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It’s Halloween with Lightbox, y’all!

How to do your 2018 TV Halloween costumes right, according to an actual costume designer

Halloween is coming up, and you're panicking. We know, and we're here to help. Costume designer Christopher Stratton has your solutions, both easy and not!
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By Christopher Stratton | 26th October, 2018
Guest writer
New to Lightbox: Katherine Heigl comes to Suits and UnREAL returns

New to Lightbox: Katherine Heigl comes to Suits and UnREAL returns

Alex Casey, Sam Brooks and Madeleine Chapman round up the new content coming to Lightbox this month, including the return of TV juggernauts Suits and UnREAL. 
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By The Spinoff | 3rd July, 2018
Staff writers
Train, plane, or automobile? Lightbox has you covered.

What to watch on your commute, Lightbox-style

On Lightbox Premium, you can download Lightbox content to your mobile device. We asked our colleagues for their picks to watch on your next commute – no matter the length.
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By The Spinoff | 19th June, 2018
Staff writers
The Real Pod: A shark ate a mince pie… à la Troy

The Real Pod: A shark ate a mince pie… à la Troy

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s.
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By The Real Pod | 14th March, 2018
Podcast
Ten brilliant TV shows created by awesome women

Ten brilliant TV shows created by awesome women

Cops, doctors, variety shows writers, reality show producers, women are running the show – and running the shows. To celebrate International Women’s Day, Tara Ward salutes ten of Lightbox’s best shows made by women.
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By Tara Ward | 8th March, 2018
Staff writer
The Real Pod BONUS EPISODE: A chat with one of the greatest US Bachelorettes of all time

The Real Pod BONUS EPISODE: A chat with one of the greatest US Bachelorettes of all time

In this very special bonus episode of The Real Pod, Jane Yee and Alex Casey sit down with Olivia Caridi from season 20 of The Bachelor US. 
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By The Real Pod | 26th February, 2018
Podcast
A villain from The Bachelor US dishes the dirt on UnREAL

A villain from The Bachelor US dishes the dirt on UnREAL

Ahead of UnREAL season three arriving exclusively to Lightbox tomorrow, Olivia Caridi from The Bachelor US takes us behind the curtain of reality romance.
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By Alex Casey | 26th February, 2018
Senior writer
UnREAL finally returns and more coming to Lightbox in February

UnREAL finally returns and more coming to Lightbox in February

Alex Casey and Sam Brooks round up the new content coming to Lightbox this month, including UnREAL tackling... The Bachelorette?!
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By The Spinoff | 9th February, 2018
Staff writers
Labour Day: the best and worst workplaces on Lightbox

Labour Day: the best and worst workplaces on Lightbox

It's Labour Weekend this weekend to commemorate the 8-hour work day by not going to work for any hours. It makes sense. To celebrate, Madeleine Chapman and Calum Henderson combined brains to find the best and worst places to work on Lightbox.
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By Group Think | 21st October, 2016
A bunch of people
Throwback Thursday: The television MVPs of the ’90s

Throwback Thursday: The television MVPs of the ’90s

The '90s and early 2000s brought with them an influx of young TV idols. But who has stood the test of time? Claire Adamson investigates.
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By Claire Adamson | 20th October, 2016
Guest writer
How many more awards can Maggie Smith win? A handy guide to Lightbox at the Emmys

How many more awards can Maggie Smith win? A handy guide to Lightbox at the Emmys

With the Primetime Emmy Awards coming up, here are the many, many Lightbox shows that have earned themselves nominations, along with our winning predictions. Spoiler alert: Maggie Smith always wins.
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By The Spinoff | 14th September, 2016
Staff writers
When The Bachelor goes more batshit than UnREAL ever could

When The Bachelor goes more batshit than UnREAL ever could

Alex Casey shares her favourite moments of producer manipulation, contestant craziness and pant-pooping in all of dating show history.
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By Alex Casey | 9th August, 2016
Senior writer
Five times UnREAL got incredibly real

Five times UnREAL got incredibly real

Alex Casey explains how UnREAL, a black comedy set on a fictional reality set, chews on an array of tense issues like no other television right now
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By Alex Casey | 27th July, 2016
Senior writer
Why UnREAL season two is the perfect antidote to The Bachelor NZ

Why UnREAL season two is the perfect antidote to The Bachelor NZ

For Bachelor fans, the journey to the end of The Bachelor NZ season two was an excruciating one. But, as Alex Casey finds, there's a light at the end of the tunnel with the latest season of UnREAL. Contains spoilers.
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By Alex Casey | 9th June, 2016
Senior writer
The Bachelor NZ Power Rankings, Week Five – Welcome to the eye of the Storm

The Bachelor NZ Power Rankings, Week Five – Welcome to the eye of the Storm

Alex Casey assembles her contestant power rankings for week five, including ponytail nightmares, cow pyramid schemes and a tonne of spaghetti
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By Alex Casey | 6th April, 2016
Senior writer
The Bachelor NZ Group Think, Week Two: Is The Bachelor secretly a massive wine nerd?

The Bachelor NZ Group Think, Week Two: Is The Bachelor secretly a massive wine nerd?

After week two on The Bachelor NZ, some of the greatest minds in the country* assemble to talk about the big issues including the official drink of the show, Jordan's dessert flirt and Lindsey's paintball massacre.
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By Group Think | 16th March, 2016
A bunch of people
The Bachelor NZ Power Rankings, Week Two – The hit list heats up like a lava lamp on speed

The Bachelor NZ Power Rankings, Week Two – The hit list heats up like a lava lamp on speed

Alex Casey assembles her contestant power rankings for week two on The Bachelor New Zealand, including a wet tshirt contest, arty conversations and the hit list to end all hit lists.
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By Alex Casey | 16th March, 2016
Senior writer
Summer Reissue: How Real is UnREAL? The Runner-Up of The Bachelor NZ Spills the Secret Reality Beans

Summer Reissue: How Real is UnREAL? The Runner-Up of The Bachelor NZ Spills the Secret Reality Beans

Alex Casey watches UnREAL – a drama set behind-the-scenes of a Bachelor-esque reality show – with The Bachelor NZ runner-up Dani Robinson, who dishes the dirt on how real reality TV really is.
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By Alex Casey | 6th January, 2016
Senior writer
Bachelor in Paradise: Reality Television Reaches a New Peak With an iPhone-Wielding Raccoon

Bachelor in Paradise: Reality Television Reaches a New Peak With an iPhone-Wielding Raccoon

"The raccoon uses consoling squeaks to comfort Clare in her time of need, HANGS UP the phone with his TINY RACCOON FOOT and then DIVES INTO THE POOL"
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By Alex Casey | 21st August, 2015
Senior writer
UnREAL: How Real is UnREAL? The Runner-Up of the Bachelor NZ Spills the Secret Reality Beans

UnREAL: How Real is UnREAL? The Runner-Up of the Bachelor NZ Spills the Secret Reality Beans

Alex Casey watches UnREAL – a drama set behind-the-scenes of a Bachelor-esque show – with The Bachelor NZ's Dani Robinson, who dishes the dirt on how real reality TV really is.
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By Alex Casey | 7th August, 2015
Senior writer

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