And in the new movie The High Note, Tracee Ellis Ross plays the fictional legendary singer Grace Davis. It tells the story of a woman who's struggling to get back on her feet after an illness knocked her out. The movie stars Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep. 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. The panel chats about the Post, Steven Spielberg's latest film which follows the Washington Post's decision to publish the Pentagon Papers. And I should warn people listening that it can get pretty dark. Glen Weldon and Chris Klimek debate the merits of Swiss Army Man, the new indie comedy referred to as the Daniel Radcliffe farting corpse movie. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour: A look at comedian Patton Oswalt's essay at Wired, called "Wake Up, Geek Culture. We take a moment to celebrate Perry's contributions to pop culture. Then, they'll relive their predictions for the previous year and then make some guesses about what's to come in 2015. And, as always, What's Making Us Happy this week. In the actual awards races, Three Billboards, Ladybird, and Amazon scored. It co-stars Charlize Theron and a really impressive wig. 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. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, film critic Bob Mondello, and soon-to-be All Things Considered co-host Ari Shapiro discuss soundtracks, from Top Gun to The Bodyguard. Tomorrow you'll hear the second half of our show live from the Bell House in Brooklyn, featuring Ask Me Another's Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton. (Original broadcast date: February 6, 2015), A Conversation With Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling). NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith joins the panel to talk about the oddly successful and often bizarre ABC series that brings entrepreneurs to beg for money from rich people. Then, it's time for a quiz all about disguises. including Captain America, Slings and Arrows and more. Aniston plays the female anchor left to pick up the pieces with a new partner, and Witherspoon is the local reporter who unexpectedly gets hired by the show after she goes on a rant while she's working at her previous job and the video goes viral. All that plus 'What's Making Us Happy This Week?' That's why our focus today is happiness in small bites. Next, Linda gives a three-themed quiz. Then the gang discusses pop culture geography and if it's important to accurately capture a sense of place. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy this week. And the coverage it's received has been huge. ), The gang takes a look at Amy Sherman-Palladino's award-winning comedy, starring Rachel Brosnahan as a '50s housewife-turned-comedian. 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. Plus What's Making Us Happy this week. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Trey Graham and Glen Weldon talk about box office hit 'The Heat,' directed by Paul Feig. NPR's Tilda Wilson adapted the Pop Culture Happy Hour segment "What's Making Us Happy" into a digital page. ), The Limitations Of An Anti-Racist Reading List. And the broker is really funny. But as someone who enjoys that show, I really loved reading this book and kind of like seeing them go behind the scenes and talk about producing and all of that as well as tell a pretty cute romance story. (Photo/photo by reporter Yang Huiqi) Reporter Yang Huiqi / Taipei Report Jordane Saget, an artist from Paris, France, who is famous for creating large-scale urban totem art, will hold a 5-hour large-scale outdoor art creation performance in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. April 26, 2023 The series, based on Alexis Schaitkin's 2020 novel, has hints of White Lotus and other recent rich-skewering narratives, but has bigger storytelling ambitions. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week. And there's a lot to unpack. We Recommend: I think I recommended the If Books Could Kill podcast episode about Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus in this space a while ago, but that's not going to stop me from recommending their episode on Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Toni Collette? Then, we discuss the action comedy CHiPs with Morning Edition host David Greene. (For live show information, visit popculturetickets.org), The Martian And What We've Learned About Other Jobs. In 2016, Phoebe Waller-Bridge presented the world with Fleabag. 'Taste The Nation': Padma Lakshmi Explores The American Palate. Dolly Parton might be one of the most famous women in the United States. Glen Weldon talks to author Philip Pullman about his return to the world of Lyra Belacqua, who we first met in The Golden Compass. From Black Panther, to Crazy Rich Asians, to the viral moments you might have missed, we are rounding up our fifteen favorites of the year. Then, a discussion about their love of television credit sequences, and What's Making Us Happy this week. Is this the wave of the mercenary future? Guest: Aisha Harris, host of Slate's Represent podcast. 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. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR film critic Bob Mondello joins the PCHH roundtable of Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon for a rousing conversation about Oscars. Then, who might be rediscovered any day now? 'Avengers: Endgame' Is A Satisfying Super-Wrap. As widely predicted, La La Land racked up the most nominations, while Moonlight made a strong showing, as did Hell or High Water. I'm really in love with this Fenne Lily record called Big Picture. But on this bonus epidose, Linda Holmes and Glen Weldon do nothing but talk spoilers that make you really want to see the movie. Which work the best and which are the favorites? For the next two hours, we watch them argue and negotiate over how to separate and how to co-parent their young son. His career spanned many decades, giving award-winning performances, where he dazzled regardless of the genre. But also the Hallmark Channel's endless supply of holiday movies and the competitors nipping at their heels. We've been playing games. I had a great time watching The Flop House cover Battlefield Earth in a stream of a recent live show. Family Friendly Crowd Pleasers: Three Things To Stream Your Whole Family Can Enjoy. Then came 2016's Split, a stealth sequel. I