Pop Culture Happy Hour
Get obsessed with us. Five 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 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.
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Wicked And What's Making Us Happy
Gladiator II
A Real Pain
The Best Movie Musical Numbers
Red One And What's Making Us Happy
Say Nothing
Emilia Pérez
Can't Sleep? Catch Some ZZZs With These Songs
Heretic And What's Making Us Happy
Tom Hanks Explains How To Deal With Attention
YouTube Rabbit Holes That Are Great Distractions
The Penguin
Tom Hanks' Movie Here And What's Making Us Happy
The Diplomat
Conclave
Agatha All Along
Venom: The Last Dance And What's Making Us Happy
Woman Of The Hour
We Watch Classic Movies For The First Time
Anora
Smile 2 And What's Making Us Happy
We Live In Time
The Pop Culture That Scared Us As Kids
Disclaimer
Saturday Night And What's Making Us Happy
Pop Culture Pumpkin Spice Lattes: Basic But We Love It
SNL, Late Night, And The Election
A Different Man
Joker: Folie à Deux And What's Making Us Happy
The Wild Robot
Nobody Wants This
Industry
Megalopolis And What's Making Us Happy
His Three Daughters
Colin From Accounts
The Substance
Transformers One And What's Making Us Happy
My Old Ass
Fall Guide
2024 Emmys Recap
Speak No Evil And What's Making Us Happy
Rebel Ridge
The Front Room
The Perfect Couple
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice And What's Making Us Happy
Songs To Boost Your Confidence
Kaos
Reality TV, Romance, And Race
Afraid And What's Making Us Happy
The Crow
Sabrina Carpenter's Album Short N' Sweet
When Celebrities Portray Themselves
Blink Twice And What's Making Us Happy
The Reality TV Shows We'd Actually Win
Bad Monkey
Physical Media We Still Treasure
Alien: Romulus And What's Making Us Happy
Didi
$#@*! Profanity In Pop Culture
Hunter Schafer's Movie Cuckoo
It Ends With Us and what's making us happy
Three great fiction audiobooks
Here's why we love the Olympics
Colman Domingo's Sing Sing is a rare empathetic prison drama
Trap and what's making us happy
House Of The Dragon season 2 makes it Rhaen(yra)
Time Bandits maps contemporary vibes over a cult classic
We're talking songs of the (Brat) summer
Deadpool & Wolverine and what's making us happy
In The Decameron, the Black Death makes for black comedy
Three great karaoke songs
Sunny is a robot buddy comedy about loss
Twisters and what's making us happy
We unpack the 2024 Emmy nominations
Exploding Kittens is a simple card game turned wild cartoon
Longlegs is a (satanic) panic
Fly Me to the Moon and what's making us happy
Three great sports documentaries
Despicable Me 4 serves up 90 minutes of bankable mayhem
How we entertain and amuse ourselves on a road trip
MaXXXine and what's making us happy
Bowen Yang thinks being present is overrated
Megan Thee Stallion sheds her skin on Megan
Yes, chef: The Bear has a lot going on in its third season
In A Quiet Place: Day One, Lupita Nyong'o makes silence golden
Kinds of Kindness and what's making us happy
Lily Gladstone's Fancy Dance is a road trip worth taking
Will they or won't they? Unpacking TV's eternal question
Is Star Wars' The Acolyte a force to be reckoned with?
Thelma And What's Making Us Happy
HBO's Fantasmas is new and different and uniquely itself
Bridgerton closes out a crowded third season
It's getting hot. So what's sweatiest movie ever made?
Inside Out 2 And What's Making Us Happy
Jake Gyllenhaal's Presumed Innocent updates a legal thriller
Our favorite graduation moments in pop culture
Am I OK? is a coming-out movie for adults
Hit Man And What's Making Us Happy
Doctor Who is enlivened by its new Black, openly queer star
Clipped recreates an embarrassing NBA scandal
Looking back at The Sopranos, the godfather of prestige TV
Best Fictional Bands And What's Making Us Happy
We Are Lady Parts rocks with bracing honesty and nuance
Terrible but bingeable TV shows
Why Chris Pine gave up on being perfect
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga And What's Making Us Happy
Does The Sympathizer worthily adapt its acclaimed book?
Does IF capture the magic of its Pixar inspiration?
The sexy sex is back in Bridgerton's new season
Back To Black And What's Making Us Happy
Babes gives us a funny (and gross) portrait of parenthood
Looking to the past and future of Black Twitter
I Saw the TV Glow is weird and transfixing
Sink your teeth into Interview with the Vampire
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes And What's Making Us Happy
The Drake-Kendrick Lamar Beef
Dua Lipa's Radical Optimism
Unfrosted
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
The Fall Guy And What's Making Us Happy
The Idea Of You
Baby Reindeer
Summer Guide
Dead Boy Detectives
Challengers And What's Making Us Happy
What Makes A Good Sex Scene?
