NEW YORK — Their friends call them the Chinatown <em xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">kai doy</em> — Taishanese for “bad boys.” They shot pool, rode motorcycles, and wanted to be James Dean. People would cross the street when they saw them, finding them just a little too rambunctious for comfort.
NEW YORK — Chérie Celeste Malone was a struggling actor who had been piecing random jobs together — waitress, barista, rental property manager. Then she saw a casting call on Backstage, a jobs website for actors. She went to the audition, but to her confusion, didn’t have to read any scenes. She was hired immediately.
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