Linda Holmes
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Arts & Life
Weekly recommendations from Pop Culture Happy Hour hosts and guests
A top-secret cache of sperm is stored under the Space Needle in Hot White Heist. Bob Odenkirk stars as a suburban dad with a secret identity in Nobody. And it's Criterion Collection's neonoir month.
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Arts & Life
'Gossip Girl' For Gen-Z Seemed Like A Great Idea, So What Went Wrong?
HBO Max is launching a sequel to the original CW series Gossip Girl. And while it strains to be more contemporary, the series stumbles on the basics of good bad TV.
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Arts & Life
'Sexy Beasts' Is Coming To Netflix, And We Have ... Questions
After the success of Love Is Blind, Netflix has found another way to hide conventionally attractive people from each other. We'd explain it if we could.
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Television
Review: Bo Burnham's 'Inside'
Comedian and filmmaker Bo Burnham used his time alone during the pandemic to create a one-man show. His new Netflix special Inside was directed, written and performed all inside one room.
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Arts & Life
Bo Burnham's 'Inside' Is A Musical Fantasy About Terrible Realities
Burnham has been away from stand-up for a long time, and this is not a stand-up special. It's theater, filmed at home, touching on some of the harshest realities of the isolated mind.
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Arts & Life
7 Takeaways From The Train-Station Oscars
A bungled ending, some charming winners, and making the best of a bad situation — the 2021 Oscars left an impression in a few ways.
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Arts & Life
'Mank' Leads Oscar Nominations In A Year When It's Easy To Judge For Yourself
The Oscar nominations embraced David Fincher's Mank, a movie about movies, which is no surprise. But if you want to pick your own favorites, this is the year to do it.
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Arts & Life
Harry And Meghan: Where Things Stand And 10 Takeaways From The Big Oprah Interview
Meghan, duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry talked to Oprah Winfrey about darkest moments, family conflicts, the persistence of racism and the symbiosis between the royal family and the tabloid press.
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Arts & Life
'WandaVision' Wraps A Season That Was Never What It Seemed
The finale of WandaVision wrapped up a moving story of loss and grief. And, less importantly, there was a bunch of action.
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Arts & Life
50 Wonderful Things From 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.