And it's also just an interesting commentary on white masculinity in so many different ways. They discuss George Clooney and Julia Roberts in their new movie, Money Monster, before moving on to the sparkling singers of Eurovision. Pop Culture Happy Hour : NPR Topics include 'The Year Without a Santa Claus;' 'It's A Wonderful Life,' 'Top Chef All-Stars' 'The A-List,' 'Sing Off' and more! NPR's Tilda Wilson adapted the Pop Culture Happy Hour segment "What's Making Us Happy" into a digital page. Then they'll try to find the solution to the problem of when culture that's inspired by other work becomes what we derisively call "derivative," whether it's critters that look a lot like Hobbits or songs that sound like Iggy Pop. The new movie Sonic the Hedgehog is about this hedgehog who runs fast. Pop Culture Happy Hour: Don't Sneeze On Us During 'The X Factor,' Please. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. He gets divorced because one of the prompts is what is it like to get divorced? This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, are joined by PCHH newbie Katie Presley. Bad Boys For Life comes to theaters in a very different atmosphere around policing than existed in 1995. Pop Culture Happy Hour: Schmemmys, Rediscoveries, And Unusual Justice. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy. Oscars Recap, RuPaul's Drag Race, and What To Do When You're Stuck at Home. People from whom we want more. Within the last couple weeks we've had a couple of really fantastic records by singer songwriters making soothing, thoughtful, really interesting and compelling and beautiful music that seems very soft on the surface, but digs deep the closer you listen. Plus What's Making Us Happy this week. Parisa Taghizadeh/Focus Features This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes and the PCHH gang wrap up the football and Super Bowl talk for the season from the game to the results of Stephen's chicken-eating contest to the ads to the halftime show to the always tricky words to the National Anthem. Then What's Making Us Happy. April 28, 2023 In the fun, genre-mashing action comedy Polite Society, Priya Kansara plays Ria, a spunky teen who aspires to be a movie stuntwoman. 'Black Is King': A Beyonc Film With A Disney Twist. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR's Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon, and guests Matt Thompson and Tanya Ballard Brown talk overexposed celebrities and gossip. Stars Lana Condor and Noah Centineo are now back in the sequel To All The Boys: P.S. Plus more Things Making Us Happy This Week. In our first episode, Stephen and Gene talk about '4th and 26,' an NFL play so infamous it has its own Wikipedia page. Pop Culture Happy Hour Producer Emeritus Mike Katzif joins the gang for a summer movie preview. the film is directed by Olivia Wilde, who is also an actress known for her roles on House, The O.C., and Tron: Legacy. Next, they make predictions for pop culture in 2013. Then, pop culture to enjoy at the end of a rotten day. Lily Sullivan in Evil Dead Rise. Then a look at videogames past and present. Topics Covered: Interstellar, Christopher Nolan, Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chatain, Bill Irwin, Casey Affleck, Michael Caine, Steven Spielberg, Inception, The Abyss, Alien, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Signs, Event Horizon, Silent Running, Elysium, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, The Forever War, Kip Thorne, Gravity, Star Wars, Jodorowsky's Dune, T-Pain, Tiny Desk, Internet Arcade, Serial, This American Life, The Emperor's New Groove, David Spade, Ertha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Tempist, Battle Zone, Dig Dug, Frogger, Three Stooges. Plus, what's making us happy this week. In the second half of our live show from the Bell House in Brooklyn, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, and Glen Weldon are joined by a variety of special guests for a few silly quizzes. hide caption. Plus, we remember George Romero, Martin Landau, and celebrate a new Doctor. Starring Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever, it's the directing debut of actress Olivia Wilde. I would also say one of the things the show does really well is not trying to humanize young immigrants what it's doing is celebrating them and showing the ways that immigrants enrich our culture and the beauty and warmth and love and great flavors of it. This episode was recorded live at the Bell House in Brooklyn. This time, he adapts a James Baldwin novel for the screen. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson and Kat Chow the new Pixar film The Good Dinosaur. Not every day can be Friday, not every bit of weather can be sunny and not every plate can have cookies on it. And listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. We do too, and that's what we're talking about today: some recent films we missed that are well worth your time. