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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3bbef41e-40a1-476b-ba0c-bf8e9ca34de6Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCHot Ones is the YouTube show where famous people answer questions while eating increasingly hot chicken wings. Now host Sean Evans is bringing his wings to Netflix with a series of specials called Hot Ones: Extra Heat. What exactly makes a good Hot...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c39ae698-bbdc-4042-be0b-f7d362a41d28Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCHave some people forgotten how to behave at music festivals? Summer is peak music festival season, and that means many of us are braving huge crowds and sweltering heat to see a bunch of artists we love in one place. But is there a decline in social...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>64558ee4-3b90-414c-9bcf-c1bcea016ffdMon, 20 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWill Ferrell stars as a past-his-prime golfer in the new Netflix series, The Hawk. If you loved watching him play self-absorbed athletes in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Blades of Glory, you might be into this too. He reunited with...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b306f3bf-0b7f-4407-989f-4d35ad17df3eFri, 17 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Odyssey is director Christopher Nolan’s spectacular take on Homer’s epic work – full of gods, monsters, love and very bloody revenge. Matt Damon plays Odysseus, who is trying to get home to his wife and son, played by Anne Hathaway and Tom...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>017195be-c580-4d42-8069-3246a4fee997Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCGail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass is a comedy, but it’s mostly a very funny hang. Zoey Deutch plays a small town hairdresser whose fiancee has just had sex with the celebrity on his sex pass list. She's determined to do the same – with Jon...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>42a989d4-8aba-473d-b493-f632ba315e84Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCYou may be familiar with the world of Little House on the Prairie, either through Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved books, or the 1970s TV adaptation. Now, Netflix is once again bringing the Ingalls family to life with a new series. It focuses on earlier...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5d1f6e30-647f-4ff1-839f-360552827babMon, 13 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhat happens when a simple dinner party goes off the rails? That’s the premise of The Invite, a very good new comedy directed by Olivia Wilde. Wilde also stars alongside Seth Rogen as a couple who invite their neighbors over for a meal, played by...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>cf7be699-930d-45e5-9a12-0082a309755aFri, 10 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMoana is back in Disney’s new sort-of-live-action remake, but how far does it go from the original? Dwayne Johnson returns as Maui, appearing in the flesh this time around. Catherine Laga'aia plays Moana, who sets out to save her island, along with...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9c77660c-825a-4b3d-bba3-9814e39a3434Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:39:57 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe 2026 Emmy nominations are here. We’re unpacking the record-breaking nominations for Hacks, plus a big day for Widow’s Bay, The Pitt, and The Bear. We’ll also talk about the snubs and make some early predictions of who will win.  Connect with Pop...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>badbff6d-c5d6-464c-a842-316c75ba6e67Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCTwo big horror films, Obsession and Backrooms, just smashed all box office expectations. So much of their success has been driven by Gen Z, which is now the biggest moviegoing demographic. But what makes a movie a Gen Z movie? Today we’re bringing you...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1a988111-2b4e-491e-a7cd-ca57f8380214Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMinions & Monsters is the newest addition to the Despicable Me franchise, but this prequel set the minions loose in 1920s Hollywood. They naturally become superstars in the age of silent film. But, as talkies take over, they struggle to stay...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>017cb3a5-8179-440e-a6a0-f69ae78c89b4Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCYou should see the new horror movie Leviticus. Set in a small Australian religious community, it’s about two queer teens that start having feelings for each other. Their relationship touches off a chain of increasingly violent events. It’s both a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>eb223d07-2e75-460c-b646-00b998751312Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCToy Story 5 just hit theaters, so it seemed like a good time to revisit our episode from last summer where we discussed YOUR picks for the greatest Pixar films of all time. Thousands of you voted, and we've got the results. If you want to hear about...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f7359f0a-0e2d-4e5d-b59e-0d6f6d009f93Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Disney’s Toy Story 5, Jessie, Woody, and Buzz are back to confront a new threat – screen time. When their kid Bonnie gets a new tablet called Lilypad, she forgets about the rest of her toys. But Jessie is determined to win Bonnie back, even after a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>426bd330-f754-4abd-8c24-d4952421c870Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCOlivia Rodrigo is back blending spikey rock with tender ballads. How do we feel about her evolving sound? Her third album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love is a collection of fizzy, sometimes jagged pop songs about a love that goes amazingly...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>03356a6d-bfbc-4a74-95a4-4db2f87fbec5Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe ridiculously fun new film Stop! That! Train! brings the gags-a-minute silliness of Airplane! to the bawdy world of RuPaul’s Drag Race. But does it chug along smoothly or does it veer off the rails? RuPaul stars as the president of the United...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>49e8aa8c-de31-433f-97fb-483ba511c950Fri, 08 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMortal Kombat II brings back more of the unforgettable characters you might have grown up eviscerating. Based on the ultra-violent video game franchise, it centers the story on warrior princess Kitana (Adeline Rudolph) and washed-up action star Johnny...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>57da8aae-0bfd-4040-ae0b-ba2239f28082Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMichael Jackson was one of the biggest pop stars on the planet, so it’s only natural that he’s the subject of a glossy, big-budget biopic. In Michael, the singer’s real-life nephew Jaafar Jackson portrays him in his rise to fame. The film leans...Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>13ec29fc-6fe8-4e44-aa5c-a402f7073efbThu, 12 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year, there's finally an Oscar being awarded for casting. The nominees are the casting directors for Sinners, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, and The Secret Agent. That got us thinking - what makes a great cast, anyway? Today, we...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>04d51e9f-d6e9-45d7-b861-4c3d3f615db1Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCHarry Styles just released his new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. It’s his fourth solo album since leaving the boy band One Direction, and the follow-up to Harry’s House, which won album of the year at the Grammys. The new album is a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>67d7a855-cbc3-404a-899c-9a2e21489cf4Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Disney and Pixar’s delightful new film Hoppers, a young woman (Piper Curda) learns a beloved glade is under threat from the town’s slimy mayor (Jon Hamm). But luckily, she discovers that her college professor has developed technology that can let...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>0f729101-f7e9-4991-b5f1-ebb3573508c0Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Bride! goes way beyond a simple tale of literature’s most famous reanimated corpses. Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, the film is a wild take on the bride of Frankenstein’s monster. It follows her...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6d6b8782-753c-4cf2-9cea-7fd4ba189893Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCJohn F. Kennedy Jr. was an object of public fixation his entire life, and he’s now the subject of the FX series Love Story. It focuses on Kennedy’s (Paul Anthony Kelly) relationship with his wife, Carolyn Bessette (Sarah Pidgeon). The show follows...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7497cc55-2713-4493-969d-405c131a9fdbTue, 03 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new comedy series The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins stars Tracy Morgan as a disgraced former football star and Daniel Radcliffe as a documentary filmmaker who team up to make a movie. I know what you’re saying - another mockumentary sitcom? What...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a7306e42-1077-4a60-b9b4-e600ef7c3d3bMon, 02 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCHBO’s addictive drama Industry has never been afraid to wade in the muck, and the fourth season and finale was especially messy. The paths of frenemies Harper (Myha’la) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) erratically converged and diverged, Sir Henry Muck (Kit...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b69d95b3-433b-42d3-bd92-f51689363365Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:07:09 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe OG Scream Queen Neve Campbell returns. Scream 7 re-centers the franchise back on Sidney Prescott. She has a new life, a family, and lots of baggage. You know the drill: Someone dressing up as the masked slasher Ghostface comes for her, her family...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3fa54eb4-5f08-4b8f-97b3-a1ec0eed02d0Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe streaming service Tubi has become a repository for a wild assortment of movies, TV shows, and original properties. They’re all free to watch, provided you’re willing to sit through some ads. So we asked some Tubi-philes to recommend some great...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d9254ad6-a76b-4a28-aa4c-f421fb9bacbeWed, 25 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Peacock reality show The Traitors has become weekly appointment television, as the always impeccably dressed Alan Cumming presides over an unfriendly game full of alliances, secrets, treachery and murder. This season has been rich with drama....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6357ad7f-0641-4cb9-8d4c-f48777297383Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Hulu's twisty drama series Paradise, Sterling K. Brown plays a Secret Service agent caught up in a web of intrigue after the president of the United States (James Marsden) is assassinated, with no suspect in sight. But at the end of the first...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e9f65d2f-e5be-460f-a2c1-8e43c83d84c7Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Winter Olympics are well underway, and we’ve got thoughts from an avid Olympics watcher and a reporter who’s covering the games in Italy. Whether it’s butt on the couch or feet on the ground – we’ve got you covered. Learn more about sponsor...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>8f615333-86f9-4305-8295-3516b0cf7993Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAmerica’s Next Top Model has been rewatched in the years since its 2003 premiere, and its handling of race, body image, and other issues has been loudly and heavily criticized. A new Netflix docuseries Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4968a8f1-87d6-488e-8ee1-1745720075a1Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCNetflix’s How To Get To Heaven From Belfast is the new series from the creator of the beloved show Derry Girls. It follows three very messy longtime friends working together to solve a mystery from their youth. Part mystery and part comedy, it’s a...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d32d9dc6-0c3b-4c4a-9533-6f2c3662a955Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Pillion, a.k.a. the “gay BDSM biker movie,” a meek young man named Colin (Harry Melling) meets a handsome, broody biker played by Alexander Skarsgård who brings out his submissive side. They enter into a sub/dom relationship, but the biker remains...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e14a42a7-999d-4bdb-8c65-275227c803f7Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new film “Wuthering Heights,” Margot Robbie stars as headstrong and horny Cathy, and Jacob Elordi as brooding and horny Heathcliff. Their love on the wild windswept moors is passionate, doomed and pretty bonkers. From writer and director...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b1415fd5-0a0c-4fd0-ba7c-40d793e3a6d8Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhat’s your favorite movie that started life as a book? And what makes for a great book to film adaptation, anyway? We’ve got some examples of beloved books that made the transition to the big screen, and we’re prepared to discuss and debate why each...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>00091c61-acad-4f4d-90a8-1fbd5d60350fTue, 10 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWe've all got that one argument we're always making: that non-negotiable stance, that immutable truth we're sticking to no matter what. Today, we're revisiting our conversation about the pop culture hills we'll die on. We discuss: Jacob Elordi,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>32778566-bb0f-48a4-be32-b936e0e8a6b6Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:58:47 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAt the Super Bowl halftime show, Bad Bunny put on an endlessly rewatchable performance. It featured Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, and a real wedding. But it didn’t shy away from this political moment, and Bad Bunny’s place in the culture wars. Learn more...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>26f49da2-7af7-42dd-8c56-a2c62a9bb31aFri, 06 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCRemember Brat Summer? Charli xcx has turned the aftermath of her mainstream success into a movie called The Moment. It’s a hyperpop faux documentary commenting upon the intense response to her album, Brat, and Charli’s fickle relationship with...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>10b0f703-6d33-47d7-b710-38a017311720Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMarvel’s new Disney+ series Wonder Man is a sensible buddy comedy where Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays a down-on-his-luck actor (with incredible superpowers) trying to make it in Hollywood, and Ben Kingsley plays his new friend with a dark past. Safe to...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1287falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2026-sundance-film-festival-best-movies--69757084For a complete list of the movies we loved at Sundance, Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c97ae764-3992-456b-857b-194444a4384aTue, 03 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWe watched a ton of movies and we’re recommending some of the best things we saw at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. This includes a thrilling adventure starring Ethan Hawke, a quiet romance with Chris Pine, and quite possibly the best documentary...For a complete list of the movies we loved at Sundance, Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>8350c5ea-518c-49e4-a88e-cdf2a5913a35Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:48:14 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year’s Grammy Awards featured historic wins for Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar, performances from Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, and occasional chaos. And it was a night of speeches that reflected this moment in America. https://plus.npr.org/happy...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>daf58b4f-d0ba-49c9-a44a-56f471d99908Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new comic horror film Send Help, Rachel McAdams finds out the answer to the age-old hypothetical, “what if you were stranded on a desert island?” — except she’s stuck there with her terrible boss (Dylan O’Brien). The dynamic between them shifts...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1aeb35ce-fc81-4773-b086-721235fc76e2Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCStar Trek fans are finally getting something they’ve wanted for a long time, and it doesn’t disappoint. The new series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy takes place at the college attended by kids who want to become officers in Starfleet. It stars Holly...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>39cc6e3e-4524-4857-9d99-069dfeeda596Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Beauty stars familiar faces from the Ryan Murphy universe, including Evan Peters, as well as new collaborators like Ashton Kutcher. In the show, a genetic biotech serum has been engineered to transform people into ridiculously good-looking...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>cdae0ffa-c189-48e0-87e0-c0dc11260489Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe HBO series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms may be set in the same fantasy world as Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, but it’s a small, grounded story – a kind of medieval buddy comedy. It follows a sweet but dim knight (Peter Claffey) and...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>048e4fa9-7f89-4fba-ad52-5bfcf3ee7899Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCOne Battle After Another earned 13 Oscar nominations - including best picture, best director and a lead actor nomination for Leonardo DiCaprio. In the action-thriller, DiCaprio plays a washed up ex-revolutionary searching for his missing daughter...Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>98e50303-72f9-4f38-bfc1-d6ef9446d590Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:43:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year’s Oscars nominations are here, and we’re unpacking record-breaking nominations for Sinners, plus nominations for One Battle After Another and Hamnet. And as always, there’s an eclectic mix of heavy favorites, left-field surprises, and the...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d2575c86-9c4d-480e-ad87-516104ed3034Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Iranian film It Was Just an Accident enters Oscars season with the wind at its back. It won the top prize at Cannes, a raft of other awards and has landed on a lot of top ten lists. The movie bears out those accolades. Directed by Jafar Panahi,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>56240c2a-7092-4d06-bdbb-ad6bd7398120Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMatt Damon and Ben Affleck share the screen again in new Netflix film, The Rip. Similar to the pulpy, midbudget cop movies we used to get, The Rip is about a team of cops who are trying to take a huge stash of money from a drug cartel. But that work...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>824dfc99-f395-4a77-96db-d4287a0144eaFri, 16 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLC28 Years Later: The Bone Temple picks up where 28 Years Later left off – in a world of zombie-like infecteds and vigilantes that turn out to be a murderous cult. Ralph Fiennes returns as Dr. Kelson, who makes an unlikely friend in his medical refuge...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c2d064cb-f663-4d11-8322-61ce03eb23a0Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new Netflix series Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials centers on lesser known mystery solving protagonist Lady Eileen Brent (Mia McKenna-Bruce). It’s got all the familiar cozy mystery trappings like a manor house, snobby suspects, stiff upper lips and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a227b7f1-00c3-460e-8b76-dba24808117cWed, 14 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIdris Elba is in full action hero mode in the Apple TV series Hijack. He stars as a corporate business negotiator onboard an airplane that is taken hostage by an eclectic bunch of assailants with mysterious motives. The series is very fun and very...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>76ab9db2-6c8c-41d6-a85f-09cae1de66f1Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThere have been many TV crossovers over the years, but it’s a tricky balance to get right — for every mashup that feels organic, there are plenty more that amount to little other than weird stunts. So we decided to dream up the ultimate TV crossovers:...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4006cb6d-4bbb-43a2-9db5-c63f499c75bcFri, 09 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new Netflix rom-com People We Meet On Vacation is about best friends Poppy (Emily Bader) and Alex (Tom Blyth) who have gone on annual trips together since meeting in college. But there's always been something between them that's not quite...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b7504b00-2fa9-474b-8567-45f6f785b870Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhat's it like to date a man? Ask Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, or your friends, and you might hear it's a struggle. Today we’re bringing you an episode of NPR’s It’s Been a Minute. Host Brittany Luse and NPR Music Editor Hazel Cills break down a...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>609458ef-0150-4f5e-9697-584e4a27c82aWed, 07 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCNo Other Choice is a new bleak comedy about a man (Lee Byung-hun) at a crossroads. After losing his job at a paper company, he resorts to desperate, unhinged measures to get a new job. He tracks down the other candidates and eliminates the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>8df9d294-ab6c-4792-8628-b73efc1c84beTue, 06 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAfter five seasons and almost ten years, the saga of Netflix’s Stranger Things has reached its end. In a two-hour finale, we found out what happened to our heroes (including Millie Bobby Brown and Finn Wolfhard) when they set out to battle the forces...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>670fed58-7d08-4317-9251-e07b7a30f147Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCHope springs eternal, and that is nowhere more true than in the realm of New Year’s Resolutions. Today, we give ourselves goals for 2026. And because we believe in accountability, we’ll tell you how well we stuck to our resolutions for 2025. Learn...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1b67ca9f-e175-4385-847d-780f5d9c451aWed, 31 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhat does 2026 have in store for pop culture? Today, we’re back for another year of pop culture predictions. We’ll touch on A.I., the future of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and what’s to come for the Law & Order Universe. Plus, we check in on our...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1931falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2025-best-video-games--69248111 roundup of best games of 2025 is a helpful guide to find something that’s just right for you. Today we’re talking about some of the best video games featured including Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hades II, Silent Hill f, Butcher’s Creek and The Roottrees Are Dead.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5d031e65-831b-41f3-8dc8-22e53dfcce29Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIf you’re anything like us, you spend a fair amount of your screen time playing video games. Whether you like combat, horror, or peacefully going over archival research, NPR’shttps://www.npr.org/2025/12/03/nx-s1-5627036/best-games-2025-npr is a... roundup of best games of 2025 is a helpful guide to find something that’s just right for you. Today we’re talking about some of the best video games featured including Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hades II, Silent Hill f, Butcher’s Creek and The Roottrees Are Dead.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1363falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2025-books-we-love--69236649Books We Love is a roundup of the best books from the past year, sorted and tagged to help you find exactly what you’re looking for. This year we’ve got hundreds of book recommendations, so today, we’re highlighting some of our favorites – including Actress of a Certain Age by Jeff Hiller, The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers, and Cannon by Lee Lai.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e4cfde17-177f-4318-933e-b0dd8e081107Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCNPR’s https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2025 is a roundup of the best books from the past year, sorted and tagged to help you find exactly what you’re looking for. This year we’ve got hundreds of book recommendations, so today,...Books We Love is a roundup of the best books from the past year, sorted and tagged to help you find exactly what you’re looking for. This year we’ve got hundreds of book recommendations, so today, we’re highlighting some of our favorites – including Actress of a Certain Age by Jeff Hiller, The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers, and Cannon by Lee Lai.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ef82c223-eb01-42ea-a6da-82937ddd28afFri, 26 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new Anaconda movie is a meta reimaging in which Jack Black and Paul Rudd play aspiring filmmakers who attempt to make… a meta reimagining of Anaconda. It’s not quite a reboot, it’s not quite a sequel, and it’s played for laughs....

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e22c2c6d-0079-4b21-b622-2e6bd5af3c88Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new movie Marty Supreme asks, can Timothée Chalamet play a supremely annoying character and still keep us interested from beginning to end? He stars as a working-class heel aiming to become a table tennis champion in the 1950s and features an...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>54f4ff68-ca39-4998-992d-abfc20cccd70Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:00:08 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhat's the best Christmas gift you ever received? You probably didn't have to think about it; you knew it in your bones. Today, in this encore episode, we're talking about the actual, tangible gift you found waiting for you under the tree and still...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ce954ef3-239e-4b2b-8595-88a0bd4ffb9aMon, 22 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe twisty thriller The Housemaid stars Sydney Sweeney as a newly hired live-in housekeeper to Amanda Seyfried’s wealthy housewife. Both women have dark secrets, and their dynamic goes downhill real fast. It’s directed by Paul Feig of Bridesmaids and...Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>687a1343-247a-41ae-8c46-352292b8b361Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Avatar: Fire and Ash, James Cameron’s saga continues in a visually stunning movie full of epic battles, uneasy alliances, human assimilation, and debates with whales. The film follows the Na’vi (aka blue guys) as they’re chased by a human military...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>cee41746-0a2b-4f21-a6e8-f753b0e30465Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new show Heated Rivalry is a very sexy and very queer hockey romance streaming on HBO Max–and it’s a phenomenon. It follows archrival players Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) as they carry on a clandestine affair...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f818f5fd-1dc0-4f37-b43c-9bda0400d98bWed, 17 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCFallout is based on a hugely successful video game series known for blending a sardonic, very dark comedic sensibility, and violence. The series is set in the game's post-apocalyptic world – an America divided into factions wrestling for control of an...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e456060b-0b75-4492-940d-8285f765e61fTue, 16 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCEvery year, we like to take a moment to look back and spotlight a few favorite films we didn’t have time to talk about. Today, we're making recommendations for great movies we missed in 2025 including The Secret Agent, Come See Me In the Good Light,...Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>61e3c825-a58d-40c0-96a7-847a625bd60aSun, 14 Dec 2025 08:00:01 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAisha and Stephen answer a mailbag question! Send in your own questions at pcch@npr.org, and we may answer it in a future bonus episode. This usually would be a bonus episode just for Pop Culture Happy Hour+ supporters, but this being the season of...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>0976d4e5-bab3-4f77-9f91-c44fdd53d779Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCNetflix’s Wake Up Dead Man is the third installment in the Knives Out franchise. Daniel Craig returns as detective Benoit Blanc -- with a cast of suspects that includes Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Jeremy Renner, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>472a325d-60d5-43fc-92be-5736df1a5c8cWed, 10 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Netflix’s Jay Kelly, George Clooney plays the aging movie star Jay Kelly. His longtime manager (Adam Sander) and publicist (Laura Dern) struggle to manage Jay on a trip through Europe as he deals with the difficult relationship he has with his two...Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5de09ccc-5a70-4813-8bb1-3e3320b45f5eTue, 09 Dec 2025 08:00:03 +0000Neubauer Artists LLC‘Tis the season you’ll find plenty of good holiday movies – films that can be counted upon to deliver warmth and cheer. And bad holiday movies? They can be fun in their own way. So we’re debating: what’s the worst Christmas movie of all time? We’ll...Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>997e054b-7361-4189-9f27-a4fc08fe0ed2Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Netflix’s The Abandons, Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey play two steely matriarchs that face off on the American frontier. But don’t let the spurs and cowboy hats fool you. At its heart, the new Western series is a sudsy nighttime soap. But is...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>23934fec-dd21-4df8-96ac-24d540b5a2f5Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new film Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, Josh Hutcherson returns as the protagonist trying to survive in a haunted children’s restaurant called Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. The creepy animatronic robots remain, and the sequel adds fresh lore and extends...Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopcultureThe first-ever NPR Pod Club Awards are coming up, and YOU get to crown the winner of the People’s Choice Award. Vote for Pop Culture Happy Hour here!

