How Thrillers Hook You With Their First Sentence 14. August 2026 (11:00) Can our Book Review editor, Tina Jordan, guess thrillers from their first sentence? In this game we explore a few of the books from The New York Times’s “50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century” list; and learn a bit more about why opening sentences are so important to get people reading.(New York Times)
RM, a Superstar With BTS, Gets His Feet Wet As an Art Curator 14. August 2026 (11:00) RM, of BTS, brings 145 works by Korean artists to SFMOMA this fall. “I know Picasso, I know van Gogh. I don’t know anyone from my country,” he told himself as he began to buy. “You have to find your root.”(New York Times)
Jimmy Fallon Reacts to Karoline Leavitt’s White House Exit 14. August 2026 (07:34) The “Tonight Show” host said President Trump had been surprised by the press secretary’s decision to step down. “She was like, ‘I wanted to wait for a good time but there hasn’t been one, so.’”(New York Times)
Wagner Moura Puts Us on Trial in Edinburgh 14. August 2026 (00:07) Our chief theater critic, Helen Shaw, is in Scotland for the Edinburgh International Festival. For her, Christiane Jatahy’s modern reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s “Enemy of the People” was a difficult but valuable theater experience.(New York Times)
Great Movie and TV Adaptations From 21st- Century Thrillers 13. August 2026 (23:08) From “Slow Horses” to “Big Little Lies,” our list of great psychological thrillers, spy novels and crime fiction have inspired a heap of great adaptations.(New York Times)
