After six years of shooting “House of Cards,” actress Robin Wright undertook her first feature film as a director about as far from a soundstage as one could get – in the remote Rocky Mountains, playing a woman who runs from a personal tragedy, only to face solitude and danger in an isolated cabin. Wright talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about “Land”; her portrayals of strong, independent women; and her work to aid women brutalized by sexual violence. Source

Deep inside Malheur National Forest in Oregon is the world’s largest living organism: a fungus that spans thousands of acres, which kills trees, but also brings life – and mushrooms – to the forest floor. Source

Contributor Josh Seftel joins his mother, Pat, in an online conversation about football’s Big Game, and one of the sport’s star attractions. Source

The comedian weighs in on Sunday’s epic battle between NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes. Whom will he root for? Source

The following is a transcript of an interview with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that aired Sunday, February 7, 2021, on “Face the Nation.” Source

In the COVID era a nearly-empty NFL stadium can be made to sound like a packed arena, through the playback of recordings of fans made way back in pre-pandemic times. Vince Caputo, VP/senior sound supervisor of NFL Films, explains to correspondent David Pogue how a sound machine operated during Sunday’s Super Bowl can create everything from a dull roar to the cheers of a crowd going bonkers. Source

Jane Pauley looks back on the career of the Oscar- and Tony-winning actor Christopher Plummer, who died this week at age 91 – a talent of remarkable longevity, whose most enduring fame came from the 1965 musical “The Sound of Music.” Source

Korean American actor Steve Yeun, who played a zombie-slayer for six seasons on the mega-hit “The Walking Dead,” now stars in the acclaimed film “Minari,” as an immigrant dad who searches for his American Dream on a farm in Arkansas. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Yeun about his own immigrant experience, and how his latest movie role brought him to tears. Source

In the COVID era a nearly-empty NFL stadium can be made to sound like a packed arena, through the playback of recordings of fans made way back in pre-pandemic times. Source

“Sunday Morning” looks back on the Oscar- and Tony-winning Shakespearean actor who died this week at age 91, a talent of remarkable longevity, whose most enduring fame came from the 1965 musical “The Sound of Music.” Source