Like Every Girl Kim Kardashian Want to Fall in Love

Kim Kardashian was embracing something she never thought she would: the single life.

The 30-year-old star of E!'s Keeping up with the Kardashians has moved from one long-term relationship to the next since her teens.

"There was a time in my life where all I wanted was a relationship," Kardashian tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story, "and I thought that was the most important thing."

Not anymore. These days the business-savvy star says she feels "powerful" being on her own. While her sisters Kourtney, 31, and Khloé, 26, have focused on motherhood and marriage, Kim says she has surprised even herself by choosing a more career-oriented path.

"Is it weird that I am now the single one? It is definitely a change for me," she admits. "I have always been the one in a relationship. I like that role, I want that best friend partnership."

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Kim Kardashian: My Body Is 'a Work in Progress'

It's hard to look at this cover of a bikini-clad Kim Kardashian  and imagine that she's not in love with her body (Lord knows we would be!). Though the reality-TV star says she's learned to accept what God gave her, there is still one aspect of her physique that she's not too thrilled with.

"I have cellulite, just like almost every other woman on the planet," Kardashian says in the latest issue of Shape magazine. "And just because I feel secure with my body doesn't mean I think cellulite is cute! So let's just say it's a work in progress."

Growing up, though, Kardashian says her now-coveted curves gave her plenty of heartache. "I remember crying in the bathtub," she tells the mag, of her early development.
 

"I took a washcloth, made it hot, put it over my chest and prayed, ‘Please don't let them grow any bigger. They're embarrassing me,'" Kim says. "I was the first girl in my class to wear a bra."
But Kim credits her mom, Kris Jenner, with helping her to learn to love herself.
 

"All my friends were superskinny, and that just wasn't my body type," she says. "But I watched my mom, who was always comfortable with herself, and she helped me with my outlook."

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Gaga speaks, Reid acts on 'don't ask, don't tell'

Does Lady Gaga run the U.S. Senate?

A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday a vote to repeal the military's ban of openly gay and lesbian soldiers had been planned for next week before the singer made waves with a plea during a daytime talk show.




















The pop star known for flashy performances and eccentric style called on Reid to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres that aired Monday.

Reid's campaign and Gaga traded talking points on Twitter after the lawmaker announced the vote. Reid told Gaga repealing the measure was the right thing to do.

Campaign spokesman Kelly Steele said Reid does not take cues from Gaga.

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