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Steven Yeun plays Ben in the 2018 South Korean psychological thriller Burning. Well Go USA hide caption

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On Monday's After the Final Rose special, bachelor Matt James revealed why he broke things off with Rachael Kirkconnell after photos of her at an antebellum South-themed party surfaced on social media. Craig Sjodin/ABC hide caption

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Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion accept the best rap performance award for "Savage" during Sunday's Grammy Awards. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption

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Our 2021 Grammys Recap

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Tayshia Adams appears at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles on Nov. 22, 2020. She will co-host The Bachelorette with Kaitlyn Bristowe, Warner Horizon and ABC Entertainment announced. Chris Pizzello/Invision hide caption

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It's been one year since the spread of COVID-19 was classified as a pandemic. Solskin/Getty Images hide caption

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Our Pandemic Year

We take stock of a year that challenged us emotionally, culturally and politically. Sam talks to Hira Deol, a former contestant on Big Brother Canada, about what it was like to learn about the pandemic while sequestered away from the outside world. Plus, Sam chats with culture writer Anne Helen Petersen about the gradual return to our "normal" lives — and just how messy it's going to be.

Our Pandemic Year

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James Nesbitt plays an Irish police detective whose investigation into an apparent suicide opens up historical wounds in Bloodlands (streaming on Acorn TV beginning March 15). Steffan Hill/HTM Television hide caption

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'Bloodlands' Police Thriller Doesn't Trivialize Northern Ireland's Troubles

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Michelle Visage, RuPaul and Ross Mathews in Season 9, Episode 6 of RuPaul's Drag Race. Logo hide caption

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Laraine Newman was a founding member of the improv group The Groundlings and an original Saturday Night Live cast member. She's now voiced dozens of animated characters. She's pictured above in Los Angeles in June 2015. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP hide caption

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From SNL To SpongeBob, Laraine Newman Chronicles 'Interesting Times'

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Leigh Keno (right) appraises two chairs with a guest on Antiques Roadshow. Jeff Dunn/WGBH/PBS hide caption

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Antonia Gentry and Brianne Howey star in Ginny & Georgia. Courtesy of Netflix hide caption

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A British newspaper flutters in the wind outside Buckingham Palace in London the day after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's interview with Oprah Winfrey. Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images hide caption

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Delroy Lindo plays attorney Adrian Boseman in CBS' The Good Fight. Courtesy of CBS hide caption

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Omar Sy plays Assane Diop in Netflix's new French series Lupin. Emmanuel Guimier/Netflix hide caption

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: L'Amour For 'Lupin'

Sam joins the Pop Culture Happy Hour team to talk about the French Netflix series Lupin with culture writer Bedatri D. Choudhury and co-hosts Aisha Harris and Glen Weldon. They discuss the twisty caper's exciting (if implausible) plot, dissect its take on race and class, and gush over Omar Sy's performance.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: L'Amour For 'Lupin'

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Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in the Disney Plus series WandaVision. Marvel Studios/Disney hide caption

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Regina King poses with her Oscar for her performance in If Beale Street Could Talk. Andrew H. Walker/BEI/Shutterstock hide caption

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Davíd Versus Goliath

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HBO's McMillions is a six-part series about an ex-cop who stole millions of dollars from the McDonald's Monopoly game. HBO hide caption

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