jessica lange portrays crawford.usan sarandon the eccentric, brilliant bette davis. >> i don't like you, you don't like me. but we need this picture to work, both of us. all i ask is that you do your best work. try. >> each of them held a piece the other one wanted. they were jealous of that. >> 911, what is your emergency? >> i have o.j. in the car! >> reporter: just as he brought contemporary race issues in "the people versus o.j. simpson," murphy makes women's issues in the '60s tinseltown relatable now. >> issues that are relevant today, even though it's set in the early '60s. ageism, sexism, misogyny. all that kind of exploded within the time that he decided to do this and tell this moment right now. >> reporter: "feud" examines the making of "what ever happened to baby jane?" a camp horror classic that paired the actresses at a an age when hollywood had discarded them. >> you wouldn't be able to do these awful things to me if i weren't still in this chair. >> but you are, blanch, you are in that chair! >> they

was a great deal of competition, and i don't think they necessarily liked each other. >> that's jessica langeho played joan crawford. >> she can't be serious. >> susan serandon is belty davis. >> i'm going to steal this movie right out from under your nose, and you know iu know i can do i. >> it was during the making of the 1962 film "whatever happened to baby jane." >> she did that on purpose. >> i barely touched her. >> but flashbacks help answer the question what caused this epic feud? one factor? the legendary actresses fought for the same roles. >> i think had the studio not pitted them against each other and had things gone more smoothly in terms of the production, probably they would have been all right. >> davis added to all the feud talk when she was quoted as saying miss crawford is a movie star, and i am an actress. >> i am just too much. >> e.t. sat down with davis several times in the 1980s, and you could see just how hard she fought for a good role. >> i am praying on my knees every day to get a good script. you must never give up. never give up. >> competition aside, there was

tonight, stephen welcomes jessica lange. bassem youssef. and judy gold.turing jon batiste and stay human. city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: wooo! hey, how are you? good to see you. wooo! hey! ( cheers and applause ) hey, jon. thanks, everybody. we've got a lot to do, man. welcome to "the late show," everybody. glad you're here. i'm your host, stephen colbert. huge news about donald trump almost happened last night. ( laughter ) for years now, people wanted to see his tax returns. the only thing he hides more fiercely is the true color of his face. i'm going to guess well, last night at around 7:30, something like that, our friend rachel maddow unleashed a force 5 tweet-icon with: "we've got trump tax returns. tonight, 9:00 p.m., msnbc. seriously." so important for news networks to add "seriously" to any announcement, so the audience knows you're not pranking them, like you do it's a long tradition in the news business. we all remember the hindenberg broadcast. >> oh, the humanity! the flames are going up. i'm not yanking your

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. >> we went all gold glam at the world famous chinese theater with jessica lange posing beside a vintageutomobile, and it was all for the premier of the classic hollywood story feud "betty and joan." >> this is the stuff of legends. betty davis versus joan crawford, and we get two icons playing two icons. doesn't get much better than that. >> how big was this feud between betty davis and joan crrwford? >> i think there was a great deal of competition, and i don't think they necessarily liked each other. >> that's jessica lange who played joan crawford. >> she can't be serious. >> susan sarandon is betty davis. >> i'm going to steal this movie right out from under your nose, and you know i can do it. >> it was during the making of to baby jane." >> she did that on purpose. >> i barely touched her. >> but flashbacks help answer the question what caused this epic feud? one factor? the legendary actresses fought for the same roles. >> i think had the studio not pitted them against each other haand d things gone more smoothly in terms of the production, probably they would have been all right

. >> that is "feud: bette and joan" with susan sarnton and jessica lange premiering this weekend.tionship. two icons playing two icons. doesn't get much better than that. >> how big was this feud between bette davis and joan crawford? >> i think there was a great deal of competition. i don't think they necessarily liked each other. >> that's jessica lange, who plays joan crawford. >> you can't be serious. >> susan sarandon is bette davis. >> i'm going to steal this picture right out from under your nose and you know i can do it. >> "feud" follows the actresses in their later years during the make of the 1952 film "whatever happened to baby jane." >> she did that on purpose. >> but flashbacks help answer the question what caused this feud. one factor, the legendary actresses fought for the same role. >> i think had the studio not pitted them against each other and had things gone more smoothly in terms of the production probably they would have been all right. >> davis added to all the feud talk when she was quoted as saying "miss crawford is a movie star and i am an actress." >> i

