Why Kangana Ranaut Needs Manikarnika To Be a Success
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Why Kangana Ranaut Needs Manikarnika To Be a Success

Kangana Ranaut’s combative, no-filter style has come with setbacks. Thanks to her unwillingness to be diplomatic, she has alienated an influential chunk of Bollywood. It’s the reason that, even after doing a massive costume drama like Manikarnika, she’s not mentioned in the same breath as contemporaries Deepika, Anushka, and Alia.
Anne Frank, My First Bisexual Hero
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Anne Frank, My First Bisexual Hero

Anne Frank’s tentative forays into her feelings about girls, blurring the lines between the closeness of female friendships, and the desire for something more, mirrored my own. If other girls had felt this way since forever ago, did this mean there was nothing to be confused about? Frank, who made her last diary entry on August 1, 1944, taught me that I didn’t necessarily have to choose.
Singing Sensation Ranu Mondal Gives Us Hope in a News Cycle Filled with Slowdown & Suffering
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Singing Sensation Ranu Mondal Gives Us Hope in a News Cycle Filled with Slowdown & Suffering

How has singing sensation Ranu Mondal managed to defy the churn of news cycles and stay in the news? Her story endures because we want to believe in it, as much for ourselves as for the singer. Even in the bleakest situations, we think there is hope and beauty to be found. It is a welcome respite from the cynicism of our age, a straw to hold on to in the ceaseless cycle of bad news.
What’s Not to Love About Ryan Reynolds’ Theatre of the Absurd?
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What’s Not to Love About Ryan Reynolds’ Theatre of the Absurd?

Pokémon Detective Pikachu features Ryan Reynolds as the amnesiac, coffee-chugging, New York wisecracking title character. But underneath Pikachu’s ironic wit and conspiracy theories, lies a core of sincerity that defines the actor. The ability to skewer a beloved story without disrespecting its essence is signature Reynolds.