Michael K. Williams – the breakout star of HBO’s “The Wire” – is taking on one of the most publicized crimes of the 1980s with his role in the new Netflix series “When They See Us.” The Ava-Duvernay-directed project centers on the five teenagers who were wrongfully convicted for the …
Read More »Major Food Group restaurants aim to turn the familiar into the “extraordinary”
Major Food Group operates some of the most iconic restaurants in New York. For co-founders Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi and Jeff Zalaznick, dining is nothing short of a theatrical experience. “We take a lot of pride in being storytellers,” Carbone told “CBS This Morning: Saturday” co-host Dana Jacobson. He said …
Read More »For the British cast of “Hamilton,” there’s nothing ironic about its London success
Of all the musicals that have crossed the Atlantic, “Hamilton” may have arrived with the most baggage. It is, after all, about the American Revolutionary War, which the British famously lost. So how would British audiences take to a show about the winners? Easy, it turns out. That was then, this …
Read More »Meek Mill interview: Rapper says he “would be in prison” without high
Rapper Meek Mill is pushing for criminal justice reform after his own controversial legal troubles. In his first live TV interview since being released from prison, Mill told “CBS This Morning” he “doesn’t care about being a face” of the movement for reform. “This happens to minorities on a daily basis …
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