here's a clip from "the voice." no, i'm just kidding. here's a clip. it's michael j. you're here. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] i lied. they love you, man. the whole world loves you. >> you're a bad man. >> welcome back, mr. henry. i'm kay, your new segment producer. >> potential new segment producer. >> right. i've got to earn it. and i will because to be part of this -- part of you -- call it inspirational. >> are you crying? is she crying? >> if you don't like her, i can drop her from a stone. >> no, i like that she's shorter than me. it's a nice touch. >> look at you. you're back already. [ applause ] >> jimmy: yeah, that's what i'm talking about. michael j. fox, the one and only! "michael j. fox show" premieres thursday night at 9:00 p.m. on nbc. blake shelton joins us next. come on back, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ female announcer ] in the moments that matter most... you need more from your antiperspirant. that's why we created degree clinical active clean. better odor protection than secret clinical. so you can do more. degree clinical. ♪ [ cheers and ap

>> thank you. >> jimmy: i want to show a clip of how brilliant she is. h. >> steve huberbrecht. >> -- what? >> huberbrecht. >> -- german. >> german-irish, really. >> well, it is peculiar, karen, to bring a date to your father's funeral. i know the poetry was good, but i really wouldn't have considered it date material. >> he's not a date, he's my fiance, and we're getting married on new year's in miami. and i'd love it if you could make it. >> well, i don't really see that happening. do you? steve? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: juliette lewis, right there. "august: osage county" is in theaters december 25th. austin mahone performs next. come on back, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ dial up my number now ♪ weaving it through the wire ♪ switch me on ♪ i want to touch you ♪ you're just made for love ♪ i need ooh la la la la la ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our next guest is a super talented teen singer who has been climbing the charts with his new single, "banga banga." tonight he's here to help wrap up our holiday music week with a perfor

let's hear a clip from the beatles "got to get you into my life." ♪ ♪ tavis: for cap to grew up in thelike i did, you think the elements, but it only goes to show how brilliant when an and mccartney are. it is their song, but the others but distinct on it, and when you hear it in my neighborhood you think earth wind and fire. >> you know i love you. tavis: i love you back. >> this project is a labor of love. to do.at i wanted i had it in my head for so many years. it is the matter of timing when we would do it. there are sogs, many so attached to these horn bands that represents the golden era of music where every song with kicking horn section so much excitement. earth wind and fire, tower of sly and thego, family stone, james brown, for a young horn player going -- growing up, this is what i wanted to hear and why i became a musician. tavis: you are a musicologist. you know this stuff front and backwards. what is it about that era that made it such a fertile time for horn players? >> there was a lot more playing, a lot more musicianship. happen,ay that doesn't but now music is made i

. >> let me just play a clip. this is kay talking during the interview we did together this is about matthew and the issue of guns and mental illness. >> okay. >> when did you finally get -- >> a month before he took his life. >> do you know how he got it? who he got it from? >> he told me that -- he told me everything, and he told me that he had found somebody finally on the internet who would sell it to him and it had to be super incrypted and this whole process and he begged me to help him because he couldn't figure out the process. there is so many, so many moments of terrible choices with mental illness. >> i mean, even since then, we've seen other incidents, the naval yard shooting, the suicide of the virginia senator creed deeds and so on. a lot of incidents always come back it seems to this lethal cocktail of mental illness and ready availability of guns. >> uh-huh. >> no one seems to be tackling this. what is the answer? how do we get to grips with this? >> i think one of the reasons it's hard to tackle so

