ABC Sports was covering the 1972 Olympics, in Munich, Germany, when Arab terrorists armed with submachine guns took the Israeli team hostage. The fatal drama was carried live on television – an episode retold in the new movie “September 5.” Sean McManus, former president of CBS News and president and chairman of CBS Sports, and the son of ABC Sports commentator Jim McKay, looks back on that tragedy, and of watching his father at work reporting it to the world. Source
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“Squid Game” creator on the “darker” Season 2
The internationally acclaimed Netflix series – a dystopian parable about capitalism and greed – is now releasing Season 2. Hwang Dong-hyuk says the lethal competition, played with childish games, is “getting darker, episode by episode.” Source
The return of “Squid Game”
South Korean filmmaker Hwang Dong-hyuk, whose family struggled with poverty while he was growing up, became an award-winning success with the internationally acclaimed series “Squid Game” – a dystopian parable about capitalism, human selfishness and greed, in which players hoping to win a fortune compete in childish, but lethal, games. Netflix is now releasing Season 2, which Dong-hyuk says is “getting darker, episode by episode.” Elizabeth Palmer reports. Source
Billie Eilish on what she’s found “liberating”
With her album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” and her current tour (her first without brother Finneas), Billie Eilish is discovering parts of herself she didn’t know were there – from finding a new voice as a songwriter, to stretching her singing after starting vocal lessons. Source
Why ASMR is making a lot of noise
ASMR (or autonomous sensory meridian response) is the tingling sensation some people experience from certain sounds or visuals – a “brain massage,” in the words of Maria Viktorovna, who’s been called the “ASMR queen.” Correspondent Faith Salie talks with Viktorovna about her wildly successful “Gentle Whispering” videos, and with physiology professor Craig Richard, who discusses ASMR’s physical effects. Salie also visits Whisperwave, a New York City ASMR spa. Source
The Apollo Theater at 90
Dionne Warwick, Smokey Robinson and Melba Moore discuss the history of the Harlem landmark “where stars are born and legends are made.” Source
Notre Dame hosts first Mass since reopening after 2019 fire
Notre Dame Cathedral hosted its first Mass since a catastrophic 2019 fire devastated the historic structure. Source
Daniel Craig on “Queer” and its depiction of yearning
In the adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ novella “Queer,” Daniel Craig plays William Lee, an American alcoholic and heroin addict living in 1950s Mexico City, who becomes infatuated with a much younger fellow expatriate. Source
Daniel Craig on the poignant yearning of “Queer”
In his latest film, Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novella “Queer,” Daniel Craig plays William Lee, an American alcoholic and heroin addict living in 1950s Mexico City, who becomes infatuated with a much younger fellow expatriate played by Drew Starkey. Craig talks with correspondent Mo Rocca about the yearning of a character that harks back to the actor’s early, grittier roles before he became James Bond; and how his mother fostered his love of acting, and his future career. Source
Manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO killer extends nationwide
Wednesday’s shocking murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel – what police are calling a premeditated, targeted attack – has prompted a nationwide search for the suspect. It’s also thrust the health insurance industry into the spotlight in an ugly way. Lee Cowan reports. Source