Questions about race and politics seem designed to shame and embarrass contestants and then go viral

Imagine a male pageant in which, say, Oprah Winfrey "hosted" 80 young men in Speedos. You can't, can you?

WATCH: A former Miss Australia recalls that Trump called the beauty contestants “some pretty horrible names"

The singer-songwriter's rise was neither "meteoric" nor "unprecedented," and he was certainly no Will Hunting

If white viewers dislike the Marvel show's focus on black characters, it's because they're used to being catered to

"Keith went mad, but it sounded great on the dance floor"

If the investment bank wants to avoid further Senate hearing humiliation, it's going about it the wrong way

While working from home is hyped as the future, there's a psychological reason why so many miss the office life

When host Harvey flubbed his line and crowned the wrong woman, the otherworldly pageant felt all too human and real

Joe Klein and the rest of the media excuse McCain's false statements about Iran as a "slip of the tongue" -- even though he repeated it three times.

Today's period dramas use creativity to dress characters, as did the 19th century novels they're based on

Ninni Laaksonen was told Donald Trump probably liked her because she looked like a young Melania

In the Instagram post, three Ole Miss students pose with guns in front of of a shot-up Emmett Till memorial

After fat-shaming Alicia Machado, Trump moves on to slut-shaming her, with an assist from Newt Gingrich

Behavioral ecologist Caitlin O'Connell explains the importance of ritual in animals, and the lessons for humanity