She’s the only actor to have starred in the top three highest-grossing movies – science fiction extravaganzas that transported audiences to other worlds. But at the moment Zoe Saldaña, a 45-year-old mother of three, is focusing on more terrestrial roles – on-camera and off. She talks with correspondent Seth Doane about her new TV series, “Special Ops: Lioness,” in which she plays a CIA station chief. Source
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The history of the blockbuster movie
It’s been assumed that the Hollywood summer blockbuster was born with the 1975 release of “Jaws,” followed two years later by “Star Wars.” But the film industry’s desire for box office blockbusters existed long before a great white shark prowled the waters off Amity. Source
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: “There are times when you don’t have any choice but to speak the truth”
He was the all-time leading NBA scorer when he retired in 1989, after winning six world championships. But today Kareem Abdul-Jabbar prefers to focus on his role as an activist and social critic, writing with uncommon candor on Substack. Source
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, social critic
He was the all-time leading NBA scorer when he retired in 1989, after leading the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers to six championship victories. But today Kareem Abdul-Jabbar prefers to focus on his role as an activist and social critic, writing with uncommon candor on such topics as race, politics, culture … and basketball. He talks with correspondent Jim Axelrod about his guiding principle of speaking his truth. Source
“Here Lies Love”: A dance-pop musical on the life of Imelda Marcos
The story of the president and first lady of the Philippines, whose rule was ended by a “People Power” revolution in 1986, is now being told in an immersive Broadway musical set in a disco, created by David Byrne. Source
“Here Lies Love,” the Imelda Marcos dance-pop musical
She was the wife of President Ferdinand Marcos, under whom martial law was imposed in the Philippines, until their rule was ended by a “People Power” revolution in 1986, when Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos were forced into exile in the U.S. Their story is now being told in a disco-pop musical, “Here Lies Love,” featuring the first all-Filipino company on Broadway. Correspondent Elaine Quijano talks with David Byrne (of the rock group Talking Heads) about creating an immersive musical based on the Marcoses’ lives set in a dance club; and with cast members Lea Salonga (a Tony-winner for “Miss Saigon”), Arielle Jacobs and Jose Llana. Source
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Raising Indigenous voices throughout her art
Over the last five decades, artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has had nearly 100 shows, and in 2020 a painting of hers was the first by a Native American to join the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Now the 83-year-old is the subject of a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City – the museum’s first retrospective ever of an Indigenous artist. Correspondent Serena Altschul reports on a moment that’s been described as long overdue. Source
Almanac: July 16
“Sunday Morning” looks at important historical events on this date. Source
Christopher Nolan on J. Robert Oppenheimer, “the most important person who ever lived”
In his latest film, the director examines the efforts of the physicist and his race to build the atomic bomb that ended World War II. What happened after the war proved to be an entirely different power struggle, as Oppenheimer was accused of being a Russian agent. Source
“Oppenheimer,” the father of the atomic bomb
In his latest film, “Oppenheimer,” director Christopher Nolan examines the efforts of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the race to build the atomic bomb that ended World War II. What happened after the war proved to be an entirely different power struggle, as Oppenheimer was accused of being a Russian agent. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin talks with Nolan, and with Kai Bird, co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, “American Prometheus.” He also visits Los Alamos and the Trinity site – Ground Zero for when the world changed. Source