Since nothing has really been going on lately, we figured we'd do an hour about the week in pop culture, as usual.

The Nose is sad connery-dead.html">to see Sean Connery go. But it's glad to see John Mulaney on SNL again.

And: The Queen's Gambit is Netflix's new limited series adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel of the same name.

Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:

• Billy Joe Shaver, Seminal Outlaw-Country Songwriter, Dead at 81Best known as the songwriter of Waylon Jennings' 1973 album 'Honky Tonk Heroes,' the colorful Texas raconteur had his songs recorded by Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley
• The Crock-Pot Facebook group drama, explainedThe admin of the group said she goes into "full mama bear mode" when members are treated unkindly.
• 50 Best Movie Posters of the 2010s
• Tyra Banks Lands in Hot Water Over Takeout Order
• The Most-Watched Streaming Movies of 2020 Include 'Hamilton', 'Borat 2', 'My Spy', and More
• Robert Zemeckis Helped Revolutionize Visual Effects -- and Then Visual Effects Ruined Robert Zemeckis
• Why Johnny Depp's career is finished

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