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Mindy Kaling was the first South Asian woman to lead a sitcom. People said she was "unattractive".

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"He was giggly and goofy around her." The private marriage of Calista Flockhart and Harrison Ford.

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Mindy Kaling was the first South Asian woman to lead a sitcom. People said she was "unattractive".

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Diane Keaton has never married. She says Al Pacino was the 'one that got away'.

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Aaron and Sam Taylor-Johnson met when he was 18 years old. Now, they have two kids together.

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A 'feud' with Kelis and everything else we now know about Beyoncé's new album, Renaissance.

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Uma Thurman was married to Ethan Hawke for 7 years. Here's what their lives look like now.

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Everything we know about Cody Simpson, the Aussie swimmer who dates the world's most famous women.

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What women are talking about today, Friday July 29.

'I've just got COVID for the third time. Here's what's different.'

Ashley Judd was raped in 1999. This year she tracked down her rapist and had a conversation with him.

More than 20,000 people reinfected with COVID within five months of first having it.

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'I am a Christian Pacific Islander. These anti-rainbow jersey NRL players don't speak for me.'

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If you think the Manly pride jersey debate has left us with 'no winners', look a little harder.

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