Television

Kento Yamazaki as Ryohei Arisu and Tao Tsuchiya as Yuzuha Usagi in Alice in Borderland.

Arts

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing

5:01pm January 13, 2023

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Alice in Borderland Season 2, and the films Aftersun, After Yang and Jeanne Dielman.

"I like the rug. It brings the room together." Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Tess (Anna Torv) in HBO's The Last of Us.

Arts

At the end of humanity, 'The Last of Us' locates what makes us human

10:33am January 12, 2023

by Glen Weldon

Like the video game it's based on, the HBO series about a mutated fungi that destroys civilization spotlights the connections between its compelling characters, not the monsters they face.

Ke Huy Quan poses with the Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture award for Everything Everywhere All at Once during the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on Jan. 10, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Arts

The Golden Globes had a lot to prove — and still have a long way to go

5:23pm January 11, 2023

by Eric Deggans

After years of scandal, these awards were about survival not simply ceremony. But the so-called "party of the year" was stunted by a hodgepodge of honors and a host whose caustic comedy didn't fit.

Lizzy Caplan and Jesse Eisenberg are friends navigating middle age in Fleishman is in Trouble.

Books
Arts

Middle age 'is a force you cannot fight,' warns 'Fleishman Is in Trouble' author

1:26pm January 11, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Taffy Brodesser-Akner says the start of middle age hit her "like a truck." As her friends got divorced and began dating again, she was inspired to write a novel — which she's adapted for the screen.

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After 2 years of controversy, the Golden Globe Awards were back on TV

10:47am January 11, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

The 80-year-old Hollywood Foreign Press Association handed out its awards with a lavish party emceed by comedian Jerrod Carmichael. Many studios, networks and stars boycotted 2022's ceremony.

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