A rom-com may promise the ending, but Joel Courtney and director Andy Delaney tell Kyle Meredith that 40 Dates and 40 Nights is really about everything that happens in between. Delaney talks about using the genre as a way to focus on “the micro,” leaning into character details, awkward moments, and real-life experiences pulled directly from writer Sarah Howard’s own dating history. Courtney discusses finding Mason’s grounded, relatable side and reveals that his own love story is something of a rarity, having ultimately married the only woman he ever seriously dated. The two also dive into the chemistry between Courtney and co-star Bailee Madison, the importance of authenticity over broad comedy, and why the film’s failed dates had to feel like real people instead of cartoons.

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Gerry Beckley still has a lot in the vault, and Merciful proves it. The America co-founder talks with Kyle Meredith about stepping away from touring after 50-plus years, splitting time between Los Angeles and Sydney, and finally having the space to write, record, and chase ideas without getting off a plane every other day. Beckley digs into reworking “Monster,” covering The Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood” with Graham Nash, the Henry Diltz story behind “All the Wounded Cowboys,” and why melody, melancholy, and a little light-dark chemistry are still at the center of what he does.

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Suki Waterhouse talks with Kyle Meredith about her new album Loveland, a record written in that strange in-between space after becoming a mom, coming off Sparklemuffin, and figuring out who she was becoming in real time. She gets into working with Aaron Dessner, keeping the raw demo vocal on “Seasons,” the woozy jazz feel of “When I Get Drunk,” and why “Notting Hill” sits at the heart of the record as a love letter to home, London, and the life she keeps moving through. There’s also talk of dreams coming true, the cost of those dreams, and why tour rehearsal starts in the bathroom mirror.

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