>> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight rob lowe, from "scandal", columbus short, this week in unnecessary censorship, and music from nine inch nails. with cleto and the cletones. and now, i knew this would happen -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: hi there, i'm jimmy. thank you for watching. thank you for being here on this

beautiful night in southern california. [ cheers and applause ] it was really lovely today from beginning to end. it was sunny, and -- 80 degrees here today. it is a perfect night in hollywood. yet i am still jealous, i am not in toronto where the saga of mayor rob ford is better than any good weather could be. if you have not been following the story, a video floating around since may, that reportedly shows mayor ford smoking crack. we haven't seen the video yet. but the tore ron tomorr rtoront has. tuesday after months of denials, the mayor admitted he had smoked crack in a drunken stupor, and today, as if that wasn't good enough, there is new video that was obtained by "the toronto star," not sure what exactly is going on here, or who the mayor is talking about, but -- let's say it is amazing and leave it at that.

[ indiscernible ] >> jimmy: take whatever time you need. he is bright red -- [ applause ] he is ranting.

he is raving. what it would be like if the hey kool-aid guy was the mayor of your town. i would pay $10,000 to watch him to fight somebody. $ $20,000 if he did it in his underwear. the best part what you saw that is the only the second most embarrassing video of him out there. we have not seen the original video with the crack in it. the may your hor has question tr where he spk oke to reporters where he answered none of them. >> i want to come out and tell you that i saw a video. it's -- extremely embarrassing. the whole world is going to see it. you know what, i don't have a problem with that. but it is extremely embarrassing. and i don't know what to say. i'm -- again, again, again, i apologized. when, when, when, you are in that state -- >> rob ford for prime minister! >> i hope none of you have ever

or will ever be in that state. that's all i can say. [ indiscernible questions ] >> -- obviously it was extremely, extremely in ebriate. that's all i have to say for now. >> jimmy: he had a good excuse. he was extremely inebriated. waited for him to rip his shrt off put his hand to his ear like hulk hogan. despite all of this, forum research did a survey, wednesday, the day after the mayor admitted to smoking crack, the survey found 44% of toronto residents approve of rob ford before the police announced they had the crack video. his approval rating was 39%. so it went, it went up. [ applause ] it will keep going up, i don't know. what is going on in toronto. the mayor did not return for comment today.

but his spokesperson made a statement. this one was good too. >> the mayor understands the shock at the new video. however there is a simple explanation for the may youror' behavior. he was on the crack. the only reason he smoked crack is because he was drunk. the mayor didn't intend to get that drunk, however he was on some quaaludes at the time which he took in order to take the edge off all the glue he was huffing that morning because he ran out of meth. could the mayor gotten in his car, baked out of his skull on prescription painkillers and driven cross town to the meth dealer to avoid huffing the glue and take the quaaludes? yes. by not getting in the car mayor ford may have saved a toronto pedestrian's life. does that make him a hero? i leave that up to the people of tore ron tomorronto to decide. now if you will excuse me, i have a batch of hash brownies in

the oven. >> jimmy: all right, at least off the bath salts. i guess. i got this one. a late-breaking edition. mayor ford's mom and sister were interviewed by ctv. his sister said, like he says he doesn't have a drug or alcohol problem. his mom said this. >> he has a problem. he has a weight problem. he has a huge weight problem. and he knows that. and i think that is the first thing he has to attack. >> jimmy: thanks, mom. just what i needed today. you calling me fat. [ applause ] mothers are wonderful. meanwhile, in other canadian trouble, bad day for canadians and cell phone videos. this video posted to you tube by a woman in brazil where justin bieber had a show. you can see it shows a sleeping bieber, and a woman who some speculated was a prostitute, blowing him a kiss and leaving the room. members of justin's camp told tmz, the woman is not a