. >> let me play a clip. people ask me all the time as a journalist, and i've been a journalist for the long time, what was the most important interview, guess i ever had an interview with. i always refer to nelson mandela, in cape town, the president atresidence in cape town, the first black president of south africa. i had been there in the '80s during apartheid. what a difference. let me play a clip from that sit-down. >> when you look at south africa's role, on the position on the world stage today, what role do you envision for this south africa, especially for trying -- presumably you would like to bring the united states closer together with some of these countries like iran, iraq, libya, cuba? do you want to play a role in facilitating a closer u.s. relationship with these countries? >> well, the united states of america plays an important role in world affairs. all that i would like to happen is that american foreign policy should be consistent with the provisions of the united nations charter, which

that is a clip from, "have your heard from johannesburg?" eight-part document a series that aired on pbs independent lens. hopefully, it will air on pbs again, the whole series. the boycott and investment campaign also group to target other corporations of apartheid south africa including general motors, barclays bank among others. >> for more we go to new orleans where we're joined by caroline hunter for the young chemist who was working for the polaroid corporation in 1970 when she stumbled upon evidence that her employer was providing the camera systems to produce photographs for the infamous pass books. along with her partner ken williams, she formed the polaroid workers revolutionary movement to campaign for boycott. by 1977, polaroid finally withdrew from south africa. caroline hunter, welcome to democracy now! >> good morning. >> your thoughts, first about that movement back then, the action of polaroid to your questions and your concerns and especially now in this week after the death of nelson mandela? >> polaroid pretended they did

we have a clip, here's joseph gordon-levitt with scarlett johansson. oh, how cute. anniversary. it's that kind of couple. they're overly -- >> jimmy: all right. here's "don jon." take a look at this. >> baby. >> baby, what? >> oh, baby. >> baby. >> you guys having a good time over there? >> [ bleep ] i don't want to hear it. [ bleep ] >> let's make a toast. everyone listen up. you get up too? >> what? >> this is for you. come on, get up. >> oh, god. >> all right. you guys know tonight is me and this girl's one month anniversary. and i'm counting that from the first time i ever saw her. because ever since then i've felt the same way. she's the most beautiful thing i've ever seen in my life. to you, babe. >> no, us. >> to us. >> cheers. >> cheers. [ applause ] >> jimmy: how cute! pda, i love it. joseph gordon-levitt, "don jon" is in theaters everywhere on friday. do you want to stick around and play a game? stephen merchant is gonna come out. >> i'm going to take the title right now. >> jimmy: lip sync battle is gonna happen. come on back everybody. [ cheers and appla

. >> we have a clip of your father inside south africa in '93, doing that, speaking out. listen to this. >> jesus was a man. he was human. he was not a white man. he was not a black man. he came from that part of the world that touches africa and asia and europe and he probably had a brown skin. christianity is not a white man's religion and don't let anybody ever tell you it's white or black. christ belongs to all people. he belongs to the whole world. >> it's incredible watching your father in action like that. he sends such a far-reaching and long-term effect on the american people, just as mandela did on the south africans. do you see anybody who is anywhere near the mantle of your father to take up that kind of spiritual leadership in america? >> i don't know. there is great preachers in this country and great men of god and i'm sure god will raise up. my father, this is not a position my father tried to obtain. it wasn't something he lobbied for or worked for. it's something god did. if you ever, piers, see a turtle on a fence post, you'll know that turtle did not ge

and the international community got a bad deal this is a very bad deal what's that is actually a clip from november eighth near days after negotiations began as you can see bibi was already quite perturbed before anything was even close to being settled so you can only imagine his theory now. it was concluded good. last night is not a historic agreement it's a historic mistake it's not made the world a safer place like the agreement with north korea in two thousand and five this agreement has made the world a much more dangerous place so according to prime minister netanyahu an agreement that stops the proliferation of nuclear weapons makes the world less safe because we all know that there is only one country in the middle east that deserves mix right maybe that's not the only fair mongery netanyahu is dish on our. daughters are taking only cosmetic steps which it could reverse easily within a few weeks and in return sanctions that took years to put in place are going to be eased iran is going to receive billions of dollars worth in sanctions relief so the pressure is on iran are bei

and the international community got a bad deal this is a very bad deal what was actually a clip from november eighth near days after negotiations began as you can see baby was already quite perturbed before anything was even close to being settled so you can only imagine this theory now. that was concluded in geneva last night is not a historic agreement it's a historic mistake it's not made the world a safer place like the agreement with north korea in two thousand and five this agreement has made the world a much more dangerous place so according to prime minister netanyahu an agreement that stops the proliferation of nuclear weapons makes the world less safe because we all know that there is only one country in the middle east that deserves nukes maybe that's not the only fair mongery netanyahu is dish on our. daughters are taking only cosmetic steps which it could reverse easily within a few weeks and in return sanctions that took years to put in place are going to be eased iran is going to receive billions of dollars worth and sanctions relief so the pressure is on iran are bein

