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  • Margaret Trudeau: Kim Cattrall Jokes About Identity Mixup

    Margaret Trudeau, mother to Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, was likely flattered when 60 Minutes accidentally misidentified a young Kim Cattrall as her.

    The photo in question showed Canadian actress Kim Cattrall on a date with then-prime minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau in 1981.

    The photo and video montage featured many images of former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife at the time, Margaret Trudeau. The piece was about their son and current prime minister, Justin Trudeau, and his upcoming state visit.

    A 60 Minutes spokesperson said, “We regret the error on one of the several video and still images shown of Margaret Trudeau. It was corrected online last night.”

    Kim Cattrall took the mixup well, posting, “I have a son who is the Prime Minister of Canada? I couldn’t be more proud.”

    Margaret Trudeau has a history almost as scandalous as that of Samantha Jones.

    Margaret Trudeau was married to the prime minister when he was 51 and she was just 22. However, despite being a seemingly doting wife and mother to three boys, she later wrote about how she became obsessed with Senator Ted Kennedy.

    She wrote in her memoir about a “discreet meeting with Teddy” in his office, where they drank wine. She later said she told Kennedy that he “had not destroyed my marriage but that I had used him to help me destroy a marriage that was already over.”

    Margaret Trudeau was later caught partying with The Rolling Stones. It was soon after that when her marriage to the prime minister ended.

    What do you think about the photo mix-up of Kim Cattrall and Margaret Trudeau?

  • Kim Cattrall Victim Of ’60 Minutes’ Mistaken Identity Blunder, Actress Reacts On Twitter

    CBS made an embarrassing blunder after 60 Minutes depicted Canadian actress Kim Cattrall as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s mother.

    On Sunday night, the program featured a profile on the Canadian leader, who is set to visit Washington in a week. While a reporter talked about Trudeau’s parents Pierre Elliot and Margaret, 60 Minutes accidentally included a black and white photo of a young Cattrall and misidentified her as Justin Trudeau’s mother.

    The photo, taken in 1981, shows Cattrall on a date with the late Prime Minister and Trudeau’s  father, Pierre Elliot. The elder Trudeau dated high-profile celebrities such as Cattrall, Barbra Streisand, and Jane Fonda after his separation from his wife Margaret.

    Cattrall just laughed good-humoredly at the program’s gaffe. The Canadian actress took to Twitter and posted a joke about being the Prime Minister’s mother : “I have a son who is the Prime Minister of Canada? I couldn’t be more proud.”

    Others were also quick to make fun of the program’s mistake. The Sex and the City actress retweeted CBC reporter John Bowman’s joke about the recent mix-up. Bowman “wondered” if the Prime Minister was half-Vulcan since Cattrall played a Vulcan in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

    The program issued an apology on Monday. “We regret the error on one of the several videos and still images shown of Margaret Trudeau. It was corrected online last night,” a representative of 60 Minutes told The Hollywood Reporter.

    The blunder occurred a week after the Canadian Prime Minister called on America to “have a little more of an awareness of what’s going on in the rest of the world.”

    The Prime Minister’s Office has yet to respond to a comment request by Reuters.

  • Lara Logan Hospitalized Again For Issues Stemming From Brutal 2011 Arab Spring Gang Rape

    Lara Logan was admitted into a Washington, D.C. area hospital on Tuesday for issues that stem from the sexual assault she sustained while reporting on 2011’s Arab Spring.

    In the midst of celebrations in Tahrir square in Egypt, Lara Logan was purposefully seperated from her crew and bodyguard.

    Lara Logan was then violently assaulted by several men for about 25 minutes before she was rescued by a courageous group of Egyptian women.

    After Lara Logan recovered and was able to give an interview, she said of the attack, “There was no doubt in my mind that I was in the process of dying … I thought not only am I going to die, but it’s going to be just a torturous death that’s going to go on forever.”

    Lara Logan survived, but she continues to battle physical and emotional injuries from the attack.

    In fact, Lara Logan has been hospitalized four times already this year, the most recent being in February when she was admitted for internal bleeding from diverticulitis and digestive problems.

    A friend of Lara Logan’s, Ed Butowsky, told Breitbart, “Very few people know how stoic and incredibly tough this lady is. In spite of everything she’s had to face in the last two years, people have no idea the physical suffering she has been enduring due to the brutal sexual assault she encountered in Egypt during the Arab Spring while reporting for 60 Minutes.”

