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Hearing of someone taking their mother as a date to a party doesn't even elicit schadenfreude, it just makes you cringe. But if it's the other way around, and if your mother is taking you to the Emmys AND she's a widely admired celebrity, then it doesn't seem all that…
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A teenage girl has lost her life after eating her own hair, when an infected hairball turned unexpectedly deadly. 16-year-old Jasmine Beever died of a sudden case of peritonitis, an inflammation of the peritoneum (a thin layer of tissue inside the abdomen), a bacterial or fungal infection brought on by an…
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Taylor Swift once described herself as a “national lightning rod for slut-shaming.” She wasn’t wrong. As the world famous singer-songwriter worked phenomenally hard to gain her success - becoming the first act to have three albums sell a million copies within one week in the United States and the first…
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With Game of Thrones nearing its inevitable end, the penultimate season started streamlining the many story threads and grouping our favourite characters together. We will be waiting until 2019 for the show to return for its final episodes, but season seven gave us plenty to talk about in the meantime.…
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The phrase “London Bridge is down” doesn’t mean much to most of us. But on the day that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom hears these words, it means something big. It means that life in Britain as we know it is going to change forever. It means that…
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'It' has easily been the biggest film this year, hasn't it? It seems like everyone is talking about it, with the general consensus being that it is very, very good. However, if you're anything like me, you won't have seen it purely because you are way too terrified. I know…
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The great playwright William Shakespeare once asked, "What's in a name?", to which anyone with a regular title might respond, "not a lot, mate". However, for the "Jack Hoff's", "Ben Dover's" and "Randy Mann's" of the world, the answer is probably very different. When naming a child, parents should consider…
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Older and younger siblings are very different. Everyone who has siblings knows this, as does every parent who has more than one child. In all honesty, even those without any brothers and sisters know this, after meeting a friend's siblings for more than five minutes. Psychologists have been studying these…
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It appears that everyone's favourite adventurer, Lara Croft has a new face: Alicia Vikander. While this was the role that propelled Angelina Jolie into the spotlight, Alicia Vikander has become a household name in her own right after winning an Oscar for her work in The Danish Girl, and now…
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The devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey and Irma has been momentous. The two storms have battered Atlantic coastlines, tearing up whole communities and turning brick and timber to rubble and matchwood. Some people have lost their lives as a result of the disastrous weather, while many thousands have been left homeless.…
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When the movies, television and general media seem to mostly cater towards men, finding places of community and support are pretty important to women across the world. On top of that, I imagine it's pretty damn cathartic to laugh your ass off at a joke meant for your gender only.…
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Over the course of seven books - latterly eight movies - J.K. Rowling created a world than continues to confound us all 20 years after its inception. Since that heady, momentous day, the series has gone on to dominate popular culture in hitherto unprecedented fashion. J.K. Rowling released seven truly…
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Over the years, Kim Kardashian has been known for many things: her butt, her relationship with Kanye West, and, of course, that tape. One thing she's probably not renowned for, however, is her psychic abilities. But, according to the woman herself, she had a sixth sense about what was going to happen…
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Contemporary feminist, certified babe and model/actress Emily Ratajkowski is known for her bold yet informed feminist and political opinions, as well as her bangin' bod. She caught everyone's attention way back with Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines video, where Ratajkowski casually danced around in the nude and made everyone's eyes fall…
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Colin Kaepernick divides opinion among many NFL fans. There are those who believe his refusal to stand up for the national anthem before a preseason game was him simply exercising his right to protest, and there are others who believe that he is a disgrace to the sport and his…
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Ah, marriage. In the idyllic white-picket-fence future we all at some point like to imagine for ourselves, we find someone who gives us butterflies (read: crippling anxiety) in our stomachs, plunge ourselves into debt for a lavish and unnecessary declaration of our love, sowing the seeds for decades of resentment,…
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Whether you choose to chalk it down to humankind's inherent narcissism or pure creativity, you can't deny that we, as a species, are obsessed with the future. The fantasy and sci-fi genre has dominated popular culture since its very conception, and some seminal works of literature, film and television have…
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You may have heard of Rodrigo Alves, aka the 'Human Ken Doll', as he is often called. No, this isn't Hollywood scraping the bottom of the barrel, looking for the most obscure comic book superhero to adapt to the big screen. This is a man who spent over $400,000 on…