Mary & George
Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department
Fallout And What's Making Us Happy
Hot Ones And Conan O'Brien
X-Men '97
Books We Love: Love And Romance
Civil War And What's Making Us Happy
Girls State
Shōgun
A Guide To Stephen King
Monkey Man And What's Making Us Happy
Ripley
Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter
The Movies Of 1999
Godzilla x Kong, Godzilla Minus One And What's Making Us Happy
3 Body Problem
Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Road House And What's Making Us Happy
Immaculate
Romantic Comedy Guide: Irish Wish, Anyone But You, Upgraded
Problemista
Love Lies Bleeding And What's Making Us Happy
Girls5eva
Kung Fu Panda 4
Love Is Blind
Our 2024 Oscars Recap
2024 Oscars Preview And What's Making Us Happy
2024 Oscars Guide: Documentary Feature
Couple To Throuple
2024 Oscars Guide: International Feature
2024 Oscars Guide: Original Song
Dune: Part Two And What's Making Us Happy
Wendy Williams
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Oppenheimer
Drive-Away Dolls And What's Making Us Happy
Jennifer Lopez's This Is Me... Now
Madame Web
True Detective: Night Country
Feud And What's Making Us Happy
Platonic Love In Pop Culture
Abbott Elementary
2024 Super Bowl, Plus Beyoncé's New Singles
Lisa Frankenstein And What's Making Us Happy
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Expats
2024 Grammys Recap
Argylle And What's Making Us Happy
The Pop Culture Hill I'll Die On
Marvel's Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur
2024 Sundance: Best Movies
Vanderpump Rules
Jacqueline Novak's Get On Your Knees And What's Making Us Happy
Barbie
2024 Oscar Nominations
The Zone Of Interest
Origin And What's Making Us Happy
Echo
Bluey
Our Emmys Recap
Lift
Mean Girls And What's Making Us Happy
Baldur's Gate 3
Night Swim
All Of Us Strangers
The Brothers Sun And What's Making Us Happy
Books We Love: No Biz Like Showbiz
Percy Jackson And The Olympians
How To Get The Most Out Of Your Library
2024 Pop Culture Resolutions
2024 Pop Culture Predictions
Great 2023 Movies You May Have Missed
Ferrari
The Iron Claw
All Songs Considered Holiday Extravaganza
The Color Purple And What's Making Us Happy
American Fiction
Maestro
Songs To Help You Study
Screening Ourselves: The Color Purple
Wonka And What's Making Us Happy
The Boy And The Heron
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour
2023 Pop Culture Favorites
Diddy, Hip-Hop, and #MeToo
Poor Things And What's Making Us Happy
Leave The World Behind
Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé
Best Christmas Gift I Ever Received
Colin From Accounts
May December And What's Making Us Happy
Songs For When Your Flight Is Delayed
2023 Books We Love: Staff Picks
Die Hard
Wish
Peso Pluma And The Rise Of Regional Mexican Music
Rethinking Killers Of The Flower Moon
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Napoleon And What's Making Us Happy
Saltburn
The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes And What's Making Us Happy
Next Goal Wins
The Killer
Fellow Travelers
The Marvels And What's Making Us Happy
Dream Scenario
Quiz Lady
Rap Sh!t
Priscilla And What's Making Us Happy
The Golden Bachelor
Five Nights At Freddy's
Britney Spears' Memoir The Woman in Me
The Holdovers
Naked Attraction And What's Making Us Happy
The Gilded Age
Bodies
Frasier
Killers Of The Flower Moon And What's Making Us Happy
Bad Bunny's Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana
Anatomy Of A Fall
Three Great Movies Over Three Hours
Fair Play And What's Making Us Happy
The Fall Of The House Of Usher
Dicks: The Musical
The Scariest Movie I've Ever Seen
The Exorcist: Believer And What's Making Us Happy
The Changeling
Our Flag Means Death
Star Wars: Ahsoka
The Creator And What's Making Us Happy
Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense
Cassandro
Dumb Money
Sex Education And What's Making Us Happy
Starfield
Three Great 90s Thrillers
The Other Black Girl
Fall Guide And What's Making Us Happy
Olivia Rodrigo's GUTS
Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour
Jimmy Fallon And Strike Force Five
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 And What's Making Us Happy
Are We Witnessing The Death Of Movie Stars?
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour
TV Guest Stars
Suits And What's Making Us Happy
NewJeans
Two Great Scammer Documentaries
Archer
Bottoms And What's Making Us Happy
Blue Beetle
Books We Love: Book Club Ideas
Strays
The Afterparty And What's Making Us Happy
The World Cup
Harley Quinn
The Hip-Hop Verse That Changed My Life
Red, White And Royal Blue And What's Making Us Happy
Shortcomings
Kokomo City
Heartstopper
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles And What's Making Us Happy
Hijack
This Fool
Good Omens
Haunted Mansion And What's Making Us Happy
They Cloned Tyrone
Barbie: Spoiler Episode
Oppenheimer
Barbie And What's Making Us Happy
A Barbie v. Oppenheimer Game
Survival of the Thickest