Lee Cowan

5 days ago | cbsnews.com | Lee Cowan

"Every time I'm out in, like, nature, that's kind of where I like to do my prayers or gratitude list," said Patrick Schwarzenegger. These days he is counting his blessings, even though the role he was recently blessed with is anything but reverent.

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Lee Cowan

1 hour ago3 superheroes White Lotus star Patrick Schwarzenegger was born to playEmmy-winning HBO series The White Lotus has seen its share of breakout stars, including Jennifer Coolidge, Sydney Sweeney, and Theo James. Season 3 of …16 hours agoFor 50 years, Sydney Opera House has had one man on speed dialSince the Sydney Opera House opened over 50 years ago, countless musical stars, world leaders and awestruck patrons have visited its iconic halls.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Lee Cowan |Analisa Novak

When writing instructor Fred Durbin assigned his students to type letters to Tom Hanks on vintage typewriters, he hoped to teach them about deliberate writing. What he didn't expect was for the Hollywood star to personally respond to every single letter. "Everyone who wrote him a letter, he responded personally and carefully to the actual content of their letters," said Durbin, who teaches at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School near Pittsburgh.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Lee Cowan |Analisa Novak

Mother says Southport project a thank you to ‘community that saved us’The Government has pledged £5 million for the work at Town Hall gardens. The mother of one of three young girls murdered in Southport hopes a …

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Lee Cowan

The voice of the Mississippi still sings in New Orleans, a place where umbrellas dance, booze mingles with beignets, the irreverent holds hands with the sacred, and the dead sleep among the living. "It's a city that enjoys life," said Robert Florence, who, like many others taken by New Orleans, first went there to be playwright and author. He added: "It's a city that lives for the moment. It's a city that is not judgmental.