queen latifah is in the house, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] latifah!. >> steve: come on! >> jimmy: we're going to have some musical fun with her tonight. do a little thing. plus, we love it when he stops by too. the very talented sam rockwell is here. [ cheers and applause ] in the new "poltergeist" movie. and this is what it's all about. this is hilarious, it's a great show. gosh, we're bringing broadway to you. they're happening. it's happening. the most talented actors. we have them perform. from the ten-time tony-nominated cast of "something rotten!" tonight. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: oh! >> jimmy: it's gonna be good. it's really good. i'm excited about that. today is friday. that's usually when i catch up on some personal stuff. you know, check my inbox, return some emails, and of course, i send out "thank you" notes. and i was running a bit behind today, so i thought, if you guys wouldn't mind, i'd just like to write out my weekly "thank you" notes right now. is that cool? [ cheers and applause ] you guys are the best. thank you so much.

who adopted the arabic word latifah careful and gentle.pts the persona of a 20th century legend. mark strassmann met up with her for some questions and answers. >> for one night in atlanta it's 1933 again. the historic fox theater becomes a set for a new film about bessie smith, the empress of the blues. >> roll sound. >> only this empress is being played by a queen. ♪ queen latifah. they both come alive in the hbo movie "bessie." >> i do admire her. i mean i relate to her in a lot of ways. i've lived her life in a lot of ways. ♪ >> at 45, queen latifah's playing a part she was first offered when she was 22. did you even know who bessie smith was? >> i got the script originally i didn't know who bessie smith was. i had to go do some homework and i did. ♪ when i listened to her music, i was initially intimidated. ♪ >> but latifah had evolved as a performer over two decades. from hip hop artist and producer. >> you want to see my manager? >> to movie star in films like "jungle fever." >> you get a little success, good riddance to people who

actress queen latifah. hey.ry blues singer bessie smith's rise from obscurity to international fame in this clip oh. the empress of blue that's what she's known as confronts her mentor model rainy played by monique. >> you're busted because they was yelling for me. >> you better turn your damper down. >> i ain't scared of you. >> i ain't never asked you to be. all i asked you for was respect. respect for yourself respect for -- >> respect all this extra money i'm bringing in. >> oh let me get you. because i see you ain't learned your lesson yet. >> throwing some serious shade. >> let me get you, gal. >> it's great to have you, queen. you auditioned for this 20 some years ago and it's a passion project for you. you thought this story really needed to be told. why. >> i think hbo even has a video of the audition the original audition on the hbo website but it's a passion project for me because this is the role of a lifetime and when it came to me originally i was young and i had just really started acting. this wo

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. >> reporter: at age 50 she is thriving as a single host where others like queen latifah, anderson cooperkel failed. >> it is time for "hot topics". >> reporter: no celebrity is too big or small for hot topics. >> i don't feel duped because he is turning in to a woman. i feel duped because she a fame whore like the rest of the family. i feel dupd. >> any concern you might be sharing false information? >> a lot of it doesn't come from the tabloids. some of it does. we have a legal department. one woman is a lawyer and she is here every day and she will be quick to say, okay look you can't say this or that. which i do appreciate. >> do celebrities call you up and say, why did you do that to me? do their publicists call and complain? >> i don't know. they keep that information from me and nobody has my number. you know what i mean. >> reporter: she kindly granted us a rare look behind the curtain in to her private world. is this where your bring celebrity friends to kick back on weekends? >> no. >> reporter: you are shaking your head no. >> i have no celebrity friends on my phone. >> reporte

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and was it fun working with queen latifah? >> it was great working with queen latifah. >> seth: you could feel it coming through the screen. you know -- i wasn't there. i know she's smell good. >> she did. she smelled like vanilla extract. [ laughter ] >> seth: you have another role coming up, which i want to talk to you about. you are gonna play richard pryor in a film about richard pryor. lee daniels is gonna direct it. >> yeah. >> seth: and uh -- i've read the script. richard pryor's the best part. >> it is. [ laughter ] >> seth: the biggest part. i have read it, but that seems to be something that will be both comic and dramatic, obviously. he was both. >> yeah. >> seth: and uh -- you met him. 'cause this has been in the works for a long time. so, now, tell me about meeting richard. >> you know, his wife, jennifer, reached out to me and said, "you know, we're doing a film on richard pryor. are you a fan of him?" i'm like, "what? am i a fan of richard pryor? i love richard pryor." so, i went up to her house and sat with her and um -- talked to her and got a chance to

