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For “Interior Chinatown” star Jimmy O. Yang, playing an invisible Chinatown extra in the new series hit close to home. “Interior Chinatown,” based on the National Book Award-winning novel of the same name by Charles Yu, is technically a show within a show. His character, Willis, sneaks into “Black and White” by disguising himself as the tech guy and the Chinese food deliveryman, using these stereotypes to his advantage. Though Willis learns to jump between the worlds of “Black and White” and Chinatown, Fatty stubbornly refuses to leave the Chinese restaurant where the two friends work. “We were really strategic with when to highlight the fact that I came from both worlds,” Bennet said.

Persons: Jimmy O, Yang, Willis Wu, Charles Yu, — Yang, Chloe Bennet, Ronny Chieng —, Willis, ” Yang, “, “ We’re, ”, Fatty Choi, Fatty, ” Chieng, Mike Taing, Lana Lee, Bennet, ” Lee, Lana, ” Bennet, “ Lana, Charlie, Yu Organizations: Hulu, Chinatown Locations: “, Chinatown, America, Hulu

☆ At the Berlin Film Festival, Reconsidering the Power of Doubt
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Jessica Kiang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Doubt is fussy and forgetful, whereas certainty strides around, all action and achievement. As a film critic, swift, declarative certainty is a quality I’ve learned to aspire to. But this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, which runs through Sunday, has been buffeted outside and in by political turbulence and organizational shake-ups. And so perhaps because the event itself is experiencing such uncertain times, the films made me reconsider — actually, doubt — my dismissive stance on doubt. Doubt is etched on Cillian Murphy’s hollow, striking features in Tim Mielants’s grave and moving “Small Things Like These,” which opened the festival last week.

Persons: —, Tim Mielants’s, Claire Keegan —, Magdalene laundries, Mary, Emily Watson, Murphy’s Locations: New Ross, Ireland

☆ This Novel Is So Bonkers, It Needs Three Narrators
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Lauren Christensen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Read by Daniel K. Isaac, Dominic Hoffman and Shannon Tyo. If anything, we need all the narrative signposts we can get in this vertiginous maze that winds through alternate histories, dreamlike impossibilities and books within books. Park’s novel braids together three separate narratives that overlap in sometimes rewarding, sometimes confounding ways. Characters, too, repeat throughout, tempting the listener to draw connections that prove so tenuous they vanish as quickly as they came. That’s OK; the point isn’t to grasp every minute detail, pinning it to your mental bulletin board with thumbtacks and a network of strings.

Persons: Ed Park, Read, Daniel K, Isaac, Dominic Hoffman, Shannon Tyo, Ed Park’s, Echo, Hoffman, ” Organizations: Korean Locations: Korean, Buffalo

☆ An America Where Guns Do the Talking
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Rachel Louise Snyder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

ONE NATION UNDER GUNS: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy, by Dominic ErdozainWHAT WE’VE BECOME: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms, by Jonathan M. MetzlLast year, a friend from Brunei visited me in the United States. She is American but was raised in Sudan and has lived in Cambodia and Scotland, among other places. We were talking about the rise in anxiety among teenagers in America when another friend texted me; her daughter had just arrived home from school, where she’d spent the afternoon in lockdown. Are mass shootings, record suicides and endless homicides the new norm even for those of us who aren’t interested in accumulating arsenals? deliveryman knocks on Erdozain’s door, he dives for cover like a “shot fox.” As with the lockdown at my friend’s daughter’s school, the threat abates, but the emotional tremors linger.

Persons: Dominic Erdozain, Jonathan M, Metzl, texted, she’d, “ They’re, Carol Anderson, Michael Waldman, Akhil Reed Amar, we’ve, You’re, deliveryman Locations: Brunei, United States, Sudan, Cambodia, Scotland, America

☆ A couple's garden ornament turned out to be a live 64-pound navy shell
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A bomb found in the front garden of a house in the UK preceded both World Wars. The couple said the detonation of the shell was "like the passing of an old friend." The 64-pound naval projectile had been used as a garden ornament for decades. AdvertisementA garden ornament turned out to be a live bomb for a UK couple who had it in pride of place in their garden for decades, the BBC reports. However, their perception of the ornament dramatically changed when a police officer who spotted the bomb alerted the Ministry of Defence.

Persons: —, Sian, Jeffrey Edwards, Morris, Edwards, Pop Morris Organizations: Service, BBC, Ministry of Defence, of Defence, Royal Navy Locations: Milford Haven, Wales

☆ Motor-biking dog and owner cruise Brazil's streets to help hungry pups
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Leonardo Benassatto | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Leonardo BenassattoSAO PAULO, July 17 (Reuters) - Miguel Pereira de Souza and his dog Ruby zoom through Brazil's sprawling metropolis Sao Paulo on a motor-bike on a mission: hand out free dog food to less fortunate pooches. "I said from today every time I see a dog going hungry, I will donate a portion of food," Souza said, wiping away tears. Once Souza posted videos and pictures on social media of his food deliveries and the street dogs, donations started to flood in. "I had more than 700 kilograms (1,543 lb) of dog food in my living room," said Souza, who has Ruby's name tattooed on his forearm. "This help from Miguel - donating food, water, time and encouraging others to donate - I think is very cool," she said.

