i am giving away half of one million dollars from live show so this is comedian louis c.k. and he announced he was giving away the lion's share is actually seventy five percent because he himself is only taking two hundred twenty thousand of the million for his own fee on the proceeds from his on line only stand up comedy event live at the beacon theater so here is what he himself louis c.k. wrote on his website he said hi so it's been twelve days since the thing started and yesterday we hit the crazy number one million dollars. now i want to break here for a second he released this without any digital rights management on it against the advice of his own advisers who said no everybody will release it bit torrent sites you can't do this and he said no i just want to make it as easy as possible so instead in twelve days he made one million dollars that's a lot of money really too much money i've never had a million dollars all of the side and since we're all sharing this experience and since it's really your money i wanted to let you know what i'm going to do with it and he'

louis c.k. one of the most controversial men in entertainment. meets the man who does it his way and gets away with it. >>> good evening. i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with one of the most extraordinary and disturbing scenes ever captured on a camera phone. it began when a man arrived at his mother-in-law's door to pick up his 3-year-old son. the bloodshed that followed and the question of blame might have ended up a pure matter of he said/she said but one factor makes this case different. when things went wrong, he's already hit record. here's abc's matt gutman for our series "crime and punishment." [ gunshots ] >> what are you doing? >> reporter: that shriek, the crack of gunfire, the chilling sound of what police say is a man being shot at point blank range. >> -- you shot me! >> reporter: he later said he turned on his iphone video camera knowing something, quote, stupid was about to happen, in this cookie-cutter south florida senior community. the shooter was 66-year-old sheryl, hi

first stars for the viewers if you're not familiar with louis c.k. he's also funny and you know they're going to take him out but i like what he did he had this bold new experiment he released a whole video for only five dollars and guess what he did it all in his own right he didn't go through any middleman any big companies and he's making money off of it hung out of dollars hundreds a couple there i think the coolest part of this is that he put no restrictions on it and you're told time you were talking about the piracy act and he said you know what here it is five bucks do what you want with it and he's seen a lot of success and i think like other artists he realizes that when you you know trust your fans they will reward you really who did this a couple years ago if you remember they made their album priyanka donate money and this doesn't fly straight in the face of soap stars fly straight in the face of the media industry is trying to adhere to old ways they don't want to be free these men are free and as for can louis c.k. it's just great all

. >> tonight he welcomes lewis c.k. and aretha franklin.ith jimmy fallen week nights at 12:35, 11:35 central time on your local nbc station. >>> i'm for your first look at entertainment news. talk about biting the hand that feeds you. piers morgan sounded like anything but a fan of celebrities. he told england's inquiry into media ethics he never authorized phone-hacking and blasted celebrities who used the media for publicity and exposure and then whine about privacy. >>> gerard butler is recovering after a weekend surfing accident in which he was dragged over rocks and held under water. >>> after internet death rumors, jon bon jovi posted a shot of himself on facebook and twitter, with a sign reading heaven looks a lot like new jersey. >>> snooki hit her branding partner with a lawsuit. she's been smacked back with a $7 million countersuit. >>> and finally, did james franco really get an easy "a" in grad school? a former nyu professor filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired for giving franco a "d" after franco showed up for only two of 14 s

louis c.k. is here, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] funny dude.ful and so great in this movie. from "mission impossible - ghost protocol," paula patton is dropping by. [ cheers and applause ] gorgeous. and back on the show performing a song from her album "this christmas," the legendary aretha franklin is on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] can't beat that. also, we have to thank the good people over old navy for sponsoring our music this week. [ cheers and applause ] we got carole king. we had rufus wainwright, aretha franklin, tomorrow we have the rockettes and on friday, i'm going to sing a song with kermit the frog. >> steve: aww. >> jimmy: and you know robin, the little dude? he's a little frog? the tadpole dude? yeah, i'm going to sing with him and kermit. >> steve: aww. >> jimmy: yeah, he's cute. but it's been a great week so i want to thank old navy for that because we can't afford this stuff. [ cheers and applause ] the muppets are expensive. guys, there are only three shows before we go on christmas break. it's time for that bel

louis c.k., levi lavallee, and [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller centerthe national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, wow! thank you so much! oh, it's good. i love it. thank you so much. welcome, everybody. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon." thank you for being here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. it's going to be a fun show. hey, you guys, this is very exciting. today the 74-foot rockefeller center christmas tree arrived. [ cheers and applause ] so exciting. it's tall and it's surrounded by cameras, which is why kim kardashian just asked it to marry her. it's very -- [ laughter and applause ] why -- yep. did you guys notice this? today's date is 11/11/11. [ cheers and applause ] or as joe biden calls that, a great e-mail password. [ applause ] easy to remember. that's right. today is 11/1

louis c.k. is here, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] funny dude. cheers and applause ] gorgeous. and back on the show performing a song from her album "this christmas," the legendary aretha franklin is on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] can't beat that. also, we have to thank the good people over old navy for sponsoring our music this week. [ cheers and applause ] we got carole king. we had rufus wainwright, aretha franklin, tomorrow we have the rockettes and on friday, i'm going to sing a song with kermit the frog. >> steve: aww. >> jimmy: and you know robin, thlittle dude? he's a little frog? the tadpole dude? yeah, i'm going to sing with him and kermit. >> steve: aww. >> jimmy: yeah, he's cute. but it's been a great week so i want to thank old navy for that because we can't afford this stuff. [ cheers and applause ] the muppets are expensive. guys, there are only three shows before we go on christmas break. it's time for that beloved late night tradition, "12 days of christmas sweaters." ♪ 12 days of christmas sweaters three days left