If you’re like many people holed up at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, you are spending more time in the kitchen. And with yeast sales up more than 600 percent compared to a year ago, it’s a good bet what’s coming out of more and more ovens is freshly-baked bread. Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with bread expert Jim Lahey, of New York’s Sullivan Street Bakery, and with budding bread bakers who are finding nourishment not just for the body, but for the soul. Source
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Hollywood’s cliffhanger of a summer
Summer has been blockbuster season at theatres ever since moviegoers were first bitten by “Jaws”; now, with production halted and release schedules shuffled, Hollywood is trying to figure out how to come out of this unexpected intermission Source
For Hollywood, the show must go on
For decades, summer has been movie blockbuster season. Now, with production halted, release schedules shuffled and hundreds of thousands of jobs lost, Hollywood is trying to figure out how it will recover from the coronavirus shutdown. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with Tom Rothman, chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group; SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Cateris; Ted Sarandos, content chief at Netflix; and film professor Emily Carman, about how the film industry may bounce back. Source
“Abblasen” performed by the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own”
This Memorial Day weekend, “Sunday Morning” is honored to have its opening theme “Abblasen” performed by members of the United States Army Band, “Pershing’s Own.” Performers (clockwise from top left): SSG Craig Basarich; SSG Alicia Eisenstadt; SSG Adrienne Doctor; SSG Danny Venora; SSG John Powlison; and SSG Kevin Paul. Arrangement by SSG Venora. Hooah! Source
“Sunday Morning” Full Episode 5/24
Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Lee Cowan examines Hollywood’s canceled summer blockbuster season and how film production may be forever changed. Plus: Tracy Smith sits down with singer-songwriter Josh Groban; Tony Dokoupil plays table tennis with “Star Trek: Picard” star Sir Patrick Stewart; Peter Greenberg looks at how the travel industry is inching back; Mark Strassmann reports on this week’s first manned SpaceX launch from the Kennedy Space Center; Wired magazine’s Nicholas Thompson explores how Wikipedia became a trusted source for medical information on COVID-19; Conor Knighton takes a new virtual tour inside the Statue of Liberty; and Martha Teichner reports on how the home baking of bread during lockdown is nourishing people’s bodies and souls. Source
Kim Jong Un makes first public appearance in weeks
It’s his first public appearance since May 1, when state-run media reported he attended at a factory opening after rumors flew that he was gravely ill. Source
Pandemic: The Indiana “Front Porch Portraits”
Families in quarantine step out of their homes for photographer Shane Cleminson Source
Outbreak at Washington food plant puts halt to reopening plan
According to Clark County Public Health, 38 workers at Firestone Pacific Foods in Vancouver have tested positive for COVID-19 so far. Source
CBS Weekend News, May 23, 2020
Americans head outdoors for Memorial Day weekend as coronavirus restrictions ease; Family brings home newborn surrogate daughter from Ukraine Source
Therapeutic horseback riding program hit from pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted a horse therapy organization for kids with special needs needs and about two dozen therapy horses have been sent away. Don Dahler reports. Source