CBS News Sunday Morning S2025E43 - Billy Bob Thornton, Jessie Buckley, Bill Gates

BILLY BOB THORNTON –Lee Cowan sits down with Academy Award-winning actor Billy Bob Thornton to chat about season two of his hit Paramount+ show, LANDMAN, and his very unlikely road from rural Arkansas to stardom.

IN CONVERSATION: JESSIE BUCKLEY – Seth Doane talks with Academy Award-nominated Irish actress and singer Jessie Buckley about her new movie "Hamnet," based on the bestselling fictional novel about William Shakespeare's loss of a child and writing "Hamlet."

WOUNDS OF WAR –Lesley Stahl looks at the challenges World War II veterans faced when they returned home.

A SIGN OF HOPE – Dr. Jon LaPook reports on promising new treatments and possible early detection for Alzheimer's disease, talking with Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, who has donated hundreds of millions of dollars for research, along with doctors at Washington University in St. Louis.

SMALL WONDERS –Conor Knighton shows us a colorful world of fall foliage ... in miniature! Like their bigger counterparts, bonsai trees transform every autumn, offering a gorgeous display of reds, oranges and yellows.

THESE UNITED STATES – Mo Rocca meets a New York City lawyer whose extraordinary flag collection honors veterans around the country.

AMERICA DECIDES – Robert Costa reports on the latest political news from Washington and the elections held across the nation this week.

COMMENTARY – Faith Salie on the teenage slang phenomenon called "6, 7."