. >> that was a clip from debbie lum's documentary, seeking asian female, it may be considered a positive, but others say it's not welcome calling it a fetish. how harmful is it for asian americans to deal with this stereotype? >> growing up in the united states or anywhere else in the west, it's really impossible to not encounter someone who has asian fever or yellow fetish. it gets under the skin of us asian women and men. love should not be dependent on the color of your skin. yet some people are honing in on one race over any other races. and also it affects people outside who are not asian women who wonder why asian women in that new study get the most attention online? and so, you know, that's one part of it. >> jenny, you know this must be very confusing to young asian women. >> oh yeah, of course. i mean here's the problem with this whole idea that asian women being desirable should be a good thing. i love that i can get a date. that's great, right? but the problem is, in the end i want to be loved for me as a whole person, right? and most people want that. but the problem is my r

. >> later on we'll have a clip. but it's, it's been -- a real blast.as here last night. >> was he sober? >> jimmy: yeah, he was sober. i think he was sober. >> good. >> jimmy: was there a problem on set? >> no. he is a great guy when he is sober. >> jimmy: ha-ha. >> is that news? >> jimmy: i heard that. >> my name is tom. i have oscars. it's ugly. >> by the way your former cast mate from the west wing, josh molina was telling a story about a prank he played on you when jimmy smits joined the show. he sent flowers and a love letter. >> vaguely homo-erotic love letter to jimmy from me. >> jimmy: yeah. >> he stole stationery and sent him flowers and a beautiful note on valentine's day. >> jimmy: did that damage your relationship you feel with jimmy? >> i think jimmy was skun fucon. you know i was. he, he -- he came over to me. he kept patting his heart and going. then he hugged me. and i, i said, i, i did not send you flowers. i love you. a back and forth. >> a back and forth thing. i actually had. i guess this is going to remove possibility of this happe

playing a clip from that film again. a tourife of the museum and glover, vermont. >> this is the sicilian marionette. it was in a play about the crusades. year, 365t of the episodes would be played out in the course of a year, showing the crusades. the history of poetry is very ancient -- puppetry is ancient and goes back to the roots of drama and literature. the earliest theaters were probably enactment of hunt using animal skins and animal masks and using that as magic to try to ensure a good hunt or harvest. ♪ >> by the way, what is the secret to a successful marriage? how long have you been married? >> 55 years? >> 55 years. that is way longer than many people have been divorced. [laughter] what is the secret? >> i don't know. i guess we like each other and appreciate our work together. spouse, shenly my is also my censorship office. she cuts out things and says, "no good! >> do you agree with her? >> no, no, we fight that out. >> so fighting is an important ingredient in a successful marriage? >> i think so. probabl

. >> that was a clip from the newest installment in "the hunger games." racter carry as bow and arrow and it is so popular that it is single handedly boosting interest in archery across the country. a 5th grader is facing possible expulsion for playfully firing an imaginary arrow at a classmate. joining me now, kelly goss, rick gurnell and a criminal defense attorney. we have hot topics. that's the first one. it's the sign for virgo basically. now if you flash it you get suspended and maybe expelled. >> ridiculous. here's how ridiculous it is. if we are going to punish the kid for pretending to shoot a bow and arrow let's ticket the parents for parking their unicorn in a fire zone. the kid is 10. we encourage them to use their imagination. >> it will be on his permanent record. >> i'm so grateful i'm not growing up in this age of political correctness run amok. i would have been busted for the wond woman uniform because it was too threaten iing. >> that's true. this kid faces possible expulsion. there is an appeal being made but they have not reversed the

