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News Articles: Series: Pop Culture Happy Hour

Carrie Coon plays Bertha Russell in HBO's <em>The Gilded Age</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'The Gilded Age' gives old New York money the HBO treatment

The new series The Gilded Age, from the creator of Downton Abbey, takes a big, talented cast to 1882 New York for a story about money and class.

January 20, 2022
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  • Linda Holmes

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  • Pop Culture

'How I Met Your Father' tries to learn from a 'Mother' of mistakes

Years after the How I Met Your Mother finale left us with bad feelings, How I Met Your Father is premiering on Hulu. The concept is similar, but the chemistry and quirkiness may be hard to duplicate.

January 18, 2022
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Christina Ricci as Misty, Juliette Lewis as Natalie, Tawny Cypress as Taissa and Melanie Lynskey as Shauna in <em>Yellowjackets</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

Your 'Yellowjackets' finale questions, answered

In the season finale of Showtime's Yellowjackets, some of the mysteries of what really happened to the team in 1996 got some resolution. Some didn't. We're here to sort it out.

January 16, 2022
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Echo Kellum as Noah and Nicole Byer as Nicky in<em> Grand Crew</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

What's making us happy: A guide for your weekend reading and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: a quirky Instagram account, the NBC show Grand Crew and more.

January 14, 2022
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By:
  • Aisha Harris,
  • Glen Weldon,
  • and 3 more
Sam (Bridget Everett) and Joel (Jeff Hiller) bond over student essays in <em>Somebody Somewhere</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

HBO's 'Somebody Somewhere' sings sweetly and sincerely, albeit with its inside voice

The electrifying performer Bridget Everett opts for a lower voltage in this gentle, semi-autobiographical tale of a Kansan woman struggling to overcome grief and find her voice again.

January 14, 2022
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Ronnie Spector, posing in 1971

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  • Pop Culture

How Ronnie Spector and 'Be My Baby' became a pop-culture sound of sex in 1987

Twice in the same year, the song "Be My Baby" — featuring the voice of Ronnie Spector, who died this week — became the sound that signaled something memorably, indelibly sexy.

January 13, 2022
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
People order pallets of online returns, knowing either something or next to nothing about what they're getting, and then they open the pallets for the benefit of YouTube viewers.

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  • Pop Culture

The (not-so) secret second life of your Amazon returns

People order pallets of online returns, knowing either something or next to nothing about what they're getting, and then they open the pallets for the benefit of YouTube viewers.

January 12, 2022
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Sidney Poitier on March 21, 1972.

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  • Pop Culture

Sidney Poitier was far more than just a symbol of racial progress

For much of his career, the actor represented many different things to many people, but a constant was his sheer artistry.

January 07, 2022
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
L to R: Vigilante (Freddie Stroma) and Peacemaker (John Cena) play mercs who are jerks in <em>Peacemaker</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'Peacemaker' takes aim at a broad, stationary target — with machine guns

A game John Cena takes the lumbering, emotionally stunted mercenary he played in The Suicide Squad to the small screen. The cast lunges at every repetitive joke, but fans of the movie will eat it up.

January 07, 2022
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Elizabeth Holmes and partner Billy Evans walk outside the federal court in San Jose, California on January 3.

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  • Arts & Life

Elizabeth Holmes, convicted of fraud, is our latest seller of false hope

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes joins a long cultural tradition of operators in and out of Silicon Valley who have bamboozled investors — and the world.

January 06, 2022
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Betty White at the 41st Annual People's Choice Awards in 2015.

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  • Obituaries

Remembering the smart, sharp, naughty Betty White

Betty White was smart and sharp, sexy and versatile, for decades. Anyone who saw her as just a salty-mouthed grandma missed out.

January 01, 2022
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Alexander Skarsgård stars as Amleth and Anya Taylor-Joy as Olga in director Robert Eggers' Viking epic <em>The Northman</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

What's making us happy: What to watch, read and listen to this weekend

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the trailer for The Northman, the novel The School for Good Mothers and more.

December 31, 2021
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By:
  • Glen Weldon,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 3 more

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  • Pop Culture

50 wonderful things from 2021: The performances, moments, and laughs we'll remember

NPR pop culture critic Linda Holmes lists highlights from the year, including Ted Lasso, a TikTok dog, a twisty mystery, some great performances, and a moment in a mall.

December 30, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Molly (Yvonne Orji) and Issa's bantering and bickering has been a welcome addition to the canon of great Black onscreen friendships.

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  • Pop Culture

The romantic drama has never been what makes 'Insecure' so good

In the series finale, we finally get an answer to the "will they, won't they" question that's been surrounding Issa and Lawrence since Season 1—but that won't define the show's legacy.

December 27, 2021
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By:
  • Aisha Harris

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  • Arts & Life

The best movies and TV of 2021, picked by NPR critics

This past year was a tumultuous one for both the film and TV industries. With that in mind, here's our critics' guide to all the movies and television shows they loved this year.

December 23, 2021
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By:
  • Aisha Harris,
  • Eric Deggans,
  • and 3 more
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