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. >>> queen latifah proves flattery goes a long way. take a look. queen paid tribute to the host, l.l. cool j.ed on last night's "lip sync battle." she took a chance on the 1985 hit "rock the belt" donning his signature track suit and black hat. that was no brainer. she beat out marlon wayans even though he did an impressive version of pharrell's happy. >>> what past winners of the >>> talk about a spell binding final round of the national spelling bee. for the second straight year and fifth time ever two contestants were named co-champions. spelling bee officials even ran out of words. peter alexander is here with a look at the dramatic fish in. >> correct. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the judges threw the book but both gokul vonkatachalam and vanya shivashankar got the last word and nearly $38,000 plus a merriam-webster dictionary they probably don't need with the power to spell, well -- meaning the art of cutting paper into decorative designs. and while they may not look like varsity athletes these are the real letter winners. 285 woordrd

last year the routes, nicki minaj, jennifer hudson, queen latifah and others. big names and the philadelphia tradition had thousands of people packing the parkway for music, and, of course, fire works. wawa welcome america concert is usually finally of several events including a parade, freedom ceremonies and party on the parkway which is during the day on the fourth of july with music, activities, games for the whole family. always a big draw. we will find out later this morning who will be performing just over a in from now, wawa welcome america events will kick off a exciting summer and fall. we want to hear from you, tweet us, facebook us, hash tag fox 29 good day and tell us who you want to see mike and alex. >> we're still thinking. we need some help brain storming here. >> we will figure it out. >>> new movie centered around a germantown beauty salon, beauty parlor. >> they hope to shed light on depression and other mental disorder. we have the director of this movie today. how you can see this film. >>> listen to this, you know what similac is, what you

>> jimmy: then, later this week, bill o'reilly and queen latifah will be stopping by!applause ] and we have great performances. big fun performances this week. snoop dogg will be here with a a new track. >> steve: oh! [ cheers and applause ] also, the tony-nominated cast of "something rotten," will be here. >> steve: ooh. broadway smash. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: nominated for like a a thousand tony's. and you know him as the lead singer of the band fun, nate ruess will be here. [ cheers and applause ] oh, it's going to be good. but, first, she is the coolest, an oscar winning actress who anchors one of the most anticipated new movies of the summer, "mad max: fury road," this thing is insane. charlize theron is here, ladies and gentlemen! [ cheers and applause ] ooh la la. charlize and i will catch up about her "mad max" reboot and then we're going to slip into something more comfortable. [ light laughter ] it's going to be fun. stick around for that. plus, this guy is fantastic! he's an award-winning journalist here at nbc, a a best-selling author. this is his

and then on friday, we have queen latifah and sam rockwell. [ cheers and applause ] they're both awesomeave a performance from the tony-nominated cast of "something rotten!" >> steve: ooh. >> jimmy: that's going to be fun. and thank you notes of course on friday. but first we have a fantastic show tonight. from "pitch perfect 2," she's hilarious. she's one of the funniest people out there right now. rebel wilson is here! >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: the pitch is back. rebel and i are going to play a a fun game called "the whisper challenge." >> steve: ooh. >> jimmy: yeah. plus, she stars alongside charlize theron and zoe kravitz in the new action movie "mad max: fury road," the lovely rosie huntington-whiteley is stopping by! [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: oh my. >> jimmy: she's fantastic. i'm so excited for music tonight. oh, man, oh, man. that's what i'm talking about. faith no more is on the show tonight! [ cheers and applause ] is it the unknown comic? the unknown comic. gosh, they are going to be great. it's heavy. they are playing a pretty hard core song, ri

." >>> queen latifah sings bessie smith. >>> coming up a look at a new non-surgical fat-melter. >>> also a new documentary on the late nirvana front man kurt cobain. we'll speak to the director who was given incredible access. we'll be right back. you're watching "cbs this mo d hotline. fair housing is your right. use it. >>> good morning i'm todd quinones. more on our breaking news, the eastbound lanes of the pennsylvania turnpike are closed in bensalem. we now know that four construction workers were struck and one of them has died. >>> it happened just after 5:00 this morning the worker has not been identified, again, four workers have been struck, one killed, and in the eastbound pennsylvania turnpike is closed, in bensalem. >>> now the eyewitness weather forecast with meteorologist carol erickson is in the weather center. >> we are looking for a fairly nice day weather-wise, we have sun and included expected and we will like the warm up on that seven day forecast. fifty at the the a airport in philadelphia. everybody el

