one of the most fabulous persons in the world, ellen degeneres. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: ind saugerties' sweetheart, jimmy fallon. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: you got the nicest person ever. >> steve: jimmy, how you feeling tonight? >> jimmy: i'm feeling -- >> steve: that's great. ellen, do you want to introduce your opponent? >> oh, i sure do. our first opponent is a a previous academy award winner who is nominated for another oscar this year for her lead performance in the movie "wild." here is reese witherspoon. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, reese. >> hi. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: and jimmy, jimmy. >> jimmy: yes. >> steve: who is reese playing with? >> jimmy: reese's partner this evening is an incredibly talented fellow who has a best actor academy award nomination for his amazing performance in "foxcatcher", steve carell. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: wow. wowie kazaam. and we are all here to play password! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: very good, jimmy. the rules of the game are very simple. i will give you each of you a a password

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- ellen degeneres, neil young, and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: long beach! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] i feel the love. i love you right back. i love you right back. thank you so much. please welcome. have a good time. hang out and have a good time. welcome.

it's the brain child of ellen degeneres. cer and comedienne first started this on her daytime talk show with this bit involving dennis quaid. >> gargle that. >> reporter: it became so popular ellen took the idea to primetime. >> how involved is ellen in the show? >> i don't see her usually. unless i've done something bad. >> has that happened? >> not yet. >> okay. >> but i'm waiting for her to find out about all the terrible things i've done. >> reporter: wendi is no stranger to comedy. >> if stealing a van and trying to break into my own home so i can snuggle my boy is crazy, then i don't want to be sane! >> reporter: she's known as the overprotective mom beverly on the abc comedy "the goldbergs." and her hysterical role in "bridesmaids." >> that's why every girl needs those slutty college years to experiment. >> reporter: what she can get these celebrities to do is shocking. >> kerry washington has stink breath. >> kerry washington has stink breath. >> you've had big-name celebrities on this show who's surprised you the mos

i liked ellen degeneres last time. >> you know he does have a lot of hosting experience.'s. he has so much hosting experience he jokes that he has obsessive hosting disorder. he, of course is an accomplished triple threats. he sings, he acts, and dances. i think we will see some big song and dance numbers but, of course carolyn the stakes are high for him and i'm sure he's well aware. but he said he's not nervous. he said it's far more nerve-racking to be one of the nominees sitting there waiting for your name to be called. >> that's right. and acting as if you don't care when someone else wins. thank you, mary. see you later and we definitely will be watching the snow. our live coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. with "on the red carpet" at the oscars and at 4:00 see what the stars are wearing at the red carpet live. and then watch patrick -- neil patrick harris host the oscars. you can get a complete list of the nominees at oscar.com. >> there will be southern showers in southern california. but for the bay area we wish we could get some of that. we are looking at breezy condi

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billy crystal, ellen degeneres, hugh jackman. >> look at us. >> reporter: and about ellen's selfie seenworld last year? >> oh, yeah! >> i'm going to try and do something better, i think. >> reporter: but neil reveals more than trying to beat the selfie challenge. number one -- timing is everything. >> you don't want to just tell a bunch of jokes at the wrong time. they won't be well received. >> reporter: what you may not know about neil patrick harris is that he loves magic. so, number two -- expect the unexpected. there's got to be some magical moments. >> yeah. we have a bunch of magic stuff planned. >> reporter: number three -- get those names right. >> the one and only adele dazeem. >> reporter: benedict cumberbatch. >> you said it wrong. there's a "t" at the end of his first name. >> reporter: please. >> benedict cumberbatch. >> reporter: one last piece of advice from former host hugh jackman, who sent us this video message to his friend. >> reporter: from steve martin, first 45 minutes are the best audience you'll ever have in your life, and from 45 minutes on the room is filling

. >> reporter: this week the ellen degeneres show flew them to los angeles and presented $100,000 from target. >> they're outfitting every classroom at mott hall bridges academy with state of the art technology. and they're going to give similar grants to every school in the community. >> reporter: a principal who has helped students see their own value now sees hers. >> i appreciate you. >> reporter: rehema ellis, nbc news, brooklyn. >> how about that? that's why we call it making a difference. and that is our broadcast for this wednesday night. thank you for being here with us as always. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> number nbc bay area news begins right now. >> three armed suspects stormed into a tiffany store and rushed out with the jewels, thank you for joining us. >>> i'm jessica aguirre, straight out, three armed robbers rushed into a store in san francisco ordering everybody inside the store to hit the ground. that store was located on 5th and market. the heist unfolding right at 3:00 in the afternoon when it

