tonight, don cheadle, benedict cumberbatch, elizabeth olsen, and winston duke, the nfl number one draftk, and music from morgan wallen featuring florida georgia line. and now, excelsior -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: very nice. i'm jimmy, i'm the host. thank you for watching. thanks for coming. thank you for avengering with us all week this week. we have a lot -- we have a lot to get through tonight. the avengers are here tonight. and we will chat -- [ cheers and applause ] we also have the number one pick from tonight's nfl draft. baker mayfield, who was just moments ago chosen number one by the cleveland browns. before we get to all that today in case you don't know, today was a special one at the white house. it is the first lady, melania trump's birthday today. that's right. [ applause ] that's right. in 1970, melania trump was born in slovenia, and you can see there she is with her future husband. [ laughter ] the president celebrated this morning with a bonkers 30-minute-long phone call to "fox and friends" at the start of which they asked, what'd you

tonight, don cheadle, benedict cumberbatch, elizabeth olsen, and winston duke, the nfl number one draftk, and music from morgan wallen featuring florida georgia line. and now, excelsior -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: very nice. i'm jimmy, i'm the host. thank you for watching. thanks for coming.

zoe saldana, mark ruffalo, scarlett johannson, chris hemsworth, chadwick boseman, tom hiddleston, don cheadleumberbatch, josh brolin and more, if you can believe it. plus music from a perfect circle, bleachers, middle kids and morgan wallen with florida georgia line. so please join us for all of that. in the year 2012, our first guests created a world of d.c. drama that, at the time, seemed over the top. now we know better. together, they made one of the most popular shows of the decade, to which we said goodbye tonight. but before they go, say hello to shonda rhimes and kerry washington. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: how are you? >> good, how are you? >> just noticed you have a boot on. >> i do have a boot on. >> jimmy: yeah, they love to come out. [ cheers and applause ] >> sit down, sit down! >> jimmy: isn't that nice? >> sit down! >> jimmy: i'll say the audience absolutely loved the finale, and they were screaming and crying and yelling at people if they got up, it was quite a scene in here. are you okay? are you all right there? >> i am. i am. i just -- i went on a vacation for the

scarlett johansson, tom hiddleston, and music from bleachers and later this week josh hemsworth, don cheadlesen, benedict cumberbatch and middle the morgan from the florida georgia line. join us for all of that. it's the greatest collection of heuer rows ever assembled for "avengers: infinity war," it happens right across the street. the movie opens everywhere on friday. please welcome ironman, spiedman, gamora, and mantis.iss please welcome jr., tom holland, zoe saldana and paul bettany. ♪ >> jimmy: welcome. thank you for coming. [ cheering and applause ] you know, there is a lot of excitement. [ cheering and applause ] >> jimmy: i will say, i was driving into work this morning, and thank you guys for being here. i don't think we've ever had more of hollywood boulevard closed off for a premiere. and that includes like "star wars." do you feel at all competitive with the "star wars" franchise? >> no, no. >> jimmy: no? >> tom doesn't, but you do, right? >> i watch those movies. i'm a consumer first and foremost. >> jimmy: you've always said that, haven't you? >> yeah! >> jimmy: who did you br

and on thursday, don cheadle, benedict cumberbatch, elizabeth olsen, winston duke and music from morgangeorgia line. please join us for all of that. our mighty team of guests tonight includes a wakandan, a russian, an asgardian, an american and a drax. their new movie, "avengers: infinity war," opens in theaters friday, please welcome mark ruffalo, scarlett johansson, tom hiddleston, danai gurira and dave bautista. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thanks for coming. thanks for playing the game. were you all at the premiere last night? >> yeah. >> yes. >> yeah, yeah. >> yes. >> jimmy: you've been to many of these. danai, that was your second one, right, your second marvel movie? >> it was. >> jimmy: scarlett, you've been to six or seven or a lot of the them? >> yeah, and i don't know any of the stones it'ser. >> you don't know stones. >> i don't know. >> jimmy: was that the biggest one? >> it was the biggest one. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. >> the red carpet -- purple carpet -- it was huge. >> jimmy: is it true that people were crying in the theater? did you guys see -- did any of you cry in

