This week on "Sunday Morning" (September 29)
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COVER STORY: Brush with fame: The public's one-sided bond with celebrities | Watch Video
Parasocial relationships are those that are one-sided – like the fascination and devotion that fans hold for their favorite celebrities. Correspondent Susan Spencer talks with journalist Jancee Dunn about her experience interviewing her hero, rock star Stevie Nicks; and with experts about how that intense fan-celebrity relationship speaks to the human condition.
For more info:
- Writer Jancee Dunn
- Kerry O. Ferris, Department of Sociology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill.
- University of Indianapolis sociology professor Travis Cooper
- Vance Ricks, Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science, Northeastern University, Boston
ALMANAC: September 29 (Video)
"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.
SUNDAY JOURNAL: Terror expert: Leadership of Hezbollah has been "decapitated" (Video)
Friday's airstrike by the Israeli military that killed Hassan Nasrallah, overall leader of the Iran-backed group Hezbollah, in Beirut, Lebanon, along with the recent explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies carried by Hezbollah members, have now eliminated virtually all of the terrorist group's senior commanders. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin talks with CBS News contributors Andrew Boyd (former head of counter-terrorism operations at the CIA) and Michael Morrell (former acting CIA director) about what these latest developments mean for Israel, and for Iran.
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AUTOMOTIVE: James Bond's wheels: Collecting the coolest (Video)
Doug Redenius' lifelong fascination with James Bond movies has led him to collect and restore dozens of vehicles used by the British secret agent and the bad guys he pursued, from tripped-out sportscars, submersibles and motorcycles, to planes, helicopters and paragliders. Correspondent Lee Cowan takes a spin through spy movie history, visiting with 007's vehicles, many of which are currently on display at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
For more info:
- Ian Fleming Foundation
- Vehicles in the Ian Fleming Foundation collection
- Exhibit: "007 Science: Inventing the World of James Bond," at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (through October 27)
- Exhibit: "Bond in Motion," at the International Spy Museum, Washington, D.C. (through April 2025)
EDUCATION: In Finland, teaching students to spot disinformation and fake news (Video)
Being able to identify hoaxes, avoid scams, and debunk propaganda is a civic skill required in today's information society. That's why the curriculum of students in Finland includes media literacy lessons, aimed at safeguarding a precious resource: the truth. Correspondent Chris Livesay reports.
PASSAGE: Remembering "Downton Abbey" actress Maggie Smith (Video)
Dame Maggie Smith, whose luminous stage and screen career included two Oscars and a Tony Award, died on Friday, September 27, 2024, at age 89. Correspondent Martha Teichner has a remembrance of the actress whose most famous role came late in life – as the prickly, imperious Lady Violet Crawley in the TV series "Downton Abbey."
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Maggie Smith (Video)
Dame Maggie Smith, whose luminous career included two Academy Awards and a Tony, died on Friday, September 27, 2024, at age 89. In this "Sunday Morning" profile that aired January 20, 2002, correspondent Eugenia Zukerman talked with Smith about her roles, which ranged from Shakespeare's Desdemona to Harry Potter's Professor Minerva McGonagall; and about her grandmother's advice that she never appear on the stage. Zukerman also talked with "Gosford Park" director Robert Altman and producer Bob Balaban about the actress' on-screen magic.
FOOD: Ina Garten on her memoir, and a life of reinvention | Watch Video
Ina Garten was working an economic policy job at the White House when, at age 30, she changed direction, buying a small specialty food store called the Barefoot Contessa in West Hampton Beach, New York. It started her on a career as an entrepreneur, cookbook author and culinary TV host. Garten, whose new memoir is "Be Ready When the Luck Happens," talks with correspondent Rita Braver about her painful childhood; her marriage; and what she thinks about the prospect of retiring.
RECIPE: Ina Garten's Fresh Whiskey Sours
For more info:
- "Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir" by Ina Garten (Crown), in Hardcover, Large Print, eBook and Audio formats, available October 1 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- Ina Garten: Barefoot Contessa (Official site)
- "Barefoot Contessa" hosted by Ina Garten (Food Network)
- "Be My Guest" with Ina Garten on Discovery+ and Max
COMMENTARY: President Joe Biden on Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday | Watch Video
On the occasion of Jimmy Carter turning 100, President Biden honors the former president and humanitarian for his decades of public service, as well as his hopeful vision of our country and tireless commitment to a better world.
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MUSIC: Coldplay on their record-breaking world tour: "We're having such a great time" | Watch Video
Twenty-five years after their first hit record, Coldplay's current world tour, which Billboard calls "the biggest rock tour of all time," has earned more than a billion dollars and sold more than 10 million tickets. During a stop in Dublin, correspondent Anthony Mason catches up with Chris Martin, Will Champion, Guy Berryman and Jonny Buckland to talk about "Moon Music" (the band's tenth studio album), the songwriting process, and their future playing together.
To hear "We Pray" by Coldplay, Little Simz, Burna Boy, Tini and Elyanna (from the album "Moon Music"), click on the video player below:
For more info:
- coldplay.com | Tour info
- Coldplay's "Moon Music," to be released October 4
BOOKS: Malcolm Gladwell's life has changed; he has not | Watch Video
Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell's latest, "Revenge of the Tipping Point," builds on a familiar idea from his books: You may think you know how the world works, but you're wrong! The provocative Gladwell talks with correspondent David Pogue about why he's refused to change his approach, his work ethic, or his contrarianism.
READ AN EXCERPT: "Revenge of the Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
The author revisits his 2000 bestseller "The Tipping Point," to examine the flip side of that earlier book's lessons about studying social change. Among the topics he covers: Cheetah reproduction.
For more info:
- "Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Co.), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available October 1 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- gladwellbooks.com
- "Revisionist History" podcast
POLITICS: The high stakes and low blows of vice presidential debates (Video)
On Tuesday, the Democratic and Republican nominees for vice president will face each other in their first and only debate. Historian Kate Andersen Brower says that, even though Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Ohio Senator JD Vance both hail from the heartland, viewers should not expect "Midwestern Nice" to play out between the two. CBS News chief election & campaign correspondent Robert Costa looks at the history of VP debates.
CBS News will host the only planned vice presidential debate between Governor Tim Walz and Senator JD Vance on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 9 p.m. ET on CBS and CBS News 24/7. Download the free CBS News app for live coverage, post-debate analysis, comprehensive fact checks and more.
For more info:
- "First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power" by Kate Andersen Brower (HarperCollins), in Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- katebrower.com
NATURE: Sunflowers in South Dakota (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday morning among sunflowers in Highmore, South Dakota. Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Dame Maggie Smith on her brilliant career (YouTube Video)
Two-time Oscar-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith died on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, at age 89. In this "Sunday Morning" profile that aired Dec. 27, 2015, she talked with correspondent Mo Rocca about her stage and screen career, which ranged from Shakespeare and Neil Simon to Harry Potter; and how she cheated with regard to wearing a corset while shooting the series "Downton Abbey." Rocca also talked with playwright Alan Bennett, who wrote "The Lady in the Van," the real-life story in which Smith stars as the indigent woman who'd camped out in Bennett's driveway for 15 years.
"HERE COMES THE SUN": Zoë Kravitz and Philippe Petit (Video)
Actor, producer and director Zoë Kravitz sits down with Michelle Miller to discuss her directorial debut with the film "Blink Twice." Then, Martha Teichner meets Philippe Petit, the French high-wire artist who walked across a high wire strung between the Twin Towers 50 years ago.
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