then -- their latest album is called "while we're at it" our very own announcer dicky barrett brings e mighty mighty bosstones from the mercedes-benz stage. go get ready. why are you hanging around here? go warm up or whatever people do. >> dicky: okay, i will. thanks for having us, jimmy. >> jimmy: you can see the bosstones throw it down december 28th through the 30th at the house of blues in boston. tomorrow night carey mulligan and kevin nealon will join us, we'll have music from lukas graham. and on thursday martin lawrence, daniel kaluuya and music from big boi. so please join us for that. our first guest tonight is the only athlete ever to win five nba championships and an academy award. his latest project is a podcast for kids called "the punies" and this new book -- "the mamba mentality: how i play." please welcome, the one and only, kobe bryant. [ cheers and applause ] very snazzy. you look nice. >> thank you. thank you. >> jimmy: how you doing? >> i'm great. >> jimmy: i like the -- everybody's excited to see you. that's got to be good. well, you're beloved. >> thank you. >>

kobe bryant and the oliver hudson with music from our beloved dicky barrett and the mighty mighty bosstonesthat right? >> is there a reason? >> to celebrate the red sox. >> did we speak about this on the air? >> yes, a little bit. >> what's the name of the album, do you know? >> it's called "while we're at it." >> called what? >> "let's face it" from 1997. >> dicky released an album in june. >> i told you about it. i promised you. >> that's what we're learning. and later this week, carey mulligan, martin lawrence, kevin nealon, daniel kaluuya, with music from lukas graham and big boi. our first guest tonight comes to us from the land of blarney and bono. you know him from the very popular movies about not making. next he plays combat photographer paul conroy in a move "a private war" that opens in theaters november 2nd. please welcome jamie dornan. [ applause ] ♪ how is it going? >> hi. well, first of all, thank you for coming, and secondly, i want to say congratulations because i know you and your wife are expecting a third child. >> we are, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: that's a biggie. >>