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NEWS ABOUT: kiss

kiss stories: 13 news summaries

 Dakota Fanning 
 Dishes on Kissing 
 Kristen Stewart 


Twilight co-stars get hot and heavy for Runaways

Nov 19, 09 8:51 AM CST
(Newser) - “Really close” Twilight co-stars Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart lock lips in next year’s The Runaways, and it is indeed a passionate kiss, says Fanning. “We were so into the scene and into the script and the characters,” the 15-year-old tells Access Hollywood . “We’re... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • kiss • Dakota Fanning • Twilight • Kristen Stewart • New Moon

 Germy 
 Kissing 
 Is the 
 Point  

Swapping spit boosts immunity, say scientists

Nov 2, 09 3:28 AM CST
(Newser) - A kiss apparently is not just a kiss. An unromantic team of scientists has determined that the point of kissing is to spread germs and increase lovers' immunity and health. The bug cytomegalovirus, which is dangerous in pregnancy, is passed from smooching men to give a woman time to build... More »

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pregnancy • health • birth • kiss • immunity • French kissing • fetal health • women's issues

Katy Perry, watch out

 Charlize Kisses Girl for $140K 

Theron throws in a smooch to sweeten charity auction

Oct 23, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charlize Theron threw a smooch into the bargain to revive a flagging charity auction last night—and didn’t back down when a woman made the highest bid. The actress was selling a trip to South Africa, but bidding stalled at $37,000—after Jeremy Piven raised $280,000. Annoyed,... More »

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auction • charity • kiss • Charlize Theron • Jeremy Piven • OneXOne

Guiding Light's Lesbian Couple Finally Gets
to Kiss

No, not during soap's last days...online

Aug 25, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to the Internet, a popular lesbian soap opera couple will finally get their long-awaited kiss. Crystal Chappell, Guiding Light’s Olivia, is bringing friends and fans together to create a Web series after the soap goes off the air next month. And though never allowed to make out... More »

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entertainment • lesbians • celebrity • soap operas • kiss • Guiding Light



 Mexicans Kiss Off 
 Smooching Ban 

Town's effort to ban kissing sparks passionate national protests

Feb 14, 09 5:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Outraged Mexicans joined forces—and lips—to kiss away a city's efforts to ban public smooching, the Los Angeles Times reports. Guanajuato's law drew national ridicule and protesters soon started kissing en masse in front of city hall. Newspaper columnists and politicians lined up to defend the kiss as a... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • kissing • kiss • Valentine's Day • kisses

 Mayor Embraces 
 Kissing in Public, 
 Denies Ban 

Mexican official starts ad campaign to prove that Guanajuato welcomes PDA, despite what people say

Jan 21, 09 2:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Planning a trip to Guanajuato, Mexico? You’d better bust out the lip balm, AP reports. Mayor Eduardo Romero has proclaimed his city “the kissing capital” to counter claims he’s against public displays of affection. Apparently, the wording of a local anti-obscenity law caused some people to believe... More »

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law • Mexico • kissing • kiss • public displays of affection • municipal government

OPINION

 Porn Sucks Kissing 
 Out of Intimacy 

Smut appears to be kiss of death for old-school practice

Jan 15, 09 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Pornography is changing our most intimate practices, Susan Walsh observes for Salon—and looks to have been the kiss of death for, well, kissing. “When I was growing up in the ‘70s, making out was an essential precursor to even the most casual sex,” she writes. Now,... More »

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pornography • sex • kissing • kiss • anal sex • Brazilian wax

 Carell, The Rock Dish on Liplock 

Carell and Johnson talk about unlikely kiss in Get Smart

Jun 7, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Steve Carell and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson dug a little liplock in their upcoming film, Get Smart, the AP reports. “He smells like strawberry shortcake,” Carell quipped. “For me, that's why they call him The Rock. He rocks people's worlds.” More »

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film • Steve Carell • kiss • Dwayne The Rock Johnson • movies • Anne Hathaway

Lesbian Liplock Sparks Stadium PDA Dispute

Mom complains to security after kiss at Mariners game

May 30, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Seattle Mariners' response to a fan complaint has set off a dispute about gay rights and public displays of affection. A Safeco Field employee told a lesbian couple they had to either stop kissing in the stands or leave the game, KOMO TV reports. One of the women says... More »

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Seattle Mariners • lesbians • kiss • public displays of affection • Safeco Field

 Madge Reprises Lesbian Kiss 

A she did with Britney, Madonna uses a girl-on-girl lip-lock for publicity

May 7, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna revived a rare classic last night—and it wasn't a song. During a performance in Paris to promote new album Hard Candy, the Material Girl, 49, grabbed a female backup dancer for an on-stage lip-lock, reprising a headline-grabbing steamy stunt with Britney Spears during a 2003 MTV awards show,... More »

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Britney Spears • celebrity • Paris • concert • kiss • Madonna • Lesbian • Hard Candy

Teenagers Kiss Off
S. African Lip-Locking Ban

They protest law that forbids smooching
kids younger than 16

Jan 6, 08 9:06 AM CST
(Newser) - South African teenagers held a “kiss-in” yesterday to protest a new law that criminalizes romantic physical contact with anyone under 16, the Washington Post reports. The "Kissing Law” is intended to make it easier to prosecute older men sexually involved with younger girls. But the law has outraged... More »

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South Africa • kissing • hugging • kiss • public displays of affection • hug • teenager

Should Tonsil Hockey Be
More Taboo?

Perhaps public displays of affection go too far

Sep 30, 07 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Birds do it. Bees do it. Even Tipper and Al do it. Smooch sloppily in public, that is. A recent rash of public heavy petting has Miss Manners everywhere exasperated, CNN reports. The year’s most outrageous makeout may be Richard Gere’s caresses of a Bollywood actress, leading to... More »

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love • hugging • relationship • kiss • affection • etiquette

It Really Is in His Kiss

Smooching sends different messages for men and women

Sep 3, 07 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Men and women rate kissing differently, according to a study of 1,000 American students published in Evolutionary Psychology. Women rated kissing as more important than men did, and continue to value kisses throughout long-term relationships. Men, who reported using kisses to increase their chances of getting sex, also preferred... More »

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women • kissing • dating • romance • relationship • kiss

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