Guests: Code Switch's Gene Demby and Slate's Aisha Harris. Next, they'll reminisce about out-of-print pop culture and share some examples that they wish they could own in physical form today. Outside of NPR, her work can be found in Pitchfork, Vox, Teen Vogue, Bloomberg, Stereogum and other outlets. 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. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon, and Chris Klimek discuss the new FX series The Comedians, starring Billy Crystal and Josh Gad. And she plays a good cop who is paired up with a bad lady cop from Scotland Yard. First Man tells the story of Neil Armstrong's life in the decade leading up to his walk on the moon. Glen Weldon and Barrie Hardymon chat with Morning Edition Host David Greene about the shortlists for this year's National Book Awards. This week, we played fantasy barista, listened to some robot tunes, and then finally went outside to stare at some pretty clouds. Dakota Johnson plays Maggie, an aspiring record producer and Grace's personal assistant. Ocean's 8 great cast and some clever commentary about women and Hollywood make it a whole lot of fun. They'll discuss the predictable victories and the new shows they wish would receive recognition. Then came 2016's Split, a stealth sequel. 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. Then, we bring you a conversation we recently had in Los Angeles with Master of None actress and writer Lena Waithe. To The Moon and Back With Ryan Gosling In 'First Man'. She began her professional life as an attorney. The show was uneven, but it also marked an important milestone for queer representation on television. Normally, royal weddings are like the Oscars: a lot of pomp, but no real surprises. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson are joined by producer Jess Gitner and comics guru (also Stephen's mom) Maggie Thompson to talk about pop culture for all ages. Favorites include former Star Trek star Wil Wheaton and writer Quinn Cummings. 'Yesterday' Imagines A World Without The Beatles. And what does it take to capture sense of place in a TV show or film, aside from buildings and external details? Next, they devote a whole segment to 'The Price Is Right' and discuss their favorite and least favorite games. It's just as strong, but finds her going in an entirely new direction. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes and the PCHH gang talk about everything a little kid could need to grow up strong, smart, and addicted to lots and lots of elements of pop culture. If you're not yet caught up on the prospects of a WGA strike (which seem to me to be pretty significant), NPR's Mandalit del Barco has a piece that might help. Acting awards went to Brad Pitt, Laura Dern, Joaquin Phoenix, and Renee Zellweger. The three leads have to get together to fight an evil eunuch who lives underneath the city. We also make our fearless pop culture predictions for the next 12 months, and see how last year's predictions panned out. And they make new ones for 2016. 'The Lion King' Is Like A Nature Documentary With A Backbeat. So we spent this episode recommending eight standout specials. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week. ), For Our 200th Episode, Quizzes And A Q&A This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, the second half of our live show from NPR Headquarters and our official 200th episode. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy. Our 2020 Pop Culture Resolutions and Predictions. In it, a thousand Texas high-school boys form political parties, nominate candidates, and hold elections to form a government. Wells novel, Elisabeth Moss plays Cecilia, a woman who finally escapes an abusive partner. version, Writers Guild of America calls for a strike, Photos: Regional artists shine at second annual Sonic Springs benefit, 7 bodies have been found during a search for missing Oklahoma teens, Here are all the best looks from the Met Gala 2023, The U.S. could run out of cash to pay its bills by June 1, Yellen warns Congress. GPB is committedto bringing you comprehensive news coverage from Georgia, across the country and around the world. When her older sister Lena (Ritu Arya) suddenly gets engaged, Ria becomes determined to sabotage the wedding. That's right, eight years after a big cast whooped it up in the film adaptation of the jukebox musical Mamma Mia!, there's a sequel. Guests: Weekend Edition Editor Barrie Hardymon and Librarian Margaret Willison. Pop Culture Happy Hour: We Regret Our Own Underestimations, Etcetera. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Trey Graham and Glen Weldon talk about brick and mortar retail in the age of online consumption. The design was created by Tadao Ando, the designer of this year's Met exhibition "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty." All of the recycled bottles used for the Met Gala decor will be re-recycled for . All that, plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. May 2, 2023 John Mulaney wants to talk about drugs. The panel chats about the new Wes Anderson film Isle of Dogs, a stop-motion-animated film about loyal dogs exiled to a lonely island. Judith Light From 'Transparent,' 'Ugly Betty' And 'Who's The Boss?'. Then a talk about pop-culture dads from Death Of A Salesman to the Simpsons to Roseanne. Guest: New York Times editor Aisha Harris. Homeland and Modern Family were big winners, but why did the night contain no real surprises? All that, plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. In this Pop Culture Happy Hour extra, Linda Holmes and Barrie Hardymon take a few minutes to discuss the twists and turns of David Fincher's film Gone Girl. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. I really liked comedian Zach Zimmerman's new memoir, with the great title Is It Hot in Here (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed On Earth)? Back in 2004, Veronica Mars was a high school student working for her private-eye father on the side. For the next two hours, we watch them argue and negotiate over how to separate and how to co-parent their young son. We went to musicals and plays, revivals and new works, and we have a lot of thoughts. What's the function of film ratings--and do they actually work? The much-praised Hulu series PEN15 is about two middle-school girls who feel like they might never figure out how to grow into adults. Shiv (Sarah Snook), Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) have a whole host of new problems. When a popular book becomes a television series, the stakes are high. