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“Cheers” for applause! – CBS News Watch CBS News Applause – clapping your hands to signify approval – is an ancient, nearly universal custom, almost as old as humankind. “Sunday Morning” host Jane Pauley looks at the history of a theatrical tradition. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for
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The 1975 musical “A Chorus Line” had no stars. Instead it told the stories of the dancers who hustle from show to show, whose names audiences will probably never know. It became a Tony Award-winning smash. Asked why, actress-dancer-choreographer Baayork Lee replied, “I think, first of all, we were the first reality show. We played
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Broadway dance legend Baayork Lee – CBS News Watch CBS News Baayork Lee was a child of the stage, whose first role, at age five, was in “The King and I” with Yul Brynner in 1951. Since then, she danced for George Balanchine in his production of “The Nutcracker,” and appeared in such acclaimed Broadway
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Muslims across Minnesota are getting ready to celebrate Eid-al-Adha Muslims across Minnesota are getting ready to celebrate Eid-al-Adha 02:01 Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia under the soaring summer heat. The ritual marks the final days of the Hajj, or Islamic pilgrimage, and the start
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When Frank Sinatra sang “My Way,” he could’ve been singing about Kevin Costner. The Oscar-winning actor-director is at work on his most ambitious project to date – a four-part saga of the American West. And just like Ol’ Blue Eyes, Costner is doing it his way. “Horizon: An American Saga” is spectacular in every sense.
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Kevin Costner on “Horizon: An American Saga” – CBS News Watch CBS News Actor-director Kevin Costner won two Academy Awards for “Dances with Wolves,” and now he’s back with another western: “Horizon: An American Saga,” a four-part epic about pioneers settling the West, which Costner himself helped bankroll. He talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about
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Growing up on 13th Avenue in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, in the 1940s and ’50s, Anthony “Tony” Fauci was the precocious son of the corner pharmacist. “They called him Doc,” he said. “The pharmacist back then served as the neighborhood psychiatrist, marriage counselor. So, it was serving the community.” The Fauci Pharmacy is long-gone. But beneath
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Dr. Anthony Fauci on pandemics and partisan attacks – CBS News Watch CBS News There are millions today who owe their lives to the work of the man who devoted his career to public health. But in recent years Dr. Anthony Fauci, who combatted infectious diseases at the National Institutes of Health, has been targeted
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Passage: In memoriam – CBS News Watch CBS News “Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including R&B singer-songwriter Angela Bofill. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source: cbsnews.com
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Jonathan Bailey’s on-screen chemistry in “Bridgerton,” “Fellow Travelers” – CBS News Watch CBS News Heartthrob Jonathan Bailey seems to have mastered the art of on-screen romance, from the Regency bodice-ripper “Bridgerton,” to the fictional love affair between closeted Capitol Hill staffers at the height of McCarthyism in “Fellow Travelers.” Correspondent Michelle Miller talks with the
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