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Topic: celebrity culture

Britney Spears; Taraji P. Hanson (AP/Chris Pizzello/Getty/Dia Dipasupil)

Britney, Taraji & celebs' mental health

Rachel Leah
(AP/Stephen Osman))

How we talk about MJ and abuse matters

Rachel Leah
The shadow of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity as it traveled farther into Endurance Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

Red planet, blue tears

Nicole Karlis
Marianne Williamson (AP/Amy Harris)

The first New Age politician?

Nicole Karlis
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Jim Carrey; Jenny McCarthy; Rob Schneider (AP/Charles Sykes/Jordan Strauss/Richard Shotwell)

The worst celebrity pseudoscience

Paul Offit
(Getty/Brendan Smialowski)

Trump simply can’t pull anything off

Thom Hartmann - Independent Media Institute
Junot Diaz; Mariah Carey (Getty/Mark Wilson/AP/Jordan Strauss)

Demystifying mental illness

Rachel Leah
Donald Trump Jr. (Getty/Drew Angerer)

When a celebrity villain gets dumped

Erin Keane
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Oprah Winfrey; Donald Trump (AP/Getty)

Trump vs. Oprah: Celebrity monomania

Andrew Burstein, Nancy Isenberg
Al Franken (AP/Alex Brandon)

What makes a "good" public apology?

Jacob Sugarman - Alternet
(Getty/Monkeybusinessimages)

Doomed to relive high school?

Kevin Smokler
(<a href='https://secure.istockphoto.com/profile/markskalny'>MarkSkalny</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

The perils of bacon

Scott Timberg
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Monica Lewinsky, Solange Knowles (AP/Evan Agostini)

Big Brother teams up with TMZ

Julie Scelfo
(http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-241573p1.html)

Theresa Fisher
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