Persons: Miguel Pereira, Leonardo Benassatto, Miguel Pereira de Souza, Souza, Ruby, Raja Vidya, Steven Grattan, Brendan O'Boyle, Michael Perry Organizations: REUTERS, Leonardo Benassatto SAO PAULO, American, Thomson Locations: Sao Paulo, Brazil, Paulo, Miguel

Ms. Hanif’s family history illustrates how Bangladeshi Kensington came to be. While the corner is often a male-dominated space, she and other Bangladeshi American women have carved out their own places there. Ms. Saeed wants to buy a house, but real estate in Kensington has become far too expensive. Ms. Saeed also faced opposition as she was growing up, from relatives on her mother’s side who frowned upon dance. With other public spaces so dominated by men, Ms. Ferdous sees it as vital that women gather to keep their traditions alive.

Persons: Shahana Hanif, Hanif’s, Hanif, Radhuni, Ms, Mir Hossain, Hossain, “, ”, Sala Miah, Rubel, Tarek Aziz, Uddin, Farojan Saeed, Syed Rehan, Saeed, Annie Ferdous, Ferdous, Eid, Mr, Mahmud Organizations: Young, City Council, Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts, Bangladeshi Institute of Performing Arts, McDonald Locations: Kensington, Bangladesh, Pakistan, “, United States, America, Bengal, Noakhali, Chittagong, Sandwip, Brooklyn, East, South America, Colombia, Panama, Dhaka, Bangladeshi, Manhattan, East New York, Jackson Heights, Ozone, New York, Motiul, Philadelphia, Jessore District, Jamaica, Queens

☆ Orange Skies and Burning Eyes as Smoke Shrouds New York City
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Michael Wilson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Outside in Times Square, the scene was more or less normal, with tourists coming and going — although everyone seemed to be talking about the same thing. Rishabh Mehta, 27, visiting the city with his wife and his parents from India, expressed disappointment at the turn of events. We can’t walk long distances. If we keep walking long distances, we get tired early.”Nearby, Rauf Rahimov, 27, a pedicab driver outside Central Park, reclined in the back of his cab where the passengers would sit, if there were any. In Brooklyn, a food deliveryman, Mohammad Uddin, said he was raised in Bangladesh, a country with a persistently unhealthy air quality.

Persons: Jodie Comer, Rishabh Mehta, “, Rauf Rahimov, ”, Mohammad Uddin Organizations: Broadway Locations: India, Central, reclined, Brooklyn, Bangladesh

☆ Opinion: Ambitious, tech-savvy and jobless. Why India’s young people could reshape the internet
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Opinion Snigdha Poonam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Her book, “Dreamers: How Young Indians Are Changing Their World,” was longlisted in 2019 for the PEN America Literary Awards. Unlike China, which leveraged its demographic dividend through large-scale factory employment, India’s economic growth does not rely on young workers manufacturing goods. Catering to a market of 750 million smartphone users, India’s fast-growing gig economy is attracting young workers in great numbers. As incidents of abuse and exploitation pile up, many of India’s gig workers are questioning their career choice. Feeding the social media monsterThere are other ways in which India’s young people are shaping the future of technology.

Persons: ”, Raju Rai, Rai, “, ” Rai, Dhiraj Singh, Mithun Kumar, Kumar, hyperlocal, Jewel Samad, Mohit Yadav, Monu Manesar Organizations: PEN, CNN, Delhi CNN, Facebook, Catering, Bloomberg, Getty, YouTube, Big Tech, Twitter, New York Times Locations: Delhi, India, Thailand, Indian, Varanasi, Bangkok, Myanmar, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Southeast Asia, Europe, China, Mumbai, Bihar, Covid, AFP

☆ People on Chinese social media say Trump's indictment embarrassed the US and made China look so good, he should just join the Chinese Communist Party
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Weibo users called Trump "Comrade Nation Builder" — a hero who's helping China by hurting the US. "Would you like to join the Party, Comrade Nation Builder?" Screenshot/WeiboMeanwhile, a livestream of a faux news broadcasts announcing Trump's indictment plays heroic themes from Hollywood films, such as music from Star Wars and Indiana Jones. "Nation Builder — if it doesn't work out, then just come home," another posted with a crying emoji. Trump's indictment is linked to the Stormy Daniels hush-money payments case, which is thought to be central to the investigation into the former president.

The Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act, named for the son of a federal judge who was fatally shot in 2020, was attached to the annual must-pass defense policy bill that the Senate endorsed 83-11. The defense bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week and now heads to President Joe Biden for his signature. The judicial security measure, which the federal judiciary backed, had long languished in Congress before its supporters were able to tack it on to the National Defense Authorization Act. The measure remained in the 4,000-plus page defense bill despite criticism from public interest groups who say it could chill free speech and undermine efforts to scrutinize judges' conflicts of interest. Sponsors of the bill, including Senator Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, say it is narrowly tailored to protect judges.

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