The comic writer and actor Buck Henry, who helped bring “Get Smart,” “The Graduate” and “Heaven Can Wait” to the screen, and who was a frequent guest host of “Saturday Night Live,” died this past week at age 89. Jane Pauley reports. We also remember Rush drummer Neil Peart, who died this week at 67. Source
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Gary Clark Jr. on “This Land”
At 35 Gary Clark Jr. is still clearly uncomfortable being heralded as one of the best guitarists in a generation. He’s played the White House, and toured with the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton. This year his blues/rock album, “This Land,” is up for four Grammy Awards. Kristine Johnson talks with the musician who describes himself as a “simple dude from Austin, Texas who picked up a guitar.” Source
The art of Kim Novak
The star of such classics as Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” and “Picnic” turned her back on Hollywood in the 1960s, exchanging a movie studio for an artist’s studio Source
Passage: Remembering Buck Henry
The comic writer and actor helped bring “Get Smart,” “The Graduate” and “Heaven Can Wait” to the screen, and was a frequent guest host of “Saturday Night Live” Source
The mysteries of the octopus
The octopus is one of the most bizarre life forms on Earth – one of the smartest, most interesting, and most alien. It can camouflage itself in a flash, squeeze its entire body through a one-inch hole, and use their brains (yes, it has nine of them) to think and play. Chip Reid visits scientists at New England Aquarium in Boston, and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., and talks with Sy Montgomery, author of “The Soul of an Octopus,” about these curious creatures. Source
In Sicily, police patrol for pistachio thieves
With the biennial harvest upon them, farmers of the valuable crop are getting assistance from Italy’s paramilitary security force Source
Carlos Ghosn’s great escape
You don’t get as far as Carlos Ghosn has come without thinking outside the box, or inside the box for that matter, which is how the former Nissan executive – facing trial in Japan for financial wrongdoing – managed to skip bail and flee the country. He spoke (somewhat evasively) with correspondent Charlie D’Agata about his improbable journey. Source
Almanac: Arthur Godfrey
The long-running live TV variety show “Arthur Godfrey and His Friends” made its debut on CBS on January 12, 1949. Jane Pauley reports. Source
Fighting for overdue protections for pregnant workers
Despite the law, many employers still deny accommodations to pregnant workers, forcing thousands of women out of their jobs, or making them face serious choices affecting careers and family Source
Gary Clark Jr.: “Music is my religion”
At 35, heralded as one the best guitarists in a generation, he’s played the White House, toured with The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, and is up for four Grammy Awards for his album “This Land” Source