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour: A look at comedian Patton Oswalt's essay at Wired, called "Wake Up, Geek Culture. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and La La Land. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Trey Graham and Glen Weldon talk Downton Abbey. Its biggest-name co-star, Fred Armisen, also co-wrote the pilot. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and Bob Mondello discuss the wrestling drama Foxcatcher. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon, and Barrie Hardymon talk about the fairy tale. And the two of them just kick so much butt across Hong Kong, it's really goofy. We decided OK, so we're doing this. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson and Tanya Ballard Brown talk about buddy movies. We recap the game, the halftime show, and the commercials. Justin Timberlake, LL Cool J And The Presidency. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and Making Music Funny. Nick Hornby's 'Funny Girl' And Book Adaptations. Guest: Audie Cornish. You know what? This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, it's the one-year anniversary so NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes and the PCHH game take on the theme of appreciation things that came along at just the right time, things we fondly wish we could have more of, and the things that, as always, we appreciate for just making us happy, including The Simpsons, Gotham Central, Martha Wainwright, Bon Iver, Mr. Show, the Muppets, George Carlin, Jerry Orbach's theatre career, country line dancing and much much more. The film is directed by Paul Feig and written by Bryony Kimmings and Emma Thompson, and stars Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. Is the movie a fun popcorn flick or a total bore? Pop Culture Happy Hour: The Art Of The Memoir And What We'll Have On The Side. He goes rogue to protect the most memeable thing to hit the Star Wars universe since Han shot first. They use the occasion to talk about pop culture representations of the midwest and other states that are frequently misunderstood by those on the coasts. Guests: NPR Music's Rodney Carmichael and music writer Katie Presley. Guardians of the Galaxy and So Bad It's Good. More recommendations from the Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter. And this time, Linda wrote the questions, but she didn't come up with the right answers--our listeners did. As the show progresses, you have to kind of watch in order, because there's threads that move along. 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. Judy Blume's In The Unlikely Event and Lifetime's UnREAL. What were the first albums Trey Graham owned, and why does it take him so long to work up the nerve to tell us? Your support makes this possible. Then, technology blindspots. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy this week. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. Guests: Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings, co-hosts of The Nod. 'Taste The Nation': Padma Lakshmi Explores The American Palate. And we're bringing in a couple of our favorite book lovers to help us out. Right now, many of us are thinking about the ways we can start to address the shortfalls in our own knowledge that have grown out of structural racism in every part of life, entertainment very much included. Next, they discuss the issue of sentimentality versus convenience when it comes to hard copies and digital copies. By now, billions of people have seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens. A few weeks ago we talked about the wonderful new teen comedy Booksmart. As always, we're ready to help you put together your watch list, and prepare for your Oscar pool by giving you some of our own guesses. As with everything we talk about, we didn't want to spoil it for you, so some of its biggest developments went un-analyzed. Guest: Mallory Ortberg. Guest: Librarian Margaret H. Willison. They also discuss pop culture objects they wish they owned. We are recapping this year's Tony Awards. If you thought the end of the series Downton Abbey would be the end of the Crawley family's adventures, a new film has arrived to prove you wrong. This season follows the Royals from the mid-60s to late 70s, as we watch them contend with both external events labor strikes, a mine disaster, a possible coup and with internal strife Margaret's wild ways, Charles coming-of-age, and the fact that Philip's still the same insufferable prig he always was. We've got glasses! And then his ex-wife pops up from time to time and is really angry with him. The panel talks about the Guillermo del Toro film about a woman racing to save her not-quite-human true love from the bad guys. The Netflix film is based on a series of comics by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernndez, and Rucka wrote the screenplay. It's from United We Dream, which is a youth immigrant rights group. Then it's onto foreign language pop culture. There are a lot of Christmas movies with a lot of different inspirations. Without spoiling the plot, they'll discuss why they love the film--and why it's beloved by critics and a box office success. It is so funny, and I think what I love is that it's a sort of very smart satire of Internet personalities who will do stupid things for likes and clicks. She is sort of like someone I could see myself, like, meeting at a party not, you know, not the usual brokers I've dealt with. Awards Show Expectations and Product Placement. James Franco's The Disaster Artist tells the story of the making of The Room, one of the most famous awful movies of all time. It's a chance to see already legendary performances from Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr., and Phillipa Soo, among others, and to see how this sweeping historical story was staged. Wet Hot American Summer And Mission: Impossible. She still works with her father, she's still in love with reformed bad boy Logan Echolls, and she still has a one-liner for nearly every occasion. Alex Kapelman, host of the Pitch podcast, joins the gang for a discussion of what they want and expect from award shows. Plus more Things Making Us Happy This Week. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and Margaret Willison discuss Magic Mike XXL. The panels shares some of their favorite new music discoveries from this year's SXSW Music Festival. Lakeith Stanfield stars as Cassius Green, a telemarketer whose world spirals into chaos. