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    • Why Anne Hathaway May Want to Lose that Oscar

      Anne Hathaway and Adam ShulmanAnne Hathaway and Adam Shulman

      By Jo Piazza for HowAboutWe

      There is nothing in Hollywood, save for marrying Tom Cruise, that will boost your career more than winning an Academy Award.

      That bald gold man ensures "Academy-Award Winning" is attached to your person for perpetuity in movie trailers, on posters, in commercials for probiotic yogurt and most importantly, in contracts-promising at least a 20% increase in your asking price for all future gigs.

      Why then, would a young, up-and-coming starlet (let's call her Anne Hathaway) want to lose out on this embarrassment of riches? Perhaps to save her relationship.

      Plus: The 9 Most Annoying Things Said to Single People

      If you've never heard of the "Oscar Curse," let me give you the elevator pitch. It's a theory that actresses who win the award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress are much more likely to lose their significant other following the big win.

      The curse dates all the way back to 1935 when Claudette Colbert won Best Actress for

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    • Questions for the Creator of ‘Burning Love,’ the Ultimate ‘Bachelor’ Spoof

      Erica Oyama adores "The Bachelor." The LA-based screenwriter and mother of two got hooked on the show during the first weeks after her son was born, and a passing interest soon became a full-blown obsession-and then a screenplay of her own. Ben Stiller's production company took notice, and soon the parody "Burning Love" was born. An instant success on Yahoo Screen, the web series (to be aired as 30-minute episodes on E! beginning Feb 25) is the most masterful and comprehensive "Bachelor" spoof ever done, down to every last awkward greeting, painful public rejection, and passive aggressive "Can I steal you for a minute?"

      The format is familiar to anyone who's ever seen the original (meaning virtually everyone who owns a TV): hunky bachelor Mark Orlando (Ken Marino, Oyama's husband) is looking for love, and his mating pool is a group of ladies competing for his affection. Orlando nails the clueless-humorless-dullsville hunk ("I'm looking for someone who makes me laugh, and isn't afraid

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    • The Strange Mating Habits of Celebrities

      By Lilit Marcus for HowAboutWe

    • Doing Small Things Now Will Save You from Divorce Later. Here’s Why

      Doing Small Things Now Will Save You From Divorce Later. Here's Why.Doing Small Things Now Will Save You From Divorce Later. Here's Why.By Kayt Sukel for HowAboutWe

      You know the old saying: "Little things mean a lot."

      The saying is rarely more true than when it comes to relationships: little things can actually do a great deal when it comes to upping your satisfaction with your partner.

      Do you hold hands with your spouse while watching TV? It's been linked to the release of oxytocin-and improved relationship outcomes. Have you worked to add a little variation in the bedroom? It's been linked to happier marriages. Have you taken a course to learn how to communicate more effectively? Yep, you guessed it-that helps, too.

      Plus: 12 Signs You're Probably Being Too Picky

      But how do all these small interventions actually work? How is a few minutes of holding hands now doing so much to keep marriages from falling apart down the road?

      Earlier this month, Eli Finkel, a social psychologist at Northwestern University, published a study in the journal Psychological Science suggesting that just 21 minutes a year can dramatically

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    • And the City Where You’re Most Likely to Be Stood Up Is…

      Will you get stood up in your city?Will you get stood up in your city?By Chiara Atik for HowAboutWe

      New Yorkers may be cold, abrasive snobs, but at least, at least, they are half as likely to stand someone up on a first date than the heartless flakes that reside in Los Angeles. According to a new iPhone app called "Let's Date," which surveys daters within the first 15 minutes of the date, Los Angelenos get stood up 10% of the time, a little over 5% more than the rest of the country. (Let's pause here to note that if there's anyone who deserves to be stood up, and there isn't, but if there were, it would definitely be the guy or the girl who stops to take a survey on their phone to rate their date 15 minutes in.

      According to HowAboutWe data, folks on the West Coast are also way more likely to go on outdoor and fitness dates - if you've got [amazing weather], flaunt [amazing weather] - than their East Coast counterparts, who are prone to spend most of their first dates at bars.

      So, all of this corroborates a theory I've been quite certain of for a long

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    • What’s Valentine’s Day Really like at White Castle? (Video)

      You may have heard that White Castle, the fast food chain famous for its sacks of burgers, goes all-out for Valentine's Day. More than 400 White Castles nationwide are transformed into "Love Castles," complete with tablecloths, candles, and printed menus. So what's it really like for couples spending their Valentine's Day at this most unique of burger joints? We sent reporter Justin Silverman to survey the scene at a Brooklyn Love Castle.


      More from HowAboutWe:
      The 9 Most Annoying Things to Say to a Single Person
      The Ultimate First Date Guide: Everything You'd Ever Need to Know (Seriously)
      The Five Friends You Must Have When You're Single
      10 Questions That Will Save You from Marrying the Wrong Person
      6 Reasons Bald Men are Better Boyfriends


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    • When Did Writing About Detached Sex Become a Thing?

      Writing about sex?Writing about sex?By Chiara Atik for HowAboutWe

      A new type of personal essay has emerged on blogs lately, have you noticed? It involves young, female bloggers describing their sexual encounters in graphic detail, with nearly absurd levels of emotional detachment. Cat Marnell did it for Vice. Lenina Lilic did it for Gawker, in an essay that, while not poorly written, certainly doesn't fall under the category of "daily news media and gossip." XOJane seems to have practically made it a subcategory. Describing weird sex with someone you have no affinity for is becoming a literary device.

      The leitmotif of these essays is clear: look how self-aware we are of the fact that having casual sexual encounters doesn't make us feel sexy, doesn't make us feel loved, doesn't make us feel less alone. And yet we continue to do it, in an act of sexual nihilism that seems to fly in the face of our mothers' hard-fought sexual liberation. ("Sure, we can have sex whenever now. Who cares? It's meaningless.")

      Plus: Guess

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    • The One Word that Can Derail Your Valentine’s Day

      Valentine's DayValentine's DayBy Melissa Wall for HowAboutWe

      Valentine's Day! Two words that evoke a tsunami of reactions, ranging from frothing hatred to fervent anticipation. Whether you cannot WAIT for Feb. 14th to shower you with velvety layers of pink goodness, or whether you find it more odious than a Kardashian mid-pregnancy sex tape, there is one inescapable truth about this controversial day: It is coming, and there is no way to stop it.

      Given this fact, there is really only one path forward: we may as well enjoy the hell out of Valentine's Day, in whatever way we find most appealing. Perhaps that involves a solo last-minute trip to Aruba. Perhaps it means plunging yourself into a vat of dark chocolate. For many people planning to celebrate with a significant other (yours truly included), the day involves a good amount of stress and planning-planning what to do, planning where to go, planning how to fit said plans into your week, and then stressing about whether you're doing enough for your partner, or

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