Remembering Norman Lear: "The soundtrack of my life has been laughter"
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Norman Lear, who died this week at the age of 101, didn't invent the situation comedy. But, more than anyone else, he made sure that it said something important. In 1999 he told "CBS This Morning," "My slide rule is, if I care, you care. If I laugh, you laugh. If I think it's serious, you'll think it's serious."
Without him it's unlikely we would have ever met Sanford and his son, Maude, the Jeffersons, the families from "Good Times" and "One Day at a Time," or that grumpy, grandstanding daddy of them all, Archie Bunker.
He told "Sunday Morning" in 2016, "When I began to cast 'All in the Family,' my first thought, the only one I had in mind, that was a name I knew and a face I knew and a personality I understood, was Mickey Rooney. And he thought it was ridiculous that I was thinking of doing a show about a bigot. 'You're going to get killed in the streets,' he told me. 'They're going to shoot you dead!'"
Fernando Valenzuela, the beloved Los Angeles Dodgers pitching ace who helped the team win the 1981 World Series, died of septic shock last month, according to his death certificate.
Let the office debates begin - John Krasinski is People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2024.
DOC NYC, America's largest documentary film festival, returns Wednesday for its 14th edition in New York City, with films available for viewing both in-person and online.
Leon Bridges, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, is back on tour following the release of his fourth album, "Leon," a project he describes as a "love letter" to his hometown of Fort Worth, Texas. Bridges kicked off the tour in September at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
Sitting down to talk about his new TV show, Ted Danson admits he is nervous. Why? "Because I want people to see it, I really do," he said. "I think it's an important conversation."
Martha Stewart's 100th book, "Martha: The Cookbook" (published November 12 by Clarkson Potter), features some of the lifestyle entrepreneur's favorite recipes. She shares with "Sunday Morning" viewers one of her daughter's specialties. Stewart writes:
Yellowstone fans feel a deep connection to Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler, the couple at the heart of the show's success. As the series approaches its end, Kelly Reilly, who plays Beth, addressed speculation about their future during an appearance Friday on "CBS Mornings."
Shaboozey's "A Bar Song" has skyrocketed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, marking a milestone for the artist who is known for blending country and hip-hop.
Charlotte, N.C. — NASCAR issued $600,000 in fines and suspended nine team members from three different teams on Tuesday for alleged race manipulation at Martinsville Speedway.
Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson's historic "Thriller" album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91.
James Van Der Beek revealed he has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer.