ethan hawke is stopping by tonight. [ cheers and applause ] ethan hawke and i are going to g be doingthe show. stick around for that. plus, from his brand new sitcomh "rel," lil rery is here tonight. >> steve: oh! funny. funny dude. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he'll come back, fm earlier. and also, we haven't seen this man in a year. you know, almost a year, since p yed on our show, performed, he left and then went straight to jail -- >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: -- for over a year. yeah. and i wanto hear the whole story. they've been working together to raise awareness for justice reform. rap superstar meek mill, and philadelphia -- [ cheers and applause ] meek mill. he's going to come on with his buddy, and they're doing this great thing. philadelphia 76ers co-owner, michael rubin are dropping in.we e going to chat with them. ilcheers and applause ] and then -- meekwill perform a song for us from his ep "legends of the summer." iss the ot want to show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] guys, do you ever see a photo in the news and think, "well, the headline could be much better?" i

the four time actor nominated ethan hawke. from sweeping romanss like "before sunrises," to unique projects. now, sitting behind the camera has director of the country star bio pick blaze, ethan hawke joined me in the studio to discuss this new phase of his career. and why he wished he would have been more nervous and anxious to this. >> you decided and you got this film "blaze" out. >> i have done it before, i am just really proud of this one. >> it is a buy -- biopic. >> i think part of my idea was i love music movies, but everyone you have ever seen is about a musician who is wildly famous and becomes about the trials of fame. that is what the subject of it is. and every musician i have met, most of them are met with absolute indifference like most of the actors i have met and the directors i met and i thought "blaze" story is beautiful and a better lens into insight into an artistic life. >> we are going to play a clip and talk about what you said to. let's listen. >> so you are going to be a big country star like roger mi

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- ethan hawke, lil rel howery, meek mill and micahel rubin,

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- ethan hawke, lil rel howery, meek mill and micahel rubin,

. >> she's now showing another side, starring in the movie "blaze" directed by ethan hawke. >> are youtar, like roger miller? no? >> i don't want to be a star. i wants to be a legend. >> and also with us, vox's liz plank. nice to see you guys. >> nice to see you, ari. >> who needs to fall back? >> who needs to fall back? i think that the attention around these new avatar kind of computer-generated models on instagram i've been noticing lately. there's something wrong with it. it's an art project that they've designed these computer-generated models and millions of people, mainly younger people, follow them. and i think it's messing with some form of reality. >> you think it's messing with our minds? >> yeah, lots of things are these days. but there's something about it that people believe it too much and then are defending it more than, you know, having real conversations. >> this is a fallback, but this is also, i think, news because some of our viewers are going to say, wait, if you're a parent at home, your kids are using these social media sites like instagram and they're following