in as part of george clooney's latest movie. locals are under strict orders to keep quiet about the mission. >> i cannot tell you anything, but it's a great experience. a highlight. >> anyone hoping to get a picture needs a good lens. he is in town for his latest film, "monument man." they are enacting the liberation of a belgian village. he sent -- he spent weeks counting the perfect location. those hoping for a moment of fame applied to be extras. >> maybe i would like to get to see george clooney. i would like that. >> its impressive driving through this town. >> they applied to make the local family a little more belgian. the mayor is assured it is the biggest film shot here. >> there are transforming their cells year into a belgian town. and they can throw in one of his sweaty t-shirt, we will have a new attraction. >> most of the sweating done by the extras. for three hours, it looked like belgium in 1945. >> i wish i could have taken part. >> it is a one off here. nothing like this ever happens. >> after the filming, ever

. >> do you know who george clooney fans were? >> you can probably get to that without all the analysis. we didn't know that for that george clooney event. i went and it was great. >> they had a section of the campaign called the dave -- cave. can the cave figure out who will be more interested in invitations. it was getting closer to that. it was more when we started how folks wanted to be communicated with. >> i think we're at the part of the program where we can take some questions. >> first in the case of super pacs will there be a conflict of interest when the campaigns tap into the same donor base. shifting after the election, recently the "new york times" reported that new -- organizing for action is having a direct million dollar mark and mr. jay carney addressed with a couple press meetings. any of you like to comment on that. not from a specific case but hypothetical sense. how is the former campaign money machine being operated in terms of access or policy making? >> we're still in the process of putting it together. we

they said, well, they want clooney, but they're open.oney said, "no." okay. >> and, anyway, i took the job, i rehearsed for a couple days. i just was -- it was just terrible. bad idea. at the time i was living in new york and they said, "don't worry about it, you're gonna be great." go back, get your stuff, come back in two weeks and, you know, start shooting. and then i -- as i was leaving the airport i got a call from my agent and my business manager who i had just started working with. and i said -- "dude, what's up?" he said, "well, how's everything going?" i was like, "you know, they're trying to make me older -- part younger, it's a disaster." he said, "well, something might be up here." and i said, "what?" he's walking down the hall that morning, talking to a colleague -- >> jimmy: another agent. >> another business manager guy. and he says, "how's it going?" and my business manager said, "great, i just signed this guy tim olyphant, and he's in this new movie with sandra bullock." and his college said, "oh, that's great aidan, aid

send a message to george clooney. >>> before i show you guys this piece, i will ask that you all keep a very open mind here. >> it really glows like a goatee and i shorten it now and then. if it gets too long -- >> this is 49-year-old german born merriam. she first started growing hair on her face after giving birth to her child 28 years ago. just recently decided i am going to wear it, i am going to feel sexy, and i am going to be confident with my facial hair. >> i think i am more ready to have a relationship again. >> because you're more confident than you ever have been. like we said to begin with, you said having this beard makes you feel incredibly sexy. >> i feel more, yes, confident with myself, and i know myself better than when i was younger. >> despite the goatee merriam looks very manly. is there some sort of testosterone issue? >> she doesn't exactly know why she in particular started this hair. >> for a while she was waxing or shaving and it grew back too fast? >> exactly. she waernl used to tweeze it every single day since it started growing. she says she tried three di

guys like george clooney and some of the other legitimate a listers, you're bringing in lindsay lohan, the kardashians, thought that was an interesting point. >> i thought it was interesting. in the past, you had ozzy osbourne, justin beiber. all you need is honey boo boo, that's a sign of the apocalypse i am pretty sure. where else do you get different groups, eclectic group together with people in the media. it is not to me, i am not a journalist, don't disrespect tom brokaw whatsoever, amazing journalist, i understand where he is coming from, it is one night. not on-going, it is one night. they laugh, make fun of celebrities, the comedian, the president. it mocks them being there as well. >> we're taking a quick break. we are close to the moment of truth, the president's remarks at the white house correspondents' dinner. who is his target tonight? who could be on the list, could it be perhaps a familiar foe? >> of course, the deficit is a serious issue. that's why paul ryan couldn't be here tonight. his budget has no room for laughter. >> paul ryan, marco rubio, john boehner, or co

. >> do you know who george clooney fans were? >> you can probably get to that without all the analysis. we didn't know that for that george clooney event. i went and it was great. >> they had a section of the campaign called the -- cave. can the cave figure out who will be more interested in invitations. it was getting closer to that. it was more when we started how folks wanted to be communicated with. >> i think we're at the part of the program where we can take some questions. >> first in the case of super pacs will there be a conflict of interest when the campaigns tap into the same donor base. shifting after the election, recently the "new york times" reported that -- organizing for action is having a direct million dollar mark and mr. jay carney addressed with a couple press meetings. any of you like to comment on that. not from a specific case but hypothetical sense. how is the former campaign money machine being operated in terms of access or policy making? >> we're still in the process of putting it together. we're still

