Sharyn Alfonsi says CBS story dispute is behind her '60 Minutes' exit

Longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi's time at CBS News is over after nearly two decades, and she said an editorial dispute over a December story on the Trump administration's enforcement of immigration procedures is the reason why.

The TV journalist's contract with the network expired over the weekend, following nearly 20 years at CBS News and more than a decade at "60 Minutes," she confirmed in a statement shared with theLos Angeles TimesandPeople.

"Following an intense editorial dispute over our CECOT story, repeated attempts by my representation to establish a path forward were met with absolute silence from network executives," she said in a statement, the LA Times reported. "The message could not be clearer: my time at 60 Minutes is apparently over."

USA TODAY reached out to representatives for CBS News and Alfonsi for comment.

Sharyn Alfonsi accused network of pulling story in 'political' decision

The segment at the center of Alfonsi's reported comments, "Inside CECOT," examined the infamous anti-terrorism prison in El Salvador. Human rights groups condemned the maximum-security facility for its dangerous conditions, and the prison hasserved as a symbolin PresidentDonald Trump's controversialimmigration enforcement.

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A CBS spokesperson said the story was halted because it needed additional reporting. The segment eventually aired on Jan. 18 with added comments from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, details of the criminal records of those deported, and additional reporting on one with tattoos, the network said in a statement shared with USA TODAY.

Alfonsi, 53, said in an email to multiple news outlets, including Reuters, that she learned that CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss cut the segment not because of an editorial decision but "a political one."

"Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices," she wrote in an email, People reported. "It is factually correct."

Alfonsi said viewers were expecting the story in December after days of promotion and that the "public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship," according to a note she sent to "60 Minutes" staffers,Yashar Alireported. "We are trading 50 years of 'Gold Standard' reputation for a single week of political quiet."

Contributing: Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY

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Longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi's time at CBS News is over after nearly two decades, and she said an e...

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Barry Manilow Says Coming Out When He Rose to Fame 'Would Have Killed the Career'

Barry Manilow told the Los Angeles Times that coming out in the '70s or '80s would have "killed the career"

NEED TO KNOW

• Manilow came out in a PEOPLE cover story in 2017

• The singer-songwriter married Garry Kief in 2014

Barry Manilowthinks his career may have looked different had he come out sooner.

In 2017, the "Copacabana" singercame out as a gay in a PEOPLE cover story. At the time, he revealed he privately married his longtime manager and partner Garry Kief in 2014.

In anew interview with theLos Angeles Timespublished on Wednesday, May 27, Manilow was asked if he thought the world looked at him differently since he came out.

"It was a non-event. Nobody gave a s---," Manilow, 82, said.

"They all knew. I never really hid it, but in the ’70s and ’80s, that would have killed the career, and I didn’t want to do that. So I just never talked about it," he added.

In his2017 cover story with PEOPLE, Manilow opened up about his fear of disappointing fans.

"I thought I would be disappointing them if they knew I was gay. So I never did anything," he said at the time. "When they found out that Garry and I were together, they were so happy. The reaction was so beautiful — strangers commenting, ‘Great for you!’ I’m just so grateful for it."

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Manilow and Kief have been together as a couple for more than 47 years. In March, Manilowcaught up with PEOPLE once againand said that he felt like "a very lucky guy that he has chosen to share his life with me."

In November, Manilow wasdiagnosed with stage 1 lung cancerand subsequently underwenta lobectomyto remove the diseased part of his left lung. He's been recovering in the months since and continues to appreciate the little moments with Kief.

"We still laugh, and we don’t get bored with each other. It’s a great life," he said. "Two guys in a house on a hill with two dogs that we love — that’s us. I’m very grateful."

In a 2024 interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, Manilow said it was a "burden" to keep his sexuality a secret.

“I didn’t want my career to go away. I love it. I’m grateful for it. But it was a burden to keep it quiet,”Manilow told the outlet. "I was always worried. Every interview: ‘They’re going to ask me whether I’m gay or not.’ Nobody ever did, by the way. They never asked me the $64 question."