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>418e4ec5-5f18-436a-81ac-191e425a8ef6Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:05:04 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIt’s been a great year for TV, movies, and music. And we are highlighting some of the best, including KPop Demon Hunters, Sinners, and Severance. We’ll also talk about some things you might have missed. Learn more about sponsor message choices:...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>db436296-47fc-4428-9b06-8e1b9747eb86Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:00:01 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year, readers around the world are celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. Today we’ve got an episode of NPR’s Books We’ve Loved where Linda Holmes, Andrew Limbong and B.A. Parker discuss Austen’s seminal novel Pride & Prejudice. The trio...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>fd219bc3-d955-4dda-badb-da889ba58d8aMon, 01 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCHamnet tells the fictionalized account of the lives of William Shakespeare and his wife, played by Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley. They fall in love, have children, suffer an unspeakable tragedy. When their only son dies, it creates a rift in their...Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e5277a6b-3145-4434-840a-191efdc2d3f4Fri, 28 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCRyan Murphy’s latest show All’s Fair centers on an all-female law firm led by Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts, and Niecy Nash-Betts. The high-powered law firm specializes in obtaining hefty divorce settlements for wealthy women. The show is barbed, nasty,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a76ca2f6-b701-4ec5-9d7f-d13eaefb8ccfWed, 26 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCDisney’s Zootopia grossed over a billion dollars worldwide. Now our heroes return in the sequel Zootopia 2. Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) are now partners in the Zootopia police force. And there's a new problem: a snake...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>65d1fe7f-85cf-46ce-bf55-e3f872e369c2Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new movie Sentimental Value is one of the great films about absentee dads who reappear in their kids’ lives. Stellan Skarsgård plays a renowned filmmaker preparing his next feature and attempting to reconnect with his estranged daughters (played...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5c852c7e-7ac7-4bfc-95d0-22d3531622d7Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe entertaining Peacock series All Her Fault begins with a cute kid, an Emmy winner, and a mystery. Sarah Snook plays a mother who goes to pick up her young son from a playdate and learns there is no child to pick up. There are a lot of twists and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>76e03125-63df-4866-9526-0f18f6fec2b2Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWicked was a smash hit that earned Oscar nominations for Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo–but that was only the first half of the story. Wicked: For Good has more songs, more magic, more extravagant production design, and more belting. But can it match...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>19ca3a09-a83c-4821-84b7-e46f4942bcc7Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe charming Netflix sitcom A Man on the Inside stars Ted Danson as a lonely widower who’s hired by a private investigator to live undercover in a senior living facility. His mission is to find out who stole a precious item from one of the residents....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ebd661d1-7e54-496d-ae60-63348d452fd4Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new Netflix series The Beast In Me, a writer played by Claire Danes struggles to find the topic of her next book – until a nefarious real estate tycoon played by Matthew Rhys moves in next door. He’s widely suspected of having murdered his...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>501e1b0e-4b4d-4882-b356-28547ed2cdeeMon, 17 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, the magical Four Horsemen – played by Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Isla Fisher – reunite after almost 10 years to fight a cruel diamond heiress played by Rosamund Pike. You’ve got twists and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3a6d8034-1b8e-401e-a0ea-665f0db3fd44Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Running Man is a new dystopian thriller starring Glen Powell as a man so desperate for money to care for his family that he volunteers to run for his life. As a contestant on a TV game show, he must survive for 30 days while being hunted by a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>46a3920a-727f-409f-9bb6-4ea734694459Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCNetflix’s Death by Lightning pits President James Garfield (Michael Shannon) against Charles Guiteau (Matthew McFadyen), the disgruntled would-be political operative who shot him. But it’s not quite the stuffy, stately historical drama that you – and...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5a0c2380-f3a6-40a1-926b-a06bca0e0ebdTue, 11 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new and highly anticipated Apple TV series Pluribus, from Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad), asks a simple question: What if a proud misanthrope suddenly found herself truly alone? Pluribus stars Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul) in a tour de force...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1f1f0e5b-f945-4098-bef9-bd11e45765b1Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:21:16 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCPredator: Badlands is the latest film about an alien race that hunts things using all sorts of space-gadgets. It’s told from the Predator’s perspective. He’s an outcast sent to a hostile planet to hunt down a deadly monster to prove his worth to his...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f7828c9b-ddc5-421f-bb24-54a2f216d507Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCGuillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is a new reimagining of Mary Shelly’s classic gothic horror tale about a misunderstood monster who’s abandoned by his creator and shunned by society. Oscar Isaac is the narcissistic doctor Victor Frankenstein, and...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ede718c0-dbf2-4057-8e9f-9fd53899fbe8Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCRachel Sennott’s next project, the HBO series I Love LA, has finally arrived. And like plenty of shows before it, it’s about young people trying to work and socialize in a big city while screwing up in every conceivable way. Sennott stars as an...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>de8c0503-95be-4109-b856-7f9be7c63aa8Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new film Hedda, Tessa Thompson plays a woman bored with her dull husband, and who devilishly manipulates the affections of everyone in her orbit. Writer/director Nia DaCosta makes some bold changes in this adaptation of the classic Henrik Ibsen...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>389a3010-6416-43af-8b8d-36d2d25ff13eMon, 03 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn new HBO prequel series IT: Welcome to Derry, we return to the clown who keeps on giving. Based on the Stephen King novel and a prequel to the films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), the show finds a whole new crop of kids being terrorized by...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3a771479-0052-48b3-90e0-8c4b4540ec58Fri, 31 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCBugonia stars Emma Stone as a high-powered CEO who’s kidnapped by conspiracy theorists, one of whom is played by Jesse Plemons. The conflict grows more and more complex and intense — and, given that this is a Yorgos Lanthimos movie, it gets 1) very...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e78df031-c9ef-4962-a01a-28dbc9b6dbb4Wed, 29 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCRose Byrne shows off her dramatic chops in the new movie If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, where she plays a therapist shouldering all the responsibility of caring for her ill daughter while her emotionally absent husband is away for work. Her patients have...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3e945d49-c5bf-4923-817a-448631ad2b4eTue, 28 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWho's the Mariah Carey of Halloween? Every year we hear many familiar Halloween songs – from the Ghostbusters theme to “Thriller” to “Monster Mash.” But beyond those Halloween staples, what’s next? Today we've got an episode of NPR’s All Songs...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a75f2df8-2865-4772-8f81-55291d53abcbMon, 27 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new movie Blue Moon, Ethan Hawke plays songwriter Lorenz Hart, who is having maybe the worst night of his life. His long term collaborator Richard Rodgers (Andrew Scott) has forged a new partnership with Oscar Hammerstein II, and tonight is the...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3d0832a0-83e1-423b-9f5d-689b0c5c199eFri, 24 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new film Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, the currently red-hot actor Jeremy Allen White plays the eternally red-hot rock star, Bruce Springsteen. And yes, White does his own singing. The film tells the story of the 1982 album Nebraska. It...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>0199206b-c229-4976-abd3-84fc56382c82Thu, 23 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the Netflix series Nobody Wants This, Kristen Bell plays an agnostic podcaster, who meets a rabbi, played by Adam Brody. They like each other immediately, but there are some hurdles for them when it comes to being together. The show offers plenty...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>50aaa966-0c55-4eac-93b0-998de4b32ab6Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhen you watch a competitive reality show, you might think about how you'd win. But maybe you think about a much more powerful role for yourself: the judge. We discuss which reality tv show we’d like to judge - including Top Chef, American Idol,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3d1d8115-7b5b-4ebd-a4bf-3e884c0d6cf0Tue, 21 Oct 2025 07:00:03 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Good Fortune, Keanu Reeves plays a doofy, well-meaning guardian angel named Gabriel who gets a little too involved in the life of a gig worker named Arj (Aziz Ansari). In trying to teach Arj a life lesson, Gabriel grants him the opportunity to swap...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1dd7c14c-b365-479c-a82a-35be7d2647e4Fri, 17 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCGrabbers gonna grab, even from beyond the grave. In Black Phone 2, Ethan Hawke returns from the dead as the serial killer who hides behind a demonic mask. It’s four years later, and the siblings (Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw) who survived the...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e28efb57-3026-4ce7-8203-fb53ebd60c01Wed, 15 Oct 2025 07:00:01 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new movie Roofman, Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst ooze with their signature charm and chemistry. Tatum plays an exceptionally savvy military veteran who robs fast food joints by entering through the rooftops. Eventually he gets caught and...Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopcultureTo access bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening for Pop Culture Happy Hour, subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour+ at plus.npr.org/happy.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>8db9ec45-bbd6-4d4a-9dda-496c93efb827Tue, 14 Oct 2025 07:00:02 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new movie After The Hunt, Julia Roberts plays a Yale professor who finds herself in a hard place when one of her star students (Ayo Edebiri) makes an allegation against another faculty member (Andrew Garfield). Who’s telling the truth? Who’s...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1a1926b6-75d2-4900-b95c-82d1b451f737Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCJennifer Lopez stars in the new film adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman. Set in an Argentine prison, one man (Tonatiuh) tells his cellmate (Diego Luna) the story of his favorite old Hollywood musical, starring the silver screen goddess he worships...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e7199bec-b2a1-4d58-856a-869369a10431Fri, 10 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCTRON: Ares is the third film in the franchise, and this time flips the script: Instead of humans entering the digital world, this movie sees human-shaped artificial intelligence programs entering our world. Starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee and Evan...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>45bd08c6-4c55-462e-9c94-7ff9bc44335aThu, 09 Oct 2025 07:05:03 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCSome great songs are so overused in movies, they’ve become cliches. Everyone’s mileage is bound to vary, but we’re rounding up a few songs we love that need to be retired and suggesting a few worthy replacements. Learn more about sponsor message...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7f10eb42-a948-4af9-8b5a-eb55d525f8d2Tue, 07 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new movie The Lost Bus, Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera play a bus driver and a teacher who have to transport more than 20 kids to safety when evacuation orders roll in from a wildfire. Based on the 2018 Camp Fire in California, the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>817ce04e-6372-4285-bb87-c12700767e4dMon, 06 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCTaylor Swift just dropped her new album The Life Of A Showgirl. It touches on her relationship with fiancé Travis Kelce while reflecting on fame, normalcy, the Internet, and a simmering beef with a fellow pop star. We’re unpacking the songs, including...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>2d0adc49-f533-441c-af77-0775f83deeb5Fri, 03 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCDwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Emily Blunt star in the new sports biopic The Smashing Machine. Johnson plays Mark Kerr, a UFC champion who is reeling from his first major loss in the ring and confronting an addiction to painkillers. Directed by Benny...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>16fb86b2-593f-46b3-992f-94b9d9001d78Thu, 02 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year marks 20 years since Brokeback Mountain hit theaters. The film starred Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as two sheep herders who fall in love in a place and time that keeps them apart. Before its release, Hollywood considered it a huge risk....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>799a059e-e8fd-4ebf-b7a4-30ec223d96cdTue, 30 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Lowdown is a great new FX series starring Ethan Hawke as a freelance investigative reporter with a knack for sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong and getting that nose punched. He gets drawn into the seedy goings-on of one of Tulsa’s most...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>24aa69d6-5d68-4f21-8171-eae0d8f5660eMon, 29 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new Netflix series Wayward, Toni Collette plays a deeply creepy woman who runs a facility that promises to fix troubled teens. A cop (Mae Martin) moves to town with his wife, who's a graduate of the facility and an acolyte of its leader. And he...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>bc562515-c9b6-4f47-9af3-60e967fb4c47Fri, 26 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCOne Battle After Another is an action-thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor and Sean Penn. DiCaprio plays a washed up ex-revolutionary searching for his missing daughter while raging against the machine. In this case, the machine is...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5150f557-496a-40ce-80f2-e09293093af6Thu, 25 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCShowgirls stars Elizabeth Berkley as a Vegas dancer trying to move up from a seedy club to a glamorous hotel show. Paul Verhoeven’s NC-17 movie was a notorious flop, but it is now considered a camp classic and a window into a moment of moral panic....

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d10ead6f-ba5a-4b35-8d3f-b0d924cfa718Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new HBO series Task stars Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey in a grim, but stealthily hopeful drama. From the creator of Mare of Easttown, the show is a cat-and-mouse crime thriller about an FBI agent reluctantly dragged back into the field to...

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e1f77458-8ccb-4b2e-a04a-aaecda16eeb6Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:36:18 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCFrom one of the minds behind Rick and Morty, Netflix’s new animated comedy Haunted Hotel is the perfect mix of fun and creepy to kick off spooky season. Will Forte voices a ghost who previously ran the Undervale, a very, very haunted old hotel. The...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1ae5fe35-f4a3-468c-baca-6ce50aa28664Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:00:03 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new horror film HIM, Tyriq Withers stars as a young football player who has a chance to be trained by his idol, played by Marlon Wayans. As they train at a mysterious facility in the desert, it becomes clear early on that greatness might not be...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>cc6e0fa8-e206-4695-98ba-934797b9807aTue, 09 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCDylan O’Brien and James Sweeney star as unlikely friends in the new movie Twinless. They meet in a support group for people who have lost their twin and form an interesting bond, but there’s a lot they don’t know about each other. Directed and written...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e7523f76-f82a-4442-bfe7-ae8a16258690Thu, 04 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCSabrina Carpenter is following her breakout album Short n’ Sweet with a new collection of cheeky earworms called Man’s Best Friend, which includes the breakout singles “Manchild” and “Tears.” Carpenter explores many of the same lyrical themes as she...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a7538de6-a186-423f-b24a-3c29a4e259c7Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCSteven Spielberg's Jaws turns 50 this year. It’s been called the perfect movie, the first blockbuster, and the film that changed why we go to the movies. As it returns to theaters, we head back into the water to revisit the classic creature feature...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>de213c2a-2922-4447-80f9-b398be91d929Wed, 27 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIf you travel by plane with any regularity, you've been there: stuck in an airport because your flight is delayed. So we thought it best to give your most stressful travel moments a soundtrack. Today, we're recommending three songs for when your...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>fb4bfa61-8914-4a3e-91a6-2e3477480de0Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCLong Story Short is a very funny and surprisingly moving new Netflix animated comedy series from the folks behind BoJack Horseman and Tuca & Bertie. The show follows members of one Jewish family by hopping around in time. We see the three siblings...To access bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening for Pop Culture Happy Hour, subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour+ at plus.npr.org/happy.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6e35721e-2f2e-4f00-806d-b90d8dda4134Fri, 22 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCFame does strange things to people. In the new film Lurker, Théodore Pellerin plays a young retail clerk making his way into the inner circle of a popular rising musician (Archie Madekwe). This friendship is not really built to last and things between...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e193c076-4aef-4d4b-ae06-29e8e40e477dMon, 18 Aug 2025 10:32:37 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCSpike Lee's new crime thriller Highest 2 Lowest reunites him with his favorite leading man, Denzel Washington. The film is based on Akira Kurosawa’s classic High and Low, and it’s a tense story about a very rich man with a very big problem. Part...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>76ce6e2a-d9da-466e-84d3-7e91fbb10457Fri, 15 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAlien: Earth is a new TV spinoff of the Alien movie franchise, and as one might expect, it has plenty of Facehuggers, chestbursters, and dark metal corridors. The show brings the infamous Xenomorph to our planet – along with a host of other creepy...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3912dd3e-b14d-4ac3-9f82-41a451e92eabThu, 14 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe cheerleading film Bring It On spawned direct-to-video sequels and a Broadway musical. And with an all-star cast of Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, and Gabrielle Union, the movie remains a quotable classic. But a lot has happened since that might make...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c7ed449c-8379-4e3e-94d6-6120a0ef06faTue, 12 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the breezy comedy series Platonic, Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne play former best friends who reconnect years after a falling out. The Apple TV+ show follows their misadventures as they try to navigate their respective midlife crises and become friends...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>342288cf-ac65-4913-9c99-cc198b4c7572Fri, 08 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCLindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis first switched bodies over 20 years ago in the beloved Disney body swap movie, Freaky Friday. They return in the long-awaited sequel, Freakier Friday, which offers twice as many body swaps, fights galore, and a whole...Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopcultureTo access bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening for Pop Culture Happy Hour, subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour+ at plus.npr.org/happy.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>beb01b2f-80b6-4d2a-affe-1d8d013f5305Wed, 06 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCEvery couple goes through certain rites of passage. You date, maybe you move in together, maybe you get married. And maybe a visit to a mysterious cave makes your bodies start to fuse together. That's what happens in the new horror film Together,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>90772b55-e9cd-498e-bf75-f5de4d4058eeFri, 01 Aug 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Naked Gun franchise has always been a rapid-fire delivery system for gags, delivered straight-faced by a cop who doesn't know that anything is funny. In the new Naked Gun movie, that role is handled by the very straight-faced Liam Neeson. With...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c6c52878-6f13-4cbf-8667-2359bfbf5180Thu, 31 Jul 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Netflix series The Hunting Wives is a soapy murder mystery full of nudity and intrigue, about a group of Texas women who are up to no good. It stars Brittany Snow as a woman who follows her husband from the East Coast to Texas for a job working...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ba781668-cd46-4a4f-848d-865fc37daeafMon, 28 Jul 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCLast year was Brat summer and saw the rise of Chappell Roan, Shaboozey, and Sabrina Carpenter. But is there a song of the summer for 2025? Today we're talking about the competing songs of this summer from Justin Bieber, Morgan Wallen, KPop Demon...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b4a87992-db59-4af3-8a3d-ad2f5c4159fcThu, 24 Jul 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCToday we're recommending a few of our favorite YouTube channels. These are the ones we find ourselves returning to again and again on subjects including board games, culinary history, silly tasks, celebrity interviews, urbanism — and ear gunk....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>27b97ec5-1f9e-40ce-aae8-f86487cfd73dTue, 22 Jul 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the original I Know What You Did Last Summer, some very '90s teenagers are targeted by a killer clad in fisherman's garb and armed with a hook. Nearly 30 years later, a new sequel fires up a very similar plot. The movie includes a new group of...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5e102ecd-a8e1-49d0-9b26-94cdbef7dc70Fri, 18 Jul 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCEddington plunges us back into that familiarly distressing time of the early days of the pandemic. Directed by Ari Aster (Hereditary and Midsommar) Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal star as political rivals in a small southwest town. Their conflict...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9a655874-6199-411a-883d-4ba7b80ac4f2Mon, 30 Jun 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe horror comedy M3GAN spawned memes, made a fortune, and even taught us a lesson about the dangers of outsourcing our humanity to AI. The sequel, M3GAN 2.0, pans out to tell a bigger story about an even deadlier AI killing machine — and brings back...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7752bc1d-a6fb-497f-84bd-da7cc3775af0Thu, 26 Jun 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIronheart is a fun new Marvel series following Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), a brilliant young woman we first met in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. To fund her inventions – including a suit a lot like the one Iron Man used to wear – she falls in...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>07f48536-207a-4408-b0f4-11b863a28546Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIt's been nearly 30 years since Toy Story kicked off a historic run of animated films. So now seemed like a good time to discuss the best of the best — YOUR picks for the greatest Pixar films of all time. Thousands of you voted, and we've got the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>baabd85a-f8a6-4b00-bd1d-0ac07828e7cfFri, 13 Jun 2025 11:33:22 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCDisney has been remaking its animated classics for years to great financial success– Lilo & Stitch has been dominating the box office for weeks now. So it's no surprise that DreamWorks is now getting in on the action with a remake of How to Train...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a47cc89b-b4cd-4e7e-b0ba-4ae2760e3221Tue, 10 Jun 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCFifty 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...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e43e3f4d-99f2-4e70-8003-30c70eb6ad30Tue, 20 May 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMurderbot is a very smart, very funny new sci-fi comedy series on Apple TV+. It stars Alexander Skarsgård as a cyborg who works security for a team of hapless, bumbling scientists exploring a dangerous planet. He's hacked his own system and gained...