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tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- ellen degeneres, neil young and featuring

. >> reporter: this week the ellen degeneres show flew them to los angeles and presented $100,000 for >> they're outfitting everything classroom at mott hall bridges academy with state-of-the-art technology. and they're going to give similar grants to every school in the community. >> reporter: a principal who has helped students see their own value now sees hers. >> i appreciate you. >> reporter: rehema ellis, nbc news brooklyn. >> how about that? that's why we call it making a difference. and that is our broadcast for this wednesday night. thank you for being here with us as always. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good nig. [screams] oh! [howls] (adam) you're going down, son. [laughs] belinda? breaking new details you haven't heard about his transformation. >> how he broke the news to kim, kanye, and the family, now on "extra." >>> bruce's brave moment of truth revealing his sex change plans. >> i'm keeping the pony tail. >> i was having people buy him women's clothing dressing as s women behind closed tours. >> kim's surprised reac

. >> reporter: this week the ellen degeneres show flew them to los angeles and presented $100,000 from >> they're outfitting everything classroom at mott hall bridges academy with state-of-the-art technology. and they're going to give similar grants to every school in the community. >> reporter: a principal who has helped students see their own value now sees hers. >> i appreciate you. >> reporter: rehema ellis, nbc news, brooklyn. >> how about that? that's why we call it making a difference. and that is our broadcast for this wednesday night. thank you for being here with us as always. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. [screams] oh! [howls] (adam) you're going down, son. [laughs] >>> lights, camera, access. >>> next season on "keeping up with the kardashians." >> did bruce just reveal all to kris as cameras were rolling? i'm billy bush. and does jenner have a new traditionally female name picked out? >> hey, bobby, how are you doing?

ellen degeneres sending her dog. the ones with the sunglasses some barely on. the party glasses,.in time for valentine's, rocco asking will you be mine? >> i really like the ones where the dogs are making faces or if they're smiling. >> reporter: and something else happened along the way. the docks not only making anthony's day -- >> it started because of him, but everybody is getting so much joy out of it. >> reporter: tonight, anthony is fighting this with help from those dogs now down to just once a week at the hospital for treatment. and those pictures -- >> all these strangers are thinking of me and posting pictures of their dogs just to make me happy. >> it's given us hope for the world again. >> we are all pulling for anthony and keep those dogs coming. i'm david muir. thank you for starting the week with us and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. until then have a good evening. good night. this is the "jeopardy!" teachers tournament. here is our first group of semi-finalists -- a fifth-grade teacher from queens, new york... a high-school history teacher from

tomorrow night, ellen degeneres will be here on the show. [ cheers and applause ] ellen and i are going say who. >> steve: who? >> jimmy: i can't say. no, i can't. >> steve: who? >> jimmy: maybe oscar nominees. [ audience ohs ] >> steve: i don't know who. >> jimmy: be sure to tune in for that. plus, i can't even believe it. i'm so psyched. neil young is going to be here. [ cheers and applause ] he's going to talk, perform, maybe -- [ applause ] later this week, vin diesel, kobe bryant, will smith, carl reiner. >> steve: come on. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: carl reiner, rosamund pike. jack white will be stopping by. what a great week. [ cheers and applause ] but tonight is the night to be here, guys. this is it. this is the show. [ cheers and applause ] he's one of my favorite actors. and boy, oh boy, did he just give a knockout performance in the movie "birdman". he is oscar nominated for his performance. michael keaton is joining us. [ cheers and applause ] he was great! oh, man, he's so good in that. plus, she is everyone's idol. i think everyone in the whole building has a crus

