Artist Shirley Woodson: Life captured in bold strokes
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Artist Shirley Woodson described how she works: "I listen to blues, I listen to jazz."
"Does what you're listening to inspire the painting?" asked correspondent Rita Braver.
"Oh, definitely, definitely. A deeper color, a more brilliant color. That translation, that interpretation is part of what goes on."
Keri Russell, literally acting as U.S. ambassador, was deftly balancing yet another diplomatic crisis, in a rented manor, with prop champagne. And the plot, while plausible, was scripted. Asked whether it was over-glamourized, Russell replied, "The diplomatic world? Well, yeah, it's TV! You've got to over-glamorize it! Everything takes so long!"
Dua Lipa and Cher opened the Rock & Roll Hall Fame induction ceremony on Saturday night singing "Believe" before giving way to a medley of rump shakers by funk masters Kool & the Gang, rock classics by Foreigner and Peter Frampton, and a powerhouse performance by Dionne Warwick, bringing the house down at 83.