Will Croxton

New York

Digital Producer at 60 Minutes

Digital Producer for @60Minutes Overtime. Term Member @CFR_org

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Articles

Anduril CEO unveils the Fury unmanned fighter jet

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Will Croxton

In April, Anduril Industries co-founder Palmer Luckey arrived for his 60 Minutes interview in an outfit that's become a signature look: shorts, flip-flops, and a colorful Hawaiian shirt. He was also sporting a mullet and a goatee. "I've actually always wanted a mullet my whole life," he laughingly told correspondent Sharyn Alfoni about his distinctive hairstyle. But while Luckey's appearance is casual, his business is deadly serious. And the U.S. military is taking him seriously.
How Timothée Chalamet’s drama teacher helped him change his life

2 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Will Croxton

On a cold day in January, actor Timothée Chalamet and 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper sat in Cafe Wha?, a nightclub in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Over 60 years ago, Bob Dylan had arrived from Minnesota and made his debut in the New York City folk scene there. Chalamet, who was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Dylan in “A Complete Unknown,” spoke about what makes New York City a formative place for artists.
Jamie Lee Curtis revisits "Halloween," "Psycho," and "True Lies" artifacts

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Will Croxton

On a Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles, California, actor Jamie Lee Curtis stood over two leather-bound books. Costumes and props provided by the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Academy Collection surrounded the actress and 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. Curtis saw her donated copy of the script for "Halloween," the 1978 horror cult classic directed by John Carpenter that made Curtis the "scream queen" of her generation.
Breaking down the high costs of egg freezing

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Will Croxton

This week, 60 Minutes reported on egg freezing: a medical procedure in which a woman's eggs are harvested, frozen and stored until she is ready to have children. Correspondent Lesley Stahl visited a fertility clinic in Manhattan to see the egg retrieval process with Dr. Tomer Singer, head of Northwell Health's fertility practice.
The trends behind the historically low U.S. birth rate

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Will Croxton

This week, correspondent Jon Wertheim reported from Japan, the land of declining sons and daughters. Over the last 15 years, the East Asian country has seen its population decline, amid low birth rates and falling marriage rates. Last year, more than two people died for every baby born in Japan, a net loss of almost a million people.
Google DeepMind CEO demonstrates Genie 2, world-building AI model that could train robots

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Will Croxton

Google DeepMind CEO demonstrates Genie 2 This week, 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley reported on a massive leap forward in artificial intelligence technology led by Google DeepMind, the company's AI research hub. Pelley took Astra, Google DeepMind's AI assistant that can see and hear with cameras and microphones, for a test drive on the streets of London, near DeepMind's headquarters in the United Kingdom.
Photojournalist witnesses Venezuelan migrants' arrival in El Salvador: "They had no idea what was coming"

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Will Croxton

What a photojournalist saw in El Salvador Three weeks ago, photojournalist Philip Holsinger stood on a tarmac in El Salvador waiting for three planes to arrive, cameras slung across his body. He was told the planes were carrying Venezuelan migrants from the United States who would become inmates at the Terrorism Confinement Center, a notorious prison in El Salvador also known as CECOT.
Israeli hostages bond through horror of Hamas captivity

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Will Croxton

Israeli hostages on bonding in Hamas captivity As Hamas stormed their kibbutz on Oct. 7, 2023, Keith and Aviva Siegel were locked in their safe room, listening to the sound of rockets and sirens outside. Soon, the terror arrived at their doorstep. The militants violently assaulted the grandparents, both in their 60s. They shoved Aviva out of a window, tearing her meniscus.
CBS News history takes the Broadway stage

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Will Croxton

CBS News history takes Broadway stage In March 1954, Edward R. Murrow and a team of CBS News journalists sat in a dark screening room. The mood was tense. They watched an almost-final cut of an upcoming episode of their show, "See It Now," that would take direct aim at Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who had whipped up anti-communist hysteria in America. The staff was nervous to put it on the air. Murrow told them, "The terror is right here in this room.
Lena Herzog on her husband Werner Herzog's acting career

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Will Croxton

In the mid-1990s, Lena Herzog was a student in California, studying philosophy at Mills College and taking classes at Berkeley. When she first met Werner Herzog, a renowned filmmaker by then, she didn't know who he was and hadn't seen any of his films. Rather than out himself as a famous movie director, Werner Herzog made up a backstory. "He told me he was a stuntman," Lena told Anderson Cooper. He kept up the ruse for months.