Good morning. Im jane pauley and this is sunday morning. Its oscar sunday. Hollywoods biggest night. As well be noting through the morning, from barbie to oppenheimer to kill a mockingbird, its been quite a year for moviegoers. But it almost didnt happen. Last years paralyzing strikes by writers, actors and other film workers all but shut down the industry, even putting tonights oscars in doubt. The strikes are now history and screens, large and small, shine brightly, a true hollywood ending thanks, in no small parts, to the efforts of one very leading lady, as tracy smith will tell us. The strike is one of the most powerful tools we have. Reporter in a strike lasting nearly four months, Fran Drescher was the face of defiance. Workers unite reporter now she is helping the town get back to business and doing to her way. What about your career on camera and producing . What . Im never going to work again. There is a plaque list with one name on it. Reporter the nanny and hollywoods new n
The Oscar- and Tony-winning actress says she's much more comfortable being known as an actor than a celebrity. She talks about her TV series, "So Help Me Todd," her interest in pottery, and how her three kids inspired her LGBTQ+ activism.