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Cupid’s flown the Tinder coop

Dating methods change – from matchmaking widows to app windows – but the reasons don’t.

Employees unbox “Go Set A Watchman” at Ol’ Curiosities & Book Shoppe in Monroeville

Sour reaction to Harper Lee’s novel stirs controversy

The response to Go Set a Watchman has confirmed all the writer’s fears about following up her classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird.

Hit sitcom ‘Friends’ is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its final episode

Still ‘Friends’ after 20 years

The sitcom may be on constant replay, but it’s a joy to rediscover how genuinely funny it was. The show’s creators share the secrets of its success.

Caste aside: The Sateré-Mawé and other tribes believe they have been used.

WTF, Fifa? The tribes have spoken

Indigenous Brazilians want to be respected, not saddled with "the world’s most expensive bird toilet".

Covering celebrity deaths: The dos and don’ts

The death and funeral of Philip Seymour Hoffman has highlighted some dos and don’ts for the hit-hungry internet.

Miley Cyrus. (AFP)

Cultural appropriation was all Miley Cyrus was doing

Miley Cyrus’s MTV Video Music Awards act was less a homage to hip-hop and more a minstrel show, writes Hadley Freeman.

Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson.

Nigella Lawson: Domestic violence à la carte

Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson’s glitzy image has not helped to protect her from abuse, writes Hadley Freeman.

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How fashion forgave John Galliano

The style world turned its back on the designer after his anti-semitic outburst, but his recent comeback hints that some are willing to forgive him.

Steven Tyler may be young at heart

Tyler-made for getting laid

Back with their first album in eight years, rockers Aerosmith want everyone to ‘make more love’. Their track record so far is impressive.

Tom Cruise is following in the footsteps of Howard Hughes and Michael Jackson to become the new keeper of the weirdo flame.

Deep Read: Hollywood’s biggest kook

An upcoming Vanity Fair article about Tom Cruise promises eye-popping revelations. It’s the final proof that he’s become the new Michael Jackson.

‘Mommy war’ a Republican ploy

‘Mommy war’ a Republican ploy

The United States’s Republicans are pitting women against one another in an attempt to distract from the real issues.

Up close with Kermit

Up close with Kermit

Scandalously, no Muppets are up for Oscars this year. But they will be among the presenters of awards at the ceremony. We speak to Kermit the Frog.

Want to be fit? No sweat!

Want to be fit? No sweat!

It is a testament to mankind’s determination to exercise without doing any.

DSK trial was of accuser, not accused

Nafissatou Diallo’s past lies carried more weight than forensic evidence of the event in room 2806.

DSK: A trial of the accuser

DSK: A trial of the accuser, not the accused

The Strauss-Kahn case proves that only a woman who has led a life as sheltered as Rapunzel makes a convincing rape victim.

Nothing clichéd about geek’s take on women

Nothing clichéd about geek’s take on women

Director and writer Paul Feig’s view of himself as a struggling outsider mirrors the focus of much of his comedy.

The white boys’ club

After Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to be given the best director award at last year’s Oscars, there was hope that a traditionally male-dominated barrier had been broken…

Oprah goes out on her OWN

“Dream it, do it.” This is not the resolution of a person, but rather the motto of the US’s newest television channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Election night 2010: Fox News strikes back!

At Fox HQ, even something as domestic as a midterm election could well be an international terror attack.

Miracle Madge frees gays, eyes world peace

"Madonna helps free gay Malawians!" is one cheering headline amid the dross that came out this week, writes <b>Hadley Freeman</b>