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>df242d19-58c2-4ff8-9a14-0ddd5384d957Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThere was Barbenheimer Summer, then Brat Summer, what will this year bring? Maybe it's the season of actually good superhero movies, like The Fantastic Four and Superman. We've got a guide to the movies and TV we're most excited about this summer,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>641e6b2e-f6af-47d4-a503-2a6430001412Fri, 21 Mar 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs was Disney's first fully animated feature film back in 1937. Now, it's getting a hi-tech "reimagining" complete with new songs, seven CGI-rendered dwarfs, and live-action leads. Rachel Zegler stars as Snow White, while...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>8e61d836-1162-48c0-8956-6de7020d415eTue, 18 Mar 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAnora recently cleaned up at this year's Oscars, winning five awards, including best picture. Directed by Sean Baker, the movie follows an enterprising sex worker (Mikey Madison), who links up with a very rich and very immature young man (Mark...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e2639fb3-60a0-4714-b3b9-18360412eb15Fri, 14 Mar 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe cool, stylish new Steven Soderbergh film Black Bag is about a group of British spies who discover there's a traitor in their midst. It stars Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett. He's a lie detector expert; she's one of his chief suspects. The...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4733af6c-52fd-4490-b98f-d5b8385c771aThu, 13 Mar 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCYou should watch the surreal new movie On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. It opens with a Zambian woman finding her uncle's body on the road. His death brings the family together from near and far, but also resurfaces old wounds — wounds the elders would much...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1ddc93c4-9f90-4e55-8f5d-e8e9a933ce08Wed, 12 Mar 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCLady Gaga has kept busy as a singer and actor, but it's been five years since she's released a full-blown pop album. Now, she's back with Mayhem, which has already produced three hits — including the chart-topping Bruno Mars duet "Die With A Smile."...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>14c96b54-2220-456a-9699-151434f5a0f3Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCLive television is all about high risk, high reward. Whether it's musical performances, awards ceremonies, sports events, or comedy shows, there's an electric charge to watching something as it's happening. Today, we're debating the greatest moments...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>15627d6b-8988-4187-b0e2-200263bab7fcFri, 07 Mar 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMickey 17 is writer-director Bong Joon Ho's follow-up to the Oscar-winning film Parasite. In the sharply satirical sci-fi film, Robert Pattinson is a manual laborer on a spaceship who just keeps dying. But then he gets reprinted – his memories get...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>665e12d1-0918-44e1-ac10-d8691e7daa28Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhat is it about a show that turns you into a bitter-ender, that keeps you dutifully watching every last episode, long after the train has jumped the tracks? Even when you know it's not good, but, for you anyway, it's just good enough to muddle...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7807d512-be82-49b9-a900-80e4638224ceWed, 05 Mar 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCPerhaps you've heard that Saturday Night Live is celebrating its 50th anniversary — they've mentioned it once or twice. From Lazy Sunday to Domingo to a ton of iconic musical performances, SNL's had a long and fascinating relationship with music....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>44651c77-72db-4d41-9d24-d050273eb466Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:02:36 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year's Oscars was a big night for Sean Baker's Anora, including wins for best picture and director. The film's star Mikey Madison scored one of the night's few upsets, winning best actress. Adrien Brody, Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña also took...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>783a304b-83c2-4304-8f9e-68e2c7fa6f48Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year's Oscar nominees include Wicked, The Substance, Emilia Perez, and Conclave. And we watched all the nominated movies so you don't have to. We're making some bold predictions for who will win, plus vouching for who should take home those shiny...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>75ae32bb-6463-44dd-a7a2-db20aea0a8f5Thu, 27 Feb 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Hulu's twisty drama series Paradise, Sterling K. Brown plays a Secret Service agent caught up in a web of intrigue after the president of the United States (James Marsden) is assassinated, with no suspect in sight. But at the end of the first...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>056bcdc6-db68-412c-a6f6-1ced0db52766Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Netflix series Zero Day begins with a terrifying moment in which everything in the United States goes briefly offline. Thousands of people die, and even after everything is restored, a widespread panic leads to a government investigation of who...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9403c780-7c6c-4629-8f53-2ed2bfc1fd1dMon, 24 Feb 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe standard line for awards season goes: "It's an honor just to be nominated." But when it comes to the Oscars, there's quite a long list of great performers who have never received this honor. Today, we're talking about some of our favorites who...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7fd6c5fb-120e-4aec-ac19-9e39579b637bFri, 21 Feb 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new horror-comedy The Monkey, Theo James plays a pair of identical twin brothers who get saddled with a cursed wind-up toy monkey that causes people around them to die freakish, gory deaths. It's based on a Stephen King short story, and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>24ca7cc3-df91-4878-8b5c-bbc5e12968c6Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCFor more than 20 years on screen, Bridget Jones has been making her way through dating, working, having a baby, and even ending up in jail. Now in the fourth film, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Bridget (Renée Zellweger) is dealing with a whole new...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>29893b37-85ff-424f-8991-7197c9a83246Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Peacock reality show The Traitors continues to be a delightful mix of treachery, foolishness, and Alan Cumming's outfits. In the United States, the cast is made up exclusively of so-called celebrities. So today on the show we're fantasy casting...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>adf01a60-da45-40c1-90c5-20802ae5b794Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:43:58 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there's a new Captain America, played by Anthony Mackie. And with Captain America: Brave New World, he's finally got his own movie. Cap finds himself battling a literally monstrous president played by Harrison Ford...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4f6e23f5-c0c3-4725-9ba5-5c55c9e2a3a7Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Substance is a bloody, campy, fiercely feminist body horror film. Demi Moore plays a TV aerobics instructor who learns of a mysterious drug that causes another younger, entirely separate version of herself (Margaret Qualley) to splurt out of her...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4608b633-f339-4db8-aad0-e8ee038f9fadTue, 11 Feb 2025 08:00:28 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the age of streaming content and "Prestige TV" it's easy to forget that old school TV networks are still out here, pumping out television shows. ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC have launched new series that adopt familiar formats – cop shows, lawyer shows,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>cf36fdce-b02a-4616-a272-8c68814e0a7cMon, 10 Feb 2025 11:43:29 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAt this year's Super Bowl, the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22. During the halftime show, Kendrick Lamar performed his Grammy-winning diss track "Not Like Us," and brought out special guests Samuel L. Jackson, Serena Williams,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f15f46a1-ee29-4e9f-9440-051ecd4d7b8fFri, 07 Feb 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new action movie Love Hurts, Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan stars as a real estate agent who has remade his life after leaving the employ of his terrifying gangster brother. But when a beautiful and mysterious former associate (Ariana DeBose) returns...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4cf95347-7a3f-40fa-8e23-fc777e5483faTue, 04 Feb 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCA thrilling debut from a writer on The Bear, a timely doc about the wave of book bans across America, and a bizarre-o horror comedy starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco. We watched many films at the Sundance Film Festival. – and we're recommending...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c47179f8-30cb-454d-85c0-6c1c89972155Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:53:04 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year's Grammys was a huge night for Beyoncé, who finally won album of the year for Cowboy Carter. Kendrick Lamar picked up record and song of the year for "Not Like Us." And Chappell Roan edged out a crowded field to win best new artist....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6933eba0-af7b-489e-824d-c78160292965Fri, 31 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the smart, twisty thriller-comedy Companion, three young couples gather at a swanky lake house for the weekend. One of the couples is not like the others – that's because the girlfriend (Sophie Thatcher) turns out to be a companion robot, built to...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6ea365f4-e354-4b6f-8271-f673cb25e4b1Thu, 30 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe excellent Netflix series Mo is about a man who figures out how to get by: how to find work as someone who can't work legally, how to navigate the asylum process as a Palestinian refugee in Texas, and how to care for the people he loves. The show's...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>cbf30de8-c15d-48d6-97c3-9552de3f8ee7Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new Steven Soderbergh film Presence, a family moves into an old house, and weird stuff starts happening. But what's different about this haunted house story is that the movie told from the point of view of the ghost. We only get glimpses of the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1b945c5e-831a-44f5-995b-14248b20f810Mon, 27 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Max hospital drama The Pitt stars ER veteran Noah Wyle. It takes some elements that are common to the medical genre and mixes them with some very contemporary thinking about health care and an inventive structure. Each episode follows one hour in...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>8f66ac72-0d97-488c-827f-fab4069c4bd8Fri, 24 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAn FBI agent working in a lonely, secret office in the White House basement gets a phone call. A woman needs help, right away. That's the beginning of The Night Agent, a Netflix spy thriller series full of action and intrigue. Created by The Shield's...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3dda6c01-3b12-458a-acdc-4b7bc9063f2aThu, 23 Jan 2025 22:44:15 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year's Oscar nominations are out, and if you liked Emilia Pérez, Anora, Wicked, The Brutalist, and A Complete Unknown, then you're in luck. As always, there's an eclectic mix of heavy favorites, left-field surprises, and the dreaded snubs. We...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1e77eef8-41ce-41b0-9976-09bf60ed6b16Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCKeke Palmer is one of Hollywood's most charismatic leads, and SZA is one of the world's biggest pop stars. Now, they've teamed up for the raunchy buddy comedy One of Them Days. The movie is about two best friends in L.A., who endure a wild series of...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>52b0a01e-b172-4cc2-af99-cfd79db9cee5Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new movie The Brutalist is earning a lot of Oscar buzz. Adrien Brody plays a fictional Hungarian architect who settles in America after his family is torn apart during World War II. It's a three-and-a-half-hour epic with much to say about...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>521c28d6-93d3-4d90-b509-10ced9d598fcFri, 17 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCEverything old is new again, it seems, and there's no reason that wouldn't apply to werewolves. We now have a chance to enjoy a new Wolf Man starring Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner. Directed by Leigh Whannell (The Invisible Man), it maintains...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>05d9d8af-cfcc-401d-a593-ec5bfa8ea3a2Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Netflix series XO, Kitty is a spinoff of the hit YA book and movie franchise, To All the Boys I've Loved Before. The show follows the messy adventures of teenage matchmaker Kitty Song Covey (Anna Cathcart), who moves across the globe to be with...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>911b5177-a6e4-4f7e-a75a-c95b71cf3deaWed, 15 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Netflix's gritty, brutal Western series American Primeval, Betty Gilpin plays a woman determined to get herself and her son across the frontier. But along the way, they find themselves caught up in a brewing war between the federal government and a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>edac9153-ddca-4c42-aaf7-246c27c5bd52Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCSome bands are The Beatles and some singers are Beyoncé: Smash after smash, their legend grows. And some artists aren't. For any one of a bunch of reasons — commercial, artistic and mysterious — some artists have one big hit song, but they don't have...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>02318179-6a62-487c-a15a-8680f72aa358Fri, 10 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new movie The Last Showgirl, a woman finds herself with few options as she approaches the end of her long career as a dancer in Las Vegas. The film marks a new chapter in the star-crossed acting career of Pamela Anderson. Directed by Gia...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>62e0f0b2-9c87-49a0-9a1e-901940e537f8Thu, 09 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the past year, there have been a lot of movies that feature older women falling in love with much younger men. There's The Idea Of You, A Family Affair, Lonely Planet, and Babygirl, just to name a few. But why now? Today we're bringing you an...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c602f931-ba34-474a-9786-e17233b73646Wed, 08 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is the latest film in the beloved stop-motion animation series. This time, clueless inventor Wallace and his long-suffering pooch Gromit are dealing with Wallace's latest invention, a robotic garden gnome. But...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e9a9c9e5-d32b-45c0-8cb7-f67ec45e0c44Mon, 06 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWe covered dozens of new movies in 2024, some we loved, some we didn't, and everything in between. And there are always a few favorites that we don't get a chance to talk about. Today, we're making recommendations for great movies we missed in 2024....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1259false1994fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nickel-boys--63555147
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9af7f3c7-9745-474f-b054-332bfb2746ddFri, 03 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAdapted from the Pulitzer prize-winner novel from Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys tells the story of two Black boys who form an unshakeable bond at a segregated reform school in the Jim Crow South. It's quite ambitious and unlike other prestigious book...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>55f9c78a-c4c5-4ae2-bc22-8b6d447c4d20Wed, 01 Jan 2025 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Korean drama Squid Game became the most popular offering in Netflix's history by combining pitch-black satire of late-stage capitalism with bloody violence. In Season 2, Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) winds up sucked back into the games, where he must...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6d6cfb81-d637-4059-b5b8-4c2d8a68b1d7Tue, 31 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAs a new year arrives, it's only natural to have some goals in mind: What you want to achieve, what heights you want to hit. Today, we make pop culture resolutions for 2025, and look back on last year's goals and assess our progress with brutal...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>518f48ed-ea28-4540-9200-ee0961be7efeFri, 27 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCA Complete Unknown isn't a traditional biopic. Instead of covering Bob Dylan's life story from birth to old age, it covers the period shortly after his arrival in New York City, as he first begins to fall in with the city's folk music scene. Timothée...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>096d8f8c-7e26-49de-8f14-6573e8853323Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new movie Babygirl, Nicole Kidman plays a high-powered CEO who has an affair her mysterious intern (Harris Dickinson). Their affair gets complicated by the many power dynamics involved — not just in the office, but also in a sexual relationship...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4e0e9f89-2b07-4ce9-98ca-e4902373846aWed, 25 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCNosferatu is a Dracula story with a twist. It stars Lily Rose-Depp as a new bride stalked by an evil bloodsucking creature of the night who brings death and terror in its wake. A handful of stalwart men – including her husband, played by Nicholas...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>515f2405-f279-4383-9d8e-2af66b0843fdTue, 24 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCSome people hate jury duty, but in Clint Eastwood's new film Juror #2, one guy's experience is worse than most. Nicholas Hoult plays a man assigned to serve on a jury who gradually realizes that the defendant might not be guilty. And he might just...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>2402345f-0251-4a94-a7b9-e2638a72599bMon, 23 Dec 2024 08:00:54 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new Peacock series Laid is a very dark rom-com. Stephanie Hsu plays a young woman who discovers that all of her exes have started to die under mysterious, sometimes freakish, circumstances. This causes her to conduct a kind of sexual audit of her...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>17c169fd-b8b6-455a-bc87-41e841a375ddFri, 20 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIt's been five years since Disney remade its animated classic The Lion King as a photorealistic blockbuster. This leads us to Mufasa: The Lion King, a new prequel telling the story of Mufasa's rise — as well as the origins of his rivalry with Scar....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>2a9d0d06-66d2-4fe5-8b66-50cdf07f65ccThu, 19 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWatching a movie on a plane can be a great way to pass the time if you're traveling for the holidays – particularly if you're going a long way. But picking the right movie can be very tricky. Today, we're debating the best movies to watch on an...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f037e292-6440-4f83-a055-7761980fb9f4Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWe first met the Garvey sisters two years ago when the Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters made its debut. The show follows four sisters in Ireland who are hell bent on murdering the husband of the fifth sister. Now, the series is in its second season, with...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f4df842f-1e39-460c-a60b-1c61e4f4a0d8Mon, 16 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCNobody ever said the housing market was easy. In the new Netflix ensemble dark comedy No Good Deed, a couple played by Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano, along with several other couples and families, get tangled up in the sale of a home that holds a secret....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7324c3a2-a504-460d-a110-93833361735cFri, 13 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe movie Queer stars Daniel Craig as you've never seen him: as a junkie prowling the streets, hooking up, shooting up and guzzling tequila. He meets a handsome young man (Drew Starkey) he longs to connect with, and they embark on a quest into the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>36699e44-3624-4f26-b0a4-46d08f0aa40aThu, 12 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCFor a lot of people, It's A Wonderful Life is the Christmas movie. George Bailey's story of learning how much you really matter to the world has family, community, an angel, a mean rich guy, and a little kid playing carols on the piano. It has become...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a341d4c5-f323-4449-9bee-1522536dea3bWed, 11 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWe check out a lot of things in a given year: Lots of movies, TV shows, and music. Today, we are highlighting some of the best pop culture moments we enjoyed the most in 2024. https://letterboxd.com/nprpopculture/https://plus.npr.org/happy...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>97d806f5-6ea1-43cb-bf2c-831a55ad8439Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:51:58 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new Netflix series Black Doves is a pulpy and stylish British spy show starring Keira Knightly and Ben Whishaw. Knightly plays a politician's wife who's been secretly funnelling information to a mysterious spy network for years, and Whishaw plays...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>751101d0-3b13-45de-b27e-5635cf51bc5dFri, 06 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new movie Nightbitch stars Amy Adams as an exhausted stay-at-home mom to a toddler. Missing her career and frustrated by her inattentive husband (Scoot McNairy), her woes begin to manifest in a bizarre way: She transforms into a dog at night. She...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b0cbe620-4ca6-4b22-9c9f-9745c83d7134Thu, 05 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIt's holiday movie season, and there are so many new movies to choose from. So where do you start? We've got you covered. This year we've got the return of Lindsay Lohan, a shirtless Chad Michael Murray, and a cameo from Travis Kelce's mom. We...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1533false1975fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/great-movies-under-90-minutes--63121596
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>34ad2bec-d778-4743-a1af-4e37c596803cTue, 03 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhat do you do when you need a good movie, but you don't have much time? The answer is that you find a short one. In this encore episode, we recommend three films that deliver a lot of punch without taking up your whole day....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>826false1974fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-madness--63102797
