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"Lincoln in the Bardo," based on George Saunders' novel, is the first opera composed by a woman to premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. Missy Mazzoli talks about its creation, and the influence that punk rock and music videos had on her work.
In the 1990s actress Parker Posey was dubbed "The Queen of the Indies." The Emmy-nominated star of "The White Lotus," and the new film "Wild Horse Nine" talks about her Southern upbringing, and how her parents inspired her acting.
The Spanish singer continues to defy convention with her fourth album, "Lux," a mix of classical, opera and pop that tells the stories of female saints and mystics through history.
Carrie Preston has played the quirky lawyer-turned-detective Elsbeth Tascioni in three popular series: "The Good Wife," "The Good Fight," and now in the comedic murder-mystery series "Elsbeth," in which she helps New York City police solve crimes through unconventional means. Preston talks with correspondent Mo Rocca about how playing a paragon of positivity is like a miracle for her.
HBO has announced it is reviving (with its original cast) Lena Dunham's raw, brash and controversial series "Girls," which from 2012 to 2017 documented the lives of twenty-something friends trying to make it in New York City. In this March 10, 2013 "Sunday Morning" story, Tracy Smith went behind the scenes of shooting, and talked with Dunham, and co-stars Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet and Jemima Kirke, about what made the show's characters both intriguing and alienating.
Women's pro baseball has been largely inactive in this country since the pioneering All-American Girls Professional Baseball League folded 72 years ago. Now, with the new Women's Pro Baseball League (which debuted this summer), women are again taking to the diamond in a league of their own. Correspondent Faith Salie talks with #1 draft pick Kelsie Whitmore; catcher Maggie Foxx; commissioner Justine Siegal; and CEO Keith Stein about what the new league means for women and sports.
In her new book, "Ethel Kennedy: The Extraordinary Life and Bold Legacy," daughter Kerry Kennedy writes about a woman who maintained positivity and resilience despite public and private tragedies. Kennedy talks with correspondent Rita Braver about her mother's marriage to Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and how she forged ahead following his assassination. She also discusses the dichotomy of Ethel's relationship with her son, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The British singer's songs have ranged in subject matter from being single to sexual assault and coping with drugs and alcohol. She talks about the risks and rewards of going it alone as an independent artist, and about her smash hit "Where Is My Husband!"
One of the most important names in fashion for nearly 50 years, Diane von Furstenberg has long empowered women, with practical, feminine clothing, most famously embodied by her '70s wrap dress.
Diane von Furstenberg has been one of the most important names in fashion for nearly 50 years, whose brand has long empowered women, with practical, feminine clothing (most famously embodied by her '70s wrap dress). In Venice, correspondent Alina Cho visits with von Furstenberg, who talks about her life's journey, which she calls a miracle thanks to a mother who survived the Holocaust.
