Here are some photos of Mindy Kaling at the 8th Annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic in Jersey City, plus some photos of Mindy and BJ Novak at the 2015 BookExpo in NYC on Saturday. Mindy has short hair now! I think she legitimately cut her hair, as opposed to “just taking the extensions out,” which is how many celebrity women have “bobs” these days. I didn’t think a bob would look good on Mindy, but surprisingly enough, it does look pretty great. It compliments her face and makes her look very fresh for summer.

At the BookExpo (also called BookCon), Mindy chatted about her newest memoir/book of humorous essays, Why Not Me?. She also chatted about The Mindy Project’s move to Hulu and how the show will change a little bit. Some highlights:

TMP’s move to Hulu: “My TV show, which is the love of my life, has been through a lot of changes. … It’s like being in a really rocky relationship — it’s been more dramatic than any love life has been, this show that’s about romance and dating. The writers’ room is starting up on Monday!”

Future TMP storylines: “Can we just be all sex and drugs? Matt [Warburton] and I are both smart writers but also repressed people. We decided we want people who tuned into the show to tune in for two reasons: because we’re doing things we couldn’t do on network TV, but also not giving up what people love. … And so much of romance comes from restraint, and the things you don’t see. … I always have to remind myself that a little goes a long way. I think we are gonna push the envelope in ways we haven’t been able to, which is great.”

Focusing on female friendships: “It’s hard to make friends as an adult woman. … In L.A., the only people you meet are women in your spin class. And you have to wonder, if a woman seeks you out at spin class, you wonder what the motivations are! But you’re so desperate for friends. … It’s much harder to find someone you want to talk to than a man you want to sleep with. The only thing I want to do in the next five years is make a good friend.”

[From THR]

Aw, that makes me sad that she can’t find cool ladies to befriend in LA. She wrote a lot about her girlfriends in her first book, and I do think her closest friendships are ones that she made in college and in her first years living in NYC. Still, she seems like she would be a great friend. LA ladies: befriend Mindy!

Mindy and BJ Novak also chatted briefly about their upcoming book project – they’re going to be writing about their weird friendship – although it sounds like they haven’t even started. What else? When Mindy was approached to do voice work for Inside Out, she cried in the meeting when she heard the pitch. The director and producer told Vulture, “She said, ‘I think it’s great that you guys are making a film that shows that it’s difficult to grow up and that it’s okay to be sad about it.’ And we were like, ‘quick, write that down!’”

Photos courtesy of WENN.