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    Look, it's a shark! The shark is participating in some way in Shark Week, presumably, or why would Discovery have its picture?
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    The Whole Tooth About The Real Meaning Of Shark Week

    Jul 24, 2018
    Shark Week, a Discovery Channel staple, is 30 years old this year. You can safely keep ignoring it, though.
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    In the <em>POSE</em> season finale, Blanca (Mj Rodriguez) and Lulu (Hailie Sahar) give good face-off.
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    Ladies With An Attitude Make For A Striking 'Pose' Finale

    Jul 23, 2018
    The first season wrapped up with a come-from-behind victory that surprised no one — but the appeal of the series isn't about who wins. The greatest thing about Pose is that it exists at all.
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    Emil Ferris signed my book! And it's good advice for everyone, not just me.
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    Comic-Con Day 4: The Monstrous Regiment

    Jul 22, 2018
    San Diego Comic-Con ended on Sunday, and our intrepid correspondents Mallory Yu and Petra Mayer report on an Eisner Awards ceremony (the Oscars of comics) dominated by women and writers of color.
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    You know you want to see our outfits — just like you know Kate Bishop is the <em>best</em> Hawkeye.
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    Comic-Con Day 3: The Best Hawkeye

    Jul 21, 2018
    On their third day at San Diego Comic-Con, NPR's Mallory Yu and Petra Mayer get into the spirit of things by dressing up as their favorite heroes and checking out the amazing costumes on display.
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    The new TARDIS crew — Jodie Whittaker and companions Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill, plus showrunner Chris Chibnall and executive producer Matt Strevens.
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    Comic-Con, Day Two: Who's Day

    Jul 20, 2018
    Our intrepid reporters Mallory Yu and Petra Mayer take on another day of San Diego Comic-Con, from immersive fan adventures to, yes, all the Doctor Who you can shake a sonic screwdriver at.
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    Austen Weitzel, 26, one of Laika's "puppet surgeons," he helps fix the puppets when they break during shooting, specializing in hair and fur. Weitzel started at Laika during <em>Kubo and the Two Strings'</em> production.
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    Comic-Con, Day 1: Still Alive

    Jul 19, 2018
    The huge fan convention that is San Diego Comic-Con kicks off today. NPR's Petra Mayer and Mallory Yu are there, and their look at Preview Night includes fandom, puppets and the aspirations of girls.
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    Electric Waterloo: (L to R) Young Tanya (Jessica Keenan Wynn), Young Donna (Lily James) and Young Rosie (Alexa Davies) feel the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah, in <em>Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again</em>.
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    ABBA Silver: 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again'

    Jul 19, 2018
    Return with us now to the enchanted isle of Kalokairi, where the sun shines, the water gleams and the populace is unnervingly obsessed with '70s Swedish power-pop — albeit the B-sides, this time out.
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    Brian is a very glamorous whippet cross.
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    Put Your Face In It: How Gaming Helped Me Understand My Dog

    Jul 18, 2018
    If you want to know how a dog sees the world, ask yourself how you explore virtual spaces with your controller. No, really!
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    Robin Williams is the subject of a new HBO documentary.
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    Exploring, Not Explaining, The Mind Of Robin Williams

    Jul 16, 2018
    Robin Williams is the subject of a new HBO documentary called Come Inside My Mind. Using clips and interviews, it documents his unusual process and his complicated life.
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    Sacha Baron Cohen's <em>Who Is America? </em>features Cohen donning four new disguises to prank the unsuspecting.
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    Sacha Baron Cohen Is Hit-And-Miss In 'Who Is America?'

    Jul 15, 2018
    Sacha Baron Cohen likes to dress up and try to get people to say dumb things, and in one case in his new Showtime series, he finds success. But other times, the show falls flat.
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    Emmy Nominations Analysis: Lots Of Old, But Something New

    Jul 12, 2018
    For the first time in years, the venerable Modern Family and its cast failed to nab a nomination, making room for several freshman comedies — and new faces.
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    Dwayne Johnson (sometimes known as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) plays Will Sawyer in <em>Skyscraper</em>, a movie where The Rock fights a skyscraper. Well, sort of.
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    Building-Sized Giant Fights Giant-Sized Building In 'Skyscraper'

    Jul 12, 2018
    Skyscraper is a summer confection where Dwayne Johnson plays a man who wants to get into a burning building to save his family from a bunch of bad guys and a fire. Happy dog days of summer.
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    Alex Trebek, the host of <em>Jeopardy!</em>
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Jeopardy!'

