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This week on "Sunday Morning" (December 17)

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Hosted by Jane Pauley.

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Bryant Gumbel. CBS News

COVER STORY: Bryant Gumbel on wrapping up HBO's "Real Sports": "I've kind of lived my fantasy life" | Watch Video
After 29 seasons, the final episode of his sports journalism show premieres this week on HBO. Gumbel talks with "Sunday Morning" host (and one-time "Today" show co-host) Jane Pauley about his career path from sports to morning news, and his nickname, "Never Stumble Gumbel"; his most important role model; and why the 320th edition of "Real Sports" is his last.

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  • "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" on HBO and Max

     
ALMANAC: December 17 (Video)
"Sunday Morning" looks at important historical events on this date.

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At 102, toy inventor Eddy Goldfarb is still busy creating.  CBS News

'TIS THE SEASON: Toying around with toymaker Eddy Goldfarb (Video)
If you had a toy or game in the last 70+ years that you really loved, there's a decent chance you've got toy inventor Eddy Goldfarb to thank for it. And at age 102, he is still creating. Correspondent Luke Burbank sat down with Goldfarb, who says he was too busy inventing Yakity-Yak wind-up chattering teeth, or games like Ker Plunk, to be able to play them himself; and with Goldfarb's filmmaker-daughter, Lyn Goldfarb, about her father's secret to success.,

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SUNDAY JOURNAL: Doctor who treated freed Hamas hostages describes physical, sexual and psychological abuse | Watch Video
About 100 Israeli hostages, kidnapped by Hamas during the terrorists' October 7 assault on Israel, have been released after more than 50 days in captivity. Dr. Itai Pessach (whose team at Sheba Medical Center, near Tel Aviv, interviewed and examined many of them) describes to CBS News' Lesley Stahl the harrowing physical and psychological abuses he says Hamas perpetrated upon its captives, from branding to rape, as well as the traumas that people on both sides of the war are experiencing. 

  • Don't miss Stahl's interview with freed hostages on "60 Minutes" Sunday, Dec. 17, on CBS and Paramount+. Watch a preview below.
The Hostage Story | Sunday on 60 Minutes 00:29
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Visitors to the exhibition "Picasso in Fontainebleau," at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, view Pablo Picasso's 1921 painting "Three Musicians." CBS News

ARTS: Pablo Picasso: Different perspectives on the cubist's life and art | Watch Video
This year, nearly 50 museums and galleries around the world are marking the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso's death, by honoring the artist's revolutionary vision while also, in the era of #MeToo, reappraising the master's reputation. Correspondent Anthony Mason talks with the artist's daughter, Paloma Picasso; art critic Deborah Solomon; and artist Mickalene Thomas, about how Picasso should be viewed today.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Artist Françoise Gilot, on life with and after Picasso

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Picasso and his mistress, his muse

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Picasso's influence on American artists

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PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including Emmy Award-winning actor Andre Braugher, star of "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."

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Correspondent Seth Doane with singer Kylie Minogue in London.  CBS News

MUSIC: Kylie Minogue on success and surviving cancer: "I sing to process everything" | Watch Video
Australian singer Kylie Minogue is a global superstar and Grammy-winner, with 80 million records sold – and now, the sparkling, high-energy pop star has landed in the United States, performing a residency at Voltaire, in the Venetian Resort Las Vegas. She talked with correspondent Seth Doane about measuring success; her Grammy-nominated hit "Padam Padam"; overcoming breast cancer; and how, at age 55, she's endured in a constantly changing pop music world.

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HARTMAN: The Secret Santa club (Video)
A Phoenix elementary school teacher who uses Steve Hartman's inspirational stories as lessons in kindness and character made a huge impression on his students with the tale of Secret Santa, a wealthy, anonymous businessman who annually gives out hundreds of $100 bills to strangers. That motivated the kids to raise $8,000 – and then give it all away.       

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Dick Van Dyke sits down with correspondent Tracy Smith.  CBS News

TV: Dick Van Dyke: Forever young | Watch Video
The actor beloved for his performances in such films as "Mary Poppins," "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and the classic TV sitcom "The Dick Van Dyke Show," is being celebrated in a new two-hour tribute special, "Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic" (airing on CBS December 21 and streaming on Paramount+). Correspondent Tracy Smith sits down with the ever-youthful Van Dyke to talk about his illustrative career, winning new generations of fans, and building a body of work that has yet to be finished. 

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Martha Stewart shares some decorating ideas for the holidays.  CBS News

'TIS THE SEASON: Martha Stewart on decorating for the holidays (Video)
The lifestyle entrepreneur and host of "Martha Gardens" offers her advice on picking and decorating a Christmas tree, and fashioning a beautiful wreath or bough.

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Native American weaver Naiomi Glasses.  Instagram

FASHION: Naiomi Glasses on weaving together Native American art, skateboarding and Ralph Lauren | Watch Video
At 26, Navajo artist Naiomi Glasses is passing down generations of a rich Native American tradition of weaving through her collaboration with Ralph Lauren, by becoming the fashion house's first artist-in-residence. This month Glasses, who brought her love of Navajo designs and skateboarding to social media, is launching her new collection, which she calls a love letter to her people. Correspondent Serena Altschul reports.

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A Florida migrant family traveling through North Carolina to New Jersey, 1940. From the early 20th century through 1970, approximately six million Black Americans migrated from Southern states to the North, Midwest and West.  Library of Congress

COMMENTARY: Charles M. Blow on reversing the Great Migration | Watch Video
In his 2001 book, "The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto," New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow wrote about the Great Migration (in which six million Black Americans in the early to mid-20th century moved from the South to the North and West seeking greater economic and political opportunities) and called for a "reverse migration" back to the South, where Black Americans would once again be the majority. He talks about expanding that thesis into the new HBO documentary, "South to Black Power."

To watch a trailer for "South to Black Power" click on the video player below:

South to Black Power | Official Trailer | HBO by HBO on YouTube

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NATURE: Grizzly bear in Montana (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday with a young grizzly bear getting ready for winter at Paradise Valley in Montana. Videographer: Judith Lehmberg.


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From the "Sunday Morning" archives: The photographer's eye by CBS Sunday Morning on YouTube

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The photographer's eye (YouTube Video)
Watch classic "Sunday Morning" interviews with noted photographers, including a 2001 profile of Mary Ellen Mark; from 1980, Henri-Cartier Bresson narrates an exhibition of his work; two interviews, from 1981 and 1991, of photographer-painter Chuck Close, recorded before and after suffering paralysis; from 2000, William Wegman, noted for playfully photographing his Weimaraners; and from 2002, portraitist and fashion photographer Richard Avedon looks back on his career.


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