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April 4, 2025 - Week in Review: Adolescence, the Beatles biopics, and Val Kilmer

Culture Show co-hosts Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B. Herwick III go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review.

First up, the fate of TikTok, which is nearing its Saturday deadline to find a new buyer under federal law or it’ll have to go dark as a result of a ban in the United States.

Then it’s the Netflix series “Adolescence,” which has provoked a conversation about toxic masculinity and teenagers in crisis.

From there it’s a look at Sam Mendes, who has announced the cast of his Beatles biopic.

Plus more White House DOGE cuts are putting a chokehold on arts…

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