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reporter, which is smart, because texans famously get all their news from the hollywood reporter [ laughter ] rolls-royce claimed, last week, that its so-called spirit of innovation plane is the fastest all-electric aircraft in the world, reaching speeds of over 345 miles per hour, which is good, because it's already delayed two hours out of laguardia. [ laughter ] and, finally, the fast-food chain, popeyes, released its first-ever vegan option at its new london location, which is a creole vegan red bean patty burger because if there's one thing the english love, it's putting beans where they don't belong. [ laughter ] "come to my breakfast gatheree!" [ laughter ] that was a monologue, everybody! [ cheers and applause "put a button on it. you guys, as you know, today is thanksgiving and i'm always thankful for my writers. they write hundreds -- this is true they write hundreds of jokes every day, just to get the 10 or 12 we use in the monologue and let's face it -- a lot of those jokes aren't great and, honestly, sometimes, i think they just throw in some real stinkers just to fill up a pag

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. >> reporter: after dodgers stadium, the course went to hollywood. >> it's nice to see so many people out. it's quite emotional. >> reporter: home to a "hamilton" engagement, it was a song written about new york city. appropriate for the city of angels as it took a big step to resume the events and celebrations that covid interrupted for so long. >> reporter: the spirit can overcome it. at the finish line, the agony of defeat and the satisfaction of completion. >>> have you worried this impacted your health? >> i think it did. i have no way to prove it. this is a reality that can't be ignored anymore. >> what is lying beneath the surface could be harming the health of our neighborhoods. >>> we're closely watching the one-two punch of our incoming storm. strong, gusty wind and heavy rabe at times. a closer look when we come right back. >>> tonight, a dramatic change to protect homes and businesses against climate change. >> months were spent to document how ground water is rising beneath bay area neighborhoods. scientists are worried about what that water brings with it. >> reporter: r

you definitely did, i mean, you talk about everything you talk about relationships and the career in hollywood. and then, you talk a lot about your dad >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: which i didn't know. is it -- does it feel odd to talk about it now? >> you know, that was a big part of getting the freedom to talk about it. my father passed in 2016 >> jimmy: wow. >> you know, and somehow, after he passed, i got free. you know, there were things i just never would have talked about from my childhood, you know, while he was alive my father was, you know, the greatest man i have ever known, you know but he also had some issues. it was really a double edged sword. and, you know, just those experiences didn't fit into the -- the narrative of will smith you know so it was, you know, after he passed and, you know, i guess i felt like i had suffered enough in my life that i could give advice you know it feels like you can't, you know, you can't give advice until you have earned it >> jimmy: yeah >> you know? >> jimmy: yeah >> i just felt like i was in a a place in my life where i had reflected enough and i

first trailer for the lucille ball movie the sneak peek teasing trouble in paradise for the iconic hollywood couple take a look. >> lucy, i'm home. >> why is this coming out now? >> lucille ball is a threat to the american way of life. >> does the fbi have a case against lucy >> you need to help me save my marriage >> i didn't know the fbi was involved. >> a lot of people don't know there was that other side. it's set to hit theaters on december 10th. >>> the 55th country music association music awards they were last night. luke bryan hosted the show they saw the biggest stars in country music take the stage carly pearce and chris stapleton took home the titles of female and male vocalists of the year taking home the cma's biggest honor luke combs who beat out eric church, miranda lambert the first time winner was so speechless when he took the stage. take a look. >> i'm at a loss for words alan jackson said my name twice just now >> and, of course, it was a big night full of knockout performances carrie underwood and jason aldean gave their first performance of "if i didn't love you. ♪ â™

everything you're doing turns to gold, including, i would say, a long, happy, hollywood marriage. and how many grandkids do you have >> good question they're -- >> i have it in my notes >> they're breeding like rabbits right now. there are three with one on the way. >> and you're grand pappy? is that what they call you >> pappy, yeah >> what did you think when you saw that >> i loved it. there they are with 101 dalmatians, as well. and they're just all in, these kids so hopefully it won't scar them for life >> what is the key for 42 years married to kathleen? how does that work >> understanding that man-splaining is a real thing and that it probably qualifies as a disease and that you should get the suitable medication. >> let me write this down. >> if you understand tha marybel. >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report. remembering colin powell. here is chuck todd. >> and good morning. we are coming on air to bring you live coverage as the nation pauses to pay tribute to a true american patriot. colin powell will be remembered today in a service at the national cathedral

another hopeful sign for hollywood's rebound. this is a big weekend at the box office with two highly anticipated releases. and for the first one, we need you to channel your inner superhero. >> captain rogers. >> who do you think is going to lead the avengers? >> i could lead them. >>. [ laughter ] >> that was a joke because i could have done it, right? marvel's "eamericans" stars an ensemble cast. it spans from 5,000 b.c. to the present day and introduces a whole new band of superheroes. >>> and if you are looking for something a little more historical, "spencer" starring kristen stewart is also on the silver screen. she plays princess diana. the story that spans three days over christmas when she chose to end her marriage to charles, prince charles. that title refers to diana's maiden name. the north bay's guy fieri agreed to officiate kristen stewart's wedding. maybe she can get someone to officiate the wedding and cook the meal after. a two for one maybe. >> absolutely. that would be quite amazing. all right. let's get to ou