    He added, “I’ve been in and around this business and people don’t understand how hard reporters work and how much time they put in. Lara, above all of it, has been doing it for four years since this brutal attack and suffering in every way, shape or form. Maybe it’s time for people to realize these people are human beings.”

    What do you think of Lara Logan’s struggle since her brutal attack?

  • Lara Logan: ’60 Minutes’ Correspondent Hospitalized For Health Issues Stemming From 2011 Sexual Assault

    Lara Logan, a correspondent for 60 Minutes, was admitted to the hospital this week for health problems stemming a brutal sexual assault she endured in Egypt in 2011.

    In and out of the hospital since she was beaten and assaulted by a gang of men in Egypt, the 43-year-old CBS News reporter was admitted in February with symptoms of diverticulitis and internal bleeding.

    “Lara’s health has continued to suffer and she has been hospitalized numerous times in the years following the attack in Egypt. She has to make some serious decisions if she should undergo surgery and her health going forward as she continues to pursue the work she loves,”
    A CBS source told Page Six.

    The brutal attack occurred when Lara Logan was separated from her producer and bodyguard as covered events following the fall of then-President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. The reporter was beaten and sexually assaulted by a group of men.

    “There was no doubt in my mind that I was in the process of dying … I thought not only am I going to die, but it’s going to be just a torturous death that’s going to go on forever.” Lara Logan later told Scott Pelley,. “For an extended period of time, they raped me with their hands.”

    Ed Butowsky, a close friend of Logan and her family, told Breitbart News, which first reported that Lara has been readmitted to the hospital, praised Logan for her bravery.

    “Very few people know how stoic and incredibly tough this lady is. In spite of everything she’s had to face in the last two years, people have no idea the physical suffering she has been enduring due to the brutal sexual assault she encountered in Egypt during the Arab Spring while reporting for 60 Minutes.”

    “I’ve been in and around this business and people don’t understand how hard reporters work and how much time they put in. Lara, above all of it, has been doing it for four years since this brutal attack and suffering in every way, shape or form. Maybe it’s time for people to realize these people are human beings” he said.

  • Lara Logan, “60 Minutes” Reporter, Hospitalized Due To Issues Stemming From Brutal 2011 Egypt Gang Rape

    Lara Logan was reportedly admitted into a Washington D.C. area hospital again on Tuesday for injuries stemming from a gang rape.

    Lara Logan was seperated from her producer and bodyguard while reporting on the Arab Spring from Tahrir Square in Cairo.

    The statement from CBS at the time read, “Logan was covering the jubilation . . . when she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration. It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into a frenzy.”

    It continued, “In the crush of the mob, [Logan] was separated from her crew. She was surrounded and suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers.”

    It is not known what specific injuries landed Lara Logan in the hospital this time around, but this is not the first time even this year that she has been admitted to the hospital due to complications from the attack in Egypt.

    Back in February, Lara Logan was admitted with digestive disease diverticulitis and internal bleeding. A source said then that the condition could have been brought on by stress.

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    On Tuesday, Ed Butowsky, a close friend and confidante of Lara and her family, told Breitbart News, “Very few people know how stoic and incredibly tough this lady is. In spite of everything she’s had to face in the last two years, people have no idea the physical suffering she has been enduring due to the brutal sexual assault she encountered in Egypt during the Arab Spring while reporting for 60 Minutes.”

    He added, “I’ve been in and around this business and people don’t understand how hard reporters work and how much time they put in. Lara, above all of it, has been doing it for four years since this brutal attack and suffering in every way, shape or form. Maybe it’s time for people to realize these people are human beings.”

    What do you think about Lara Logan’s horrific story from the front lines of the Arab Spring?

  • Bob Simon: Final ’60 Minutes’ Segment Airs Sunday

    Bob Simon was a beloved news reporter for many years. Sadly, he passed away this past week after a car he was riding in crashed in New York City. The final 60 Minutes segment Bob Simon reported on is set to air Sunday night, February 15th, on CBS.

    The feature Simon did for Sunday’s episode is about a drug that has become a huge part of the fight against Ebola. Called ZMapp, the drug is made in part from tobacco, grown in Western Kentucky.

    “If West African lives are to be saved, salvation may well come from Western Kentucky,” Bob Simon says in a newly released clip of the show.

