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Psychology says couples married for 40 years who still sit on the same side of the booth aren’t being sentimental, they’ve kept the one habit research links most stron…

Routine affection, including hugging and hand-holding, is associated with how attachment anxiety relates to satisfaction with ...
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Psychology says people who grew up in the 1960s and 70s with one phone on the kitchen wall learned a kind of patience that no app has managed to replace

Compared with the late 1960s cohort, children in the 2000s waited an average of about 2 minutes more. That finding challenges ...
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A Seth Rogen joke triggered a cyberattack, and Scorsese says it killed his Cleopatra with Jolie

Martin Scorsese says the fallout from the 2014 Sony hack derailed his planned Cleopatra film starring Angelina Jolie. The ...
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The new Snape is the age Rickman never was, and Essiedu just spoke for the first time

Paapa Essiedu is 36, closer to Snape’s age of about 31 in the first book than Alan Rickman was when he first played the role.
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Pretty Woman’s jewelry box snap was a prank on Julia Roberts, and her real laugh made the final cut

In Pretty Woman, Richard Gere’s sudden snap of a jewelry box and Julia Roberts’ delighted laugh look perfectly timed. Garry ...
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Psychology says people who answer “fine” when asked how they are aren’t hiding, they learned long ago that the honest version of the answer usually ended the conversation

For some men, “I’m fine” may reflect expectations learned in childhood that boys should conceal vulnerability, sometimes reinforced by teasing or dismissal. Research on men’s emotional suppression ...
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Woody Harrelson turned down Clint Eastwood’s masterpiece, and he still thinks he was right

Woody Harrelson passed on a role in Clint Eastwood’s 1995 romance, despite the chance to appear in a film starring Eastwood and Meryl Streep. His explanation focuses on the part he would have played.
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Die Hard’s novel hero was 60, the hostage was his daughter, and Sinatra had first refusal

Before Bruce Willis became John McClane, the hero of Die Hard’s source novel was Joe Leland, a retired detective in his 60s.
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Psychology says grandparents who are rarely called aren’t being forgotten, they’re often the ones who spent decades teaching everyone around them that they’d be fi…

Interviews with 50 older adults by University of Pennsylvania researchers identified fear of being a burden as a theme in ...
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Psychology says people who always take the stairs even when the elevator is right there usually display these 8 traits

Taking the stairs instead of the elevator can feel like a small act of self-control. A 2006 analysis found a modest ...
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Psychology says women who reach their 60s and stop explaining themselves aren’t becoming difficult, they’ve simply retired from a job nobody ever paid them for

Deciding when to explain a choice may leave more energy for emotionally meaningful relationships. Psychologist Laura ...
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Stephen King’s Red was a white Irishman, and one Shawshank line winks at the change

In Stephen King’s 1982 novella, Red is a white Irishman with graying red hair. Frank Darabont’s 1994 film casts Morgan ...