. >> that was a clip from the installment of the hit series hunger games. rries a bow and arrow. there are reports that it single handedly boosting interest in archery across the country. now wither hearing a story about a 5th grader suspended and faces possible expulsion for playfully firing an imaginary arrow at a classmate. and criminal defense attorney. a few hot topics to get through. that is the first one. now if you mraflash it you get suspended and possibly ex spelled? >> let's look at their parents for parking a unicorn in a fire zone. there is no nothing to this crime. the kid is 10. he is 10. we encourage them to use their imagination. >> it will be on his permanent record. >> i am so grateful i am not growing up in this age of inanity. i would have been busted for the wonder woman uniform i was rocking because it would have been too indtimidatiintimidatin to say the name ron hos. she is the principal. the this is a ridiculous idea. we are punishing them for imagination. we should be celebrating imagination. we should celebrate when someone doesn'

let's watch a clip of the movie. >> thank you, sir . >> (cheers and applause) >> stephen: so, i assume it's a bit of a chick flick. >> yeah, it is, actually. there's a big love, impossible love. >> jon: that guy is looking at you, the guy looking, he's looking at you like he is the one, are you the one? are you the one in this one? >> no. >> stephen: he's not. >> i'm a part of a group. >> stephen: how many are in the group? >> there's 47. >> stephen: . >> there there is also a princess as well fighting for her home as well. >> stephen: besides being in guy that of looks to in these movies to be the one, you've got your own uniqueness in your own life. you're a hollywood superstar and you don't live the hollywood superstar life. why are you so low key and laid backment shouldn't you be out there riding a white tiger knee deep in hookers and blow? what is the use of being a superstar if you can't act crazy. >> -- i don't know, no, i-- you know, i kind of, i don't get out much, just kind of low key like you say, work on working. (laughter) >> stephen: it's actually quiet. >> yeah, sure. >

and we're going to show a clip of "hunger games: catching fire." you to a race, if you don't mind. >> i'd love to race you. >> jimmy: here we go. right here, we have a clip. here's liam hemsworth in "the hunger games: catching fire." >> you haven't hurt people, katniss. you've given them an opportunity. they just have to be brave enough to take it. >> we have to go, gale, before they kill us. they will kill us. >> what about the other families? huh? the ones who stay. what happens to them? people are looking at you, kat. >> i don't want anyone looking to me. i can't help them. [ trucks driving by ] >> you do what you want. i'm staying here. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: "hunger games." we agreed. so stick around, liam hemsworth and i are racing cooler scooters when we get back. and it's going to get real. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ maybe i'm wrong ♪ ♪ and nobody ever says goodbye ♪ ♪ when you don't have the time, there's crest 3d white 1 hour express whitestrips. removes years of stains in just 1 hour. whitening without the wait. crest 3d wh

this alternative message from snowdon, i understand that you have a clip from this? >> yes, richelle, he did wish britains a merry christmas, then he transitioned into the main topic of his two-minute address. privacy in the age of post nsa scandal. he said that certainly the debate that is ongoing right now is an essential one. >> the conversation occurring today will determine the amount of trust we can place both in the technology that surrounds us, and the government that regulates it. together we can find a better balance in mass surveillance. if government wants to really know how we feel, asking is always cheaper than spying. >> reporter: he also in that address to the u.k. said that the great british author george or wwell, would be shocked at te intelligence gathering capability available to governments in this day and age. >> tell us about thi the other people who have done this. >> reporter: this has been going on since 1993. it's really just a counter balance to the queen's address. channel 4 says they would like to invite people who have been prevalent to

