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Comic Hannah Einbinder on 'Hacks,' cheerleading and laughs as a love language

5:45pm June 17, 2024

by Terry Gross

Einbinder says her experience on the competitive cheer team in middle school taught her extreme discipline and focus — which she then put toward comedy. Her new Max special is Everything Must Go.

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'Pop Culture Happy Hour': What we're watching this summer

7:30am June 17, 2024

Two members of the Pop Culture Happy Hour team talk to NPR's Steve Inskeep about what they're excited to see on the big and small screens this summer.

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'House of the Dragon' season premiere: I told you the rats would be a whole thing

10:01pm June 16, 2024

by Glen Weldon

In the season premiere of House of the Dragon, Aegon II and Aemond are eager for war, and HBO's sound crew takes a big swing.

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Review: House of the Dragon season 2 returns to Westeros

9:30pm June 14, 2024

by Eric Deggans

HBO's Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon returns for its second season Sunday. NPR's Eric Deggans says it's a poignant story, if you can sort through all the names and backstory to keep up.

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Think you know how it ends? David Kelley's 'Presumed Innocent' will keep you guessing

5:00pm June 13, 2024

by David Bianculli

The twists are plentiful in this eight-part Apple TV+ remake of Scott Turow's 1987 bestseller, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a prosecutor accused of murdering a colleague.

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The biggest rivals in hot dog-eating are headed for a rematch 15 years in the making

3:26pm June 13, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Rivals Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi will reunite in September for their first hot dog-eating competition in 15 years. Here's why the competitors and their fans are so hungry for a rematch.

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In 'Brats,' '80s stars grapple with a label that defined their early careers

10:30am June 13, 2024

by Eric Deggans

A new Hulu documentary looks back on the impact that one 1985 New York Magazine article had on the group of young actors it called the "Brat Pack."

Jake Gyllenhaal in the Apple TV+ show Presumed Innocent.

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Jake Gyllenhaal's 'Presumed Innocent' updates a legal thriller

3:00am June 13, 2024

Presumed 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 prosecutor who is accused of the murder of the colleague he'd had an affair with. David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies, The Practice, Ally McBeal) created the show.

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Sports

'Always Sunny' creator Rob McElhenney on his pandemic purchase: a Welsh soccer team

9:34pm June 12, 2024

by Sam Briger

McElhenney says he bought the team to “bring hope to a town that had fallen on hard times." The FX series Welcome to Wrexham chronicles the team and its owners and fans.

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‘House of the Dragon’ is back Sunday. Here’s who to know and what to watch for

6:00pm June 11, 2024

by Glen Weldon

A new season of the Game of Thrones prequel series returns Sunday night on HBO.