Actress Naya Rivera, known for her role on “Glee,” is believed to have drowned in “what appears to be a tragic accident” while boating with her son on a California lake, authorities said Thursday. Rivera was reported missing Wednesday, when her 4-year-old son was found on a pontoon boat by …
Read More »“Sunday Morning” at 40: The artist’s vision
Originally broadcast on January 27, 2019. In 40 years, “Sunday Morning” has produced about 1,000 art stories, depending on what you consider art, from potholes and pushpins, to a brush-wielding elephant. We’ve also done Pablo Picasso a dozen times. Our very first art story, in February 1979, featured Ellsworth Kelly …
Read More »Supermodel Paulina Porizkova: “It’s really freaking hard to be a woman over 50”
The face on this fashion shoot is likely familiar. Paulina Porizkova was a cover girl in the 1980s and ’90s. Now, 54, the supermodel is on assignment again, as “Sunday Morning” witnessed for Harper’s Bazaar “You haven’t always loved modeling,” said “CBS This Morning” co-host Anthony Mason. “It’s true; I …
Read More »WNBA salary: Players Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird discuss CBA, training program with USA Basketball
A new WNBA contract that raises players’ salaries and helps combat the need for them to play abroad in the off-season just to make a living will put the league in “a different category,” said WNBA player and four-time Olympic gold medalist Diana Taurasi. “I think the tone of what …
Read More »Yo Gotti and Jay
Rappers Yo Gotti and Jay-Z have teamed up to bring legal action against the Mississippi Department of Corrections after five prisoners died violently in the state’s troubled prison system in the past month. In his first interview since the lawsuit was filed, Yo Gotti told CBS News he will be holding a …
Read More »Serena Williams named AP Athlete of the Decade
Serena Williams was selected by The Associated Press as the Female Athlete of the Decade on Saturday. The winner was chosen by AP member sports editors and AP beat writers. Williams had an exceptional decade on and off the court. She earned a dozen Grand Slam singles titles — no …
Read More »Hallmark Channel same
The Hallmark Channel on Sunday moved to reinstate ads featuring a same-sex couple that had been removed from the cable network. The decision came after considerable backlash over the initial decision to stop airing the ads from the wedding-planning company Zola. “The Crown Media team has been agonizing over this …
Read More »Ron Leibman has died; Tony
Actor Ron Leibman, who appeared in movies, theater and television in a career that spanned six decades and won a Tony award for Tony Kushner’s iconic play “Angels in America,” has died after an illness. He was 82. Leibman’s agent, Robert Attermann, said the actor died Friday. He gave no …
Read More »Goo Hara has died; Former member of K
Goo Hara, a former member of the K-pop band Kara, was found dead in Seoul on Sunday, police said. She was 28. The cause of death was unclear, and police said they would be holding a press briefing on Monday. The South China Post reported she was hospitalized in May …
Read More »Jane Fonda arrested today on steps of U.S. Capitol Building at “Fire Drill Friday” climate change protest
Jane Fonda was arrested Friday as she protested climate change on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building, CBS affiliate WUSA reports. The 81-year-old actress and a group of protestors were participating in her weekly “Fire Drill Friday” campaign. A total of 16 people were arrested at the protest on …
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