Arts
Sunday Passage: Dave Brubeck and Oscar Niemeyer
Charles Osgood tells us about the life and achievements of two artists who recently passed: Musician Dave Brubeck and architect Oscar Niemeyer.
Arts
Andy Serkis, the man behind Gollum
The schizophrenic creature Gollum from "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" was created by special effects technology - and by the acting, facial expressions and voice of actor Andy Serkis. Anthony Mason reports on how the actor gets into his roles.
Behind the scenes at "Downton Abbey"
The PBS series "Downton Abbey" has taken the world by storm. Martha Teichner takes us on a tour of the set, speaks with some on the cast, and talks a few details of Season Three. WARNING: SPOILERS!
Alan Cumming, an actor for all ages
Scottish actor of stage, movies and TV's "The Good Wife" says he is living life backwards - getting younger as he grows older
Redesigning the Lincoln
The luxury car brand had lost some of its luster, so Ford brought in a new designer - from Cadillac - to reshape an automotive classic
Wind-powered beasts that are works of art
For years Dutch artist Theo Jansen has created what he calls Strandbeests - ambulatory contraptions that walk across the beach powered by nothing but the wind. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
Kid Rock: Motor City's bad boy does good
The rapper-singer and self-taught musician is a musical chameleon - and a champion for Detroit's comeback
Edelstein on the ravishingly strange "Life of Pi"
Ang Lee's 3-D tale of a young man and a tiger adrift at sea revels in the transformative power of storytelling
Richard Gere: An actor and a gentleman
Star whose latest film "Arbitrage" is still at the top of his game, and is expanding his range - to a new role as innkeeper
Street artist KAWS reaches new heights
The graffiti artist who has taken the art world by storm debuted his latest work this week: A balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Almanac: Woody Woodpecker
72 years ago today the cartoon favorite made his big-screen debut
Review: Ang Lee's "Life of Pi"
Film critic David Edelstein offers his take on the new 3-D film that celebrates the transformative power of storytelling.
The street artist KAWS rises to new heights
Art, graffiti, and Macy's collide
John Goodman: Let the demons chase me now
Actor getting Oscar buzz for "Argo" and "Flight" plays characters that are walking oxymorons - "like human beings," he says
Time travel within a photograph
Photographer Stephen Wilkes does something both jarring and beautiful with photographs: He merges images from different times of day together to show the passage of time. Martha Teichner reports on Wilkes' process to create stunning depictions of time. All photos copyright Stephen Wilkes.
More From Sunday Morning
This week on "Sunday Morning" (August 24): By Design
A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
A pilgrimage to the desk with the greatest view
In the late 1970s, a group of university students in West Texas, wanting a place to study with a view, hauled a desk to the top of Hancock Hill in the town of Alpine. Today, the desk is a pilgrimage for hikers seeking a meditative place.
"Severance" star Adam Scott
The former "Parks and Recreation" star heads the surreal, critically-acclaimed series about workers at a mysterious corporation whose brains are altered to create distinctly separate personalities in and out of the office.
Laufey on creating her own sound
Whimsical and romantic, the music of Icelandic singer and cellist Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir blends pop, jazz, classical and bossa nova – a "mishmash," she calls it. Her latest album is "A Matter of Time."
Capturing the melting of glaciers, with data and art
For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring shrinking glaciers in Washington State. He's been joined by his daughter, artist-scientist Jill Pelto, whose watercolors provide another view of the drastically-changing landscape.
This week on "Sunday Morning" (August 17)
A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
To tip or not to tip: That is David Sedaris' question
The humorist has some thoughts about gratuities, especially when they're pre-programmed onto a screen.
The JFK Files
More than six decades after the Kennedy assassination, the existence of unreleased documents from the investigation has continued to fuel questions - and conspiracy theories - in search for a "smoking gun." What did the recent release of thousands of documents reveal?
At 75, "Sunset Boulevard" is ready again for its closeup
Billy Wilder's caustic tale of Hollywood, obsession and murder, in which a fading star of silent pictures tries to recreate her fame, is back in its full dark glory.
Steve Wozniak on fighting internet scams
The computer inventor and co-founder of Apple is sounding the alarm about one of the great threats of this new Information Age: internet fraud. He talks about how he is fighting for the victims of online scams involving AI, cryptocurrency and faked messages.