we're here with my man, blake shelton.re about to play a a new game. this is called the whisper challenge. okay? [ wind blowing ] >> whisper challenge. >> jimmy: it's a fun thing that we saw people doing on youtube. it works like this. one person puts on their headphones with loud music playing. the other person then picks up a card. there's a stack of cards there. and there's a random phrase on the card. i'll be the first person to go. the person wearing the headphones has to try to guess what i just said. okay? and you guess until you get one right. then we'll switch it up. the other person puts on headphones and tries again. >> it's like you win -- it's a -- >> jimmy: what'd you say? >> like keeping points or something? >> jimmy: what? >> it's just something stupid we're doing or is it like -- you keep score? >> jimmy: it's just -- it's fun. everyone's having a good time. [ laughter ] have fun for once. >> you just want to keep the score or what the heck? [ laughter ] i can't hear anything. >> jimmy: i know. thank god,

. >> and jimmy fallon has guests blake shelton. nbc tonight "the late night." >>> new information about making a living on an uber driver's salary. a san francisco company revealed it has 160,000 drivers and they added 40,000 new drivers last month alone. drivers in san francisco make $23/hour but it should be noted that the money does not include maintenance or gas costs. it is more than half of taxi drivers. >>> well, pates to be the boss of apple, literally. a hefty race for tim cook. he had a cash bonus which is now his compensation $9.2 million which is por than double of what he had the previous year. the profits are made possible by the new iphone 6.0, which is the catalyst. the salary he earned is from the incentives after the company passed performance goals. >>> and now, dreamworks announcing big layoffs. they are going to be closing down their local office and lay off some 500 people. they say movie missteps, and the merger partner led to system of the cuts. some of the employees in the redwood city will be offered jobs

. ♪ >>> and bringing big stars like blake shelton to atlantic city, the latest plan to boost businessn the shore town. >>> temperatures got a boost overnight by clouds in the area that are still with us. producing a few snowflakes in the pocono mountains, that's the view from camelback this morning. get ready for a cold blast this afternoon. >>> it's 5:38 and we've got clouds overhead. and that's a good thing. it's helping to keep temperatures warmer this morning. 34 degrees in philadelphia. still tracking a few showers north and west got some snow showers moving through the pocono mountains in the harrisburg area. still a possibility of few snow showers north and west. and at the shore into south jersey, it's a mix of rain and light snowfall. it'll all be gone by this afternoon. and in its place, some cold gusty winds. right now, it's rain in cape may, but cumberland county into atlantic county, getting snowflakes. dusting is possible but most of the areas too warm for it to stick. your hour by hour forecast shows the temperatures down to 30 degrees at 7:00. then we'll see some sunsh

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most recently, he was seen on season 5 of "the voice" on coach blake shelton's team, but he was eliminated working on a new album and making his acting debut in the movie "8 days," he took some time out of his busy schedule to join us. hi, brandon. >> hi. how are you? >> good. you've already accomplished a lot in your 21 years. were your life and career always so smooth sailing? >> definitely not. i wish i could say that everything is just easy-breezy all the way through, but i've definitely had my struggles and challenges. i've had people tell me that i couldn't do things, that i wouldn't be able to make it to a certain point, that i just wasn't good enough. i have such a desire and such a passion to do this as a living to do this as my career, and i can't even see myself doing anything else other than music. so that passion, that drive has really moved me forward and has allowed me to just overcome every obstacle along the way. >> how did you become so interested in music? >> none of my family was in music. so, it was just never even a thought until, you know, i was that age of 13, i wen

. ♪ >> that's blake shelton. i've seen him on "the voice."egislators introduced a bill that would spare big stars from having to pay income taxes on shows in new jersey. under the proposal those performers would have to play at least four nights of the year in atlantic city. artists would be exempt from paying taxes on the a.c. shows and shows in camden and trenton. the goal is to lure big acts to become artists in residency, which is a common practice in las vegas, too. >>> happening today, it's media day for the philadelphia auto show. the annual event officially gets underway tomorrow at the pennsylvania convention center. it features hundreds of new vehicles from dozens of manufacturers -- that looks nice. the auto show runs from -- runs through february 8th. if you head over there, chris, feel free to pick me up a ferrari. >> lamborghini. >> looked like a lot of parents were using the cars as babysitters there. kids were having fun in those cars. >> absolutely. >> well calling all dog lovers. myself included, head to the convention cente

