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John’s Notebook: A new era for women in public office

The culture of American life is changing at a rapid pace from Hollywood to the kitchen. Politics takes a while to catch up, but change is taking place there too. The naming of Tina Smith as Sen. Al Franken’s replacement means 22 women, a record high, will serve in the Senate next year. Source

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Sen. John McCain “doing well” in hospital, son-in-law says

Sen. John McCain’s son-in-law Ben Domenech said on “Face the Nation” Sunday that the Arizona senator is “doing well” and “in good spirits” at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he’s been hospitalized since Wednesday for side effects of his cancer treatment. Source

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From 1980: Jacques d’Amboise on teaching dance to children

Ballet dancer and instructor Jacques d’Amboise died on May 2, 2021 at the age of 86. In this story that originally aired on “CBS Sunday Morning” on June 8, 1980, correspondent David Culhane reported on D’Amboise’s classes for middle-school children on a New York City rooftop, and his dance lessons for hearing-impaired kids, as part of his National Dance Institute, which d’Amboise founded in 1976. Source

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How chef Umber Ahmad went from banking to baking

Born to Pakistani immigrants, Umber Ahmad excelled in school and later graduated from MIT. She earned two more degrees before starting a career in investment banking where one of her business clients was world-famous chef Tom Colicchio. When he sampled the incredible desserts she baked as a hobby, he encouraged her to make it a career. Colicchio went on to advise her as she opened Mah-Ze-Dahr Bakery, her award-winning pastry shop in New York’s West Village. Ahmad joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss her culinary journey. Source

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Alison Brie on working with Spielberg and her “very different” role in “GLOW”

Actress Alison Brie has earned Golden Globe and SAG nominations for her role in the hit Netflix series, “GLOW” and is also starring in two major movies this year. “The Post” chronicles the Washington Post’s famous decision to publish the Pentagon Papers in 1971 while “The Disaster Artist,” is about the making of a movie that many consider to be the worst of all time. Brie joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss the feminist message in “The Post,” why her character in “GLOW” is different than anything she’s ever done, and the very “meta” moments she experienced on the set of “The Disaster Artist.” Source

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