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Natalie Portman & Brad Pitt To Co-Star In Rom Com

Portman and Pitt team up for the first time in a film based on a clever illustrated novel.

Variety reports that the two stars and their production companies have purchased the rights to Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry, which is a mock auction catalogue offering the mementos from a couple's failed love affair. Lenore and Harold's artsy, culture-filled relationship is chronicled through the black and white photographs and auction lot descriptions of handwritten notes, salt shakers, jars of quarters, and more than 300 other objects that took on significance during the couple's time together.

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Love Bytes: Movies You'll Both Love

Chick flicks he'll love, turning off the TV is good for your relationship, and the Obama marriage.

Love Bytes: three must-click sex, dating and relationship links. Chick flicks guys will love, turning of the TV is good for your relationship, and the Obama marriage is good.

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Romantic Comedies Warp Your Brain

All those happily ever after chick flicks are bad for you. Men rejoice!

Edinburgh researchers at Heriot Wyatt University are blaming romantic comedy movies for encouraging "unrealistic expectations" when it comes to relationships and love. Romantic comedy watchers walk away thinking trust and commitment should happen immediately, sex is always earth-shatteringly good, and all sorts of soft, fuzzy internal messages can be transmitted through a lingering glance. Romantic comedies they think also force some people to communicate less and expect more from their relationships.

Definitely, Rom-Com Done Right

"Definitely, Maybe" is a solid date movie.

If you're up for a romantic comedy, check out Definitely, Maybe. Ryan Reynolds plays a guy having a bad day who is forced to explain the real story of how he met his daughter's mother. The interaction between Reynolds and costars Abigail Breslin, Rachel Weisz, Elizabeth Banks, and Isla Fisher is entertaining. And the movie is sweet without being cloying or maudlin.

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Romantic Movie Myths

J. Courtney Sullivan hands out the Oscars for Most Dangerous Romantic Movie Myths.

After almost 15 years as a faithful fan of romantic comedies, I’ve come to a painful conclusion: The movies we watch to supplement our love lives are actually sabotaging them.

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7 Lessons I Learned From Chick Flicks

Dangerous delusions about love—and the romantic comedies that feed them.

Which romantic comedy does your life resemble? When Harry Met Sally or Pretty in Pink? The movies you watch may be sabotaging your love life. J. Courtney Sullivan warns against waiting for Lloyd Dobler and pulls the rug out from under seven movie-myth scenarios.