    He is seen touring warehouses near where the tobacco is grown.

    Simon’s daughter, Tanya Simon, produced the segment that will air on 60 Minutes Sunday night. This will no doubt be a very bittersweet episode for her to watch–if she is even able to do so.

    CBS will honor Bob Simon during the February 22nd episode of 60 Minutes, when the entire broadcast will be dedicated to his remarkable career.

    Will you be tuning in to 60 Minutes on CBS at 7:00 PM ET to see the last segment the late Bob Simon did for the news show?

  • Lara Logan Under Ebola Quarantine

    Lara Logan Under Ebola Quarantine

    CBS News foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan has quarantined herself regarding the Ebola virus after visiting Liberia to produce a segment for 60 Minutes, which aired Sunday.

    Logan, a South Africa native, checked into a hotel for 21 days in that country, and CBS revealed that she is set to leave this Friday. Four other members of the 60 Minutes production team have also self-quarantined, and none of the five have shown any signs of an Ebola infection.

    Logan and her crew visited the “Ebola Treatment Clinic” ran by the relief group International Medical Corps, and documented their safety precautions, which included being careful not to touch anyone, and being sprayed down with a chlorine solution.

    Here is a clip of Logan’s tour of the Liberian Ebola clinic, which has so far treated roughly 200 patients:

    “One thing that strikes you when you arrive in the country is that the first thing you see is Liberian workers in the airport who are wearing face masks, and some of them wearing aprons. Before you can enter the terminal building, you have to wash your hands with chlorine,” Logan commented during a FaceTime chat with 60 Minutes Overtime from her hotel room.

    As an added safety measure, Geoff Mabberley traveled with the team, though his sole function was to keep the crew safe. “Geoff just watched us every minute of the day. [He] sprayed us with chlorine and disinfected everything: the drivers, the cars, the luggage – every time you got out, came out of somewhere,” Logan remarked.

    Healthcare workers are especially susceptible to catching the Ebola virus, though International Medical Corps said that none of its employees have been infected.

    Commenting on the grave situation in Liberia, Logan said, “Ebola in Liberia is very much like a war. You have to keep it together because that’s your job, and you can’t be here if you can’t do that. But it’s so heartbreaking. It’s really been hard on all of us.”

  • Lara Logan Returns to Work at ’60 Minutes’

    Lara Logan Returns to Work at ’60 Minutes’

    Lara Logan is back to work on 60 Minutes after being forced to take a leave of absence in November 2013.

    Logan received the suspension after her report about the controversial events that occurred in Benghazi aired. The news reporter relied heavily on the account of Dylan Davies, a security contractor who said he was at the scene of the raid. Turns out Davies lied repeatedly and his story – just like Logan’s reputation – crumbled.

    CBS launched an internal review of Logan and 60 Minutes and determined that the reporter and her colleagues should have done a better job of checking Davies and his story before the piece went on air. The review also stated that a speech Logan made in her report that urged the U.S. to take action in response to the Benghazi raid presented a conflict of interest for a reporter later doing a report on the incident.

    Logan gave an apology and CBS issued a correction, but Logan was still given the temporary boot, until now.

    Watch Logan’s apology, here:

    The infamous report raised questions about Logan’s ties to the military and her increasingly opinionated views on foreign policy.

    CBS has not stated how much free reign Logan will have now that she’s back, but it doesn’t look like she’ll be gracing the screens of viewers anytime soon, as 60 Minutes is about to take its summer break.

    Are you glad Logan is back? Leave your thoughts below!

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  • Jordan Belfort: The Wolf of Wall St. Melts Down

    The larger-than-life exploits of Jordan Belfort became the stuff of legend when brought to the big screen by Leonardo Dicaprio. The drugs, the hookers, the midgets, and the way Belfort swindled so many people out of their money was entertaining when played out in a movie. But Belfort’s actions cost people their livelihoods.

    And now he is out of prison, having served only half of his sentence, and he is supposed to be paying back what he swindled from people. Belfort’s deal for his release is that he has to pay 50% of his income as restitution until the total ordered is met, $110.4 million.

    But some say that he is making a killing in Australia with seminars featuring his “Sell me this pen” schtick, and has no intentions of paying money back to his victims in the United States as ordered by his deal.

