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At 50, Jennifer Lopez is at the pinnacle of her career. Yet we're only talking about her body.

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The full list of Emmy 2019 winners, including the saddest and most surprising losses.

"Listen to her. Believe her." Michelle Williams' empowering Emmys acceptance speech.

"I’m in mourning every day of my life." Patricia Arquette's bittersweet Emmy win.

The Central Park Five spent years behind bars for a crime they didn't commit. This is their story.

"A dirty, pervy, messed-up woman." People are obsessed with Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

A year ago, Nick Cummins was the most hated man in Australia. This is his life now.

A child star and a Bachelorette: All the clues about the celebrities on The Masked Singer.

“They have made choices." Nicole Kidman on her relationship with her oldest children.

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Metallics and massive sleeves: All the looks from the Emmys 2019 red carpet.

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HOROSCOPES: New romances and big decisions. The week ahead according to your star sign.

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Anne and Kerryn were interviewing for a new flatmate. They opened the door to their killer.

Signs of change: The most powerful messages from the global climate strike.

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12 years before Madeleine McCann, Ben Needham, one, vanished on holiday. He's still missing.

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'I was a happily married mum of two when I embarked on an intense emotional affair with John.'

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'To my "slim" friend: You're fat-shaming me every time you call your body "disgusting".'

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"Set up a WhatsApp group." Everything that helped me when I was first diagnosed with cancer.

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"Only have the best people around you." What almost dying taught me about really living.

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'I've been a stripper for 20 years. This is the craziest sh*t I've seen at buck's nights.'

'After 14 practically sexless years, I bought a vibrator and left my husband.'

"She had a 0% survival rate." Taylah, who died age 7, was brave until the end.

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Tully Smyth on being an Instagram influencer: "Nothing in life comes for free."

'The kitchen had mouldy dishes.' Three cleaners on what people don't know about their job.

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"I took my six-year-old daughter to meet a stranger in an Asian prison."

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"I was so busy looking after my kids, I forgot about myself."

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Fans thought Marina Joyce was begging for help on YouTube. Three years later, she vanished.

"We spend zero dollars on food." Newstart has mum-of-five Leah living off $320 a fortnight.

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The royals, the Clintons and Trump: All the conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein's death.

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"Looks like a grey tomb." Just all the photos from The Block's guest ensuite room reveal.

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"I didn't meet that monster." Bryer Schmegelsky's father won't say his son is a murderer.

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'Three years after my brother took his life, I refuse to stop telling his story.'

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"This is what’s best": Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth split after less than a year of marriage.

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"My friend is fundraising for $500. But it's for her privileged son's birthday present."

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"I was out with my daughter when I was shamed for what she was wearing - a pink onesie."

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'Legitimately disturbing.' Audiences are reacting with horror after seeing Midsommar.

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'At 19, I was sexually assaulted by a man I had liked. Until now, I've never told a soul.'

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