. >>> plus, in our third hour, actor kal penn is joining us live to talk about his journey from hollywood to the white house and personal news revealing in his memoir. >>> and we're looking forward to tomorrow when one of our favorites pays a visit to "today," tracy morgan. >> get a seven-second delay ready. >> oh, my. >>> before we get to your forecast, we want to celebrate launch day it's your new podcast cooking -- what is it called? >> cooking up a storm with al roker. we are going to help you make your thanksgiving meal all in an easy to use six-part podcast scan that qr code. get it from any of your places you get your podcast we've got ina garten, marcus samuelsson, alexander smalls, it is a -- >> and each episode is dedicated to a different -- >> like ina garten is making smashed potatoes, which we're going to show you. >> you know what you never gave up the turkey in an hour and a half >> in 90 minutes, it's worth it. you've got to listen >> and you go dish by dish cooking up a storm >> that's it >> like andy cohen on thanksgiving dish by dish >> i always dishes, doesn't he be su

>>> next up, dewayne johnson we know there's one fan out there today who is extra thankful for the hollywood megastar on wednesday the rock popped into a screening of his latest film red notice to surprise navy veteran oscar rodriguez. johnson was so moved by his work as a personal trainer, advocate for women battling domestic violence, leader in his church, and caretaker for his elderly mother the actor decided to surprise oscar with an early christmas gift that just took his breath away look at this >> i want to show you something real quick >> yes >> i got this for you. a little thing >> what the heck thank you for your service, brother. enjoy your new tru -- i thought this was your truck, bro >> it is my truck. now it's your truck. this is my personal truck. it's yours now >> awesome >> i just got chills that was amazing >> i love the rock i really do. >> happy thanksgiving. >>> good morning. it is 8:26. i'm marcus washington. and a tough way to start out the holiday. multiple deadly crashes overnight. for the latest on the current road conditions, let's go to vianey arana. >>> northboun

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huge >>> next up, tom hanks the academy award winning actor has played some of hollywood's most iconic roles. have you ever wondered which one was his favorite he ranked the three films that were his favorite to do. >> number one, i would probably say number one would be league of their own because all i did all summer was playing baseball. then i would say probably "cast away" because it was just -- we had just bold adventures when we were making that movie we were out in the middle of the ocean just trying to grab shots. and we were off in fiji on two different occasions and, again, had the whole family with me and the last film i would say that was magical for me was a movie called cloud atlas >> see, it's not what you think. >> i remember that >> it was a very esoteric strange movie. i'm surprised. >> not forrest gump. >> he loved the things that he was doing while he was there >> the experience. >> the experience of being in those places >> another common thread was he got to be with his family. >> in nice places. >>> finally, "elf. there is one lucky fan of the classic christmas

look at my little headphones i feel like a hollywood agent. >> jimmy: could you get me a a part in -- yeah, on nickelodeon? >> i'm like, "jimmy, you got the call back. they loved ya. >> jimmy: "they loved ya you're a little green. let's see. did i miss -- we miss anything >> i don't know, man >> jimmy: oh, what's going on - >> oh, yes i have a makeup line that is dropping on friday next friday. [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: you're doing everything you're unbelievable! wait, you have the whole makeup line >> yes, but it pales in comparison to your skin care routine that i saw [ light laughter ] i love you, i'm sorry. i'll drop it, i'll drop it it's a joke. it's a part of the secret thing. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, my gosh, that was so embarrassing. but yours is real. you have a real skin care -- beauty stuff coming out. >> yes it's happening >> jimmy: yeah [ light laughter ] >> who doesn't no, i'm kidding. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah but it's always a pleasure talking to you i'm going to text you after this just to tell you how much i love you >> please. i love you so much this was

>> jimmy: i didn't call you a hero >> i'm just as disgusted as you are with these plastic, playboy, hollywood prima donnas that think they can just, you know, have a talk show appearance and then just not show up. it's -- will ferrell, he loves late night talk shows. he's a late night talk show slut [ laughter ] yet he just doesn't even -- who blows this off who's like, "yeah, i can't make it." >> jimmy: well, now that your here -- how is blake, how are the kids >> you know, they're all good. blake's -- no personal questions by the way [ laughter ] but blake is -- blake is great the sex is totally normal. >> jimmy: wait, i was not going to ask that. >> hey hey hey, pump the sex brakes, jimmy, okay? i asked that no personal questions, and you're going right in on it all right, barbara walters, easy easy does it [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i have all questions for will here. >> well, fire away look, i made a solemn swear on the life of my children that i would deliver this for him 20 minutes ago, and i'm going to do it i'm going to talk "the shrink next door. >> yeah, but do you want to talk about -

through comedy anyway, he said, "yeah," and what it was was when i was first doing stand-up at the hollywood improv, i was in my early 20s, mid 20s. and i guess he was probably like 18 or something. and there was a kid that would come around who was like 18 and he'd come around in his like car and be like, "you want to smoke pot? and i'd be like, "yeah, and i'd get in and drive around. he actually grew up to be a wonderful writer director, this kid jonathan kasdan. but seth was there one of those times. but he was just like a kid that i smoked pot with. [ laughter ] >> seth: well, that's really nice that you could have that experience with him. >> yeah. you shouldn't get in cars with strangers with drugs but i could absolutely take him. so i didn't feel scared. >> seth: yeah, yeah, yeah. i also think like kids shouldn't get in cars with famous people to smoke weed either i mean like -- >> right well, they had the weed. >> seth: they did have the weed. you're off the hook this time. >> thank you >> seth: hey, you guys, that's sarah silverman. new episodes of the sarah silverman podcast releas

