Lady Gaga: Behind the "60 Minutes" Interview
How seriously did Lady Gaga take her 12 and a half minute profile in the "60 Minutes" broadcast? Despite the bejeweled saw she brought with her to an interview, we would argue she took it very seriously.
Continue Reading »Lady Gaga Tries to Go Home
This Sunday night at 7 p.m. ET/PT, right before the Grammy Awards, "60 Minutes" features an in-depth profile of "Lady Gaga," a 24-year-old pop star formerly known as Stefani Germanotta. Anderson Cooper talks with Gaga about her improbable rise from college drop-out to pop star, her philosophy on fame, and her new album.
Continue Reading »Reagan: The "60 Minutes" Interviews, 1975-1989
To most people, Feb. 6 is Super Bowl Sunday. To others, it's the 100th birthday of President Ronald Reagan, born in Tampico, Ill. in 1911. To mark the occasion, "60 Minutes Overtime" brings you the best of Mike Wallace's historic interviews with the nation's 40th President, as he evolved during the 70s and 80s from failed candidate to outgoing two-term president.
Continue Reading »Egyptians Riot in the Streets in 1977
The last time Cairo's Tahrir Square saw rioting of this magnitude, the year was 1977 and the president was Anwar el-Sadat. Nine out of ten Egyptians lived in poverty. Half the male population was unemployed. When President Sadat cut public subsidies for flour, cooking oil, and other staples, people took to the streets in two days of violent protest. Known as the "bread riots," the public's rage forced Sadat to restore food subsidies, but when the army stepped in to quell rioters, 800 were injured, 80 were killed, and more than 1,000 were imprisoned. In his interview with Mike Wallace following the deadly riots, President Sadat insisted "I'm proud because I have the full support of the man in the street in Egypt."
Continue Reading »2002: Mubarak on Why Egyptians Hate America
In June 2002, "60 Minutes" correspondent Ed Bradley caught up with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at Andrews Air Force Base. Mubarak's helicopter had just landed from Camp David, where he'd been meeting with President George W. Bush about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In light of Egypt's uprising against the Mubarak regime, now raging in the streets for nearly two weeks, this excerpt of Bradley's conversation with Mubarak is a fascinating glimpse into a complicated relationship between allies.
Continue Reading »Bob Simon's Wild Kingdom
From wars to famines, from the Olympics to overthrown dictators, Bob Simon has covered just about every major international event in his 44 year career at CBS News. (He won a Lifetime Achievement Emmy eight years ago, and he's still going strong.) From time to time, Bob turns his attention away from getting shot at to give voice to endangered animals.
Continue Reading »Happy Birthday, Oprah Winfrey
Since this is the "farewell season" of Oprah Winfrey's syndicated talk show, it's a perfect time for "60 Minutes Overtime" to look back at Oprah shortly after her show went nationwide.
Continue Reading »Andy's Fantasy Football
With Super Bowl season upon us, it's only natural those of us no longer in the hunt would want to look ahead to next season. And, as "60 Minutes Overtime" reported in December, in our Jerry Jones piece, there is a looming lockout of NFL players. But keep one thing in mind: a lockout in March doesn't necessarily mean no football in September. There's a lot of time for negotiation before a season is lost.
We searched our archives and found a classic Andy Rooney segment that harkens back to the last time there was a labor issue: the 1987 NFL strike season. Granted, it was an entirely different matter from the current predicament but it was something to see.
Continue Reading »Face to Face with the Ayatollah
The hostage crisis in Iran was borne out of longstanding support by the U.S. for Shah Reza Pahlavi, who ruled Iran from 1941 to 1979, with a brief timeout in exile in 1953. Ultimately, the Shah was forced out by the growing influence and voice of Islamic fundamentalists, who viewed him as corrupt. He fled his country in January of 1979, living in exile in Egypt, Mexico and elsewhere. Shortly after the Shah left, the Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini became leader of Iran.
Continue Reading »The Real Power Behind Baby Doc
When Jean-Claude Duvalier, the notorious Haitian dictator known as "Baby Doc," ended his 25-year exile this week, he made a surprise return to Haiti with an elegant woman on his arm. But it wasn't the same woman who was forced to flee alongside him a quarter century ago.
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