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you, me, and Tuscany. She came for the pasta and got lost in the sauce. That is the

brilliant tagline for the zesty new rom-com, you, me, and

Tuscany. The movie stars Hallie Bailey as a broke 20-something at a crossroads in life,

so she decides to fulfill a dream and fly to Tuscany on a whim. There she meets a hot

winemaker played by Regéjejean Page, but this is an old-school rom-com with classic rom-com machinations.

So as you can probably guess, it'll take at least a three-course meal and a few vinos to get these two beautiful people together.

I'm Ayesha Harris, and today we're talking about you, me, and Tuscany on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

Joining me today is NPR producer Corey Antonio Rose.

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Also with us is the former host of Slate's Internet Culture Podcast, I see YMI, and former Pop Culture Happy Hour producer Candice Lynn.

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Hello, hello, hello, chow Bella, child Bella,

all the things, all the things. So in you, me, and Tuscany, Halle Bailey, plays Anna, a young woman who's abandoned her dreams of becoming a culinary chef after the death of her mother. Now she's a

house sitter for New York super rich, but the work has dried up. She has a

brief encounter with an Italian real estate bro passing through town who's named Mateo. He's

played by Lorenzo de Moore, and he inspires her to take a big live swing and fly to Tuscany.

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