• Mindy Kaling took on President Donald Trump in her Sunday commencement address to Dartmouth College graduates, suggesting he may have "tweeted us into war" with Wakanda, the fictional country from the movie Black Panther. "I'll tell you my secret, the one thing that keeps me going, my superpower: delusion," Kaling said in her speech amid laughter. "This is something I share with the president, a fact that is both horrifying and interesting." The 38-year-old actor, writer and comedian graduated from the Ivy League school in 2001. She received an honorary degree during the ceremony. Kaling remarked that Trump is a testament to how far someone can go if they believe they are the smartest, most successful person in the world. She encouraged the graduates to have "insane confidence" in themselves, even if it's not real. A few years after her own graduation, Kaling became a writer and producer for The Office, and played Kelly Kapoor on the show. She was the first woman of color to create, write, produce and star in a comedy show. That show, The Mindy Project, ran for six seasons. She has also written a pair of best-selling memoirs. In her speech filled with self-deprecating humor, Kaling also offered practical advice to the approximately 2,000 graduates, like making sure to buy a toilet plunger. Kaling also spoke of the importance of not adhering to a checklist in life, telling the graduates to not be afraid to accomplish items on their checklist out of order, or to let it go altogether. "I was not somebody who should have the life I have now, and yet I do," Kaling said. "I sat in the chair you are sitting in right now, and I whispered 'Why not me?' and I kept whispering it for the past 17 years."
• Actor Vince Vaughn was arrested Sunday on suspicion of drunken driving and resisting arrest in a Southern California beach town, police said. Vaughn was busted early in the morning at a sobriety checkpoint in Manhattan Beach. He was released from custody later in the morning, police employee Nisha Bhagat said. Vaughn, 48, is best known for his roles in comedies like Dodgeball and Wedding Crashers, but has landed more dramatic roles in recent years such as the drill sergeant in the Oscar-winning Hacksaw Ridge. A spokesman for Vaughn had no immediate comment. The arrest was first reported by TMZ.
A Section on 06/11/2018