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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing
CultureEach week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: <em>The Last of Us, The Looney Tunes Show</em> and <em>Ice Merchants.</em>

'Shrinking' gets great work from a great cast
CultureThe new comedy series <em>Shrinking </em>shares some DNA with <em>Ted Lasso</em>. But it's a smaller-scale piece with one of the strongest across-the-board casts that's been assembled in recent memory.

The Jonas Brothers receive Walk of Fame star and announce new album's release date
CultureThe pop group, composed of brothers Joe, Kevin and Nick Jonas, formed in 2005. Their next album, titled <em>The Album</em>, will be released May 5.

A Maine community comes together to save a candlepin bowling tradition
CultureNot well-known in many parts of the United States, candlepin bowling is mostly found in New England and nearby parts of Canada. The aging alleys are held together with "duct tape and bubble gum."

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing
CultureEach week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Gabrielle Zevin's <em>Tomorrow</em>, <em>and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris</em>, and more.

Do you need to talk to your kids about traumatic events? Sesame Street has some tips
CultureA program from the makers of Sesame Street is helping kids deal with traumatic incidents.

As Ryuichi Sakamoto returns with '12,' fellow artists recall his impact
CultureThe composer has been lauded for decades over his deeply affective music; director Alejandro González Iñárritu, composer Hildur Guðnadóttir and more join us to explain why.

Jimmy Kimmel celebrates 20 years as a (reluctant) late night TV institution
CultureKimmel says he thought he was going to stop; then he didn't.

'Extraordinary' is a super-powered comedy that's broad, brash and bingeable
CultureIn Hulu's sardonically silly comedy, everyone in the human race acquires different powers except for one young woman. And she's not happy about it.

Panic! at the Disco is ending after nearly two decades
CultureBrendon Urie, the band's frontman and last remaining original member, made the announcement on Instagram. He said with he and his wife expecting their first child, he wants to focus on his family.

5 takeaways from the Oscar nominations
CultureWar movies are big, first-time acting nominees had a great morning, and inclusion at the Oscars is still an uphill battle. All this, plus the big showing for the unconventional nominations leader.

San Francisco Chinatown seniors welcome in the Lunar New Year with rap
CultureThe Grant Avenue Follies are steeped in tap dance and the songs of the 1950s and '60s. But they are no strangers to hip-hop, as the track "That Lunar Cheer" shows.
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The miracle and mystery of awe: Why it’s good for mind and body
PhilosophyPsychologist and author Dacher Keltner shares the science and mysteries surrounding awe, and suggests we make finding awe part of our daily lives.
‘Pamela, A Love Story’ is a moving, important film to have out there, says critic
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James Gunn, Peter Safran present a new DCU plan. Will they deliver?
EntertainmentCo-chairs of DC Studios at Warner Bros. Discovery James Gunn and Peter Safran have unveiled a new plan. Will they deliver?