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There is little language for sex acts that aren’t going all the way, the full shebang, doing it…
We fall for people based on appearance, kindness and wealth. It’s not as simple as removing one part of the equation.
A woman’s right to use fillers and have plastic surgery was a topic of discussion on the show after a male contestant alluded that he found women who used such enhancements ‘fake’.
It’s not just the drama that gets people to tune in every night
Sang celebrates self-deprecation and negative emotions, its followers catapulted the unlikely and unenthusiastic singer to the finale of a Chinese boy band show.
Instead of feeling ashamed about our guilty pleasures, it is time to understand how they really work
In the 13 years the show has been on the air, the Kardashians have become a cultural juggernaut shaping culture as we know it.
Television shows about police often perpetuate false narratives about violent crime that excuse police violence.
A landmark ruling that ordered the Seven Network pay a reality TV star compensation could have far-reaching implications for other productions and workplaces.
Dirty Dancing’s dance sequences are stand-alone properties, famous in their own right. But when they’re considered in isolation, the film’s messy class, race and gender politics are sidelined.
What started as a showcase for America’s drag queens is fast becoming a global sensation.
Matt Agnew is on the hunt for love as star of the new Bachelor Australia series. But whoever he picks (and he already has, apparently) will have to compete with TESS. So who, or what, is TESS?
The show – and the public’s reaction – can tell us a huge amount about how ideas about love and romance have changed over the centuries.
In the year 1984, there was self-congratulatory coverage that the dystopia of the novel had not been realized. However, an expert argues that the technologies described in the novel are here and watching us.
What started as an experiment in 1964 has become the UK’s most successful documentary franchise.
Ordinary people have been getting their 15 minutes of fame on the small screen since the 1940s.
From Steve Smith’s tearful apology to anonymous apps like Whisper, public confessions can be therapeutic, emancipatory, or potentially exploitative.
The popular daytime television show has been axed. Here’s how programme makers can ensure proper aftercare fro reality show participants.
Married at First Sight is meant to be about finding love. But relationship science suggests the experiment is actually a perfect storm of factors that predict relationship breakdown.
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