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"Oh, you look just like so and so" is usually met with groans and an exaggerated eye roll. Often it's some reality TV star or someone completely meaningless to you, like "my waxing lady". People might try to flatter you by saying you look like a moderately attractive actor, but…
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Going through airport customs is a stressful enough process as it is. There's a billion factors that come into play when you're getting your baggage searched, and each and every one of them contributes to making you a nervous wreck: Where is my passport? Is it even in date? Do…
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A faceless man wearing a white mask stands alone onscreen. “Early on I noticed that I’m a bit different,” he tells the camera as his identity beneath the disguise begins to switch from one face to another. "It was obvious what you should think of the likes of me. Sicko. Pervert.…
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Oh, to be asleep. To ride on those most emollient waves that gently swaddle and soothe us against the aggressive mundanity of reality. To clamber atop the highest mountain, and swim beneath the deepest seas, impervious to the day to day frustrations that so plague our waking moments. Can there…
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Given how fantastical and outrageous Game of Thrones can be, it's sometimes difficult to realise that the stars of the show have real lives outside of Westeros. Sure, sometimes we see them at award ceremonies and red carpet events, but when it comes to the more pedestrian stuff, those who…
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Remember Sabrina the Teenage Witch? For those of us who grew up in the late 80s and early 90s, it was likely to be an important part of your childhood viewing experience. Sabrina Spellman finds out on her sixteenth birthday she has magical powers, which of course gets her into a…
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It's a question that has bugged people in relationships since the dawn of time: how do you spot a cheater? It's a tough one and it's more than likely that there is no definitive answer, but according new research, there may be some subtle hints. What are these signs? Is…
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In today's modern age, looking good on social media is increasingly become a metric of social status. You may turn your nose up at the notion, but with there being hundreds (if not thousands) of likes on Instagram and Facebook at stake, it's not surprising that some people go above…
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Back when I was single, I found myself looking at the guys I knew who were in relationships and thinking to myself how when I have a girlfriend I'd treat her better, or think of the mistakes they made that I would avoid. After all, when your friends vent about…
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While most kids don't notice the witty grown-up jokes thrown into children's films, there are some things we can never forget. Most of the time, that's because we're emotionally scarred by them. Things can get really dark, and that can be traumatising for young viewers. Here are 12 scenes from children's…
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Whatever you think of the North Korean government, it’s probably quite unlikely that the first thing that springs to mind when you picture its despotic leaders is "children’s authors". But since the 1960s, the country’s elite, and particularly the country’s leaders, have been penning books to be consumed by generations…
