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OPINION

 The Worst 
 Date Movies 


Oct 7, 09 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Film can stimulate romance like few other artistic mediums—but some films turn that power on its head. Nerve lists the worst date movies ever made; here are 10:
  • Dead Ringers. David Cronenburg's hallucinatory flick in which Jeremy Irons portrays identical twin gynecologists who create new gyno tools for
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film • rape • date • romance • Audition • Roman Polanski • David Cronenberg

(Newser) - Women may be more “selective” daters, but that distinction could well be based not on innate personality but on social norms and the simple prospect of which gender is doing the pursuing. A new study had subjects participate in a few rounds of speed dating. When the males approached... More »

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gender • women • men • dating • romance • speed-dating • scientific study • selectivity • social mores

College Bans Hookups When Roomie's Around

Tufts attempts 'to set clear boundaries' for students

Sep 29, 09 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Massachusetts college has a message for oversexed undergrads: Get a room—just not with your roommate in it. Students whose roomies became indiscreet in the heat of passion "expressed concerns that they were experiencing uncomfortable situations," explains a Tufts University rep. The resulting policy bluntly advises: ... More »

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sex • college • Tufts University • romance • hookup • roommate

 Danielle Steel 
 Aide 'Fesses to 
 $400K Ripoff 

Author claims assistant stole $2.7M

Sep 29, 09 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A long-time assistant has pleaded guilty to embezzling $400,000 from best-selling romance queen Danielle Steel. Kristy Watts admitted depositing checks for Steel into her own bank account and using the author's credit card points to obtain gifts and airline tickets. Steel, who has written 76 best-selling novels, claims Watts... More »

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novelist • author • writer • romance • embezzlement • novel • best seller • Danielle Steele

Want to Be a Chick Magnet? Stop Showering

Smelling chemical in sweat makes women
consider men cuter

Sep 10, 09 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Men, if you want to win over your date, maybe you should skip the shower. A chemical found in both sexes' sweat attracts women, a study suggests. A researcher in Scotland dabbed a bit of the testosterone-derived chemical on female subjects’ upper lips before a speed-dating session, the Independent reports.... More »

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women • men • sex • love • pheremones • sweat • attraction • romance • pheromone • androstadienone

 Megan Fox Talks 
 Phobias, Boys, 
 Monogamy 

Her weirdest phobia? 'Touching newspaper.' But the other quotes are even better.

Aug 31, 09 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Megan Fox graces the cover of October's Cosmopolitan, which means it's time for a fresh round of quotes about diarrhea and threesomes. Just Jared presents a sampling:
  • The ideal date: “A sexy sandwich with Andy Samberg and Jonah Hill.”
  • The scariest thing: “
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entertainment • celebrity • romance • Megan Fox • celebrity interview • monogamy • Jonah Hill • Andy Samberg

 What Not to Say to a Woman 


Jul 13, 09 8:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lovelife dragging a bit? AskMen plays virtual wingman, listing 10 things a guy should never say to a woman:
  1. Can I kiss you? This yells that you’re a boy, not a man.
  2. Can I take you on a date somewhere? Act confident and in control. Say something
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women • men • love • kissing • dating • romance • pick up lines

 Bradley Cooper 
 Romances 
 Renée 

Finally, newly hot star spotted with someone other than Jennifer Aniston

Jul 2, 09 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bradley Cooper may finally be able to stop fielding questions about Jennifer Aniston now that he's been spotted with someone else: Renée Zellweger. The co-stars of the upcoming Case 39 did a lot of gazing and flirting on a date Tuesday night in New York, the Daily News reports.... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • gossip • Jennifer Aniston • romance • Renee Zellweger • Bradley Cooper

 Broke Up Recently? 
 Museum Wants the Remnants 

Exhibit features everything from photos to prosthetics

Jun 23, 09 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not sure what to do with all those old love letters from your ex? Burning them seems too risky; keeping them, too sentimental. Why not put them on permanent display? The Museum of Broken Relationships allows you to do just that, BlackBook reports. Started as an art project in Croatia,... More »

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museum • love • romance • relationship • ex-boyfriends • Jay-ZTV • ex-girlfriends

(Newser) - Nora Roberts is the most popular romance writer in America, but it’s not easy being on the top. “People go, ‘Oh, you work six or eight hours a day, oh my God,’” she tells the New Yorker. “‘Well, yeah, how many hours do... More »

