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Because kissing is such a dull subject, Good magazine created this video of famous movie kisses combined with facts about its science and cultural history. I almost found the music and video distracting, though, as fascinating facts — like illiterate people signed legal deals with a kiss in the Middle Ages, hence the X in XO — flashed across the screen. Nonetheless, it's a fun, edifying Read more
I've been really inspired by traveling this week — both because of my own itch to go on an adventure and because I have a handful of friends who are either planning their honeymoon or enjoying it right now. As part of my travel urge, I got to thinking about movies that captured a culture and a country so well that they've made me add a new entry to my list of places I have vowed to visit. Come Read more
Balayage is a beautiful, natural looking take on highlights (thanks to the French), but better yet, the technique is easy to try at home. Check out the steps necessary for channeling your inner colorist, and impress your friends with your DIY efforts. Sun-kissed, buttery-blond strands await you. Read more
Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary on Monday, and today they got a jump on the festivities during a romantic vow-renewal ceremony. Nick got down on one knee and took Mariah's hand while the Eiffel Tower perfectly framed their sunset ceremony. This isn't the first renewal for Nick and Mariah, who famously exchanged "I dos" inside a hospital last Spring right Read more
Love was in the air for Katy Perry at Coachella! The purple-haired singer engaged in plenty of PDA with Florence + the Machine guitarist Robert Ackroyd. Katy and her new man, Robert Ackroyd, snuck in kisses and hugs while watching a concert yesterday. Katy has moved on with Robert after splitting from husband Russell Brand in December of last year. Katy was reported to have had a fling with Read more
First sung by Sophia Loren in English in 1960, remade in French by Gillian Hills in 1961, and brought back to life on Mad Men last night by Mrs. Don Draper, Zou Bisou Bisou is the perfect song for a 1960s sex kitten. On Sunday's Season 5 premiere of Mad Men, Don's new wife, Megan, channels a yé-yé girl, a term derived from "yeah! yeah!" The yé-yé movement was comprised of female pop singers Read more
Happy Bastille Day! We have lots of things to thank France for — crepes, lingerie, our inferiority complex — but the French kiss is not one of them. What we call French kissing, the French call baiser avec la langue (kiss with tongue) or for slang patin (ice-skating shoe). Like a figure eight, I guess? It's unclear who coined the phrase, but France has been the unofficial romance capital of Read more
Beginning next year, sex education is going to be mandatory for middle school and high school students in New York City, but the new sex-ed curriculum includes some controversial lessons. The Department of Education's recommended workbooks include: Comparisons of prices and features of different condom brands at stores. Research of the confidentiality policy at clinics that provide birth Read more
Sienna Miller didn't let Tom Sturridge's serious scruff get in the way of kissing as they watched the French Open in Paris yesterday. The tennis tournament has brought out famous fans like Pippa Middleton, Salma Hayek, Bradley Cooper, and even Anna Wintour joined Tom and Sienna for the sport-filled afternoon. Anna apparently was the one who invited Sienna and Tom to join her in Roger Federer's Read more
In Dominique Strauss-Kahn's first interview on French TV since escaping sexual assault charges in New York City, the French politician accused hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo of lying repeatedly. As the news report above explains, DSK conceded that his behavior was inappropriate, but he then attacked the maid's credibility, maintaining that he did not use force. The former IMF chief went on TV to Read more
