This week on "Sunday Morning" (December 17)

The Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET.  "Sunday Morning" also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET. (Download it here.) 

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Hosted by Jane Pauley.

COVER STORY: Bryant Gumbel on wrapping up HBO's "Real Sports": "I've kind of lived my fantasy life"
After 29 seasons, the final episode of his sports journalism show premieres this week on HBO. Gumbel talks with "Sunday Morning" host (and one-time "Today" show co-host) Jane Pauley about his career path from sports to morning news, and his nickname, "Never Stumble Gumbel"; his most important role model; and why the 320th edition of "Real Sports" is his last.

PREVIEW: Bryant Gumbel opens up to friend Jane Pauley on "CBS News Sunday Morning" | Watch Video

For more info:

• "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" on HBO and Max

     
ALMANAC: December 17
"Sunday Morning" looks at important historical events on this date.

'TIS THE SEASON: Toying around with toymaker Eddy Goldfarb
If you had a toy or game in the last 70+ years that you really loved, there's a decent chance you've got toy inventor Eddy Goldfarb to thank for it. And at age 102, he is still creating. Correspondent Luke Burbank sat down with Goldfarb, who says he was too busy inventing Yakity-Yak wind-up chattering teeth, or games like Ker Plunk, to be able to play them himself; and with Goldfarb's filmmaker-daughter, Lyn Goldfarb, about her father's secret to success.,

For more info:

• "It's Going to Be a Big Day: 101 100-Word Stories by a 101-Year-Old" by Eddy Goldfarb (Lyn Goldfarb Productions), in Trade Paperback and eBook, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
• "Eddy's World" documentary by Lyn Goldfarb; now available on PBS stations nationwide as well as streaming on PBS

MUSIC: Kylie Minogue on success and surviving cancer: "I sing to process everything"
Australian singer Kylie Minogue is a global superstar and Grammy-winner, with 80 million records sold – and now, the sparkling, high-energy pop star has landed in the United States, performing a residency at Voltaire, in the Venetian Resort Las Vegas. She talked with correspondent Seth Doane about measuring success; her Grammy-nominated hit "Padam Padam"; overcoming breast cancer; and how, at age 55, she's endured in a constantly changing pop music world.

For more info:

• kylie.com
• Album: "Tension" by Kylie Minogue
• Kylie Minogue Residency at Voltaire | Ticket info

ARTS: Pablo Picasso: Different perspectives on the cubist's life and art
This year, nearly 50 museums and galleries around the world are marking the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso's death, by honoring the artist's revolutionary vision while also, in the era of #MeToo, reappraising the master's reputation. Correspondent Anthony Mason talks with the artist's daughter, Paloma Picasso; art critic Deborah Solomon; and artist Mickalene Thomas, about how Picasso should be viewed today.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Artist Françoise Gilot, on life with and after Picasso

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Picasso and his mistress, his muse

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Picasso's influence on American artists

For more info:

• Picasso Celebration 1973-2023
• "Picasso Sculptor: Matter and Body," at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain (through January 14, 2024) | Virtual tour
• "A Foreigner Called Picasso," at the Gagosian Gallery, New York City (through February 10, 2024)
• "Picasso in Fontainebleau," at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (through February 17, 2024)
• "Picasso Landscapes: Out of Bounds," at the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Miss. (through March 3, 2024)
• "Picasso: Love him or hate him?" by Deborah Solomon (The New York Times)
• Artist Mickalene Thomas

• Credits: © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society
  © RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY, photograph: René-Gabriel Ojéda
  Landscape Image © RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY: photo: Mathieu Rabeau
  Harlequin Photo: © Metropolitan Museum of Art/Licensed by Art Resource, New York
  Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Gagosian

     
PASSAGE: In memoriam
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week.

'TIS THE SEASON: Martha Stewart on decorating for the holidays
The lifestyle entrepreneur and host of "Martha Gardens" offers her advice on picking and decorating a Christmas tree, and fashioning a beautiful wreath or bough.

