CBS Sports Senior NFL writer Will Brinson joins CBSN to explain Roger Goodell’s policy changes to the personal conduct police, and the motives behind the decision. Source
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12/10: CBS News poll shows new pessimism over race relations; Students offer hope for America’s racial divide
A new CBS News poll is helping to quantify America’s racial divide in the wake of the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown. Since 2009, Americans’ favorable view of race relations has plummeted 21 percent; and, high school seniors in Brooklyn, New York expressed optimism about America’s problem with race. Source
Wild wet weather for both coasts
Record rainfall hit the East Coast over this week as a nor-easter tore up the coast. Out West, California is bracing for a potentially record storm spawned by a weather phenomenon called the Pineapple Express. Source
Canceled culture? Reconsidering the art of controversial artists
As more and more creatives are revealed to have said or done terrible or morally questionable things, we may be forced to reconsider their work in light of their behavior. But does their art deserve to be cancelled? Source
Brenda Vaccaro is having a good time
The Oscar-nominated actress, known for her roles in such films as “Midnight Cowboy” and “Jacqueline Susann’s Once Is Not Enough,” and for her stage and TV appearances, says she feels like a teenager. Source
Sunday Profile: Leslie Odom Jr.
A Tony Award-winner for the musical “Hamilton,” Leslie Odom Jr. has now earned two Academy Award nominations for the drama “One Night in Miami,” in which he plays famed singer Sam Cooke. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Odom about his remarkable career, from his teenage debut in Broadway’s “Rent,” to the possibilities that have opened up since his role as Aaron Burr in the groundbreaking “Hamilton.” Source
Leslie Odom Jr.: “I want to do all the things that no one would let me dare do”
The Tony-winner for the musical “Hamilton” has now earned two Academy Award nominations for the drama “One Night in Miami,” in which he plays famed singer Sam Cooke. Source
L.A.’s 1970s cultural renaissance
It was a time when the worlds of movies, television and music were transformed by a creative explosion centered in Los Angeles. Ronald Brownstein, author of “Rock Me on the Water,” talks with correspondent John Blackstone about the year Los Angeles transformed both entertainment and politics. Blackstone also talks with singer-songwriter Jackson Browne about creative collaborations in the mid-1970s that fostered a unique period in pop culture history. Source
Julia Roberts suits up for Givenchy
Julia Roberts is the new face of designer Givenchy’s spring and summer ad campaign. Also, “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” had its red carpet premiere in Los Angeles. Suzanne Marques reports on the day’s top entertainment stories. Source
New report outlines dangers of mixing painkillers
The report finds almost 60 percent of Americans who take opioid painkillers combine them with other prescriptions medications. That is a potentially deadly combinations. Dr. Holly Phillips joins “CBS This Morning” to explain the risks. Source