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    Pop Culture Happy Hour
    In Disney+'s <em>WandaVision</em>, Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) find themselves in a disturbing situation ... comedy.
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    'WandaVision': The Next Era Of The MCU Will Be Televised

    Jan 15, 2021
    The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been downsized to fit the television screen — and pay loving, sharply observed homage to TV sitcoms of different eras in the process.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour
    Martin Luther King Jr. in Sam Pollard's <em>MLK/FBI.</em>
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    'MLK/FBI' Humanizes A Civil Rights Icon's Legacy

    Jan 15, 2021
    Sam Pollard's documentary deftly examines the FBI's intense surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. in the final years of his life.
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    Join The Game
    Explore Nordic forests (okay, and some monsters) in <em>Röki</em>.
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    For The Kid In Your Life, 3 Video Games That Play Like Storybooks

    Jan 14, 2021
    Explore alien worlds, Nordic forests, and European countrysides in these point-and-click games — which may not have been designed specifically for kids, but will definitely keep them entertained.
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    Performing Arts
    Clockwise from upper left: Debbie Allen, Garth Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Joan Baez and Midori Goto.
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    After Missing Last Year, 2021 Kennedy Center Honors Are Announced

    Jan 13, 2021
    COVID cancelled the Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2020. Today the Center announced that the show will go on in May 2021, honoring five extraordinary performers.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour
    James Herriott (played by Nicholas Ralph) gets up in a lot of animals' business in the new <em>All Creatures Great And Small</em>.
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    Need A Break? The Pets And Vets Of 'All Creatures Great And Small' Might Hit The Spot

    Jan 13, 2021
    A new adaptation of James Herriot's books about life as a Yorkshire vet in the 1930s has gorgeous landscapes, majestic animals, and a welcome focus on home and work.
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    <em>Super Mario no Sweater</em> let you design a sweater and send away to have it made for real.
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    Sweater Design? Gin Rummy? Typing? These Are The Mario Games You've Never Heard Of

    Jan 07, 2021
    Everyone who's ever played a video game knows Super Mario Brothers — but did you know Nintendo's iconic goofy plumber also taught typing, dealt gin rummy and even helped program sewing machines?
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    Books
    Writer Eric Jerome Dickey poses at the 12th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the UCLA campus in 2007 in Los Angeles. Dickey died Jan. 3 after a long illness. He was 59.
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    Eric Jerome Dickey, Bestselling Author Whose Novels Focused On Black Life, Dies at 59

    Jan 06, 2021
    Much of Dickey's work, including 1996's Sister, Sister, was centered on strong Black female characters. He wrote 29 books and sold more than 7 million copies worldwide.
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    With 'The Great Gatsby' In Public Domain, Artists Riff On Classic Story

    Jan 06, 2021
    A growing online chorus wants a Muppet version of The Great Gatsby. One writer suggested Kermit as Gatsby, Miss Piggy as Daisy and Fozzie Bear as Tom. Even Statler and Waldorf could appreciate that.
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    Actor Tanya Roberts at the 2006 TV Land awards in Santa Monica, Calif. She died Monday evening.
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    Actress Tanya Roberts Dies At 65, After Premature Announcements

    Jan 05, 2021
    Actress Tanya Roberts died Monday after representatives mistakenly announced she'd died earlier, then retracted their statements.
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    How Our Entertainment Changed In 2020

    Jan 02, 2021
    NPR's Michel Martin talks with Aisha Harris, host of the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, and NPR Music's Stephen Thompson, about how the events of 2020 have forever changed the entertainment industry.
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    Arts & Life
    F. Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Franz Kafka and many more authors and artists have 1925 works entering the public domain on January 1. Above, a first edition of <em>The Great Gatsby</em> at the London International Antiquarian Book
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    Party Like It's 1925 On Public Domain Day (Gatsby And Dalloway Are In)

    Jan 01, 2021
    Every year on January 1, the copyright on thousands of books, songs, films and other creative works expires. Law professor Jennifer Jenkins says 2021 is "a bumper crop."
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    Join The Game
    When nothing else works, you can lose yourself in the simple repetition of a game like <em>Into the Breach</em>.
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    Run, Die, Repeat: How Roguelike Games Helped Us Get Through 2020

