Pioneering television journalist Connie Chung gives us a behind-the-scenes look at what it took for her to climb to the top in the male-dominated field of TV news. Her new memoir is Connie. Also, we talk with Demi Moore about her new horror film The Substance, in which she plays an aging actress who loses her job hosting a workout show because her boss thinks she's too old and not hot enough. John Powers reviews the new documentary ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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From why Y in Philadelphia, I'm Tanya Moseley with fresh air weekend today.
Pioneering television journalist Connie Chung.
She's written a new memoir that gives us a behind the scenes look at what it was like for her to climb to the top in the male dominated field of tv news.
Also, Demi Moore in the new horror film the Substance.
She plays an aging actress who loses her job hosting a workout show because her boss thinks she's too old and not hot enough.
She takes the drastic step of injecting herself with a substance that will temporarily make her younger and hotter.
Moore says once she hit 40, Hollywood executives and others were sometimes not sure what to make of her.
Like I looked too young to be what they saw as women my age and not young enough to be in these others.
And John Powers reviews the new movie Casa Bonita Mia Moore.
That's coming up on fresh air weekend.
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