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3 days ago | 
tpr.org | Stephen Thompson |Aisha Harris |Liz Metzger |Hafsa Fathima
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. 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. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk.
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1 week ago | 
wrvo.org | Linda Holmes |B.A. Parker |Jourdain Searles |Liz Metzger
Stephen King's work has often contemplated the inevitability of death. But his latest adaptation, The Life of Chuck is a life-affirming film that challenges the cynic in everyone. It has a big cast including Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jacob Tremblay, Mark Hamill, and Nick Offerman. The film was directed and written for the screen by Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass). Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture Copyright 2025 NPR
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Linda Holmes |B.A. Parker |Jourdain Searles |Liz Metzger |Hafsa Fathima |Mike Katzif | +1 more
13 hours agoMike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation offers a schematic, suburban vision of end times. It’s impossible to discuss “The Life of Chuck” without revealing the ending, because that’s where the movie starts. It’s built backward, as is the Stephen King novella on which it’s based. A title card declares …
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2 weeks ago | 
wrvo.org | Glen Weldon |Stephen Thompson |Liz Metzger |Ronald Young Jr.
Fifty years ago Steven Spielberg's Jaws was released in theaters, kicking off the summer blockbuster phenomenon. And you know a summer blockbuster when you see one: It's a film that's hugely popular and as a result, financially successful, and seen by lots of people. But not everyone has seen every last one of them. Today, we fill in some personal blockbuster gaps, and finally see a movie that absolutely everyone saw, except for us — including Armageddon, Beverly Hills Cop II, , .
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3 weeks ago | 
wrvo.org | Aisha Harris |Kiana Fitzgerald |Candice Lim |Liz Metzger
Every generation gets its versions of a "20-somethings hang out and make mistakes" sitcom, such as Living Single, Friends, New Girl and Broad City. Now Gen Z's got the FX/Hulu series The silly new series is about a group of friends cohabitating in Queens, New York and it makes for fun and possibly all-too-relatable TV fodder.
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3 weeks ago | 
wrvo.org | Aisha Harris |Linda Holmes |Gene Demby |Liz Metzger
Succession creator Jesse Armstrong is back with Mountainhead, a new movie with characters who are just as wealthy, powerful, and insecure as the Roy family. Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Ramy Youssef and Cory Michael Smith star as four tech moguls gathering for a low-key guys' weekend of poker. But business and unchecked, overinflated egos quickly lead them all down a very dark path.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Aisha Harris |Linda Holmes |Gene Demby |Liz Metzger |Mike Katzif |Jessica Reedy
17 hours ago 'Succession' Creator's New HBO Movie with Steve Carell Causes a Huge Divide on Rotten Tomatoes Premiering on Saturday, May 31, Succession creator Jesse Armstrong's new HBO flick Mountainhead might be earning praise from critics, but fans haven't … 18 hours ago ‘Mountainhead’ star Cory Michael Smith: ‘This is one of my favorite jobs, easily, that I’ve ever had’ ‘Mountainhead’ star Cory Michael Smith: ‘This is one of my favorite jobs, easily, that I’ve ever had.’ He stars as a...
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Stephen Thompson |Aisha Harris |Candice Lim |Shar Jossell |Liz Metzger |Mike Katzif | +1 more
9 hours agoMary Lou Retton was arrested on a DUI charge earlier this month in Marion County, W.V., according to court records reviewed by PEOPLE. According to court records from the West Virginia Magistrate Court system, Retton, 57, was arrested on Saturday, May 17, on one count of "driving under influence of …
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1 month ago | 
npr.org | Glen Weldon |Linda Holmes |Aisha Harris |Stephen Thompson |Mike Katzif |Liz Metzger | +1 more
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1 month ago | 
wrvo.org | Stephen Thompson |Reanna Cruz |Bedatri D.Choudhury |Liz Metzger
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. 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. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk.
