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Nature: Puffins in Maine

We leave you this Sunday with puffins summering along the coast of Maine. Videographer: Mauricio Handler.

• Jul 16, 2023
• 03:33

Historian Yuval Noah Harari warns of dictatorship in Israel

The author says that in Israel, which has no constitution, the only check on governmental abuses of power is the Supreme Court, which is now under attack by forces that wish to rule with impunity.

• Jul 16, 2023

Yuval Noah Harari on the threat to democracy in Israel

The historian says that in Israel, which has no constitution, the only check on governmental abuses of power is the Supreme Court, which is now under attack by forces that want to impose a de facto dictatorship. If they succeed, says Yuval Noah Harari, there is no other mechanism in place that could limit the government's power.

• Jul 16, 2023
• 02:34

Zoe Saldaña on "Special Ops: Lioness" – Action that's down-to-earth

She's the only actor to have starred in the top three highest-grossing movies – science fiction extravaganzas that transported audiences to other worlds. But at the moment Zoe Saldaña is focusing on more terrestrial roles, on-camera and off.

• Jul 16, 2023

Zoe Saldaña on "Special Ops: Lioness"

She's the only actor to have starred in the top three highest-grossing movies – science fiction extravaganzas that transported audiences to other worlds. But at the moment Zoe Saldaña, a 45-year-old mother of three, is focusing on more terrestrial roles – on-camera and off. She talks with correspondent Seth Doane about her new TV series, "Special Ops: Lioness," in which she plays a CIA station chief.

• Jul 16, 2023
• 07:26

The history of the blockbuster movie

It's been assumed that the Hollywood summer blockbuster was born with the 1975 release of "Jaws," followed two years later by "Star Wars." But the film industry's desire for box office blockbusters existed long before a great white shark prowled the waters off Amity.

• Jul 16, 2023

The history of the blockbuster movie

It's been assumed that the Hollywood summer blockbuster was born with the 1975 release of Steven Spielberg's "Jaws," followed two years later by "Star Wars." But the film industry's desire for box office blockbusters existed long before a shark prowled the waters off Amity. Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz talks with actor Stephen Lang (star of the "Avatar" films), critic Dana Stevens, and Charles Acland, author of "American Blockbuster," about the origin of blockbuster movies – both big-budget spectacles of Biblical proportions, and low-budget films with heart that won a huge audience.

• Jul 16, 2023
• 06:49

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: "There are times when you don't have any choice but to speak the truth"

He was the all-time leading NBA scorer when he retired in 1989, after winning six world championships. But today Kareem Abdul-Jabbar prefers to focus on his role as an activist and social critic, writing with uncommon candor on Substack.

• Jul 16, 2023

Passage: In memoriam

"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including novelist Milan Kundera, author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being."

• Jul 16, 2023
• 00:45

Hollywood drama: Actors join writers in striking against producers

For the first time in 63 years, actors and writers are on strike at the same time, demanding better pay and job protection as streaming has upended film and TV production, and artificial intelligence threatens the livelihoods of writers and actors. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with those on the frontlines of the picket lines.

• Jul 16, 2023
• 08:12

"Here Lies Love": A dance-pop musical on the life of Imelda Marcos

The story of the president and first lady of the Philippines, whose rule was ended by a "People Power" revolution in 1986, is now being told in an immersive Broadway musical set in a disco, created by David Byrne.

• Jul 16, 2023

"Here Lies Love," the Imelda Marcos dance-pop musical

She was the wife of President Ferdinand Marcos, under whom martial law was imposed in the Philippines, until their rule was ended by a "People Power" revolution in 1986, when Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos were forced into exile in the U.S. Their story is now being told in a disco-pop musical, "Here Lies Love," featuring the first all-Filipino company on Broadway. Correspondent Elaine Quijano talks with David Byrne (of the rock group Talking Heads) about creating an immersive musical based on the Marcoses' lives set in a dance club; and with cast members Lea Salonga (a Tony-winner for "Miss Saigon"), Arielle Jacobs and Jose Llana.

• Jul 16, 2023
• 08:04

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Raising Indigenous voices throughout her art

Over the last five decades, artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has had nearly 100 shows, and in 2020 a painting of hers was the first by a Native American to join the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Now the 83-year-old is the subject of a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City – the museum's first retrospective ever of an Indigenous artist. Correspondent Serena Altschul reports on a moment that's been described as long overdue.

• Jul 16, 2023
• 04:58

Almanac: July 16

"Sunday Morning" looks at important historical events on this date.

• Jul 16, 2023
• 00:44

Christopher Nolan on J. Robert Oppenheimer, "the most important person who ever lived"

In his latest film, the director examines the efforts of the physicist and his race to build the atomic bomb that ended World War II. What happened after the war proved to be an entirely different power struggle, as Oppenheimer was accused of being a Russian agent.

• Jul 16, 2023

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