Monday It’s spring! Morning temps will hover around twenty-four degrees Fahrenheit with a windchill of negative ten. Expect two bursts of monsoon-like rain, the first when you’re walking to the subway and the second when you’re coming home. Around 2 P.M., it should be nice, though—so long as you stick to the sunny side of…
Jean Van Leeuwen wrote 20 Oliver and Amanda Pig books, and many other titles aimed at young audiences. Ann Schweninger/Penguin Random House hide caption toggle caption Ann Schweninger/Penguin Random House Children’s book author Jean Van Leeuwen has died. The award-winning writer was best known for her sprightly tales starring such anthropomorphic characters as sibling pigs…
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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Almost everyone has a favorite movie, right? But the movie you may have loved when you were 12 might not be the same movie you loved when you were 17 and then 49, for example. Films that capture us can change over time, just as we change over time. And I wanted…
Jason Isbell says his latest album, Foxes in the Snow is about “growing and changing … and not about accusing Amanda [Shires] or any other individual person of any wrongdoing.” Christy Bush hide caption toggle caption Christy Bush No matter how many love songs exist in the world, Jason Isbell says there’s always room for…
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A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: Being a supervillain is exhausting. You spend a lot of energy thinking about how to mess with your enemies. Using your actual superpowers is totally draining. And once you’re in that supervillain box, it can be hard to escape. Unless you’re Elizabeth Olsen. She first showed up…
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Val Kilmer poses for a portrait, Jan. 9, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Humphrey/AP LOS ANGELES — Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” has died….
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The Netflix series Adolescence follows Jamie (Owen Cooper), a 13-year-old accused of murdering a girl from his school. Co-creator and star Stephen Graham plays Jamie’s father, Eddie. Graham says he read about similar crimes and wanted to know: “Why is this happening?” Ben Blackall/Netflix hide caption toggle caption Ben Blackall/Netflix The Netflix miniseries Adolescence tells…
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Prior to the Eaton Fire in January 2025, the Zane Grey Estate was a beloved historical and cultural landmark — the former home of Western novelist Zane Grey. Susan Pickering Photography/Teresa Fuller, Compass Real Estate hide caption toggle caption Susan Pickering Photography/Teresa Fuller, Compass Real Estate The former home of one of the world’s most…
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Cynthia Meachum, above, is a searcher who became close with Forrest Fenn, the man who hid the treasure. Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn’s Treasure is a new Netflix docuseries that chronicles the search. /Netflix hide caption toggle caption /Netflix Forrest Fenn was rich, and he had a flair for the dramatic. So he…
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DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m David Bianculli. The new film “The Friend,” starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, is based on the novel of the same name by Sigrid Nunez. Her book won a 2018 National Book Award for fiction. It begins with the narrator, a woman, at the memorial of a…
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