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I have added some new candids of Kristen arriving at a photographer’s studio in Venice Beach, California.

Kristen Bell has revealed that she and her boyfriend love having “snuggle parties”.

The Couples Retreat star, who has been dating fellow actor Dax Shepard for nearly two years, said that they believe the secrets to a long-lasting relationship are hugging, board games and honesty.

Bell told Women’s Health magazine: “It’s important to talk about your deepest, darkest fears and feelings. Your partner should hear your most embarrassing insecurities, because once you say them out loud, you’ve created a safe zone. A snuggle party can fix anything – it’s true.”

She added: “There is almost nothing, barring a natural disaster, that I would let eat into my time at home, playing Scrabble with Dax.”

Talking about filming comedy When In Rome with her boyfriend, Bell added: “We were trying to one-up each other. That’s what we do at home too. It’s like, ‘Wait – watch me do this funny bit’. ‘No, watch me do this funny bit!’” [source]

KRISTEN Bell has been lumbered with the title of geek queen — and she loves it!

The Couples Retreat star says her roles on Heroes and on Star Wars-based indie flick Fanboys has made her hot stuff with nerds everywhere.

“It absolutely happened by chance,” explains Kristen. “I looked for projects with good material and good writing and it just so happened that a lot of them were genre projects. I didn’t plan it out, but I am ultimately flattered and happy to be accepted into that community.

“I love going to things like Comic-Con. I’ve been there five out of the past six years. The geek community has the most intelligent fans out there. They are very intense but that’s what makes them cool.”

Kristen, 29, recently revealed that she likes to play board games with her boyfriend Dax Shepard.

“It’s important to talk about your deepest, darkest fears and feelings,” she told Women’s Health magazine. “Your partner should hear your most embarrassing insecurities, because once you say them out loud, you’ve created a safe zone. A snuggle party can fix anything — it’s true.

“There is almost nothing, barring a natural disaster, that I would let eat into my time at home, playing Scrabble with Dax.” [Source]

Watching Bell walk into a laid-back café near her house in the Hollywood Hills is like watching Norm stroll into Cheers. She greets the hostess by name, makes a beeline for her favorite seat, and orders the K. Bell special: fried egg whites on rye with lettuce, tomato, avocado, a slice of cheese, and a whisper of mayo. “It’s healthy,” says Bell, who sports skinny pants, a plum blouse, and suede boots. “But the mayo gives it that diner feel.” (Something tells us she doesn’t do gravy fries.)

Ever since the star of the CW’s cult hit Veronica Mars moved on to juicier roles–as a femme fatale in NBC’s Heroes, the mischievous narrator of the CW’s Gossip Girl, and the lead in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the new flick from Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up)–she’s found it tougher to go unnoticed. Becoming a fixture at a neighborhood brunch spot is just one way she’s clinging to normal. Another tactic: staying in. Though she loves the occasional night out with her new guy, comedian Dax Shepard, she can usually be found playing Mario Kart with her four roommates. For this homebody, that’s life in the fast lane.

Your character on Veronica Mars was the “queen of geek chic.” Are you?
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