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By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer March 1, 2021 35 In this video grab issued Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, by NBC, Norman Lear accepts the Carol Burnett television achievement award at the Golden Globe Awards. (NBC via AP) Norman Lear made TV relevant with “All in the Family” and more 20th-century sitcoms, and he’s accomplished the same for himself as a working producer who’s nearing his 99th birthday. But Lear was modest as he accepted the Carol Burnett Award for his decades of achievement – and the decades themselves – at Sunday’s virtual Golden Globes ceremony. “I am convinced t...

LOS ANGELES - Norman Lear made TV relevant with “All in the Family” and more 20th-century sitcoms, and he's accomplished the same for himself as a worki...

Passionate, personal and profoundly moving. TWITTER Writer-director Lucy Walker casts an immigrant's eye over California's catastrophic wildfires for this essayistic documentary. Bring Your Own Brigade isn't the first cinematic report on the Camp Fire that destroyed Paradise, California, in 2018, or even the first one to screen at Sundance (Ron Howard's Rebuilding Paradise played at the festival in 2020). It almost certainly won't be the last film about the devastation wrought by uncontrolled wildfires, particularly in California, by a long shot. But it's probably the smartest, most interest...

'Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It' Another excellent argument for Puerto Rican statehood. TWITTER A trailblazing force in Latina representation traces her fight to break beyond stereotypical roles alongside her personal emancipation in this tribute for PBS' 'American Masters' series. You don't find subjects much more disarming than Rita Moreno, whose seven-decade career on stage and screen is described in Mariem Pérez Riera's celebratory documentary as both the essence of the American Dream and the tenacious attainment of it despite dispiriting obstacles. "You must never rea...

CBS News What makes Norman Lear, at 98, still tick? "It's another day," said Norman Lear. "How about it? Another day to wake up and look around and see life!" Even at breakfast, Lear – always the producer – knows how things should stack up. "Onion underneath the smoked salmon," he announced. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jonathan LaPook asked, "Does it matter whether the onion is underneath the smoked salmon or on top?" "It matters a very great deal, because the onion has a tendency to break apart and to fall off. The salmon holds it down!" Norman Lear demonstrates the proper ...