. >> you have had a remarkable debow with being on the voice and blake shelton was your time leader. pulled you aside and gave advice what did he tell you. >> most of the time it was not advice. all of the whispering it was making fun of his hair or like the first thing that blake said to me and how i knew we would get along. your little brother just has one of those faces i just want to punch and i was like we are going to make a great team. you and blake against poor colton. there is something wrong about that. >> this album, we are going to do it today called pray for you. what is the inspiration of the song? >> we knew we had to be a part of it and especially what you hear on thero right now. we heard we are like we got to be a part of this and it is a song of hope and that is great in today's world to hear. and we relate to it. and we get messages and tweets all of the time about the song and how it helped people through certain situation and that is good news. it is great song and the album is terrific. and i hope people will buy it on itunes and amazon. this is pray for you. >

will he get along with blake shelton? other boyfriend, blake shelton, this weekend because he's going to be hosting and doing the musical guest at "snl." >> but he's probably comfortable now in the relationship to see you get all giddy and -- >> he doesn't care. he's so confident. he rubs the dog's belly. >> she was so nervous this morning. she came in -- should i -- is it okay? i said, hoda, let this baby out. >> set it free. thank god. okay. so let's move on to "the bachelor." this is one of your all-time favorite shows. why do you love it? >> later on in life i'm going to regret my mondays because i watch both "celebrity apprentice" and "the bachelor." i've been married for 17 years. the guy gets to sit in a hot tub and make out with women. but kimmel got in on the act last night. >> by the way, this is you, the bachelor -- what was everyone wearing, by the way? >> i was wearing nothing. but kip wore this silly t-shirt with the fake bikini on. >> what was he like? >> he was wearing nothing. she lied to us. but kimmel la

blake shelton was your team leader.e advice, what did he tell you? >> most of the time it wasn't advice. if he was whispering something in our ear, all the advice you see on camera, if he was whispering something, it was either making fun of his hair the first thing blake said to me and this is how i knew we were going to get along. he said, man, your little brother has one of those faces i just want to punch. i was like, you know what? we're going to make a great team. >> you and blake against poor colton, that's just wrong there's just something wrong about that, this album has a song on it. we're going to do it today and it's called pray for you. tell me about the inspiration of the song and what it's about. >> when we heard this song, we knew we had to be part of it it just said something different, and what you hear on radio right now, it all starts out alike. and we're like we got to be a part of this. it's just a song of hope, which is great in today's world i think, to hear and we related to it, and hopefully a

cast for adam sandler's new movie reporting the growup's co-stars, the joyce judge, and snl host blake sheltonedian commitny cummings along with the regular happy madison crew. who else, vanilla ice who was in sandler's 2012 comedy "that's my boy." disney casting emma watson as belle in the live action of "beauty and the beast." there's an audience that wouldn't have gone to go see sandler in the theater who might just fire it up on netflix. >> it could probably be the guys i hung out with in college. but i think he's going to kill it on netflix because his base is dedicate sfwld people on twitter already calling it straight out of 1993, the gang's all here. >> absolutely true. in terms of earnings, i'm looking at a list of the big earnings coming this week. microsoft, apple, yahoo. >> don't forget qualcomm. a lot of these companies that are the bell weathers in their arenas we'll get a sense. we'll get a sense of how facebook did over the holidays. that will be big. >> with so many reporting, it's hard to say one will be more important than the others. i know a lot of investors are watching y

wow. >> wow. >> blake shelton is one of our favorites around here.jump in the ratings. a spot on spoof of the hard on your luck country song. take a listen. ♪ when i was 16 daddy took a drink all over town ♪ ♪ i braised my brothers in an old motel ♪ ♪ went from living in hell to starving in hell ♪ ♪ then one day i heard a knock at the door ♪ ♪ opened it up and saw a boot on the floor ♪ ♪ the wishing boot, the wishing boot ♪ ♪ the little black boot that makes your dreams come true ♪ >> dreams happen. >> i'm with you. >> i thought the show was funny. make was good. >> stay with me. >> i love it. that's what's trending today. >> up next the super >>> the countdown in the super bowl. all week long. we will start with an ad for bmw. one of the stars of the ad happens to be our special mystery guest. take a look. >> i wasn't prepared to translate that. >> the a and the ring around it. >> at? >> katie said it was about. >> feedback com? you write to it like mail? >> allison, can you explain what internet is? >> that's what i said. what do you mean there is