. >> jimmy: this is george clooney? >> no, john fong, our technical adviser.ster and his heritage is chinese, believe it or not. >> jimmy: i believe it. >> and we've been doing -- >> jimmy: he trained you to do kung- kung- kung-fu? so you could probably beat everybody up in hollywood if you wanted. >> maybe not everybody. >> jimmy: what about steven segal? >> probably not. i don't know. probably not. i wouldn't go there. >> maybe we'll have some kind of thing with you guys. we'll put you on a roof and see who goes off first. >> next season on jimmy kimmel. >> jimmy: it's very good to meet you. thank you for coming. it's a good show. watch it. sunday nights, 10:00 here on abc. goran visnjic. >> the jimmy kimmel live concert series is brought to you by sony. >> jimmy: his album,"right place, right time" is out now here with the song "troublemaker" olly murs. ♪ ♪ you had me hooked again from the minute you sat down the way you bite your lip got my head spinnin around ♪ ♪ after a drink or two i was putty in your hands i don't know if i'll have the strength to stan

george clooney bought this car for 100 grand but sold it back to the company.aybe because it only goes 30 miles before it needs to recharge. still, electric cars just appeal to people. they give off no emissions. that is why they're a great alternative to oil burning cars. so says brian wynne. part of the electric drive transportation association an electric car lobbying group. bjorn lomborg is back because he is skkptical. a dirty secret? what? >> john, they don't emit any co2 on the road, but once you produce them, they emit a lot of co2 because a lot of energy goes into the proction, especially the battery. half of all the emissions coming out of the electric car have already been emitted when you buy it. john: like 30,000 pounds of carbon monoxide making the car is less than half of that for an ordinary car. >> exactly. and yes, zero emissions on the road, but you still have t recharge it and most of our electricity comes from fossil fuels, so the real point is electric cars are not ready to really help us cut carbon emissions in a big way, it is an efficie

>> i only invited two celebs, sandra bullock and george clooney. and george was working.worked with. but it was actually kind of fun to have sandra there because it was -- you know, the classic situation, like any wedding as the party gets going and the cocktail gets flowing. all of these guys, you know, that suddenly think they have a shot at sandra. which is just not really going to happen. they were all kind of -- she was a really good sport and dancing with people. dancing with my dad and stuff like that. >> jimmy: was your dad one of the guys? >> no. >> jimmy: he was a big fan. he was a big fan. but you could see just a crowd of guys kind of circling behind her ready to cut in. and maybe this was their night. you know, i'm sure she's going to pick me out of the crowd. >> jimmy: turned out not to be the case. >> it didn't happen. >> jimmy: you're not wearing a wedding ring. why is that? >> i had one. and i lost it on the honeymoon. >> jimmy: oh, that's bad. >> but then i found it. >> jimmy: how did you lose it on the honeymoon? >> i was playing with it at a restaurant

food did not want to go to the george clooney event? >> there was a section called the cave that was the semi secret annexes and could the cave figure out who liked what entertainment and the invitation. >> it was smaller of how they wanted to be communicated with. and ask for many. that is helpful. >> now we can take some questions. >>. >> with the super pac would there be potential conflicts of interest when they try to tap into the same donor base with the big money donors? second, shifting from after the election, recently "the new york times" reported organizing fraction as having be half a million dollar mark for direct assets with the president and jay carney address this but would you like to comment on that? not on the specific case but after the election or for the official, how is the former campaign money machine being operated with policy-making. >> that was a stinging editorial about that. >> i know. we're still a process of putting it together in development and we are working on that. we're still working on a. >> but if

george clooney bought this car for 100 grand but sold it back to the company.ause it only goes 30 miles before it needs to recharge. still, electric cars just appeal to people. they give off no emissions. that is why they're a great alternative to oil burning cars. so says brian wynne. part of the electric drive transportation association an electric car lobbying group. bjorn lombor is back because he is skkptical. a dirty secret? what? >> john, they don't emit any co2 on the road, but once you produce them, they emit a lot of co2 because a lot of energy goes into the production, especially the battery. half of all the emissions coming out of the electric car have already been emitted when you buy it. john: like 30,000 pounds of carbon monoxide making the car is less than half of that for an ordinary car. >> exactly. and yes, zero emissions on the road, but you still have to recharge it and most of our electricity comes from fossil fuels, so the real point is electric cars are not ready to really help us cut carbon emissions in a big way, it is an efficient way

