This week on "Sunday Morning" (September 9)
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Featuring guests Ralph Lauren, Robert Redford, Chrissy Teigen & John Legend, and Louise Brown. Airs Friday, September 14, at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on CBS.
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RECAP: SEPTEMBER 9
COVER STORY: Why parents opt for unusual baby names | Watch Video
A correspondent by the name of Susan Spencer explores why more and more parents today are gifting their babies with less-traditional names, from North West to Moxie Crimefighter Jilette. She talks with Michael Ayer, whose son is named Billion Ayer. (Originally broadcast on September 24, 2017.)
For more info:
- thebump.com
- Adam Alter, Stern School of Business, New York University
- Adam Alter (Official site)
- "The Power of Names" by Adam Alter (The New Yorker)
- Top 100 Baby Names of 2018 (from mom365.com)
- babynameguide.com
- nameberry.com
- babynamewizard.com
- babynames.com
ALMANAC: When Japan attacked Oregon | Watch Video
On September 9, 1942, the U.S. mainland was firebombed by an enemy pilot. Jane Pauley reports.
For more info:
- The Japanese Bomb Site Interpretive Trail, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest (U.S. Forest Service)
- Japanese Bombsite Trail, Gold Beach, Ore. (pdf)
- Bombs Fall on Oregon: Japanese Attacks on the State (Secretary of State Website)
ART: The restless perfectionism of Alberto Giacometti | Watch Video
Tony Dokoupil reports on an exhibition of sculptor Alberto Giacometti's peerless work at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
For more info:
- "Giacometti" at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City (through September 12) | Ticket Info
- Exhibition Catalogue: "Giacometti" (Hardcover), edited by Karole P. B. Vail and Megan Fontanella
- Giacometti Foundation, Paris
- Follow the Giacometti Foundation (@FAAGiacometti) on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo and YouTube
- "Alberto Giacometti: Myth, Magic, and the Man" by Laurie Wilson (Yale University Press), available via Amazon
- "Final Portrait" (Official site)
ON BROADWAY: The musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein: Some of our favorite things | Watch Video
The songwriting team created such classic Broadway shows as "Oklahoma!," "South Pacific" and "The Sound of Music." Mo Rocca looks at the great songwriting team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and talks with actress Kelli O'Hara and author Todd Purum about their legacy. (Originally broadcast on June 10, 2018.)
For more info:
- Rodgers & Hammerstein (Official site)
- Follow @RnH_Org on Twitter
- kelliohara.com
- Follow @KelliOHara on Twitter
- "Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution" by Todd S. Purdum (Henry Holt), available via Amazon | Read an excerpt
- "Celebrating 75 Years of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Musical" – exhibition at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center (through September 25)
- Jo Mielziner designs and technical drawings at New York Public Library Digital Collections
- Miller Theatre, Columbia University School of the Arts
- "Oklahoma!" at St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn (begins September 27) | Ticket info
- "Carousel" at the Imperial Theatre, New York City (Ends September 16) | Purchase tickets
- Follow @carouselbway on Twitter
- "The Sound of Music" National Tour
- Follow @SoundofMusic on Twitter
- "The King and I" National Tour
- Follow @KingandIMusical on Twitter
MILEPOST: National Museum of Brazil destroyed by fire | Watch Video
A Rio de Janiero treasure trove of history was reduced to ashes this past week, when fire tore through the National Museum of Brazil, destroying approximately 90 percent of its 20 million artifacts. Jane Pauley reports.
HARTMAN: Tearing down a wall (Video)
A predominately black neighborhood in Summerville, South Carolina, was torn apart when a white resident, Annie Caddell, put up a Confederate flag. It stirred a public fight, including the erection of a wall around her property to block views of the flag. But after Caddell suffered a heart attack, she also had a change of heart, and took the flag down, as Steve Hartman reported a few months ago. Hartman has now returned to Summerville to follow up on new developments in the story about restoring a community.
WASHINGTON: Bob Woodward's "Fear: Trump in the White House" | Watch Video
Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward has covered nine White Houses going back to President Richard Nixon and Watergate. His latest book, "Fear: Trump in the White House," is revelatory in its look at chaos and discord within the current administration as witnessed by those inside the West Wing.
In an interview with CBS News national security correspondent David Martin, Woodward talks about the behavior of President Donald Trump and the actions of those on his staff who, they claim, are trying to protect the country and its institutions from the president's own inclinations.
For more info:
- "Fear: Trump in the White House" by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster), available via Amazon
- bobwoodward.com
- Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
- Follow @realBobWoodward on Twitter
PASSAGE: Burt Reynolds | Watch Video
The easy-going star of "Smokey and the Bandit" and "Deliverance," who died this week at 82, was one of Hollywood's most popular and enduring actors. Jane Pauley reports.
9/11: 9/11 heroes honored with wind chime memorial | Watch Video
Chip Reid reports on an affecting memorial opening in Shanksville, Pa., at the site of the crash of Flight 93. Wind chimes remember the 40 passengers and crew who brought down the plane hijacked by terrorists and directed towards Washington, D.C.
For more info:
- Flight 93 National Memorial, Shanksville, Pa.
- "Tower of Voices" at the Flight 93 National Memorial (nps.gov)
- Paul Murdoch Architects
- Watch a live webstream of the dedication ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 1 p.m. ET courtesy of the Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial
CALENDAR: Week of September 10 | Watch Video
"Sunday Morning" takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Jane Pauley reports.
NATURE: Black bears (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday Morning among the black bears at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in East Lake, North Carolina. Videographer: Carl Mrozek.
WEB EXCLUSIVES:
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