It wasn’t exactly love at first flight — but somewhere between the airplane aisle and window seat, a little turbulence turned into a whole lot of sparks. When Los Angeles native Megan Meza noticed a “cute” guy approach her row on an April 2022 flight to London, she immediately began fantasizing about an airplane romance … Read more
Jay (Jonathan Groff) and Naveen (Karan Soni) experience their first meet-cute while worshiping at the same Hindu temple, united by their shared culture: Naveen is Indian, and Jay is white with adoptive Indian parents. Early on, the film “A Nice Indian Boy” hints at this swift romantic pace when Naveen’s mother, Megha (Zarna Garg, a … Read more
Dating in NYC can be a train wreck. Just ask Anastasia Gregory, whose post-pandemic hunt for “the one” was plagued by repeat derailments and dead ends. Swiping far and wide on dating apps — and making the scene at various Big Apple hot spots — all proved fruitless for the elementary school teacher. It wasn’t until the … Read more
He had the face of a fairy-tale lead, the kind that would have fit agreeably in an earlier Hollywood era but felt comfortingly alluring in the moment. Ryan O’Neal was a boxer in his youth — announcing his father had died on Friday, his son Patrick O’Neal pointed fans toward YouTube footage of O’Neal fighting … Read more
Few can compete with Meg Ryan’s rom-com résumé. As the star of three classics penned by Nora Ephron — “When Harry Met Sally,” “Sleepless in Seattle” and “You’ve Got Mail” — she may as well be the mascot of the genre’s late 1980s and ’90s golden era. “What Happens Later,” which she both directs and … Read more
Just ahead of Valentine’s Day last year, Victor Lee, a 28-year-old clothing manufacturer from Manhattan, noticed something missing from social media: true love. Sure, his timelines were flooded with sappy posts featuring gushy PDA by lovestruck Gen Z’ers and starry-eyed newlyweds. But Lee, who’s been with his girlfriend for five years, was looking for more … Read more