679: Best TV Shows List, Tom Cruise Flops and Anne Hathaway Dominates
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In this episode, we recap this week's pop culture news. Join us as we weigh in on the New York Times’ 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century list and lovingly, or aggressively, side-eye its most overrated picks and biggest snubs. Plus, we celebrate the predictable box-office flop of Tom Cruise’s new movie Digger, and discuss whether Anne Hathaway’s recent film run has officially earned her Hollywood’s Championship Belt.
Relevant links: Our full show notes are at knoxandjamie.com/679 Want to know which pop culture ghost you are? Head to knoxandjamie.com/GhostQuiz (disclaimer: Not Suitable For Jamie’s Mom OR Kids) Get it on patreon.com/popcast: Livestream of Knox’s Award | Hear our thoughts on how to fix Taylor Swift’s Career on last week’s TMYK What’s the Word: The 100 Best TV Shows of The 21st Century (via NYT) | Follow us @thepopcast where we’ll be sharing our Top 21 Shows of the 21st Century on our Friday #popcastSMK post Rewind: The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century (via NYT) | 21 Best Books at knoxandjamie.com/21bestbooks featured on Ep 564 Box Office Report: Digger | Verity Coming Soon: Other Mommy | The Social Reckoning (see also: Aaron Sorkin’s red carpet look) | Matchbox The Movie | Animals | Disclosure Day | Fjord Championship Belt contender: Anne Hathaway | IMDb Fact Check: Which mockumentary came first: Waiting for Guffman/Best in Show/The Office UK | Where is Leelee Sobieski? Drive-bys: Anita Baker vs Anita Hill | Verity by Colleen Hoover | Josh Hartnett IMDb | Last Seen on SMK | Anne Hathaway Disappears Red Light Mentions: Jonathan Bailey Narrating Dracula | T-swift’s New Nepo Baby BFF | Gipsy Rose Blanchard’s fiance mysteriously died | Cease & Desist for Chris Harrison | Pete Davidson Variety story (see also: Bitcoin) | RIP to the Greatest Principal of all Time: Dennis Haskins
Green Lights: Jamie: movie - Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma | movie - The Love Hypothesis Knox: show - The Gentlemen S2 | bonus: Mike Tomlin’s Minecraft World
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