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News Articles: Series: Pop Culture Happy Hour

Alexander Skarsgård in <em>Murderbot</em>, out Friday on Apple TV+.

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  • TV Reviews

'Murderbot' is the best new comedy of 2025. You read that right

The Apple TV+ show takes what might be the oldest sci-fi premise there is — what does it mean to be human? — and mines it for comedy gold.

May 16, 2025
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  • Glen Weldon
The grand final of Eurovision Song Contest takes place on Saturday in Basel, Switzerland. Above, Melody representing Spain performs in the semifinal on Tuesday.

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  • Arts & Life

The 10 best songs of Eurovision 2025 — and their chances to win

The grand final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest takes place on Saturday, May 17, in Basel, Switzerland. It's an annual celebration of melody, rhythm, fabulousness and glitter.

May 15, 2025
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  • Glen Weldon
Celebrity guests Usher, left, Michelle Obama and Simu Liu make their way through The Spirit Tunnel during their appearances on <em>The Jennifer Hudson Show.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

The Spirit Tunnel is unapologetic celebrity worship — and extremely fun

Celebrity guests on The Jennifer Hudson Show — Michelle Obama, Usher, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Tina Knowles to name a few — have all caught a ride through this viral backstage ritual.

May 12, 2025
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  • Aisha Harris
Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox in the <em>Friends </em>episode "The One With Monica And Chandler's Wedding."

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  • Television

I do think we should be having more TV weddings

As we enter wedding season, culture critic Linda Holmes suggests that we bring back the splashy TV wedding at full power.

May 03, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Academy members now have to watch all the nominated films in a category if they want to cast a final-round vote. Above, Oscar winners pose with their awards in 2017.

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  • Movies

This new rule won't fix the Oscars — but it's a step in the right direction

The Academy has announced that Oscar voters will actually have to watch all the movies in a category before making their final-round picks. It's on the honor system, but hey, it's a start.

April 26, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Michael B. Jordan and director Ryan Coogler on set of <em>Sinners</em>.

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  • Movies

Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan are symbiotic. 'Sinners' is the latest proof

For over a decade, Ryan Coogler has been bringing out the best in Michael B. Jordan — in Fruitvale Station, Creed, Black Panther, and now, Sinners. It's hard to overstate how important this partnership is in cinematic history.

April 21, 2025
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  • Aisha Harris
Michael B. Jordan plays twins Smoke and Stack in the new movie <em>Sinners</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Sinners' gives Michael B. Jordan two roles of a lifetime

In Sinners, Ryan Coogler creates a bold original vision, and Michael B. Jordan is at the top of his game.

April 17, 2025
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  • Aisha Harris
Rashida Jones in "Common People," a new episode of <em>Black Mirror. </em>

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  • TV Reviews

The new season of 'Black Mirror' is different, in a good way

Previous seasons of the show have taken a bleak stance on how humans use new technologies. The new season takes a more ambivalent approach, showing both threats and opportunities.

April 12, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Dr. Michael Robinavitch — Robby (Noah Wyle) — in the season finale of <em>The Pitt.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

15 hours later, a grueling ER shifts ends in 'The Pitt' season finale

The first season of The Pitt focused on the toll that work takes on doctors and nurses. It's also been a stellar season of TV.

April 10, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder).

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  • TV Reviews

'Hacks' is back – with the same conflicts, but they still satisfy

When the last season left off, Deborah was offered her second chance at late night — and Ava resorted to blackmail. It's hard not to feel like the new season continues to take these two in circles of fight and reconciliation.

April 10, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Austin Wells of the New York Yankees hits a home run in the first inning of the Yankees' game against the Milwaukee Brewers on March 29. The Yankees went on to win 20-9. Wells was using what some have dubbed a "torpedo bat."

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  • Sports

Don't overthink the torpedo bats

The Yankees 20-9 win against the Brewers last weekend put the spotlight on torpedo bats. But in baseball, as in life, sometimes a fluke is just what it seems.

April 05, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Cynthia Meachum, above, is a searcher who became close with Forrest Fenn, the man who hid the treasure. <em>Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure </em>is a new Netflix docuseries that<em> </em>chronicles the search.

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  • Movie Reviews

He enticed amateur sleuths into the wilderness with buried treasure. It didn't go well

In 2010, a wealthy man announced that he'd hidden a box of gold and jewels somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. The Netflix docuseries Gold & Greed chronicles the ill-fated search for Fenn's Treasure.

March 29, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Ike Barinholtz and Seth Rogen in<em> The Studio.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'The Studio' explains how good artists make bad movies

In The Studio, Seth Rogen plays an insecure studio executive who loves movies – but gets in the way of the people who make them. The new Apple TV+ series is about the systems that become far more destructive than any one well-meaning person can easily fix.

March 26, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Uzo Aduba, center, stars as detective Cordelia Cupp in Netflix's <em>The Residence.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'The Residence' is a well-done whodunit set at the White House

Uzo Aduba stars as a brilliant detective in this high-energy, light-hearted murder mystery show on Netflix.

March 22, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Mohan (Supriya Ganesh), Javadi (Shabana Azeez), Donnie (Brandon Mendez Homer), and McKay (Fiona Dourif).

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  • TV Reviews

On 'The Pitt,' a mass shooting overwhelms an already exhausted ER

Even though this tragedy was hinted at from the first episode, it's treated with gravity and presented in agonizing detail.

March 20, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
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