blake shelton will be here! [ applause ] plus, music from motley crue!and applause ] how fun is that going to be? then on friday we have ryan seacrest and taraji p. henson. they're here. [ applause ] we're going to play a game of charades. that should be good. and of course, you guys, we have to talk about sunday, february 1st, after the super bowl we're doing a live show from arizona. that's right. we're going to go out to arizona. will ferrell and kevin hart are coming on. and we're going to do a a three-way lip-sync battle live. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: live! >> jimmy: after the super bowl. and for music, gosh, she's giant music superstar. i can't wait to have her on the show. ariana grande will be performing for us after the super bowl. that's a hot show. >> steve: hot! >> jimmy: ariana. [ applause ] speaking of hot shows. tonight, we have a fantastic show. she's one of our favorites. she's amazing in her new movie "cake." there it is. here's our pal. come on. you can't beat this. jennifer aniston. >> steve: come on! [ cheers and applause ]

then later this week, blake shelton and ryan seacrest will be here. [ cheers and applause ] and we haveformance from motley crue. oh my gosh, i'm so excited for that. i love them, man. but first, we have a great show tonight. this guy's a phenomenal actor. we love it when he stops by. i mean, he's amazing. >> steve: he's a delight. >> jimmy: what is he in "hamlet" on broadway? >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: gosh. unbelievable. i've never seen anything like it. now he did this movie, a a submarine movie. about finding gold in a u-boat. >> steve: in an old u-boat? >> jimmy: an old u-boat, yeah. some good -- oh, we'll get into it. "black sea" is his new movie. jude law is here you guys. [ cheers and applause ] good. >> steve: i wanna see it. >> jimmy: submarine movie, i'll take it. >> steve: come on, where? i'll go. let's go now. >> jimmy: he's a man's man! also from the fx drama, "the americans," the lovely keri russell is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: love it. >> jimmy: always fun. >> steve: love that show. >> jimmy: always fun. and later in the show, i'm going to challenge k

jude law will be here, jennifer aniston, blake shelton, ryan seacrest will all be here. [ applause ]rformances from fall out boy and motley crue. >> steve: what? [ applause ] >> jimmy: it's going to be good. and also don't forget, one week from sunday we're going live, after the super bowl game from phoenix, arizona. [ cheers and applause ] we're going to arizona. >> steve: whoa! >> jimmy: that's not all. will ferrell and kevin hart will be joining us there. we're going to have ourselves a a three-way lip-sync battle. >> steve: ooh. >> jimmy: that's going to be crazy. and then that monday, february 2nd, we're doing a a week of shows in los angeles. so we're bringing "the tonight show" back to los angeles. but first, tonight we have such a fantastic show. she stars in the new movie "the boy next door." is she just not the most beautiful person? i could just watch her just eat a sandwich for two hours. [ laughter ] she's unbelievable. jennifer lopez is here. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: on of the best. >> steve: get out of town! >> jimmy: plus it's always a a go

and on thursday, laura dern and blake shelton will be here. join us then.uring her long and much-celebrated career, our first guest tonight has been the recipient of two emmy awards, a guinness world record, a grammy award and more than two dozen restraining orders from anderson cooper. but despite that, they will share a stage again for "new year's eve live with anderson cooper and kathy griffin." it airs new year's eve on cnn. please welcome kathy griffin. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome. >> hello, guillermo. hello, james. >> jimmy: how's everything? >> what are you doing new year's eve? >> jimmy: new year's eve, i'll be -- >> watching -- >> jimmy: i will watch you, of course i will watch you. >> really? that's interesting. because i noticed last friday on this so-called show, you had a lady named ryan seacrest sitting in this chair. [ laughter ] >> i thought we were done with that, james. i thought we were done with that fight. i thought anderson and i finally won you over. we have a true alternative to ryan and her nonsense and her big-budget

♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our thanks to blake shelton, bob costas, motley crue -- >> bob: waittil al michaels finds out i'm hanging out with vince neil. >> jimmy: and the roots right there, ladies and gentlemen, from philadelphia. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." thank you for watching. have a great night. i hope to see you tomorrow. buh-bye! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- academy award best actress nominee, felicity jones. nbc sports football land with hines ward. comedy from sebastian maniscalco. featuring the 8g band with fred armisen. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, here he is, seth meyers! [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] that is wonderful. obviously we are closing in on the super bowl. so i want to start with a little sports news. the nfl, the nfl fined seattle seahawks running back marshawn lynch $20,000 for grabbing hi

. >> have you made it with blake shelton in your corner? >> absolutely. >> that's great. >> we're going to continue in the after the show show. by the way who is that guy? >> this guy here josh. >> thank you sir. bill: a terror attack in israel. the aftermath after police take down a palestinian man in tel aviv who went on a rampage. the man pulled out a knife and started slashing passengers. four of them seriously injured. it's breaking news and it's where we start this morning. martha: i'm martha maccallum. the bus went out of control when the man stabbed the bus driver. now learning the man shouldn't have been in the city at all. bill: what else do we know about the attacker? what was his motive? >> reporter: he was from the west bank. he slipped into israel illegally and made his way to tel aviv. this attack happened at the start of the rush-hour commute. take a look at surveillance video. it shows the 23-year-old palestinian man after jumping off the bus and trying to escape. he stabs a woman in the back while running away before being

we had a great thing around thanksgiving with blake shelton and now the super bowl.game. what great place to be at epicent they of music and sport. today's world, you may delay watching events, no one delays watching the halftime show. at least 110 million watching. katy perry, the igbiggest performer and brand pepsi. >> you don't disclose how much you're spending and you're doing the popular doritos competition, how do you measure whether it's a win and whether the massive investment is worth it? >> i think for us like simon said, it's a six-month engagement program throughout the nfl season. the game day itself is just the pay-off. really think about it the six months of engagement that we have with our consumer that's what makes this program pay off it's not a one-day thing, it's six months of asking consumers to submit ads, letting consumer s s, that adds to final day on game day. by time we get to game day, the perhaps's paid for itself because of engagement we have with consumers. >> this year more activation we with customers than ever. 60% in increase with ou

. >> have you made it with blake shelton in your corner?: a terror attack in israel. the aftermath after police take down a palestinian man in tel aviv who went on a rampage. the man pulled out a knife and started slashing passengers. four of them seriously injured. it's breaking news and it's where we start this morning. martha: i'm martha maccallum. the bus went out of control when the man stabbed the bus driver. now learning the man shouldn't have been in the city at all. bill: what else do we know about the a

musician blake shelton sent out a tweet about this as well sings notice see celebrities or anybody slam the very people who protect their right to talk smack, #truecowards. here's morgan, the erstwhile cnn host, a flawed hero, not a coward, but a reluctant hero maybe, #americansniper. bill is calling in from illinois. what do you want to tell us, bill? caller: i was a sniper in the vietnam war. we used to go out and secure down pilot wreck sites. we used to cover recovery of bodies from units when they were picked up by helicopters. we used to go out on fire bases and protect them from the enemy shooting missiles at the fire bases. and snipers, in my opinion, are a necessity. we protected, we didn't go out with the intent to eliminate, we protected more than we eliminated. and when i came back from vietnam, the american legion put a story about me in the paper, my local paper and most of the guys i went to high school with didn't serve, when i'd go in to work and my girlfriend would be out, they used to run into her and say where's lieutenant, where's the baby killer? that's the kind of