>> i can't see, but it doesn't even rival ellen degeneres from last year. that's our selfie.s you. you like that? >> i love it. why am i not surprised you're taking selfies on the red carpet. >> everybody's taking selfies. this is my first oscar red carpet. i've got to tell you, it's been exciting being here and i've seen just about everyone. i keep looking to the level, because the red carpet just opened and fox look absolutely beautiful. the big starts are expected to get here a bit early, because rain is expected. we are covered by a canopy because of the rain. the limos are arriving now. who's going to come over. i want to talk to benedict cumberbatch. i want to talk to reese witherspoon. j. lo said i'll come over and talk. patricia arquette just joined. that movie is the odds-on favorite so we're going to see, what do you think? >> who do i think is going to win best picture? >> i think grand budapest hotel. >> what? >> i loved that movie. >> reporter: i thought it was great, a bit quirky kind of a movie you watch and have munchies afterwards if you know what i'm talking

planned for hollywood's biggest night and trying to top last year's record-breaking selfie by ellen degeneres. neil patrick harris has hosted the emmys and tonys but this is his first crack at the oscars. cnn's stephanie elam traces the showbiz roots. >> reporter: from former teen idol to toast master of hollywood's biggest night, neil patrick harris is the latest to take on the most high pro-hiel hosting gig in the world. >> seven stitches nice and neat. >> shouldn't leave much of a scar. >> looks okay. maybe i won't sue. >> reporter: harris kicked off his career as doogie howser md, the teen doctor who ruled screens in the '80s. unable to match that again. >> dude i was able to perform an appendectomy at 14. i think i can handle a couple of mushrooms. >> isn't that just a tv show. >> reporter: harld and cue mar helped him to land a leading role in "how i met your mother." >> i hope you are not lactose intolerant. legendary. >> reporter: during that time the tony awards came calling. >> hello, everybody. welcome to the 63rd annual tony awards. i'm neil. thanks for being here. >> 2009 earned

. >> and ellen degeneres. >> yes. >> they're all evil. >> do you know who else might not have gone to college? the people who came up with chris christie's pac -- the name for chris christie's pac. >> that was a good one. we'll tell you -- >> can i tell them now? >> do you remember it? >> leadership matters for america dot org. lmf -- >> facebook friday and we'rererererere >>> what's wrong with asking questions? isn't it a sign of intellectual spirit? one that's unafraid of posing provocative notions? poppy -- only idiots hide behind the phrase, i'm just asking questions, to avoid reaping the shame and abuse for posing repellant garbage. see shirley mcclain, in her memoir the crack pot writes, what if most holocaust victims were balancing their karma from ages before when they were roman soldiers putting christians to death, the crusaders who murdered millions in the name of christianity, the energy of killing is endless and will be experienced by the killer and killee. it's not just offensive but example of imposter intelligence. for intellect without boundaries is mere stupidity. an

. >> and ellen degenerous. >> the people that didn't is chris chris christies pact. >> do you remember. >> leadership matters for america.org and hugs lmfao. >> that's cute. >> we'll let you work on that puzzle during the break. >> still to come facebook friday and we'll answer love questions on this valentine's day eve, stay tuned. >> facebook friday and we'rererererere your mom's got your back. your friends have your back. your dog's definitely got your back. but who's got your back when you need legal help? we do. we're legalzoom, and over the last 10 years, we've helped millions of people protect their families and run their businesses. we have the right people on-hand to answer your questions backed by a trusted network of attorneys. so visit us today for legal help you can count on. legalzoom. legal help is here. >>> what is wrong with asking questions? isn't a sign of spirit, provocative notions only idiots hide behind the phrase i'm just asking questions. what if most holocaust victims were balancing karma from ages before when they were roman soldiers putting christians to dea

they wanted ellen degeneres again from last year. the selfie that shut down twitter for 20 minutes and got 3.4 million retweets. they were after chris rock. they were after ellen louise dreyfus. liz: julia louis-dreyfus. it was retweeted 3.4 million times. neil patrick harris has 17 million twitter followers, it is a social event as well? >> draws advertisers to this. liz: what's your best picture prediction? >> i think right now what the experts are saying "boyhood" or "birdman," and for best actor, kind of between michael keaton and i forget the guys name. eddie romaine and julia moore for "still alice". liz: great movies. >> and all the movies get released after labor day. liz: and here we are, see you sunday night. brad, thank you very much. as we get clarity how solid the european union really is, does this mark a positive for european investment that breaking news in the last hour, there is a deal to extend greece's bailout program for the next four months? well, once again, the oracle of omaha has beaten many investors to the p

that's when ellen degeneres, very popular host.the lowest number in terms of viewership since 2009. >> yeah, the numbers were so low, but the show was boring, and so a lot of people took to twitter. they were tweeting all night long about t check out our website. you can see some of the twitter-worthy moments, including sean penn's immigration joke which fell horribly flat. >> a lot of people were talking about neil patrick harris and how he fell flat too. >>> a couple in india is leaving their entire estate to an unlikely family member their pet monkey. the couple had a falling out with their extended family and they don't have any children. >> so there, they adopted the monkey ten years ago after his mother died. the monkey is said to inherit the estate. he gets a home as well as a nice plot of land. lucky chimen. >> thanks for joining us. i'm zain asher. >> i'm john vause. back after this break for another hour of news, live, all around the world. watering, lemons are squeezing and stomachs are growling. or is it just me? every