Manilow's set to release his next album,What a Time, on June 5.

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Sam Elliott Says His “Landman” Character's Frailty Is 'Very True' to His Own 'Hard Life'

Sam Elliott says his Landman character T.L. Norris' struggles with aging and physical decline are “very true” to his own life

NEED TO KNOW

• The actor, 81, reflected on the emotional pool scene in season 2, in which T.L. opens up to his son Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton) about watching his body fail him

• Despite six decades in Hollywood, Elliott also revealed he’s still learning from his costars

Sam Elliottknows a thing or two aboutplaying hard-living characters— and these days, he says the role feels increasingly familiar.

The Oscar-nominated actor, 81, opened up about his role as T.L. Norris in the hit dramaLandman, revealing that some of his character’sstruggles with aging and physical declinehit particularly close to home.

Elliott reflected on one of season 2’s most heart-wrenching storylines, in which T.L., the father ofBilly Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris, grapples with the realities of a body that can no longer keep up with him.

“The truth of it is, [that scene] is very true to where I am at this point in my life physically,” Elliott said in a new interview withVariety. “Not mentally, but physically. I’ve had a hard life. I’ve been an athlete all my life, and I’ve been a laborer all my life, and I’m paying for it now.”

The moment Elliott referenced came during a heartbreaking scene in the Jan. 4 episode, when T.L. found himself trapped in a swimming pool after realizing he could no longer pull himself out on his own.

“With my knees and my hip, I can’t f---ing stand right now,” T.L. told Tommy as his son prepared to help him from the water.

The conversation quickly turned emotional as T.L. reflected on living in a retirement home before moving in with Tommy and Angela (Ali Larter).

“It’s a curse my mind is sharp,” T.L. told his son through tears. “I get to sit here and process all the ways my body is failing me.”

The exchange marked a turning point in the father-son relationship, culminating in a hug between the pair as Tommy encouraged his father to consider physical therapy.

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Earlier this year, Elliott toldPEOPLEthat the season would focus heavily on the fractured relationship between father and son as they attempt to rebuild years of lost trust.

“This character I’m playing is a fractured man,” Elliott said at the time. “It’s gone on for him for years, since his wife turned inward, and he waited forever for her to come out of it, and she never really did. But consequently, [Tommy] paid for it, while [T.L.] checked out.”

“We’re going to spend much of this season seeing T.L. early on, but then it becomes both of us, I think, healing that relationship that’s falling apart,” he added.

Despite a career spanning more than six decades, Elliott said he’s still finding new ways to grow as an actor, including from his onscreen son.

“I’m working with Billy Bob Thornton, so I’m going to be learning something from him this time around,” Elliott toldVariety. “Even though he’s playing my son, he’s still got something to offer. He’s been in this game for a long time. He’s not only a brilliant actor, but he’s not a bad director or a writer.”

Elliott also praisedFrancesca Xuereb, who appears this season as Cheyenne, a stripper hired by Tommy to help T.L. with physical therapy, calling the experience of working with the actress a highlight.

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New episodes ofLandmanpremiere Sundays on Paramount+.

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Rosie O'Donnell reveals that she got a facelift despite thinking she never would: 'This is me'

Rosie O'Donnell explained on a Substack piece and social media Tuesday that she had a facelift.

Key Points

• The former The View host wrote that she had thought she'd never do such a thing but felt her weight loss made her look like she was "melting."

• After much thought, O'Donnell underwent the procedure, but she said no one has noticed.

Rosie O'Donnellhas officially introduced her new look.

The comedian and actress explained Tuesday onsocial mediathat she's undergone a facelift, something that she had previously been against. O'Donnell acknowledged her earlier take on the subject.

"I used to feel very strongly about facelifts. Not casually—morally," theSleepless in Seattlestar wrote in an abbreviated version of aSubstackentry. "I had assigned myself as head of all women who would never-ever. I thought it was a betrayal. Of feminism. Of aging. Of our team of women worldwide."

Not anymore. O'Donnell wrote that it was weight loss that changed her mind.