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publishing • writer • romance • novel • book • Nora Roberts • J.D. Robb • genre


 Kate, A-Rod 
 'Somewhat 
 Serious' 

But it's too early to tell if they'll last, sources say

Jun 3, 09 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kate Hudson’s romance with Alex Rodriguez is more than just a fling. “It’s somewhat serious,” a source tells People. “He introduced her to a bunch of his friends.” Kate also followed A-Rod to Dallas last month, with son Ryder in tow, for the Yankees'... More »

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entertainment • Alex Rodriguez • celebrity • Kate Hudson • romance

 Napoleon's Novella 
 Reveals His Sappy Side 

It's on the romantic life of an ambitious soldier

May 12, 09 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Before Napoleon the ruthless emperor came Napoleon the romance-writing softy—and his masterpiece is due out in English this fall. Clisson and Eugenie is a novella about a triumphant soldier who returns home to marry his lady—of the same name as Napoleon’s first love. The manuscript, penned when... More »

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France • Adolf Hitler • empire • Napoleon • romance • novel • Benito Mussolini

 Couples Find Love in Flu Hotel 

Guests stuck in Hong Kong hotel party away last night of quarantine

May 8, 09 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many of the hundreds of guests quarantined in Hong Kong's Metropark hotel shed their face masks to party away their final night in confinement yesterday, Reuters reports. The guests—who were initially outraged to learn they would be confined to the hotel for a week because of swine flu fears—... More »

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Hong Kong • quarantine • hotel • romance • outbreak • swine flu • H1N1 virus

Mass. Principal Under Fire for Touting Her Racy Novel

She talked book up to schoolteacher, administrators

Apr 29, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Boston-area grade school principal is on indefinite leave following complaints that she peddled her steamy romance novel on school grounds and reassigned a teacher who criticized her self-promoting ways, the Globe reports. Beth Gannon's self-published book, which follows an engaged woman who reconnects with a past lover, is "... More »

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Boston • punishment • romance • elementary school • novel • principal

(Newser) - Tired of texting your long-distance lover to say how much you care? A Scottish research lab hopes to connect couples with something a bit more poetic: "painted" light. Users of Mutsugoto wear touch-activated rings tracked by motion-sensing cameras mounted above their beds; caress your own arm and a matching... More »

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technology • love • light • dating • romance • relationship

Madonna, Jesus Back Together 

Adoption heartbreak leads to reunion

Apr 17, 09 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna has been reunited with Jesus, the Sun reports. The 50-year-old singer, who dumped her 22-year-old model boyfriend last month and tweeted that she was “glad,” was recently spotted with him at a New York Kabbalah center. An insider says Madonna’s adoption fiasco prompted the reunion: “... More »

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adoption • celebrity • romance • Madonna • Jesus Luz

 Brown Denies New 
 Romance Rumors 

Plus, Rihanna's new tattoo has a typo

Apr 14, 09 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown denies coupling with either an old flame or Girlicious singer Natalie Mejia, People reports. Along with Brown’s rep, a friend of Mejia’s also chimed in: “They met recently. They’re friends. That's it.” Another source adds Brown and Rihanna spent time together over Easter... More »

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celebrity • romance • Rihanna • Chris Brown • Natalie Mejia • Girlicious



 No Joke: 
 Funny Guys 
 Score With 
 Women 

Study shows women think humor equals intelligence

Apr 1, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Go ahead and play that April Fool’s Day prank, guys: Women are attracted to funny men and think they're smarter than sourpusses, a new study shows. Though humor is not actually linked to smarts, “women use humor as an indication of a guy’s intelligence,” said the... More »

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study • sex • humor • love • romance

(Newser) - Romantic love is more enduring than previously thought, says a new study in the Review of General Psychology. Researchers surveyed more than 6,000 people, some newly coupled, some married for decades, and found that 13% still reported high levels of romance. That may not sound like much, but... More »

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love • psychology • romance

 8 Offbeat Library Collections 

Hidden treasures abound in local libraries across the country

Mar 7, 09 3:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Your local library may be home to an odd or wonderful specialized stash of artifacts. The Smithsonian compiles a list of the nation’s most unusual library collections:
  • The Cleveland Public Library sports perhaps the world’s largest collection of chess- and checkers-related material, with more than 30,000
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Cleveland • Judaism • chess • romance • Smithsonian • University of Utah • library • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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