has a lot of fun planned and is trying to top last year's record-breaking selfie stunt by host ellen degeneres'll see how he does that. >>> one of the nominated films is "the theory of everything" about the life of the brilliant physicist stephen hawking. he rarely gives interviews, but he did talk exclusively about the film during a visit to london's science museum. max foster has that. >>> the quality i would most like to magnify is sympathy -- >> reporter: his voice is one of the most distinctive in the world. >> it brings us to a state -- >> reporter: renowned physicist stephen hawking has a rare degenerative disease that took away his ability to speak 30 years ago. >> this is my first speech -- >> reporter: he's kept the same computerized voice ever since which he operates using a muscle in his cheek. >> although it gave me an american accent i have kept it because it's now my trademark. >> reporter: despite this hawking says he didn't mind lending it out to be used in the film about his life. >> i was happy to lend my voice to give him a bit of a boost in his attempt at an oscar. unfortu

the selfie that last year's host, ellen degeneres, took with some of the biggest stars on planet earth. >> your selfie shot. was the most spectacular successful thing. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the host of this year's oscars, neil patrick harris, recently went on "the ellen show" and admitted it haunts him. >> it's this horrible dark cloud above my head now. >> no. >> how to you beat the selfie that broke the internet? >> yeah i don't know. >> reporter: even before the show has started, harris has been doing his best to make it the most social academy awards ever. >> tonight, oscar sunday. live, on abc. >> reporter: check out his twitter feed. he's been working the oscars hashtag. prepping for my oscar night party. anyone know a good onion dip recipe that serves 3,000? and -- rehearsals are intense for the oscars. and by rehearsals, i mean me singing into a hair brush in front of a mirror. he posted this online the morning the nominations came out. >> i just lost 20 bucks. here you go, harper. >> thank you. >> reporter: if everything goes right, the oscars can be a social bo

. >> last year ellen degeneres hand out pizza from big maa's.hallenge to nominees. if they mention the pizza place on stage, they will serve 2500 homeless people. it's anyone guess if any of the nominees will actually do that or what film will win the top prize. >> i think we are all just happy to be here. so whatever happens, we are happy to be in the room. >> abc7 news. >> stay with abc7 news for complete oscar coverage. our very own katie marzullo will be in hollywood with live coverage throughout the weekend. weather-wise, it looks like we are in for another dry weekend. >> yeah. i wish we could get that southern california rain up here. cooler tomorrow. sierra snow will be a problem, and actually welcome for sure with one to two inches tomorrow into monday. so live doppler 7hd showing that there is fog some parts of the bay, and that will bring the temperatures a little bit cooler down today a few degrees at the coast. but more significantly tomorrow. sutro tower camera looking at temperatures from the low 40s half moon bay. 52 in san franc

. >> last year ellen degeneres handed out pizza from big mama's pizza.ng a challenge to nominees. if they mention the pizza place on stage, they will serve 2500 homeless people. it's anyone guess if any of the nominees will actually do that or what film will win the top prize. >> i think we are all just happy to be here. so whatever happens, we are happy to be in the room. >> abc7 news. >> stay with abc7 news for complete oscar coverage. our very own katie marzullo will be in hollywood with live coverage throughout the weekend. all right. getting a check of the forecast now. seems like the fog just rolled in out of nowhere. >> certainly. like a summertime pattern in february. makes sense, right? if you are in the higher elevations, you have a nice vantage point looking down. and we have a few pictures of that. the sun just coming up officially moments from now. 6:52. setting at 5:55. bringing us up to 11 hours and two minutes of day light. the fog will bank up along the shoreline today. yeah of to remind yourself it is february. and the pattern keeps cha

