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The story of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," about a 1920s blues singer's difficult recording session, is one of talent marred by tragedy. But the film adaptation of August Wilson's play is also one of those occasions when the story behind the scenes is just as compelling – and equally tragic. Correspondent Tracy Smith talked with Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis, Oscar-winner Denzel Washington (the film's producer), and Tony Award-winning director George C. Wolfe about the project, and about working with the late "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman, who gave a heartbreaking performance as a trumpet player while secretly battling colon cancer.
It's that time of year when our jolly old friend, Techno Claus (a.k.a. David Pogue), arrives via chimney with a selection of gift ideas for the tech lovers on your holiday list.
After a year that's seen more than its fair share of darkness, we now take time to celebrate light, during the celebration of Hanukkah. Lee Cowan offers a history.
The singer and guitar virtuoso is perhaps best known for his timeless Christmas classic, though it wasn't immediately a hit upon its release 50 years ago.
In Johnson County, Indiana, a lot of children have been getting sick with cancers, so a small band of determined parents took matters into their own hands.
Something very strange seems to be happening in Johnson County, Indiana: A lot of children getting sick with pediatric cancers. But when the rash of illnesses wasn't determined to be an official "cancer cluster," a small band of determined parents took matters into their own hands. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports on environmental contamination and how some advocates' tireless pursuit of answers may be changing the lives of children beyond the borders of one Indiana town.
The latest season of the hit Netflix series has been criticized for liberties taken in its depiction of the unravelling of the marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles.
The latest season of the hit Netflix series "The Crown" has been criticized for liberties taken in its depiction of life inside the British royal family during a most precipitous time: the unravelling of the marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles. Correspondent Mark Phillips talks with series creator Peter Morgan, and with royal biographer Penny Junor, about the show's dramatic license to thrill.
It's that time of year when our jolly old friend, Techno Claus (a.k.a. David Pogue), arrives via chimney with a selection of gift ideas for the tech lovers on your holiday list.
A decade ago Brandon Stanton began photographing and interviewing random strangers on the streets of New York; since then he's taken his camera around the world, making the human connections we need now more than ever.
A decade ago Brandon Stanton began photographing and interviewing random strangers on the streets of New York, opening doors into the lives of everyday people and their experiences of joy, pain, success and struggle. His social media endeavor, Humans of New York, begat a successful book. In the years since he's traveled to more than 40 countries, collecting portraits and stories for his latest book, "Humans." Stanton talked with correspondent Jim Axelrod about finding the human connections we need now more than ever.
Live Arts Global will present a special streaming event Dec. 17-20, featuring dancers from major ballet companies, to raise funds for the performing arts community; Watch an excerpt.
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Test pilot Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, died on Monday, December 7 at age 97. In this report that aired on "Sunday Morning" on October 23, 1983, correspondent David Dow went behind the scenes of the film "The Right Stuff" to talk with Yeager, and with director Philip Kaufman, about recreating a milestone event in mankind's journey to space.
“Sunday Morning” takes us to the Lower Lewis River Falls near Cougar, Washington. Videographer: Mike Griffith.
