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12 Famous Open Relationships

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:29:24 CST

Charlie Sheen may be the craziest celebrity ever to have a relationship with multiple women simultaneously , but he's certainly not the only celebrity to do so. The Daily Beast rounds up a dozen: Hugh Hefner : The Playboy founder's relationship record? Seven women at once. (He also, of course, dated identical...

Tap Literary Greatness at These Getaways

Harry Kimball — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:56:48 CDT

Looking to vacation in a spot that inspired your favorite novel? USA Today asks travel expert Melissa Biggs Bradley about the best hotels to connect physically with the literature. The Resort at Paws Up, Greenough, Mont.: "The Blackfoot River, which runs through this 37,000-acre ranch, is the river referred...

At 100, Beauvoir Stirs Anew

Jason Farago — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:59:43 CST

Simone de Beauvoir was born 100 years ago today, and the Independent observes the centenary by asking whether women are still the second sex in the feminist's native France. Her writings influenced multiple generations of women by dismantling assumptions about feminine identity, and new biographies have humanized the once imperious-seeming...