Singer-songwriter Billie Eilish (“Bad Guy”) demonstrates for CBS News’ Gayle King how she and her brother, Finneas O’Connell, improvise and conjure up songs at their home studio. Source
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Billie Eilish on overcoming her “toxic” relationship with her body
In this web extra singer-songwriter Billie Eilish talks with “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King about the kind of comfort she feels from covering up. Source
Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell on writing “Bad Guy”
In this web exclusive, singer Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas O’Connell, talk with CBS News’ Gayle King about creating their hit song “Bad Guy,” which they composed and recorded in the studio they created in his former bedroom. Source
Mel Brooks on the love of his life, Anne Bancroft, and comedy that’s not PC
The “Producers” director and the Oscar-winning actress were inseparable for 41 years, and had more in common than one might think Source
Doris Duke’s Shangri La
The heiress built a home in Honolulu that was a testament to the cultures she discovered in her ’round-the-world travels, and now it’s the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design Source
In prisoner swap, Iran and U.S. release detained student, scientist
After three years in a Tehran prison, Princeton graduate student Xiyue Wang is on his way home, in exchange for Iranian scientist Masoud Soleimani, who’d been arrested in the U.S. last year – part of a prisoner swap arranged between the United States and Iran. Roxana Saberi reports. Source
Almanac: A vote against war
On December 8, 1941, the day after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, members of Congress voted unanimously to authorize a declaration of war, with one exception: Rep. Jeannette Rankin, an avowed pacifist Source
Rob Gronkowski on the Patriots’ prospects
After nine seasons and three Super Bowl wins, New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski retired from the field earlier this year. In this web extra, correspondent Reena Ninan asked Gronkowski about the prospects of the Patriots as the regular season winds down and they head toward the playoffs. Source
Dollar Stores and food deserts
In the latest struggle between Main Street and corporate America, grocers say the rapidly-expanding chains of Dollar General, Dollar Tree and Family Dollar have effectively forced them out of business, thereby reducing options for fresh food and produce for miles around Source
Rob Gronkowski on slowing down
In this web extra, former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski talks with correspondent Reena Ninan about when he began feeling that he might not be able to physically maintain an NFL career. Source