Pop Culture Headlines

Flavor Flav is among women's hockey team fans outraged by presidential snub
Tue Feb 24 3:42 pm
The rapper, who also serves as the official "hype man" for multiple U.S. Olympic teams, invited the female hockey players to Las Vegas for a "real celebration."
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Reporters' notebook: The Olympics closing ceremony is way more fun than you'd think
Sun Feb 22 7:52 pm
Olympics opening ceremonies tend to get more love than their closing counterparts. But a pair of NPR reporters who watched both in Italy left with a newfound appreciation for the latter.
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Pin trading has taken over the Olympics. Here's what it's like in Milan
Sat Feb 21 1:15 pm
Pin trading has become a hallmark of the Olympics in recent decades — and not just for athletes. An official trading center in Milan was a hotspot for longtime collectors and curious newcomers alike.
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In Berlin, there are movies, there's politics and there's talk about it all
Fri Feb 20 5:01 pm
Buzz around whether the city's film festival would take a stance on the war in Gaza has dominated conversation in recent days.
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Hollywood's on a roll. Here are 7 movies we're looking forward to this spring
Tue Feb 17 4:28 pm
Baby Yoda's big-screen debut, Ryan Gosling in space, The Devil Wears Prada 2, and a Peaky Blinders movie are all coming out before Memorial Day.
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What makes a good book-to-film adaptation? We have thoughts (and favorites)
Sat Feb 14 7:00 am
Little Women (2019), Blade Runner (1982) and more favorites from NPR staff.
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Kitty cats and cloud hands — how U.S. Olympic snowboarders keep calm in competition
Fri Feb 13 11:43 am
U.S. snowboarders psych themselves up before competition with heavy metal and pop music, cat photos, and apparently many on the men's halfpipe team now do Qigong.
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'Dawson's Creek' star James Van Der Beek has died at 48
Wed Feb 11 3:19 pm
Van Der Beek played Dawson Leery on the hit show Dawson's Creek. He announced his colon cancer diagnosis in 2024.
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Ilia Malinin's Olympic backflip made history. But he's not the first to do it
Mon Feb 09 11:20 am
U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move was banned from competition for decades until 2024.
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In this Icelandic drama, a couple quietly drifts apart
Sat Feb 07 9:00 am
Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason weaves scenes of quiet domestic life against the backdrop of an arresting landscape in his newest film.
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