CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley

Tracy Smith talks with actor Lea Michele, best known for her roles in “Glee” and “Funny Girl.” Now she’s headed back to Broadway in “Chess” and opening up about her path to stardom. Mo Rocca samples some of the United States presidents’ favorite meals, including Richard Nixon’s ham mousse and the favorite soup of James Garfield. Bennett Rea, host of “Cookin’ with Congress,” is our cook. David Pogu...

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"Star Trek" legend William Shatner and Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson talk with Luke Burbank about teaming up for a stage show, "The Universe Is Absurd!" in which they discuss the wonders of science.

Stephen Schwartz, the composer-lyricist behind such hits as "Godspell", "Pippin", and "Wicked", talks with Mo Rocca about his life and career on Broadway, in Hollywood, and away from the stage.

Hosted by Jane Pauley. Barstool Sports' president and founder Dave Portnoy, “Wicked" composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, William Shatner and Neil deGrasse Tyson, “prediction markets", and the reality of many hard-working Americans who are facing homelessness.

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates talks with CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook about backing research into Alzheimer's, a disease which affected his own father.

Academy Award-nominee Jessie Buckley talks with Seth Doane about her latest films, "Hamnet" and "The Bride!," and of "living in an unconscious place" when creating a character.

Oscar-winning actor-writer Billy Bob Thornton talks with Lee Cowan about returning to his character Tommy Norris in the Paramount+ series "Landman," set in the oil fields of West Texas. He also discusses his rock band, The Boxmasters; his relationship to fame; and how Hollywood legend Billy Wilder changed his career.

Hosted by Jane Pauley. Research in early-onset Alzheimer’s, “Landman” star Billy Bob Thornton, “Hamnet” actress Jessie Buckley, the psychic wounds of returning World War II veterans, a U.S. flag collector, Faith Salie on the Internet meme “6-7,” and bonsai fall foliage

The author talks about his first fiction published since the 2022 attack that nearly killed him; his own immigrant experience in the U.S.; and what happens when freedom of speech dies.

In his latest film, George Clooney plays a familiar role — one of the world's biggest movie stars — who nonetheless tries to reconcile professional success and his personal shortcomings.

Hosted by Jane Pauley. Featured: Ken Burns' "The American Revolution"; George Clooney on "Jay Kelly"; author Salman Rushie on "The Eleventh Hour"; the high cost of childcare; the Trump administration's pressures on universities; pianist Adam Tendler; and watch auctioneer Aurel Bac

In this exclusive, the Oscar-winning director talks about his latest film, his reimagining of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," and about his lifelong love of the mythic horror tale.

In this exclusive, the country superstar talks with Lee Cowan about his new book, "Heart Life Music."

Hosted by Jane Pauley. Featured: Combatting phobias; Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom; country superstar Kenny Chesney; “Frankenstein” director Guillermo del Toro; Ford CEO Jim Farley; and Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic and an avid long-distance runner.

In this exclusive actor-director Ben Stiller talks with Jim Axelrod about his Apple TV documentary about his parents, "Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost," and about how making the film became a reflection not just on their lives but on his own.

In 2012 actor Tim Curry suffered a stroke, after which he had to relearn how to speak. In this exclusive, the steadfastly private Curry talks with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz about his memoir "Vagabond," and his life, career, and medical story.

Hosted by Jane Pauley. Featured: Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s posthumous memoir; actor Tim Curry; Ben Stiller’s documentary about his parents, Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara; children’s video entertainer Ms. Rachel; and library that straddles the U.S.-Canada border.  

The star of "The Bear" talks with Lee Cowan about portraying rock legend Bruce Springsteen in the film "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere."

The actor who portrayed NYPD detective Danny Reagan in the long-running CBS police procedural "Blue Bloods" now stars in the spinoff series "Boston Blue," in which his character patrols the streets of Boston. Donnie Wahlberg talks to Mo Rocca about continuing the franchise.

Hosted by Jane Pauley. Featured: America’s spirit of innovation; Donnie Wahlberg, returning in the “Blue Bloods” spinoff “Boston Blue”; Katheryn Bigelow on her new nuclear thriller “A House of Dynamite”; former Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court today; and “Simpsons” creator Matt Groening.

The singer-songwriter talks with Seth Doane about his memoir, "Cat on the Road to Findout."

The Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis and his son, director Ronan Day-Lewis, talk with Jane Pauley about collaborating on a new film, "Anemone," which they also co-wrote.

The Grammy-winning singer talks with Tracy Smith about her latest album, "Something Beautiful."

Hosted by Jane Pauley. Featured: Students react to cellphone bans in schools; Daniel Day-Lewis and son Ronan Day-Lewis on their film “Anemone”; singer Miley Cyrus; singer-songwriter Yusuf/Cat Stevens; responses to arrests by ICE agents; and how AI is being developed in military aircraft.