Hello dear friend! It’s a holiday weekend here at Meet Cute, so queue up some fireworks on YouTube and pour yourself a beverage. Up first, we have some rom-com news in…
🚨 The Rom-Com Radar 🎯
Palm Springs, streaming on Hulu July 10: This dark rom-com is a modern update on Groundhog Day starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti. It got rave reviews at Sundance and sold to Neon and Hulu in a deal reportedly worth $17.5 million, making it the most expensive festival deal ever. We’ll watch anything starring Samberg, if we’re totally honest.
The Broken Hearts Gallery, in select theaters August 7th: How do you get over someone? Art gallery assistant Lucy (Geraldine Viswanathan) has yet to figure that out. She holds onto something from every relationship she’s been in—literally, in the form of an object. With the help of boutique hotel owner Nick (Stranger Things’ Dacre Montgomery), she starts the Broken Hearts Gallery, where people can leave behind items from past relationships.
Never Have I Ever, Date TBA: Big news for Mindy Kaling fans… Netflix renewed Never Have I Ever for a second season! We can’t wait to see how they resolve that Devi/Paxton/Ben love-triangle.
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✨ Meet Cute Live Returns! ✨
This Thursday (July 9th) we’re hanging out on Instagram with Andie J. Christopher, author of Not The Girl You Marry and Not That Kind of Guy. Will her adorable Frenchie Archie be there? Tune in to find out.
Make sure you follow Meet Cute on Instagram to attend at 6PM EST.
✈️ Meet Cute Presents: The Conference Hotel 🍸
Who among us hasn't gone on a business trip and developed a crush on a Jon Hamm lookalike in the hotel lobby? This week join Brook, a media mogul-slash-single mom, and Trey, a 30-something cutie with a big reputation, as they flirt and fall in love in between conference sessions.
When Trey meets Brook in a hotel lobby, they learn that bad coffee can lead to good chemistry.
Pour yourself a love story with Lobby Coffee.
Upgrading to cocktails, Trey and Brook meet up in Portland to see if their chemistry travels.
Order up some flirtation with Gin & Tonics.
Trey and Brook wake up after their first night together, but do they have a future outside of their hotel room?
Take a sip of romance with Room Service Tea.
Bonus story! These high school sweethearts swore they'd reunite in ten years on the night before Thanksgiving. Have they changed too much to make it work... or changed just enough?
Find out in The Pact.
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✏️ Writer’s Spotlight: Kristen Chase 📓
What inspired your Meet Cute series, “The Conference Hotel”?
Over the years, I've been to so many conferences, and as a writer, I love to watch the places where people make connections. You'll always see the obvious places - bar, conference booth - but then there are unique spots, like the coffee bar in the lobby, which is what inspired this particular story, and then series.
What was it like to write a rom-com for audio that couldn't be more than 15 minutes long?
Shhhh, don't tell anyone, but I've never written a script before, so I had no idea what to expect. I do a lot of online writing - also web copy and social media posts - which tends to make you get to the point pretty quickly, so I'm used to keeping things short and tight.
What’s your favorite rom-com?
Okay, full disclosure, I'm a rom-com junkie, so picking just one is really hard. But I'd have to say, The Holiday is my favorite. The whole Jude Law as a widower and Jack Black as a composer is fantastic.
You can find Kristen over at @CoolMomPicks and coolmompicks.com, dishing out parenting advice, tips, and tricks. Her personal handle, @ThatKristen on Twitter, and @ThatKristenAgain on IG, is where she posts more personal highlights, good selfies (ha!), and published writing.
You can also hear Kristen discuss her writing her Meet Cute series on her podcast Spawned!
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