we have a clip, here's emma thompson in "saving mr. banks." tranger use my first name. this is travesty. >> i do apologize. perhaps i'm don dagradi the script writer -- >> co-scriptwriter i'll certainly be having my say mr. -- >> dagradi. wonderful, i welcome your input. >> if indeed we ever sign off on a script. >> right. this is the rest of your team. this is dick and bob sherman. music and lyrics, voice the one and only mrs. pl travers. the creator of our beloved mary. who else? >> mary poppins. never ever just mary. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: more with emma thompson when we get back, everybody. ♪ ♪ i've got the power cuz i live like i want, huh! ♪ ♪ ♪ ain't listening to you, i only listen to my heart, huh! ♪ ♪ ♪ try try try try try to lift up the weight ♪ ♪the world is wild at heart ♪ give it to me now have a cuervo. have an adventure. just don't have any regrets. cuervo. have a story. it's not the "fumbling around with rotating categories" card. it's not the "getting blindsided by limits" card. it's the no-game-playing, no-earning-l

we have a clip, here's emma thompson in "saving mr. banks." is is travesty. >> i do apologize. perhaps i'm don dagradi the script writer -- >> co-scriptwriter -- mr. dagradi. >> wonderful, i welcome your input. >> if indeed we ever sign off on a script. >> right. this is the rest of your team. this is dick and bob sherman. music and lyrics, voice the one and only mrs. pl travers. the creator of our beloved mary. who else? >> mary poppins. never ever just mary. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: more with emma thompson when we get back, everybody. ♪ so you can see like right here i can just... you know, check my policy here, add a car, ah speak to customer service, check on a claim...you know, all with the ah, tap of my geico app. oh, that's so cool. well, i would disagree with you but, ah, that would make me a liar. no dude, you're on the jumbotron! whoa. ah...yeah, pretty much walked into that one. geico anywhere anytime. just a tap away on the geico app. ♪ clean up the bows and the ribbons and tags. ♪ ♪ whoever's first is the first to play, ♪

that was just a clip. of course, released ahead of the big day. > oh, yeah. >> it is rocketing towards a million views. so, looking forward to that, as -- >> they're having fun. >> they're coming. it's going to be terrific. >> it's going to be so great. >>> the news that pops, as samuel coined it. we begin this morning with a little royal news. a shining moment for princess kate last night. glamorous buckingham palace reception hosted by the queen. and kate was wearing a diamond tiara. this is the first time she wore one since the royal wedding in 2011. the headpiece was once worn by the late queen mother, dating back as far as the 1920s. that was her. that picture you saw pop up wasn't there to alarm you in any way. it was a look back. >> there you go. as we're doing today. >> she looks lovely. >> she is beautiful. and so is sam. >>> a question for you all. what does singer/song writer legend have in common with the knicks? three words. madison square garden. the piano man has agreed to become the garden's first-ever franchise. meaning, he will pe

we just went through our show last night and pulled a clip from every man who was on. > they really know nothing about this law. >> and it's not nearly enough. >> now, can't even build a website. >> so happy they didn't put hand cuffs on you and put you in jail. >> who paid for this study? >> how brilliant was that? what does this like he's starti valley girl? >> he's identifying with women way too much. >> you raise a good point. who did this study? university of california san diego linguist amanda richards who presented the finding at the annual meeting of the acoustical society of america. not a member? >> one penny of government spending go into this study? this is ridiculous. >> they need to know, they had to find out because they say it busts the stereotype associated with uptalk, that those who speak with uptalk make statements rather than ask questions. we had that debate last night. >> it's a hot issue in congress right now. >> they're trying to find out if men are losing the authoritativeness in their voice. there was a duke university study that said ceos wh

