'S SOMETHING MORE
OBVIOUSLY MUSIC IS IN YOUR
BLOOD WITH YOUR MOM BEING DIANA
ROSS. BUT I HAD NO IDEA THAT
YOU HAD NEVER SUNG IN A FILM
BEFORE. WHAT WAS THAT
EXPERIENCE LIKE? YOU WERE
AMAZING. AND YOU'RE SO KIND.
I'VE NEVER SUNG IN LIFE BEFORE
AND TALENT SHOWS IN HIGH SCHOOL
WHEN I WAS 30 I WAS LIKE MAYBE
I SHOULD TRY SINGING BUT IT
NEVER HAPPENS. AND I GOT BUSY
AND THAT DREAM TURNED INTO
SOMETHING THAT WAS SCARY AND
THEN I JUST DROVE THIS ROLE
CAME ALONG AND I LOVE
THE MESSAGE OF THIS FILM. I
LOVE THIS CHARACTER. GRACE
DAVIS AND I WAS LIKE OH MY GOD.
FINALLY IT'S MY CHANCE TO SING
AND HERE WE ARE. THE MOVIE IS
VERY FUNNY. BUT I ALSO LOVE
THE THEMES WITHIN IT ESPECIALLY
NOW AS WE'RE KIND OF SELF
REFLECTING LIKE IS THIS WHO WE
WANT TO BE? CAN I GET CREATIVE
AND GO AFTER MY TRUE PASSIONS
INSTEAD OF STAYING COMPLACENT
WITH WHO I AM? I LOVE THE IDEA
THAT THE OVERARCHING MESSAGE
WAS FOR TWO WOMEN WHO WERE NOT
AGAINST EACH OTHER. THEY WERE
ACTUALLY FOR EACH OTHER ON
PARALLEL PATHS OF PURSUING WHAT
THEY REALLY WANT TO DO AND WHO
THEY REALLY ARE AND THAT NO
MATTER YOUR AGE, YOUR STAGE,
YOUR PHASE, THE CIRCUMSTANCES
IN YOUR LIFE, NO MATTER WHAT
PEOPLE SAY, EVEN IF SOMEONE
CLOSE TO YOU IS TELLING YOU
STAY IN YOUR LANE THAT YOU
SHOULD LISTEN TO THAT FIRE
INSIDE YOU AND LISTEN TO THOSE
DREAMS THAT YOU HAVE AND GO
AFTER THEM AND THAT IT'S WORTH
WORKING THROUGH THE FEAR AND
THAT EVEN WHAT YOU THINK OF
YOURSELF OR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE
THINK OF YOU IS NOT THE POINT
FOLLOWING YOUR HEART. IT'S SHE
SAID SHE HELD OFF ON THAT
SINGING DREAM AND THEN JUST DID
IT. I FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE
TERRIFIED. WOULD YOU DO WOULD
YOU JUST TAKE SINGING LESSONS
RIGHT NOW? I MEAN IT'S SUCH A
RISK. AND THAT'S ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT KIND OF
PARALLELS WITH THE FILM IS THAT
ARE YOU JUST GOING TO BE
COMPLACENT WITH WHAT YOU'RE
DOING AND COMFORTABLE BECAUSE
YOU'RE GOOD AT IT? ARE YOU
GOING TO TAKE A RISK AND SEE IF
YOU COULD BE GREAT AT SOMETHING
ELSE? AND SHE HAS FANTASTIC
SINGING. SHE SHOULD HAVE
STARTED A LONG, LONG TIME AGO.
SO THAT'S IT. YOU AND I'M GOING
TO START A GIRL GROUP. LET'S DO
IT. WE'RE GOING TO GO DOOR. OK.
SO MILITARY WIVES. WHERE CAN
PEOPLE WATCH IT? MILITARY WIVES
TODAY ON HULU. AND ON DEMAND
DIGITAL. AND THEN FRIDAY, MAY