[ cheers and applause ] people love colin farrell. they love him. l us in on the new season of "true detective." then he and i are playing a a brand new game called "true confessions." [ cheers ] along with a very special guest. so stick around for that. [ audience oohs ] yeah. plus, we love it when this guy comes to the show. he's always game. he's always down for something weird or something fun. so of course why make it any different tonight? it's going be fun. he has a new movie called, "the overnight." he's very funny in it. jason schwartzman is here, ladies and gentlemen! [ cheers and applause ] every time he's great. and then, this monster has a a new cook book out called "sesame street: let's cook." tonight we're cooking with my pal, and our guest announcer, elmo, ladies and gentlemen. [ cheers and applause ] that's right. oh, wow. so shy. how shy. guys, it is time for the "tonight show" hashtags. here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hashtags hashtags ♪ >> jimmy: thank you very much. you guys are on twitter, right? [ cheers ] it's fun. elmo,

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tonight -- colin farrell from "magic mike xxl," matt bomer from fox business news, maria bartiromo featuringhe 8g band. ♪ [ 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 is everyone doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: quick welcome to our guest announcer for the evening, my brother, josh meyers, is with us for the night. [ cheers and applause ] very good job on your first time announcing. >> thank you. i watch the show. >> seth: that helps. that helps. let's get started, i like this, i was happy to see this. nascar released a statement today calling for the removal of the confederate flag from the south carolina capitol. released a statement, nascar released a statement, they should have sent a pit crew. that thing would have been down in like nine seconds. [ laughter ] [ whirring noise ] that's the noise it makes, right? >> yeah. [ whirring noise ] >> seth: according to a new poll, 65% of americans do not consider donald trump to be a serious presidential candidate.

well i guess we'll walk around town. [ laughter ] and you'll read the parts and i'll be colin farrell much like when you're on a set all the sudden, you're like looking at the map and then you're like you're now not in bruges any more. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> seth: you're like in another town. >> you just end up bumping into yourself soon enough. >> seth: and martin mcdonagh, a playwright who wrote and directed it and you worked with him. >> yes. >> seth: that was his first film. what was it like, just in general, like, being in a film with a playwright? like are playwright's more -- >> martin was very specific. >> seth: yeah. >> i mean, the language, you know. literally. at the start of the film i think he was kind of hoping that we'd do a little bit of improvisation and loosen it up a bit. and you could kind of see him by the monitor half way through the first day going, you know, one word is out, uh cut. sorry that's not gonna -- you know, and he really he was so -- they talk about, you know, an iambic pentameter and certain beats and that gets used to listen to the actor speak the

tonight, colin farrell -- meghan trainor -- and "this week in unnecessary censorship."eto and the cletones. and now, for the duration, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- colin farrell jason schwartzman

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- colin farrell jason schwartzman

tonight, colin farrell -- meghan trainor -- and "this week in unnecessary censorship."uration, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

tonight, colin farrell -- meghan trainor -- and "this week in unnecessary censorship."d the cletones. and now, for the duration, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- colin farrell jason schwartzman

tomorrow night, colin farrell will be here, everybody. >> steve: yeah! ] >> jimmy: colin and i are going to play a fun new game called "true confessions." [ scattered applause ] there's a special guest. we have a very special guest joining us. then on friday, we have vince vaughn, jim gaffigan, and "thank you notes" on friday. [ cheers and applause ] don't want to miss that. but first, we have a fantastic show tonight. from the new movie, "infinitely polar bear," mark ruffalo is here! >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i love that guy. he's great in every movie. i like him. plus, he directs and stars in the new film "a little chaos." the great alan rickman is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] how do i -- how does the voice go again? [ alan rickman impression ] >> steve: mcclane. >> jimmy: harry -- harry -- harry potter. [ laughter ] harry -- harry -- harry potter. [ light laughter ] harry potter. [ laughter ] >> steve: now say, "oh, punky." >> jimmy: alan rickman is gonna be here. and then -- boy, do we have great music tonight. gosh, th

and on thursday night, colin farrell and meghan trainor too. those shows. >> jimmy: our first guest tonight is a very funny comedian, actor, and smoker with a new show that may hold the world record for heaviest use of ampersands, it's called "sex and drugs and rock and roll." watch it on fx thursday nights at 10. please welcome denis leary. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: yeah, i'm little -- >> can i sit here? >> jimmy: it's fine, as long as we don't actually contact our lips or our hands. >> i know, and i kissed your hair. what is it? it cut my lip. >> jimmy: his hair has the consistency of the comb like fonzy would carry around. >> i was very surprised. it hurt. i'm mad at you. >> jimmy: why? >> because. so many reasons. >> jimmy: what did i do? >> my kids are 23 and 25. and so that, and their generation, you are -- forget david letterman, like you, conen and jon stewart, that's all i hear in my house every day, kimmel said this, kimmel, kimmel, jon stewart, kimmel, kimmel. first of all, i know these guys. they're scum like me. so my son c

tomorrow on our show, our guests will be colin farrell and meghan trainor. please join us then.guest tonight from "the office," from many "hangovers," he did a voice for asthma medication, he's done it all. next he assumes the role of rusty griswold in "vacation." it opens in theaters a week from today. please welcome ed helms! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: how's it going? and what is this? >> hey, how are you? >> jimmy: i'm well, thank you. >> good, good. >> jimmy: what have we here? >> what? oh. this? this is reggie. he's my -- he's my therapy llama. >> jimmy: oh. >> yeah. i get -- you know me. i get a little nervous doing interviews and stuff. i just like to have him here, he keeps me kind of zenned out and calm. >> jimmy: he's -- he's your comfort animal? why a llama, not a dog? typically people would have dogs. >> dogs terrify me. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. a llama actually has -- just look at that. those eyeballs are so massive. >> jimmy: yeah. >> you just stare into it. and it takes -- i don't know, it takes me to a very calm place. >> jimmy: that's very sweet. don'

and later this week, ed helms, colin farrell, brie larson, with music from joss stone and meghan trainorfor all of those shows. >> jimmy: after barreling one-armed through a post-apocalyptic wasteland in "mad max: fury road," our first guest returns to present day fully-limbed in the new thriller "dark places." it is availabe now exclusively on directv and opens in theaters august 7th, please say hello to charlize theron. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> are you okay? >> jimmy: yeah, a little under the weather. >> so sorry. i will try not to infect you. >> stay over there. >> the doctor said as long as i don't get any fluids on anybody. >> in that case i think we will be okay. you know, i, this thing with the shark in, in jeffrey's bay in south africa, which is where i'm from, it's so crazy how you forget things. and then things can spark memories for you in adulthood that you just go, wow, i was crazy when i was a kid. i used to swim in those waters all the time. and regularly. lake i would say once a day, the lifeguard would blow his whistle and that just automatically meant everybody ha

tonight -- colin farrell from "magic mike xxl," matt bomer from fox business news, maria bartiromo featuring i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how isry