let's listen to a clip. ♪ ♪ tavis: i should start by asking, what are we sounding the alarm about?ounding the alarm because i am hot. tavis: you are hot, but you said it so cool. this is one of the collaborations. a beautiful woman with a beautiful voice. anthony hamilton, the southern , gary clark junior. >> poncho sanchez. them all.ot the king of calling in favors, you have laid with dust about -- speaking of calling in favors, aboutve played with just everybody. why so many collaborations? >> there are all these great people. the best in me. >> when you say it rings out the best in you, dad brings out the best in you, is there a particular genre? what kind of music rings out the best in you? >> the truth is there is more than one genre. gospel music. then around the corner on beale street i spent many hours there. then there is classical music. as i grew up i learned to love latin, tito puente. then there was hank williams coming over the airwaves from tennessee. i do love a lot of types of music. >> this is a crazy question to ask him a but the air i you grew you grew up the er

it is a press conference of wayne lapierre. [video clip> our children, we as a society, leave them utterly defenseless everyday. the monsters and the predators he he of the world know it and exploit it. that must change now. the truth is -- >> nra, stop killing our children. >> the media demonizes gun owners. >> reckless behavior coming from the nra. the nra has a blood on its hands. the nra has blood on its hands. ban assault weapons now. stop killing our children. stop the reckless behavior of the nra. we need gun control now. >> let us face -- the media has demonized lawful gun owners. >> where did you get that big voice for a little person? [laughter] >> the first person holding that sign up is my partner now. we should not have the kind of violence that is happening to our children and communities. we want to live in peace. >> why interrupt someone else's speech? >> nra is a big bully. they are powerful lobbyists that are congress has been afraid to stand up to. they put so much money into the system. they take out people who do not v

here's a clip. here's candice bergen in "murphy brown." take a look. >> you son of a bitch!e restless or irritable. [ laughter ] maintain eye contact while providing encouragement. >> murph, you're doing very well. and it won't be much longer now. >> how would you know, sperm for brains? have you ever passed a large turkey? jim, cut me open. cut me open and get this kid out of me! use a scalpel -- use a pocketknife. use a rotten stinking melon baller if you have to, just do it! >> jimmy: my god. [ cheers and applause ] it's so good! [ applause ] pal, we love you. happy holidays. >> thank you. >> jimmy: some happy christmas songs. candice bergen. our favorite, "murphy brown." weekends at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on encore classic. iron and wine and calexico perform next. come on back, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ (batmobile explodes) ♪ there's a better way to save... at the sears 48 hour sale! jeans are as low 14.99. and get 50% off this gearwrench set. plus, visit sears.com for hundreds of new deals. holiday a better way. sears. ♪ i picked it out in a snap ♪ what made

here's a clip. here's john goodman in "inside llewyn davis." take a look at this. >> solo act?layed a c major he would puke a hair ball? >> used to have a partner. >> what happened? >> threw himself off the george washington bridge. >> well, [ bleep ], i don't blame him. i couldn't take it either having to play "jimmy crack corn" every night. oh, pardon me for saying so, that's [ bleep ] stupid. isn't it? george washington bridge. you throw yourself off the brooklyn bridge traditionally. george washington bridge? who does that? >> jimmy: what is his problem, this guy? what's wrong with him? [ applause ] john goodman. "inside llewyn davis" is in select theaters right now. he hosts "saturday night live" this weekend with musical guest kings of leon. and he's the best! we love him! michelle dockery joins us next. there she is in the bud light platinum suite! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ dreaming of great gifts for everyone this holiday? run into old navy for up to 50% off ♪ hey! sleepwear for the whole family. ♪ uuhh huh! get a jump on graphic tees ♪ what i like about you. from only

. >> jimmy: we have a clip of the film but the movie studio doesn't want it reveal -- >> here is the we talked about sexy things. but the thing about -- you have full dragon nudity if you show all of him. so it is like bleep when you swear or a black thing covering your bits. i this i they decided to spare the audience that and just black the whole screen out. so it is to protect this sort of -- >> jimmy: so stay with us. no technical difficulties here. we are trying not to ruin the movie for you at home. a clip from "the desolation of smaug." ♪ >> where are you straight into the light. >> jimmy: totally erotic. great to have you here. thank you -- benedict cumberbatch, everybody. we'll be right back with r. kelly. >> portions of jimmy kimmel live are brought to you by sony, serious sound only from sony. find 45 windsor place. (singing) if i could turn back time... if i could find a way. (man) where's he? (woman) run! would you like a ride? what do i do? (screaming) pull back on the yoke. come on, baby! okay, google now, call 911. we found a key in your stomach. i think that ferret's

