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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Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: Sophie Truax's puppets and songs, Tyler Joseph Ellis' videos, and the new Tiny Desk Contest winner. -
The Netflix show's third season takes on the "friends to lovers" romance trope. -
The Netflix movie Unfrosted tells a made-up version of Pop-Tarts' origin story. It hasn't been received favorably, including by NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour hosts.
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Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: Vanderpump Rules recaps, the book The Worst Ronin, and a duet by Pavarotti and Celine Dion. -
The newest iPad ad depicts instruments, books and art supplies flattened into Apple's thinnest product ever. But anyone who owns and loves art in any form knows: The practicality isn't the point. -
Ava (Hannah Einbinder) and Deborah (Jean Smart) have both grown a lot since we first met them in Season 1. It's a reminder that shows need breathing room to achieve satisfying development. -
Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Nice Guys, Vanessa Williams' song "Legs," Arooj Aftab's album Night Reign, and the game Planet Zoo. -
Good sex scenes are like any other kind of good filmmaking: It comes down to execution with purpose and care, done relative to whatever the function of the scene might be. -
Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: the show Baby Reindeer, Chappell Roan's Tiny Desk concert, a podcast about MTV, and retro gaming. -
Nearly a decade ago, HBO's The Jinx helped kick off the true-crime boom, and played a role in the arrest of suspected murder Robert Durst. Now, its follow-up series is grasping for revelations.