from the mercedes-benz stage. [ cheers and applause ] tomorrow, the marvelousness continues, with don cheadlergan wallen featuring florida georgia line, and the first pick in the nfl draft will be with us tomorrow. i have some inside information that says it's going to be a football player. from college. yeah. [ applause ] so that's something to look forward to. our stellar array of guests tonight includes a god, a king, a soldier, and two dangerous aliens with father/daughter issues. [ cheers and applause ] starting at midnight they bring havoc to the universe and joy to moviegoers everywhere in "avengers: infinity war." please welcome chris hemsworth, chadwick boseman, karen gillan, sebastian stan and josh brolin. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's funny. because i feel like -- marvel, marvel do a great job with diversity. but you'd think there would be one short, fat person in the bunch, right? [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, come on. >> i don't know about that. >> jimmy: how are you guys doing? everything all right? >> good. >> gre. >> jimmy: a lot of exciteme

and later this week, chris hemsworth, josh brolin, don cheadle, elizabeth olsen, karen gillan, sebastianke, benedict cumberbatch, chadwick boseman, and music from middle kids morgan wallen and the florida georgia line. so join us for all of that. the city of hollywood has never been safer than it is tonight, as the greatest collection of heroes ever assembles for the world premiere of "avengers: infinity war." it's happening right across the street. the movie opens everywhere on friday. please welcome iron man, gamora, vision, mantis, and spider-man. robert downey jr., zoe saldana, paul bettany, pom klementieff, and tom holland. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ welcome. thank you for coming. [ cheering and applause ] you know, this is a lot of excitement. yes, it's you. [ cheering and applause ] i will say, i was driving into work this morning, and thank you guys for being here. i don't think there's -- i don't think we've ever had more of hollywood boulevard closed off for a premiere. and that includes, like, "star wars." do you feel at all competitive with the "star wars" franchise? [ lau

these are all people -- anthony mackie, don cheadle -- >> basically everybody and their grandmom is inright in "avengers: infinity war," take a look at this. ♪ >> the structure is polymorphic. >> right, we had to attach each neuron non-sequentially. >> why didn't you just reprogram the synapses to work collectively? >> because we didn't think of it. >> i'm sure you did your best. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i cant wait for this! i cannot wait. now, i heard -- i heard that on the set, that you would have little rap battles like offset, like just while you're waiting to do scenes. >> yeah. >> jimmy: you did, right? >> yes. >> jimmy: one of the -- went viral was you and lupita, i want to say. >> yeah. >> jimmy: yeah, so what -- have you always rapped or freestyled? >> hey jimmy, man, it was all just for fun, and now it's going all over the world. even p. diddy be tweeting about us, and i'm just like, what the heck? >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. [ laughter ] >> it just -- it just started off as fun. you know, it's something i've been doing, you know, all of my life, just having fun. >> jimmy: do you h

alll these great actors, you know, don cheadle, jennifer beals, tom sizemore. it was really a perfect moment. yeah, just looking for another perfect moment. >> host: did you have a role in the making of the movie? >> guest: not in that one. i wrote and m executive produced always outnumbered, always outgunned which we did for hbo, laurence fishburne, cicely tyson, nat city cole -- natalie cole. iar was an associate producer. i knew well enough whatever he would say, yes, carl, that sounds good. you know, he was going to do it anyway, and that was good. >> host: the caller mentioned black betty. blackut betty, white butterfly, they -- at the centerf of these two books are black women. what is happening at this time with black women and their sexuality, and has that changed? >> guest: you know, black sexualities has always been -- sexuality has always been a dominant moment in our lives, and it'sy also been really, really hidden. you know, i think that black women have e often experienced e fact9 that their sexuality has been taken away from them in the general c

all these greatact ors, don cheadle, jennifer behles, it was really a picket moment. just looking for another perfect moment. >> host: disyou -- did you have a role in making the movie. >> guest: i wrote and executive produced, always outnumbered, always outgunned which we did for hbo. but not when i -- i was an associate producer, carl franco called me up and said, what do you think about is? i learned to say, yes, carl, that sound good, because he was going do it anyway. >> host: the caller mentioned black betty, white butterfly, they -- at the center of these two becomes are black women. what is happening at this time with black women and their sexuality and has that changed? >> guest: you know, black sexuality is -- has always been a dominant moment in our lives and also been really, really hidden. i think that black women have often experienced the fact their sexuality has been taken from them in the general culture. you see harris -- blonde people, and you're going, what is that? and appreciating beauty is appreciating beauty based on some other culture some oth