"And then I lost 50 pounds…" she noted. "It wasn't wrinkles— it was gravity. I'd look in the mirror and think, this isn't aging, this is… melting with intention. I tried to be evolved about it. And say things like, 'This is natural. This is earned.' And then… 'umm how earned does it have to look?' There's a point where acceptance starts to feel like lying."

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The mother of five wrote that her 13-year-old daughter, Clay, whom she shared with late ex-wife Michelle Rounds, told her that she "wouldn't be able to respect" her if she went through with the procedure, something O'Donnell herself once would have said.

But she came to an important realization.

"If I'm teaching Clay anything," O'Donnell wrote, "it can't be that my body belongs to an idea either. Even a good idea. Even feminism. Because that's still not freedom — that's just a different authority telling you what you're allowed to do with your own face. I want them to grow up in a world where they don't feel like they have to change but also knows they can, if they want to, without losing moral standing in their own life. So in January, I did it."

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She said that she turned to a doctor who had done work on friends of hers who "all still looked like themselves, just like they had recently been told good news."

Just before the procedure, O'Donnell recalled that she told her doctor she would never wish that they did more.

"I wanted to still be me, just… less haunted. And I do look like me — a slightly more well-rested emotionally stable version of me," O'Donnell wrote. "And here's the thing—no one has noticed. Not one person. Not a friend, not a stranger, not even people who owe me compliments. My teen daughter, has not said a word. Nothing. I went through a full existential feminist crisis, had my face and neck surgically altered, and the result is… zippo. Which honestly is the best possible outcome."

O'Donnell wrote too that she's grateful for the ability to "feel and choose and use my voice," unlike in the '90s before she felt comfortable coming out as a lesbian.

She concluded, "This is me."

Commenters were largely supportive: "Feminism has nothing to do with looking good and rested it’s about self confidence when gravity hits us all," one wrote.

Added another fan, "This is so vulnerable to admit. You can always change your opinions on things, and I love that you are speaking about it. You look great!"

O'Donnell famously relocated to Ireland in 2025, ahead of President Donald Trump's return to the presidency. The two havepublicly clashedfor decades.

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Hailey Bieber’s Calzedonia Bikini Says Sequins Over Everything This Summer

Hailey Bieberis all set to have a cool girl summer in her new photos for Calzedonia. The new photos feature her wearing a bikini with sequin accents as she lounges by the pool. The model has recently been appointed the new global digital ambassador for the Italian swimwear brand and is fronting its summer campaign.

Hailey Bieber makes a case for sequin bikinis in the pool with Calzedonia this summer

Hailey Bieber wore theCalzedonia Triangle Swimsuit Top Sequin Netwith the matchingString Swimsuit Bottom Sequin Net. The chic, minimalist string bikini’s soft, buttery cream hue perfectly complemented her sun-kissed skin tone. A delicate mesh embellished with sequins lined the microfiber fabric of both pieces.

The triangle top comes with removable cups and no underwire. The shoulder straps have eyelets on the ends so they can be hooked onto the back band or tied around the neck. Meanwhile, thin ties serve as the back closure. The matching bottoms tie at the sides and have a slightly rounded waist at the front, which allows for a high-cut fit. The bikini created a timeless, sun-drenched poolside aesthetic.

Bieber’s beauty look was natural and radiant, echoing the “no-makeup” summer look. She sported a luminous, dewy complexion that highlighted a natural, golden-hour glow across her cheekbones and nose. Her hair splayed out behind her back as she reclined by the poolside.

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In the first photo, she posed with one hand tangled in her hair. She rested her head against a white cushion while gazing directly into the camera. Another photo showed her reclining poolside with her eyes closed, one hand resting on her forehead and the other placed at the waistline of her bottoms.

The caption for Calzedonia’s post read, “The glow hits different on [Hailey Bieber] wearing Calzedonia.” Fans praised her in the comments. One fan expressed their excitement for the new collection, “Browsing the official site right now, and everything is so good… I can’t decide ?

‍?.” Some others commented, “Stunning” and “My queen??”

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