Love Hurts And What's Making Us Happy

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🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In the new action movie Love Hurts, Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan stars as a real estate agent who has remade his life after leaving the employ of his terrifying gangster brother. But when a beautiful and mysterious former associate (Ariana DeBose) returns into his life, everything goes haywire. The movie has hand fighting and a touch of romance--just in time for Valentine's Day.

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0:00.0	This message comes from deadly fortune, the investigative story that dives deep into a world of power, money, and greed, and one man's secret quest to grab the million dollar fortune of his deceased wife. Listen now on the binge wherever you get your podcasts.
0:14.8	Support for NPR, and the following message come from Yarl and Pamela Mohn, thanking the people who make public radio great every day,
0:22.7	and also those who listen.
0:28.6	One of the best Oscar stories of recent years was Kiwi Kwan, winning for his performance in
0:34.8	Everything Everywhere all at once. Now he's the star of the new action movie Love Hurts.
0:40.6	It has hand fighting.
0:41.9	It has knives.
0:42.7	It has guns.
0:43.5	It has staple removers and pencils because, let's face it, almost anything can be a weapon.
0:48.9	And yes, it does have a romance on the side just in time for Valentine's Day. I'm Linda Holmes, and today
0:55.9	we're talking about Love Hertz on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR. Joining me today is Regina Barber.
1:02.7	She's a host and reporter for NPR's Science Podcast Shortwave. Hello, Regina.
1:08.4	Hey, Linda. I'm so excited to do this with you.
1:11.0	Yeah, me too.
1:12.0	Also with us is Jeff Yang.
1:13.4	He's a cultural critic and author of The Golden Screen, the Movies That Made Asian America.
1:19.5	Hey, Jeff.
1:20.3	Hey, Linda, so glad to finally do this with you.
1:23.3	I know, right?
1:24.4	High points.
1:25.5	Honor.
1:25.9	It's an honor.
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