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Nicolas Cage is one of the most bizarre actors working in Hollywood today. There is no consensus on whether he is a great actor or a terrible one, as he has been nominated for two Academy Awards, winning one of them, while also churning out what feels like dozens of…
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In the end, Conor McGregor's improbable fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. finished exactly as most anticipated it would. The Irishman fought valiantly for 10 rounds, but had visibly tired when Mayweather finally put him away for good, an outcome that will not have surprised many onlookers. Of course, in a…
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If you got elected as a mayor of a city or town, what would you do? As far as I can tell, being a mayor is sort of like being the president, except the smaller scale means your numerous screw-ups are less pronounced. Going by the world of fictional city…
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Public transport can be a strange place at times. There's just something about being cooped up in a bus or a train with a bunch of strangers that seems to make some people behave inappropriately. And, if you're ever caught in a situation with a disruptive passenger, the best method…
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Traditional boundaries of gender are being methodically broken down in our modern society. Archaic expectations of how girls and boys "should" behave, or conduct their lives, have been challenged and partially redressed, meaning that the pink-for-a-girl, blue-for-a-boy antiquity of yesteryear is swiftly becoming a quaint memory. As ever with progress…
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Game of Thrones is just the best, isn't it? The HBO fantasy epic has something for everyone. There are tense, fraught political schemes, mystical and magical elements, not to mention gratuitous violence and sex that's helped the show become a bedrock of modern pop culture, leading to an astonishing 38…
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To say that the Church of Scientology has a sketchy reputation would be an understatement. Founded on the science fiction of author L. Rob Hubbard, the church was famously lampooned in South Park, where it was revealed that members actually believe in a galactic conqueror called Xenu who intends to…
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On Sunday October 1st, almost 600 people at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival were the victims of the deadliest shooting in US history. At least 58 of those shot were killed, and a further 527 were wounded, some of them severely. The terrorist behind these heinous actions, Stephen Paddock,…
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Financial gurus, to us millennials, are full of rubbish. Apparently, we're supposed to accept low-paying and unpaid work in order to climb the ranks of a company, but at the same time, we should be investing in the stock market by age 25, saving money for retirement from our first…
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Now I don't know about you, but I have watched enough scary movies to know that history can inspire the most terrifying of stories. Whether we're talking about creepy serial killers of times past or a bloody battle waged in the medieval era, history is always a rich resource when…
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Like all good shows, the best thing about Game of Thrones is its characters. As much as the writing establishes their characteristics, both from the script and the books they're adapted from, it's the actors whose personality brings the characters to life. Getting a shot at playing a random character…
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The Noughties classic The Devil Wears Prada is undoubtedly best remembered for producing our generation's favourite ice-queen, Miranda Priestly. When she wasn't busy terrorising nervous interns, Priestly was the editor-of-chief of the world's most prestigious fashion magazine, Runway. And naturally, she looked fabulous doing so; dressed in head-to-toe black, Miranda Priestly…
