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COVER STORY: “The Wizard of Oz” as you’ve by no means seen it beforeThis “Wizard of Oz” isn’t in Kansas anymore. Actually, it’s in Las Vegas, the place Sphere is presenting the Judy Garland traditional as you’ve by no means seen it – a 16K immersive expertise on a display bigger than 4 soccer fields, with twister results, and artists and AI increasing the visions of Emerald Metropolis. Turner Traditional Films host Ben Mankiewicz presents us a glimpse backstage, and talks with Garland’s daughter, singer Lorna Luft, about what she thinks her mom’s response would have been.
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ALMANAC: July 27“Sunday Morning” appears again at historic occasions on this date.
The set up “Collection View: Louise Nevelson,” presently on the Whitney Museum of American Artwork in New York.
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ARTS: The enduring sculptures of Louise NevelsonIt took the artwork world a long time to acknowledge Louise Nevelson (1899-1988), however her large, monochromatic sculptures, typically incorporating discovered objects, verged on the monumental. Correspondent Religion Salie talks with Nevelson’s granddaughter concerning the artist’s impression, and visits exhibitions of Nevelson sculptures in New York Metropolis and Columbus, Ohio.
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THESE UNITED STATES: Coney IslandWhen the Switchback Railway debuted at New York’s Coney Island in 1884, it signaled the arrival of the amusement park. Correspondent Tracy Smith appears on the origin and evolution of an American establishment.
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MOVIES: Kristin Scott Thomas on the ache behind “My Mother’s Wedding”Kristin Scott Thomas, the Oscar-nominated star of “The English Patient” and “Slow Horses,” has directed and co-written her first movie: the heartfelt “My Mother’s Wedding,” about three daughters who come collectively to attend their mother’s third nuptials. She talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about writing constructed on childhood losses. She additionally discusses overcoming shyness, and making her movie debut in Prince’s personal directing debut, “Under the Cherry Moon.”
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PASSAGE: In memoriam“Sunday Morning” remembers among the notable figures who left us this week, together with rocker Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer of the heavy metallic band Black Sabbath.
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MUSIC: Michael Feinstein on passing his love of nice songs to the following generationMichael Feinstein’s love for the Nice American Songbook goes far past requirements written by Gershwin or Porter. He talks with correspondent David Pogue about his musical roots, and the artists of at present whose work, he says, add to the Nice American Songbook. He additionally talks about creating the Nice American Songbook Basis, which goals to protect the cultural legacy of American in style music.
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Johnny Carson hosted “The Tonight Show” for 30 years, changing into the king of late-night TV.
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TV: The hidden facet of Johnny CarsonAs host of “The Tonight Show” for 30 years, Johnny Carson was the king of late-night TV – the pre-eminent Hollywood expertise dealer, monologist, and nationwide taste-maker. However the public not often noticed the personal facet of the person who helped tuck tens of tens of millions of People into mattress every evening. Correspondent Jim Axelrod talks with Mike Thomas (co-author, with Invoice Zehme, of “Carson the Magnificent”) concerning the late-night host’s enduring impression and personal difficulties; comedians Robert Klein and George Wallace, who describe a “Tonight Show” look as comedy’s Mt. Everest; and actress Dyan Cannon, who says of Carson, “There was nobody as big a star.” (Initially aired March 2, 2025.)
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U.S.: False positivesErin Moriarty experiences.
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MARATHON: Trip time! (YouTube Video)Take a break, with these traditional “Sunday Morning” options concerning the joys (and miseries) of a summer season trip:
Martha Teichner on how People’ holidays are too few, and too quick (2000)
Summer season “assignments”? Nancy Giles needs youngsters to get pleasure from a break from schoolwork (2006)
Invoice Geist compares an island idyll on “Survivor” with a keep at a tropical resort (2000)
Charles Osgood on how New York’s Adirondacks grew to become a trip sizzling spot (1997)
Jim Gaffigan is not going to ask you about your summer season plans, so don’t ask about his (2023)
Mitch Butler and Josh Landis clarify why you don’t get pleasure from holidays as a lot as you hope to (2012)
Jim Axelrod finds that within the U.S., the place paid day off from work will not be legally required, many simply don’t take holidays (2010)
Religion Salie asks in case you’ve used up your trip days but (2014)
Conor Knighton’s journey round Iceland takes us “full circle” (2014)
Mo Rocca discovers the fun of a “virtual” trip, goggles required (2021)
What did Jane Pauley do on her summer season trip? (2017)
From the archives: Jazz musicians Chuck Mangione and Hole Mangione
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Jazz musicians Chuck Mangione and Hole Mangione (Video)Two-time Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn participant Chuck Mangione, identified for his hit “Feels So Good,” died Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at age 84. On this “Sunday Morning” story that aired Feb. 15, 1987, correspondent Billy Taylor profiled Chuck and his brother, jazz pianist Hole Mangione, about their early partnership as The Jazz Brothers. The 2 went their separate methods however, 23 years later, regrouped for a sequence of reunion concert events.
From the archives: Jazz singer Cleo Laine and musician John Dankworth
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Jazz singer Cleo Laine and musician John Dankworth (Video)British singer Cleo Laine, one of the crucial distinctive voices in jazz, died on Friday, July 25, 2025, at age 97. On this “Sunday Morning” report from Sept. 30, 1990, correspondent Billy Taylor spoke with Laine and her husband, musician John Dankworth, about their drive for musical range, from jazz and opera to Broadway. Taylor additionally experiences on the couple’s backing of Jazz FM, a just-launched British radio station dedicated to jazz, and the music faculty Laine and Dankworth based, at which they convey a useful lesson to aspiring instrumentalists and singers: “Don’t ever copy anybody.”
Prolonged interview: Bridget Everett
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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Prolonged interview: Bridget Everett (Video)The actress-writer-producer behind the acclaimed HBO sequence “Somebody Somewhere” sits down with correspondent Luke Burbank at Joe’s Pub in New York Metropolis, to debate the genesis of her present; her profession as a cabaret star; and the method of writing unique songs for a sequence through which music performs a central position.
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