Linda Holmes
Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour. She began her professional life as an attorney. In time, however, her affection for writing, popular culture, and the online universe eclipsed her legal ambitions. She shoved her law degree in the back of the closet, gave its living room space to DVD sets of The Wire, and never looked back.
Holmes was a writer and editor at Television Without Pity, where she recapped several hundred hours of programming — including both High School Musical movies, for which she did not receive hazard pay. Her first novel, Evvie Drake Starts Over, was published in the summer of 2019.
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Between questionable casting choices, a thin storyline, and a glowing portrayal of one of the show's own producers, The Offer isn't worth 10 hours.
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While the experimental series has a star-studded cast — including Issa Rae and Nicole Kidman — its directors meld the fantastical with the real.
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Confronted with the mess she's made at her startup Theranos, Holmes simply runs at the end of the Hulu show.
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Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: plenty of games and Sailor Moon.
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There's something perfect about the fact that almost two years after a meme, Netflix made it into a game show.
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It's always a bad sign when the academy has to say it doesn't condone violence.
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Russia's growing isolation in the cultural world is poignant for those who remember optimistic outreach of the 80s and 90s.
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The executive producer of HBO's new series Winning Time is known for his fourth-wall breaking, look-at-the-camera-and-explain style. That approach comes up in Super Pumped, a show he didn't make.
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Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: new music from Drug Church, learning to knit and Judy Greer.
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The Dropout is about Elizabeth Holmes, the Theranos founder recently convicted of misleading her investors. But at its best, it's about everyone who let it happen.