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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: BTS, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, and more.
Daryl McCormack and Emma Thompson in <em>Good Luck To You, Leo Grande. </em>

This week, Jennifer Hudson reached EGOT status, a group of leading Hollywood storytellers pledged to portray guns more responsibly, and boy band BTS announced they're going on a (temporary) hiatus.

Here's what the NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to — and what you should check out this weekend.

Fortnite

During the pandemic, I revisited my love for video games. I like playing online with other people, though – I get scared when playing alone and a character goes inside a house. So I came back to this called . I got interested because my nephew plays

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