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Audie Cornish, and Code Switch's Gene Demby discuss the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton. http://www.sixthandi.org/event/pop-culture-happy-hour/, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Pop Culture Happy Hour: Doctor Who, Community, Wipeout, more. A Wrinkle In Time and What's Making Us Happy. Now, there's an HBO Max (I guess just MAX now?) (A shorter version of this interview aired on All Things Considered on March 23, 2016. Club piece on nerds and autism in pop culture. In this Pop Culture Happy Hour extra, Linda Holmes and Glen Weldon talk about Lifetime's reality fashion competition Project Runway. There has already been a Hulu take on the true-crime story of Candy Montgomery, who famously killed a friend of hers with an ax. 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. Battle of the Sexes and What's Making Us Happy. It's the wee hours of Monday morning, and we are wrapping up this year's big winners and big surprises. Then we delve into new territory with "Tomorrow's Rediscoveries," in which we consider what pop culture figure who's either currently out of fashion or currently not taken seriously might have an opportunity to rise from the ashes. They also discuss Jacob Silverman's recent Slate essay, "Against Enthusiasm." But you don't have to go without movies. But director Guy Ritchie has some ideas of his own, too. And we've got some ideas about how to fill those voids. This year's VMAs featured Rihanna, Beyonce, Britney Spears, and several minutes of Kanye West doing whatever he wants all vying for social-media dominance in the hours, days and weeks ahead. It surprised a lot of people when Ramy Youssef won a Golden Globe in January. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. The lovely John Moe invited me to appear on his new podcast Sleeping With Celebrities, . Guests: Audie Cornish and Guy Branum. The best horror is the horror that feels true. He reviews books, movies, comics and more for the NPR Arts Desk. What's making me happy is this new HBO series called The Last of Us. There has already been a Hulu take on the true-crime story of Candy Montgomery, who famously killed a friend of hers with an ax. (A shorter version of this conversation aired on All Things Considered on August 1st, 2016.). All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and producer Jess Gitner talk about conventions and festivals. It's a cooking show of young immigrants, and it is just so wonderful. Its intense and unsettling depictions of police brutality in the summer of 1967, Detroit got under the panel's skin in different ways. In the actual awards races, Three Billboards, Ladybird, and Amazon scored. (A shorter version of this interview originally aired on All Things Considered on November 10, 2015.). So it's time for the annual fall TV preview. 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. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week. The South by Southwest music festival brings together artists from around the world to perform in big venues and small ones, on sidewalks and sprawling stages. But that means it's a good time to revisit one of our favorite past episodes. ), The Limitations Of An Anti-Racist Reading List. But it's also just a genuine joy to watch Michelle Yeoh square up against and with Maggie Cheung and Anita Mui, these like icons of Hong Kong movies. Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, an ambassador with a lot of experience. (For more information, visit popculturetickets.org. Priya Kansara stars as Ria Khan in Polite Society. He still lives with his mom, he doesn't have a job, and his plans for his life involve a vague and foolish plan to open "a tattoo restaurant." This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon are joined by NPR Code Switch's Kat Chow to talk about the new film Divergent. What has Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, menswear looks, mysteries, and YouTube's most cheerful mom? And then his ex-wife pops up from time to time and is really angry with him. It might not be as satisfying as a savage takedown in the typical sense, but at least it's something new. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson and Trey Graham are joined by producer and first-time guest Jess Gitner to talk about holiday-themed entertainment they happily consume ANY time of year. The series is based on a popular series of romance novels by Diana Gabaldon. But what is an anti-racist reading list for? The Shambolic VMAs And Hollywood In The White House. it was sort of like the male version of Bend It Like Beckham. Whether you like comedies or dramas, and whether you like to see your films in a theater or in the comfort of your own home, we're here to give you the scoop. In 2017, the #MeToo movement brought to light accusations of sexual abuse and misconduct against powerful people in entertainment. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, the PCHH staff takes a look at fictional schools we have known from Buffy The Vampire Slayer to Freaks and Geeks to Heathers and beyond the traditions that kinda go with Labor Day, and one of our favorite pointless television spectacles of the year: the VMAs. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and guest Tanya Ballard Brown talk about various Halloween topics. Here's what the NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to and what you should check out this weekend. Glen talks about the book parties, and tells a story about cornering Junot Diaz and Chris Ware at one soiree. The BFG and The Great British Baking Show. They'll discuss the game, Katy Perry's half time show, and the adorable, adorable puppy. And if you're not watching it, you're missing out on a lot of high-quality scheming. Then they talk about where to find common ground with loved ones so nobody gets really angry over the holidays, and of course cover What's Making Us Happy this week. Copyright 2023 NPR. Guests: Gene Demby (NPR's Code Switch) and Aisha Harris (Slate). That's a question that the new film A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood tries to answer with a performance from Tom Hanks as the beloved TV host. Now, it's all over, and we're going to talk about it. **POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR LIVE AT COMIC-CON**Date: Thursday July 24, 2014Time: 2:00pm-3:00pmLocation: San Diego Comic-Con, Room 32ABCheck the official Comic-Con schedule for updates. The latest episode had this really wonderful love story between these two men.
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