>> tonight, the "this is us" stars just a got a whole lot richer. >> what? >> how much they're marking now and how their paychecks stack up to hollywood's highest paid stars. >> plus stories behind their never before seen audition tapes. >> plus meghan markles royal carpet without harry. >> then cosby cuffed. as america's dad goes to prison, how his former co-star is giving back. >> then we go ga ga for lady ga ga's gown. >> then -- >> i want to say thank you for doing a movie about me. >> then kevin hart and tiffany haddish's face off battling for the sexiest red carpet style. >> this is "entertainment tonight."

>> fall tv is back. so are your favorite shows. keep it right here. we are going to tell you everything you need to know to get you ready for the big premiers this week. >> let's start with "this is us." it's back tonight. do you hear that? that's the sound of money. the cast scored a major pay day. >> i love my whole cast. >> i consider myself lucky. >> $4.5 million. that's reportedly how much milo, mandy, sterling, justin and chrissy will each be making for season three. $250,000 an episode. that's a huge pay raise considering milo used to make $115,000 per show. mandy and sterling were paid $85,000. justin earned $75,000 and chrissy was paid just $40,000. >> dun, dun, dun, dun. premiere of "this is us." >> are you ready? do you feel nervous? >> i'm not nervous.

i'm excited. it's a doozy. we're coming back with a bang. >> but how does this compare to tv's other highest paid stars. it's kind of bleak. the cast of the "big bang theory" get 900 grand an episode. reese witherspoon and nicole kidman get $1 million for "big little lies." "game of thrones" stars get $2.5 million a show. what can we expect from "this is us" now? >> it's our most ambition for sure. it's fantastic. >> that means lots of crying. >> the show runner said besides the usual flashbacks we'll get more flash forwards. a little later we'll look back at the cast's never seen before audition tapes. >> that's always furn. we saw chrissy metz at the hollywood premier of "a star is born." keltie knight was on the red carpet where it was bradley cooper and lady ga ga's time to

shine. >> at tiff you had the veil. moment and i thought is there any possible way to top this and tonight a train, a cape, tell me what went into this look. >> you know, i just had a vision for silver, lace, givenchy did a beautiful job. i'm just so grateful to them. >> behold ga ga's full transformation into a silver screen siren. >> this exquisite custom givenchy gown was everything. it also paid tribute to barbra streisand's grammy gown in the 1976 adaptation. >> i tell ya this one caught me by surprise. that wasn't the only nod to the film's legacy. >> a fabulous hollywood night. this is the shrine auditorium.

>> what does it mean to you to hear critics and fans across the world say that you're a revelation in this role? >> i'm just extremely humbled and grateful bradley is a visionary. i loved singing with him as well. his voice is beautiful. >> and now that you know you're such a singer, do you find yourself singing more lullabies? >> russian children's music that's what's playing in our house these days. so i am singing along to that quite often, yeah. >> his voice is very pretty. >> how does he sing along to russian lullabies? >> that's because his girlfriend is russian. >> you know who else had a big premiere last night? kevin hart. we know kevin is competitive so i just had to ask. "a star is born" is holding their premiere tonight. what would you say to bradley cooper and lady ga ga?

>> tiffany plays kevin's teacher in "night school" out friday. she wore a floor-length strapless tadashi shoji gown to last night's premiere. >> kevin rocked the red suit. i thought he was giving me props. >> kev, do you like my jacket? >> no. >> what's wrong with this? >> the same thing that's always wrong, kevin. you dressed for a gymnastic meet. >> one day i'm going to shock the world and kevin hart. "night school" opens friday.

