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Does Crazy Rich Asians live up to the hype?

By Caryn JamesFeatures correspondent Warner Bros(Credit: Warner Bros)‘The stakes are high for this film, the first major Hollywood project in 25 years to feature an Asian cast,’ writes critic Caryn James. Does it meet them? Crazy Rich Asians begins with a quote from Napoleon about China: “Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will wake the world.” True to that promise, the film soars to life, a buoyant, glittering, thoroughly charming romantic comedy.

In Takoma Park, the mailman is more beloved than what he delivers

If you want to understand a mail carrier’s relationship with his route, walk with him on a Saturday. In the six-day postal week, Saturdays are just a little bit more personal. Offices are closed, but shops are busy. It’s when legions of carriers pass yard sales, avoid leaf blowers and step over carwash puddles. It’s when they can give a gardener a short break, exchanging a few words about the weather before putting the mail right into a muddy hand.

India's Amul butter girl, the country's favorite cartoon character, finds her wit less welcome

MUMBAI — Nearly two decades after India’s independence, a little-known cooperative of small-town dairy farmers in 1966 launched what became the most successful advertising campaign in the country’s history and helped transform India into the world’s largest producer of dairy and dairy products. The economic business model developed by Amul, the dairy cooperative, spread throughout India, as did its cartoon advertising mascot: a young girl with blue hair, a polka dot dress and an endless stream of witty one-liners commenting on the events of the day.

Isabella Damon | Sibilings And Parents

Being the daughter of American actor, producer, and screenwriter Matt Damon (sometimes known as Matt Paige Damon), Isabella Damon is a well-known celebrity child. Actor her father won an Oscar and is considered one of the most bankable stars by Forbes. In a similar vein, her mother Luciana Barroso, an Argentinean native and former air hostess and bartender, is well-known for being a famous wife. The first biological child of Isabella’s parents, she was born.