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News Articles: Series: Pop Culture Happy Hour

The Duchess of Cambridge walks around Ballymena, Northern Ireland on February 28, 2019. She has recently disappeared from the public eye after having abdominal surgery.

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  • Arts & Life

What the royal family doesn't understand about PR in 2024

The release of the Mother's Day photo was not meant as a proof of life. However, any clever communications person should have known it would be taken that way and closely scrutinized by the public.

March 12, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
Jimmy Presnell and Chelsea Blackwell in <em>Love is Blind</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

We watch 'Love Is Blind' because we know it's not

Netflix's Love is Blind is like a bad relationship that's hard to give up. We've had doubts. We've had fights. And now, in its sixth season, we just can't seem to call it quits. This season has more strange proposals, more fights between people who obviously should not get married, and more moments when we find ourselves saying, "Really, Love Is Blind?"

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March 12, 2024
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By:
  • Linda Holmes,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 5 more
Christopher Nolan, winner of the best directing award and the best picture award for<em> Oppenheimer</em> poses in the press room during the 96th Annual Academy Awards.

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  • Movies

Oscars 2024: A night of 'Oppenheimer,' quiet protest, and Ryan Gosling just being Ken

For a night with relatively few surprises but some very enjoyable winners, it was a solid show that honored an awful lot of good movies, and movies that drew significant audiences.

March 11, 2024
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Emma Stone won her second best actress Oscar, this time for her role in <em>Poor Things</em>.

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  • Movies

Our 2024 Oscars Recap

At this year's Oscars, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer won in most of the major categories, including best picture and best director. It was also a big night for Emma Stone, and Robert Downey Jr. Plus, Ryan Gosling brought the kenergy with a performance from Barbie.

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March 11, 2024
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By:
  • Glen Weldon,
  • Linda Holmes,
  • and 5 more
Writer, director and producer Christopher Nolan says <em>Oppenheimer</em> is the "darkest" of all the films he's worked on.

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  • Movies

'Oppenheimer' wins Christopher Nolan his first Oscar for directing

Nolan took home the Oscar for best director for the sprawling biopic Oppenheimer; it was Nolan's second nomination for directing and first win in the category.

March 10, 2024
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Da'Vine Joy Randolph accepts the award for best actress in a supporting role for her performance in <em>The Holdovers.</em>

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  • Movies

Da'Vine Joy Randolph wins best supporting actress for 'The Holdovers'

Randolph has been on a hot streak this awards season, garnering accolades from BAFTA, the Screen Actors Guild, the National Board of Review, and many critics' circles.

March 10, 2024
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  • Aisha Harris
The Oscars are nigh! Here are <a href="www.npr.org/2024/01/26/1226773706">our predictions</a>, some party <a href="www.npr.org/2024/03/07/1232471516">menu ideas</a>, and guides to <a href="www.npr.org/2024/01/26/1226773706">six major categories</a>, plus <a href="www.npr.org/2024/02/27/1233971021">international films</a> and <a href="www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234533899">documentaries</a>.

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  • Movies

When you wish upon the stars: My 3 big hopes for Oscar night

This year's Academy Awards ceremony is shaping up to be one of the most audience-friendly, well-rounded Oscar nights in a long time. Still, a critic can dream.

March 09, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
Pauli Murray is the subject of the documentary <em>My Name Is Pauli Murray.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: My Name is Pauli Murray, Strangers with Candy, the On the Job series and the Eurovangelists podcast.

March 08, 2024
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By:
  • Glen Weldon,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 2 more
A drink prepared in honor of "Poor Things" starring Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo. The movie received 11 Oscar nominations.

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  • Movies

Last-minute menu ideas for your Oscars party

Poured Things. Maestromboli. The Calzone of Interest. If you've got a crowd coming over for the Academy Awards, let us help you feed them.

March 08, 2024
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  • Glen Weldon
Cillian Murphy in the film <em>Oppenheimer</em>.

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  • Movies

2024 Oscars Preview: Who will win and who should win

Will it be Oppenheimer? Will it be Barbie? Or will it be some other story entirely? It's time to get down to business, because the Oscars are upon us. In this guide, we're talking about actors, directors, best pictures — and everything we think will and should win.

March 08, 2024
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By:
  • Linda Holmes,
  • Glen Weldon,
  • and 5 more
Tayssir Chikhaoui and Eya Chikhaoui in <em>Four Daughters.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

2024 Oscars Guide: Documentary Feature

This year's Oscar nominees for outstanding documentary feature are really strong entries that are available on streaming now. They also happen to be pretty heavy, gripping watches — and well worth checking out. Today, we get into what we think will win, what should win, and where to watch this year's nominees.

March 07, 2024
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By:
  • Linda Holmes,
  • Glen Weldon,
  • and 3 more
Wherein lies the snub? <em>Barbie</em> has been nominated for eight Oscars.

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  • Pop Culture

Award shows have become outrage generators. Surely there's another way?

From a perceived Barbie snub to the notching of a few significant historical firsts, this awards season has magnified the flaws in how art is celebrated and valued.

March 07, 2024
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
Koji Yakusho in Wim Wenders' film <em>Perfect Days</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

2024 Oscars Guide: International Feature

This year's crop of Oscar nominees for the best international feature adopt vastly different approaches to tell their disparate stories. There's a couple that tackle the specter of fascism, one about the plight of migrants and one about an infamous real-life plane crash and its aftermath. Also there's one about a guy who cleans toilets.

March 06, 2024
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By:
  • Aisha Harris,
  • Glen Weldon,
  • and 4 more
Ashmal in Peacock's<em> Couple To Throuple</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

Polyamory gets a bad rap in 'Couple to Throuple'

Most dating shows have two things in common: They are terrible and they are watchable. That dynamic continues on Peacock's new dating show Couple to Throuple. Four couples exploring polyamory arrive at a resort and are allowed to choose from a smorgasbord of single people in the hopes that they will find a "third" who can put the "throup" in "throuple." Drama ensues.

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March 06, 2024
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By:
  • Linda Holmes,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 5 more
Ryan Gosling performs the Oscar-nominated song "I'm Just Ken" in <em>Barbie</em>.

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  • Movies

2024 Oscars Guide: Original Song

This year's Oscar nominees for best original song are headlined by two songs from Barbie: one from Billie Eilish, and the other from Ryan Gosling. But there's also an intriguing mix of tracks from Jon Batiste, the Osage Tribal Singers, and Becky G — with an assist from perennial Oscar nominee Diane Warren. Today, we get into what we think will win, what should win, and what criteria should we use when we judge original songs in movies?

March 04, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes,
  • Stephen Thompson,
  • and 4 more
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