prostitute, in fact she is his babysitter. and despite what it looks like we, have more video. he was not alone in the room. you can see -- he was there with -- with -- rob ford. the mayor of toronto. so, it is all on the up. unfortunately, that was -- that was the least of justin bieber's problems in brazil. today he was charged with a misdemeanor after spray painting the wall of an abandoned hotel there. there he is. here is the thing. the world is his coloring book. he is not very good at staying within the lines. if you zoom in close you can see, i think he is innocent. he wasn't using spray paint. it's the same thing he uses on his beautiful hair. bieber claims he was given permission to tag the building. police don't believe that. they want to question him. he is already off to argentina. you know defacing a building in brazil is punishable by a year in jail. you don't want that. you know what they do to you in a brazilian wax, imagine what

they do in a brazilian prison. twitter had a big day today. shares of twitter began trading on the new york stock exchange this morning. initial public offering was $26 a share. if it gets retweeted then your share is worth double that. it did well. $44 a share, the close, values twitter at $30 billion. the founders of twitter are instantly billionaires. crazy how many of the richest people are nerds. if at tichlttillah the hun, it blow his mind. they are scrawny and weak, why do you not destroy them and plunder all they possess? is that the accent he had? thank you. oh, thank you. [ applause ] thank you. new jersey governor chris christie, i don't know if it is an honor. he appeared on the cover of the new "time" magazine.

this is the headline -- it says -- "the elephant in the room." which could be a reference to the fact that he is a republican and the elephant is their symbol. let's be honest, it isn't. let's look at that again. doesn't it look like he open the fridge for a midnight snack? right. and the funny thing is they softened this from the original headline. this is the original headline they were going to use. chris christie -- he will eat you! i didn't know he was black by the way, governor christie. there are some very exciting "star wars" news, disney officially announced the release date for the "star wars vii" december 28, 2015. it is exciting. [ applause ] there is a lot of secrecy surrounding this movie. disneyer eissued a casting cal calls for 19-23 male, handsome, smart and athletic, and

16-17-year-old female who is beautiful, smart and athletic. usually studios go with big establish stars. with a movie like this, like the "star wars." >> wait. wait. >> jimmy: what's up? >> you're saying that anyone can audition for star wars? >> yeah, the story the i just read. >> i can be in "star wars." >> jimmy: yeah. i guess. are you okay? >> is this what sex feels like? >> jimmy: for you, probably, yeah. i guess. >> hey! >> jimmy: yes? something i can do for you? >> i want to be on "star wars" too. >> jimmy: you can both audition. >> no, no.

i heard about the audition first. i should be able to audition for the movie. >> i am a way better actor than you. >> i have a deeper understanding of the -- >> jimmy: guys, guys, guys, guys. you know, i don't, i don't, i don't know how to say this. but the casting call, calls for -- handsome, beautiful, beautiful, smart, and athletic. do you feel like you have all those qualities? >> no. >> no. >> jimmy: well then maybe this isn't the right opportunity for you? you know? >> well, i mean it's just -- >> oh. >> jimmy: come on, get a death star now, you two. oh, look at this. i'm glad they found each other.

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>> jimmy: welcome back, rob lowe, columbus short and nine inch nail will grace your television screens momentarily. if you live here in southern california, you might have seen fire balls streaking across the sky last night. did any of you see this? this is, somebody shot this

video. it's, national weather service said the was likely a meteor shower, which i am not crazy about most likely as an assessment. a meteor shower. shouldn't they know that? a meteor shower or very expensive proposalo for the new "thor" movie, "thor:the dark world" every combic book sequel is required to put the word dark in the title now. superhero movies do well at the box office. primarily seen by many. in an attempt to bring more women into the theater this weekend. marvel is doing an interesting thing. trying to market it to, women, too. ♪ >> jay foster was looking for love in all the wrong places. until a blast from the past came out of nowhere. to sweep her off her feet. >> wow. >> announcer: and make her wildest dreams come true.

