It’s trite but true; Jimmy Stewart played the Everyman better than everyone. He had the gawky innocence to be an idealistic senator, in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”; an eccentric with a six-foot-tall rabbit pal in “Harvey”; and a depth, in “Rear Window” and “Vertigo,” that even Alfred Hitchcock found mysterious. But it was director…
Harper We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Returning to movie screens after his service in World War II, actor Jimmy Stewart was nervous about appearing in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” – a film now acknowledged as one of his very best. In his biography of the…
Attorney General Todd Blanche has long maintained that the so-called Epstein files, even those kept from the public, contain no secret information related to national security. When the document releases began last winter, Blanche noted that the Epstein Files Transparency Act authorized withholding information in the interest of national security or foreign policy, but said,…
Jared Kushner is pushing back on a report involving a hacked iPhone, international spies and billion-dollar transfers from foreign governments. An upcoming book by journalist Matthew Cole claims Kushner, who is President Trump’s son-in-law, had access to more than $2 billion in “slush money funds” from Middle Eastern leaders in an attempt to influence U.S….
Avid Reader Press We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In “Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love” (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster), NPR health and science correspondent and “Sunday Morning” contributor Allison Aubrey writes about the steps Gen Xers may take to foster a sense of…
The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Hosted by Jane Pauley COVER STORY: California’s wealth tax – How does it add up?California voters will decide whether to adopt…
Oprah Winfrey selected “Hungered” by debut novelist Amanda Rizkalla as her latest book club pick. Watch the author, Amanda Rizkalla, read an excerpt from her novel that Oprah says “compassionately tackles the difficult subject of families who live outside the margins.” Source link
Kerry Kennedy, the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy, was asked to describe her mother. She replied, “Extraordinarily chic, fun, funny, fully alive.” Kerry says that most people don’t know very much about her mom’s life. She calls it “a story of wonder and beauty and inspiration.” But not of self-reflection. As…
The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Hosted by Jane Pauley Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy board a flight to begin a 26-day international Goodwill Tour, in Washington…
HarperCollins We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Ethel Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy were married nearly 18 years, and had 11 children together, before he was felled by an assassin’s bullet in June 1968. In her memoir, “Ethel Kennedy: The Extraordinary Life and Bold Legacy” (to be published…
