Linda Holmes
Stories
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The year in review: 50 wonderful things from 2023
Pop culture critic Linda Holmes has been making this annual list since 2010. Big, small, inspirational, silly — what these items have in common is that they are all wonderful and brought her joy.
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'The Challenge' is understanding why this 'Squid Game' game show was green-lit
Squid Game: The Challenge is a reality game show based on the sensational South Korean drama series. But this gruesome, creatively misbegotten concept should never have made it past the first meeting.
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National
A match made in fandom: Travis, Taylor and the weirdness of celebrity relationships
Did you know that Big Brother has resulted in more lasting marriages than The Bachelor? The course of true love never did run smooth ... and all the more so for famous people.
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Maybe think twice before making an innocent stranger go viral?
Other people just going about their lives in public are not fodder for your social media. Let's think a little harder about the etiquette of putting pictures and videos of strangers up online.
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Puzzlers gather 'round the digital water cooler to talk daily games
With smaller, fragmented audiences, water-cooler TV moments now are few and far between. But you can scratch that itch on social media, posting about your daily puzzle habit.
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If you think a writers' strike will be bad for viewers, status quo may be even worse
The Writers Guild of America is on strike — that's the writers of the TV and films you watch. That will disrupt your viewing schedule, but in the long run, there could be benefits.
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It's time for a halftime huddle: 'Ted Lasso' Season 3 should refocus on relationships
The first half of Season 3 hasn't been nearly as rich as earlier seasons. But as Coach Ted might put it: There's still a lot of game left to play.
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Hollywood has a new star — a bear that gets into a lost cocaine stash
Cocaine Bear came in second place and drew $23 million at the box office in its first weekend. The movie is based on a true story.
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What 'Succession' and 'Cocaine Bear' have in common (other than cocaine)
There's an art to knowing when a story is over. The creators of the film Cocaine Bear (just 95 minutes long) and the show Succession (which will end after the upcoming fourth season) understand this.
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National
Has the screenlife format of the new thriller 'Missing' gone stale by now?
The new movie Missing is the latest iteration of a format called "screenlife," in which the plot develops solely through devices and screens.