Extended interview: Lisa Kudrow
In this web exclusive, Emmy-winning actress Lisa Kudrow talks with Tracy Smith about “Friends,” and her HBO show “The Comeback.”
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Lisa Kudrow on making “The Comeback”
After 40 years in showbiz, Lisa Kudrow is making a “comeback.” Her HBO series, “The Comeback,” is the story of a faded sitcom star, Valerie Cherish, who signs on to a reality show about her attempts to stage a comeback. It’s equal parts funny and cringey, and so is the show’s back-story. Created by Emmy-winner …
In conversation with Cory Booker
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has been a face of the Democratic Party’s resistance to the Trump administration – from a record-breaking filibuster critical of the president’s policies, to calls for accountability over U.S. involvement in the war with Iran. He also expresses his hopes for our nation in a new book, “Stand,” in which …
Cory Booker: “We, the people, are the heroes this country needs”
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker hasn’t been the mayor of Newark since 2013. But when he walks around his neighborhood, you’d never know it. One passer-by yelled out, “The best mayor ever!” “Thank you, brother! Thank you,” Booker replied. Another man came up and gave Booker a hug. Asked how he knew he could hug …
Nature: Spring in Mason County, Texas
We leave you this first Sunday of spring surrounded by wildflowers and songbirds in Mason County, Texas. Videographer: Scot Miller.
Book excerpt: “Stand” by Cory Booker
St. Martin’s Press We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. “We are more than a government,” writes New Jersey Senator Cory Booker. “We are a nation, a people bound by shared bedrock virtues.” In his new book, “Stand” (to be published March 24 by St. Martin’s Press), Booker tells …
Why it pays to be bored
Resolving boredom through our incessant attention to our devices has, according to New York Times bestselling author Arthur Brooks, also brought an end to our willingness to let our minds wander – inhibiting abstract thinking and making us vulnerable to anxiety and depression. He talks about his new book, “The Meaning of Your Life: Finding …
Why it pays to be bored
CBS News contributor Arthur C. Brooks is the author of a new book, “The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness.” This morning, he’s charting an unlikely path to happiness: Human beings have an amazing ability to solve problems. Usually, that’s great. But not always. Sometimes, we solve little problems, but …
Lisa Kudrow on making “The Comeback”
“Friends” star Lisa Kudrow played a washed-up sitcom actress, Valerie Cherish, in the 2005 HBO comedy “The Comeback.” The show was cancelled, but it earned a cult following, and then returned in 2014. Now, “The Comeback” is itself making a comeback for a third season. Kudrow talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about her love for …
Chef Ruthie Rogers on the comforts of food and conversation
The River Cafe, a bustling London restaurant, has kept its Michelin star since the late ’90s. Ruthie Rogers is not just co-founder, owner and chef; she is teacher of this Italian restaurant, conductor and, on the floor of her blue-carpeted, celebrity-filled world, connector. “I love talking to Wyclef Jean; that was really spontaneous,” she said. …