Director Jon Favreau on "The Mandalorian and Grogu"
Jon Favreau, creator of the "Star Wars" series "The Mandalorian," has now brought the father-son relationship of Pedro Pascal's bounty hunter and his charge "Baby Yoda" to the big screen.
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Tracy Smith is an award-winning correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours", where her reporting is featured across all CBS News platforms and programs.
Smith, who joined CBS News in 2000, has covered a wide range of subjects, producing revealing interviews with news-making artists such as Taylor Swift, Dwayne Johnson, Sabrina Carpenter and George Clooney, to moving, in-depth reporting on the Los Angeles wildfires, child victims of the Israel-Hamas war, medical breakthroughs in pediatric cancer and the effects of abortion laws in Texas.
At "CBS News Sunday Morning," Smith has interviewed both entertainment legends like Eddie Murphy and emerging stars like Olivia Rodrigo. She's often the first television interview for newsmakers, including Barry Diller, Christine Blasey Ford and Cassidy Hutchinson.
At "48 Hours," she reported a groundbreaking and critically praised broadcast on bullying, another on dating violence, one on surviving sexual abuse and another on the recent rise in hate crimes. Smith also was part of the team that won an Emmy for "Caught," the "48 Hours" broadcast about the Boston Marathon bombing.
While at CBS News, Smith has also covered major national and international news events such as the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina and the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
Previously, she was a national correspondent for "The Early Show." She also co-anchored the "Saturday Early Show" and has reported for the "CBS Evening News."
Before CBS News, Smith was an anchor and reporter for Channel One News and a part-time reporter for KERO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Bakersfield, Calif.
Smith has earned seven Emmy Awards as part of the "CBS News Sunday Morning" team.
She was born in Wyoming, Ohio, and graduated cum laude from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science degree and earned a Master of Arts in broadcast journalism from the University of Southern California.
Smith is married to "CBS News Sunday Morning" producer John D'Amelio. They have two children.
Jon Favreau, creator of the "Star Wars" series "The Mandalorian," has now brought the father-son relationship of Pedro Pascal's bounty hunter and his charge "Baby Yoda" to the big screen.
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