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When a new TV show gets to the casting stage, the decisions made could make a huge difference to how the finished product ends up. For instance, could you imagine what the character of Joey would be like if he wasn't played by Matt Le Blanc? It's hard to separate…
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In a glorious example of fiction meeting reality, erstwhile Sex and the City star, Cynthia Nixon, recently announced that she's running for governor of New York. The actress - who played high-flying lawyer Miranda Hobbes in the hit HBO television show, and functioned as the group's resident cynic - has long…
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We always describe life as a circle, but really it's more of a line. You have birth at one end, a load of weird stuff in the middle (where you try to figure out puberty and taxes) and then death at the other. It sounds depressing when you put it…
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Back in 1997, Beth Yarnelle Edwards undertook a project which saw her photograph the people of her neighbourhood in order to document the everyday lives of families in suburban America. Dissatisfied with her own suburban existence, Edwards wanted to find out what it is about this way of life that…
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A lot of couples have cute nicknames for each other. The most common ones are bae, baby, sweetie, cutie and honey. But some people get more creative. For example, I call my girlfriend "Snuggle Butt," and she calls me, "Please delete my number and don't text me again." Of course,…
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Not all movies hold up after the years go by. The massive developments that have been made in technology have seen us go from stop-motion model work and painted backdrops to alien worlds that look completely real. Sure, it's easy to notice how fake some films look after a couple…
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People crack their knuckles to calm anxiety, relieve stiffness, prepare for an epic kung-fu fight, and annoy the hell out of their co-workers. Also, it feels good. At least, that's what I've heard. I've never cracked my knuckles before, and I don't plan to. That POP is pretty unsettling. Whenever…
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Childhood: it's a wonderful thing, isn't it? Carefree days were spent booting a soccer ball around a field, afternoons were lost getting dizzy on Sunny D and schoolyard chat incessantly revolved around one question: "who loves orange soda?" Childhood was the best and there are certain smells that will always…
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As if dealing with periods and everyday sexism wasn't enough, women also have to contend with being shamed for the decisions they make, and this is often in regards to their sartorial choices. Certainly, while many consider their online presence to be something that they're wholly in control of, one…
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Anyone out there who cares even the slightest bit about their appearance will know how much effort it requires to stay looking good. Aside from the basic showering, hair-washing, and teeth-cleaning routine, you've also got to invest time and money into keeping your skin healthy, spend hours in front of…
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I don't know why it happens, but it seems like no one can upload an image onto the internet without receiving an insane amount of judgement and hate from online trolls who have nothing better to do with their time. For celebrities, however, this problem is even worse. While it's…
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During WWII, the Nazis slaughtered approximately six million Jewish people - around one-and-a-half million of whom were only children. While the holocaust waged on, however, a few daring individuals were brave enough to risk their life for the sake of others. Johan van Hulst, a Dutch seminary leader and schoolteacher, was…
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Being a lover of Harry Potter, I find it weird to hear how old the actors are now. But, on top of that, hearing bad things about them is even worse. As a kid, these characters could do no wrong, so to find out that they're not all that nice…
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In recent weeks, we have heard a worrying amount of news reports about female teachers engaging in inappropriate relationships with their students. First, there was the married teacher who purchased drugs for and had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy; then, a religious studies teacher was prosecuted for sleeping with…
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While we've all considered ourselves unfortunate souls from time to time - plagued with a coterie of stubbed toes, lost possessions, and far too many drunken nights - there are some people who are so unlucky that we just assume they go around smashing mirrors and walking under ladders. One…
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On the internet, almost anything can inspire conspiracy theorists, no matter how innocuous the subject. It could be a tiny smudge on picture taken by a NASA telescope, or the sight of contrails in the sky above our heads, and suddenly a bunch of tinfoil hat-wearing "experts" will appear from…
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On May 28 2014, 13-year-old Athena Orchard passed away. The teenager, from Leicester, England, had been suffering from bone cancer, and died in her father's arms. As you can imagine, this was a heartbreaking thing for the whole family to go through, especially the parents. In the days following her…
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Nipples. Funny little things aren't they? I mean, for women, the reason for nipples is fairly obvious: they are a gateway into the nutritious milk that turns your screaming bundle of misery into a bumbling, fumbling toddler. However, for men, the reason behind those little slices of sausage meat that…
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As President of the United States, Donald Trump seems to spend an alarming amount of time tweeting. Whether he's congratulating Fox News on some apparently excellent journalism, throwing shade at other world leaders, or announcing changes to the military that haven't actually been approved, the former businessman just loves to get the…
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A surprising trend over the last few years, at the movies and on our television screens, is the sheer amount of reboots we are getting. Remaking popular movies has been done for years, and while there are a few good examples, most of them are pretty bad. But now the…