    Recently the Australian 60 Minutes sat down with Belfort. In the course of the interview, things did not go how Belfort had hoped. The interviewer, Liz Hayes, asked Belfort if his oral contract with his management company was an attempt to hide his level of income so it could not be used as part of his restitution deal with the U.S. government.

    Belfort went ballistic.

    “I am not going to get attacked,” he shouted at Hayes. He kept interrupting her, insisting on moving to another subject. “You’re a very nice woman but this is obviously a hatchet job.”

    Hayes calmly responded that she was not attacking him, but asked her question.

    “I was told it would be a friendly, nice interview,” the Wolf fired back. He then got up from his seat and left the set area.

    “You’ve got a lot of nerve, boy,” he yelled away from the lights and cameras.

    Belfort eventually returned to his seat and continued with the interview. But the topic of whether he is dodging his obligation to repay his victims is a sensitive subject with him.

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  • Lara Logan May Be Replaced On 60 Minutes

    Lara Logan May Be Replaced On 60 Minutes

    Lara Logan tarnished her integrity as a journalist and the 60 Minutes brand last year when she ran a piece on the Benghazi attack that was mostly made up of fabrications. She herself didn’t lie, but rather she made the mistake of using a source without first verifying its integrity. It was a rookie mistake and one that may cost her her job. The producers at CBS may even have a replacement ready.

    In a feature on Logan’s career and the events that led up to her Benghazi report, New York Magazine reports that Logan may be replaced by Clarissa Ward. The 34-year-old journalist currently works for CBS News as a foreign correspondent in London. Like Logan, Ward is multi-lingual, has experience covering wars and both have won awards for their original reporting. The only difference is that Ward is free of controversy.

    If Ward does replace Logan, what kind of journalist can we expect to take over 60 Minutes? Ward started off at at Fox News where she became assignment editor in 2004. In 2006, she up within Fox News as a field producer and foreign correspondent for the Middle East. In 2007, she joined ABC News and covered Russia. She then moved to Asia where she covered the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake in Japan.

    In 2011, she moved to CBS News where she covered stories in Asia and the Middle East. She received a Peabody Award for her coverage of the Syrian civil war. Her latest contributions to the network have been a fill-in host on CBS This Morning and occasional contributor to 60 Minutes.

    If you want some insight into the kind of person Ward is, here’s a talk she gave at Stony Brook University last year:

    Ward has not commented on the potential of her replacing Logan yet as she’s currently too busy covering the situation in Crimea:

    Judging by her reporting and her tweets from the ground, CBS has one hell of a foreign correspondent in Ward. It may be a waste to have her focus all of her efforts on 60 Minutes.

    Image via Clarissa Ward/Twitter

  • Lara Logan’s Return To “60 Minutes” Is Undecided

    Lara Logan, who took a leave of absence from 60 Minutes in November following what she called a “mistake”, apparently does not have a definite return-date to CBS News, and spokesman Kevin Tedesco has said they decline to comment on when she will return or what her status currently is with the network.

    Logan delivered a segment in October about Benghazi that included statements made by security officer Dylan Davies, and later his comments came into question by both the Washington Post and the New York Times. Those questions turned into an internal review by CBS News, which found that Davies’ statements differed greatly from the statement he gave to the FBI regarding an insurgent attack that killed four people. Logan later apologized for the segment, saying that they had “been misled, and that it was a mistake to include him in our report”, but when it was discovered that Davies was using the story in order to sell his book, the news exploded online and CBS News was quickly thrown into a tailspin, with at least one longtime member of 60 Minutes demanding that Logan be fired.

    But Logan kept her job, and some think it’s because she has been shown favoritism from her superiors.

    “She got everything she wanted, always, even when she was wrong, and that’s been going on since the beginning,” said a former CBS producer in New York Magazine.

    Now that the New York Magazine piece has gotten out, Logan is being dubbed “reckless” due to her eagerness to get the story, no matter what the cost. She also reportedly refused to adhere to the strict Islamic dress codes, wearing jeans and a white t-shirt to an Afghan election rally for Hamid Karzai.

    “The crews in London revolted. They thought she was dangerous and she was going to get somebody killed,” said a CBS exec.

    Now that the story has been spread around the web, some are doubtful that Logan will be able to keep her job, whether or not she was shown favoritism by executives.

    “If other outlets began looking hard into the story of just what went down at 60 Minutes — what led to an editorial disaster of that magnitude being allowed to make it to air — it might permanently taint Logan by revealing that her mistake was the result of her own recklessness,” wrote Chez Pazienza of The Daily Banter.

