please welcome taraji p. henson. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: taraji p. so much fun. >> jimmy: you're so fun to hang out with. >> bow down to me. >> jimmy: oh, my goodness. don't rub it in. don't be a sore winner. >> you would rub it in if it were you. >> jimmy: i would. but it wasn't. >> you're not, so, take it. >> jimmy: do you remember the last time i saw you? >> yeah. you tried to get me and mary j. to pay your bill at del frisco. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. >> yeah, he comes up. he's like oh, jimmy said to send this bill over. and mary and i are like, what? >> jimmy: no. i don't think we sent it from us. >> no. you didn't say it was from you. you sent him over just with this random bill. >> jimmy: i went out to dinner with higgins and i saw you eating dinner with mary j. blige. so i said "can you -- they said they're gonna take care of our bill." i don't know why, but they said that. i go that's pretty cool. the guy said are you sure? >> and he's like shaking with the bill like uh-huh. >> jimmy: so i was watching you guys. just watching your confused

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ilene chaiken, oscar-nominated actors taraji henson and terrence howard while they peel back the layersw about the power structure and glamorous life of hip-hop. welcome to "inside empire." your brother and i have been working hard to turn empire into a publicly traded company. now, part of us going public means ensuring a legacy for this company and right now, it seems none of you are prepared to take over after i'm gone. what is this? we -- we "king lear" now? call it what you want, smart-ass, but over the next several months, i will make a decision.

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- ryan seacrest taraji p. henson

ilene chaiken, oscar-nominated actors taraji henson and terrence howard while they peel back the layers a new show about the power structure and glamorous life of hip-hop. welcome to "inside empire." your brother and i have been working hard to turn empire into a publicly traded company. now, part of us going public means ensuring a legacy for this company and right now, it seems none of you are prepared to take over after i'm gone. what is this? we -- we "king lear" now? call it what you want, smart-ass, but over the next several months, i will make a decision.

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- ryan seacrest taraji p. henson

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- ryan seacrest taraji p. henson

tomorrow night, ryan seacrest and taraji p. henson will be here.ay a game of charades. plus, music from maddie and tae tomorrow night. it's going to be good. they're great. [ applause ] and don't forget sunday, february 1st, after the super bowl -- right after the super bowl, we're going live from phoenix, arizona. [ cheers and applause ] super bowl. then there's, like, probably a a special on something or some news, then us. we go live. we're doing the show live. will ferrell and kevin hart are coming on the show. >> steve: whoa! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i don't like either of them. [ laughter ] >> steve: no. >> jimmy: they're coming out. we're going to do a giant, three-way lip-sync battle. [ audience oohs ] they better bring their "a" game, man, because i'm getting ready. i'm ready to do it up. >> steve: got your songs? >> jimmy: yeah, i've got my songs picked out, man. i can't tell anyone what it is. >> steve: they're secret. >> jimmy: they're secret songs, yeah. but then we also have a musical guest that night. it's unbelievable how b

then on friday we have ryan seacrest and taraji p. henson.ere. [ applause ] we're going to play a game of charades. that should be good. and of course, you guys, we have to talk about sunday, february 1st, after the super bowl we're doing a live show from arizona. that's right. we're going to go out to arizona. will ferrell and kevin hart are coming on. and we're going to do a a three-way lip-sync battle live. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: live! >> jimmy: after the super bowl. and for music, gosh, she's giant music superstar. i can't wait to have her on the show. ariana grande will be performing for us after the super bowl. that's a hot show. >> steve: hot! >> jimmy: ariana. [ applause ] speaking of hot shows. tonight, we have a fantastic show. she's one of our favorites. she's amazing in her new movie "cake." there it is. here's our pal. come on. you can't beat this. jennifer aniston. >> steve: come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: she's great. >> steve: fantastic. >> jimmy: she's great in this movie as well. plus, here to tell us a

♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: my thanks to ryan seacrest, taraji p. hensonmaddie & tae, everybody! fantastic. [ cheers and applause ] and the roots right there, ladies and gentlemen. [ cheers and applause ] stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." thank you for watching. have a great weekend. hope to see you again next week. bye-bye. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers". tonight -- president bill clinton, from "portlandia," actress carrie brownstein, music from mali music, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, here he is, seth meyers! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening, everyone. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everyone doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] that is exciting. that is very exciting to hear. guys, let's get us started with some big political news. this is some very big political news. the size of this political news is big. [ laughter ] mitt romney will reportedly address t

today, from the series "empire," taraji p. henson. and you'll meet the new bachelor chris soules.vel trivia. all next on "live." [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] announcer: now here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪ [cheers and applause]