Fiona Phillips: Stop trivialising real mental health issues

Netflix's hit reality dating show Love Is Blind has many of us gripped with its drama-filled and nail-biting scenes.Season two premiered on Friday (February 11) and follows several men and women hoping to find love in a very different kind of dating experience.Contestants first take part in a blind speed-dating process which takes place in pods where they will see whether there's a spark.From that point, the individual decides whether they want to propose - with the intention to get married - and finally get to meet their other half face-to-face for the first time.Despite being a wild concept, avid viewers have been glued to the show's thrilling drama which has many asking questions about what really happens behind-the-scenes.Here, we dig deep into the shenanigans that happens off-camera. Many may have noticed how 30 people enter the show looking for the perfect person.However, only a select number of people are properly shown throughout the series.

student has been declared dead after taking an Uber following a night out with pals.The 21-year-old from the University of New Orleans was dropped off unresponsive at a hospital where she was declared dead.Ciaya Jordan Whetstone attended Mardi Gras parades on Friday and later went out with friend Juliet Orr to a bar.Juliet told the New Orleans Advocate that Ciaya was driven to her boyfriend's house in the suburbs and later took an Uber to check on her dog in the middle of the night.Her roommate, Reese White, said that Ciaya told her she was going with the driver whom she described as a friend to “go find her car”.Reese told the paper: "I tried to convince her not to go."One of Ciaya's other friends, Robert Torres, rang her at around 1.30am on Saturday morning where he heard the driver ask her: "Do you like to party?"Reportedly she told Robert that she will ring him back, but never did.The news outlet reported it was unclear who dropped the girl off at 7am at the hospital.Police said she arrived via “private conveyance”, a term used in cases where an ambulance isn’t involved.Currently it is unclear what the cause of death was.The girl's stepdad shared how "shocked" the family are and how they have "got a tough few days ahead of us".The University officials said that Ciaya was a business administration junior who was due to graduate in 2023.School president John Nicklow said in a statement: “As a University, few things are more challenging than dealing with the sadness of the death of a student. Our thoughts are with Ciaya’s family and friends.“We are offering counselling services to students and employees who need support."Fellow students also shared their worries.

Clayton Davis On Tuesday afternoon, it was reported that eight categories would not be presented on the live broadcast of this year’s 94th Oscars ceremony. The social media and industry reaction was swift and brutal from industry members and awards watchers, but some of the instant backlash was due to a lack of understanding of the process and how it will roll out.Are the categories being removed from the Oscars ceremony?No. The 94th ceremony will begin one hour earlier for in-person attendees, with the full presentation of nominees, winners and speeches from the eight selected categories of documentary short, film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short, live action short and sound.

Korea, one of the world’s most advanced economies and now one of the most competitive OTT markets.Now, local contender Tving reckons it has many of the tools it needs to unseat Netflix from its hard-earned position as Korea’s top dog streamer.Streaming industry numbers in Korea have risen in roughly inverse proportion to the decline of theatrical film industry. South Korea was the world’s fourth biggest box office market until 2019, but it is now chugging along with a dearth of local titles and aggregate revenues averaging a miserable $5 million per weekend so far in 2022.Consultancy, Media Partners Asia has estimated in contrast that Netflix may have ended 2021 with some six million paying subscribers (in a population of 51 million).

Tom Holland is answering fans’ questions — or, at least he’s trying to when he’s not focusing on being surrounded by a puppies.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, 53, has seemingly rocked too hard. He confessed that he’s basically “deaf” and has been for the past 20 years. “I haven’t had them tested in a long time — I mean, I know what they’re gonna say,” he said of his ears on The Howard Stern Show. “You have hearing damage tinnitus in your left ear, more so than your right ear.”

Call Of Duty series will not receive a new mainline title in 2023, the first time in nearly two decades, creepsActivision is reportedly pushing back the upcoming 2023 entry in the series after the most recent installment, 2021’s Call Of Duty: Vanguard from Sledgehammer Games, failed to live up to the company’s expectations. The 2023 entry is allegedly being developed by Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War maker Treyarch.According to a new report by Bloomberg‘s Jason Schreier, who cites “people familiar with the [release] plan”, some higher-ups in the company believe Activision has been releasing new installments in the series at too fast a pace.However, it seems like the coming years will not go without any Call Of Duty content from Activision at all.

Arthur, is now the longest-running children’s animated series in the history of American television, which has ended with its 25th season. Developed for PBS by Kathy Waugh, and produced by WGBH, Arthur centers on a young aardvark of the same name, and the lessons he learns from friends and family, while growing up in the fictional Elwood City.

2-22-22 has people all over the world excited. On what is considered a lucky and special day, the Kardashians have a different connection to the date as it is their late father Robert Kardashian’s birthday.

Scott Disick is the World’s Best Dad! The 38-year-old took the beach in Miami recently with his three children, Mason, 12, Penelope, 9, and Reign, 7, whom he shares with ex Kourtney Kardashian, 42. The 38-year-old went casual cool in a black t-shirt and light blue swim trunks, also sporting sunglasses to keep the Miami rays at bay. Penelope still rocked her adorable Little Mermaid-esque red locks and a pink-and-orange one piece while Reign wore green-and-white-striped swim trunks. Mason helped dad with the little ones in a long-sleeve grey-and-white tie dyed tee and black pants to protect himself from the sun.

Lindsay Lohan just joined TikTok this month and has been sharing cute new videos with her fans on the platform.

Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy‘s clash on the set of Mad Max: Fury Road will go down as one of the most talked about feuds in Hollywood.

Hannah Lee Fowler is pulling back on her intentions of divorce with Sam Hunt.

Rob Kardashian is ready to move on from a legal battle with ex Blac Chyna.

The supermodel Gigi Hadid who is currently preparing to welcome her first baby with boyfriend Zayn Malik, took to social media over the weekend to show off her newly renovated New York City apartment. While the expecting star has been spending time away from the city at her mom--Yolanda Hadid’s farm amid the coronavirus pandemic, she told fans that she's looking forward to returning to her Big Apple home in the future.

Taylor Swift recently released her new album, Folklore. The new musical presentation has fans picking out their favourites.

One Direction fans were left fuming after former member Zayn Malik failed to commemorate the band's 10-year anniversary.

There’s a lot of talk about mental health around right now as we all share stories of how we’ve coped – or not – with the coronavirus lockdown and its consequences.

One Direction has officially existed for a decade and counting. It was on July 23, 2010, when the boyband was formed and the rest, as they say, is history.

On July 23, 2010, Simon Cowell made the monumental decision to put together a boyband named One Direction. Five extremely talented teenagers were asked to become a group on the music competition and within weeks they became more popular than even the British reality show.

"You and me got a whole lot of history. We could be the greatest team that the world has ever seen," rings the nostalgic bells in Directioners' quaint hearts as they've been waiting for five years to hear about a possible reunion of One Direction.