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  • Judge Judy to be Featured in Prime Time Special

    Judge Judy is heading to primetime!

    Judy Sheindlin, America’s favorite TV judge, will be featured in a one-hour special for CBS, Judge Judy Primetime, which will feature exceprts from the 1993 60 Minutes profile that helped elevate her to celebrity status, as well as the 2003 60 Minutes piece, which checked in on her 10 years later.

    The special will also include some new cases and highlight her transition from New York Family Court Judge to the beloved, no-nonsense TV judge.

    In the 1990s, Sheindlin had the reputation of being one of the toughest family court judges in the country. On May 21, 1993, Joseph Wapner was released from the original courtroom show, The People’s Court. Sheindlin reportedly called the program and said, “You know, if he doesn’t want to do this show any more, I can do it.” Apparently the receptionist responded, “Are you crazy, lady?” and hung up.

    Following that interlude, a Los Angeles Times article about the judge led to the 60 Minutes report, and the rest is history.

    Her syndicated daytime series, Judge Judy, debuted in 1996 and has been a highly rated show for years.

    It’s hard to refrain from watching her do her thing – putting people in their place without ever flinching.

    Here’s what some of her fans say about her on Twitter:

    Judge Judy Primetime will air May 20 at 8 PM/9 PM on CBS.

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  • Natasha Richardson’s Death Still Unreal for Neeson

    It’s been almost five years since Tony award winning actress Natasha Richardson died from injuries sustained in a skiing accident at the age of 45. And her husband, Liam Neeson, still can’t make heads or tails of the tragic event.

    In an interview with Andersen Cooper on 60 Minutes, the Irish actor spoke about how her death still doesn’t seem real to him. He said, “There’s periods now in our New York residence when I hear the door opening, especially the first couple of years…Any time I hear that door opening, I still think I’m going to hear her.”

    Richardson took a fall while skiing at the Mont Tremblant Resort in Quebec, Canada. She appeared to be fine after the accident, and she sent the paramedics away. However several hours later, she complained of a headache and was taken to the hospital. She died the following day from swelling around her brain. Neeson spoke of his decision to remove his wife from life support, “She was on life support…I went to her and I told her I loved her, said ‘Sweetie, you’re not coming back from this, you’ve banged your head’…she and I had made a pact, if any of us got into a vegetative state that we’d pull the plug…that was my immediate thought…’Okay, these tubes have to go. She’s gone.”

    The Taken star told Cooper that he kept his wife alive long enough for family and friends to say goodbye. The enormous grief still washes over Neeson today. “It hits you. It’s like a wave. You get this profound feeling of instability.”

    Neeson’s next project is the action movie Non-Stop which is set to hit theaters next weekend. In the film, Neeson plays a federal air marshall on an international flight who receives several text messages stating that one passenger will be killed every 20 minutes until $150 million is transferred to a secure bank account.

    The 61-year-old has recently had a run of action movies, including three Taken films and The Grey. He confesses that his age is not reflective of his recent roles. “I’m 61 years of age, man, you know? Going around, fighting these guys, yeah, I feel a wee bit embarrassed, you know?”

    The actor’s 60 Minutes interview will air on Sunday, February 23 at 7 pm ET.

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  • Alex Rodriguez Files Lawsuit Over Lengthy Suspension

    Following an extended suspension, Alex Rodriguez has decided to fight back and has filed a lawsuit against Major League Baseball and its players’ union.

    He has been attacked throughout his career, and hated by a number of people for a variety of reasons, but was that type of suspension necessary?

    Alex Rodriguez’s most recent suspension was discussed recently after appearing on an episode of 60 Minutes.

    Although he did not make an appearance on the show, much like Lance Armstrong, the man who was directly involved and claiming that he knew what Rodriguez did, did make a special appearance on the show.

    Anthony Bosch, founder of Biogenesis, claims that he started providing A-Rod with PEDs in 2010, and was the one who to reveal the personal account of what happened between him and the star baseball player on national television.

    Frederic Horowitc, the arbitrator in the case, stated that there was clear evidence that Alex Rodriguez used three banned substances and twice tried to obstruct the sport’s drug investigation.

    He believes that there is strong evidence against Rodriguez and wants to bring him to justice. Horowitz said “While this length of suspension may be unprecedented for a MLB player, so is the misconduct he committed.”