and no matter what tried to tear them apart, he found a we to save them. >> i will find a way to save us. >> announcer: this november, sometimes the strongest force in the universe is love. ♪ it's time to feel good >> announcer: "thor actually" a romantic comedy that's out of this world. ♪ it's time to feel good >> there was a -- this is going to seem like a joke, an epic television event in norway friday night. national knitting evening. it was exactly as exciting as it sound. a group of competitive knitters attempted to break the world speed record for making a sweater from scratch. don't tell me how it turned out. i tivoed it, sheered sheep, wove the wool into thread. made a sweater. it was 12 1/2 long. more eventful than a season of "keeping up with the

kardashians." it may sound strange this was on tv. it got huge ratings. almost a third of the country tuned in to watch exciting moments like this. ♪ ♪ even the people on the show are falling asleep. after all of that, the knitters actually failed to break the world record. they did not succeed. but remember, the old norwegian saying, not whether you within or lose that counts, in fact nothing counts, and death is coming for us all. why do i feel like in six months i will be standing on the stage talking how valerie bertinelliy is doing on knitting with the stars. national knitting evening such a success, they're getting ready to cash in with a live show, reality shows will do live shows

inially cull s lcities. they're taking it on the road. >> with high-octane, in your face, down and dirty knitting action. featuring the oslo assassin. the knit will hit the fan. call ticketmeister today to order. you will be bored! [ applause ] >> jimmy: i doubt it. i doubt it. well, norway find out about netflix their brains are going to squirt out of their ears. speaking of that. a soon of the times. by january, blockbuster video will close all 300 remaining stores. and by the way it is your fault. you weren't kind. you didn't rewind. now 2800 people out of work.

hope you are proud of yourself. that its too bad, blockbuster video, now teens in the future won't have the opportunity to accidentally run into their math teacher looking for movies in the adult section. and while i feel bad for the blockbuster employees, one thing is for sure, there has never been a better time to rent a couple dozen movies you don't ever plan to return. thursday night, time for our weekly tribute to the fcc where we bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. it is this week in unnecessary censorship. >> when your best defense is i was too drunk to remember, [ bleep ], you might have some politicaler use. >> well, a beluga whale has some fun [ bleep ] a young boy. >> new york is no stranger to big [ bleep ]. >> and there is that big [ bleep ] shaped storm. >> we cannot have a police board member being the police chief's

[ bleep ] buddy. >> chris christie all [ bleep ] and ready to go. >> these people literally have no control over their urge to [ bleep ]. it can ruin their lives. >> as you can see, brad and i are [ bleep ], even in country music it seems like [ bleep ] is all the rage. >> what happened, your [ bleep ] caught on fire. >> caught on fire. >> and the windy city trying not to blow another big [ bleep ]. >> in fact you want to show chocolate covered something, stuck in these guys' [ bleep ]. >> i know i am a bad [ bleep ] when i am [ bleep ], people know when i am [ bleep ], i sure as [ bleep ] don't have a [ bleep ]. >> the first rule of [ bleep ] is there are no rules. >> is that a [ bleep ] in your mouth? >> just the edge, kid. and then i work it like a pro. >> jimm >> jimmy: tonight on the show

from "scandal" columbus short is here. we have music from nine inch nails and we'll be right back with rob lowe. ♪ (phone ringtone)

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a new album called "hesitation marks" playing on network television for the first time ever,- nine inch nails from the sony outdoor stage. that's very, very cool out there. especially on a night where a lot of our audience is hurting, three women in particular. passed over for their friend's bridal party/wedding, apparently a new friend, who is more important than the old. [ applause ] you know what they say, they say make new friend but keep the old, some are silver, others are gold. i guess that doesn't apply in this case. we have a great lineup next week, robin williams, ray romano, zooey deschanel, chris elliott, david blaine, the kids from "modern family," sarah silverman will be here which should be interesting. and we'll have music from charlie wilson, frank turner and the sleeping souls, and two nights with las vegas' own, the killers.

