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Jodie Foster on “Nyad” and “True Detective: Night Country”

Two-time Oscar-winner Jodie Foster has been acting since she was three, but she has often contemplated leaving acting behind. Now, at age 61, she’s starring as a detective facing a dark mystery in the new HBO series “True Detective: Night Country”; and as coach Bonnie Stoll opposite Annette Bening’s endurance swimmer Diana Nyad in the Netflix sports drama “Nyad.” Foster talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about being a “100% introvert,” while also reaching a point in her career where she can, finally, relax. Source

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A street singer’s dream come true

InIn downtown Boston, hope was fading for Ara Bolster, who’s been homeless for two years after a string of unfortunate events and abusive relationships. One evening, while singing holiday tunes from the city’s Downtown Crossing, the right person happened to hear her voice. Steve Hartman reports on how a chance meeting led to Bolster being whisked to a recording studio. Source

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Passage: Remembering David Soul and Glynis Johns

“Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including “Starsky and Hutch” star David Soul; and stage and screen star Glynis Johns, best known for the Disney classic “Mary Poppins.” Source

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The rebranding of Xinjiang

CBS News gets a rare glimpse inside Western China’s vast and beautiful Xinjiang region, which became notorious for the government’s horrific crackdown on its Muslim Uyghur population – and which is now being rebranded as a tourist attraction. Source

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Rebranding China’s conflicted Xinjiang region as a tourist destination

Western China’s vast and beautiful Xinjiang region became notorious for the arbitrary detention and “re-education” of hundreds of thousands of Muslim Uyghurs, whose language and cultural identity have been seen by China’s Communist Party as a threat to its total control. But following global condemnation for its crackdown on the Uyghurs, China claimed its so-called re-education centers were shut down in 2019. CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer recently traveled to Xinjiang on a government tour to see how the region is now being re-branded by China as a fun-filled destination for international tourists. Source

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