The “Sesame Street” gang will be back on CNN on Saturday – this time, talking about racism, not COVID-19.
“Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism” will be at 10 a.m. ET. It will also by on www.cnn.com, plus the CNN apps and CNN en Espanol. Read more…
1) “D-Day: The Sixth of June” (1956), 6 p.m. ET, Turner Classic Movies. On this sixth of June, we can watch a film about the attack – 76 years earlier – that changed the course of World War II. That’s entwined with a story of two officers (one British, one American) in love with the same woman. Two other movies have true stories with war as a backdrop: At 8 p.m. ET, TCM has the epic “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962, shown here with Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif); at 8, AMC has Bradley Cooper in the subtly moving “American Sniper” (2014). Read more…
1) “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” (2019), 8 p.m., Starz. In troubled times, we need the reassuring presence of Fred Rogers – and of Tom Hanks (shown here, right and left). Both remind us that people are basically good … some people exceptionally so. In this true story, a cynical reporter hesitantly meets Rogers (Hanks). Read more…