    After Major League Baseball released a statement saying that they believed the 211-game suspension was fair, they would focus on their efforts of eliminating performance-enhancing substances from the sport of baseball.

    He retaliated with this post on his Facebook page.

    Post by Alex Rodriguez.

    After their statement, Alex Rodriguez said that he would vow to continue to fight their decision, and wants to be able to continue playing baseball.

    Rodriguez previously had an even longer suspension, but the latest punishment of the illegal drugs that he was taking has been brought down to 162 games, plus all of the postseason games in 2014.

    Despite the fact that he is still campaigning to have it reduced, his punishment was originally set at 211 games last August by baseball Commissioner Bud Selig for violations of the sport’s drug agreement and labor contract.

    Whether his latest punishment seems fair or not, Alex Rodriguez is going to continue to fight and plead his innocence. In his current situation, Rodriguez will not be able to play baseball at all during 2014, and as someone who has been plagued with troubles in the past, who knows what will happen next. What does the future hold for Yankees star Alex Rodriguez?

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  • Lara Logan Suspended For Erroneous ’60 Minutes’ Report

    CBS has suspended its news correspondent, Lara Logan for an erroneous 60 Minutes report about the attack on a US diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, according to USA Today. Also suspended was the segment’s producer Max McClellan.

    CBS News chairman Jeff Fager regretted the incident saying that “the deception got through and it shouldn’t have.” Logan and McClellan had ran the interview in October with a security contractor known as Dylan Davies giving an eyewitness account of the deadly attack on the U.S mission  in Benghazi. The security guard told Logan that he had violated his employer’s orders to stay away from the compound and fought off a militant at the facility. Davies also said that he had seen U.S Ambassador, Christopher Stevens, who was one of four Americans killed in the attack, at a local hospital. FBI later discredited Davies after he told the FBI and his employer that he was in fact nowhere near the scene.

    Ms Logan later called it a mistake. The network acknowledged that more thorough investigations should have been done. After a review of the incident, CBS News director of standards Al Ortiz concluded that the mistake was preventable had Logan and McClellan utilized CBS News resources to authenticate the sources.  “It’s possible that reporters and producers with better access to inside FBI sources could have found out that Davies had given varying and conflicting accounts of his story,” Ortiz said

    “There is a lot to learn from this mistake for the entire organization,” said the chairman in an email communicated to the CBS News employees. “As executive producer, I am responsible for what gets on the air. I pride myself in catching almost everything, but this deception got through, and it shouldn’t have.”

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  • Bill O’Reilly Plugs Latest “Killing…” Series Books

    Political commentator and author Bill O’Reilly gave an early plug for his latest nonfiction history book during an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes this weekend. He also detailed the third, and latest, book in his nonfiction series, Killing Jesus, just out in September.

    The muse to writing on Jesus came to the life-long Catholic at night and he points to divine inspiration for the idea, “My inspiration comes from that [the holy spirit] and so I wrote Killing Jesus because I think I was directed to write that.” But, O’Reilly says, “It’s not a religious book… it’s all about history,” though the work is bound to spark commentary. The contract for the book amounts to over $10 million, to be shared with his co-author, Martin Dugard, who does the bulk of the research for the publications.

    The fourth book of the Killing… series, is anticipated for release September of 2014, and will focus on World War II. The series started with Killing Lincoln—which was turned into a 2013 docudrama for National Geographic Channel, featuring Tom Hanks as narrator and Billy Campbell as Abraham Lincoln—and book two was Killing Kennedy. National Geographic adaptations are already set for Jesus and Kennedy—premiering this November. The channel hit viewership records during last February’s airing of Lincoln.

    O’Reilly (pictured here on vacation in Ireland, 2013) said the new book includes, “brand-new information about some very, very fascinating things,” but he would not reveal if the title will mimic the rest of the series.

    According to the interview, O’Reilly’s show, The O’Reilly Factor, has reigned for 13 years as the most watched program on cable news. Known for a history of combative interviewing, CBS interviewer Norah O’Donnell claims he is “mellower” than during his earlier appearance on the news magazine, when interviewed in 2004 by Mike Wallace.

    Other publications penned by O’Reilly include children’s versions of the history series and titles such as Keep It Pithy: Useful Observations in a Tough World (2013) and No Spin Zone: Confrontations with the Powerful & Famous in America (2002).

