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Kumail Nanjiani, pictured here in 2019, is a longtime friend of Pop Culture Happy Hour. He recently joined the panel for a virtual 10th birthday party. Jesse Grant/Getty Images for THR hide caption

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A woman named Un A leads viewers on a tour of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, in a recent YouTube video. "Every building in Pyongyang is going through general cleaning to shake off winter dust," she says in English. Echo of Truth/YouTube hide caption

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North Korea Makes A Push To Reach Foreign Audiences On YouTube And Twitter

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Regina King (pictured right) recently received an Emmy nomination for her lead role in the limited series Watchmen. Mark Hill/HBO hide caption

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Top to bottom: must-watch TV shows that people are binge-watching around the world: The Bad Kids in China, Pasión de Gavilanes in Colombia, and Tehran in Israel. Youtube/ Screenshots by NPR hide caption

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Tim Minchin plays Lucky in the new series Upright. Mark Rogers/Sundance Now hide caption

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Tim Minchin Hauls A Piano Across Australia In 'Upright'

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Ensigns Tendi (voiced by Noel Wells), Mariner (voiced by Tawny Newsome) and Boimler (voiced by Jack Quaid) do Starfleet's grunt work on Star Trek: Lower Decks. CBS All Access hide caption

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A quarantine seance performed over Zoom goes awry in the new horror movie 'Host,' streaming now on Shudder. Shudder hide caption

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New 'Quar-Horror' Films Show Staying At Home Is Scary Too

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Taylor Swift's eighth album, Folklore, was surprise-released Friday. The record features production by The National's Aaron Dessner and a new set of songwriting tools. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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'The Last Of Us Part II' Presents An Accessible Apocalypse

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