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR's Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and Trey Graham are joined by Matt Thompson to dicuss this summer's first huge blockbuster, the superhero battle royale, The Avengers. But soon, she senses that he's everywhere, following her. Guests: NPR's Mallory Yu and Code Switch's Kat Chow. Sarah D. Bunting of Previously.TV and the Extra Hot Great podcast joins the panel for a review of Riverdale, the CW's dark and sexy reimagining of Archie Comics (yes, really). This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Trey Graham and Glen Weldon talk about the Grammy Awards: won, who wore what, and the performances they like and disliked. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon, and Maggie Thompson talk about nudity in pop culture--everything from Lena Dunham getting naked on Girls to Leonardo Dicaprio keeping his clothes on in the Wolf of Wall Street. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon, and Audie Cornish talk about the new Steven Spielberg film Bridge of Spies. Guests: All Things Considered host Audie Cornish, NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans, and NPR Music's Sidney Madden. Will any of them make it to the altar? As the show progresses, you have to kind of watch in order, because there's threads that move along. Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before'. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Glen Weldon and Stephen Thompson celebrate the arrival of summer with their summer reading lists, favorite signals that the season has arrived, and the music that keeps them company in the heat. We've talked about a lot of different cinematic universes is on this show, and what is making me happy is the boygenius cinematic universe. Under the blue skies of summer, what could be more welcome than ABBA songs? I feel like I don't do a good enough job educating myself on tenant rights and why things are the way they are. The digital animation is ridiculously advanced, bringing Simba, Mufasa, Scar, Nala, Timon and Pumbaa to eerie, ultra-realistic life. You're The Worst & Mixing Comedy and Drama. As the show progresses, you have to kind of watch in order, because there's threads that move along. The comedian died yesterday at the age of 63. Then, they'll take a quiz called Paint or Perp--can the gang correctly guess if the word is a Sherwin-Williams paint color or an episode of Law & Order: SVU? Then, they'll discuss some of their favorite weddings in television and film. hide caption. Today, awards season leads us to a wide-reaching conversation on some very different movies. Writer Chris Klimek joins Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, and Glen Weldon for a discussion of Batman V Superman and how to build a better blockbuster. BBC America's cat-and-mouse spy show is a classic genre piece executed very well. Code Switch's Gene Demby and critic Chris Klimek join the gang for a discussion of latest installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise. Then they'll discuss movie musicals and whether it's possible to bring the magic from the stage to the silver screen. Copyright 2023 NPR. Should one dress their dog or cat in costume? HBO's series Watchmen is not strictly an adaptation of the landmark comic book series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons it's technically a sequel. The gang discusses Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, Phantom Thread. He is also an executive producer, and the big cast includes Adam Scott, Kumail Nanjiani, Steven Yeun, Chris O'Dowd, Tracy Morgan, Sanaa Lathan, and a whole lot more. Scavenger Rey, her friends Finn and Poe, and the mysterious Kylo Ren are all back for one last lap, and so are brief glimpses of many faces from movies past. The Masked Singer isn't your everyday singing competition. Talking, Laughing, Loving, Breathing: On The Return Of 'The L Word'. (A shorter version of this interview originally aired on All Things Considered on November 16, 2015), The Hateful Eight and the Evolving Theatrical Experience. They'll discuss Taylor Schilling's performance as Piper and the incredibly strong cast of supporting characters. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}In this Pop Culture Happy Hour extra, Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson talk about Richard Linklater's "Boyhood," a film that uses music and technology to boost its presentation of time passing. The voice cast is full of ringers Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, Donald Glover and Beyonc. