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Sport betting is an all-time mismatch, pitting man against machine | 60 Minutes Archive
60 Minutes· 2025-10-23 19:51
60 Minutes Rewind. Next Sunday on CBS, the Super Bowl will for the first time be held in Las Vegas, a fitting venue given the prominent role gambling plays in sports today. America's recently brought its age-old love of sports betting out of the shadows and onto our phones.And this has created an all-time mismatch, pitting man against machine. Gamblers, overwhelmingly young men, versus gambling companies armed with sophisticated AI, data, and engineering, enticing fans to make snap bets not just on games, b ...
Some courts are losing trust in Trump Justice Department, according to a study
60 Minutes· 2025-10-22 16:56
60 Minutes Overtime. >> This week on 60 Minutes, we report on the Department of Justice. Over decades, the department has built a reputation of trust with the courts.But now, in the early months of the second Trump administration, it appears some judges have doubts. We spoke with Ryan Goodman, a law professor at New York University. Shortly after President Trump was inaugurated in January, Goodman began a project to examine lawsuits filed against the administration.Today, that number sits at more than 400. ...
Art historian and “American Sublime” curator describes the “majesty” of Sherald’s paintings #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-10-22 15:34
Artistic Style & Themes - The artist's style is American realism, depicting ordinary American life [1] - The art explores themes of freedom, individualism, and Americana [1] - The art aims to reimagine and redeploy American ideals to be inclusive [2] Interpretation & Inclusivity - The art seeks to ensure everyone has a seat at the table in the idea of America [2]
Painting former first lady Michelle Obama #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-10-22 15:33
This is Cheryl's most famous work, The Former First Lady, titled Michelle Leavonne Robinson Obama. Unveiled in 2018, it made headlines around the world. >> Did you know how important this was going to be for your career.>> Did you think about that. >> I think in the moment I wasn't thinking about that because if I did, I probably would have just freaked out, you know. I just stayed out of my head and stayed in the painting.What stands out to you >> when I look at it now. >> The dress. Like, I'm deeply in lo ...
The painting that changed Amy Sherald’s life #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-10-22 15:32
It was this painting on a museum wall that Amy Cherald says changed her life. She saw it on a class trip to the City Art Museum in Columbus, Georgia when she was a teenager. It was painted by an American artist named Bo Bartlett.>> There was a figure in it that was an image of a black man and I realized in that moment that I had never seen a black person in a painting before. >> In any painting you had not seen in any painting. What did you think.>> I thought I want to do this too. You knew in that moment y ...
Anderson Cooper tours “American Sublime” #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-10-22 15:32
It's a moment. >> Her paintings are portraits, but not in the traditional sense. The people in them are real, but their names are rarely used.She's cast them in a visual story all her own. >> The process starts with a photograph. After I randomly come across some person that I'd like to say like my energy recognizes their energy or there's something there, right.and just kind of hold it like you're they come to the studio and either I already have a vision in my head of what I want to create or they are the ...
Amy Sherald’s tribute to her heart donor #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-10-22 15:31
Does it feel different to have somebody else's heart. >> It doesn't anymore, but it does. I'd say for like the first 5 years.>> Wow. For 5 years. >> Yeah.You think about it a lot. I have moments where I think of her and usually when I'm doing something that I wouldn't have been able to do. So, like whenever that happens, I have on my Instagram account, I hashtag it adventures of Christ and Amy >> so that I can mark all the big moments and include her in those moments.And when I sign my name, I put a little ...
Why Amy Sherald didn’t give up #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-10-22 15:30
Do you ever think this is not going to work out. >> Yeah. But I couldn't give up.Like I always say, the world is full of quitters and most people don't want the discomfort and most people don't want the risk. So if I kept at it, then eventually something would have to. ...
Why Sherald uses tones of gray to paint portraits of Black Americans #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-10-22 15:29
This is the grayscale that I paint from uh when I'm doing the skin. >> Skin color in her portraits is something Cheryl has given a lot of thought to. If you hadn't noticed, she doesn't use brown or black.She paints her subject's skin in shades of gray. >> Right now, we're in the midtone phase where I'm still shaping the face. >> At first, she says she just liked the way the gray looked.It reminded her of old family photographs she grew up with. This one is of her maternal grandmother. >> You want somebody t ...
Amy Sherald on canceling her Smithsonian show #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-10-22 15:28
Before we left her studio, Cheryl showed us this model made in preparation for the now cancelled exhibition of American Sublime at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. >> You get to see how it flows and then what kind of story is telling as the viewer walks through. She told us she backed out of the show in July after learning Smithsonian officials were concerned about this painting of a trans person posing as the Statue of Liberty and wanted to display it alongside a video they said would, in their ...