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News Articles: Series: Pop Culture Happy Hour

Uatu the Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright) is your guide to Disney+'s <em>What If...</em>?, which mixes up characters and events in the MCU.

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  • TV Reviews

'What If...?' Gives The Marvel Cinematic Universe An Animated Banger Of A Remix

This animated anthology series boasts clever writing, fluid animation and stories that mix and match MCU characters, who are voiced (mostly) by the actors who played them on the big screen.

August 11, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Over two weeks, critic Linda Holmes watched every Olympic discipline, from archery to wrestling. Above, Manon Brunet of Team France, left, competes against Olga Nikitina of Team ROC during the Women's Sabre Team Fencing Gold Medal Match on day eight of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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  • Sports

What I Learned From Watching Every Sport At The Tokyo Olympics

Over two weeks, critic Linda Holmes watched every Olympic discipline, from archery to wrestling. Fast sports, slow sports, graceful sports and hard crashes. As it turned out, they're all beautiful.

August 09, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Designer Andrea Pitter is competing on season two of <em>Making the Cut.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

Each week, the guests and hosts on Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. Today it's Making the Cut, The Twilight Saga and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.

August 06, 2021
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By:
  • Glen Weldon,
  • Linda Holmes,
  • and 3 more
You don't necessarily see Jason Sudeikis kick a lot of soccer balls as Ted Lasso, but this week? Well, well, well.

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  • TV Reviews

'Ted Lasso' Recap, Season 2: Let's Go To The Tape

Sam Obisanya has a moral crisis, Jamie Tartt has to get over himself, and Rebecca has a wonderful visitor on this week's installment of Ted Lasso.

August 06, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong star in the Apple TV+, <em>Schmigadoon!</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

Each week, the guests and hosts on Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. Today it's Schmigadoon!, Sean Bankhead's choreography, and the name change for the Cleveland baseball team.

July 30, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 2 more
Jason Sudeikis and Juno Temple as Ted and Keeley in <em>Ted Lasso</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

Ted Lasso Recap, Season 2, Episode 2: The Prodigal Beefcake

Jamie Tartt has fallen on hard times and asks to return to AFC Richmond in "Lavender," the second episode of the second season. Meanwhile, Ted continues to struggle to trust Dr. Sharon.

July 30, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Maya Hawke as Heather in<em> Fear Street Part 1: 1994.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

Each week, the guests and hosts on Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. Today it's the Fear Street trilogy, Biz Markie's "Just a Friend," and Viet Thanh Nguyen's book, The Committed.

July 26, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Thompson,
  • Ayesha Rascoe,
  • and 1 more
An I-Have-The-Power vacuum pits Teela (Sarah Michelle Gellar) against Evil-Lyn (Lena Headey) in Netflix's <em>Masters of the Universe: Revelation</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

Show, Don't Mattel: 'Masters Of The Universe: Revelation' Is Toying With You

Producer Kevin Smith reboots the '80s cartoon/action-figure-commercial by adding more mythology ... and thinning out the cast.

July 24, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) is back in a second season of the Emmy-nominated series, in Sudeikis' Golden-Globe-winning role.

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  • TV Reviews

'Ted Lasso' Recap: Season 2 Returns With Dogs, Yips And Bad Dates

In the season 2 premiere, Ted Lasso struggles to help a star player, Rebecca double dates with Keeley and Roy, and Jamie Tartt is a man on an island.

July 23, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Natasha Rothwell and Jennifer Coolidge in <em>The White Lotus</em>.

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

Each week, the guests and hosts on Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. Today it's The White Lotus, KennyHoopla's song "Estella," Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis' first album and more.

July 19, 2021
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By:
  • Glen Weldon,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 2 more
Kristin Chenoweth and the company of <em>Schmigadoon!</em>, premiering July 16 on Apple TV+.

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  • TV Reviews

'Schmigadoon!' Will Get Your Toes Tapping, So Sing Along If You Know The Words

The new musical comedy series Schmigadoon! brings a delightful cast to a parody of 1940s Broadway musicals, with good musical results, if things are a little mixed otherwise.

July 15, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Sgt. Makka (Maaka Pohatu), from left, Officer Minogue (Mike Minogue), Bazu'aal of the Unholy Realm (Erika Camacho) and Officer O'Leary (Karen O'Leary) in <em>Wellington Paranormal.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

In 'Wellington Paranormal,' Clueless Kiwi Cops Meet Dryly Deadpan Demons

The series, produced by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, effortlessly grafts the bone-dry humor of What We Do in the Shadows onto the self-aggrandizing copaganda format of COPS.

July 11, 2021
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Jolene Purdy and Murray Bartlett play members of the staff in HBO's new series <em>The White Lotus</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

A Bright And Acidic Satire Unfolds In HBO's 'The White Lotus'

Creator Mike White brings a group of rich guests to a luxury Hawaiian resort, where he explores the question of how much it costs to care about nobody except yourself.

July 10, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Bob Odenkirk as Hutch Mansell in <em>Nobody,</em> directed by Ilya Naishuller.

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

A top-secret cache of sperm is stored under the Space Needle in Hot White Heist. Bob Odenkirk stars as a suburban dad with a secret identity in Nobody. And it's Criterion Collection's neonoir month.

July 09, 2021
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By:
  • Glen Weldon,
  • Chris Klimek,
  • and 2 more
Jordan Alexander, Thomas Doherty, Evan Mock and Emily Alyn Lind in HBO Max's <em>Gossip Girl</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'Gossip Girl' For Gen-Z Seemed Like A Great Idea, So What Went Wrong?

HBO Max is launching a sequel to the original CW series Gossip Girl. And while it strains to be more contemporary, the series stumbles on the basics of good bad TV.

July 08, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
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