>> no. >> jimmy: danai gurira? is. >> we're going to work on this right now. danai. gurira.ood. >> jimmy: with that said, you should probably think about changing the name. that would make it easier. >> if i was in england, they really clean up your name there. if i was there, i would be dana green. that's it. >> jimmy: where are you from originally. ? >> i'm zimbabwen. >> jimmy: you were born in the united states. >> yes. >> jimmy: where? >> in iowa. >> jimmy: they're pretty much the same place. >> yes, very pair mel. yes didn't even notice the difference. >> jimmy: and you are not just a playwright, but an award winning playwrig playwright. you won an obe, and an et cetera, i see here. it's very unusual, what you're doing. i mean, from one day to the next, that's a lot of what they call range going on there. >> it's interesting because the theatre folks don't care about my schedule in tv. we don't care, we have a schedule for our commission and we want the play. but i'm in the swamp killing zombies with a sword. and they're like and? tomorrow, please. it's an interesting d

one of the stars, danai gurira hinted things could get more dire when it premieres this fall.otten into it, whole sets of communities have sprouted up online. already many of you have actually e-mailed us about michonne. but the story of danai extends further than what we see on screen much she was born in the united states and raised in zimbabwe and wants to bring the dramatic arts to zimbabwe. award winning playwright and founder of -- i believe we have -- do we have her now? apparently the zombies have taken over and we have lost our live picture with danai. i'm going to tell you right now, somebody get a mattress because i'm going to faint on this floor if we do not get this technical -- this has never happened on "news nation." we've lost our connection. okay, danai, are you there? >> i am, how are you? >> i think they did this on purpose. they wanted me to just collapse and die. i don't know. thank goodness. all righty, let me get my c composure. i want to talk about your background, you're an award winning playwright and want to bring dramatic arts, theater to zimbabwe.

tonight -- david duchovny, from "the walking dead" danai gurira, dancing with the stars' amy purdy andomedian pete davidson. with cleto and the cletones. and now,here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ]

from "the walking dead," duneye gurira will join us. we'll have stand up comedy from pete davidson. pacquiao, from "scandal" jeff perry. we'll have music from school boy q, and on wednesday night, former president bill clinton will be here. question number one -- eight years in office, did you look at the files on the ufos? i'm going to find out the answer to this. [ applause ] our first guest tonight is the most powerful mindy in all the world. her popular show "the mindy project" returns with new episodes tomorrow night on fox. please welcome mindy kaling. [ cheers and applause ] well, hello there. >> hi, jimmy, how are you? >> jimmy: good to see you. and congratulations. you are -- well, your name is on the cover of "vogue" magazine. [ laughter ] >> i'm on the cover. >> jimmy: you are on the cover. with the west -- the westashian family. >> very controversial cover. >> jimmy: yes. very controversial. why was it controversial? i don't know what goes on in fashion. >> what's so nice about it was that i feel like more people bought it because of the controversy. >> jimmy: i bet, yea