that's down about 16% from 2014 when ellen degeneres hosted. the lowest numbers since 2009. >>> hundreds of millions of people around the world tuned in to watch the academy awards. there were far fewer viewers than expected. i feel like we did just mention that. we want to reiterate these important points. >> for those who did watch the oscars, you may have noticed actor john travolta getting touchy feeling with a couple of the leading ladies. jeanne moos takes a closer look at the star's hand-on approach. >> reporter: john travolta walked the red carpet with his wife but got called on the carpet for what happened on stage with iodine -- i-dina menzel. first she got revenge mangling his name like she did hers last year. >> my dear friend glom gasingo. >> reporter: then he glommed on to her face. >> my darling, my beautiful -- >> reporter: the comparisons range from mr. spock's mind-melding moves -- ♪ >>> to the vp who does creepy old guy better. it may seem vice president biden has the edge with his hands-on newsling. the defense secretary's w

ellen degeneres, i love playing with her but she's in l.a. all the time.re going to do something fun. we have neil young is coming on. >> and for those who may not know jimmy fallon does a pretty good neil young impression. look for that. it all starts tonight. catch "the tonight show" starring jimmy fallon from los angeles at 11:35 right here on nbc10. >>> is it a first alert weather day. >> tonight we're looking out for the threat of freezing. our live sky cam network is closely watching the roads. here's a live look at interstate 95 in south philadelphia for the monday afternoon rush. >>> march shashgs eat a snickers. >> why? >> you're getting a little hostile when you're hungry. >> it's the show within the show. of course, we're talking about the super bowl commercials. they certainly have people talking. scoring the good the bad and the perplexing still ahead. i know grandma's house isn't the most exciting, but it's only for a few hours. look what i've got. when you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and ameri

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ellen degeneres sending her dog augie. the ones with the sunglasses. some barely on. and sookie. and just in time for valentine's, rocco asking will you be mine? >> i really like the ones where the dogs are make faces or if the dogs are smiling. >> reporter: and something else happened along the way. the dogs not only making anthony's day -- >> it started because of him, but everybody is getting so much joy out of it. >> reporter: anthony is fighting this with help from those dogs. now down to just once a week at the hospital for treatment. and those pictures -- >> all these strangers are thinking of me and you know, posting their pictures of their dogs just to make me happy. >> it's just given us hope for the world again. >> reporter: david muir, abc news. new york. >> aside from my just love of dogs it is amazing. i had trixie trained at one point to be a therapy dog. >> your dog. >> yeah, my dog. and the difference it can make when people can connect with an animal is crazy. >> they really do help. the therapy dogs are so incredibly helpful when working with young

. >> reporter: last year host ellen degeneral are resjengeneres handed out pizza. >> it's a challengeria is honoring a challenge. they'll serve 2,500 homeless people if they mention them on stage. it's a guess if any will do that or what film will win the top prize. >> i think we're all just happy to be here. so whatever happens you know, we're happy to be in the room. >>> stay with abc 7 news for complete oscar coverage. abc 7 news reporter casey marzullo will be in hollywood with live coverage throughout the weekend. hopefully she won't get rained on. as we saw in the live picture earlier, they have that row of multiple tents over the red carpet. but i wonder how the press is going to take it. >> it's going to be cooler, too. oh well for them, right? >> hollywood's biggest night, still get to enjoy it. >> better than last year. we he are looking at a little precip head inging our way. it depend on where you are if you're going to see it or not. that's how desperate we are looking for any bit of rain. we have a little. i'll show it to you in a moment. live doppler 7 hd impacted with

. >> and ellen degeneres. >> yes. >> they're all evil. >> do you know who else might not have gone to? the people who came up with chris christie's pac -- the name for chris christie's pac. >> that was a good one. we'll tell you -- >> can i tell them now? >> do you remember it? >> leadership matters for america dot org. lmf -- >> facebook friday and we're going to answer some love questions on this valentine's day eve. meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs. billions in tax revenue... and a new century of american energy security. the new energy superpower? it's red, white and blue. log on to learn more. the real question that needs to be asked is "what is it that we can do that is impactful?" what the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers. it used to take two weeks to sequence and analyze a genome; with the microsof

we're so excited to be partnering with this year with ellen degeneres's company, halo natural pet food0 donation to each of the nominees. they all cost their favorite a animal shelters to receive 10,000 peals. >> e meals. david: that is nice. we're glad they're doing it. frankly when i look at that compared to a holiday in tuscany, worth $11,500 it is no contest. i wonder how much, taxes people who receive these have to pay? is it standard rate, 39, 40%? >> whatever tax bracket they're in. business gifts are always taxable, as are cash tips for waiters. it is all how they allocate and have their accountants allocate it. david: how did you choose? you must have had some reasons for choosing one gift over another? what did you decide not to do that you were being pushinged to do? >> oh, try to include as many things as possible. i'm one of those people who believe more is more. we get such diverse assortment of folks, old, one, men, female. what they want to use great, what they want to regift great. i'm a fan of regriffithing -- regifting. david: me to. liz: i wanted to ask him about th