next week on the show. please john us then! >> jimmy: our first guest is a very successful actor and author, and may i state for the record one of the most beautiful men to walk this planet earth; you can see him play our 35th president in "killing kennedy", which premieres sunday at 8 on the national geographic channel, please welcome rob lowe. ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how is everything? >> everything is good my friend. >> jimmy: i don't know if this is something you say congratulation to, i know your son turned 18. >> my youngest turned 18 yesterday. i officially don't have children, i have men. >> jimmy: you do, men. finally. >> he says i'm 18, dad, i want to get a tattoo. >> jimmy: really? >> you know what, i don't want

to hear those things. >> jimmy: did you say no. >> i am either the best dad in the world or the worst. i said yes. >> jimmy: you said yes. what are you going to do? >> we'll have to see how the years transpire with my le leniency. >> jimmy: you dropped your older son off at college. >> yes. >> jimmy: it seemed like, well let me read some of the tweets. >> these are my tweets? >> jimmy: from the last few months. starting spring break with my boys at ross co-s. pregame tailgate with my boy and his frat brothers. on a college trip, driving through east of eden, baby! you know you're not in college, right? >> you have to understand, i spent 18, 19, 20, doing something else. and i -- >> jimmy: i know what you were doing, by the way. >> i know. >> jimmy: you really missed out.

>> i do realize that being a, a 20-year-old movie star isn't half as fun as being in a frat in college. i'm telling you. i'm going back, man, living vicariously. >> jimmy: are you hanging in the frat house? >> manybe a little. the only place i can play x box today and not get yelled at. >> jimmy: that's true. so you hang around with these kids. do they like having you there? i bet his friend love having you there he has mixed feelings about you being there? >> it depend on how much money he is looking to get from me. >> jimmy: do you take his friend out to dinner. >> we do, we have fun. we really -- >> jimmy: you realize this seems like a movie you would be in, right. >> this may be coming to you this summer. >> jimmy: frat dad. frat daddy. >> inappropriate frat dad. he can't let go! >> jimmy: do you ever sleep over

in the frat house? >> i draw the line there. >> jimmy: you do, yeah. are your sons like you were when you were their age? >> i mean my oldest son matthew is a little more, conservative, straight, than i probably was. and my youngest son john owen has a little bit of my wild streak. you kind of see different shades, you know of them depending where they are in their lives. >> jimmy: i got you. you have something that i think, sound really great to me. family tradition called the turkey bowl. >> yes. >> jimmy: on thanksgiving. >> our family football game. we have been playing since 1976. it started in a vacant lot. over the years it's, it's gotten progressively bigger. >> jimmy: how does it work? do you peck teaick teams? >> it can be family, friend. one year i was uber come president tiff, betticome -- competitive. betting money. i introduced a friend, john

elway's backup at stanford. >> jimmy: i thought that a man of your caliber would get john elway to come be part of your football team. >> i think he was playing. >> are you still on? >> do you have some candy for me? >> great, hang on a second. >> there you go, kid, enjoy it. >> thank you, mr. lowe. >> you bet you. >> jimmy: what's -- >> what was -- >> the thing about john elway is. >> jimmy: what was that? what is going on there? >> oh, that, you are not aware of my candy for fireworks program? >> jimmy: no, i am not. >> this has been my life's work. i've don't look to take bow for my charitable work. childhood obesity is important to me. every year on the week after halloween. children can come to me and give me their candy in exchange for fireworks. >> jimmy: well that's, aren't fireworks illegal in california?

in southern california, especially. >> not as illegal as the dhildhodhil childhood obesity. >> oh, hey, yes, what do you have here? >> thank you. >> here you go. >> oh. thank you, darling. >> do you have a lighter too? >> a lighter. sure, i do. >> here you go. here you go. be careful with that lighter. >> jimmy: what do you do now with all this candy that you have when the kids bring you the candy, what do you do with it? >> it goes right in the trash. >> jimmy: whoa, guillermo, what happened? guillermo, why are you unfazed by what happened? oh, my goodness, the little -- are you okay? are you okay, honey? >> can i have my candy back? >> will you give her her candy

