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Motion picture academy lays off staff at archive and library amid broader restructuring

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is restructuring its archive and library, cutting 16 staff members as part of a strategic effort to consolidate preservation efforts.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 9 hours ago

From the archives: Entertainer Mitzi Gaynor

Singer, dancer and actress Mitzi Gaynor, who wowed audiences in movies, on TV, and in Vegas, died Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 93. In this Oct. 6, 2019 "Sunday Morning" interview, Gaynor talked ...

The Internet Archive has faced a barrage of cyberattacks

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library that has served as a main repository of internet history, is back online with limited functionality after weeks of being harassed by hackers.

Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Movement | 60 Minutes Archive

In 2012, Lesley Stahl reported on a chain of charter schools in the U.S. tied to the teachings of Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen. Gülen, who later faced accusations he masterminded a failed 2016 ...

From the archives: Teri Garr on living with MS

Oscar-nominated actress Teri Garr, best known for her comic turns in "Young Frankenstein" and "Tootsie," died on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at age 79. In this "Sunday Morning" profile originally ...

George Foreman on the "Rumble in the Jungle" | 60 Minutes Archive

In a 1995 interview with Lesley Stahl, George Foreman recalled the 1974 heavyweight boxing match known as the "Rumble in the Jungle" that he lost to Muhammad Ali in an eighth-round knockout.

Book returned to Cumbria school library 113 years overdue

Poetry of Byron borrowed by schoolboy Leonard Ewbank, who studied at Oxford and was killed at Ypres in 1916. A book borrowed from a school library before the first world war has finally been ...

World - The Guardian - October 19

Texas condemned for placing book on colonization in library’s fiction section

Outcry in Montgomery county as Linda Coombs’ book on European colonization of Native American land reclassified. Anti-censorship advocates have joined book publisher Penguin Random House in ...

World - The Guardian - October 21

California woman takes little free libraries to another level

You may have seen these little free libraries on the side of the road, quaint little houses where people can share good old fashion traditional books. But as Itay Hod reports, one woman in ...

Unknown waltz by Chopin found in library vault after nearly 200 years

The score, on a card bearing Frédéric Chopin’s hand-written name, was discovered by a curator at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York. An unknown waltz by Chopin, written nearly 200 years ago, ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

A rare look inside a giant panda nursery | 60 Minutes Archive

Once bound for extinction, giant pandas were saved by their one evolutionary advantage: they're adorable. Scott Pelley reported on their resurgence in 2019. This week, two giant pandas from China ...

From the archives: Former President Barack Obama on "Face the Nation" in 2009

Two months after taking office, President Barack Obama sat down with Face the Nation moderator Bob Schieffer to discuss the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and his plans to revive the American economy.

From the archives: President George W. Bush on "Face the Nation" in 2006

Face the Nation moderator Bob Schieffer sat down with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office in early 2006 to discuss the ongoing wars in the Middle East and reflect on his time in the White ...

From the archives: VP Dick Cheney on potential 2003 invasion of Iraq

Days before the U.S. launched a military operation in Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney joined Face the Nation. He spoke about the possibility of invasion and international reaction to American ...

‘A large part of my life’: a former Banksy associate sells his archive

At a Los Angeles-based auction, Steve Lazarides is preparing to say goodbye to a giant trove of Banksy artwork and memorabilia, expected to make millions. After several tumultuous years, the former ...

World - The Guardian - 23 hours ago

From the archives: Nelson Mandela on efforts to end apartheid in South Africa

In April of 1991, violence plagued South Africa as politicians debated how to end apartheid. Nelson Mandela joined Face the Nation to discuss the problems facing the country and his opinions of ...

From the archives: House Speaker Newt Gingrich discusses the "Contract with America"

House Speaker Newt Gingrich joined Face the Nation in 1995 to discuss his plans for the "Contract with America," a series of legislative measures meant to shrink the size of the federal government.

How to make a Trump voter out of any undecided parent: Take them to a library

A couple of weeks ago, I took my daughters, 7 and 6, to the local library because I had seen a sign for an event that seemed like it would be fun. It was, sort of, if poorly organized and cheaply ...

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