The war hero-president’s insistence that urgent matters should not crowd out important ones is a lesson that voters should keep in mind, according to “60 Minutes” correspondent John Dickerson, author of “The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency.” Source
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Bryce Dallas Howard and Ron Howard on fatherhood
The father-actor-director joined his daughter-actress-director’s new documentary, “Dads” Source
Ron Howard & Bryce Dallas Howard on “Dads”
“Every day as a parent is a comedy, you know? It just is!” said actress-director Bryce Dallas Howard, whose own famous parent, actor-director Ron Howard, is just one of the famous dads telling stories about fatherhood in her new documentary, “Dads.” Lee Cowan sits down with father and daughter. Source
Seniors and millennials share their movie love virtually
Young NYC filmmakers and retirement home residents in Calif. and Mo. join together for a quarantine-inspired event: The Long Distance Movie Club Source
A quarantine movie club for seniors, millennials
Millennial filmmakers Ellie Sachs and Matt Starr, who recently shot a remake of Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall” starring seniors in New York City, have found a new way for the younger and older generations to connect since the COVID-19 quarantine began: They have been getting together virtually with residents of retirement homes every two weeks for a new ritual: Long Distance Movie Nights, watching films of a bygone era together, opening windows of personal memories. Correspondent Serena Altschul reports. Source
Recreating the “great outdoors” in miniature
When COVID-19 hit, all of travel photographer Erin Sullivan’s far-flung gigs dried up, so she started photographing tiny nature scenes inside her Los Angeles apartment Source
Capturing the great outdoors in miniature
When COVID-19 hit, all of travel photographer Erin Sullivan’s far-flung gigs dried up. So, the woman known as “Erin Outdoors” began recreating the great outdoors *indoors*, turning her Los Angeles apartment into imaginative landscapes made out of spaghetti, vegetables, sugar or tinfoil. Her Instagram photo series, #OurGreatIndoors, has inspired other homebound travel buffs to imagine vistas of their own in miniature. Conor Knighton reports. Source
The Melania you don’t know
In “The Art of Her Deal,” Washington Post correspondent Mary Jordan explores the life of the first lady and her surprising role as one of the most influential voices in the Trump White House Source
Melania Trump and “The Art of Her Deal”
In her new book, “The Art of Her Deal,” Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post correspondent Mary Jordan explores the life of first lady Melania Trump, and her surprising role as one of the most influential voices in the campaign and administration of President Donald Trump. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Jordan about the “real” Melania, a woman who grew up dreaming of a life far away from her native Slovenia, and wound up in the White House. Source
Book excerpt: Melania Trump and “The Art of Her Deal”
Pulitzer Prize-winner Mary Jordan’s new book examines the private life and ambitions of the first lady Source