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News Articles: Pop Culture

Chris Tomkinson — known online as ShinyZeni — streaming a speedrun of <em>Super Metroid</em>.

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  • Games

You Think Your Favorite Video Game Is Hard? Try Speedrunning It

Speedrunning is the quirky subculture dedicated to playing through video games as fast as is humanly possible, exploiting glitches in game code and advanced techniques to barrel ahead.

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Keller Gordon
"The train's afoot!": (L to R) Sherlock (Henry Cavill) and Mycroft (Sam Claflin) literally look down on their younger sister Enola (Millie Bobby Brown) in Netflix's <em>Enola Holmes.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

In The Lively 'Enola Holmes,' Sherlock's Little Sister Goes Sleuthing

This bright and breezy Netflix adaptation of a YA novel finds Millie Bobby Brown starring as the brilliant, fourth-wall-busting little sister of Sherlock Holmes.

September 23, 2020
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
A cardboard cutout of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The late Supreme Court justice was also a pop culture phenomenon.

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  • Pop Culture

From 'SNL' To Workout Videos, How RBG Became A Pop Culture Icon

Outside the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had another life in pop culture as a symbol of dissent and feminism. The Notorious RBG was celebrated in memes, movies, T-shirts and tote bags

September 22, 2020
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Microsoft announced Monday that it will acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of popular video game publisher Bethesda, for $7.5 billion. Here, a Microsoft store is shown in March in New York City.

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  • Business

Microsoft To Buy Bethesda In $7.5 Billion Deal, Acquiring Fallout, The Elder Scrolls

The deal is set to be one of the largest ever acquisitions in the video game industry. Once the deal is finalized, Microsoft will own popular franchises such as Wolfenstein, Quake, and DOOM.

September 21, 2020
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By:
  • Reese Oxner
Eugene Levy accepts his award for lead actor in a comedy series for <em>Schitt's Creek </em>as his son (and creative partner) Dan Levy looks on at Sunday night's Emmy Awards.

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  • TV Reviews

The Emmys Pull Off A Good Show As 'Schitt's Creek' And 'Watchmen' Shine

Sunday night's Emmy Awards, which featured neither a large crowd nor a red carpet, managed to achieve a charming intimacy as Watchmen, Schitt's Creek and Succession all won major awards.

September 21, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
GPB News NPR

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  • Pop Culture

RBG Wasn't Just A Supreme Court Justice. She Was A Pop Icon Too

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg took on a second life as a pop culture icon complete with a Saturday Night Live caricature. People were enraptured with her accessories, health, diet and exercise regimen.

September 21, 2020
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  • Andrew Limbong
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Toni Tipton-Martin To Lead 'Cook's Country' Magazine

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Toni Tipton-Martin, the new editor-in-chief of Cook's Country, a publication of America's Test Kitchen.

September 20, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Pop Culture

Users Flock To Cameo To Celebrate Life's Events During The Pandemic

It's tough marking special events these days. The New Yorker's Naomi Fry explains many people are now turning to an app called Cameo for personalized celebrity messages for their friends and family.

September 19, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
Sophie Okonedo plays Charlotte in <em>Ratched</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'Ratched' Is Pretty, But Very Silly

Produced by Ryan Murphy and packed with his signature gory excess, Ratched makes a great series of still photos but tells a very disappointing story.

September 18, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
GPB News NPR

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  • Pop Culture

Navy Fighter Pilot Program Fines Students For 'Topgun' Quotes

Many Topgun trainees are fans of Tom Cruise's classic film. However, expressing their passion for the film has consequences at the elite Navy fighter pilot program.

September 18, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Pop Culture

Lego Fans Tricked By Counterfeit Kits

Discontinued Lego sets can be worth a lot of money. Counterfeit Lego kits, made illegally in China, are scamming collectors.

September 18, 2020
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By:
  • Stacey Vanek Smith and
  • Sally Herships
GPB News NPR

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  • Pop Culture

Relationship Between Money And Hip-Hop: From Grassroots Movement To Sotheby's

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with culture journalist William Ketchum III about Sotheby's hip-hop auction held this week. It sold Tupac's letters, hip-hop flyers and a plastic crown worn by Biggie Smalls.

September 17, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Technology

Celebrities Boycott Facebook And Instagram For A Day Over Disinformation, Hate Speech

Some of the most prominent users of the social media platforms called for a boycott to protest Facebook's failure to control disinformation and hate speech as part of the campaign #StopHateForProfit.

September 16, 2020
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By:
  • Mark Katkov
Jude Law plays a man who's in over his head in HBO's <em>The Third Day</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'The Third Day' Makes Mysterious But Predictable Promises

The Third Day, which premiered Monday night on HBO, keeps presenting events that require explanation. But the explanations that come don't sustain the story.

September 15, 2020
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Caitlin (Jordan Kristine Seamon) and Fraser (Jack Dylan Grazer) see the sea in <em>We Are Who We Are.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

In Teen Drama 'We Are Who We Are,' We're Still Figuring Out Who We Are

Director Luca Guadagnino brings his searching, emotionally intimate sensibility to HBO with this series about two American kids on a military base in Italy.

September 14, 2020
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
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