. >> and how jim parsons found the perfect actor to play young sheldon. >> jim parsons is not so stupidow! >>> now for august 2, 2017, this is "entertainment tonight." >>> is ben affleck's mother now team jen as he goes public again with his new lady? >> while ben hit up the hollywood hot spot, general garner was out beaming with his mom. what's behind the unbreakable bond? we have the tale of two very different actors. >> ben, are you and lindsay officially a couple now? is ben your new boy? >> shutting the door on that question, ben and girlfriend of "snl" producer, lindsay shookus, had a multi-stop hollywood date night, first catching an improv show. lindsay says she was there to scout talent, and she was a guest of honor. >> lindsay, how does it feel to be dating batman? >> the two drove less than a mile south to fine-dining hot spot. despite the paparazzi stationed outside, a sun-tanned looking ben took a mid-meal smoke break by himself on the sidewalk. >> enjoy, ben. enjoy. >> a source close to ben tells us ben is enjoying his summer with lindsay, and they are happy to officially

jim parsons. jim? ] on this scroll that jim has in his hands are the funniest words in the english language. jim, are you ready to set them free? >> oh, very much so. >> jimmy: then let's begin. the first word is? >> monkey. [ laughter ] canoodle. [ laughter ] garg gargle. cockpit. [ laughter ] bigly. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: uranus. [ laughter ] >> nuts. >> jimmy: balls. >> cumberbatch. >> jimmy: wenis. >> reince priebus. >> jimmy: horny. >> poop. >> jimmy: albert pujols. >> boner. >> jimmy: nips. >> gubernatorial. >> jimmy: and the number one funniest word in the english language is? >> bazinga. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i'll see you in a minute. tonight on the show we have music from the war on drugs. damson idris is here. and we'll be right back with this gentleman, jim parsons. [ cheers and applause ] >> dicky: portions of "jimmy kimmel live" are brought to you by old navy, taking a next generation to the next level. and live tv. the channels you love. your favorite shows and movies. making

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. >>> then jim parsons with the young look-alike actor.nding experience. >> wear tap shoes and they can hear you coming. he did. >>> check out "deadpool" star, ryan reynolds hanging from a billboard. and i have to say, cam, he is in your home country of canada. >> yes. >> shooting the sequel. he was so funny in the first one. >> one of my favorites. but have you seen his tweets about his kids? one of my favorites as well. so funny. but does blake lively approve? our carly steel found out. >> your instagram and twitter. it's the funniest thing ever. do you run them past blake before you tweet them, or do you just go for it? you let it be free? >> no. some of the ones like about our daughter or parenting ones or, like, i ask in case she objects. but no. otherwise, it's mostly stuff done on, like, an airplane flying somewhere. >> ryan's most recent dad tweet, "my daughter loves being buried up to her neck in sand at the beach. her little face lights up when i come back to get her the next day." think blake disapproves? think again. she loves

up him and his excited new mini-me. >> jim parsons is not so stupid now. >> these guys are so fun togethered. it was jim who came up with the idea for "the big bang" spinoff, "young sheldon," and he's found the perfect actor to play his character's younger self. >> he's so just like jim. >> young jim. where did you find ian? >> on tape. he taped himself. his mother taped him at his grandmother's house at christmas. we watched so many tapes. iain's was mind-blowing in some ways. >> aw. >> it's true. there was a naturalness with it and a spirit with it and an understanding of what you were saying. >> now you're just being kind. >> no. i am notd. kin i am a nice person, but i'm not kind when it comes to those things. i just wouldn't say anything if i didn't like it. >> you have a bit of a mustache. >> iain just turned 9. he became famous for posting viral reviews of broadway musicals on youtube. his dad recently won the role of king george in "hamilton." iain celebrated in song. >> that's my dad. he can sing and act. it makes me glad! >> what do you love about the theater? >> what i love abou

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tonight -- jim parsons. from "snowfall", damson idris. and music from the war on drugs., be patient, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thanks for coming.

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next week, we have new shows with matt leblanc, milo ventimiglia, jim parsons, john lithgow, emily ratajkowski from the war on drugs, lindsey stirling, diana krall, and vince staples featuring juicy j. so please join us for all of that. our first guest is a very talented and internationally beloved englishman who is an actor, not a vampire. that needs to be made clea his new movie, "good time" opens in select cities august 11th, and everywhere august 25th. please welcome robert pattinson. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: so good to see you. >> how is it going? good to see you. >> jimmy: i was just talking to a guy in the audience who is a substitute teacher in las vegas. do they have six toot teachers in england? they come in one day while the teacher pre tends to be home sick? >> yes, i actually talked one of them into leaving by locking her in a cupboard. the first day. >> jimmy: what grade were you in? >> 12th. i mean, a lot of people locked her in the cupboard. >> jimmy: a lot of people? at once or each day? >> all at once. >> yeah. >> you pushed her in the cupboard and locked her in? >