my thanks to ellen degeneres, steve carell, reese witherspoon, neil young, doc severinsen, and the rootss." thank you for watching, have a a great night. hope to see you tomorrow, bye bye. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- debra messing, comedian, horatio sanz, world renowned chef, mario batali 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". everybody doing well tonight? [ cheers ] glad to hear it. i'm glad to here it. everybody watched the super bowl, right? [ cheers ] good, good. i don't know, you know, there's always the post-super bowl. and you may have seen this, but photos have surfaced of patriots coach bill belichick kissing his daughter on the mouth during the super bowl victory celebration on sunday. take a look. [ audience ews ] said belichick, "i wasn't kissing her. i was sucking out her youthful essence so tha

so from last year when ellen degeneres hosted and she was fun and did selfies with the audience and orderedelebrities cutting loose and having fun. we love of the political speeches, those were great but other than that, this year's oscars fell flat. >> the speeches we've called political really do tie into the films that were nominated. i mean julieann remarks on alzheimer's, it would seem only natural and john legend to talk about social injustice, the theme of the film. >> a lot of people hadn't seen movies that were nominated and the movie everyone did see, "american sniper" only won one for best sound editing. the oscars are about loving all movies of all different kinds and they don't have to only honor independent movies but movies that people have seen. "american sniper" probably should have won a few more oscars. >> i feel we have the conversation every year the mainstream movie goers go to see the big block busters are never nominated. >> it's true. it is true the year "avatar" lost to hurt locker very few had seen. it felt especially true this year the best picture nominees box o

in fact ellen degeneres said it made me want to climb a mountain and forge a stream and i don't evenible. there was this birdman moment we wanted to ask you about and get your reaction. when sean penn handed out the best picture actor trophy, he said, who gave this guy his green card. he used more colorful lang as you know. it did pick up some traction online even though he seemed to say it jokingly. but he has responded. what did he say? >> yeah. he did respond and right after sean said it twitter did go into a frenzy withinsensitive. the person who said it was not offended. he actually laughed it off backstage. he said, quote, i found it hilarious. sean and i have that kind of relationship where only true friendship can survive. he was always making jokes and he said they have that kind of relationship of old friendship and he said, additionally, quote, i didn't find him offensive offensive. i think he was very funny in my pe reaction from him. >> they have huge respect for each other. in fact when sean made it alejandro was a man he wanted to direct because of his work in a previo

ellen degeneres tweeted made me want to climb every mountain and i don't even know what that means. >ore and how incredible she did singing. but there was this moment we wanted to ask you about and get some reaction. when sean penn handed out the best picture trophy he said who gave this guy his green card he used more colorful language. it picked up traction online, even though it was jokingly. he's responded, what did he say? >> yeah he did respond. and twitter did go into a frenzy with users calling it insensitive insensitive. but the director was not offended. he laughed it off backstage. he said i found it hilarious. we have that real relationship where true friendship can survive. and if you'll recall he said penn was always making jokes and says they have the kind of relationship of old friendship and he said additionally, i didn't find it offensive. i think it was fun niny in my personal view. >> they are great friends and have huge respect for each other. when sean made it he was a man he wanted to direct because of his work on a previous film. >> two incredible artists for s

. >> beautiful family from long island, who is hosting the 87th awards ellen degeneres -- >> patrickof credit behind him. he's host of the emmy's twice, tony's four times favorite oscar host is billy crystal which may clue us into what we can expect. >> song and dance. >> ellen degeneres helped him. knocked it out of the park. i think fantastic job. >> we have time for another one. >> from long island, how many "saturday night live" cast members earned acting academy award nominations after they left the show? three five or nine? >> uh, five? >> oh my gosh. this is unbelievable. so five. who are they? >> nominated, five nominated after their time on snl dan for driving miss daisy, bill murray, eddie murray joe for working girl, and robert downey junior. unfortunately, none of them won. >> oh all right. it's good to know. thanks we appreciate you being here. speaking of snl, colin quinn is here. we are going to talk to him right after this. uh-huh. we live in a pick and choose world. choose choose choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number. and the ultimate sle