>> now to bill cosby. months after he was found guilty on three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault. the 81-year-old once known as america's tv dad was taken into customer. he was taken away in handcuffs without his wife of 54 years of camille. cosby was convicted in april of drugs and sexually assaulting women. >> he was absolutely victorious today. >> today was especially live emotional for janice dickinson who hugged a smiling constand. inside janice sat arm and arm with other accusers and at times was fist pumping. cosby was also designated

a sexually violent predator. he will undergo mandatory lifetime counseling and must register as a sex offender. >> there is other news out of the cosby world. nicki minaj helped jeffrey owens out and jeffrey donated the money and said i am extremely grateful tonic to nicki minaj. >> meghan markle is adding a new twist to all the pregnancy speculation. >> the duchess exited her limo wearing a sleek, black, long sleeved dress with her signature

stilettos. tonight's look was form fitting with a belt around her middle. the outfit is a departure from the flowy top she wore yesterday. so how is meghan handling all the rumors of possibly being pregnant? >> i was there this evening. there was no sight of a baby bump. at one point she gave a wave to the cameras very confident and happy with life. >> harry did not accompany his wife at the opening of "oceania" an exhibition of art from australia, new zealand, the pacific islands. they are the same countries meghan will visit with harry next month. >> it's an opportunity for them to show themselves as team sussex. we know the focus is going to be on youth leadership, environmental issues and the invictus games. >> i love that. team sussex. >> it's a good one.

>> it's fantastic. coming up -- angrildash ang jolie goes blonde. >> and inside celebs messy closets. >> it's like ditch, donate. >> plus "last man standing" lives up to its name back on the air. >> you had 500,000 signatures from viewers. >>

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♪ here's a creepy scene for ya, joaquin phoenix in a clown costume as "joker," shooting in a brooklyn phone booth. set in the '80s it's the story of joker's origins, out next year. >> meanwhile the cast of "downton abbey" was shooting outside of london today. hugh bonneville, lord grantham and elizabeth mcgovern, lady grantham, return in this film version of the hit tv series out next september. >> and check out angelina jolie spotted for the first time in full costume and blonde wig for her fantasy film "come away."

shooting in hollywood. >> looking totally different. another big movie underway "toy story four." tim allen is back as buzz lightyear. and nischelle turner got an update when she was first on the set of tim's other big project, the return of "last man standing." >> i just felt this wasn't done. we just had so many scripts left. >> we were exclusively on set. >> welcome back all you guys. >> "last man standing's" return, now on fox, was in large part because of the fan outrage after the popular show was suddenly canceled by abc last year. >> you had 500,000 signatures from viewers. >> i did that. >> you did it. you forged every one of them. >> all day. that was a whole day in my basement. >> that show must have a lot of loyal kick ass fans. >> what do you think it is that speaks to the viewers? >> classically great sitcom writing is all about the family.

>> literally we're talking about this in this episode, shut the tv off. i mean, not "e.t." you got to watch this. give me this. watch this. look. watch. >> there has been some recasting such as grandson boyd now played by young teen jet jurgensmeyer. and daughter mandy is now 28-year-old molly mccook. >> she looks exactly the same. >> it has to be tough to recast people when you're used to your kids? >> but we all kept thinking about if anybody remembered "bewitched." it was all of a sudden a new darren. >> returning as tim's wife, nancy travis. >> it's funny and when you're an actor in this business every time a job ends you feel like that's it. now i have to go take some online course and figure out something else to do. >> i think he's referring to fox. "last man standing" returns friday on fox. >> still ahead -- >> "this is us" back then.

the rare audition tapes. how they won their roles of a lifetime. >> daddy is about to do some terrible things to mommy. >> and mandy moore loves them. >> plus "ncis" is back without pauley perez. >> i'm definitely a nerd in real life. board games anyone. >> closed captioning provided by --

