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This week, another long and strange season of the prices ended with a perfectly pleasant note, a certain reality TV show “Find the Bad Guy” ended with an extremely satisfactory note, and the perpetual state of the anxiety of Tely Monster was cruelly justified.

Here is what NPR HAPPY HOUR OF POP CULTURE The crew was careful – and what you should check this weekend.

Behind the seams: my life in rhinestones by Dolly Parton

The Memoirs of Dolly Parton in 2023 are Behind the seams: my life in rhinestones. Our beloved Dolly unfortunately lost her husband this week after 60 years. And I took this as a chance to reread this book while listening to it, and I strongly recommend that people consume this book. It gave me this book on the band experience that I had as a small child, passing through image books while listening to history. This particular book works so well this way because the book is so visual. There are hundreds of costumes and she tells the story of several of them. She speaks with her stylists, designers and her costume archivist. Conversations are so delicious when you hear them looking at the images – sometimes you can hear Dolly Riger. – Kristen Meinzer

Director, Season 1

Director, Streaming on Amazon Primeis a show with Alan Ritchson, a human iceberg that crashes through the bad guys and doing things that are just ridiculous for people of its size, like whims on windows. It is this rectangular justice machine, in a way the human sponge sponge if the sponge kicks were made of solid grapple muscles. – Jeff Yang

‘Bittersweet’ by semma

Mariah Carey was mainly occupied by promoting Her Christmas Song It’s over 30 years now. And it does not make as much new music as I wish. To fill the void, I recently discovered a new artist named Semma. It is a singer-songwriter based in London who gives so many vibrations of Mariah Carey but who makes her turn his own. Son EP 2019 Ribbons and archesis really worth checking. He presents a very great song entitled “Soft-man. “She certainly played there in 2024. She released two songs entitled”Honeycomb” And “Dirty. “There is a lot of great sound heat and kindness here. I just think that it is so fun. – Aisha Harris

Dredge

The dredge is an independent game Available on several platforms. You are a fisherman in an archipelago. You go out on your fishing trawler during the day to fish, bring them back to the port, sell them, upgrade your equipment, then straighten so that you can go further. I know what you think. “Glen, do you seriously recommend a fishing simulator?” I am. However, it is clear from the jump that something is happening because the frightening city dwellers continue to warn you to return to the platform before the fog rolls at night. And if you are still there at night, when night arrives very quickly, you start to see things in the fog. You are disoriented, you start to panic if you choose to risk it and stay with fishing at night. What you shoot is strange and sinister. It’s frightening and fun. It’s for anyone ever read The perfect storm And I thought, you know, that’s good, but it really needs a more unnameable horror. – Glen Weldon

More recommendations from the Happy Hour newsletter of pop culture

By Glen Weldon

Actor Don Johnson was interviewed on Marc Maron Wtf Podcast this week. I did not know that the guy had essentially been making his way through the history of pop culture – spending time with Jerry Garcia in 1968 San Francisco! Having Jimi Hendrix wipe the cocaine of his nose! Chilant at the factory with Andy Warhol et al.! Get closer to your unique neighbor, Hunter S. Thompson! (He tells stories about Thompson who paint the guy as a sweetheart, which: okay! Contrad my impression of the guy, but I take your word!) Given all this celebration, it is logical that he is Buddhist now, I suppose? The episode is worth listening just to hear Thompson’s game trying to make Marc Maron, of everyone, relaxes and let go.

The six episodes of the Dimension 20 show Dungeons and drag queensSeason 2 is now available on the dropout streaming service. The queens of season 1 are back – Monet X changes, Alaska, Jujubee and Bob the Drag Queen – and once again, they are guided in a quest by the master of the Brennan Little Mulligan Dungeon. It’s hilarious and fun, of course. But the queens have changed – they have settled in their characters now and know more the mechanics of the game. It is surprisingly comforting to see them become better, more confident. They have always taken impulsive risks, have made large swings – but this season, they have a clearer meaning of the issues. So now, these large swings seem less impulsive, more considered – but they are just as wild, just as chaotic, and therefore even more exciting.

There is a Monopoly Film to come! Did your blood make a cold? Did a form of dreaded wet, a large earth, simply settled above you? No yeah, I understand, but listen: they hired John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein to write it. These are the guys who led Game party and directed and co-written Dungeons & Dragons: Honor among thieves. You loved these films! And you haven’t seen them for a while! So go, look Game party And Dungeons & Dragons: Honor among thieves Again!

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