Oprah chooses "The Covenant of Water" as new book club pick

"The Covenant of Water" is a highly anticipated new release from Abraham Verghese, renowned for his word-of-mouth bestseller "Cutting for Stone."

• May 2, 2023

Hollywood writers go on strike over fair pay in streaming era

These walkouts have often been lengthy. A 1988 Writers Guild strike lasted 153 days. The last one went for 100 days, starting in 2007 and ending in 2008.

• May 2, 2023

Gordon Lightfoot, "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" singer, dies at age 84

Lightfoot's popularity peaked in the mid-1970s when both his single and album "Sundown" topped Billboard — his first and only time doing so.

• May 2, 2023

Celebrities pay tribute to Lagerfeld's cat at Met Gala

Doja Cat arrived in a cat-eared hood, but hers was not the furriest tribute to the late designer's cat.

• May 1, 2023

Tennis star Serena Williams, supermodel Karlie Kloss unveil baby bumps at the Met Gala

While the Met Gala has a famously strict "no plus ones" policy, these two expecting mothers managed to sneak an extra partygoer into the star-studded event.

• May 1, 2023

Met Gala 2023 looks: See photos of the show-stopping red carpet arrivals

This year's theme is centered around the legendary but controversial fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld​, who died in 2019.

• May 1, 2023

Who was Karl Lagerfeld? The 2023 Met Gala theme explained

The designer was known not only for haute couture, but for his myriad controversies surrounding comments he made about women, immigrants and other marginalized groups.

• May 1, 2023

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson celebrate 35 years of marriage

The actors met at work more than four decades ago.

• May 1, 2023

Aerosmith announces farewell tour

The band is saying "peace out" after more than 50 years together.

• May 1, 2023

Anna Wintour unveils Karl Lagerfeld exhibition ahead of Met Gala

Wintour and Met Museum Costume Institute curator-in-charge Andrew Bolton gave CBS News a sneak peek of the exhibition that will be celebrated at Monday's Met Gala.

• May 1, 2023

MasterChef Australia host Jock Zonfrillo found dead at 46

The father of four who was a judge on the popular TV cooking competition was found dead by police in Melbourne in the early hours of Monday.

• May 1, 2023

Bruce Springsteen on "Nebraska," and the emergence of Springsteen the poet

An album of dark songs recorded in a bedroom at his rented farmhouse in 1982, reflecting the upheaval in his life in-between "The River" and "Born in the U.S.A.," helped solidify Springsteen's status as one of music's most soulful voices.

• Apr 30, 2023

Michael J. Fox on Parkinson's and how he finds "optimism is sustainable"

The "Family Ties" and "Back to the Future" actor who's become just as famous for his very public fight against Parkinson's looks back on superstardom; the recently-announced advance in Parkinson's research; and the new documentary about his life, "Still."

• Apr 30, 2023

Sean Hayes on "Good Night, Oscar"

The "Will & Grace" star is now on Broadway as Oscar Levant, the witty and eccentric musical celebrity whose mental health struggles and addictions come front-and-center during a 1958 appearance on Jack Paar's "The Tonight Show."

• Apr 30, 2023

Treasures of comic strip art

During his lifetime, Bill Blackbeard collected and preserved 2.5 million artifacts of comic strips dating back to 1893; highlights are featured in the exhibit "Man Saves Comics," at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Columbus, Ohio.

• Apr 30, 2023

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