"The researchers were looking for quintessential envy, which is distinct from jealousy. Envy involves a longing for what you don’t have, while jealousy is provoked by losing something to someone else. If you crave a wife like Angelina Jolie, you’re envious of Brad Pitt; if you’re upset about losing your wife to him, you’re jealous." READ MORE

"'The question is: how can we construct a story around a set of emotions that our readers are going to relate to? It can come from a genuine tip, or a photo. Or it can come out of our ass,'" says a gossip magazine editor speaking anonymously to the Guardian's Oliver Burkeman. Burkeman has a lengthy piece on celebrity weeklies and their flexible concepts of truth and reportage. READ MORE