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. >> jimmy: we have a clip of the film but the movie studio doesn't want to reveal -- >> here is the t sexy things. but the thing about -- you have full dragon nudity if you show all of him. so it is like bleep when you swear or a black thing covering your bits. i this i they decided to spare the audience that and just black the whole screen out. so it is to protect this sort of -- >> jimmy: so stay with us. no technical difficulties here. we are trying not to ruin the movie for you at home. a clip from "the hobbit: the desolation of smaug." ♪ >> where are you straight into the light. >> jimmy: totally erotic. great to have you here. thank you -- benedict cumberbatch, everybody. we'll be right back with r. kelly. >> portions of jimmy kimmel live are brought to you by sony, non, non! but little by little, the world got to love what he had made. grey goose, francois? the extraordinary belongs to those who make it. ♪ no presents beneath the tree? ♪ ♪ wait a minute, now i see ♪ my gifts are above me ♪ that's my kind of holiday if yand you're talking toevere rheuyour rheumatologistike me,

this film particularly i play a -- you saw a clip so i don't have to say but it was a really unique situationhere was a voice, there was a walk, a talk a whole thing. it takes a while to lose the muscle memory. i stayed in character the whole time. >> jon: at night, like when you are not on set? >> you can't really let go of that. you are constantly in that place. at least i was. i needed to be there in order to do what i had to do. >> jon: did you not -- the hardest thing i think for me other than obviously being a good actor -- [laughter] would be when not working, not doing foodstuff. so much of my downtime is food based. it's based on like -- i'm going to sit, sports center is on and that looks like a pease saturday. i'm going -- that looks like a pizza. i'm going to have sports center and pizza. >> you get an empty life quickly. which is good for the film because all you have left is your work. >> jon: did you give up -- no music? no nothing? >> i was focused on the the film. we shot it in 25 days. it was quick. >> jon: the bandsome coulding back. there's a documentary out today about th

here is a clip from that event. [applause] >> you have no idea. this is amazing. what an incredible moment. an 11:00 number. tavis: how special was that? out of theabsolutely blue and i had no idea that such a thing could happen. they told me -- my son told me and called me up on the telephone when i was driving in from the airport. he says i have something very interesting to tell you. call me back. .o i called him back he said, i wanted you to know that you have been chosen to receive an honorary academy award. i burst into tears. of course, it was so unexpected. it has been worth hanging around all these years. tavis: you've done more than just hang around. you did good work in the intervening years. is a longary academy way from your first nomination. gaslight, you're 17 when you made the film, 18 when you're nominated. and for some people, that would be the highlight of the career. for you, it would be the beginning. >> i was a kid. all i knew how to do was to act. that was the only thing i had in my favor. that was the thing that propelled me forward. everyt

. >> because you brought up obamacare, i think that we should roll a little clip from some ads that the administration is using to try to sell obama da obamacare in an exchange with a reporter yesterday. ♪ you need that new health care ♪ ♪ sign up because it's hot ♪ kmabder in chief and i'm two terms strong plus i've got this health care which has got it going on ♪ >> i mean, is anybody going to buy health care because barack obreezy tells them? >> there are efforts under way to reach potential consumers where they live, if you will. >> charles, in your wildest dreams, in all the politics you'vecovered, did you ever think you'd see an ad like that to sell a presidential program? >> you start out as the messiah. look, i can understand how they think they were able to, by using media and contact and high-tech stuff, to reach and to get out the vote on everybody out there who is a potential democrat and succeeded in 2012. but a vote is free. it's quite different to go out and to purchase health insurance if you're young, healthy, invincible and you don't need it. and the premium is twice w