. >>> oscar winners susan sarandon and jessica lang are bette davis and joan crawford. >> beg your pardontick. ? you play a recluse that you haven't seen in 20 years. >> i've been filming for six months then i can't believe we're actually finally sharing it. >> sarandon tells nischelle turner the bad blood between bette and joan is a lot like reality shows of today. >> why do we have this fascination of the feud between joan crawford and bette davis and their relationship? >> any kind of conflict is a very easy sell. first of all, you know, look at how many of the reality shows run on nothiig but drunken women with nothing to argue about but tear each other apart. it is like a car wreck. people want to see that. then discuss it. but it is not something that's new. >> i'm trying to help you. >> at a height of their feud davis and crawford were in their 'as. susan is 70 and jessica, 67. >> i thought that 15 of the roles in this film were for women over age 40. has that ever been done before in hollywood? >> probably not. although television is much further ahead than film. >> you know, it's

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this weekend it is all about these two women, jessica lang and susan sarandon.to susan about why people are so fascinated about this legendary battle between two hollywood icons. >> your time is past. >> says who? >> i've been filming for six months and i can't believe we're finally sharing it. >> told me the bad blood on "fooud, betty and joan." is a lot like the reality shows of today. >> why do we have this fascination with, you know, the feud between joan crawford and betty davis and their relationship? >> any kind of conflict is a very easy sell, first of all. you know, look at how many of these reality shows run on nothing but drunken women with nothing to argue about but tear each other apart. it is like a car wreck. you know, people want to see that and then discuss it, but it is not something that's new. >> i'm trying to help you. >> at the height of their feud, davis and crawford were in their 50s. susan is 70 years old, jessica is 67. >> i thought it was interesting that 15 of the roles in this film were for women over the anl of 40. has that even eve

we are here now with hollywood legend jessica lange. another legend joan crawford in "feud," bette and joan. take a look. ♪ >> ow! >> cut, cut, cut. >> you okay? >> she did that on purpose. >> i barely touched her. >> are you just going to stand there? >> did you get it? [ cheers and applause ] >> now, in the movie, in the original, she was supposed to pretend to kick her. >> yeah. >> and she actually did kick her in real life. >> that's what they say. there are conflicting reports. >> did susan try to relive that moment and kick you? >> no, actually it was very well choreographed. there was no problem with that. >> and, you know, joan, joan crawford and bette davis, two hollywood legends. you said you think they would have been friends instead of enemies if hollywood didn't pit them against each other. >> i think naturally there was a lot of competition between them and then when they ended up doing this film together, which is only a small part of our series, you know, they were for publicity, for marketing, for all those thing, they

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. >> jessica lange, susan saran n sarandon. judy davis as hedda hopper. >> it's already on?ee it. ryan murphy if i and his magical touch. >> he's incredible. great fun. great fun. >> that's great fun and this is great fun for everybody. go out and watch "beauty and the beast." it hits theaters this friday. stanley, thank you so much, man. coming up, danielle steele is here live. don't want to miss that. [ cheers and applause ] i have a crush on kermit. i am rather partial to oscar myself. >> rach and dame julie andrews! , not a bad idea. >> drunken spaghetti. next rachael! ♪ 14 clubs. that's what they tell us a legal golf bag can hold. and while that leaves a little room for balls and tees, it doesn't leave room for much else. there's no room left for deadlines or conference calls. not a single pocket to hold the stress of the day, or the to-do list of tomorrow. only 14 clubs. pick out the right one and drive it right down the middle of pure michigan. your golf trip begins at michigan.org. wow, she's sure making a splash in that designer dress! and with a thicker, more fabul

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