and music from jenny lewis. and now, simply put, jimmy kimmel. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: thank you. thank you very much. very jimmy. imate ho i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching, thank you for coming. please, relax. very nice of you to join us on today, this day. what is it, thursday? this is undoubtedly one of the least-productive days in america. nothing got done in our office today. the ncaa tournament started. all work came to an immediate halt. tonight's show is going to be terrible, okay? you know every year they try out the statistic about how much money american businesses lose because their employees are watching basketball? that's misleading. it's assuming they would have been working if they hadn't been watching basketball. the truth is, we would have been looking at facebook and taking buzz feed quizzes. my favorite part is the closeup shots of the chubby trombone player screaming. i was in the band, i know. the day began with 64 teams, 63 real ones and one from a made-up college

and music from jenny lewis.simply put, jimmy kimmel. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: thank you. thank you very much. very nice. welcome. i'm jimmy. imate ho i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching, thank you for coming. please, relax. very nice ofou

plus music from jenny lewis, dean lewis, judah and the lion and catfish and the bottlemen. join us for all that. our first guest is a multi-talented and multi-emmy winning actor & producer who is very good at everything he does. his new one-hour special premieres at sxsw tomorrow night and will also be available on the "hit record" youtube channel. please welcome joseph gordon-levitt. [cheers and ♪ how's it going? >> good, man. it's good to be back. >> jimmy: life is good? have you, are you, i would imagine you don't have a lot of belly under that shirt, but are you a belly flopper? >> i was watching the belly flop competition from back stage. >> jimmy: you want to check one out? >> that girl got robbed. her belly flop was definitely superior to the guy's. >> jimmy: you thought so? >> there's a technical reason. the guy like put his elbows and knees down first. that doesn't hurt as much. she went pure belly flop. she should have won. >> jimmy: okay, you're focussed on technique rather than results, i think. >> i'm focussed on pain. how much pain are you enduring. that guy,

and on thursday, sean penn, retta, and music from jenny lewis.our first guest could make history as the first woman -- and the first "kamala" -- ever to be elected president of the united states. she's from right here in los angeles. please say hello to senator kamala harris. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> jimmy: how are you? >> i am well. >> jimmy: welcome home. i know you've been out on the road. >> i just got in last night. >> jimmy: how is the running for president thing going? >> i'm enjoying it. >> jimmy: i have a feeling it's got to be kind of fun to go out there and mix it up and see people cheering in states you might never have visited before. >> it is, but you know jimmy, the thing i'm loving the most, the last trip i took to south carolina for example. in rural towns, where it is much more intimate, where it's direct conversations, where whatever your thinking is being challenged. i feel so strongly that this has to be a campaign that not only, well, let me just say, i fully intend to win. >> jimmy: oh, good. [cheers and applause] >> ther

tomorrow night, sean penn and retta will be here with music from jenny lewis.aking our show on the road to my boyhood home of las vegas for a week-long residency at caesars entertainment's zappos theater. we will be in town april 1st through the 5th with a giant pile of stars including tiffany haddish, james taylor, the kardashian sisters, kevin hart, seth rogen, celine dion, marshmello featuring churches and the killers. if you live in vegas or would like to go there to join us, go to kimmelinvegas.com. tickets are free. and the gamblin' is easy. are you ready for vegas, guillermo? >> i'm ready, jimmy! >> jimmy: are you bringing the whole family? or just you. >> just me. >> jimmy: who made that decision, you or your wife? >> i did. yes, yes. >> jimmy: i don't believe that. our first guest is a successful actor of many moons who has tackled every challenge show business has to offer with one exception. the role of game show host. that ends tuesday when he hosts a new one called "mental samurai" on fox. please welcome rob lowe. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> jimmy:

and later this week, rob lowe, sean penn, joey king, retta, plus music from jenny lewis and catfish andpplause ] our first guest has toured with nsync, costarred with eddie murphy, she plays 32, 48, 66 years old on "this is us," watch it tuesday nights on nbc. please say hello to mandy moore! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >>, hi! >> jimmy: how are you? >> wow, i'm well, how are you? >> jimmy: you look fantastic, like that dress. >> thank you. >> jimmy: we talked about "queer eye" the last time you were here. >> i can thank you for introducing me to karamo. >> jimmy: oh, good. >> i was here two times ago with my how husband whose band was performing and karamo was a guest here on the show. >> jimmy: that's right. >> i practically attacked him backstage and forced him to take a picture with me and become friends. >> jimmy: you exchanged information? >> we found each other on instagram, as kids do these days. >> jimmy: that's the way to do it, yeah. >> then at the emmys this year i walked on the red carpet and the very first people i run into were these gentlemen. and i thought it was like the

lewis hamilton. this time it was teammate valterri bottas, who took the race by more than 20 seconds. jennie in melbourne formula one is back. but one of its most important man is missing. race director charlie whiting passed away suddenly last week. the victims of the terrorist attack in new zealand were also remembered. when the action got under way, it was the quiet man who made the most noise. valtteri bottas failed to win a race last season, despite driving for champions mercedes. determined to do better, he surged past team—mate lewis hamilton and on to the comfortable victory that the briton had hoped for. rule changes were supposed to improve the racing this year. but much of the drama was related to mistakes and misfortune. this, a total car—los for sainz. the only excitement up was max verstappen relegating ferrari's sebastian vettel to fourth. winning by more than 20 seconds and claiming a bonus point for the fastest lap will leave bottashoping he can finally step out of lewis hamilton's shadow. in the women's six nations, wales claimed a bonus—point win over ireland to finish fou

lewis hamilton. this time it was teammate valteri bottas, who took the race by more than 20 seconds. jennieson, we thought this was going to be a battle between ferrari, mercedes, but for our he went missing, what happened to them? the australian fa ns happened to them? the australian fans disappointed as well after a mistake in the opening laps having enough to retire from the weight day race. last year, ferrari's sebastian vettel was lewis hamilton's closest rival, but this time, the title fight could be much closer to home. hamilton's mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas could not win a race last year, but by the first corner in melbourne, this one was in the bag. the finn producing what he called the drive of his life to surge past the briton and stroll around albert park. rule changes were supposed to produce close racing, but much of the excitement was incidental. daniel ricardo ruined his first race for renault, misjudging how rough the off—field was. the feeling of summer down under was accompanied by charles leclerc mowing the lawn in his ferrari and carlos sainz stopping for a barbe