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>> i say we launch an attack and invasion. b-52s. >> -- with russia. you want to risk an all or dut nuclear war. >> in a matter of days, missiles will be -- >> i will not be pushed by khrushchev, or you, or any one else. one thing is for certain i will not allow nuclear missiles in my backyard. i want limited military option. i want something out of you. you haven't said a word all meeting. i want options in 40 minutes. >> jimmy: that is rob lowe. i am very happy for you because -- all of those years when you were on the west wing, martin sheen got to be the president now. you got to be the president. >> this is my turn on the correct side of the desk. >> jimmy: martin sheen played a couple kennedys. >> he played jfk and bobby and he was, he was great. so i was really happy to have my crack at it. >> jimmy: you have replaced him. did you call him and ask him for kennediesque tips? >> i did not.

i probably should have. when i was growing up, he called me incessantly for favors. >> jimmy: really, what kind of favors would he ask you for? >> i mean, please. usually it had to do with picketing and some sort of cause. i would be wanting to go to the beach. i would be like 17. rob, it's martin. i'm down at the market. picketing for the grape workers, will you join me? it's like we had different world views. martin was wanting to stick it to the man. i was just trying to stick it to girls. totally -- totally different. >> jimmy: you were going along with him on these? he gets arrest aid lot. protesting things he believes in. >> civil disobedience. he was born to play the politicians. >> jimmy: what a pain in the ass that has to be. >> your book was great, the book you wrote. did you -- you're writing another one i heard? >> my second book "love life" comes out in april. >> jimmy: do you have stories left over? >> well i actually what happened

was -- as the first book was received so well. it kind of, i got more confident in my writing. and also felt like some of the stories that i thought were maybe too provocative to go in the first book i could put in this second book. >> jimmy: really? >> some stuff in it i didn't have the -- frankly to put in the first one. >> jimmy: did you call the people involved in thesters st to run it by them before you publish the tales? >> no. i just put like a legal fund away. >> jimmy: uh-huh. did any one get angry after the first book? >> no, everybody was good on the first book. >> jimmy: let's hope you get sued in this one. >> there is, there are some -- but there is some really fun stuff. i mean like what it is look to be a 19-year-old fledgling movie star going to the playboy mansion for the first time. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, you missioned omissed out on the frat experience. that's there. >> also, stuff more relatable,

what it is look to drop your first kid off at school. >> jimmy: who cares about that get to the 19 year owed. stick with that stuff. >> you'll ignore fatherhood and marriage. >> jimmy: happy to edit the book. nobody cares about that. let bill cosby write that book. you write about the playboy mansion. rob lowe, "killing kennedy" premieres this sunday at 8pm on the national geographic channel. thanks, rob! we'll be right back with columbus short. >> dicky: portions of "jimmy kimmel live" are brought to you by gillette. go to "movember-dot-com" to register with team gillette and support the moe's with a donation to help change the face of men's health.

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>> jimmy: nine inch nails. our next guest is an accomplished young man, he stars on a very popular show and has a major city in ohio named after him. you know him as harrison wright from "scandal" watch it thursday nights on abc. please welcome columbus short.

>> jimmy: dancing without socks. >> james brown does the to you every time. >> jimmy: is columbus your first name real first name? >> it is. >> jimmy: how did you end up with that name? somebody was drunk. no, no. >> jimmy: from a family of explorers? >> no, my grandfather's name was columbus. my dad's name was columbus. i don't know why you name black men columbus? it doesn't make any sense. i hated the name growing up. >> jimmy: you did hate it? >> i did hate it. my middle name was key. when a substitute teacher came. they all raise read your government. they're like don't call him. columbus, all the kids laugh. i grew up with insecurity about my own name. >> jimmy: but you decided to use it professionally. >> well, well, i had an agent

when i was 13. why don't you use columbus? your name is great. i was like, it blows. >> jimmy: i think your agent is right. i think your agent made the right decision. >> it worked. >> jimmy: did you since fire that agent? >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's how it always goes. >> got a new agent. >> jimmy: is your family excited about your success? >> they are. my family is look they don't really juice you up. it's like the opposite. like they just degrade you instead. >> jimmy: to keep it. >> oh you think you hot stuff. those shoes are terrible. wear those shoes on tv. i saw those shoes on tv. it's terrible you. think you are a star. >> jimmy: that is no good. that its a bad plan on their part. >> it is. all in love. >> jimmy: fans of scandal. >> they're nuts. they're nuts. they're nuts. >> jimmy: they're analyzing, tweeting. and sharing thoughts. and watching the show together. do you get, get that from people? get that? >> i do.