    Dec 31, 2020
    Video games can offer immense, immersive open worlds — but for some players, the small-scale grinding repetition of the games known as "roguelikes" is a better way to pass the time.
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    President Trump in Texas, 2015. The President was selected as the most admired man in America this year. He tied former President Obama last year.
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    Gallup Poll: President Trump And Michelle Obama Most Admired Man And Woman In America

    Dec 29, 2020
    The annual poll of just over 1,000 Americans conducted in December selected the top 10 most admired men and women of the year.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour
    Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Ted Danson and D'Arcy Carden in NBC's afterlife comedy series <em>The Good Place, </em>which ended after four seasons.
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    50 Wonderful Things From 2020

    Dec 29, 2020
    Linda Holmes' annual list of highlights from pop culture includes TV, movies, games, podcasts, TikTok videos and whatever else made the year a little easier.
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    Arts & Life
    French designer Pierre Cardin has died at age 98. Here, the member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts is seen in 2016, at the end of a fashion show marking 70 years of his creations at the Institut de France in Paris.
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    Pierre Cardin, French Fashion Designer, Dies At 98

    Dec 29, 2020
    The son of Italian immigrants worked with luminaries such as filmmaker Jean Cocteau and designer Christian Dior before launching his own line.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour
    Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor as the hot duke and Daphne in Netflix's <em>Bridgerton</em>.
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    'Bridgerton' Is A Delicious, Raunchy Tale Of One Very Hot Family

    Dec 28, 2020
    Made by Shonda Rhimes' production company and adapted from a beloved series of romances, Bridgerton is witty, sexy, absorbing fun that might just keep you up late.
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    Arts & Life

    Sarah Silverman Takes A Comedic Look At The Events Of 2020

    Dec 27, 2020
    NPR's Don Gonyea talks to comedian Sarah Silverman about her latest special, "Yearly Departed," and the lessons learned from the year.
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    Coronavirus Affected Everything — Including The Words Of 2020

    Dec 26, 2020
    NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Ben Zimmer, a linguist and columnist for The Wall Street Journal, about the words of the year.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour
    Carey Mulligan stars as Cassie in <em>Promising Young Woman</em>.
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    'Promising Young Woman' Is A Dark Comedy That Will Keep You On Your Toes

    Dec 26, 2020
    The darkly comic thriller Promising Young Woman, starring Carey Mulligan as a woman on a mission, is a carefully constructed mix of genres and moods that doesn't pull its punches.
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    'Floodlines,' The Story Of Hurricane Katrina, Tops The List Of 2020's Best Podcasts

    Dec 24, 2020
    Podcasts have been doing a great job keeping people company during the pandemic. Critic Nick Quah shares some of his favorites, including Lost Notes: 1980, Reply All, My Year in Mensa and Floodlines.
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    This is not a representation of what 2020 felt like — it's a screen shot from <em>Dead Cells.</em>
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    In 2020, Indie Games Were A Well-Deserved Distraction

    Dec 24, 2020
    2020 is almost over — and if you're anything like us, you spent a lot of time this year escaping into video games. Here are five favorite independent games that helped us get through the year.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour
    Tessa Thompson as Sylvie and Nnamdi Asomugha as Robert in <em>Sylvie's Love.</em>
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    Let 'Sylvie's Love' Wrap You In All Its Goodness

    Dec 24, 2020
    Eugene Ashe's romance is a refreshing throwback to Classic Hollywood, starring Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha.
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    Goats and Soda
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    11 Original NPR Comics That Brought Joy, Hope And Help During The Pandemic

    Dec 23, 2020
    In 2020, NPR created and published more than a dozen comics for the pandemic — everything from how to explain it to kids to how to help the older people in your life.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour
    She's Running: Diana (Gal Gadot) chases her quarry through the streets of Washington in the sequel <em>Wonder Woman 1984</em>.
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    'Wonder Woman 1984' And The One-Villain-Too-Many Problem

    Dec 23, 2020
    The sequel to 2017's Wonder Woman is bright, entertaining, frequently funny — and overstuffed with villain backstories that crowd out the action.
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    In 'Cyberpunk 2077,' The Only Truly Punk Move Is Not To Play

    Dec 22, 2020
    CD Projekt Red's hotly-anticipated new game turned out to be a buggy mess — but beyond that, it's just a bad game that doesn't do justice to the gritty, anti-corporate nature of its source material.

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