. >> seth: so, not really what you think of when you picture, like, making it in hollywood >> no. not at all he was furious about it. one time i got my car back, and i was driving to work and it broke down and i thought, "i can't call him. because this might end the friendship it was getting - >> seth: yeah. >> it was getting really -- there was no uber then this was in los angeles -- it was tough to get a taxi >> seth: that's a very -- a lot of people talk about the fact that you are ageless i think people have to remember, like, yeah when you were, like, 21, 22 -- >> they had just invented cars [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah. >> yeah, it was a new thing. >> seth: yeah. they had cars, but they didn't have mechanics yet >> no. [ laughter ] and so, yeah, there was like, mainly horses. [ laughter ] but people still think -- my horse was in the shop and -- but i panicked and so i ran -- there was some person coming out of, like, a 7-11 and i ran over to him and said, "do you know this show?" and i had a script and i said, "i'm on this show. this is who i play can you drive me to work?" [

i mean when we can break hollywood stories on this show >> that's your m.o >> seth: that is so important to us >> i know it is. >> seth: thank you so much for being here it's always a delight to see you. ellie kemper "home sweet home alone," streaming now on disney plus we'll be right back with more "late night. [ cheers and applause ♪ new jerseys are here! there you go. all-american club™? did you just turn us into subway® ads? yep! subways got so much new like the new turkey cali fresh, that they couldn't fit it in their ads. so, they bought space on your jerseys. go long italian b.m.t.® ♪holiday music playing over p.a. system in the store.♪ so, they bought space ♪holiday music gets louder now playing on tv sound bar.♪ it's the most joyous time of the year. especially at t-mobile! let's go to dianne. can you tell us what's happening? yeah, i got the awesome new iphone 13 pro and airpods, and t-mobile is paying for them both! oooh and i get a free year of apple tv+ and this is for new and existing t-mobile and sprint customers. like me! back to you. uh, hello!? we are goin

typically this weekend is one of hollywood's biggest with some of the years most anticipated movies being released. >> last year covid cleared out theatres nationwide. but now people are returning to the big screen. emily is in los angeles with more on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. still a muted turnout compared to pre-pandemic showings but a dramatic improvement from last year. i spoke with families thrilled to return this week with peace of mind, thanks to covid safety protocols and shots in arms. with the holiday season officially in full swing, millions of americans are returned to treasured traditions for the first time in two years. and that includes trips to the movies. >> we came three weeks ago and there wasn't that many people box office sales will surge above $150 million between wednesday and sunday. >> gucci means no blood. >> reporter: is this a sign of life for the industry? >> it really is. this thanksgiving holiday weekend is showing that the movie industry is recovering and i think we can be very optimistic for a great 2022 for movie theatres. >>

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finishing what i was responsible for five days earlier [ laughter ] and without any sleep, going down to hollywood to a reading of what i had just written it was scary as hell, but we got through it >> seth: you received viewer mail over the years, as well, not just about "all in the family," but all of your shows was there a piece of viewer mail you remember with any fondness >> i remember a piece of mail where it called me the number one enemy of the american family in our generation. [ laughter ] and i didn't know his name, at first, and then later i learned -- wait a minute, the guy who wrote it is on the air, and he's a reverend. it's jerry falwell [ laughter ] called me the number one enemy of the american family, and then i heard from pat robinson who certified that falwell was correct. [ laughter ] >> seth: well, if it was just one of them who said it, i would take your side, but if it was both of them - [ laughter ] you -- i guess at a young age, someone who chooses his career and sticks with it for so long, at a young age you must have known you had not just a good sense of humor, but ma

it must have been -- >> yeah, rosanna had already moved out to hollywood to start her career >> seth: that's right, she didn't want to come back for the clown picture? >> no. [ laughter ] she didn't >> seth: and is this you clowning it up right here? >> yeah. so that's me, butter's best, and yeah, so i'm learning how to clown with my creative director partner, gabe dell, who was a former cirque du soleil clown. so we want to bring joy and happiness back >> seth: and it's interesting you say, like, that you're learning how to do it, because clowning is very -- you know, professional clowns take that very seriously and there's a way to do it right and there's a way to do it wrong do you feel like you're naturally inclined to be a good clown? >> you tell me [ laughter and applause >> seth: i think you're going to be all right i think you're going to be all right. >> i mean, i have a clown teacher. there's teachers -- misa ossoff is this incredible cirque clown as well and he's my teacher, so you learn certain clown stuff. >> seth: now, is clown school or clown instruction, is it serious