unless that's blake shelton and miranda lambert, it doesn't make sense. >> this one won first place in nice. >> when are you getting married? >> we'll be right back with an emergency commercial break, everybody. you're watching this show on nbc. why would you you ask me that on the air? i'm kidding. >> listen, you've got three kids. >> we talk about this a loth know. we're so happy that it's worked out this way that we have three beautiful children and now we're really excited because when we do get married, our kids will be such an important part of the actual ceremony. my 5-year-old will be like when are you going to marry mom, dad? be a man. step up pops. >> are you shaking me down? we've been together for almost a decade. >> i just wonder if he wonders like why are the neighbors married. >> i talk to him like he's 25. you know he knows what is going on. there is no secrets in the house. and it's a family decision, a family timing thing. and if we can ever stop having children for five minutes, we might be able to plan something. >> so if you're wanting to know ways to attract a goo

now they're saying andy cohen, blake shelton.our crockpot. >> who doesn't love a crockpot? they're more popular than ever because everyone's busy schedules and here with a couple of easy ideas is melissa clark. >> seems old school with the crockpot. >> it is. but it's new school, too. you don't have to use your grandmother's recipe with a cream of soup, unless you want to. >> in texas, we love these because we can make a great chili. >> yes, you can. >> show us. >> the secret ingredient is a little bit of ale, beer brings out the flavor. >> this is beer. >> some recipes have you throw the meat in. for more flavor brown it. >> i didn't know that. >> you say always brown it first. >> always brown it first. you don't have to. but it adds flavor. and who doesn't want more flavor? you see all that good stuff on the bottom of the pan, these are the drippings. we'll saute the onions. let's get the rest of the beef out of there. >> i'm not the best at -- >> after you saute the onions in that good stuff -- >> the onions will soak it up. >

. >> be there tonight for blake shelton and bob costas. and felicity gomes.w york. not terrible. we have some flurries before. but it seems to be stopping. we're out on the plaza with some nice people. thank you for hanging around. >> good morning. nice to see you. we have a great theme going on inside. babies. babies, babies and babies. they're here for a good reason. these are the children of some of our staffers, our extended family here at the "today" show. well they're smiling now, but when they get that college tuition bill, perhaps not. and we'll find out how they can start saving today. >> thanks for taking the joy out of their lives. >> we should pay attention. >> plus, on our special series "curl power" we'll help the women who usually wear their hair thick straight embrace their curls. >> can't wait for that. >>> he's a nice guy, but he doesn't play one on tv. we'll catch up with "house of lies" star don cheadle. >> all right. a check of the weather. >> that's right. a big storm right now in the texas and the gulf bringing a lot of wet weather from

i looked on the "snl" -- blake shelton is the musical guest and the host. >> is that sick?ght it was a joke. someone tweeted me. ha-ha, that's so funny. how would nino i was going. that's the one weekend. >> you have tickets? >> four tickets, two couples to the rehearsal. >> i i heard is more fun because they go rogue, they go wild. >> i'm so excited. >>> a lot of people we know are taking selfies. >> i can't believe you're saying this. she said something this morning that -- i've had a lot that shocked me in my life. >> i'm over selfies. i always take them and this is fun. this is why. this one came out today. miley cyrus has a bloody nose or it looks like one. we don't know if it really is. what is that? >> i think what you're over, and i feel the same way, is the oversharing. it's a world where we're sharing when we get a bloody nose. that happens to people often, but it's also kind of gross. >> it's gross! we don't know -- call it what you think. you saw it. nbc news did reach out to confirm if it was in fact, a bloody nose. we don't know. haven't heard back. >> the tak

. >> you might have -- if i was blake shelton, i would be shaking in my boots.up when i was walking in he was handing me food and i was eating part of it, i was, like i feel like we're on a date, he said, you're going to hate how this date ends. he's funny and everything. >> he's in love with his wife. >> trisha yearwood. they're a perfect kind of couple. we like them. okay. so it is try day friday. and because it is try day friday we decide we're going to try something called a skinny mirror. >> which, by the way, i've seen a skinny mirror and i love a skinny mirror. >> okay. have you ever gone to try on clothes at the store and you're in the dressing room and the dress looks awesome and you go home and you look at yourself and you go what? it doesn't look -- i think they do it at the gym. sometimes i feel like i look good when i'm working out and then i come back and i get home and i'm like a sloppy wet roll -- doesn't look like what you think. so we wanted to find out if it really does work. >> some people don't like skinny mirrors. they wouldn't to look the