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. She is juggling her friends, the boys she's interested in, and plenty of drama at home. He goes rogue to protect the most memeable thing to hit the Star Wars universe since Han shot first. NPR Books editor Petra Mayer joins the panel for a preview of Free Comic Book Day. Then they'll discuss Marvel's Ant-Man, starring Paul Rudd. The gang takes a look at Amy Sherman-Palladino's award-winning comedy, starring Rachel Brosnahan as a '50s housewife-turned-comedian. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. Or at least that's what she thinks it does. This week, we checked in with Punxsutawney Phil, revisited childhood friendships, and were inspired by new YA books about identity and overcoming hardships. 8. Also, Linda concocts a quirky quiz. This week's show takes a look at an emerging awards contender in the acting categories: I, Tonya, the semi-mockumentary retelling of the life of Tonya Harding, controversial figure skater. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson are joined by special guests Gene Demby and Kat Chow, of NPR's Code Switch team. Host Heidi Klum and mentor Tim Gunn have been replaced by Karlie Kloss and season 4 winner Christian Siriano. She recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied political science and cinema. In this chapter, director J.J. Abrams attempts the almost impossible by trying to bring all this in for a landing. Guest: Producer Emeritus and Music Director Mike Katzif. Newbury, played by Emma Thompson, is on thin ice with the network and wants to add Molly as a way of diversifying her very white and very male writing staff. On Sunday night, the Kansas City Chiefs came from behind to beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl LIV. This week, we're talking about Bo Burnam's breakout festival hit Eighth Grade. So did thanking your parents and going on just a little too long. It was also a night of strong performances from artists like Janelle Monae and Cardi B. ** Date: Tuesday June 24, 2014 Time: 7:30pm Location: NPR Headquarters, 1111 N Capitol St NE, Washington, DC 20002 Tickets go on sale Monday June 2, 2014 at 12:00pm EST at, A Visit to Book Expo and Pop Culture When We're Grieving. The panel tries to stump each other with clips from the weirdest TV they could find. It really took me back to being a teenager and wondering, like, would I ever get to do what I want to do? And there's a whole story of how her career was essentially sabotaged as a result of that conflict that I found incredibly compelling. It stars Regina King as an ex-cop in Tulsa Oklahoma who's not-so-secretly the masked vigilante Sister Night. In this Pop Culture Happy Hour extra, Stephen Thompson and Linda Holmes take a few minutes to remember pioneering satirist Stan Freberg. Breakup Culture And Fall Television Predictions. Code Switch's Gene Demby joins the panel for a discussion of the state of the sequel and why we decided not to go deep on Independence Day: Resurgence. And, as always, What's Making Us Happy this week. I think these shows are so interesting and they're so maddening because one of the things Karina Longworth is very good at she has kind of an interest in the connection between what is happening in movies and what is happening in the wider world. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and Barrie Hardymon are LIVE from the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. Topics covered: Whiplash, J.K. Simmons, Miles Teller, Buddy Rich, sports movies, jazz, Bobby Knight, Smash Mouth, Shrek, Looney Tunes, The Muppet Show, Before Midnight, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, The Sure Thing, Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Phil Hartman, Morgan Fairchild, James Brolin, The Normal Heart, Angels in America, Larry Kramer, Notorious B.I.G, Ready to Die, The Breakfast Club, The Sopranos, Purple Rain, Prince, XTC, The Mayor of Simpleton, Bon Iver, Bruce Hornsby, Paul Reubens, Assassins Creed Black Flag, Shadow of Mordor, Starred Up. Librarian Margaret Willison joins the gang for a discussion of Popstar, the new movie from the Lonely Island comedy group. So I work at Slate. Back in 2004, Veronica Mars was a high school student working for her private-eye father on the side. It shares creative and performing talent with Bob's Burgers, Frozen, and Hamilton, among other projects. There's a time for excitement, for the things that make us angry or scare us silly. joins us for a Halloween candy debate, and All Things Considered Host Audie Cornish sits down for our super-difficult Halloween quiz. Selma and the Use of Dramatic License in Historical Dramas. It ran on Cartoon Network for a couple of years. There's a lot to watch and read and hear, but there's also a lot that we're missing--like live sports, concerts, and spending nights out with friends. They also explore academia in the form of favorite pop-culture professors. Then, the gang looks toward the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in