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c59571de-9be1-448c-b13d-acdc31a9823aMon, 02 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the Netflix series The Madness, Colman Domingo plays a CNN pundit who witnesses a brutal murder, and then finds himself on the run as he's framed for the crime. What follows is a paranoid thriller full of sinister forces, evil billionaires,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d4f9daef-789f-4a43-b7b7-8cd5d507ff24Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe super-meta Hulu series Interior Chinatown mashes up a whole bunch of genres — including kung fu movies and police procedurals — to explore Asian-American identity in interesting ways. Jimmy O. Yang plays a waiter who dreams of a more exciting life...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>46d15251-c268-4841-90d3-84a82dab38dcWed, 27 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the hit Disney film Moana, a girl (Auli'i Cravalho) finally gets her chance to see more of the world. And with a whole new batch of songs, in Moana 2, she's older and has a new purpose. With the help of her chicken, her pig, and her demigod pal...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ea7a062e-987a-406f-99c7-1be22d7b021dTue, 26 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCYou may not see Denzel Washington in the new Netflix film adaptation of the August Wilson play The Piano Lesson, but his influence as producer – and parent – is unmistakable. Denzel's son Malcolm Washington is the director, and his son John David...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>26f5b78c-2e74-4aa0-af67-9ab911842e75Mon, 25 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe charming Netflix sitcom A Man on the Inside stars Ted Danson as a lonely widower who's hired by a private investigator to live undercover in a senior living facility. His mission is to find out who stole a precious item from one of the residents....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>010f63d6-3f55-4066-a6db-27bfac235229Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe musical Wicked is a bold, revisionist take on The Wizard of Oz. It imagines that back in college, the Wicked Witch of the West (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda the Good Witch of the North (Ariana Grande) were best friends. The sprawling film delivers...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>2403ab0c-7463-4c2c-899b-4ed041964e86Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new film Gladiator II is a sequel to Gladiator, Oscar-winning swords-and-sandals blockbuster that starred Russell Crowe. It tells a similar tale — a soldier, sold into slavery, becomes a gladiator in the Roman arena. This time out, it's Paul...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>70cfc997-2e63-4314-982b-9be3d591b9b1Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe moving dramedy A Real Pain stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin as two very different cousins attempting to reconnect by going on a heritage tour of Poland. As they make their way across the country, they mourn their late grandmother, confront...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>717ca56e-0209-495e-91e5-9ec061bf5e55Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIf you've ever loved a movie musical, then you've probably got a favorite movie musical number — a song that makes you want to sing along, swoon, celebrate, or simply dance with the nearest lamppost. But what makes these moments great? With Wicked...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>2adeaf94-e057-4cd8-add7-51d79eeb6b6fFri, 15 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the deeply goofy Christmas action comedy Red One, the holiday season comes to an emergency halt when Santa (J.K. Simmons) is kidnapped. It's up to his head of security, played by Dwayne Johnson, and a ne'er-do-well played by Chris Evans to save...Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>0df0c55f-5635-42a2-96d6-78af1d4c9b73Thu, 14 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCOne night in Belfast in 1972, a mother of ten was abducted from her home in front of her children and never seen again. But the new FX series Say Nothing isn't just true crime – it's part of a more complex history. Because this particular woman was...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f94ee488-941a-4518-8a24-8ed157b44e35Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCEmilia Pérez is Netflix's new divisive musical about a Mexican cartel boss who disappears from the criminal underworld to create a new life as a woman. But when her love for her kids proves overpowering, she ingratiates herself back into their lives,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>48911dd0-bab5-4485-b9f2-813bcf4e18ceMon, 11 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThere are songs you want to groove to, and songs you want to pump up to. But sometimes, you just want something for the come down at the end of a long day. If you're having trouble sleeping in silence, or are just looking for some new songs to throw...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>188dadf1-d9dc-47dc-9625-a0a17aadeb02Fri, 08 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the claustrophobic thriller Heretic, two young Mormon missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) knock on the door of a charming man played by Hugh Grant. At first he seems genuinely interested in learning more, and invites them in. But it...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5e75c519-f450-482e-a17e-33334f66390fTue, 05 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCElections can be pretty stressful. And it never hurts to have some emergency distractions on hand if you just need to shut down for a while. One of our favorites is YouTube: a place for the good, the bad, the bizarrely detailed, and the wildly...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9588a0c5-2f28-45e7-94f6-3344f58a036eMon, 04 Nov 2024 08:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the HBO new series The Penguin, an unrecognizable Colin Farrell reprises his role as Oswald Cobb from The Batman. This time though, the caped crusader is nowhere to be found. Instead, we've got an unexpectedly fresh take on Gotham, and a crackling...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>0ffd6090-d6e4-4776-8403-a9a11e2334eeFri, 01 Nov 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhat if you spent eternity in one living room? That's the premise of Here, a new drama starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright as a married couple whose lives unfold in that living room over the course of many decades. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>821a5289-899c-43e4-a43d-b3734151cf31Thu, 31 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the Netflix drama The Diplomat, Keri Russell plays an ambassador who's thrust into an international incident with massive stakes. She's also sorting through a tumultuous marriage with her husband, a hotshot veteran diplomat (Rufus Sewell). The...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>87af751a-b021-42ae-9c7f-35f2c7f81d59Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:01:54 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new movie Conclave is a fun and twisty political thriller. Ralph Fiennes plays a cardinal tasked to managing the secretive process in which the pope is replaced. The film offers plenty of scandals, surprises, and dark horses, along with some...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>69be0805-64fb-40c1-8c89-fcef94a53328Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAgatha All Along is a darkly funny new Marvel show on Disney Plus. It stars the selfish, sardonic and hilariously petty witch Agatha Harkness, played by the great and good Kathryn Hahn. When a mysterious goth teen saves her from a spell she's been...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>438469a9-6e23-44c4-b4fb-eea89cbd8dd5Fri, 25 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns for a third time as a sad-sack loser with an alien symbiotic life-form bonded to him. This time out, it's a buddy comedy and road movie, as the two are hunted by another race of aliens. And along the way,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e560f2a6-a6f8-4b12-ba47-b076ffaf600cWed, 23 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCNetflix's Woman Of The Hour is not your conventional serial killer movie. It's based on the true story of a serial killer who appeared on The Dating Game in the 1970s. But it's also about the women who became — or almost became — his victims. Directed...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c08f2385-ed22-4026-b6eb-8e8beccf14edTue, 22 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWe've all been there. A major movie is mentioned, you shrug, sheepishly, and someone says, "I can't believe you've never seen that!" Today, we make a dent in our own lists of classic films we somehow had not yet gotten to, including Erin Brockovich,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>47c5b41a-2f1e-4996-9cc2-2a7a06da4483Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new movie Anora is a dark rom-dramedy about an enterprising sex worker (Mikey Madison) who links up with a very rich and very immature young man (Mark Eydelshteyn). Their transactional encounter turns into a quickie Vegas wedding. But her new...Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>00d429e7-e527-4c46-8c57-8ef613072e79Fri, 18 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe horror movie Smile was a massive hit. Its flashy new sequel Smile 2 finds the franchise's terrifying entity infecting a new host: a pop star (Naomi Scott) who's about to head out on tour after experiencing a trauma. And the movie has a lot to say...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5ffda708-c55c-43b9-ae94-346d252cf67bThu, 17 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCTwo people meet, they fall in love, and someone gets sick. The new film We Live In Time tries to bring something new to that familiar story of the preciousness of life. Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield laugh and cry as a couple trying to make the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>cf3cb5f5-7709-4b0e-838c-702fd4901cb3Wed, 16 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCA lot of us are about to have the experience of opening our front doors to find witches, goblins, ghosts, and Moo Deng standing on our porches. Why? Because it's almost Halloween. In this encore episode, we talk about what kinds of entertainment...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c75b9057-d8b2-43fb-a4d9-eb43f9ed2cd4Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the powerful new Apple TV+ drama Disclaimer, Cate Blanchett plays a woman who's terrified after she's sent a novel that's based on a chapter of her past that she's desperate to keep secret. From Oscar-winner Alfonso Cuarón, the series was also...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b6124ec9-f823-41d6-a7bd-f823400c9b7fFri, 11 Oct 2024 06:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new film Saturday Night attempts to capture the chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the very first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. Untried producer Lorne Michaels (played by Gabriel LaBelle) and his cast of complete unknowns prepare to make...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c1d17206-1add-49ac-8c19-002691329cd0Thu, 10 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe word "basic" often gets thrown around to describe anything that's mainstream, popular, frictionless, or otherwise inoffensive. But sometimes basic stuff is just what we crave, whether it's a binge-watch, a popular song, or a pumpkin spice latte....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ecf3c74f-736b-40a8-9575-b6b410c24a74Wed, 09 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWe're in a pretty critical election year. And in times like these, a lot of us are turning to political comedy to help make sense of (and fun of) the bizarre, ongoing news cycle. Today on the show, we're talking about how late night comedy shows like...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d8d40b74-8ab7-4e1c-9158-737a87e7804cMon, 07 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe off-beat psycho dramedy A Different Man follows Edward (Sebastian Stan), an aspiring actor living with facial disfigurement. He takes an opportunity to try a new procedure and reconstruct his appearance. But then, he encounters a guy with the same...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9bd9b4f0-c5be-4454-815b-e8ea547cd2ddFri, 04 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new film Joker: Folie à Deux is the sequel to 2019's Joker, which won Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar. This new film is a courtroom drama and a romance tossed into a musical blender set to liquefy, as the Joker goes on trial for the murders he committed...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c8735b2e-2a82-4f2f-ae61-c8ce4c469432Wed, 02 Oct 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Wild Robot is a gorgeous and moving new animated movie from Dreamworks. It follows a helper robot named Roz (Lupita Nyong'o) who washes up on the beach of a remote island and learns to blend in with the wildlife. After an accident, Roz...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d2ba861e-ac10-4b58-ad97-73c073d810ebTue, 01 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new Netflix series Nobody Wants This, Kristen Bell plays an agnostic podcaster, who meets a rabbi, played by Adam Brody. They like each other immediately, but there are some hurdles for them when it comes to being together. The show offers...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9aa7eeb1-8fae-4fd1-966b-ef8dfcee7038Mon, 30 Sep 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe latest season of HBO's Industry was over the top. The drama is about backstabbing, morally compromised investment bankers. But it managed to make its characters even more backstabb-y and ethically dubious than ever before. Frenemies fought hard....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>abbcc61d-8e9c-445b-87d4-7e5cbabb60c1Fri, 27 Sep 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCFrancis Ford Coppola, the legendary filmmaker behind The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now, is back with his first new film in over a decade. It reimagines the fall of Rome through a futuristic American city, and has a lot of big and messy ideas...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>eea7e66d-c83e-4f60-9047-60e184a4d40cThu, 26 Sep 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCElizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon, and Natasha Lyonne are often the best thing about their projects, and they're all together in the moving new Netflix film His Three Daughters. They play three sisters who are odds with one another, but must gather in...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>88a5ea91-0606-4efb-a1c8-f99059ff909cTue, 24 Sep 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe fun series Colin From Accounts is part raunchy comedy, part romantic comedy, part friendship story, and part very cute dog. It begins with a chance encounter between two strangers (played by Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall) who meet after...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>bd028210-daec-4931-b8b0-edb946b9c914Mon, 23 Sep 2024 07:00:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Substance is a bloody, campy, fiercely feminist body horror film. Demi Moore plays a TV aerobics instructor desperate to stay in the spotlight. She learns of a mysterious drug she can inject that causes another, younger, entirely separate version...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6846bef8-b089-4cfd-8956-a87268a52f4bThu, 11 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCSports aren't just games. They're intertwined with epic stories about struggle, human behavior, historic greatness and grand emotions. In other words, sports make for great documentaries. And if you're looking for some good ones, we've got...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f09e5356-bcdf-4aea-9aa3-247759e0e720Wed, 10 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCDespicable Me 4 is the latest film in an animation franchise that made household names of reformed supervillain Gru (Steve Carrell) and his army of nattering Minions. The franchise has grossed billions of dollars, and the latest movie topped the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>cdbe2ee9-78f8-40ec-9b7d-3a1605b9e96eFri, 05 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new movie MaXXXine stars Mia Goth as an adult-film actress who gets her big break in Hollywood, only to be revisited by horrors from her past. Set in 1985 Los Angeles, it's the final film in director Ti West's beloved horror trilogy that began...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>0efa0e16-9e50-4ce0-944f-792041a02137Tue, 02 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Bear just returned for its third season and it's still one of the most stressful and most interesting shows on TV. Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) are launching their new fine dining restaurant, but he's estranged from some of...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>70f83b1b-e611-41e1-9de6-b5496c5257d4Fri, 28 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCKinds of Kindness is a surprisingly weird, dark, and bleak film. It's directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) and it reteams him with Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe, along with Jesse Plemons. Each actor plays different characters in three different...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>80552cde-d28e-4bb5-b551-04635c3c8c43Tue, 25 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCJim and Pam. Mulder and Scully. Janine and Gregory. Carmy and Sydney. Meredith and McDreamy. You know how it goes: two television characters with obvious chemistry who fight or look at each other longingly. You know that there's only one question:...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c3eb10bf-532c-4835-9597-b703aa5daed5Fri, 21 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCFinancial scams are an unfortunate phenomenon, but what happens when a fraudster messes with the wrong grandma? The very fun action-comedy Thelma imagines exactly this scenario. The movie stars June Squibb as a woman scammed by someone pretending to...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1264false1878fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bridgerton-closes-out-a-crowded-third-season--60420484first part of the third season in May, so today, we're diving in everything that happens in the conclusion.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>743d5240-b880-4647-aa86-4c1e9c0937e6Fri, 14 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCPixar's Inside Out introduced us to the core emotions inside an 11-year-old girl named Riley. We met Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), and Anger (Lewis Black). In Inside Out 2, Riley is experiencing puberty and a whole new crop of emotions...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f74e149e-6741-49f3-8827-3fcc39a9119cThu, 13 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCPresumed Innocent was a blockbuster legal thriller as a novel, and then a hit movie starring Harrison Ford. Now, Apple TV+ brings back the story of the accuser turned defendant as a limited series. Jake Gyllenhaal plays the lead this time, as a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>2acf3d60-1685-423b-a6d9-0de4a3d15a19Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAm I OK? is a about what happens when you finally come to accept your sexuality much later in life than many do. It stars Dakota Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno as two women in their 30s who have been best friends a long time. But Johnson's character is...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1058false1872fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hit-man-and-what-s-making-us-happy--60308047Hit Man is not about a hired killer. It's about a guy who pretends to be a hired killer. Director Richard Linklater co-wrote this film with movie star of the moment, Glen Powell. Based very loosely on a real guy, Powell plays a mild-mannered professor who also works undercover for the police as a fake hitman.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a9e332f7-9c96-494f-814f-53571385d0d1Fri, 07 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCNetflix's entertaining dark comedy https://www.npr.org/2024/06/06/nx-s1-4975565/hit-man-review-glen-powell-netflix is not about a hired killer. It's about a guy who pretends to be a hired killer. Director Richard Linklater co-wrote this film with...Hit Man is not about a hired killer. It's about a guy who pretends to be a hired killer. Director Richard Linklater co-wrote this film with movie star of the moment, Glen Powell. Based very loosely on a real guy, Powell plays a mild-mannered professor who also works undercover for the police as a fake hitman.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d8e9a406-e2a6-47e4-b88f-d649c80fc6a6Thu, 06 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe venerable British science fiction series Doctor Who is back with a new season. Ncuti Gatwa — who is Black and openly queer — brings a vibrant energy to the story of an alien who travels through space and time in a blue box. The series, now...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e5920aac-6451-4054-8fd6-20937eaa4de1Wed, 05 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new FX limited series Clipped tells the story of Donald Sterling, the then-owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, who was outed as a racist. Sterling's girlfriend – who was Black and Mexican – secretly recorded their conversations. When those tapes...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6aceb91c-d021-46c1-9fa7-55dae50ef783Tue, 04 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Sopranos changed television. The HBO series was centered on mobster Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a deeply flawed male antihero. That then- innovative approach cast a long shadow on television, but what really set The Sopranos apart was the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1698false1868fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/welcome-to-pop-culture-happy-hour--65135114Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and Aisha Harris — plus a rotating cast of guest pop culture aficionados. The Happy Hour team leaves room at the table for exploring a range of reactions and opinions on every bit of the pop universe. From lowbrow to highbrow to the stuff in between, they take it all with a shot of cheer. Pop Culture Happy Hour+ supporters hear every episode sponsor-free and unlock monthly bonus episodes. Sign up at plus.npr.org.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>98c6d2f3-4fd1-4533-9058-ede84c93630eFri, 31 May 2024 07:00:24 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCGet obsessed with us. Four days a week, Pop Culture Happy Hour serves you recommendations and commentary on the buzziest movies, TV, music, books, videogames and more. Join arts journalists https://www.npr.org/people/93702353/linda-holmes,...Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and Aisha Harris — plus a rotating cast of guest pop culture aficionados. The Happy Hour team leaves room at the table for exploring a range of reactions and opinions on every bit of the pop universe. From lowbrow to highbrow to the stuff in between, they take it all with a shot of cheer. Pop Culture Happy Hour+ supporters hear every episode sponsor-free and unlock monthly bonus episodes. Sign up at plus.npr.org.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7c40ef17-652e-43c1-a38e-e580b270479cFri, 31 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCSometimes, our favorite musical artists are too good to be true because they're sprung from the imaginations of Hollywood screenwriters. But what makes a fake band great? Today, we are debating the best fictional bands in TV and film — including from...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>14785cb9-4fb0-4538-9c38-f1753049b7f5Wed, 29 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Peacock series We Are Lady Parts is a bold and very funny comedy about an up-and-coming London punk band called Lady Parts. The members of Lady Parts, and its manager, are all young Muslim women, from various racial and ethnic backgrounds. Over...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>76d9241d-39e0-4462-9f5c-a3e3f5f71827Tue, 28 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhat is it about a show that turns you into a bitter-ender, that keeps you dutifully watching every last episode, long after the train has jumped the tracks? Even when you know it's not good, but, for you anyway, it's just good enough to muddle...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>47bc4076-9d6d-4a37-aed0-2e272ed31b17Mon, 27 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCToday, we are bringing you an episode of a new NPR podcast hosted by our pal Rachel Martin. It's called Wild Card, and it's a new interview show where the game controls the conversation. Each week, the guest chooses questions at random — about the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>025d95f4-4f24-4c3d-a645-5cfd2acff114Fri, 24 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga is packed with bone-crunching practical stunts and lots of gnarly, diesel-powered chase scenes. It also shows a commitment to worldbuilding that grapples with themes of feminism, environmentalism, and humanity. Directed by...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>91526712-db33-489a-907c-7d341a3dad6eFri, 10 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCKingdom of the Planet of the Apes follows Noa (Owen Teague), an extraordinary chimpanzee whose clan is enslaved by a mercenary ape king named Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand). As he sets out to gets them back, he's joined by a sage orangutan (Peter...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>439bbddc-60cb-4ff1-b631-d38168d4aa9bThu, 09 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLC2024 seems destined to go down as the Year of Pop Culture Grievances. Megan vs. Nicki. Beyoncé vs. Nashville. But above all: Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake, who are currently engaged in the nastiest lyrical warfare rap fans have seen in a minute. Today,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b834685a-3f34-49a2-b21a-7e314b1d7311Tue, 07 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new Netflix film Unfrosted tells a fanciful invented version of the Pop-Tart's origin. The film was directed and co-written by Jerry Seinfeld, who also stars as a Kellogg's executive who's in a race to release a new breakfast idea before their...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c033a132-96b5-40fb-8f62-09a11168d8b7Thu, 02 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new movie The Idea Of You tells the story of a boy band star (Nicholas Galitzine) who falls in love with an older divorced mother (Anne Hathaway). It's based on a hit novel that's at least partially inspired by Harry Styles' life and career....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>8761fb62-9c0d-415e-a9c3-fd60c2bf3144Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCToday, we're offering up a guide to spotlight some of the movies, TV, and music we are most excited about this summer. https://plus.npr.org/happy Learn more about sponsor message choices: https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a039f38d-c617-4ef6-91aa-7cc6fe0e28a3Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe terrific new film Challengers is about being intense about tennis, sex, and competition. Directed by Luca Guadagnino, the film stars Zendaya as Tashi, a tennis coach and object of desire to two men. She's married to Art (Mike Faist), who is facing...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c2f7fd7a-cdb8-4ade-84a8-3f2df9b21fe9Thu, 25 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIt's easy to notice when a sex scene is bad. But what makes a sex scene good? Today, we are recommending films with good sex scenes, including Bound, Love & Basketball, Magic Mike's Last Dance, and Oppenheimer. Learn more about sponsor message...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>fcc4d15e-f6e9-4e72-8768-ae3e805d481eWed, 24 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new Starz series Mary & George, Julianne Moore plays a low-born, scheming woman who recognizes that her handsome son George (Nicolas Galitztine) could seduce the king and become his favorite. Inspired by the true story of King James I, the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c113b4cc-ffd3-40b9-8772-d956d49a6b22Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:41:34 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCTaylor Swift dropped an epic new album that spans two hours — and two high-profile breakups. The Tortured Poets Department delves deeply into two of the singer's recent relationships — one with the English actor Joe Alwyn and the other with Matty...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a295da46-45bf-480e-9802-cfd192220c6cFri, 19 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new show Fallout is based on a hugely successful video game series known for its sardonic, very dark comedic sensibility, and its violence. It's set in the game's post-apocalyptic world – an America divided into factions wrestling for control of...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3d28b7b1-d18a-4e87-8b30-7153f59c15a2Thu, 18 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCHot Ones is the YouTube show where famous people answer questions while eating increasingly hot chicken wings. Hosted by Sean Evans, the series is a phenomenon. And Conan O'Brien is its most recent high achiever, and possibly the best guest ever. What...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>082faacf-76c9-4bee-9b88-99fb50218827Tue, 16 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCFor millions of kids, the popular 1990s X-Men animated series served as a gateway drug into the world of the X-Men and comics in general. Now, the new Disney+ series X-Men '97 picks up right where the original ended. But changes are also taking place:...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d5b5eb5f-7f1d-440f-af92-1172ede7e856Fri, 12 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new film Civil War depicts a contemporary America torn apart by a military conflict between the federal government and an alliance of secessionist states. Directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina), the film follows a small band of journalists led by...