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Summer movies reel in audiences

“Minions” are projected to bring in more than $120 million for its opening weekend. Carter Evans takes a closer look at what other movies will become box office hits. Source

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Finding his voice: The throwback soul sound of Leon Bridges

After years of playing local, small shows and washing dishes to make money, the 25-year-old Fort Worth native has become one of the most celebrated soul singers in years. Anthony Mason spoke to Bridges about his debut album “Coming Home” and his nearly sold out U.S. tour. Source

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Magicians Penn & Teller head back to Broadway after 23 years

For the past 40 years, the dynamic duo have amazed audiences around the world with their unique style of illusion and comedy. This past week, the pair took a break from headlining in Vegas to return to the Broadway stage for the first time in almost 25 years. Penn and Teller join “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss their new show. Source

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Biden backs corporate tax hike to fund infrastructure

President Biden is defending a plan to raise the top corporate tax rate from 21% to 28% to fund his $2 trillion “American Jobs Plan,” noting the rate was much higher for decades until President Trump cut it in 2017. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe, Washington Post national political reporter Jacqueline Alemany, and Axios Justice and Race reporter Russell Contreras spoke to “Red and Blue” host Elaine Quijano about what comes next. Source

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Tensions rise as Beijing steps up military presence in South China Sea

Tensions are rising in the South China Sea as Beijing steps up its military presence in disputed waters. The New York Times’ Beijing bureau cheif Steven Lee Myers joins “Red and Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano with more on how the need for vaccines is complicating the response from other nations in the region, and how the U.S. could become involved. Source

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Critics want Bill Cosby removed from Hollywood Walk of Fame

For nearly four decades, Bill Cosby has been immortalized in marble on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but after the revelation that Cosby bought Quaaludes intending to give them to women he wanted to have sex with, there’s a new movement to remove the disgraced comedian’s star. Ben Tracy reports. Source

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