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News Articles: Series: Pop Culture Happy Hour

Anna Konkle in <em>The Afterparty</em> on Apple TV+

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  • Pop Culture

Apple TV+ is free this weekend. Here's what we'd watch

The streaming platform is free this weekend for anybody who has an Apple ID. I'm not here to tell you to pick this service over any other — but I can offer a little advice on how to maximize the next few days.

January 04, 2025
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Taron Egerton as Ethan Kopek in <em>Carry-On</em>.

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  • Pop Culture

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

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: A documentary about yacht rock, Colouring's new album, the game Pentiment and an action movie about TSA.

January 03, 2025
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By:
  • Aisha Harris,
  • Stephen Thompson,
  • and 2 more
In<em> Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special,</em> Bloom describes the heart wrenching moments she faced in 2020, when her daughter was born and stayed in the NICU, and her creative collaborator, Adam Schlesinger, died of COVID complications. During the special, "Death" played by David Hull, keeps interrupting the show from the audience.

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  • Arts & Life

In 2024, film and TV grappled with death. The result was comforting

From Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special to A Man on the Inside, movies and TV found new ways to address death and dying.

December 30, 2024
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
Clockwise from top left: Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in <em>Babygirl </em>(A24); Ted McGinley in <em>Shrinking</em> (Apple TV+); Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada in <em>Shogun </em>(FX); James McAvoy in <em>Speak No Evil (</em>Susie Allnutt/Universal Studios); Tyler James Williams and Quinta Brunson in <em>Abbott Elementary </em>(Gilles Mingasson/Disney); Aaron Pierre in <em>Rebel Ridge</em> (Allyson Rigg/Netflix).

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  • Pop Culture

50 wonderful things from 2024

Pop culture critic Linda Holmes has been making this annual list since 2010. Big, small, inspirational, silly — what these items have in common is that they are all wonderful and brought her joy.

December 27, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
Some scenes just stay with you. Clockwise from left, <em>I Saw the TV Glow</em>, <em>My Old Ass, Trap, Tuesday.</em>

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  • Movies

9 movie scenes I couldn't stop thinking about in 2024

From a heart-wrenching epiphany in the drama Tuesday to a meme-able moment in Challengers, these were the lines that critic Aisha Harris has remembered all year.

December 24, 2024
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
Nicholas Hoult (front row, center) plays Justin Kemp in <em>Juror #2</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

The jury's in: You won't miss anything watching this movie from the couch

There's been a bit of consternation flying around about the fact that the theatrical release of Juror #2, directed by Clint Eastwood, was very muted. But this movie is perfect to watch at home.

December 21, 2024
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Critic Aisha Harris has been rewatching <em>The Dick Van Dyke Show.</em> The actor is pictured above in May 1967.

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  • Pop Culture

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

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: JamesEarl333 on TikTok, The Dick Van Dyke Show and the songs "Young Lion" and "Kid on Christmas."

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Tre'vell Anderson,
  • Shamira Ibrahim,
  • and 3 more
Bridget Everett as Sam in <em>Somebody Somewhere</em>

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  • Pop Culture

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

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Bourbon Balls, Somebody Somewhere, The Amazing Race and Tim Curry's performance of A Christmas Carol.

December 13, 2024
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By:
  • Bob Mondello,
  • Ryan Mitchell,
  • and 3 more
Clockwise from top left: <em>A Man on the Inside, Hacks, Challengers, Flow, Nickel Boys, Shōgun.</em>

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  • Arts & Life

The best movies and TV of 2024, picked for you by NPR critics

Our critics gather together their favorite films and TV shows of 2024. You can search by genre and where you can see it.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Eric Deggans,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 3 more
Azul Guaita as Tita in the show <em>Like Water for Chocolate.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

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

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the movie Mississippi Masala, the series Like Water for Chocolate and Hasan Minhaj's new special.

December 06, 2024
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By:
  • Bedatri D. Choudhury,
  • Cristina Escobar,
  • and 2 more
The attraction between superfan Alana (Hunter King) and Chiefs Director of Fan Engagement (Tyler Hynes) is just one of the love stories in <em>Holiday Touchdown.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Sure, the Chiefs' Hallmark movie is a rom-com. It's also a love letter to sports fans

Hallmark's partnership with the Kansas City Chiefs seems perfectly timed to capitalize on Taylor Swift's relationship with Travis Kelce. But the story of a family's devotion to a sports team is something many fans can relate to.

November 30, 2024
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
In Netflix's <em>Our Little Secret</em>, Lindsay Lohan plays Avery, a woman spending Christmas with her boyfriend's family — including her ex, who happens to be dating her boyfriend's sister.

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  • Movies

Our 2024 holiday movie guide has you covered, from Hanukkah to 'Hot Frosty'

Grab your blanket, your cocoa, your snuggler of choice – holiday movie season has arrived. Here's a rundown of the standard and not-so-standard offerings you'll find on TV this year.

November 27, 2024
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Not all movies work at cruising altitude. If you're traveling for the holidays, here's what NPR's pop culture critics suggest to make the time fly by.

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  • Movies

What makes a good airplane movie? Less sex, more clear dialogue

Not all movies work at cruising altitude. If you're traveling for the holidays, here's what NPR's pop culture critics suggest to make the time fly by.

November 23, 2024
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By:
  • Glen Weldon,
  • Linda Holmes,
  • and 2 more
South Korean singer and rapper G-Dragon performs in New York in 2017.

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend scrolling, listening and gaming

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: TikTok Pride and Prejudice, K-pop star G-Dragon, a Disney cover album, and Astro Bot on the PS5.

November 22, 2024
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By:
  • Wailin Wong,
  • Mallory Yu,
  • and 3 more
Galinda (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) are opposites in every way, forced to room together at Shiz University.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Wicked' defies gravity, if not time

The movie adaptation of Wicked brings a pop superstar and Tony winner together for career-high performances.

November 20, 2024
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
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