For host cities football fans are simultaneously potential consumers and criminals. But they have rights, and fan zones are a good way of protecting fans, the public and the streets.
A woman has recently been jailed for stalking singer Harry Styles.
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In my research into One Direction fans, I heard how shame is experienced, perpetuated and internalised – but it also provides the foundation for these close-knit communities.
The Conversation, Hachette Book Group, Bloomsbury.
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Fans who were girls in the era of Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Twilight are now the women who have powered the success of Barbie and the Eras Tour.
In the cult TV series ‘Supernatural,’ the car driven by the two protagonists is a star in its own right.
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Since 2019, fans of the TV series ‘Supernatural’ have flocked to Austin, where their encounters with 1967 Impalas customized to mimic the one used in the show arouse elation, astonishment and tears.
A person walks past a screen showing news reporting about Johnny Kitagawa’s passing away in Tokyo in July 2019.
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How will fans’ advocacy and commentary shape a reckoning about sexual assault and exploitation in the entertainment industry in Japan that has been exposed through the Johnny & Associates scandal?
Air conditioners often become the default solution when temperatures rise.
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Air con uses lots of energy – try these things first.
Northern Europe will experience the greatest relative increase in uncomfortably hot days if global temperature rise reaches 2°C.
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The opportunity to place bets has changed the way games look, the way they’re talked about – and, of course, how many people have money riding on the outcome.