george clooney bought this car for 100 grand but sold it back to the company.be because it only goes 30 milesefore it needs to recharge. still, electric cars just appeal to people. they give off no emissions. that is why they're a great alternative to oil burning cars. so says brian wynne. part of the electric drive transportation association an electric car lobbying group. bjorn lomborg is back because he is skkptical. a dirty secret? what? >> john, they dn't emit any co2 on the road, but once you produce them, they emit a lot of co2 because a lot of energy goes into the production, especially the battery. half of all the emissions coming out of the electric car have already been emitted when you buy it. john: like 30,000 pounds of carbon monoxide making the car is less than half of that for an ordinary car. >> exactly. and yes, zero emissions on the road, but you still have to recharge it and most of our electricity comes from fossil fuels, so the real point is electric cars are not ready to really help us cut carbon emissions in a big way, it is an efficient

you get someone gritty like this saying he's just jumping on some political band wagon like george clooneyi always think is unfair because i love what those actors do, are you concerned about treading into the political arena like this? >> not necessarily. and i feel like those same people that you mention and the causes and the things that they believe in, that shouldn't be diminished at all. if you have any capacity to get extra attention to something that you feel like needs it, you know, you're very grateful if you can get people to kind of study or learn about something that you feel like needs to be exposed. >> and for people watching this who -- and there are many in america. we do so much abroad as a country to help other countries when, really, our own country is really suffering now from great financial hardship. many people in really bad shape. why should we care? and why should we do anything about people in guniue and indonesia. >> i think people should be put at the floor when there's a ripple effect. when people are oppressed or their lives are destroyed, i feel like that af

now you have the george clooneys of the world.s competition to get -- >> we see a kardashian there. >> it becomes this competition between news organizations, who can get the buzziest guest. that has gotten a little out of hand. >> they took a picture of colin powell in there in between the other ones. this is washington. i mean, what's more important, to have somebody come to your part -- and there's kate hudson. to have somebody who's in the cabinet or somebody who's on a top reality show? >> i know. but you know what, there is this sort of thing, you know, washington is fascinated with hollywood, right? but guess what, hollywood is fascinated with washington. and so some of these celebrities are just as excited to talk to chuck todd, right, and i can't speak for chuck todd, but i think chuck todd might be, you know, someone interested in talking to -- maybe not the reality -- >> i'm not going to speak to chuck, but for me, one of the most fun things to watch is how some of the people who deal, every day, with some of the most p

george clooney and ben affleck have been heavily courted, some of the evening's biggest guests but theythis year. >> bill: maybe you'll be able to get around the ballroom if george clooney isn't there. remind everybody, this is a dinner for the members of the white house press corps which i'm one and the people that they cover, meaning members of the administration or senators or members of congress. the movie stars don't really belong. >> i admire your effort to put the toothpaste back in the tube, bill. closing the barn door -- >> bill: it will never happen. >> it is never going to happen. celebrity event now. no one is against that more than i. >> every single year i convince myself i could not get any more bored with these stories and every year i surprise myself. oh god i can't believe it. >> it is a painful event. an office party where important people from outside the office are invited. it is a double whammy, really. >> the new manager of the cleveland indians got lost on his way to work. terry francona got himself an apartment a few blocks from the indians ballpark and tried wa

. >> and george clooney is also on the list. he's a man of humanity a genuine man of substance.g musicians onboard. the band leader's violin could go up for auction. we look at the extraordinary piece of memorabilia that may or may not have been on the ship. >> reporter: it'sgage immortalized where the band played on to calm the "titanic's" passengers as chaos and icy waters swept over and sank the unsinkable. a scene later revisited in james cameron's version. the story is real by survivors' accounts and unlike the fictional jack and rose there was a real life star. >> yes indeed. he was well known to be a celebrity. >> reporter: an historian has written the definitive biography of wallace probing the facts and fiction surrounding the band master, the band and the violin that it wast from his fiance and an inscription on a silver plate reads for wallace on the occasion of our engagement. a musician, wallace's gig on the ship of dreams would be an opportunity of a lifetime for a lot of reasons but he only found fame after his final act. if the violin survived the one wallace pla