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>913204c1-6466-4aa2-8780-3d24df6d6208Tue, 09 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCStephen King is one of the most successful living writers. He's written more than 50 books that have sold hundreds of millions of copies. And his works have been adapted into a number of classic films, including The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>baefb91c-e1cc-4d11-9d06-1839a8e4f8dfFri, 05 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new action film Monkey Man is Dev Patel's film – he serves as star, director, and co-writer. He plays a young man whose village was destroyed and mother murdered by elite members of society. He sets out to infiltrate their corrupt, rarified...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>522a46a3-fde6-4db1-9e0d-9029caa51856Thu, 04 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCTom Ripley is back — and still can't be trusted. The character — created by novelist Patricia Highsmith — was made indelible by Matt Damon in the film The Talented Mr. Ripley. Now, he's played by Andrew Scott on a Netflix series called simply...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>56a305f1-9b75-40e1-879a-389cff551e30Tue, 02 Apr 2024 20:58:15 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThrow on those boots with the spurs, grab your cowboy hat, and saddle up that horse, because Beyoncé's highly anticipated album, Cowboy Carter is here. Cowboy Carter is a country-fied album, full of legendary guests like Dolly Parton and Linda...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a43abac9-3c58-43de-9879-754c12492f85Mon, 01 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMovies had a big year in 1999. Today, we're going back 25 years to talk about some of the most interesting movies released in 1999 — including Drop Dead Gorgeous, Office Space, and The Talented Mr. Ripley. In this encore episode, we'll talk about what...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>353dbd5b-fbd4-4084-9c15-69b3494286b8Fri, 29 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCGodzilla has been around for 70 years and recently won his first Oscar. The beloved 2023 Japanese production Godzilla Minus One won an Oscar for visual effects. Now, the Hollywood MonsterVerse franchise rolls on with Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9476b418-0f82-478f-b7b3-6bf9b13d942dMon, 25 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCGhostbusters: Frozen Empire is the latest entry in the blockbuster action-comedy franchise. This time, the crew has set up shop in New York, and, with the help of the surviving original Ghostbusters, tries to stop a demon looking to freeze the world...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1cfdedc3-1a74-471e-9f5e-54c3b874051cThu, 21 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new movie Immaculate, Sydney Sweeney plays Cecelia, an American woman who joins a convent in Italy. But after she arrives, she encounters strange occurrences and mysteriously winds up pregnant. Almost everyone in the convent touts it as a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>515977c1-f130-42ef-858a-18772ecebf5bMon, 18 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the very funny and gently surreal new film Problemista, Julio Torres plays Alejandro, a young man from El Salvador scraping by in New York City as he pursues his dreams. But those dreams – and his immigration status – become imperiled. He must turn...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6c04806f-d6aa-499c-bac9-a9ead0cbe641Fri, 15 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe movie Love Lies Bleeding is a fun and weird erotic thriller. It's set in the late 1980s and stars Kristen Stewart as a brooding gym manager who falls in love with a hitchhiking bodybuilder, played by Katy O'Brian. Directed by Rose Glass (Saint...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f6b8177d-afe6-4b40-8faf-59134261e6f5Thu, 14 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe bingeable comedy series Girls5eva is a silly parody of the music industry. It's about four down-on-their-luck members of a 90s girl group who reunite to stage a comeback, and find that a lot has changed. The show features a stacked cast, including...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d7508a45-836b-493c-a656-e51119a48b68Wed, 13 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCKung Fu Panda 4 is the latest movie in the popular and surprisingly thoughtful animated film franchise. Jack Black returns to voice Po, a gigantic, adorable panda who becomes the highly unlikely Dragon Warrior. He embarks on a quest alongside a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7bac56b2-614a-4e7c-94fd-d4881ea76073Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCNetflix's Love is Blind is like a bad relationship that's hard to give up. We've had doubts. We've had fights. And now, in its sixth season, we just can't seem to call it quits. This season has more strange proposals, more fights between people who...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>164ce923-f089-4c27-9dd7-8def0fd54295Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAt this year's Oscars, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer won in most of the major categories, including best picture and best director. It was also a big night for Emma Stone, and Robert Downey Jr. Plus, Ryan Gosling brought the kenergy with a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>772109a1-146f-4dea-b8a7-71f3a112bb2bFri, 08 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWill it be Oppenheimer? Will it be Barbie? Or will it be some other story entirely? It's time to get down to business, because the Oscars are upon us. In this guide, we're talking about actors, directors, best pictures — and everything we think will...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7adf98d3-cf5d-423d-8c30-c35e9fd2a364Thu, 07 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year's Oscar nominees for outstanding documentary feature are really strong entries that are available on streaming now. They also happen to be pretty heavy, gripping watches — and well worth checking out. Today, we get into what we think will...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>324832a2-5272-409a-bce3-f7b0c80160b9Wed, 06 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMost dating shows have two things in common: They are terrible and they are watchable. That dynamic continues on Peacock's new dating show Couple to Throuple. Four couples exploring polyamory arrive at a resort and are allowed to choose from a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ba44da16-aedf-4c7a-86e2-745e16b5b244Tue, 05 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year's crop of Oscar nominees for the best international feature adopt vastly different approaches to tell their disparate stories. There's a couple that tackle the specter of fascism, one about the plight of migrants and one about an infamous...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>21b0195a-478a-4efd-8264-9426acf8542cMon, 04 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year's Oscar nominees for best original song are headlined by two songs from Barbie: one from Billie Eilish, and the other from Ryan Gosling. But there's also an intriguing mix of tracks from Jon Batiste, the Osage Tribal Singers, and Becky G —...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>89633d1b-96e3-4fc9-b466-b76a741342a3Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCDune: Part Two is a sweeping, soaring space epic and this year's first big movie. Starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, and directed by Denis Villeneuve, the film delivers plenty of spaceships and big explosions like any good sci-fi blockbuster...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b2b820cd-2473-4fb6-9986-071305714456Wed, 28 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new and unsettling Lifetime docuseries Where Is Wendy Williams? documents the former daytime talk show host as she struggled with alcohol addiction, serious health ailments, and financial issues. Days before the documentary aired, we learned that...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>fd91253d-18a2-4ea1-bee9-99701d43af9dTue, 27 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender is regarded as a classic. Now, it's gotten a live-action adaptation on Netflix. The series tells the story of a boy named Aang (Gordon Cormier) who must learn how to harness the power of air, water,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>73a77863-5444-4ebf-a88f-f76b0199ff2dMon, 26 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCOppenheimer tells the story of the brilliant physicist (Cillian Murphy) who oversaw the construction of the first atomic bomb. It goes on to chart the dark, complicated legacy of what he made – a technology that has gone on to irrevocably change the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>cd614904-405a-461e-8e0c-56f52af97752Fri, 23 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe movie Drive-Away Dolls is a shaggy comedy about a couple of lesbian friends (Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan) who take a road trip and unwittingly find themselves wrapped up in a bizarre criminal caper. There's a strange briefcase, a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f68d28e7-45b6-4fd2-b28f-905a791b7a11Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe wait to learn more about Jennifer Lopez's love life is finally over. The singer and actress has released a new film on Prime Video called This Is Me...Now: A Love Story, in conjunction with a new album and an upcoming documentary. It's all about...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>bb5875f1-be26-4ca2-8f0f-18d1d2193771Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMadame Web, the latest Spider-Man-adjacent film that stakes out its own corner of the Spider-Verse. Dakota Johnson plays a New York paramedic who sees glimpses of the future. She bonds with three young women who are being hunted by a mysterious and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9af3e7e8-fca0-455a-b0da-a4a7c75826a8Mon, 19 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCHBO/Max's True Detective: Night Country is the fourth season of the murder mystery anthology series. It's a bit of a welcome departure, with new showrunner Issa López at the helm. Set in a remote Alaskan mining town, this season's victims are a team...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d9ce3f83-196b-483f-93bd-30a8dec0be2bFri, 16 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCFeud: Capote Vs. the Swans is the latest reimagining of historical events produced by Ryan Murphy. The series follows famed author Truman Capote (played by Tom Hollander), who hobnobs with a close-knit circle of New York socialites known as the Swans....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7721e329-1831-4d8a-bdf4-4365d0def256Wed, 14 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThere have been countless romantic movies and TV shows — and a virtually infinite number of ways to watch people fall in love. But we're here to celebrate pop culture that revolves around friendship — where people love and care about each other...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f28bc531-b161-46f7-ae09-457c624987e4Tue, 13 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe fantastic ABC series Abbott Elementary is a workplace sitcom set at a severely underfunded Philadelphia public school. It's a giant hit, and it's become an Emmys darling, including two wins for its creator and star Quinta Brunson. Abbott...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3f497f33-4104-4f3e-8004-57ec158025caMon, 12 Feb 2024 10:47:11 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year's Super Bowl featured an exciting game in which the Kansas City Chiefs beat San Francisco 49ers. It also featured an attention-grabbing halftime show from Usher, many Taylor Swift sightings, and a big announcement during the commercials:...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>18dc93a7-1057-4d71-a24f-e669d1d20417Fri, 09 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new '80s horror comedy Lisa Frankenstein, an introverted teen (Kathryn Newton) finds comfort in visiting the grave of a young Victorian bachelor (Cole Sprouse). When his corpse comes to life, he becomes her confidante as they embark on a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>80760974-5e01-47d5-b4ff-196365809e7fWed, 07 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCOn Prime Video's fun new spy show Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Donald Glover and Maya Erskine play spies going undercover as a married couple. The show is part tense thriller and part romantic comedy. But it's also a character study, of two people who have...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1ec2d749-aec6-4016-bf4a-bc6c57432457Tue, 06 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new Prime Video series Expats fits quite neatly into the recent work done by its star, Nicole Kidman. She plays a rich woman who is one of three American so-called expats living in 2014 Hong Kong whose stories intersect. The series was created by...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>caf167d6-d9c7-4d3f-9ed1-6b7aa5966901Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:15:49 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCEvery night is a big night for Taylor Swift. But this year's Grammy night proved especially big: Swift won album of the year for Midnights and announced her next album, titled The Tortured Poets Department. It may be time to pose the question: Have we...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4b8d5846-74cd-43fd-b778-d755cdd94ee1Fri, 02 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the comedic spy thriller Argylle, a reclusive author (Bryce Dallas Howard) gets sucked into a web of danger and intrigue when her books mirror the inner workings of a rogue spy agency. Argylle is full of globe-trotting action, with more twists than...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1771e684-1231-4130-a185-1b7a6cf617baThu, 01 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMaybe you think you shouldn't read a book before seeing the movie adaptation, or you're convinced season two is the best season of The Wire. We've all got that one argument we're always making: that non-negotiable stance, that immutable truth we're...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>464fc66b-b639-4a69-a5d8-5c4e3df17d93Wed, 31 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is an all-ages animated series that's got style and energy – and original songs – for days. It's the story of a 13-year-old Black girl genius who accidentally transports a T-Rex from the prehistoric past to...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f1c5db5f-0329-45ec-b35e-6e3db783bb48Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCOver 75 feature films premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year, including a deeply personal coming-of-age story, a film starring Saoirse Ronan, and Steven Soderbergh's highly immersive ghost tale. It was impossible to catch them all, but...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c602b8d0-39b2-4c80-a960-29fb44c7efb5Mon, 29 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCFor more than a decade, Vanderpump Rules has been a hit reality show on the Bravo network. The show reached new heights of tabloid infamy last season due to a much-discussed affair between two members of its cast. The whole thing was nicknamed...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d32a363e-c016-4979-8703-519b4b072592Fri, 26 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn her smart and funny comedy special Get On Your Knees, performer Jacqueline Novak delivers a kind of Ted Talk on the subject of oral sex. It's also a passionate and thoughtful coming-of-age tale delivered in language that's been finely honed to...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>0823b386-a663-43a5-b04a-0e94398b2eb8Wed, 24 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCBarbie was the biggest movie of last year. We saw the memes, we heard the songs, and it was 2023's highest grossing movie. It recently racked up eight Oscar nominations, including best picture. Today in this encore episode, we revisit our conversation...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>af15d8d2-a1db-4338-b80b-f5fe7de7c7fdTue, 23 Jan 2024 22:53:42 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year's Oscar nominations were announced today and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer leads the field with 13 nominations. Other leading nominees include Poor Things, Killers Of The Flower Moon, and Barbie. We run down the nominees in the major...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ffac72d1-4772-4928-b7d3-d76f65d6ce2fThu, 18 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new Marvel series Echo spotlights Maya Lopez (played by Alaqua Cox), whom we first met as the stoic badass enforcer for the criminal Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio). She's now on the run, fleeing to her tiny Oklahoma hometown determined to nurse...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>feb7a332-2558-44e5-a022-dd4b30b2147dWed, 17 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe TV cartoon Bluey is a hit with young children. But it's also found a devoted following among their parents, who've embraced the show's emotional depth – as well as its messages about creativity, collaboration, and learning through play. Bluey just...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5fc36a21-10d1-4cfd-9436-19b892c86511Tue, 16 Jan 2024 12:15:26 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe 75th annual Emmy Awards are over, and it was a big night for The Bear, Beef, and Succession. Plus Elton John earned his EGOT, and Jennifer Coolidge and Niecy Nash Betts gave memorable speeches. https://plus.npr.org/happy Learn more about sponsor...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>fbbf1a20-b6d2-45ad-936c-497ecaa6a005Mon, 15 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new Netflix action-comedy-heist movie Lift, Kevin Hart plays an experienced thief and con man whose crew is backed into a corner and forced to work for the government. Their next theft will be their greatest, and it's all to avert an enormous...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>870c2ab9-665a-4e65-bb31-801e5f414a4dTue, 09 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new horror film Night Swim, Wyatt Russell plays a former baseball player who's been forced into retirement due to the early stages of MS. He and his wife, played by Kerry Condon, decide to buy an old house and refurbish its dilapidated swimming...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e213a374-539e-4cf7-8ee0-f9562b818a38Mon, 08 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe movie All of Us Strangers is a wistful fantasy drama that tells two intersecting stories about different kinds of love: One between a son and his long-deceased parents; the other of two lonely men and neighbors who long for connection. Directed by...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ea6dff1b-88e0-4b20-b3a1-704894cc2469Wed, 03 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe delightful new Disney+ series Percy Jackson and The Olympians is a new adaptation of a beloved series of books by Rick Riordan. The series tells the story of how Percy (Walker Scobell) finds out the startling truth that his father is a Greek god....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d9708588-85b7-4630-9c39-3640adede0cdTue, 02 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCYour local library is a great source for books. But it can also be a great resource for helping you with your new year's resolution. Perhaps you want to learn a new language, take a cooking class, or research your family's genealogy. Or maybe you just...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>0f10dae8-f99d-48fa-93ca-657804adeb31Mon, 01 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCDo you make resolutions in January? We do. Today, we make pop culture resolutions for 2024, and we check in on what we resolved to do this last year, and whether we are inclined to bask in our victories or fret about our defeats. Learn more about...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>76a2fcb3-b487-4c53-ad84-caf56dd4f451Fri, 29 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhat do we do at the end of every year? We hope, we fear, and we make wild guesses. Today, we're checking-in on how we did making predictions for 2023, and then we boldly make new ones for 2024. https://plus.npr.org/happy, or...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>18ec14af-b0ec-4a72-864e-573665917047Thu, 28 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWe cover a lot of new movies around here, and some even become our new faves of the moment. Yet at the end of the year, we always have a list of gems we didn't get to talk about, and now's our chance to show them some love. Today, we're making...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>96e9c6c5-f8b2-4319-83d7-a77ac9519e08Wed, 27 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new film Ferrari tells one chapter in the life of a man who wanted everything to go as fast as possible. Starring Adam Driver, the film is a portrayal of Enzo Ferrari's complex personal life, defined by relationships with his wife (Penelope Cruz)...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>130de6fe-802f-486b-95d3-76659e0fb1ceTue, 26 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe very good new film The Iron Claw tells the tragic story of the Von Erich family. They were professional wrestlers in the early 1980s, with patriarch Fritz (Holt McCallany) directing several of his sons into the sport, with disastrous consequences....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1394falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-songs-considered-holiday-extravaganza--60119627All Songs Considered podcast. In this festive episode, All Songs' annual celebration of the season returns with a trip to a snowy cabin in the woods – as they attempt to throw a party for the ages. Eggnog will be had, plenty of delightful holiday music will be played – and some special guests might just drop by, including Carly Rae Jepsen, Robert Glasper, and Olivia Rodrigo.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7c19f6b1-6b6d-40f4-9f12-dc0c7872f10cMon, 25 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Pop Culture Happy Hour team is off today. So we're bringing you a very special holiday extravaganza from NPR Music's https://www.npr.org/2023/12/19/1197956749/all-songs-considered-holiday-extravaganza-2023. In this festive episode, All Songs'...All Songs Considered podcast. In this festive episode, All Songs' annual celebration of the season returns with a trip to a snowy cabin in the woods – as they attempt to throw a party for the ages. Eggnog will be had, plenty of delightful holiday music will be played – and some special guests might just drop by, including Carly Rae Jepsen, Robert Glasper, and Olivia Rodrigo.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>0bd7c8dc-16ab-4658-8168-a3131d78d858Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Color Purple was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, then it was a movie, and then, a Broadway musical. Now it's a movie adaptation of the musical. In the new film, Fantasia Barrino plays Celie, who survives the abuse by the men in her life and longs...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c54350a0-1136-451a-a5d0-989072472be4Thu, 21 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn American Fiction, Jeffrey Wright stars as an author who finds that the books he loves to write aren't selling. What is selling is books by Black authors that he finds reductive and drowning in stereotypes. So, he sets out to write the ultimate...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>adfbb1fe-4340-4ae3-acf1-6e22853e3509Wed, 20 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Netflix film Maestro is an Old-Hollywood style biopic about the composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Bradley Cooper directed, co-wrote, and stars in the film as Bernstein. It examines Bernstein's life through the lens of his complicated...Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour, or donate to your local NPR station at donate.npr.org/happy