    Jul 11, 2018
    We're as excited as a college student with a double major and a school sweatshirt to be talking about one of the most successful game shows of all time: Jeopardy!
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    June (Elisabeth Moss) faces big changes in the season finale of <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em>.
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    The Truck, The Choice And The 'Handmaid's Tale' Finale

    Jul 11, 2018
    The second season finale of The Handmaid's Tale was released on Wednesday, and it brought some truths about the series into sharp focus.
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    <em>Stardew Valley </em>is a game in which you create your own thriving farm. It's just one of the ones we'll be talking about this summer.
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    It's Summer, And It's Time For Some 'Pew-Pew-Pew' Research

    Jul 10, 2018
    Can a person who once had an Atari 2600 learn to love games without characters made up of colored squares visible to the naked eye? This summer, we'll try to find out.
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    Boy in the Sand: Tab Hunter, who died on July 8th, hits the beach, circa 1955.
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    Hollywood And Tab Hunter: The Marriage That Ended Amicably

    Jul 10, 2018
    The '50s heartthrob who lived a closeted life during the peak of popularity survived the end of the Hollywood studio system by refusing to make many of the compromises his fellow gay actors did.
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    Amy Adams and Chris Messina play a reporter and a detective both investigating the same crimes in HBO's <em>Sharp Objects</em>.
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    Amy Adams Dominates HBO's 'Sharp Objects'

    Jul 09, 2018
    Amy Adams plays a journalist investigating violence in her hometown in HBO's adaptation of Gillian Flynn's 2006 debut novel.
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    Pin-up of Captain Atom and his sparkly, sparkly wake.
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    Remembering Steve Ditko: Forget Kirby Dots, Let's Talk Ditko Sparkles

    Jul 08, 2018
    The idiosyncratic co-creator of Spider-Man, Doctor Strange and many lesser-known comics characters died last week. His distinctive storytelling style shaped generations of comics readers.
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    Mr. McFeely (David Newell) and Fred Rogers on set, in the documentary <em>Won't You Be My Neighbor?</em>
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?'

    Jul 04, 2018
    Daisy Rosario of WAMU joins the table to talk about the new documentary that looks back at the influence and the unusual nature of a classic children's television show.
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    Hannah Gadsby has brought her live show <em>Nanette</em> to Netflix.
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    Hannah Gadsby's 'Nanette' Is A Scorching Piece On Comedy And Trauma

    Jul 02, 2018
    Hannah Gadsby, an Australian comedian, has a Netflix special that talks about the construction of jokes, the pain of self-deprecation, and what we owe to ourselves and the people who hear our stories.
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    Ant-Man (Paul Rudd, L) and The Wasp (Evangeline Lilly, R) find fighting crime is no picnic in <em>Ant-Man and the Wasp.</em>
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    Wee, The People: 'Ant-Man And The Wasp'

    Jul 02, 2018
    The sequel to 2015's Ant-Man is just as light and inconsequential, but a forgettable villain and an over-complicated plot means it has to work harder — and it shows.
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    Cardi B.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour: Road-Testing The Songs Of Summer

    Jun 29, 2018
    NPR Music takes over the show to stump for summertime pop hits by the likes of Cardi B, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Drake, Hayley Kiyoko and more.
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    A Spot of Bother: Norman Scott (Ben Whishaw, L) and Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant, R) face the day with stiff upper lips in Amazon's<em> A Very English Scandal</em>.
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    'A Very English Scandal' Is Veddy, Veddy Fun, Indeed

    Jun 29, 2018
    The stars of Paddington 2 (Ben Whishaw and Hugh Grant) reunite, under ... very different circumstances, for a 3-episode Amazon mini-series about a gay relationship that shocked the U.K. in the '70s.
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    Writer Harlan Ellison, seen here in 1991, died Thursday at 84.
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    Harlan Ellison, Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 84

    Jun 28, 2018
    The writer of award-winning stories, as well as episodes of Star Trek, The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone, died Thursday.
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    <em>Top Chef</em> contestant Joe Sasto cooks a meal in Aspen, Colo.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour: Cooking Shows Provide Food For Thought

    Jun 27, 2018
    This week, we revisit a conversation about competitions and instructional shows, adventures and simple admirations of good cooking.
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