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Almanac: July 27

"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.

• Jul 27
• 00:57

"The Wizard of Oz" as you've never seen it before

This "Wizard of Oz" isn't in Kansas anymore. In fact, it's in Las Vegas, where Sphere is presenting the Judy Garland classic as you've never seen it – a 16K immersive experience on a screen larger than four football fields, with tornado effects, and artists and AI expanding the visions of Emerald City. Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz offers us a glimpse behind the curtain, and talks with Garland's daughter, singer Lorna Luft, about what she thinks her mother's reaction would have been.

• Jul 27
• 08:03

From the archives: Sculptor Louise Nevelson

In this "Sunday Morning" story that aired July 22, 1979, Charles Osgood reported on the career of artist Louise Nevelson, whose monumental sculptures graced grand public spaces in major cities, and joined her as she returned to her small hometown of Rockland, Maine, which had just opened its first solo exhibition of Nevelson's work.

• Jul 22, 1979
• 08:46

Extended interview: Bridget Everett

In this web exclusive, the actress-writer-producer behind the acclaimed HBO series "Somebody Somewhere" sits down with correspondent Luke Burbank at Joe's Pub in New York City, to discuss the genesis of her show; her career as a cabaret star; and the process of writing original songs for a series in which music plays a central role.

• Jul 20
• 24:39

This week on "Sunday Morning" (July 27)

A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.

• Jul 27

Extended interview: Kathy Bates

In this web exclusive, Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates talks about her early attraction to the stage, and the sacrifices her parents made for her; her early films, "Taking Off" and "Straight Time"; and her performance in "Misery," for which she earned an Oscar.

• Jul 20
• 27:45

Extended interview: Restaurateur Keith McNally

British-born restaurateur Keith McNally opened such popular New York City institutions as the Odeon, Balthazar and Pastis. But a 2016 stroke, which caused immobility and affected his speech, led to a suicide attempt two years later. In this web exclusive, he talks with correspondent Mo Rocca about writing his memoir, "I Regret Almost Everything"; how the stroke drew him to Instagram; how he learned restaurant lighting through an early job in theater on "The Rocky Horror Show"; and giving second chances.

• Jul 20
• 25:16

Nature: Mammoth Hot Springs at Yellowstone

We leave you this Sunday morning at Yellowstone National Park's Mammoth Hot Springs in Wyoming. Videographer: Michael Clark.

• Jul 20
• 03:01

Former Obama speechwriter David Litt on finding neutral ground

"Common ground" may be increasingly difficult to find when everything seems political. Instead, David Litt suggests finding "neutral ground" with others – spending time together focused on something other than our differences (like, surfing).

• Jul 20

Finding politically neutral ground while surfing

"Common ground" may be increasingly difficult to find in a time when everything seems political. Instead, David Litt, a former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, suggests finding "neutral ground" with others – a place to spend time together focused on something other than our differences. Surfing, he found, is a good option.

• Jul 20
• 02:29

Conductor Herbert Blomstedt, a man who has cheated time

Herbert Blomstedt is still conducting major symphony orchestras around the world at the age of 98. And as correspondent Martha Teichner reports, he plans to continue doing so past 100 because, he says, "I have gifts I have to live up to."

• Jul 20
• 06:14

These United States: Yellowstone National Park

Correspondent Conor Knighton reflects on the American treasure whose preservation as our first national park inspired similar conservation efforts around the globe.

• Jul 20
• 02:01

What shocked "Matlock" star Kathy Bates?

Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates, who sat down with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz to talk about some of her most memorable stage and screen roles, from "Misery" to "Matlock," learned a startling fact about her relationship with her mother the night she won the Oscar. (Originally broadcast Oct. 6, 2024.)

• Jul 20
• 07:45

The Carousel of Happiness

While under fire during the height of the Vietnam War, Marine Corporal Scott Harrison got through those dark days thanks in no small part to a vision he had, of a carousel in a mountain meadow. Years later, he bought a broken-down carousel, and made his vision a reality. Today, in Nederland, Colorado, his non-profit Carousel of Happiness is on a mission to spread joy. Correspondent Steve Hartman reports.

• Jul 20
• 02:54

Bridget Everett on how she ended up as "Somebody Somewhere"

The actress and cabaret star put her hometown of Manhattan, Kansas, on the map with the award-winning HBO series about a Midwestern woman returning home and working through grief. She returned to Manhattan, to talk about her surreal journey.

• Jul 25

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