For more info:

• Watch "Martha Gardens" on the Roku Channel
• marthastewart.com

     
HARTMAN: Secret Santa

TV: Dick Van Dyke: Forever young
The actor beloved for his performances in such films as "Mary Poppins," "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and the classic TV sitcom "The Dick Van Dyke Show," is being celebrated in a new two-hour tribute special, "Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic" (airing on CBS December 21 and streaming on Paramount+). Correspondent Tracy Smith sits down with the ever-youthful Van Dyke to talk about his illustrative career, winning new generations of fans, and building a body of work that has yet to be finished. 

For more info:

• "Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic" debuts on CBS December 21, and begins streaming the following day on Paramount+
• Dick Van Dyke and The Vantastix

PHOTOGRAPHY: Capturing art left behind in a whiskey glass
Photographer Ernie Button, a whiskey fan, discovered that the dried remains of single malt scotch in the bottom of a glass can offer unique and tantalizing patterns, even evoking alien worlds. His colored photographs of that evaporated whiskey crud are the basis of a new book and photo exhibition, "The Art of Whisky." Button talked with correspondent David Pogue about how paying attention to the overlooked can reveal a previously unknown beauty.

For more info:

• Photographer Ernie Button
• "The Art of Whisky: The Vanishing Spirits of Single Malt Scotch" by Ernie Button (Chronicle Books), in Hardcover and eBook formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
• "Ernie Button: The Art of Whisky" at FAS44 (FreyBoy Art Salon), Las Vegas

      
HEADLINES: Doctor who treated freed Hamas hostages describes physical, sexual and psychological abuse
About 100 Israeli hostages, kidnapped by Hamas during the terrorists' October 7 assault on Israel, have been released after more than 50 days in captivity. Dr. Itai Pessach (whose team at Sheba Medical Center, near Tel Aviv, examined many of them) describes to CBS News' Lesley Stahl the harrowing physical and psychological abuses he says Hamas perpetrated upon its captives, from branding to rape, as well as the traumas that people on both sides of the border war are experiencing. 

• Don't miss Stahl's interview with freed hostages on "60 Minutes" Sunday, Dec. 17, on CBS and Paramount+. Watch a preview below.

FASHION: Naiomi Glasses on weaving Native American art, skateboarding and Ralph Lauren
At 26, Navajo artist Naiomi Glasses is passing down generations of a rich Native American tradition of weaving through her collaboration with Ralph Lauren, by becoming the fashion house's first artist-in-residence. This month Glasses, who brought her love of Navajo designs and skateboarding to social media, is launching her new collection, which she calls a love letter to her people. Correspondent Serena Altschul reports.

For more info:

• naiomiglasses.net
• Follow Naiomi Glasses on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok
• Polo Ralph Lauren x Naiomi Glasses

     
COMMENTARY: Charles M. Blow on reversing the Great Migration
In his 2001 book, "The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto," New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow wrote about the Great Migration (in which six million Black Americans in the early to mid-20th century moved from the South to the North and West seeking greater economic and political opportunities) and called for a "reverse migration" back to the South, where Black Americans would once again be the majority. He talks about expanding that thesis into the new HBO documentary, "South to Black Power."

To watch a trailer for "South to Black Power" click on the video player below:

For more info:

• "South to Black Power," directed by Sam Pollard and Llewellyn M. Smith, is available on HBO and streaming on Max
• Charles M. Blow, The New York Times

     
NATURE: TBD
    

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WEB EXCLUSIVES:

THE BOOK REPORT: Washington Post critic Ron Charles' favorite novels of 2023 (Coming up)
The "Sunday Morning" book reviewer offers his picks of the best of the year.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The photographer's eye (YouTube Video)
Watch classic "Sunday Morning" interviews with noted photographers, including a 2001 profile of Mary Ellen Mark; from 1980, Henri-Cartier Bresson narrates an exhibition of his work; two interviews, from 1981 and 1991, of photographer-painter Chuck Close, recorded before and after suffering paralysis; from 2000, William Wegman, noted for playfully photographing his Weimaraners; and from 2002, portraitist and fashion photographer Richard Avedon looks back on his career.

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David Morgan

David Morgan is senior producer for CBSNews.com and the Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning." He writes about film, music and the arts. He is author of the books "Monty Python Speaks" and "Knowing the Score."

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