♪ ♪ hide your kids ♪ i don't want no scrubs ♪ i want it that way >> i want it that way. >> yes! >> mandy moore and jimmy fallon killing the whisper challenge on "the tonight show" last night. it seems the entire pearson family is feeling nostalgic. we really have a special treat for you. we're going to take you all the way back to the "this is us" audition tapes. >> i went in very early in the audition process. i think i was one of the first people that they read. >> hey, how do you think we're doing at parenting? i think we're at a six. i think we're at a 6 on a

sliding scale of one to ten. i think we're at a six and i think i'm being generous. >> about five to six weeks later i got called in to audition with milo. he was the only guy i read with. >> hey kids, close your eyes in there. daddy's about to do some terrible things to mommy. >> no, no, no. there's no way in hell babe. >> yes. >> come on. no. >> it went well and i guess the rest is history 'cause we both got the job. >> after showing up to his audition with his beard and motorcycle helmet in hand milo was told by producers to stop working out because they didn't want jack to look like a modern hot dad. sterling k. brown was still working on "the people versus o.j. simpson" when he got the script for "this is us." >> and i was reading it while i was at the prosecution table like in between takes. it was the best television pilot i had ever read. >> i found him, my father. >> when? >> last week. >> you didn't tell me. >> don't be mad.

>> kate was not always meant to be plus size. the role was between chrissy metz and another actress who only had to lose 20 pounds. chrissy won out because she was quote authentic. >> at your weight, the chances of a successful pregnancy are very slim. >> yeah, we know and we don't care. we want to try. >> in this preview of tonight's premiere, we see kate get bad news as she and toby face road blocks on the path to parenthood. >> they tried and i don't think that's something that ever really goes away. i mean, they're going to keep trying. . >> here's the deal. they'll keep trying and cashing those checks. >> and, listen, reese witherspoon snows how they can spend the extra dough. home organization. so if you don't know who clea shearer and joanna teplin are

now -- well, reese is making sure you do. >> she named our show. that's how hands on she was. >> it was a team of like 75 people trying to name the show and then one day, she was like, you know, what would be a good name, master the mess, okay, i have to hop on a plane now. >> reese liked these two ladies so much she turned their insta-popular organization site "the home edit" into a 12-episode show, "master the mess" for direct tv. but reese isn't their only celebrity fan. >> oh, my gosh. shut up. >> this was mandy moore's reaction when they redid her pantry. >> mandy, so she didn't really faint, but we like to say she did. >> she's a good actress. >> she pretend fainted. >> we've done her closet. we've done her linen closets, bathrooms. >> they are wicked in the closet. they're like let's do this. it's like ditch, donate, possibly keep. if you've not worn it in the past six months they make you turn your hanger. if you still don't wear it in the next six months it's out. >> here's gwyneth paltrow's pantry. and this is christina applegate's. clea and joanna's next celebrity

home make over targets? oprah, chrissy teigen and then there's the boss lady reese herself. >> she just got a new home so -- >> we will be there to organize her home. >> we're ready. we're ready. >> you ready? >> i need those ladies. let me tell you. >> come on. >> well, the "ncis" house has gone through some changes, most recently with pauley perrette leaving the show. >> but fans already know abby's replacement and she's talking all about her big promotion on set to "e.t." online's lauren zima. >> what was it like for you when you got that phone call and they said you're in? >> to be totally honest with you i started crying immediately. i was just like i did it. and then i called my mom and she was just so happy and she was crying and i was crying and it's great. >> diona reasonover just hit the guest star jackpot. she was visiting forensic scientist kasie hines last season. now she's a full-fledged cast member. >> never get on agent sloan's bad side.

>> you're coming into this cast. were you nervous? >> i was so nervous. i was like freaking out on the way up. i was like i should have had someone drive me. >> i think it's fantastic. she's find a whole different spin and she has her own thing going and i think that's what the show needs. >> is there any kind of newbie hazing going on? like how do you welcome a newby on a very seasoned cast? >> we give them lots and lots of dialogue. >> with the show heading into its sweet sixteen season, wilmer tells us expect lots of action. >> you're going to see old school torres do some really crazy things. >> i feel like you like that, that's your favorite thing. >> oh, yeah. i've been training my whole life for this. this is the moment i've been waiting for you know. >> it will feel weird not having pauley perez there. i love the way the show continues to evolve. you can check it out tonight at 8:00 on cbs. >> has a front runner emerged

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