please welcome anna chlumsky!nk you so much. >> jimmy: i've watched you a million times on television. >> hello. >> jimmy: is chlumsky your real name or a show biz name? [ laughter ] >> it was a really simple name like johnson or something and i decided, let's do a really strange, guttural, hard to pronounce, hard to spell name. >> jimmy: it would be a great scrabble word, a lot of points. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i was thinking about it. it is a funny name. like inherently funny. >> just to pronounce it correctly, you have to make the same physicality as clearing your throat of phlegm. that's what you do, chlumsky. >> jimmy: i looked up your dad. >> oh, dear. >> jimmy: was delighted to find this photograph of you as a kid and your dad on the red carpet somewhere. >> yeah, there's my mom. >> jimmy: and your mom too, and your dad's got a great tie on and a fantastic moustache. >> yes. >> jimmy: that's a serious, no kidding around moustache. >> he's -- yeah, he's had that for as long as i've known him. >> jimmy: still has

tomorrow night,josh gad and anna chlumsky with music from the weather station.f "watch what happens live" as well as a best-selling author, housewife-herder, and the intoxicated ryan seacrest of new year's eve. [ laughter ] on friday, he gets a star on the hollywood walk of fame, please welcome andy cohen. >> deep chair. >> jimmy: that's right, we go deep here. >> yes, you do. deep and shallow. >> jimmy: that's right. happy groundhog day. >> is it a happy groundhog day? >> jimmy: no, it isn't. i wonder if you and anderson cooper get drunk and celebrate this too. [ laughter ] >> yes. absolutely. >> jimmy: yes? >> we do. >> jimmy: last time i saw you was -- >> that was the last time i saw you, it was the eve of covid. >> jimmy: it was right -- >> we were taping wants to be a millionaire" in los angeles. >> jimmy: right. >> anderson and -- anderson and scooper and i were guests. [ laughter ] as it turns out hilariously, i must have had covid at the time. >> jimmy: you had covid, yeah. >> i didn't infect you or anderson, which is incredible. i did go back to new yor

tonight -- josh gad, anna chlumsky, with music the weather station. and now, jimmy kimmel!plause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you. very nice, welcome. i'm jimmy, the host. thanks for watching. thanks for coming. i was hoping someone would show up. you know, i have to tell you. we have a lot of fun on this show. right, guillermo? >> guillermo: right, jimmy. >> jimmy: it's nonstop fun, right? >> guillermo: yes, all the time. >> jimmy: but t

actress anna chlumsky talking to george last week about anna's crimes. >> amazing she pulled it off sotime somebody sort of skirts the edge of the social contract we -- those of us who really like the social contract are very fascinated by how they do it and why. >> reporter: in 2019 anna was convicted and sentenced to prison. she was released last february for good behavior and reportedly sold her life story to netflix for more than $300,000. but now rachel williams who accused anna of stealing from her is speaking out criticizing the show's sympathetic portrayal of anna. rachel calls the show a dangerous distortion of the truth. >> if there's a way that true crime stories can be told, seen, discussed, even dramatized responsibly, this just isn't it. >> reporter: williams said anna stuck her with a $62,000 bill from a trip they took to morocco. ultimately the jury found anna not guilty of stealing from williams. >> she isn't someone who deserves our celebration. she's someone who has committed crimes and i think it's important to have a moral compass. >> reporter: anna who detailed he

and on thursday, josh gad, anna chlumsky, and music from the weather station.o please join us for all that. [ cheers and applause ] nearly 30 years ago, a beautiful canadian "baywatch" girl fell in love with the drummer from motley crue, then a disgruntled carpenter stole their sex tape, and the rest is history. you can see it all in the new limited series "pam and tommy." >> i'm okay, really, i'm okay. >> hey, it's a very dangerous lot. >> a lot of the murders. >> i got to go. >> it's not even 4:00. >> i know. >> i have to see you again tomorrow. >> it is tomorrow. >> where are we going? >> i'm -- um -- i need to go -- >> to cancun. >> i [ bleep ] love cancun! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: "pam and tommy" premieres tomorrow on hulu. please welcome lily james and sebastian stan. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: i have to tell you, it's funny. just watching the show last night, now seeing you, you made quite a transformation, very remarkable. >> thank you. >> jimmy: did you -- i know, for instance, lily, you actually -- did you lose your eyebrows? >> this

. >>> back now with anna chlumsky starring in "inventing anna," not about you. >> not about me.screen with no sound and just watching how everybody was, you know, describing love and match -- i know there is an attraction from watching, you know -- it was a great human study. >> we will find out on monday. tell us about "inventing anna." it's based on an incredible story, this real-life con artist pretending she was an heiress and fooled a lot of new york for a long time. >> that's right. that's right. yes, anna delvey several years ago seemed to scam her way up to the top and i play the reporter who investigates her story. >> did you get to meet the reporter? >> i did. this is -- so the whole show is based on an article that came out in "new york" magazine by jessica pressler and we really matched the article pretty closely although we fictionalize our character. i play a character named vivian kept who is inspired by jessica. jessica is a co-producer on the show so we had the benefit of her blessing every step along the way. i got to meet her on our table reads. she made herse

today, from the new series, inventing anna, the wonderful anna chlumsky and recover, feel better, improvehi. oh, it's tuesday, it sure is. yeah. but last night was monday.