    [Image via official Bill O’Reilly website.]

  • Bill Gates Talks Steve Jobs in 60 Minutes Interview

    Competitors, rivals, or whatever you want to call them – Bill Gates and Steve Jobs had a lot of shared history. And in a recent interview with Charlie Rose on 60 Minutes, Gates got emotional talking about the time he spent with the late Apple co-founder just before his death from cancer back in 2011.

    Gates discussed the conversation the two had just prior to Jobs’ death, and how they talked about the boat Jobs was building and how he couldn’t wait to get on it – “even though we both knew there was a good chance that wouldn’t happen.”

    “No, he was not being melancholy, like ‘oh I’ve been gypped’” said Gates. “It was very…forward looking.”

    When asked about something Jobs had that he wanted, Gates didn’t hesitate.

    “Oh, his sense of design. That everything had to fit a certain aesthetic. The fact that he, with as little engineering background as he had, it shows that design can lead you in a good direction and so phenomenal products came out of it.”

    He had an intuitive sense for marketing…that was amazing.”

    Gates made a point to discuss the respect he had for Jobs, even as rivals.

    “He and I, in a sense, grew up together. We were within a year of the same age, and we were kind of naively optimistic and built big companies. And every fantasy we had about creating products and learning new things – we achieved all of it. And most of it as rivals. But we always retained a certain respect and communication, including even when he was sick.”

    Check out the interview, with additional commentary from Rose, below:

  • Watch Jack Dorsey’s ’60 Minutes’ Segment [VIDEO]

    Twitter co-founder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey was profiled on 60 Minutes last night, in a segment titled “The Innovator.”

    You can watch the full interview below, in which Dorsey talks Twitter, Square, and his desire to be the mayor of New York City someday.

  • Mike Wallace: The Man Behind The Interviews

    Legendary journalist Mike Wallace, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 93, made a name for himself interviewing the famous and infamous; he wasn’t afraid to dig deep to find the answers he wanted, even if it meant making himself unpopular.

    But the man who made a living asking questions rarely answered any about his own life. He was deeply guarded and preferred to be on the other side of the interview, sometimes just giving a coy smile when asked to confirm wild rumors about his early career in journalism.

    The New York Times has released a video interview of Wallace, however, which goes fairly in-depth and reveals both tantalizing and saddening bits of his personal life. “Last Word: Mike Wallace” goes in depth about his early years and is an interesting look into the life of someone who lived through an era before television, when being in radio was the biggest dream a young journalist could have. He also confirms a rumor about President Nixon asking him to be Press Secretary during his administration, which he thought seriously about and ultimately turned down because, as he says, he wasn’t good at “putting a good face on bad facts”.

    Wallace also opens up a bit about the tragic story of his son Peter, who fell to his death on a rock outcropping while on a trip to Greece in 1962. Wallace had high hopes for his son–who he says would have been a “hell of a reporter”–to follow in his own career aspirations, and after Peter’s death realized he wasn’t making an effort to do so himself. Until then, Wallace had been working at a variety of jobs and had saved up enough money to keep him afloat while he hunted down his dream.

    “I said, ‘I’m going to do something that would make Peter proud’,” Wallace says. “I’m going to give up everything…and start talking to the networks and see if I can get a job as a network reporter.”

    Wallace eventually landed a job with CBS and became one of the most recognizable faces in the world of news on “60 Minutes”, a show which will enter its 44th season this year.

  • Mike Wallace, Famed 60 Minutes Reporter, Passed Away

    Sad news today for the journalism world as Mike Wallace passed away at the age of 93. He will best remembered as one of the toughest men on television as he interviewed crooks and saints alike on 60 Minutes.

    CBS News has a lovely write up on Wallace detailing all of his accomplishments throughout the years. It turns out that throughout his career, Wallace interviewed the likes of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., the Reagans, John F. Kennedy and others. He was known for asking the tough questions that nobody else would even touch. He even at one point asked famed mobster Mickey Cohen how many people had he killed.

    All of this is to say that Wallace was a legend in journalism. He has influenced legions of aspiring journalists to not just find the story, but ask the tough questions that need to be answered. Even though he retired in 2006, the journalism world, and the world at large, are a lesser place without him.