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e42b249e-cf8d-4b34-b605-1d23155042fbTue, 19 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMaybe you're at school and need to concentrate while hitting the books. Maybe you're trying to get work done and need some sounds to drown out distractions. When silence isn't cutting it, sometimes you need music that'll fill your head without...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>606falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/screening-ourselves-the-color-purple--60119692documentary series Screening Ourselves, which explored films through the lens of representation – and misrepresentation – on screen.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1eef6de0-3ae1-48bb-85c4-fbafa16530cbMon, 18 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAlice Walker's novel The Color Purple has been adapted a few times. Next week, a new version based on the Tony-winning musical hits theaters. The 1985 film is remembered as a fan-favorite centering Black women's lives, but this acclaimed adaptation...documentary series Screening Ourselves, which explored films through the lens of representation – and misrepresentation – on screen.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>aeb87327-ecb1-4b1a-a22d-8f8cb620ce4cFri, 15 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe story of Willy Wonka and his chocolate factory has been told and retold, both in the classic Roald Dahl children's books and in two hit films. Now, in the new movie musical Wonka, Timothée Chalamet takes on the iconic role. In this prequel, Wonka...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>902b4080-2f93-4970-b7a3-c7b380eec98bThu, 14 Dec 2023 08:00:21 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe lovely new animated film The Boy and the Heron is the first film in 10 years from visionary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro). The heron in question is part-heron, part-man who serves as a guide for a boy as...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>2d14d8b1-5ffb-4437-aabf-0244cc4af588Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCTaylor Swift has had a very big year. Her career-spanning Eras Tour is on pace to become the biggest and most lucrative concert tour in history, and the subsequent concert film set box office records. She's been streamed on Spotify globally more than...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>683b42f8-400c-4423-9de7-fd40b86b6bceTue, 12 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAs we come to the end of 2023 we find ourselves in the familiar position of wrapping up the year. From the sublime to the slightly ridiculous we're talking about our favorite TV, movies, memes, and music from this year. https://plus.npr.org/happy,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4a2a5389-e494-4395-86eb-10ab5b231945Mon, 11 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCLast month, a civil lawsuit was filed against rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs by his ex-girlfriend and former protégé Cassie Ventura. She alleged to have suffered years of emotional and physical abuse during the course of their relationship. Diddy denied...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ef05faf2-b941-4b78-8614-f095d114b5d7Fri, 08 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the wild and wonderful new film Poor Things, Emma Stone plays a woman brought back to life from the brink of death. She's a clean slate, unconcerned with the bonds a repressive society tries to put on her. The film reunites Stone with director...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e2447619-96a7-4b98-ad7f-3f5ef551338eThu, 07 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhat would the end of the world actually look like? That's the creeping fear behind the new Netflix movie Leave The World Behind. The movie stars Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke and Mahershala Ali, in a story about strangers who are alone together as...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>577cb299-d306-4112-8bf7-7649306016d1Wed, 06 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCBeyoncé's album Renaissance drew on generations' worth of Black and queer dance music — and the subsequent tour packed stadiums with an epic, lavish spectacle. Now, with the new concert film and documentary Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, she's shows...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>821d3034-dfa4-413e-bd6f-6c6b970a3571Tue, 05 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhat's the best Christmas gift you ever received? You probably didn't have to think about it; you knew it in your bones. Today, we're talking about the actual, tangible gift you found waiting for you under the tree and still think about it from time...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1caf2970-a53b-403b-9924-e708d6194cd8Mon, 04 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe fun new Australian series Colin From Accounts is part raunchy comedy, part romantic comedy, part friendship story, and part very cute dog. It begins with a chance encounter between two strangers (played by Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall) who...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>0b31edf4-d8c9-4f92-8ac7-256c64da3480Fri, 01 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the campy film May December Julianne Moore stars as a tabloid fixture who was at the center of a scandal after she sexually abused a minor she later married. Charles Melton (Riverdale) plays her husband and Natalie Portman plays the famous actress...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5791bb27-d413-4931-906c-28dcd0afde65Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIf you travel by plane with any regularity, you've been there: stuck in an airport because your flight is delayed. So we thought it best to give your most stressful travel moments a soundtrack. Today, we're recommending three songs for when your...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>805truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2023-books-we-love-staff-picks--60119669Books We Love is a roundup of favorite books of the year, sorted and tagged to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Recommendations come in from critics and contributors and today, we're highlighting picks from NPR staff.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3dd54db7-5fc8-4df0-b4fc-c3ce50301ad8Tue, 28 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCSince the holiday season is upon us, it's time to talk about an action classic that many consider to be a Christmas classic: Die Hard. The Bruce Willis movie turned 35 this year, so today we're bringing you this encore episode about the film that was...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>efe83cc2-0e37-4489-8312-454f33a22072Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIt's been said that a dream is a wish your heart makes. But what happens when you entrust your dream to a charismatic but shady leader? That's the premise of Disney's latest animated movie Wish. It's a musical fantasy that stars Ariana DeBose as an...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d18275da-f55d-4c5f-af03-c125e5c51c6bFri, 24 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCRegional Mexican music has taken the music industry by storm. Earlier this year, Mexican artist Peso Pluma and band Eslabon Armado made history when their song "Ella Baila Sola" topped the Billboard Global 200 chart. But this musical trend didn't come...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>26bbd2ce-b75f-410f-8128-28715299cb5aThu, 23 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMartin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon is everything an Oscar contender might be: long, epic, morally complicated and expensive. While many movie-goers left theaters moved, others called the film a problematic disaster. Today, we're bringing you...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>68600249-b518-4f0e-bf71-1875a2beb0afWed, 22 Nov 2023 08:00:10 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe delightful Netflix animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off starts off in the same way as the 2010 movie Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World and comic. Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is a dim-bulb young Torontonian who falls in love and must fight to win the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>0112e3d0-5baf-463a-85c8-3be1209a4ef3Tue, 21 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new film Napoleon, director Ridley Scott tells the story of French leader Napoleon Bonaparte (Joaquin Phoenix). It's a lavish war epic that tracks Bonaparte's rise to power through epic military battles, and explores his tumultuous marriage to...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9da9f49e-8df8-4bb3-8231-2af7eabfdec3Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCSaltburn is a provocative and fun thriller. Barry Keoghan plays Oliver, an outcast at Oxford University who befriends one of his popular and posh classmates, Felix (Jacob Elordi). When Felix invites Oliver to spend the summer at his family's lush...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e8fa10d4-4b32-424f-88ca-2dc9f8a638a9Fri, 17 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes is the latest adaptation in the beloved blockbuster franchise. The new prequel film follows the early life of Coriolanus (Tom Blyth), the man who would one day become the evil President Snow, and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3034df98-09e0-4684-b194-13c8cab45e9eWed, 15 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new Netflix movie The Killer is a stylish new thriller starring Michael Fassbender as a stoic and ruthlessly efficient international hitman. When a hit goes wrong, his very detached and methodical life begins to fall apart. The film from director...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>55aafeed-06c9-46fe-ab86-358dcd25820dMon, 13 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe sweeping new Showtime series Fellow Travelers chronicles a relationship between two gay men played by Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey. It spans the McCarthy Era of the 1950s through the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. One is perfectly content to stay in...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>021ed8e0-7fb9-47c5-b0e9-04262eece77aFri, 10 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new movie The Marvels is one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's breezier outings, full of energy and jokes and zappy light powers. Brie Larson returns as Captain Marvel, and sees her teaming up with newer characters, Monica Rambeau (played by...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>844191f8-c071-47c2-bba0-8c3f3a68780bThu, 09 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the trippy new A24 absurdist comedy Dream Scenario, Nicolas Cage plays a schlubby, unremarkable biology professor. Suddenly and inexplicably, he starts appearing in the dreams of people around the world. This phenomenon brings him a weird and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>91ee6f5e-c278-4db8-a466-ee3fd12925ddWed, 08 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe movie Quiz Lady is a fun new take on the classic comedic trope of polar opposites: Awkwafina plays Anne, an uptight, lonely trivia nerd. Her sister Jenny, played by Sandra Oh, is the outgoing, perpetual screw up. Together, they must set aside...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6be221fe-057d-46c0-9359-f5710bab0837Tue, 07 Nov 2023 08:00:58 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Max series Rap Sh!t feels like a comedy for The Moment. Created by Issa Rae, the show focuses on Shawna and Mia (played by Aida Osman and KaMillion), two aspiring rappers from Miami, and documents the challenges they face as young women trying to...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b57340a4-3456-4565-a51a-009c6d35c13dFri, 03 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new film Priscilla tells the story of Elvis Presley's wife, but it's not a by-the-book biopic. Written and directed by Sofia Coppola, the movie shows how Priscilla (Cailee Spaeny) and Elvis (Jacob Elordi) first meet, fall in love, get married, and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>210c0958-ca60-422d-801d-b237909a8ae0Thu, 02 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Golden Bachelor is the latest show in ABC's long-running Bachelor franchise, in which the bachelor is a 72-year-old widower named Gerry Turner. Gerry's potential matches are also significantly older than the usual crop, so the priorities are a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b3772484-593d-4c85-830b-1bad0959db3dWed, 01 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new movie Five Nights At Freddy's, Josh Hutcherson plays Mike, a down-on-his-luck security guard who winds up getting hired to keep an eye on a family-friendly theme restaurant that's gone out of business. It also happens to be haunted by...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9a2bcd35-66bc-4ed4-afc4-e08fe5098d74Tue, 31 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCBritney Spears just released one of the most hotly anticipated celebrity memoirs of the year. The Woman In Me details her meteoric rise to fame, her family history, and her 13-year-long conservatorship. Today we're bringing you a special episode of...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>aea6e2a4-ef32-464f-aa58-adb4a0ca877fMon, 30 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the funny, melancholic and weirdly moving new film, The Holdovers, Paul Giamatti plays a widely disliked teacher at a prestigious New England boarding school in 1970. He's forced to look after the boys who can't go home for the Christmas break,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9c32f199-29f7-4311-92bc-4d33adea3575Fri, 27 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIt's weird, it's funny, and it's very, very naked. The title of the dating show Naked Attraction tells you everything you need to know. A single person is presented with six entirely naked strangers and whittles them down to one person they want to go...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9d26ec2a-504b-40fb-ae6b-fac45ca7514bThu, 26 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWith HBO's The Gilded Age, creator Julian Fellowes basically airlifts Downton Abbey's soapy plots, ball gowns, sneering servants and quippy old ladies out of Yorkshire and plops them down in the Manhattan of 1882. The series stars Christine Baranski,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d9840cbd-80af-4e15-9e29-1e0b297af434Wed, 25 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe bingeable new Netflix series Bodies has a great hook: The same murdered corpse turns up in the same London location in four different periods. The four detectives assigned to the cases are played by Kyle Soller, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Amaka Okafor...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9d72b808-dfe5-4e15-b071-28d8dd62a0b7Tue, 24 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCKelsey Grammer is back as Frasier Crane. After nine seasons on Cheers and 11 more on the spin-off Frasier, the snobby psychiatrist joins the long list of characters rebooted for the streaming age. In the new Frasier series on Paramount+, Dr. Crane...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>745f2083-02b5-40cb-a910-8c617bcd4fc3Fri, 20 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe compelling new film Killers of the Flower Moon is a sweeping three-and-half-hour-long crime saga, romance and Western. Directed by Martin Scorsese, it's told through the lens of a marriage in 1920s Oklahoma. It stars Lily Gladstone as an Osage...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>8ef4bbbe-6122-4e90-99a6-56f224fd17bcThu, 19 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCBad Bunny is one of the biggest stars in music. His previous album Un Verano Sin Tí topped the Billboard charts, won a Grammy, and helped him become most streamed artist on Spotify for a third straight year. Now he's back with a supersized new album,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7fac0554-7089-4dc8-807c-9019ecada3a6Wed, 18 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the complex and compelling French film Anatomy of a Fall, a husband is dead and his wife is the chief suspect. The investigation and trial expose the many rifts in their marriage, as the couple's young son yearns to understand what happened and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>843dd2e5-a1ff-42b4-ac66-b430447250aaTue, 17 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCSometimes there's a time and place for a long movie — whether it's because you've got an afternoon off, or you just aren't in the mood to flip from one entertainment to another. Martin Scorsese's latest movie Killers of the Flower Moon clocks in at...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7669715f-a69d-4aa6-82e9-3c4a2158a919Fri, 13 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Netflix movie Fair Play stars Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich as a couple that's young, in love, and hot for one another. At least until one gets a promotion over the other at the hedge fund where they both work, and things get tense at home...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9bd933c5-03dc-421f-a292-a7206dbab392Thu, 12 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new Netflix horror miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher makes for a terrifically spooky October binge. It cleverly reimagines and remixes several works by Edgar Allan Poe in a modern setting. Created by Mike Flanagan, the series follows...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a517620f-93df-4b78-b28b-3cf38247aa2eWed, 11 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe frantic, absurdist new movie Dicks: The Musical is about a pair of misogynistic narcissists (played by Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson) who discover they're long-lost twins. Also starring Megan Mullally, Nathan Lane, and Megan Thee Stallion, the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>48b11e57-cba9-4624-87bd-979412d52b99Tue, 10 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCDo you like scary movies? It's spooky season, after all, so what better way to get into the Halloween spirit than plopping down in front of a film engineered to scare your pants off. Today we're talking about the scariest movie we've ever seen....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e3dc4086-a58d-45de-9e1c-208ee780a2aaFri, 06 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Exorcist came out 50 years ago, and it's still widely considered one of the greatest horror movies of all time. Now, The Exorcist: Believer serves as both a reboot and a sequel. Directed by David Gordon Green, the film stars a mostly new cast,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4f694de7-9abe-4d64-a7e4-040fb2c60392Thu, 05 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Changeling is an ambitious new series spanning generations and continents to tell an epic tale of a family torn apart by spirits and fairies. The Apple TV+ series stars LaKeith Stanfield as Apollo, a new dad whose dreams of fatherhood morph into...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d3c84fc6-be89-4cf1-b23b-d4959a86e23fWed, 04 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe hilarious comedy series Our Flag Means Death follows the misadventures of Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby), a posh aristocrat who decides to give up his pampered life and become a swashbuckling pirate on the high seas. But when he meets the fearsome...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>bb428042-37ef-4466-8f19-9eb7e848e417Tue, 03 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAhsoka is the latest Star Wars TV series on Disney+. This one's about a character who's beloved by fans of the franchise's animated series – but if you only know the Star Wars movies, you're likely meeting her for the very first time. Ahsoka Tano...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e6a92614-0c5b-4e80-af05-3c06711a75afFri, 29 Sep 2023 04:10:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new movie The Creator, humanity is at war with artificial intelligence. It stars John David Washington as a former soldier who's been recruited to find and kill the creator of a powerful AI weapon. Directed by Gareth Edwards, the film's big...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>971909c0-5a6f-4ec6-a8a0-b4669daa56ffThu, 28 Sep 2023 04:10:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCTalking Heads' Stop Making Sense has been called the greatest concert film of all time. Directed by Jonathan Demme, the iconic 1984 film takes the audience onstage with the band and captures them at the height of their power. Now, a restored version...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f2f541d4-9305-4a30-a534-34793eadc820Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:10:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new film Cassandro, Gael García Bernal plays the real-life Mexican-American wrestler who came to international stardom by adopting the persona of the flamboyant Cassandro, the Liberace of Lucha Libre. It's the story of a queer man who...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4839e595-9d8a-48a5-b23e-98fd5e3c194aTue, 26 Sep 2023 04:10:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe snappy "eat the rich" comedy Dumb Money is about a sly bunch of Reddit users who made some Wall Street billionaires sweat, in an infamous stock market incident known as the Game Stop short squeeze. With a star-studded ensemble including Paul Dano,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4759d123-5b93-42cc-b3ff-2e87a7dc27a1Fri, 22 Sep 2023 04:10:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCNetflix's hit series Sex Education is a refreshing and frank coming-of-age story about modern teens learning about their bodies and themselves in awkward, relatable ways. In the final season, amateur sex therapist Otis (Asa Butterfield), his best...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1727falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/starfield--60119727Starfield is one of the biggest and most anticipated video game releases of the year. It's a massive open world game set in humanity's future, when we've settled on star systems throughout the galaxy. There's over 1000 planets to explore, multiple factions to join, spaceships to pilot and quests to go on. But does Starfield live up to the hype?

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>fddd5eb0-8ec2-4902-8b71-ed23de31293dThu, 21 Sep 2023 04:10:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLChttps://www.npr.org/2023/08/31/1196861584/starfield-review-bethesda-microsoftis one of the biggest and most anticipated video game releases of the year. It's a massive open world game set in humanity's future, when we've settled on star systems...Starfield is one of the biggest and most anticipated video game releases of the year. It's a massive open world game set in humanity's future, when we've settled on star systems throughout the galaxy. There's over 1000 planets to explore, multiple factions to join, spaceships to pilot and quests to go on. But does Starfield live up to the hype?

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>38eb0640-e1f6-4ffa-a3b0-ac25d21e5371Wed, 20 Sep 2023 04:10:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhen you're talking about the movies of the 1990s, you have to mention the decade's huge assortment of thrillers. From courtroom standoffs and frantic chases to wild twists and A-list stars, today, we are recommending three of our favorite 90s...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>84fa3fa3-17f4-41f6-9299-7488f924fe77Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:43:51 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCPart blistering workplace satire, part creepy thriller, Hulu's The Other Black Girl packs a lot of punches. Nella (Sinclair Daniel) is a young editorial assistant who forms a fast-friendship with her new-coworker, Hazel (Ashleigh Murray) as they both...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ba8e2182-adcc-402a-84f9-f60adfc252fbFri, 15 Sep 2023 04:10:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCToday we offer up a guide to some of the most exciting movies, TV, and music you can check out this fall. Learn more about sponsor message choices: https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>918f747f-afbb-49aa-aff1-721532621d9dThu, 14 Sep 2023 04:10:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCOlivia Rodrigo's debut album, Sour, was one of the biggest hits of 2021. Now, she's back with a new record called GUTS, which has already spawned two hits with "vampire" and "bad idea right?" The album sharpens a sound inspired by pop, punk and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ff2e1af9-71ce-4619-b9a6-c9e051686badWed, 13 Sep 2023 04:05:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis summer, millions of us got cozy with Beyoncé during the Renaissance World Tour. With stunning visuals, an array of costume changes, and the occasional Blue Ivy cameo, this is reportedly Beyonce's highest-grossing tour yet. Renaissance has been...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b6d10f68-6a55-48a7-b183-e71b098b14b3Mon, 11 Sep 2023 21:56:09 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCRecently, late night talk show hosts Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and Jimmy Kimmel started the chat podcast Strike Force Five to raise money and support their staff during the actors and writers strikes. Shortly after it...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a5f518af-1401-4341-871a-3e9862cedb2eFri, 08 Sep 2023 04:10:15 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe family comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding was a very big hit back in 2002. So it was inevitable that the movie spawned a couple of sequels – thus, we now have My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3. Writer and director Nia Vardalos is back as Toula, John Corbett...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>28a91e4d-b2f0-4e91-83e3-89f50df6764cThu, 07 Sep 2023 04:10:10 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMovie stars are larger than life, and usually have some sort of mystique or mystery. And they defined the movies for generations, from Charlie Chaplin to Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts. But in an age of Disney and Marvel, the movie star seems to...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3906cfbb-7e61-4ea2-9f6c-87997d6f2abdWed, 06 Sep 2023 04:10:11 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCTaylor Swift's Eras Tour is on pace to become the biggest and most lucrative concert tour in history. Each night's show offers up a career-spanning three-hour epic, with a sprawling setlist that includes a nightly assortment of surprises. But what...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f1341536-076b-4e4c-8c1b-35e227d24ca2Tue, 05 Sep 2023 04:10:35 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCNew seasons of FX's The Bear and Hulu's Only Murders in the Building are bringing in big talent like Jamie Lee Curtis, Olivia Coleman and Meryl Streep. So we decided to discuss: What makes a great TV guest star? And who are some of the best guest...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>cf7fef6b-e652-4fe7-a36b-372e07f3b057Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:10:07 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe long-running lawyer show Suits is this summer's streaming sensation, and riding high on Netflix's top ten. Starring Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams, the series originally ran on the USA Network and ended its run four years ago. So why is it now...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>142ec029-75a0-4ac9-8a4e-21246c752af4Thu, 31 Aug 2023 04:10:54 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn a little more than a year, NewJeans has become huge in the world of K-pop, with a reputation for upending industry conventions. They've become the fastest K-Pop act ever to reach one billion streams on Spotify, and their new EP, Get Up, just hit...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>2c3539c4-a3ba-4372-a026-72e4bf0356b8Wed, 30 Aug 2023 04:10:42 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCHBO has two great new documentary projects about two very different scams. BS High is about a high school football team that came from what turned out to be a nonexistent high school. Telemarketers is about telemarketing scams, and how hard it is to...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>70d872f3-8884-435d-813e-b900e0a9ac1dTue, 29 Aug 2023 04:10:26 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe FX animated comedy Archer explores the raunchy exploits of Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin), who is known from Berlin to Bangkok as the world's most dangerous spy. The show is violent, smutty, and packed with profanity, wordplay, and callbacks....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6a5d9fbb-8f19-4583-8b37-c8d97b84e606Fri, 25 Aug 2023 04:10:54 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCHollywood loves a movie about horny teens desperate to lose their virginity, and the smart new comedy Bottoms is a welcome addition to the canon. Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennott star as unpopular best friends who start a fight club in hopes of seducing...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c3007f29-8045-4e92-9299-f923c837ac94Thu, 24 Aug 2023 04:10:20 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the great new DC superhero film Blue Beetle, Xolo Maridueña plays Jaime Reyes, a young Mexican-American man who stumbles across a creepy bug-like alien artifact that bonds to him and gives him superpowers. It may seem like just another story about...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>421500e2-a603-4526-accd-fb916d7d6486Wed, 23 Aug 2023 04:10:48 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWe know you read on your own. But we also know you read together. Today we're recommending some great books for your next book club. Learn more about sponsor message choices: https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d0a1f730-420d-4f3f-b344-96f5013b0617Tue, 22 Aug 2023 04:10:57 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the raunchy new comedy Strays, four talking dogs embark on an incredible journey. Reggie (voiced by Will Ferrell) doesn't realize his owner Doug (Will Forte) is desperate to abandon him on the streets. But when Doug's intentions become clear,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3b78f7d7-4b73-4dc8-b849-be066cac9a77Fri, 18 Aug 2023 04:10:42 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Apple TV+ murder mystery comedy series The Afterparty looks at the events around a murder and its investigation from a different character's point of view in each episode. Starring Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Tiffany Haddish, and many others, each...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>cfa6896b-3042-432d-a8c0-665df1dfec20Thu, 17 Aug 2023 21:55:19 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCOn Sunday morning, England and Spain will face off in the Women's World Cup Final. Both countries are playing in the women's final for the first time. And whether you'll be watching for the first time or a diehard soccer fan, we've got you've covered....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>092017aa-cb01-481b-8fa2-8869c3211de4Wed, 16 Aug 2023 04:10:38 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe fantastic Max animated series Harley Quinn is set in its own separate version of the DC Universe where the violence is frequent and the raunchy jokes come at you fast. In the show, Harley (Kaley Cuoco) has ditched the Joker and started making her...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1214falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hip-hop-verse-that-changed-my-life--60119709You can hear all the tracks discussed in this episode in our Spotify playlist.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c5d8ee48-5346-4de0-ad29-8dea0a932ee9Tue, 15 Aug 2023 04:10:05 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhat makes for an unshakable rap verse — the kind that shifts your world view and sticks around years after the first time you encountered it? This month marks 50 years since the birth of hip-hop, so we reached out to some NPR colleagues and a few...You can hear all the tracks discussed in this episode in our Spotify playlist.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e3ef2170-3b13-4b4d-bf9c-1a7f936f9959Fri, 11 Aug 2023 04:10:15 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new film Red White & Royal Blue is a classic enemies-to-lovers rom-com, though in this case the rom is queer, and the com arises out of the fact that there are huge geopolitical stakes involved. That's because the two lovers in question are...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>adb1edfc-1122-442e-a09c-507512c64993Thu, 10 Aug 2023 04:10:07 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe tart comedy Shortcomings is about a cynical cinephile with a lot of hang-ups. Ben (Justin H. Min) hates his job and is emotionally checked out of his relationship with his longtime girlfriend (Ally Maki). When the couple goes on a hiatus, he's...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9d4e8ff6-d33b-4adc-a0d2-c8cff9011370Wed, 09 Aug 2023 04:10:53 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCKokomo City is a remarkable documentary depicting the lives of Black trans sex workers. The women speak candidly about facing transphobia, misogynoir, and economic instability on a daily basis. Directed by D. Smith, the movie is definitely a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>570e090f-49dd-42a7-a9b8-e2e9ba076cbfTue, 08 Aug 2023 04:10:29 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThey're young, they're in love, and they're navigating the hallways of high school. The Netflix series Heartstopper is a romcom for soft hearts everywhere. The two teenage boys at the center of the story go from rugby teammates to good friends to, you...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9605e6db-7909-4d0e-9fa9-79514e06d496Fri, 04 Aug 2023 04:10:14 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe fun new animated movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem reboots the iconic series. It's directed by Jeff Rowe (The Mitchells vs. the Machines), who co-wrote the script with Seth Rogen and others. The formula is familiar — an ooze turns...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>cb88520b-0003-4899-86eb-f401c6260eeeThu, 03 Aug 2023 04:15:44 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIdris Elba is in full action hero mode in the Apple TV+ series Hijack. He stars as a corporate business negotiator onboard an airplane that is taken hostage by an eclectic bunch of assailants with mysterious motives. The series is very fun and very...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>30e3f986-a7fc-4235-ae6f-08299318a1c9Wed, 02 Aug 2023 04:10:36 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Hulu comedy series This Fool is set in South Central Los Angeles and follow an odd couple of cousins named Julio and Luis. They bicker, help each other out and try to figure out what's next for themselves. Star and co-creator Chris Estrada, who...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>bab2afe0-60f2-474d-b5e4-2ad6d7fd6019Tue, 01 Aug 2023 04:10:12 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe second season of Prime Video's Good Omens re-teams Michael Sheen and David Tennant as the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley. In season one they worked together to prevent the apocalypse. Now, they're stuck hiding an amnesiac archangel (Jon...Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>93086772-77c6-4ea8-b155-2b3065ac595cFri, 28 Jul 2023 04:15:41 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Disney's Haunted Mansion, a rag-tag group of paranormal experts attempt to get rid of ghosts that haunt a crumbling New Orleans mansion. Based on the beloved theme park experience, the film stars Rosario Dawson, LaKeith Stanfield, Owen Wilson,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ec7d5026-bd7a-4638-960c-30b8f85ad387Thu, 27 Jul 2023 04:10:21 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Netflix movie They Cloned Tyrone is a thrilling, quirky sci-fi comedy about a drug dealer, a sex worker, and a pimp who uncover a vast government conspiracy against their community. It's got a great cast: starring John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a7844b63-8ab8-430a-8700-44090faba11dTue, 25 Jul 2023 04:10:02 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Barbie, Margot Robbie plays the most stereotypically blonde-and-perky Barbie, who finds herself facing an existential crisis. But there are many more twists along the way. Today in this spoiler-packed episode, we discuss Barbie's weirder plot...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1564falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oppenheimer--60119760
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7f431edf-94c6-462e-b49e-854a636af6c6Mon, 24 Jul 2023 04:10:30 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new film Oppenheimer tells the story of the brilliant physicist who oversaw the construction of the first atomic bomb. Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer at various stages in his career, and the film's strong supporting cast features Matt...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d0a1c2ee-8c90-4bc4-b019-c39b57435417Fri, 21 Jul 2023 04:10:02 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAfter many months of buildup and memes, the Barbie movie is finally here. Margot Robbie plays the stereotypically blonde-and-perky Barbie, who finds herself facing an existential crisis. Joined by Ken, played by Ryan Gosling, she heads off on a...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>42c9036c-f0c3-4212-865f-c70095f58b4aThu, 20 Jul 2023 04:15:25 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn honor of the upcoming clash between the same-day releases of Barbie and Oppenheimer, we asked our listeners to weigh in on some of pop culture's most contentious matchups. And boy, did you deliver. We've got NSYNC versus Backstreet Boys. Superman...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4c621dbf-1147-4c4c-a814-7420f02363ddWed, 19 Jul 2023 04:10:02 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe delightful Netflix series Survival of the Thickest is about an up-and-coming stylist whose professional and personal ambitions go sideways when she finds herself newly single. It stars comedian Michelle Buteau as Mavis who leans on her best...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3e72ecd4-6c9e-447d-b627-c72acf38c471Mon, 17 Jul 2023 22:50:45 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCActors and writers are on strike, and it looks like it could last a while. Production of TV and film has largely stopped, and there are deep divides in Hollywood over issues including how creative people should be compensated in the streaming era, how...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3f32effa-9fbc-471c-839b-3d2b889d83c7Fri, 14 Jul 2023 04:15:11 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the funny new mockumentary Theater Camp, a summer camp for musical theater kids falls on hard times when its founder slips into a coma. The movie stars Ben Platt and Molly Gordon as two codependent instructors staging an original musical, and Jimmy...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>2398afbe-c19a-46dd-9ae3-4d2178bb2d3aThu, 13 Jul 2023 04:10:02 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCCan something bad really be good? Or are we just using "bad" to mean "silly"? Where does a classic like Rocky Horror Picture Show fit into this scheme? And how do you know whether your appearance in a Sharknado movie bodes well or ill for your acting...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d0e60f00-88af-4af5-91e4-c8c3e7d3784dWed, 12 Jul 2023 23:00:24 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe nominations for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards were just announced. There were many familiar series in the mix like Succession and Ted Lasso, exciting first-time nominees like Andor and Jury Duty, plus plenty of satisfying surprises. We're...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1528falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one--60119722Take our Barbie v. Oppenheimer survey. We're throwing out a few other pop-cultural either-ors, to see if we can't settle a few age-old disputes once and for all. We'll talk about some of the results in an upcoming episode of the show.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b9513646-1930-40c7-b1e4-72d6d7804b0bTue, 11 Jul 2023 04:10:37 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Tom Cruise is back as superspy Ethan Hunt. This time he has to defeat an all-powerful AI known as "The Entity." With many familiar faces and new ones like Hayley Atwell, the movie has...Take our Barbie v. Oppenheimer survey. We're throwing out a few other pop-cultural either-ors, to see if we can't settle a few age-old disputes once and for all. We'll talk about some of the results in an upcoming episode of the show.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1495falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/joy-ride-and-what-s-making-us-happy--60119750Take our Barbie v. Oppenheimer survey. We're throwing out a few other pop-cultural either-ors, to see if we can't settle a few age-old disputes once and for all. We'll talk about some of the results in an upcoming episode of the show.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6314227d-6ae9-46c0-8d70-795f55f810eeFri, 07 Jul 2023 04:15:36 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new film Joy Ride follows four friends (Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Sabrina Wu, and Stephanie Hsu) embarking on a trip to China. The film is in step with The Hangover and Girls Trip. Sex, drugs, and musical interludes ensue, but the friends also...Take our Barbie v. Oppenheimer survey. We're throwing out a few other pop-cultural either-ors, to see if we can't settle a few age-old disputes once and for all. We'll talk about some of the results in an upcoming episode of the show.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>42ad6044-a329-47fe-9b44-cb9982748d01Thu, 06 Jul 2023 04:15:20 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the breezy comedy series Platonic, Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne play former best friends who reconnect years after a falling out. The show follows their misadventures as they try to navigate their respective midlife crises and become friends again....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f748fa19-5d00-498c-a193-6efbe8f386beWed, 05 Jul 2023 04:10:49 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe great new Netflix animated film Nimona is the tale of a mysterious shapeshifting teenage girl. Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz) declares herself the sidekick to a knight (Riz Ahmed) who's been accused of a murder he didn't commit. He just wants to...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4fce1603-cc87-469a-81f5-055939086b54Tue, 04 Jul 2023 04:10:35 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Pop Culture Happy Hour team is off today, so we're bringing you an episode of NPR's It's Been A Minute. Host and our pal Brittany Luse recently spoke with our other pal Tre'vell Anderson. They recently published a book called We See Each Other....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>cde2a4d6-b24d-4768-bc58-48c6b90ae0cfFri, 30 Jun 2023 04:10:55 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is the fifth and apparently final film starring Harrison Ford as everyone's favorite globe-trotting, whip-cracking, Nazi-punching archeologist. The movie finds Indy on the cusp of retirement, when he's forced to...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3823711b-c812-43ac-b56c-9bba3178bf89Wed, 28 Jun 2023 04:10:52 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCI'm A Virgo follows Cootie (Jharrel Jerome), a 13-foot tall young Black man who's grown up completely isolated and makes his first clumsy steps out into the world. Created by filmmaker Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You), the Amazon Prime series delves...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>2d322cfe-95ba-4f12-9c4e-8298a86bacaaFri, 23 Jun 2023 04:10:19 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWriter/director Wes Anderson's latest film Asteroid City is about a tiny town in the middle of the American desert where several young scientific prodigies gather to receive a distinguished award. Also, there's an alien. If you know Anderson's work,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ed7881c7-8552-494e-b376-95369cef4e75Thu, 22 Jun 2023 04:10:10 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIt's been four years since the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror made new episodes of terrifying speculative fiction. The series is now back with a new season that dives into questions of identity, celebrity, apocalyptic demons, and the true...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b8a26af1-461f-46e6-827b-0dbb4220a8a0Wed, 21 Jun 2023 04:10:35 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCDisney and Pixar's latest film Elemental is a family story and a love story. And yes, it's about fire and water and how they come together. Full of the studio's usual imaginative visuals, it also dives into the experience of a family of immigrants who...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f8a28df0-56d0-4494-b70e-bed47fba2a2aTue, 20 Jun 2023 04:10:28 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe FX on Hulu series The Bear understands how intense working in a restaurant can be. The dramedy stars Jeremy Allen White as Carmy, a fine dining chef who takes over his family's beloved but troubled Italian beef sandwich shop following the death of...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e120cb09-75f2-4eca-8aaa-8bc03f8f9efcFri, 16 Jun 2023 04:10:53 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new superhero movie The Flash has had a rocky trip to theaters. It's faced rewrites, studio turnover, and COVID delays. Plus it's star Ezra Miller is surrounded by controversy and legal troubles. The film was always intended as a hard reset of the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>10070b9c-f031-46ee-8a59-cf2a36664245Thu, 15 Jun 2023 04:15:20 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the fantastic new film The Blackening, a group of college friends reunite at a house in the woods to celebrate a Juneteenth holiday weekend. For decades it's been a cliché to kill off the sole black character first in horror movies. But The...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>88e0ef17-4384-4133-9b02-e646b9c43ee7Wed, 14 Jun 2023 04:15:50 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCBravo's hit reality show Vanderpump Rules has become infamous due to a much-discussed affair between two members of its cast. The whole thing has been nicknamed "Scandoval" and has led to record-breaking ratings, countless memes, and even a joke at...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>dfe0c369-3787-437c-94b1-8cfec9b8faf3Tue, 13 Jun 2023 04:15:44 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts, good space-robots and evil space-robots battle for the fate of the universe. Led by Optimus Prime, the Autobots return to do battle with the forces of the villainous Unicron, and our heroes enlist new helpers along...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e901c374-aa86-469f-998c-d98d39369ffbFri, 09 Jun 2023 04:15:47 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the Netflix comedy series Never Have I Ever, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan plays Devi, an overachieving high schooler, who will go to extreme lengths to climb the social ladder. In the show's final season, Devi's dealing with raging hormones and doing...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6189adc7-3aa7-443e-8384-8a99fc1e1fcfThu, 08 Jun 2023 04:10:03 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIt's summer, and if you've maybe thought about taking a road trip, you're gonna need road-trip music. You might need a pick-me-up, a sing-along, or something for when you need a break from podcasts. Today we're recommending three songs to blast on...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ce9e1200-67b3-48b3-8c84-02a7a53f1818Wed, 07 Jun 2023 04:10:16 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new film Past Lives follows Nora (Greta Lee), a writer who lives in New York with her husband, and meets up again with a man she knew long ago as a girl in South Korea. Written and directed by Celine Song, the movie is an emotional study of how...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1579falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/books-we-love-love-stories--60119980recommending great books for people who love love stories.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ec69a9af-8924-43eb-9655-3ffa9185e80dTue, 06 Jun 2023 04:10:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCLove stories are close to many of our hearts. We want to swoon, maybe laugh and cry, we want that romance. Today we're https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#tags=love+stories&view=covers&year=2022. Learn more about sponsor message choices:...recommending great books for people who love love stories.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>409380be-26c3-4f49-8e88-21c7ca0a4947Fri, 02 Jun 2023 04:10:48 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the sequel to the Oscar-winning Into The Spider-Verse. It continues the story of Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), as he battles a new villain, The Spot (Jason Schwartzman). The stakes grow as...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>08444ca7-1374-4b32-98ef-c9b29a202ce0Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:10:09 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCYou Hurt My Feelings is the latest film from the writer and director Nicole Holofcener. It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a writer who discovers that her husband (Tobias Menzies) doesn't like her new book. She's rattled so hard that it threatens her...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>66272664-db5d-4b7c-9d11-70c4510080a3Wed, 31 May 2023 04:15:48 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe HBO series Barry ended on Sunday. Throughout its run, the dark comedy brought a delicate tonal balance to Bill Hader's hitman-turned-actor. Its sharp take on Hollywood was funny, but it never let us forget that Barry was a violent sociopath....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>16d1e636-6768-4dfa-860c-ef8aa449ee7cTue, 30 May 2023 04:15:01 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the latest, and fastest-selling game in Nintendo's beloved franchise. Many critics and gamers are declaring it not only the best game of the year, but maybe the best game, period. Learn more about sponsor...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>2dd35bdc-2e47-4199-a53e-ed076c323afaMon, 29 May 2023 10:13:39 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe series finale of HBO's Succession was truly a meal fit for a king. Backs were stabbed, alliances were realigned, and a new CEO of the media conglomerate Waystar Royco was crowned. How did the squabbling Roy siblings shake out in the fight to...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>689089a7-7b1a-4b9b-b2cd-50d7fbd028b6Fri, 26 May 2023 04:10:47 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Little Mermaid is Disney's latest property to receive the live-action remake treatment. While some scenes match the original film, there are changes. Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote several new songs for the film. And it stars Halle...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>af46b0cb-92eb-484a-ad37-5e38e895c914Thu, 25 May 2023 03:05:12 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe word "icon" is thrown around a lot these days, but Tina Turner was the epitome of that and more. The legendary pop star died today at the age of 83, leaving behind an indelible legacy that spanned decades across the music world, the stage, and the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1460ed4c-5b22-406f-8fe5-19b6f4587cf5Wed, 24 May 2023 04:15:16 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the Disney+ show American Born Chinese, Jin is an insecure Chinese-American kid just trying to get through high school when he befriends the new kid in town, Wei-Chen. Wei-Chen is actually a god on a divine quest, and he drags Jin along with him....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5109c9d9-efe0-4c4d-a243-ceb7961b4d53Tue, 23 May 2023 04:10:26 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Netflix series XO, Kitty is a spinoff of the hit YA book and movie franchise, To All the Boys I've Loved Before. Anna Cathcart returns as Kitty Song Covey, a teenager with a penchant for matchmaking. The show is a mash-up of genres, including...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>987efcf5-4cb5-4178-a3ba-0b1426784836Fri, 19 May 2023 04:10:04 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMore than 20 years into the Fast & Furious franchise, the saga keeps roaring on with the latest installment, Fast X. With a star-studded cast including Vin Diesel and Jason Momoa and many more, the film has plenty of absurd action sequences and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d17c7786-1a58-4df5-8ca2-8b3cafeddf06Thu, 18 May 2023 04:10:19 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the charming Amazon Freevee sitcom Primo, Rafa is a typical 16-year-old kid navigating life with the help of his enterprising mom and five very colorful uncles. The show was created by journalist and podcaster Shea Serrano and is executive produced...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9497b78d-7368-444e-91f8-5c69f571d242Wed, 17 May 2023 04:10:57 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Fast & The Furious debuted as a scruffy car-culture movie, and it was a hit. The franchise, fronted by Vin Diesel, has become a blockbuster machine. In anticipation of Fast X, we're encoring our episode about the legacy of the Fast &...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>fc7041aa-3cb1-4dff-a237-b161239a1561Tue, 16 May 2023 04:10:45 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCBook Club: The Next Chapter is a sequel that reunites four legendary actresses: Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen. In this iteration, the ladies jet-set to Italy. It's a light-hearted, very silly romp with a meet-cute, an...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>697abb6e-6fc7-45e9-bd3a-217e2e1a7c85Fri, 12 May 2023 04:10:54 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCToday we offer up a guide to some of the most exciting movies, TV, and music you can check out this summer. https://plus.npr.org/happy Learn more about sponsor message choices: https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>8788f21c-2705-4b42-a62e-f47fa7aede0fThu, 11 May 2023 04:10:57 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCBooks can take you anywhere. Across oceans, across borders, to places you may have never seen. And those books are some of the ones that we treasure the most. Today we're recommending great books that take you around the world. Learn more about...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>67fd6cd3-2f34-4e13-adb8-a30e007f2435Wed, 10 May 2023 04:10:26 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Barry, and Succession will conclude this month, and it's not easy to end a TV series. So we decided to debate: what is the greatest TV finale of all time? https://plus.npr.org/happy Learn more about sponsor message...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>89ac0935-06e8-48ab-b51d-0f6feebc285cTue, 09 May 2023 04:10:24 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAfter two seasons of Bridgerton, Netflix is ready for a spin-off. The new series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story dives into the past as it explores the monarch's long marriage to King George III, the way her racial identity affects her experience...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>2e03b3c0-5325-42ba-8527-8f4d8d6ad688Fri, 05 May 2023 04:10:32 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, our heroes are attacked by a new mysterious villain, and must embark on a dangerous mission to save the life of Rocket Raccoon. Written and directed by James Gunn, the movie brings back Chris Pratt, Zoe...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>47476ec1-8947-445e-9dfa-f3fd3cc15096Thu, 04 May 2023 04:10:30 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCA nun, an all-knowing AI, the Holy Grail, a secret society of women, and a falafel shop. These are just some of the many elements that collide in the messy, delightful, joyfully silly Mrs. Davis. Starring Betty Gilpin, and co-created by talent from...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>539a3644-d7ee-4593-9692-15654176b0a3Wed, 03 May 2023 04:10:15 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCJudy Blume's 1970 novel Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. was a staple of countless childhoods. But until now, it's never been adapted into a film. Like the book, the movie tells the story of a preteen girl who moves to New Jersey, makes new...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>0976f02d-befc-4146-9cb8-5e1d62f357efTue, 02 May 2023 04:10:02 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCJohn Mulaney wants to talk about drugs. In his latest Netflix comedy special, Baby J, he recounts the intervention in late 2020 that sent him to rehab. He talks about his resistance to giving up cocaine, his schemes to avoid sobriety, and how it feels...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>cf6aa297-5b46-4032-b5e4-2741235a7c76Fri, 28 Apr 2023 04:10:07 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the fun, genre-mashing action comedy Polite Society, Priya Kansara plays Ria, a spunky teen who aspires to be a movie stuntwoman. When her older sister Lena (Ritu Arya) suddenly gets engaged, Ria becomes determined to sabotage the wedding. The...