it is interesting because it is a, it is better than our fans talk about the show. they break it down. my, the other fans that i had, which are now, "scandal" fans. >> from past movies? >> my character. they respect characters differently than a respect a dj. i was at vivian's time, a great breakfast spot in l.a., go check it out. >> jimmy: not right now though. stay right here. >> yeah, yeah. i am enjoying, other celebrities in there, a nice place. all of a sudden a woman, with pink slippers on, snoopy pajamas, a halter top, and curlers in her hair, comes from the back -- like i don't see her. i'm like is this lady? she is like is "oh, my god! oh, my god! do y'all know who this is? do y'all know who this is? you don't even know who you are sitting with."

she was like, can i get an autograph. i need a pen. snatches the pen from the waitress's hand. she goes excuse me. you don't know who this is. y'all don't know who this is. can you sign my belly? my girl was like, sign it. sign it right now. i sign her belly. and she is like, oh, thank you, man. do a -- >> jimmy: ha-ha. >> that's when i decided to take "scandal." >> jimmy: probably a good decision. embarrassing. josh molina was on our show last week. >> i hate josh molina. >> jimmy: talking about pranks on set. one he pulled on you. he made it seem like shonda rhymes was calling you into her office early in the morning. >> late at night. 11:00. i get a call. missed the call. check the message. oh, columbus we need you call asap, an emergency.

this is pertinent. when somebody says pertinent. it is a problem. >> jimmy: you did? >> i call back. nobody answers. freaking out. what did i do? what could i have said? they keep the cameras rolling in between takes. we talk a lot. so i have a few penis jokes. maybe i didn't go to sexual harassment meeting not following protocols i don't know what is going on. freaking out. get to work. josh was look how did that call with betsey go last night? i was look you [ bleep ]. >> jimmy: are you planning to get him back? >> only way you get josh, you got to mess with his money. you got to think he is losing money. >> jimmy: can i give you advice. i looked into josh's eyes. >> you fell in love. ha-ha. >> jimmy: a little bit. i will till you this, i don't think it is a good yidea to get him back. he lives and breathes pranks. >> all he does. >> jimmy: if you do something to him, it will give him lice nse.

>> and do something so shaming, he is so embarrassed. he is going to get me [ bleep ] now. >> jimmy: you are already in a lot of trouble. he is tweeting right now. great to meet you. columbus short, everybody, "scandal" airs thursday nights at 10:00 here on abc. we'll be right back with nine inch nails. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪

>> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is brought to you by sony. >> jimmy: i'd like to thank rob lowe, columbus short, and apologize to matt damon, we ran out of time. "nightline" is next, but first their new album "hesitation marks" is out now- making their television debut with the song "various methods of escape," nine inch nails.

♪ hallucinate in high fidelity the pieces of a plan construction ♪ ♪ of the highest quality the blood from my own hand a line of lyric looping in my head ♪ ♪ the body listening it doesn't really matter anymore yes it doesn't mean a thing ♪ ♪ i've gotta let go i've gotta get straight why'd you have to make it so hard? ♪ ♪ let me get away an effigy so

wondrous to behold statements so profound ♪ ♪ a place to bury everything i did and burn it to the ground a fire illuminates ♪ ♪ the final scene the past repeats itself i cannot tell the difference anymore ♪ ♪ i cannot trust myself i've gotta let go i've gotta get straight why'd you have ♪ ♪ to make it so hard? let me get away i've gotta let go

i've gotta get straight ♪ ♪ why'd you have to make it so hard? let me get away i think i could ♪ ♪ lose myself in here i think i could lose myself in here i think i could ♪ ♪ lose myself in here