The film, which follows a group of storm trackers during a severe outbreak of tornadoes, had the stars second guessing a career chasing the wind. Also, Bob Kane’s original Batman comics go up for auction. Suzanne Marques has today’s Eye on Entertainment report. Source
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David Edelstein offers some choice movies on demand
If you don’t want to see a summer tentpole at the multiplex, critic David Edelstein suggests some grown-up VOD movies now playing in your own home. Source
Lee Grant on her career’s brightest and darkest moments
Oscar-winner Lees Grant, the ever-feisty author of “I Said Yes to Everything,” sits down with correspondent Michelle Miller for a look backward and forward at her long career as an actress, director, and documentary filmmaker. Source
Tori Amos: Alternative rock’s wild child turns 50
Elizabeth Palmer travels to Ireland for an at-home visit with one of the world’s most provocative singer-songwriters, who talks about her latest album, “Unrepentant Geraldines,” and of being a mother. Source
Lee Grant and the fallout of the blacklist
In this web extra video, actress/director Lee Grant, author of the new memoir, “I Said Yes to Everything,” talks to correspondent Michelle Miller about her forgetting her lines while appearing on Broadway with Peter Falk in the 1973 Neil Simon comedy, “The Prisoner of Second Avenue,” and how it relates to her being blacklisted in the 1950s by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Source
Gaza residents struggle after Israel strikes power plant
Gaza’s power plant shut down after shells hit its fuel tanks, which erupted into massive fires. Technicians say it could take a year to repair the extensive damage. And as the war rages on between Israel and Hamas, Gaza can no longer depend on Israeli electricity. Source
Was ex-Virginia first family’s relationship with businessman normal?
Bob McDonnell, Virginia’s ex-governor who was once considered a rising political star, and his wife face charges of accepting more than $165,000 in gifts from a businessman for political favors. The former governor says he made a “bad judgment” accepting gifts and denies breaking any laws. His wife’s lawyers argue she had a crush on the businessman. Vinita Nair reports. Source
Wrongfully convicted standout linebacker gets work with NFL
Brian Banks once held dreams of making it into the NFL. Those aspirations, however, were derailed by a wrongful conviction. But as Carter Evans explains, he’ll now be able to make his living from pro football after all. Source
Toledo residents warned against toxins in water
The residents of Toledo, Ohio, have been told not to drink or use water after contamination affected the system. Officials say a recent test at a water-treatment plant found a spike in the level of microcystin, a toxin that comes from algae found naturally in lakes and ponds. Mark Albert reports. Source
Watch: Ebola patient enters Atlanta hospital
Aerial footage shows a person covered in protective clothing being escorted from an ambulance that came from the air base where American Ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantly landed into Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Shortly after the person entered the hospital, the hospital confirmed to CBS News that an Ebola patient had arrived. Source