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What 'Love Story' Taught Us About Love

The classic film "Love Story" taught us about saying sorry to loved ones and more.

In light of the recent death of Erich Segal, the former Yale classics professor who wrote both the novel and screenplay of "Love Story," we compiled the love lessons we took from the 1970 film. "Love means never having to say you're sorry" and more.

Real Housewives Of Atlanta Shocker: The Details

Real Housewives Of Atlanta Shocker: The Details

Kandi Burruss, of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta, reacts to the sudden death of her fiance.

A.J. Jewell, ex-fiance of The Real Housewives of Atlanta's Kandi Burruss, died early Saturday morning. He suffered massive head injuries resulting from a fight with an employee at a strip club he owned in Atlanta. The Grammy-winning songwriter blogged and tweeted about dealing with the sudden, tragic loss.

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How Dirty Dancing Ruined My Love Life

Dirty Dancing made her crush on Patrick Swayze and believe too much in fairy-tale romance.

Dirty Dancing ruined my love life. I'm not sure how one movie could so deeply affect me. Maybe it was because I saw the movie when I was young and impressionable, or maybe it's just that I watched the film so often that my VHS copy actually broke in the VCR. All I know is that the lessons I learned about love in the summer of 1987 set me up for some massive disappointments later in life.

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Single In Italy: Slaphappy [VIDEO]

"Sex and the City" writer learns how Italian women keep their men in line.

 Liz Tuccillo talks to Italian women who say they slap- and sometimes stab!- men to show authority and be heard.  

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Michael Jackson: The First Man I Ever Loved

Michael Jackson, remembered.

My first love was a celebrity. I grew up with MTV, watching Madonna roll around in a bridal gown and Billy Idol dancing with himself on a dingy roof. But there was one man that I loved from the very first moment I heard him sing: Michael Jackson. I can't tell you the moment I first saw him or the day I decided I loved him. I was about five years old and, in addition to my cast albums of Annie and Grease, I regularly put "Thriller" on my Fisher Price record player in my yellow bedroom in Brooklyn, NY.

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Jon and Kate File Divorce Papers

Jon & Kate Plus Eight stars legally file for divorce in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

People.com is reporting that Jon and Kate Gosselin have officially filed for divorce. This development comes as a surprise to absolutely no one. In case you haven't had a chance to read a blog or pick up a magazine in the past 7 weeks, the Gosselin's marriage has been unraveling in the public eye since rumors of Jon's affair with a 23-year-old teacher. Since then, the couple have spent vacations apart, visited divorce lawyers, and bemoaned the constant media attention being paid to their family.