. >> do you know who george clooney fans were? >> you can probably get to that without all the analysis. we didn't know that for that george clooney event. i went and it was great. >> they had a section of the campaign called the dave -- cave. can the cave figure out who will be more interested in invitations. it was getting closer to that. it was more when we started how folks wanted to be communicated with. >> i think we're at the part of the program where we can take some questions. >> first in the case of super pacs will there be a conflict of interest when the campaigns tap into the same donor base. shifting after the election, recently the "new york times" reported that new -- organizing for action is having a direct million dollar mark and mr. jay carney addressed with a couple press meetings. any of you like to comment on that. not from a specific case but hypothetical sense. how is the former campaign money machine being operated in terms of access or policy making? >> we're still in the process of putting it together. we

i don't know that clooney is coming, but -- >> i don't believe that there is a kardashian coming thisudible ] from the artist is not going to be there either. >> oh, that's right. >> the dog from the artist. >> someone tried to get an actual seat at the table for the dog from the film "the artist," and we said snono i'm sorry. >> bill: i saw that dog on the red carpet. >> so spirit of disclosure, i'm not cool enough to be a participant in any of these festive advertise, but i got a view of the list that were invited, and it's like business executives. i would much rather scarlett johansson be sitting at a table then the vice president of goldman sachs. >> bill: there is some pretty heavy corporate wall street presence. >> yeah, i a lot of networks are having the business cover sources, and that's where you get your wall street types. there is also a lot of news organizations that bring advertisers in order to try to promote themselves. i don't mind glitz but the net effect is to push out real reports, some of them who actually cover the white house, and now they can't get a ticket and

. >> reporter: where obama, boehner, and biden share a room with clooney, and even kim kardashian.k seat to some gentle ribbing. >> you remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. >> reporter: while washington is often called hollywood for ugly people, on this night, the real stars shine. glitz and glam overruns the town and everyone wants to party late into the night. >> washington's gone very hollywood. it's not the nerd prom anymore. >> reporter: and while the event raises scholarship money for aspiring journalism students -- >> all right, everybody. >> reporter: it also lowers the bar for presidential discourse. >> no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the donald. that's because he can get back to focusing on the issues that matter. like did we fake the moon landing. >> reporter: president obama is great at using comedy as a weapon to entertain people, educate us, and eviscerate his opponents. >> it's great to be here this evening in the vast, magnificent hilton ballroom. or what mitt romney would

if he wants to come to a dollar fundraiser or a big george clooney fan, and he's a surrogate, you haveat information early on of the that's the stuff you can know and know what mode of communication -- >> so you would know who the george clooney fanses were? >> you could get to that with all the analysis. we didn't know that then. i went, it was great. nothing wrong with that guy. >> they had a section called "the cave," over at the prudential building, and could the cave figure out who liked what intertapement and who would be interested in a wind tour invitation? >> it was getting closer to that the longer they worked on things. it was more when we started on how folks wanted to be communicated with and asked for money of the that's helpful. >> okay. i think we're at the part of the program where we can take some questions. yes? >> first in the case, is there potential conflicts of interest when both the campaign and super packs try to pass into the same donor base, especially in the case of big money donors, and secondly, when it goes shifting from after the election, recently, the

jerry clooney was there. the lucky charms leprechaun was there.oman who says manly, yes, but i like, too. and a drinking buddy of ray -- great guy, too. we did shots. that was a quick trip to washington i took a year ago. i am a bit of an outsider. i have never really seen this great city. early this morning, this is true, i left the hotel and i walked all around the city. spine. went up my it occurred to me that i was walking the same streets as jefferson, madison, lincoln, bono. i'm not over it yet. trvia. i -- trivia. i was a history major. i have little fun trivia fact. washington was not the original capital of the united states. did you know that? new york was the original capital. that is so sad. originalork was the capital. they decided to move the capital during george washington's inaugural address someone shouted out, hey, buddy. nice wig. -- i am just telling you stuff you should know. that is my job. i got up early this morning. i did walk around and i decided for inspiration i would visit the jefferson memorial. have you done that? e

have george clooney and ryan gosling dance me into the rook like weekend at bernies, and, finally, play >> yes. my family will do all of those things. >> you want a grabbed sendoff? >> yeah. why wouldn't you? you plan parties when you are alive. why wouldn't you plan your funeral to be some great thing? >> tell me about the title of the book. >> i just don't think that anybody's life is perfect, and society really puts a strain on making things look idealic and perfect, and there's a certain way to do things throughout your life, and i think that's what causes a lot of anxiety, and people like me being anxious here. i really want to get this right, which is stupid. >> it's good. you're a perfectionist. >> have you to lie to make things perfect. >> are you lying in this book? you tell a lot of wild stories. >> those are all true stories and crazy and stupid and i had on theic things that i wanted shar share. >> you write about how you spent a weekend in las vegas with david copperfield. was it magic? >> it was magical. absolutely. yeah, it was fun. >> what can you tell us about that? >>