player but jon favreau is a multitool player.y greats, he started in chicago improv but got his break through as the writer and co-star of the 1996 comedy "swingers." fav rowe's rise continued. he directed the world dominating smash hit "iron man." this month, jon favreau is returning to his indy roots and showing america he knows a thing or two about the kitchen. his new film "chef" featured a cast that includes dustin hoffman, robert downey jr., scarlett johansson and john leguizamo, no big deal, just an indy film, right? a celebrity chef forced to find a new gig after he makes some inopportune comments on social media. >> you realize how many people have read this? i'm up to 2,000 followers since last night. >> you're trending, bro. >> they're goading me. >> don't respond. >> half the people are saying he's write. >> half the people are saying he's wrong. that's the internet. that's social media. >> all the people following me are people i don't even hang out with during the day. i avoid them. >> what are you doing? >> what ar

tonight -- pharell williams and jon favreau. with cleto and the cletones. and now here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ "jimmy kimmel live" >> jimmy: hi, everyone, i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. and thank you for coming to see us here in hollywood. [ cheers and applause ] i know this is a little off subject. first question, does anyone know where i can buy some linens and things? we have much in store for you this evening. the writer/director/star of a new movie, "chef," which i enjoyed thoroughly, jon favreau is here with us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i saw it last night. it is about a chef played by jon, his ex-wife in the movie, sophia vergera and his girlfriend is scarlet johannsen, especially good at casting. also tonight we will be joined by a gifted, likable, pharell williams. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: your mother calls him purell williams. tonight we will find out what the hell he is so happy about. pharell, we will compete in the what we are calling the twofie shootout, you know what a selfie is, a twofie, you

filmmaker jon favreau has seen his superhero movies become a billion-dollar enterprise.e takes on the much less ,angerous world of food trucks a phenomenon that can arguably be traced to los angeles. this was somewhat of a passion project for him. a coproducer, aup director. let's take a look at the scene chef."shaf >> i am in austin. >> are you ok? >> i am great. >> how is your dad? >> do you want me to come pick him up? >> you are 1000 miles away. >> i can go pick him up. i want him to come home. i love him. >> he is fine. he has a couple of birds. >> i am serious. let me come pick him up. >> i am a cook. >> be careful. it looks like you're having so much fun. canid you know your son work a grill? >> i had beer. >> what did he say? to do why did he want this one? >> it's the first time a script hit me that i wrote since all ins, and i wrote it a matter of weeks. i love the food world. i love talking about fatherhood, the creative rosses, balancing career with family. it just came out really easy, and i decided to try to do it. i had some friends who helped me do it for

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tonight -- pharell williams and jon favreau. with cleto and the cletones.w here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ "jimmy kimmel live" >> jimmy: hi, everyone, i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. and thank you for coming to see us here in hollywood. [ cheers and applause ] i know this is a little off subject. first question, does anyone know where i can buy some

jon favreau, lake bell, and two nights of music with pharrell williams. so join us all this week.st guest is a two-time oscar and three-time emmy winner whose roles include abraham lincoln's wife, forrest gump's mother and spiderman's aunt. earlier today she was honored with a star on the hollywood walk of fame and her movie "the amazing spider-man 2" is in theaters now. >> please just let me in. all right? >> i'm trying to -- just give me -- you can't come in. stay outside. i'm still naked. >> you said you're going to take my car in to the shop because -- are you all right? >> yeah. i'm okay. i'm just -- i'm very naked right now. >> what happened to your face? it's filthy. >> it is? >> yes. >> oh, yeah, yeah. i was cleaning the chimney. >> we have no chimney. >> what? >> jimmy: please welcome sally field. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ happy cinco de mayo. >> oh, thank you so much. >> jimmy: i don't know if you remember this, but you did a tequila shot with guillermo on the red carpet at the a.f.i. awards. >> did i? >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] so you and he have a sisterhood kind of.

tomorrow night jon favreau and pharrell williams will be here.uesday a second night of music with pharrell and kobe bryant and lake bell too. so please join us. you know our first guest from seven seasons on the great show "mad men." starting may 16th you can see him converting real indians into cleveland indians in the new movie "million dollar arm." please welcome jon hamm! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] how are you doing? [ cheers and applause ] i know you had -- all right with it? i didn't want to make you uncomfortable. >> did you just say real indians into cleveland indians? >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, kind of the theme of the movie. >> ish, i guess. real indians into pittsburgh pirates doesn't -- >> jimmy: doesn't flow. if you got real pirates made them into pittsburgh pirates a sequel to the movie. >> part two, exactly. >> jimmy: the big setup you guys have for the premiere of this movie has been tormenting me. >> it sure has. i've lived in l.a. almost 20 years now. every time they close down hollywood boulevard for something it's like -- it's so an

because it's, you know, with jon favreau, robert downey jr., the gorgeous scarlett johansson.to film. it was last summer and it's coming out now. you can't go hungry to the movie because you'll be in a bad mood after the movie. >> seth: because the food looks so good in the movie, is that what you're saying? >> i mean, i saw it and i was coming from working and then i, i left the screening and i'm like "i need food." >> seth: well, we have a clip. so here's a clip from the new film "chef." >> hey, mom, where are you? >> i'm in austin. >> are you okay? >> i'm great. >> how's your daddy? >> here talk to him? >> hi! >> hi. do you want me to come pick him up? >> no, you're a thousand miles away. >> it's okay. i can go, get on a plane and pick him up. >> now, it's fine. >> i want him to come home. i love him. >> he's fine. he's got a couple of burns and two stitches from a paring knife. >> please, i'm serious. let me go and pick him up. >> you know your son's a cook now? >> i'm a line cook. >> he's a line cook. >> be careful! >> i'll have him home in time for school. >> it looks he

jon favreau is president obama's former chief speechwriter. >> these are some of the hardest speeches to do, because the really funny jokes, you can't use, and then there's a whole bunch of jokes that just sound really cheesy, right? because they're like typical politician jokes. so we're trying to get somewhere in between with the jokes, with what you write. >> reporter: it's generally safe for a president to take aim at himself. >> the state of hawaii released my official, long-form birth certificate. tonight, for the first time, i am releasing my official birth video. ♪ >> we came up with that. it had been right around the controversy over the birth certificate when it was flown in and trump was making all those crazy accusations. >> in preparation for the dinner, there's an all call for jokes at the white house. >> the speechwriters at the white house reach out to the funniest people that we know outside the white house and we ask everyone for jokes and we try to come up with jokes ourselves. usually, we just sit in the oval with them and he reads the jokes out loud. and as he's d