London and talk about what events or moments they're looking forward to. Robot. Then the gang expands on some recommendations we've made in the past, and talk about What's Making Us Happy. Rowling writes these books under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Netflix Based on Megan Abbott's book of the same name, Dare Me is a moody thriller about a charismatic cheer coach and the best friends who are at odds over her influence. Topics covered: Beyonce, Taylor Swift, John Legend, Let It Go, Pharrell Williams, Chris Pratt, Serial, The Paying Guests, Sarah Waters, Ali Smith, Department of Speculation, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming, What If, Obious Child, Judy Blume, Wifey, Mary Oliver, Chicago, Iron Maiden, Heather Thomas, Trans Am, Sideshow Bob, Van Halen, Saved By The Bell, Split Enz, Pride and Prejudice, The Lorax, Donald Duck, Encyclopedia Brown, Archie Comics, Legion of Super-Heroes, The Flash, Lord of the Rings, Grey Gardens, The King and I, Transparent, Thom Yorke, Ms Marvel, D4ve, Hip Hop Family Tree, The Gigantic Beard that was Evil, The Wicked and the Divine, Trillium, Here, Boardwalk Empire, Into the Woods, The Next Five Years, Peter Pan. Then, they'll discuss the songs that change their lives. Georgia Public Radio GPTV. Pop Culture Comfort Food To Help You Get Through The Election Year. Jeopardy! Then, a few weeks ago, Code Switch's Gene Demby joined us in the greatest city of the world so we could finally be in the room where it happens. Next, Linda concocts an especially difficult quiz about television ratings from this same week 20 years ago. A woman sitting in her car gets a text message. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon talk live TV in anticipation of the live "Sound of Music" and their very own live PCHH show. And listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Morning Edition host David Greene talks with musician and Snapchat star DJ Khaled about the keys to his success, getting lost in a jet ski, and the importance of comfy pillows. Plus, what's making us happy. Then it's on to a discussion of times small pop-culture moments have changed the way they behaved and shaped their long-term interests. Elizabeth Holmes And Theranos In Pop Culture. In the movie a journalist played by Matthew Rhys has a transformative experience with Rogers that reshapes his relationship with his troubled father. We Break The Fourth Wall To Talk 'Fleabag'. But it shouldn't have. The Half-Hour Drama Flourishes With 'Vida'. Also, they talk about pop culture entry points. This week, we remembered Harry Belafonte, looked at Apple Music's new attempt to bring Bach the classics, and got a preview of the upcoming Zelda game. Pop Culture Happy Hour: The Movies Of 2011 And The Wisdom Of Favre, This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes and the gang talk about the movies they're anticipating with glee, dread, or simple curiosity for 2011. (Support your local station at donate.npr.org/happy). Live Shows and the Return of Regrettable Television. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and Mike Katzif talk about what makes Brooklyn Nine Nine a show worth watching. Then Stephen Thompson explores reading The Hunger Games! Plus What's Making Us Happy this week. The Florida Project and Remembering Dolores O'Riordan. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Trey Graham and Glen Weldon talk about their favorite moments and performances of 2012 in their very first live show. They take stock of the year by choosing one event they'd revisit in a time machine and one thing to put in the 2013 time capsule. This week, we step into the Pop Culture Happy Hour time machine to bring you two encore segments. I have recently watched the really goofy movie Yes, Madam, in which she has this, like, short '80s power lady haircut. The film doubles down on character interactions both familiar and unfamiliar. Bill Hader stars as a depressed hit man who wants a fresh start in acting but can't seem to get one. They also briefly discuss the "underwhelming" Tony Awards. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Audie Cornish and Kat Chow talk about the second installment in the Hunger Games franchise. Then they'll discuss Better Call Saul, AMC's spinoff of Breaking Bad. The film is directed by Paul Feig and written by Bryony Kimmings and Emma Thompson, and stars Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. Stephen and Linda also discuss TWoP's role in the PCHH origin story. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. In the new film First Cow, director Kelly Reichardt follows two men who meet by chance and come up with a plan to get rich. Need A Boost? Is! All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Petra Mayer, Barrie Hardymon, and Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books sit down for a discussion of romance novels. That's the philosophy of Sima, the matchmaker at the center of the new Netflix reality series Indian Matchmaking. Then, Code Switch co-host Shereen Marisol Meraji and the panel dive into what happens when auteur directors helm big film franchises. Dana Hawley/Lionsgate We review the bonkers space opera Valerian, a passion project of director Luc Besson. Broad City and High School Required Reading. Also, Linda concocts a quiz on holiday television. Last night the VMAs honored some top songs and artists including Camila Cabello, Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. All that plus The A-List, Batman and raising young nerds of the future. I recently listened to an episode of the Hellgate podcast, and they basically interviewed a broker. Kristy, Claudia, Mary-Anne and Stacey are back. It might be the new Noah Baumbach film Marriage Story, starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson as a couple we meet when they're just starting their divorce. Plus, what's making us happy this week. Lupita Nyong'o, Cameron Esposito & Rhea Butcher, and the Best of TV. Plus 'Things Making Us Happy. Competitive cheerleading is on a pop culture roll. They'll discuss the repurposing of pop culture and the draw of binging on pop culture you love. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon are LIVE from Studio One at NPR headquarters. the teeth! One night, Jack gets hit by a bus at the precise moment of a worldwide power outage. Last month at an Advertising Week event in New York, Linda Holmes had the chance to sit down with a legend of public radio and of good conversation. All Things Considered host Audie Cornish joins the panel for discussions about Marvel's Spider-Man: Homecoming and Andy Samberg's HBO special Tour de Pharmacy. They discuss a glut of superhero films -- Green Lantern, Green Hornet, Thor, Captain America, X-Men -- as well as new animated movies, choice dramas and this year's slate of romantic comedies featuring Jennifer Aniston. Today, we share some of our favorites. Guest: Code Switch co-host Gene Demby. 'Tidying Up With Marie Kondo' Is A Spark Of Joy. I have to say, I enjoyed the first one. The humor is so specific. It really took me back to being a teenager and wondering, like, would I ever get to do what I want to do? But we had to wait for it. In Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods, four Black war veterans return to Vietnam. From The Hobbit to Hamlet, from Breaking Bad to Top Chef, how long is "too long" and why? From Looney Toons, Pee Wee, Weird Al, Super Chicken and Muppets to opera, books, comics and more! We Celebrate Our Favorite Christmas Songs. Pop Culture Happy Hour: Resolutions For An Overloaded 2012. The new film Last Christmas, is inspired by Wham! But perhaps they've never made one so weird, so baffling, so cringe-inducingly embarrassing for everyone involved as Love Is Blind. Plus an earthquake update! You know what? Roma is inspired by Alfonso Cuarn's childhood, and the movie tells the story of Cleo, a nanny and housekeeper in 1970's Mexico City. Then they'll discuss visions of the past and if they are any less of a fantasy than our visions of the future. But director Guy Ritchie has some ideas of his own, too. April 27, 2023 Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan and star in an uninspired reboot of the 1987 thriller which tries really hard to mount an enlightened case for its existence. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes and Glen Weldon are joined by NPR Code Switch team members Kat Chow and Gene Demby to talk about the movie 12 Years a Slave. Then the gang discusses Fox's live staging of Grease and other musicals on television. The show is about their labor, but also about a wide variety of stories about power, money, and a community's identity. I always loved the show and I just went back to it because it just does so much that you would not expect with a kid show and it's not rated R. I feel like adult cartoons lean into the raunchiness, but you don't have to be raunchy to be funny. Then, a look at television shows that use music exceptionally well, including Six Feet Under, Freaks and Geeks, Jimmy Fallon and more. And I should warn people listening that it can get pretty dark. This time, the host is Jordan Peele. They'll discuss Americans and their high demands, the smarmy narration, and what happens to the couples once they've settled into their new abodes. And I would also encourage people to watch the rest of [director] Gurinder Chadha's filmography, like we don't talk enough about her work. On this week's Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes along with Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson and Trey Graham are joined by pop culture critic and boxing expert for a lively discussion about robot boxing, regular boxing and the new film Real Steel. Pop Culture Happy Hour: TV Season Postmortem, Old People, Young People. It was one of the last games I did play and I remember just being really moved by the story. Plus, what's making us happy this week. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week. All that plus, What's Making Us Happy this week, Of True Tales, Fantasy Adventures And Happy-Making Things. This is not a normal summer movie season. And, as always, we run through What's Making Us Happy this week. On this week's Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon and Stephen Thompson get a visit from frequent Monkey See contributor and book club vice-president Marc Hirsh, who chats with the gang about the state of the network sitcom with shows like Community and Running Wilde. You can't have an abundance of Christmas songs without also having an abundance of opinions about Christmas songs songs we love, songs we hate, songs we love when they're sung by one person, but hate when they're sung by another. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon, and Bob Mondello sit down for the Oscars Omnibus. Plus, what's making us happy this week. We've been trying adventure games and puzzle games, beautiful games and silly games. Then it's time for the annual fall television poll--the gang will pick new shows they think will survive cancellation. They'll discuss the game, Katy Perry's half time show, and the adorable, adorable puppy. Weekend Edition Books Editor Barrie Hardymon joins the panel for a discussion of mystery series Sherlock, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. The Eagles won a thrilling victory in the Super Bowl on Sunday night, to the delight of Philadelphians everywhere. Divergent, Hurt Feelings, and a Visit From Jesse Thorn. The Beatles vs. And since Linda is just back the TCA tour, they'll discuss if there is too much television. This year marks 20 years Delilah has been taking calls and making song dedications. Sisters And Brothers And A Holiday TV Quiz. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Trey Graham, Glen Weldon and Stephen Thompson are joined one last time by producer Mike Katzif for a roundtable discussion about 'The Dark Knight Rises' the last in Christopher Nolan's epic Batman trilogy, and one that sadly arrived with the tragic news of the shooting in Aurora, Colorado. Also Mira Nair's work and how important they were in breaking boundaries for female directors, and female directors of color. They reunited in 2003 for Bad Boys II, and now, almost 17 years later, they're back in Bad Boys For Life. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon talk about 'Looper,' the new film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis. The panel runs down their 15 favorite TV shows, movies, books, video games, and trends of 2017. The Giant Foam Finger: Who's Afraid of a Superteam? Then, they discuss Keanu, the new action comedy from the team behind Key and Peele. It was so good, but it totally disappeared, made very little impact. I have recently watched the really goofy movie Yes, Madam, in which she has this, like, short '80s power lady haircut. It's about her relationship with her body, with trauma, and with her own history. The Emmy-award winning series Breaking Bad chronicled the transformation of Walter White, a mild-mannered high school chemistry teacher played by Bryan Cranston, into a ruthless and deadly crystal meth kingpin. I had a great time watching The Flop House cover Battlefield Earth in a stream of a recent live show. The Giant Foam Finger: If Serena Williams Loses, Is It Still The U.S. Open? They'll talk about fun dino stuff, a great performance from a guy in glasses, and two main characters who are severely underwritten. Time To Die." For the last four seasons, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has followed Rebecca Bunch as she pursued love, dreaded her mother, and tried to address her mental health. But no more. Last year's Oscars were wildly unpredictable. The pacing is so good. Written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jason Reitman, the film stars Charlize Theron in an often brutal look at the emotional and physical tolls of parenthood. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. When her older sister Lena (Ritu Arya . This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon, Margaret Willison, and Code Switch's Gene Demby discuss CBS's Late Show With Stephen Colbert and describes what makes a great talk-show guest. He's played by Ewan MacGregor in the new film Doctor Sleep, which adapts King's novel. And we need it too. Her new show on HBO is called I May Destroy You. Anchored by Woody the sheriff, voiced by Tom Hanks, they're central to the story of Pixar.
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