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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: "Unholy" by Sam Smith and Kim Petras, Skinamarink and more.
Still from Kyle Edward Ball's <em>Skinamarink</em>

This week, we snuck a peek at Sundance Film Festival, watched another "screenlife" horror movie, and got behind our favorite pop culture icons.

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

"Unholy" by Sam Smith and Kim Petras

This is a song that I should have been championing three months ago, given that that's when it topped the Billboard charts. I was very slow to pick up on it, in part because it is by an artist who has always bored me: Sam Smith. Sam Smith came up with a series of very boring songs, had a huge hit with

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