highlights included as always the roots and nicki minaj, jennifer hudson, air yan a grande, queen latifah some big names and philadelphia tradition has thousands of people line up to watch and here for not only the live music but also the the fire works. the wawa welcome america concert is usually finally of several events including a parade freedom ceremonies and party on the parkway. during the day on july 4th, we have music activities and games for the whole family. we will find out later this morning who will be performing this year. just over a month from now. wawa welcome america events will kick off an exciting summer and fall for philadelphia. so we want to know who do you want to see? who do you want to be here at this years concert. difficult get some tweets. some somebody said rehand a she would be an awesome perform er. chris, i know you want bruno mars. >> i think you need that mix of a legend and then a current pop star, so in my mind i'm thinking john legend and he has been here before. he is a philly guy. it would make sense but even i know you guys have seen john bon jovi

last year highlights included as always the roots and nicki minaj, jennifer hudson, queen latifah, among others. big names and the philadelphia tradition had thousands of people packing the parkway for music, and then, of course, fire works. wawa welcome america concert is usually finally of several events including a parade, freedom ceremonies and party on the parkway during the the day on july 4th with music, activities and games for the the the whole family. we will find out later this morning who will be performing, this year. just over a month from now. wawa welcome america events will kick off an exciting, um iser and fall for philly, of course labor day weekend we have jay-z's made in america concert and in september, the pope visit chris and lauren. >> philly is the place to be not to mention dnc in 2016. >> yes good you grew up in south jersey, you always know philly is the place to be. >> reporter: the best place. >> jennifer joyce thanks. >>> waterspout comes a shore in florida sending a town full of kids flying. what happens the moment it went airborne that may have saved tho

and then later this week bill o'reilly and queen latifah, my girl, will be joining us.snoop dogg. he's back. he's got a new one. >> steve: come on he's back. >> jimmy: and we also have the gang from the tony-nominated cast of "something rotten!" on broadway. there going to be here. everybody is talking about that. they got nominated for all these awards. they're gonna come on. its so great to be in new york and have that here. but, first we have a great show tonight. she is so, so talented from "perfect pitch 2" anna kendrick is here. [ cheers and applause ] there she is right there. ooh, la, la. >> steve: glamour. >> jimmy: we're going to catch up with her. and then later in the show anna are going head-to-head in a a game of egg russians roulette! [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: dangerous. >> jimmy: yeah. and plus he's one of the most fun and energetic guys around. we had the best time last time he was here. i love him. from "brooklyn nine-nine," terry crews is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] and you know him as the front man for the grammy-award winning band f

she's an oscar-nominated actress and grammy award-winning performer, queen latifah will be here! cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's my girl. you know i love her. plus sam rockwell will be here as well. [ cheers and applause ] we're going to do something really fun with him. and also we have -- we're so lucky to be here in new york city. it's the greatest city in the world. but also so much talent is here. and broadway is just down the street from us. so tomorrow night we have a a performance from the 10-time tony-nominated cast of "something rotten." [ cheers and applause ] that's gonna be here tomorrow night. and, of course, "thank you notes." but first we have a big show tonight. he's got a new best-selling book out called "legends and lies." from "the o'reilly factor," bill o'reilly is here! [ cheers and applause ] he's a good dude. tall dude. >> steve: very tall. he's a tall drink of water. >> jimmy: he really is. plus, he's the one and only d-o-double-g, snoop dogg is stopping by! >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: here's his new album. it's called "bush."

today, actress and recording artist queen latifah and host of the award-winning game show "jeopardy!"erica's new grill star." all next on "live"! [cheering and applause] and now your emmy-award-winning co-hosts kelly ripa and michael strahan! meghan trainor: ♪ i'm all about that bass 'bout that bass no treble i'm all about that bass 'bout that bass no treble i'm all about that bass 'bout that bass no treble i'm all about that bass 'bout that bass ♪ [cheering and applause] kelly: all about that bass. michael: yep. kelly: yes. thank you. hey! hey! michael: whoa! kelly: oh, y

and latifah.other than. >> hip-hop has had a huge influence on hollywood in a way rock and roll hasn't. the sound tracks maybe. but it's hard to name more than one or two rock stars who have become actors we respect. you can name a hundred actors -- even marky mark is a great actor. that's the power of hip-hop. >> hip-hop, today came in as characters. even with other names. >> right. >> if they were going to transform into a movie star tv host billionaire technology mogul, you can see them shape shift. when mick jagger was on screen playing a part you could never get past, that's mick jaggerer up there. >> you always came with a separate identity. in fact one of the identities fm supreme will do something amazing for us next. i want to say thank you to alan light, jennifer gardener. we could go on and on. fm supreme is sticking around. you won't want to miss her performance after the break. there's some facts about seaworld we'd like you to know. we don't collect killer whales from the wild. and h