and later this week, jim parsons, john lithgow, damson idris, jay baruchel, plus music from diana kralln us. [ cheers and applause ] our first guest is a golden globe-winning tv star who once was our r r friend a is now abo to say goodbye to another great show. the fifth and final season of "episodes" starts august 20th on showtime. please welcome matt leblanc. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> how are you. >> good to have you here. >> good to be back. [ cheers and applause ] >> you're beloved. >> thank you very much. >> do you watch the bachelorette or bachelor or that stuff? >> i don't. >> it's okay. >> you know what i watch a lot of. >> what's that. >> my little pony. >> do snu. >> my daughter is 34 now she can't get enough. >> how old is your daughter. >> 13. >> and still watching "my little pony". >> it's a discussion that needs to take place. >> 13 years old my little pony seems exextreme. doeseshe watch reruns of friends? >> no. just my little pony marathons. >> she never seen it? >> yeah she seen it but doesn't want to watch me on tv she gets enough of me in the kitchen. doesn't want

lindsey stirling from the mercedes-benz stage. [ cheers and applause ] tomorrow night, jim parsons, damsone music from the war on drugs. and thursday, john lithgow, jay baruchel and music from dia. so please join us for those shows. our first guest tonight is a very talented actor whose last name automatically wins any game of scrabble. he's an emmy nominee for his role on the hugely popular show " please say hello to th." iuss milo ventimiglia. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] before we begin i want to say congratulations. well, your show got 11 emmy nominations and you were nominated for best actor in a drama. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ]io im j>> to you. >> to you for your nomination and the show's nomination. >> jimmy: thank you very much. but best actor in a drama is really one of the hardest categories. who else is in this category? >> oh, gosh. well, you've got sir anthony hopkins. >> jimmy: yeah. he's no good. >> you've got bob oden kirk, matthew reese, liev schreiber. sterling k. brown. kevin spacey. and then there's me. >> jimmy: you. yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> i finally

and later this week, jim parsons, john lithgow, damson idris, jay baruchel, plus music from diana kralln us. our first guest is a golden globe-winning tv star who once was our friend and is now about to say goodbye to another very funny show. the fifth and final season of "episodes" starts august 20th on showtime. please welcome matt leblanc. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ it's good to have you here. >> good to be back. yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i think i know -- [ cheers and applause ] you're beloved. >> that's very kind. thank you very much. >> jimmy: do you watch "the bachelorette" or "the bachelor" or any of that stuff? >> i don't. >> jimmy: it's okay. it's not -- >> you know what i watch a lot of? >> jimmy: what's that? >> is my little pony. do you know that show? she can't get enough. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: how old is your daughter? >> she's 13. >> jimmy: she's still watching "my little pony"? >> yeah. it's a discussion that needs to take place. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: my little pony, huh? at 13 years old. >> she doesn't watch "the bachelorette" or "the bachelor." >> does

kim parsons -- these guys are so fun together. it was jimt came up with the idea for the "big bang" spin off and found the perfect actor to play his character's younger self. it feels like ian could by young jim. >> he taped himself -- his mother taped him and oh, my god, you're on so many tapes. ian was mind blowing in some ways. it's true. there was a naturalness with it and a spirit with it and an understanding of what you were saying that -- no. i believed. i'm a nice person but i'm not kind when it comes to those things. >> you have a bit of a mustache. >> ian just turned nine. he became famous for posting viral reviews on youtube and his dad recently won the role of king george in "hamilton." >> my dad can sing and act. >> what do you love about it? >> what i love about the theater? >> just like ian, jim is a theater buff too and they bonded over broadway. >> vow so many more people recognize you in the theater than me. they love you there. it's true and it's not just because you wear tap shoes and they hear you coming. he did. >> he i

continue to speak to is peter parsons, the son of chick persons who is a wonderful filmmaker in its own right, western some documentaries about his dad and has been helping me. jim, he and i have frequent triangulated chats about what happened when. peter remembers the day when he was five years old and the japanese came marching in and the japanese were yelling bonsai. and you remembers a 5-year-old boy yelling in return, bonsai, bonsai, back at them. so i had a few people but mostly this was an archival attempt. >> sitting claire phillips have a daughter? what happened to that daughter when she was incarcerated or being held by -- for nine or ten minutes? >> claire phillips had a foster daughter named diane. there's a lot of confusion about who she was and when she came. she was about two years old when the japanese invaded. claire carried her with her to between, over the course of the years, claire, for not getting the point claire was rather deceptive, perfect for spy but also deceptive in her life. sometime she said that diane was her natural daughter, other time she said she was the daughter of one of her husbands who she had married before the war in man