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6 Great Dating Tips From 'Extreme Makeover' Star Jillian Harris
From 'The Bachelorette' to 'Extreme Makeover,' this TV star knows her stuff!

6 Great Dating Tips From 'Extreme Makeover' Star Jillian Harris

The star of 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' and former 'Bachelorette' helps us find love in 2012!

It's a new year, which means it's out with the old and in with the new! This can apply to what's hanging in your closet, sitting in your garage, or, especially, what's lying next to you in bed. If you're stuck in a situation with someone you are getting to know and trying to find a common ground, or staying with someone because they're "good enough for now," change that attitude immediately. Check out these 6 dating tips so you can enjoy the thrill of being single in the New Year.

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The latest drama from 'The Bachelor?' It's all about Shawntel.

'The Bachelor' Recap: Should Ben Have Given Shawntel A Chance?

Who is Shawntel? It's a good question, and one we can all be sure Ben's women were asking themselves

Seriously, ABC, this season's girls of The Bachelor are by far the worst crop ever in the history of the show. That said, these girls bring good ratings because they are completely mad and make great television. All that said, last night's drama all revolved around one woman in particular. It was all about Shawntel.

Will You Be Watching The New "Very Nude" Season Of The Bachelor?
We're not opposed to 'The Bachelor' wanting to strip down.

Will You Be Watching The New "Very Nude" Season Of The Bachelor?

This season (which started on Monday), has more nudity, cat fights, & crazy nights than ever before.

The current issue of People Magazine features the cover story 'Ben Tells All – The Bachelor Gets Wild.' Ben talks about the cat fights and crazy nights as he searches for love.

“Love Architect” Kailen Rosenberg Constructs Relationships

“Love Architect” Kailen Rosenberg Constructs Relationships

What’s a love architect? It’s someone who comes into a person’s love life to repair the cracks.

By CupidsPulse.com Kailen Rosenberg is a nationally respected Elite Matchmaker, who has helped many singles and couples find and restore love throughout the years, including celebrities, CEO’s and public figures. She has a gift for bringing you back to the person you really are deep-down inside and helping you to shed the hard-coated exterior that society has forced you to wear. Rosenberg is best described as a “love architect.”

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Could Kate Gosselin Be The Next Bachelorette?

Let's hope not. Four things Kate Gosselin could do that don't involve reality TV.

It seems that Kate Gosselin's claim to fame—her family—may be all she has left after this season of her show ends. Her show Kate Plus 8 has been cancelled due to bad ratings. But it may not be the last time the reality star does reality TV.

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Dating Tips From Jersey Shore Creator SallyAnn Salsano

The Jersey Shore, Nail Files and Disaster Date producer talks turn-offs and dating advice with us.

Enter SallyAnn Salsano, a former Long Island guidette turned mega producer who added a new wrinkle to reality TV when her baby, 'The Jersey Shore,' hit MTV in December of 2009. The show—now entering into its fifth season—has been touted as single-handedly making MTV relevant again by cementing a new batch of celebrities and scoring the network millions in advertising revenue. We sat down with the fast-talking reality TV dynamo and chatted about love, dating and how all the Jersey Shore boys are husband material underneath it all.

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Emily Maynard Would Be The Best Bachelorette Of All Time

Bentley pines for her, Ashley wants to be her and Bachelor Brad Womack's an idiot for losing her.

Emily Maynard as the next Bachelorette? Heck yeah! Any ABC reality show aficionado knows the drill—the next Bachelor or Bachelorette is always a cast off from the previous cycle. This season's silver medal is Ashley Herbert, whom thanks to Bentley, has brought nothing but nonstop drama, mental breakdowns and tears to the rose-wrangling gig.

Why You Attract Men Who Are Bad News

Why You Attract Men Who Are Bad News

How to stop being a jerk magnet.

How to stop being a jerk magnet. How to stop being a jerk magnet. I have a secret guilty pleasure and that is watching The Bachelor series. I know, I know, most of the time it is just a train wreck of ridiculously attractive men and women who have low self-esteem and very little depth to them. What amazes me over the years of working with singles that even the most seasoned self-help veterans fall into the same traps as these women who don’t know any better. They keep falling for the men who are bad for them.

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Links We Love: The First Year And Feminism

Is the first year of marriage the hardest, plusdid feminism ruin marriage in America?

Every week we can manage, Traditional Love rounds up the best articles on the web about love and marriage and this week we found some doozies. NPR criticizes The Bachelor's choice of brides (oh snap!) and Stephanie Coontz calls marriage the "catalyst for divorce" and former child star Melissa Gilbert tries to recussitate her 16-year marriage. Phew. That, and more. What were you talking about this week?

Brad Womack on Good Morning America.

Has 'Bachelor' Brad Womack Split From Emily Maynard Already?

An insider says the reality show match was a bust, as Brad and Emily are already over.

It appears Bachelor Brad Womack and his final-rose pick, Emily Maynard, were not a match made in reality-TV heaven. A source says the pair have called it quits—for good. If y'all watched The Bachelor: After the Final Rose, this news probably doesn't come as a huge shock. Just a few minutes after America watched Brad ask Emily to marry him with a romantic, heartfelt declaration of affection, he sat down with his (quasi-)fiancée to reveal they'd already been through a tumultuous breakup since the show wrapped.