feel like if you rent an apartment in New York, it's probably worth a listen. As a New Yorker, I feel like there are a lot of things that I'm just uninformed about, and one of those things is brokers and broker fees. The Hobbit And The Habit Of Storing Your Stuff. Plus Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, Lady Gaga and more. Then they'll use the premiere of 50 Shades of Grey as an excuse to talk about the importance of on-screen chemistry. Like what is it like to get addicted to drugs, or sleep with a celebrity, or experience road rage? Last night the VMAs honored some top songs and artists including Camila Cabello, Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. And it bummed me out because, again, it was hitting the pleasure center part of my brain. They'll go through a few of their favorites from past to present and ask why the jingle has gone the way of the dodo in recent years. Sometimes, all it takes to change your life is a cow. It's a behind the scenes look at the making of the 1975 cult hit film Dolemite. 'What We Do In The Shadows': A Comedy With Bite. Now in its third and final season, Picard has brought the old Next Generation gang together for one last mission. And, as always, What's Making Us Happy this week. And I should warn people listening that it can get pretty dark. Then, Mallory Ortberg (Slate's Dear Prudence) answers some pop culture advice questions. We didn't spoil it for you last week. In this Pop Culture Happy Hour extra, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon chat about the reality television show King of the Nerds. This week: No Borders, Just Flavors! Sometimes, sports fandom comes naturally: We grew up immersed in it, or we get swept up in local fervor. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. Copyright 2023 NPR. NPR Politics Podcast alum Sam Sanders joins the panel for The LEGO Batman Movie. Broad City and High School Required Reading. Stephen Thompson and Gene Demby kick off our new sports series, The Giant Foam Finger. 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' 'Vice' and 'Green Book' Are Best Picture Nominees Why? Netflix has adapted the book series The Baby-Sitters Club, and hopes to reintroduce it to young viewers, nostalgic millennials, and anyone else who longs for days spent with friends when worries aren't too worrisome. Guests: Weekend Edition editor Barrie Hardymon and All Things Considered host Audie Cornish. Comedian Guy Branum joins NPR's Sam Sanders to talk about his new book My Life As A Goddess and the many challenges presented by a mostly white, hetero-normative comedy scene. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy this week. (For more information, visit popculturetickets.org. Michelle Yeoh, winner of the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for Everything Everywhere All at Once at the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, Calif. Mallory Yu recommends The Criterion Channel's "Starring Michelle Yeoh Collection." What's making me happy is this new HBO series called The Last of Us. You can buy tickets at popculturetickets.org. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR's Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and guest Chris Klimek talk about Arnold Schwarzenegger's new memoir 'Total Recall.' She recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied political science and cinema. And it's also just an interesting commentary on white masculinity in so many different ways. Small Batch: MTV's Video Music Awards 2016. Then, Linda gives a quiz all about the television upfronts. That's one of the reasons the new HBO series Lovecraft Country works. Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. 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. April 14, 2023 The new horror comedy Renfield is about Count Dracula's long-suffering servant. I am not ashamed to say that Jonathan Rhys Meyers in this movie is an incredibly beautiful man, and I will take a love interest if he looks like that. Pop Culture Happy Hour: Kangaroo On Schoolgirl Violence Erupts On Game Day. Plus, NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer talks to Neil Gaiman about his new book Norse Mythology. But then there are all the other times. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and Bob Mondello discuss the new Disney film Tomorrowland. I had a great time watching The Flop House cover Battlefield Earth in a stream of a recent live show. Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings, hosts of the For Colored Nerds podcast, join Linda Holmes for a chat about the Real Housewives of Potomac. So he starts playing their songs the world soon hears them for the first time, and Jack finds his entire life upended. 'The Goldfinch' Turns A Long Book Into An Overstuffed Movie. In this Pop Culture Happy Hour extra, Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson share a quick update about this week's show and then we hear Linda's postcard from the the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella. Also Mira Nair's work and how important they were in breaking boundaries for female directors, and female directors of color. Then they'll talk about their favorite detectives and how, exactly, you define a detective. 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. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon are joined by NPR Code Switch team members Kat Chow and Gene Demby. Plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. 'The Lego Movie 2': Once More Unto The Brick. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and Petra Mayer talk about Orphan Black, and the dream sequence device. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy. The gang touches on everything from the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D to The Walking Dead to The Flaming Lips. I really enjoy Jennifer Aniston out of the usual milieu that she's in. I am not ashamed to say that Jonathan Rhys Meyers in this movie is an incredibly beautiful man, and I will take a love interest if he looks like that. Next, they take a moment to bid the fondest of farewells to one of their pop-culture heroes, Roger Ebert. 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. The new movie Sonic the Hedgehog is about this hedgehog who runs fast. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week.
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