Calendar: Week of January 23
Here’s a look at the week ahead on our Sunday Morning “Calendar”:
Monday kicks off tax filing season, as the IRS begins accepting individual tax returns for calendar year 2016.
- Year-end tax tips: Do 2017 early (CBS News, 12/27/16)
- With tax-filing season near, scammers are gearing up (CBS Moneywatch, 12/13/16)
- Self-employed? Do this now to cut your taxes (CBS Moneywatch, 12/16/16)
- CBSNews.com complete coverage: Your taxes
On Tuesday, the Motion Picture Academy announces its Oscar nominations.
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars.org)
- Watch the Oscar nominations live via stream at Oscars.com, Jan. 24 at 8:30 a.m. ET
- Oscars (official TV site)
- Gallery: The movies Oscar snubbed (CBS News)
- Quiz: How much do you know about the Academy Awards?
- Complete CBSNews.com coverage: The Academy Awards
To watch “45 films snubbed by Oscar” - classics that were not nominated for Best Picture - click on the video player below:
Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of the death of Chicago gangster Al Capone, who died of cardiac arrest at age 48.
- Almanac: Al Capone (“Sunday Morning,” 05/04/14)
- In search of the real Al Capone (“Sunday Morning,” 06/05/12)
- Al Capone: America’s fascination endures (CBS News, 07/05/11)
- Recreated Al Capone cell inaccurate -- and teen notices
- Famous cases: Al Capone (fbi.gov)
Thursday is opening day for “Rhymes and Reasons,” an exhibit about the musician John Denver, which runs until mid-September at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.
- “Rhymes & Reasons: The Music of John Denver,” at the Grammy Museum, Los Angeles (through Sept. 17, 2017)
- johndenver.com
To hear John Denver sing “Rocky Mountain High” click on the video player below.
Friday is the 50th anniversary of the signing of the international treaty banning the placement of nuclear arms in space.
- Risk of nuclear attack rises (“60 Minutes,” 09/25/16)
- The battle above (“60 Minutes,” 04/26/15)
- Could nuclear bombs be best defense against asteroids? (CBS News, 02/18/14)
To watch footage of the 1962 “Starfish Prime” nuclear test, in which a 1.4 megaton bomb was detonated 250 miles above the Earth, click on the video player below.
And Saturday sees the celebration of the Chinese New Year -- the “Year of the Rooster.”