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1780091f-01b6-4387-992e-1234bff6cc32Thu, 27 Apr 2023 04:10:13 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the extremely divisive film Beau Is Afraid, Joaquin Phoenix stars as a schlubby, anxiety-ridden man whose existence is an extended nightmare of guilt, shame, dread and paranoia. Written and directed by Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar), the film...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>893a1aa1-ab65-4afb-b536-a2f56a7bdd07Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:24:50 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe iconic singer, humanitarian, and actor Harry Belafonte died today at the age of 96. His career spanned many decades, giving award-winning performances, where he dazzled regardless of the genre. We're remembering Belafonte's life and legacy – and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e3fef78e-be0e-4921-89a0-b438c7945ec6Tue, 25 Apr 2023 04:10:12 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCSam Raimi's 1981 horror movie The Evil Dead became a cult classic, spawning two sequels, a TV series, and a 2013 film that "reimagined" the franchise. Now, the series gets another reset with Evil Dead Rise – complete with a new writer and director...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b4aff9d2-bbdb-43ad-9ab1-d1f8e54d9995Fri, 21 Apr 2023 04:15:12 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new Netflix drama, The Diplomat, Keri Russell plays an ambassador who's thrust into an international incident with massive stakes. She's also sorting through a tumultuous marriage with her husband, a hotshot veteran diplomat (Rufus Sewell). The...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d7191619-4d01-4f7e-8cc5-e039366298f1Thu, 20 Apr 2023 04:10:48 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCJudy Blume has been a prominent author for more than 50 years and her books are incredibly beloved. She's written for kids and adults, and has faced controversy. Perhaps her most treasured book, Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, is about to get...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4f172c4d-20c4-49ba-a37b-bcceb0a4603dWed, 19 Apr 2023 04:15:50 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCJean-Luc Picard captained the starship Enterprise on the beloved series Star Trek: The Next Generation some 30 years ago. Patrick Stewart returned to that iconic role in the Paramount Plus series Picard. Now in its third and final season, Picard has...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>dc069ef9-ad49-487f-bdba-ba51793dcc48Tue, 18 Apr 2023 04:10:23 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Showing Up, Michelle Williams plays a sculptor preparing to exhibit her work in a small art gallery, even as family and friends complicate her life and steal her focus. It's the latest feature from Kelly Reichardt, a director known for quiet,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>489a904b-e4d4-4fd1-adfd-84880bd51039Fri, 14 Apr 2023 04:10:19 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe new horror comedy Renfield is about Count Dracula's long-suffering servant. Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) is trapped in a toxic relationship with his narcissistic boss Dracula (Nicolas Cage). So he sets out to free himself from the vampire's thrall,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>14a9c3bd-a026-4816-81c4-02da2e69542eThu, 13 Apr 2023 04:15:04 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCOscar-winner Mo'Nique has had a storied career in entertainment. She's a successful standup comedian, and a former sitcom star turned talk show host. But she's also had a contentious relationship with the industry, and alleges she was blackballed for...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6f794098-ecff-40e8-8e9a-65bc8aaf27e4Wed, 12 Apr 2023 04:10:54 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the great new Netflix series Beef, two people have a lot of beef with each other. Created by Lee Sung Jin, the series stars Ali Wong and Steven Yeun as characters whose worlds collide when they engage in a manic road rage war. Neither can help...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d4d415d7-41da-4de5-86cf-a7f4bf08d080Tue, 11 Apr 2023 04:10:43 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAlmost 40 years ago, a young Michael Jordan signed what was then the NBA's most lucrative sneaker deal with Nike. The new movie Air traces the origin of that deal and the creation of the culture-shifting Air Jordan. It's directed by Ben Affleck and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a3e29f17-a89c-406f-ad9c-c8875e45814bFri, 07 Apr 2023 04:15:25 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn The Super Mario Bros. Movie., Chris Pratt and Charlie Day play Mario and Luigi, two New York City plumbers who get transported to another world. Soon, Mario must team-up with Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) to stop Bowser (Jack Black) from...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5ba33b43-13ec-4b04-855e-038bb0a65850Thu, 06 Apr 2023 04:10:02 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCEven after 20 seasons, we still get a thrill every time we hear "hands up utensils down" on Top Chef. Controversial winners, heartbreaking losses, food that looks good enough to eat, and the foolishness of even attempting risotto — they've all been...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3e756607-e649-4dcd-abd7-52c52ca6be0dWed, 05 Apr 2023 04:10:16 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn The Big Door Prize, a small town is forever changed when a mysterious machine pops up in the local general store. Each person who gets in the "Morpho" machine receives a card that reveals their life's potential, and it often leads them to radically...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>def65222-f3ad-4ebe-a3d1-023ea2eb1e75Tue, 04 Apr 2023 04:10:42 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe snappy new romantic comedy Rye Lane follows Dom and Yas, two South Londoners who meet in the restroom of an art show and wind up spending the day together. It's a day of adventures, long conversations and terrible exes. But it might just offer...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4546c38b-1857-4835-a446-0351fec46061Fri, 31 Mar 2023 04:10:32 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Chris Pine stars as a wise-cracking and charismatic thief who leads a band of misfits with different reasons to hate a malevolent ruler played by Hugh Grant. It's a fantasy epic meets heist movie,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1632falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/top-10-muppets--60120023we have the results.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>bf2a09c2-5885-4bf8-8f62-b847088e54c9Thu, 30 Mar 2023 04:10:34 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhen we asked our listeners to tell us which Muppets were their favorites, we knew you'd all come through. More than 6,000 of you cast more than 18,000 votes — and...we have the results.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b48453f2-6592-4c16-8ef1-1272acd959daWed, 29 Mar 2023 04:10:09 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCToday we are tackling two of the most important questions of our time: who are our favorite Muppets? And which Muppets do we most identify with? As they always say, the Muppets are the window to the soul. Learn more about sponsor message choices:...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e60eaa93-9ccf-479b-a489-1f0abd3328edTue, 28 Mar 2023 04:10:47 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAn FBI agent working in a lonely, secret office in the White House basement gets a phone call. A woman needs help, right away. That's the beginning of The Night Agent, a Netflix spy thriller series full of action and intrigue. Created by The Shield's...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1028falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/books-we-love-no-biz-like-show-biz--60120021NPR's Books We Love is full of stories. The feature rounds up fiction and nonfiction of many different kinds, and it gives you lots of ways to find what you might love, too. Today we're recommending great books for people who love show business, including a fictional take on a popular gossip Instagram account, a love story, and a memoir.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e94534fa-8482-40c7-a381-7ebefede8842Mon, 27 Mar 2023 04:15:23 +0000Neubauer Artists LLChttps://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2022is full of stories. The feature rounds up fiction and nonfiction of many different kinds, and it gives you lots of ways to find what you might love, too. Today we're recommending great books...NPR's Books We Love is full of stories. The feature rounds up fiction and nonfiction of many different kinds, and it gives you lots of ways to find what you might love, too. Today we're recommending great books for people who love show business, including a fictional take on a popular gossip Instagram account, a love story, and a memoir.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>82389c55-d30e-4bb4-aa16-f3c8ab98a9ecFri, 24 Mar 2023 04:15:32 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn previous John Wick films, Keanu Reeves played a retired hitman out of revenge. In the latest entry, John Wick: Chapter 4, his reasons are a little more simple — he just wants to be left alone. Wick's quest for freedom takes him all across the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>b724792e-ef62-4485-8dcc-bdf8d0aaeb3eThu, 23 Mar 2023 04:10:51 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCActor Jonathan Majors is having a moment right now: he recently starred in Creed III and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Friend of the show and host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday Ayesha Rascoe recently sat down with Majors for a fun and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>366d0736-cbd0-4466-a1ce-6b0dda7fe9c3Wed, 22 Mar 2023 04:10:34 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new Amazon Prime series Swarm, Dominique Fishback plays Dre, a socially awkward young woman who is obsessed with the mega pop star Ni'Jah, a thinly veiled analog for Beyoncé. When a life-changing event occurs, Dre's obsession with Ni'Jah takes...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4991e77b-5758-4edc-8c5c-8da0ee0a6057Tue, 21 Mar 2023 04:10:54 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe very funny, bingeable NBC sitcom Grand Crew has a dependable sitcom setup: Six friends hang out together to decompress and commiserate about their careers and their love lives. They're Black, their hangout is a Silver Lake wine bar, and the show –...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>c5527b57-c6d8-458e-9ae0-9307ba685f38Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:15:30 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCShadow and Bone is a fantasy series based on a successful set of novels. There's a lot to take in — at least six main characters, people who can wield wind and shadow and light, and a Chosen One. That all sounds familiar, but there's enough here to...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>af1d7a22-880a-4b2c-a1c1-833f6d440219Fri, 17 Mar 2023 04:15:27 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCFour years ago, Shazam! was a surprise hit and a lighthearted entry in the DC Extended Universe. It follows teenager Billy Batson (Asher Angel) who's bestowed with magical powers and turns in an adult superhero, played by Zachary Levi. In the new...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f306bc8b-1121-4ec7-bc11-0492e338b503Thu, 16 Mar 2023 04:10:22 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Ghostface killer is taking yet another stab at the box office as Scream 6 has arrived in theatres. It's a sequel to last year's reboot – or requel – of everyone's favorite deeply meta slasher franchise. Starring Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barerra,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3eb94827-15a5-474f-8fe0-2d0f4e9eeeb8Wed, 15 Mar 2023 04:15:42 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWhen the thriller series You premiered five years ago, it started a lot of conversations. The show was told largely from the point of view of a charismatic serial killer named Joe (Penn Badgley), and he hasn't changed much as a person, even though his...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ce399da2-29ae-435f-9ab8-4243faafadd9Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:15:14 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is an all-ages animated series that's got style and energy – and original songs – for days. It's the story Black girl genius Lunella (voiced by Diamond White) who accidentally transports a T-Rex with the...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5be6ab7e-cb39-4711-89cb-c28da94c4fdbMon, 13 Mar 2023 11:37:10 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCAt this year's Oscars, Everything Everywhere All At Once won seven awards, including best picture and best director. The film's actors Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan, and Michelle Yeoh also won Oscars. Yeoh's win was historic — she's the first Asian...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4473ad87-a8da-4f51-a237-3a29d7d06444Fri, 10 Mar 2023 05:15:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIf you're entering an Oscar pool, or if you're just figuring out which Oscar-nominated movies are worth your time, we're here to help. Today we're offering up a guide to this year's nominations with some predictions about who will win in the major...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1cc7c097-1cc1-4992-9d05-1230ec328d61Thu, 09 Mar 2023 05:10:45 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe five films nominated for international feature at this year's Oscars wrangle with some tough ideas and issues. There's the brutality of war, the human cost of fascism, animal cruelty, neglectful parenting and the prison of masculinity. Yet all of...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>80a49e12-6b6d-4952-96ea-d75d9badc631Wed, 08 Mar 2023 05:10:20 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year's Oscar nominees for best animated feature don't have a lot in common besides animation. You've got a dark vision of Pinocchio, a red panda from Pixar, a swashbuckling sea adventure, the latest entry in the Shrek franchise, and a tiny shell....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>18c36eef-6b73-462b-b308-f0419e2ded12Tue, 07 Mar 2023 05:10:30 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThis year's Oscar nominees for documentary feature include films about two brothers who rescue birds, a man who takes on Vladimir Putin, and a couple that chases volcanoes. From Ukraine to India, Russia to New York City, these films will take you...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>4966c630-135b-4012-ba9b-d43bd4b335c0Mon, 06 Mar 2023 05:10:41 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Oscar nominees for best original song can be anything from soaring ballads over the credits to toe-tappers that ground musical numbers. This year, they include entries from big artists like Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and frequent Oscar nominee Diane...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>189d8485-ea46-463a-b600-1bdec27582f5Fri, 03 Mar 2023 05:15:58 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Creed III, Michael B. Jordan is back as Adonis "Donnie" Creed, the scrappy underdog-turned-world champion boxer from the Rocky franchise. Adonis has decided to retire on top and focus on family. But his plans are blown up when an old friend, played...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>66f74a0b-b1be-427a-bba6-c50898e269bdThu, 02 Mar 2023 05:10:06 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the moving film Return To Seoul, a young woman named Freddie visits South Korea for the first time since her birth, when she was adopted by a French couple. Freddie's attempt to contact her biological parents sets her on an uneasy path toward...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>5154987e-01ff-4ed4-b9d7-7bffb1008e50Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:10:26 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the darkly satiric, highly bingeable Amazon Prime series The Consultant, Christoph Waltz plays a mysterious businessman who takes over a videogame company upon the violent death of its founder and CEO. When two of the company's employees attempt to...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>987falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-forty-year-old-version--60120024the New Black Film Canon – a list of the best films by Black directors that we updated in partnership with Slate. And you can watch it on Netflix.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>d878b2cb-2f1a-4cbe-8572-3535a4ad22f7Tue, 28 Feb 2023 05:10:04 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the wonderful film The Forty-Year-Old Version, playwright Radha Blank plays a variation on herself. Frustrated by a stall in her theater career, Radha finds a new passion: she becomes a rapper. The film is so good that we recently added it to...the New Black Film Canon – a list of the best films by Black directors that we updated in partnership with Slate. And you can watch it on Netflix.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1059falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-new-black-film-canon--60120055and you can check out the full list of 75 movies here.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>fb8585de-c828-42ea-a739-6bb37b0efbf2Mon, 27 Feb 2023 07:00:00 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCNPR has teamed up with Slate to expand the Black Film Canon, a collection of the best films directed by Black filmmakers. The intent is to challenge both gatekeepers and makers of best of lists to consider the breadth of artistry black creators have...and you can check out the full list of 75 movies here.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e669f855-7ad3-4b54-aa35-6edfc9e75039Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:15:48 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCA movie called Cocaine Bear needs two things: a bear, and some cocaine. Both are abundant in the new action comedy about a large quantity of cocaine that accidentally winds up deep in the Georgia forest. And who eats it? That's right: a bear. The...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>45408115-3ed2-4ed9-8ff7-8d4a20a17ab6Thu, 23 Feb 2023 05:10:17 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe HBO series The Last Of Us is a huge hit and it offers a novel, fungus-based twist on a zombie apocalypse. Civilization is in ruins, and its only hope is a young girl (Bella Ramsey) who's mysteriously immune to the fungal infection – and her gruff,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>3eb05830-b96c-4026-9520-54e2a5ac13a4Wed, 22 Feb 2023 05:15:06 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the Apple TV+ series Dear Edward, a plane crashes, and there is only one survivor – a 12-year-old boy named Edward, who loses his whole family. He goes to live with relatives, and the web of people grieving loved ones who died in the crash grows...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>1133falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/books-we-love-nonfiction--60120051NPR's Books We Love is full of stories. The feature rounds up fiction and nonfiction of many different kinds, and it gives you lots of ways to find what you might love, too. Today, we're diving into the category of nonfiction and highlighting some of our favorite picks.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>9fbcea0b-1655-446c-9138-d5c2f5518877Tue, 21 Feb 2023 05:10:43 +0000Neubauer Artists LLChttps://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2022 is full of stories. The feature rounds up fiction and nonfiction of many different kinds, and it gives you lots of ways to find what you might love, too. Today, we're diving into the category...NPR's Books We Love is full of stories. The feature rounds up fiction and nonfiction of many different kinds, and it gives you lots of ways to find what you might love, too. Today, we're diving into the category of nonfiction and highlighting some of our favorite picks.

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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a0e9feb5-ecab-4345-a2a2-081765f3b72eMon, 20 Feb 2023 05:10:41 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCTop Gun: Maverick has earned six Oscar nominations, including best picture, adapted screenplay, and original song. The movie stars Tom Cruise, and you can catch up with it on Paramount+. We really like Top Gun: Maverick, so we thought this would be...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>83713140-5642-4d8d-a445-b81908db510dFri, 17 Feb 2023 05:10:55 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania, Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly return as Marvel's tiniest titans. With their extended family in tow, they get shrunk down into a subatomic universe called the Quantum Realm, and come to meet Jonathan Majors' Kang...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>22e27bd7-7cd0-4797-b5b2-57325e21bd93Thu, 16 Feb 2023 05:10:53 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCOur pal and Culture Desk reporter Andrew Limbong teamed up with NPR's Life Kit to get advice on how to be a better movie watcher – how to pick a film, get outside your comfort zone, and deepen your enjoyment of a movie. Learn more about sponsor...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>8a71e975-edad-4197-b1e6-24190b410d72Wed, 15 Feb 2023 05:15:03 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Apple TV comedy Shrinking boasts a lot of big names in its cast, including Harrison Ford, Jason Segel, and Jessica Williams, all of whom play therapists. The series shares some of its creators with Ted Lasso. It has a big heart and a lot of jokes,...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ddff25db-46e7-422c-acee-897d4258e093Tue, 14 Feb 2023 05:10:16 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCTitanic was a box office juggernaut 25 years ago, and it catapulted Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet into a whole new stratosphere of fame. The film recently returned to theaters, but we've got some distance from Leo Mania and "king of the world"...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>deec2de1-b8b2-4b0b-92bd-1a54b06003a8Mon, 13 Feb 2023 12:58:35 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCWe recap this year's Super Bowl, including Rihanna's halftime show, the Kansas City Chiefs' win against the Philadelphia Eagles, and the most memorable commercials. Learn more about sponsor message choices: https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>19f1d05f-9517-4b38-85b6-1ebee9a75332Fri, 10 Feb 2023 05:15:43 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the new movie Magic Mike's Last Dance, Channing Tatum returns as a dancer and male entertainer from Tampa. This time, he must put on a show bankrolled by a wealthy socialite played by Salma Hayek Pinault. The film is directed by Steven Soderbergh...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>7ff9535b-fd4c-4904-b85d-5ad769f26d43Thu, 09 Feb 2023 05:15:36 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the movie 80 for Brady, four best friends (Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field) take a road trip to the 2017 Super Bowl so they can see their favorite quarterback Tom Brady play in person. The film stars four legends of stage and...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>91876c77-030b-4a8b-8014-1f0ffad96ed4Wed, 08 Feb 2023 05:10:29 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the fantastic but terrifying thriller Infinity Pool, Alexander Skarsgård plays a struggling writer in search of inspiration. While vacationing with his wife on a fancy island resort, they meet a mysterious woman played by Mia Goth. She takes them...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>896bdd73-d983-4f18-89ee-906b51095f26Tue, 07 Feb 2023 05:15:05 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe very entertaining Poker Face is an offbeat case-of-the-week mystery show starring Natasha Lyonne as a dryly witty, down-to-earth oddball who has an uncanny ability that helps her solves murders. The Peacock series comes from Rian Johnson (Glass...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6a7efaad-6006-4cac-874e-3c304b8d96e9Mon, 06 Feb 2023 12:59:14 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCBeyoncé broke a major record at this year's Grammys and has now won more awards than any other artist. But she was shut out of the major categories and lost to Harry Styles, Lizzo and Bonnie Raitt. We break down the awards and telecast, including our...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>ae9922e2-1b16-400f-a17a-e56da983ea0eFri, 03 Feb 2023 05:15:59 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIn the horror film Knock at the Cabin, a gay couple and their young daughter are vacationing at a remote cabin when four strangers arrive and take them hostage. They are told the only thing that will prevent the apocalypse is if one of the family...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>12270f9f-51a9-4669-b648-706382413fbeThu, 02 Feb 2023 05:15:45 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe very funny Hulu comedy Extraordinary is about a smart but directionless young woman named Jen who lives in London and doesn't feel great about herself. She hurls herself into a lot of hilariously bad choices and that's a familiar comedy premise....
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>6d02c0d6-dd6b-4152-8cd1-3c41eafb948aWed, 01 Feb 2023 05:10:16 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCIt was a game changer when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as senior members of the royal family. Since then, they've given interviews, secured lucrative multimedia deals, and launched several personal projects — Harry recently published...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>a2d0a815-d987-4acd-9129-c77d369dae80Tue, 31 Jan 2023 05:10:32 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCOver 100 feature films played at this year's Sundance Film Festival. There were deeply personal stories told by emerging filmmakers, buzzy narratives ripped from the headlines, and so much more. And we've picked a few favorites we think are worth...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>e3589142-af37-4de5-b109-7d47577f119cMon, 30 Jan 2023 05:10:14 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCBeyoncé's Renaissance is a joyful, sonic immersion made for dance floors of all kinds. The album earned nine Grammy nominations, and during this Sunday's telecast, Beyoncé could win her first-ever, much overdue award for album of the year. Learn more...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>f3f57bda-4605-41a7-a3e0-d54be49bffb9Fri, 27 Jan 2023 05:15:33 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCThe Amazon Prime action comedy Shotgun Wedding delivers on its title in the sense that it's got a wedding, and it's got lots of guns. The film stars Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel as a couple whose wedding day at a beautiful resort is interrupted by...
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NPR Privacy Policy]]>96221741-815a-4ce9-892c-d9525f27d67dThu, 26 Jan 2023 05:10:54 +0000Neubauer Artists LLCEverything Everywhere All At Once is a zany and profound sci-fi action comedy set in multiple dimensions. It stars Michelle Yeoh as a businesswoman whose world is turned upside down the day her family attempts to file their taxes. The film earned 11...
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