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The Evans family in Netflix's Good Times: Jay Pharoah as Junior, Marsai Martin as Grey, Yvette Nicole Brown as Beverly, Gerald Anthony "Slink" Johnson as Dalvin and J.B. Smoove as Reggie.

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Netflix's 'Good Times': An explicit revival which feels calculated to offend

7:01am April 13, 2024

by Eric Deggans

The new animated TV show is packed with the kind of stereotypical characters and imagery that seem sure to anger fans of the original, groundbreaking series.

Simone Elliot holds a childhood photo of she and her sister with their mother.

Sisters make peace with dark memories through art, science and each other

7:00am April 13, 2024

by Gabriel Spitzer

Two sisters found they had different recollections of a traumatic childhood experience and learned that human memory is a lot less reliable than we tend to think.

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Dystopian film 'Civil War' follows journalists covering a second American civil war

6:13pm April 12, 2024

by Bob Mondello

Alex Garland's dystopian thriller Civil War depicts a current-day, less-than-united states of America in which journalists are scrambling to get to the White House before rebel factions do.

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Call this hotline to listen to a new poem each day for National Poetry Month

5:43pm April 12, 2024

by Deena Prichep

For National Poetry Month, Oregon's poet laureate is bringing "the electric illumination of our collective human experience" directly to the public with a daily poetry hotline.

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Ethiopian singer Muluken Melesse dies at 73

5:26pm April 12, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

One of the most popular Ethiopian vocalists of the late 20th century, he rose to fame at a time of great political unrest in Ethiopia.

Kristen Wiig in Palm Royale on Apple TV+.

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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and reading

5:01pm April 12, 2024

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: Riddle of Fire, The People's Joker, Palm Royale and Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards.

This Feb. 1978 photo shows Robert MacNeil, executive editor of "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report."

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Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour,' dies at 93

4:26pm April 12, 2024

by The Associated Press

MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast "The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour" in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday

Host Conan O'Brien speaking onstage during the 5th Annual NFL Honors in San Francisco, Calif.

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Is Conan O'Brien the best 'Hot Ones' guest ever? Discuss.

3:28pm April 12, 2024

by Glen Weldon

Fans of Hot Ones refer to those celebrities who make it through the sauces without complaint as Spice Lords. This week, Conan O'Brien became a Spice Legend.

From left: Shohei Ohtani, Te-Hina Paopao, former U.S. President Donald J. Trump

Would you qualify for the jury on a Trump trial? Find out in the quiz

3:03pm April 12, 2024

by Holly J. Morris

Why is a famous elementary particle in the news? Where is Chechnya and what did it ban? Which prince is Andrew again? If you know these things, you'll get at least a 3 out of 11.

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A look back at how Godzilla and King Kong first roared onto screen

1:23pm April 12, 2024

by Terry Gross

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is out. We listen back to archival interviews with film historian Rudy Behlmer about the original 1933 King Kong and with Steve Ryfle about the original 1954 Godzilla.

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