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News Articles: Series: Pop Culture Happy Hour

Chloé Zhao accepts the Oscar for best director during Sunday night's ceremony. Her film <em>Nomadland </em>also won best picture.

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  • Pop Culture

7 Takeaways From The Train-Station Oscars

A bungled ending, some charming winners, and making the best of a bad situation — the 2021 Oscars left an impression in a few ways.

April 26, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Jessie Buckley and Josh O'Connor as Romeo and Juliet, and Lucian Msamati as Friar Laurence, in the new <em>Romeo & Juliet </em>on PBS's <em>Great Performances</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

A Pandemic 'Romeo & Juliet' Finds A New Language Of Love And Loss

A cleverly made Romeo & Juliet, adapted from a planned theatrical run to a filmed version, embraces the promise and the romance of a large and empty theater as a place to situate a classic story.

April 23, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Cartographer Alina (Jessie Mei Li) maps her own fate in Netflix's fantasy series, <em>Shadow and Bone</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'Shadow And Bone': Netflix's Latest Fantasy Series Is Tsar-tlingly Bingeable

Netflix's new fantasy series contains many familiar elements, but a twisty, fast-moving plot and smart storytelling decisions make it a satisfying, eminently bingeable meal.

April 23, 2021
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Amalia True (Laura Donnelly) leads a rag-tag team of women imbued with mysterious powers in <em>The Nevers</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'The Nevers': When Steampunk Gets Foggy

A surfeit of characters, ideas, themes — and familiar writerly tics — obscures the storytelling in the opening episodes of HBO's new series about Victorian women granted special powers.

April 09, 2021
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Gracie Emory (Melody Hurd) and Lucky Emory (Deborah Ayorinde) confront their traumas in <em>Them.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'Them': The Trauma, The Trauma

Amazon's new anthology series, executive produced by Lena Waithe, unrelentingly explores "terror in America."

April 08, 2021
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
<em>Pop Culture Happy Hour</em> listeners' opinions about the best Muppets are ... deeply felt.

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  • Pop Culture

A Ruthless Ranking Of The 25 Best Muppets, According To Listeners

We asked PCHH listeners to vote for the best Muppet. Nearly 20,000 votes later, here's your top 25, with accompanying commentary by Linda, Stephen, Aisha and Glen.

April 02, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes,
  • Stephen Thompson,
  • and 2 more
Young Mark Grayson (voiced by Steven Yeun) follows in his father's footsteps and adopts the heroic identity of Invincible in the Amazon Prime animated series.

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  • TV Reviews

'Invincible' Is Packed With Pulpy, Visceral Thrills — And Lots Of Pulpy Viscera

A stellar voice cast helps ground this fantastical tale of a fledgling superhero's first forays into a job where the stakes — and the violence — are all too real.

March 26, 2021
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
A detail from the art promoting Apple TV+'s <em>Calls</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'Calls' Is A Suspenseful Audio Drama With An Effective Visual Boost

The nine-part series airing on Apple TV+ is a science fiction story that plays out as a series of phone calls between people confronted with a strange series of events.

March 25, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies and Gary Oldman in David Fincher's <em>Mank</em>, which led Monday's Oscar nominations.

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  • Movies

'Mank' Leads Oscar Nominations In A Year When It's Easy To Judge For Yourself

The Oscar nominations embraced David Fincher's Mank, a movie about movies, which is no surprise. But if you want to pick your own favorites, this is the year to do it.

March 15, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, sat for a long talk with Oprah Winfrey.

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  • Television

Harry And Meghan: Where Things Stand And 10 Takeaways From The Big Oprah Interview

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry talked to Oprah Winfrey about darkest moments, family conflicts, the persistence of racism and the symbiosis between the royal family and the tabloid press.

March 08, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen in <em>WandaVision</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'WandaVision' Wraps A Season That Was Never What It Seemed

The finale of WandaVision wrapped up a moving story of loss and grief. And, less importantly, there was a bunch of action.

March 05, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Raya (voiced by Kelly Marie Tran) faces off with her lifelong foe (voiced by Gemma Chan) in the rich, gorgeously wrought Disney film.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Raya And The Last Dragon' Soars

A nuanced, flawed hero lends the latest Disney animated feature surprising depth, even if its grab-bag depiction of a world drawn from Southeast Asian cultures feels shallow.

March 05, 2021
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Eddie Murphy returns as Prince Akeem in <em>Coming 2 America</em>.

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  • Pop Culture

'Coming 2 America': The Costumes Are Stunning

More than three decades after the comedy classic Coming to America, much of the cast returns for an unnecessary sequel.

March 05, 2021
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
Taylor (voiced by Calum Worthy) and Hayley (voiced by Gideon Adlon) pilot a training Jaeger in the Netflix animated series <em>Pacific Rim: The Black</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

Animated Series 'Pacific Rim: The Black' Gets Grit In The Gears

Netflix's new animated series takes the cheesiness out of Guillermo del Toro's giant-robots-vs.-giant-monsters franchise; more's the pity.

March 04, 2021
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Hadley Robinson as Vivian in <em>Moxie</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Moxie' Says Some Things, But Not Everything, About High School Feminists

Directed by Amy Poehler, the new Netflix film longs to stretch beyond its limits to be an inclusive look at feminism in teenagers, but its story works best when it keeps its ambitions modest.

March 03, 2021
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  • Linda Holmes
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