    Here are some of our favorite times with Wallace:

    His famous interview with Louis Farrakhan:

    An interview with opera singer Maria Callas:

    Wallace also interviewed Dale Earnhardt Jr. in one of the most interesting interviews of a NASCAR driver:

    For more Mike Wallace goodness, check out this archive of his interviews from 1957-58. There’s a lot of really awesome interviews in there with people like Salvador Dali and Eleanor Roosevelt.

    Twitter has also reacted to the news with tweets of remembrance:

    (image)@AnnCurry
    Ann Curry    Tough questions are being asked in Heaven today. RIP Mike Wallace(image) 15 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    (image)@MikeMcCannRadio
    Mike McCann    RIP Mike Wallace. 1918-2012. A television original.(image) 39 minutes ago via Twitter for Android ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    (image)@katierosman
    katierosman    An incredible life, immeasurable influence on journalism. RT @brianstelter: Legendary CBS newsman Mike Wallace has died. He was 93.(image) 41 minutes ago via Echofon ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    (image)@dalecruse
    Dale Cruse    Just learned that CBS’ “60 Minute” host Mike Wallace has passed. We’ve lost a legend today.(image) 42 minutes ago via Twitter for Mac ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    (image)@CoreyCaplan
    Corey Caplan    RT @lizzwinstead: I feel sad about Mike Wallace. // Yeah…me too. Everytime we lose one of our prized “real” journalists, I feel a loss.(image) 2 minutes ago via TweetDeck ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    (image)@DittoWatch
    DittoWatch    RIP Mike Wallace — The last best journalist who never had a twitter account. As far as I can tell, anyway.(image) 47 seconds ago via web ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    (image)@dialmformovies
    Rhett Bartlett    Mike Wallace has died on the same date (Apr 7) that David Frost was born. Frost was interviewed by Wallace in lead up to Nixon interview(image) 1 minute ago via HootSuite ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Laura Varela    Amen to that RT @Gerbalaya 93 years is a pretty good life. Mike Wallace was one of the titans of the news industry. True legend(image) 49 seconds ago via TwitBird ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    (image)@rapdotcomdotcom
    5-$tar flute-don    whose gonna say “and I’m Mike Wallace” 🙁 RIP Mike Wallace(image) 1 minute ago via web ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    (image)@ErikEKunzelman
    Erik Kunzelman    Mike Wallace may you rest in peace. You made Sunday Nights memorable. If I close my eyes I can hear the stopwatch forever.
    #legend(image) 37 seconds ago via Twitter for iPhone ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

  • Groupon CEO Andrew Mason 60 Minutes Interview: Twitter Reaction

    Did you get a chance to catch Groupon CEO Andrew Mason on 60 Minutes? If not, you can watch the full interview, as well as some post-interview commentary from interviewer Lesley Stahl here.

    Here’s what some people who tuned in to watch the interview had to say about it on Twitter:

    @dhh
    DHH    Groupon scored a sweet deal with 60 Minutes to have such a puff story aired: http://t.co/T5OCpCXq. I wonder if they had a CBS coupon? 20 minutes ago via Tweetie for Mac · powered by @socialditto

    @tfadz
    tfadz    Andrew Mason doesnt come off as very confident in his 60 minutes interview. 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone · powered by @socialditto

    @BuRSSt
    BuRSSt    The real deal with Groupon: Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is in the business of bargains, and business is good. But i… http://t.co/xUPMYSAN 7 hours ago via twitterfeed · powered by @socialditto

    @DrewShelstad
    Drew Shelstad    #60Minutes Andrew Mason is an absolute douchebag. $GRPN is on notice. Won’t exist in 5 years stock price under $10. Accounting?Stutter #fail 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone · powered by @socialditto

    @danrdietz
    dan dietz    Whoever thought that it was a good idea to put Andrew mason on #60minutes is crazy- bad PR move 8 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone · powered by @socialditto

    @afreck
    Adam    Well, Andrew Mason handled himself pretty well in that interview 8 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone · powered by @socialditto

    @j40nyc
    Jason Lynn    GRPN’s Andrew Mason just used OJ’s “If I did it” defense on 60 Minutes tonight to explain accounting irregularities. Amazing. 8 hours ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    @Danarriola13
    Dan Arriola    Groupon CEO Andrew Mason quoting Wolverine’s Adamantium on 60 min is true geek! I luv it… 8 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone · powered by @socialditto

    Let us know what you thought of the interview in the comments.