Sunday marks exactly one year to the next presidential election. What do Washington correspondents say are the issues for voters, and what’s at stake for our democracy? Source Read More »
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One year until Election 2024
Sunday marks exactly one year to Election Day 2024. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa talks with longtime Washington, D.C. journalist James Fallows and Washington Post Congressional reporter Marianna Sotomayor about the contentious campaign, the issues for voters, and what’s at stake for our democracy. Source Read More »
Barbra Streisand on her long-awaited memoir
In her newly-published autobiography, "My Name Is Barbra," the celebrated actress-singer-director writes of a life of heartbreaking deprivation and spectacular success, and of an artistic career lauded by critics and fans as peerless. Read More »
Becoming Barbra: Where Streisand’s star was born
Everybody's gotta start somewhere. For the 19-year-old Streisand, that somewhere was Bon Soir, an intimate nightclub in New York's Greenwich Village, and a series of awarding-winning TV specials, where her performances heralded the arrival of a major new artist. Read More »
Becoming Barbra
Everybody's gotta start somewhere. For the 19-year-old formerly known as Barbara Joan Streisand, that somewhere was Bon Soir, an intimate nightclub in New York's Greenwich Village, where her performances heralded the arrival of a major new artist. Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with author James Gavin and critics Wesley Morris and Stephen Holden about Barbra Streisand's debut, and how New York's cabarets in the 1950s and '60s helped launch some of the most influential figures of American popular culture. Read More »
Stories behind Day of the Dead
Every November, Mexico holds its largest public celebration: Día de los Muertos, a fusion of Roman Catholic and Indigenous rituals that honor and remember deceased loved ones. Far from a mournful affair, the holiday is a time of celebration and warmth. Source Read More »
Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations
Every November 1st and 2nd, Mexico holds its largest public celebration: Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, a fusion of Roman Catholic and Indigenous rituals that honor and remember deceased loved ones. Far from a mournful affair, the holiday is a time of celebration and warmth. Correspondent Enrique Acevedo talks with Mexico City’s minister of culture Claudia ... Read More »
The story of Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves, “the Michael Jordan of frontier lawmen”
The tale of a runaway slave from Texas who became a deputy U.S. marshal is finally being told in a new Paramount+ series, "Lawmen: Bass Reeves." Star David Oyelowo and biographer Art Burton talk about bringing the largely forgotten story of Reeves to light. Read More »
Bass Reeves, an untold legend of the Old West
The story of Bass Reeves – a runaway slave from Texas who became a deputy U.S. marshal, bringing some 3,000 scoundrels to justice while he wore his badge – is finally being told in a new Paramount+ series, "Lawmen: Bass Reeves." Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with star David Oyelowo, and with biographer Art Burton, about bringing the largely forgotten story of Reeves to light. Read More »
Hooray for the Hollywood sign
The Los Angeles landmark, whose 45-foot-tall letters have spelled glamour, success and heartbreak for generations, marks its centennial this December. Read More »