multi-talented queen latifah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: always fun! i always love having you here. over there. >> jimmy: i know! that's what i'm saying. kool keith is here on thanksgiving! >> i'm having flashbacks of latin quarters when i was running the streets when i shouldn't have been out. >> jimmy: i mean, come on. >> it was fun! >> that's my friend. i ain't seen her in a long time. >> that's right. i know. good to see you, bro. good to see you. >> jimmy: that's what it's all about. thanksgiving, people are coming together, loving each other. >> together. >> jimmy: thankful for each other, yeah. >> appreciated. >> jimmy: and i appreciate you being here because i know you're flying out to maryland? is that where you're going to? >> oh, no. we're driving. road trip! >> jimmy: oh, yeah? >> yeah. >> jimmy: oh, no. >> gotta go to md. [ cheers ] load everybody up in the car, the music, you know? moms and all the cousins and sisters. >> jimmy: that's gonna be fun. >> hit the road and go to maryland. hang out with my uncle and aunt jimmy and virginia and

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- queen latifah. rashida jones. chef daniel humm. and featuring the legendary rootew. >> questlove: gobble, gobble! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, hey! hello! [ cheers and applause ] that's what i'm talking about! fantastic, everybody! hey! oh, yeah. i love it. welcome. welcome. welcome to "the tonight show." thank you so much for being here. thank you for watching. i'm your host, jimmy fallon, [ cheers ] we have a great show for you tonight. it's thanksgiving, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] i just want to take the chance to thank everyone who fell asleep with their tv set to nbc. food coma ratings count as ratings and it's just great. actually, if you're watching this it means you got through it. thanksgiving is over! you never have to see those people again! [ cheers and applause ] until christmas, but of course, some of you are visiting family or friends for the holiday. and for those people, i just want to say if you're still at someone's house for thanksgiving right now, the

queen latifah in the title role says "the wiz" changed her life. you want to meet the wizard >> one of the reasons i'm an actress today. i wanted to be part of it the moment i heard anything about it. >> reporter: r insiders richard ridge and "people's" patrick gomez say this live production could be a ratings juggernaut. >> when there's a live event, everybody wants to make sure they're watching it in the moment. this is a show that everyone knows and everyone's very excited for. >> people from the broadway show like stephanie mills. people like queen latifah, people from the music industry like ne-yo and mary j. blige and from "the orange is the new black." >> reporter: shanice taking over the iconic role made famous 40 now joins the cast as auntie em. >> it's like an out-of-body experience watching shanice whw is wonderful. he's the wiz >> reporter: she plays a good witch and mary j. blige plays a bad one. >> i love no bad fusenews. that's the reason why i wanted to play. >> we're all, like, on this journey together, and we're all helping each o

. >> seth: queen latifah. >> yes. >> seth: mary j. blige. >> i know. >> seth: what's it like working with them? [ lauguger ] >> i am so excited. they are amazing. first of all, i'm a fan of all them. >> seth: sure. >> like i -- it takes everything in me not to start singing queen latifah and mary j. blige songs. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah. >> to "the wiz" music, you know, but it's amazing. they're all phenomenal. and you just really get to legendary performers that they are, you know? >> seth: sure. and now, here's my question because obviously you get -- again, you get one shot at this. >> yes. >> seth: it's live. >> it's close to it. >> seth: is it something -- is it cool to talk to everybody else about like, "hey, w wonly get to do this once." or is that like talking during a no-hitter? like, you're not supposed to bring it up. >> exactly, it is a little bit like, we were like, "yes, we're doing this live." and then it's like, "we're doing it live." [ laughterer there is no going back. like once that train starts you can't stop it.

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. >> queen latifah plays a that helps the family in the film which explores faith, belief, and mira recovery. >> he told me i'd fine. >> who told you you'd be fine? >> the real life girl anna bell beam is 13 years old. she has no symptoms and not on any medication. >> wow. >> inspirational. in our entertainment tonight birthdays, which country singer's parents are private investigators? is it taylor swift, luke ryan, or miranda lambert? it's n >> inspirational. >>> back. which country singer's parents are private investigators? that is miranda lambert. >> i had inside information. >> she was on nashville star. >> she turns 32 today. happy birthday miranda. look at how she celebrated, with her friends. >> speaking of birthdays, an all star grammy concert will air december 6th on cbs and just announced today. gaga, celine dion and harry connick jr. have all joined the show. >> and garth brooks will perform. we're going to leave you with a look at the honorees. we'll see you next week. good-bye, everybody. >> this is the greatest point of my life. >> garth, oprah, and j-lo. >> honestly, this is

. >> queen latifah plays a that helps the family in the film which explores faith, lief, and mira recovery. >> he told me i'd fine. >> who told you you'd be fine? >> the real life girl anna bell beam is 13 years old. she has no symptoms and not on any medication. >> wow. >> inspirational. birthdays, which cououry singer's parents are private vestigators? is it taylor swift, luke ryan, or miranda lambert? i hope for blake shelton's sake it's not the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting i iustice and ineqeqlity, speaking truth to wer. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system fundededy over a million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment

jimmy also danced with queen latifah and rolled out an intense super sled.you'll be sharing some of these clips today. send them to us if you do. >> i was wondering what chuck bell was doing all morning. the turkey leg. >> i got the turkey leg. i got a lot of rhythm. >> sure. okay. >> we've seen my dancing in, like, gif file on the internet before. it's not pretty. don't do it. it's too early on the day after thanksgiving morning to upset yourself that way. >> good day to do it outside. perfect weather. >> anything you want to do outside from sitting down in a chair in the yard, enjoying the day. >> how rare is this? >> this is nice. good stuff. we have not had a mild thanksgiving like this in quite some time and we'll take it. temperatures in the 60s today but we may flirt with 70 degrees in late november. tons of sunshine after a bit of a chill outside early this morning. temperatures now 34 in frederick. 39 in gaithersburg. 36 in manassas. nearly everybody now not only just above freezing but well above freezing. 44 at reagan national airport, and tempera

now starring in the revival of "the wiz" with some of her idols, queen latifah. and stephanie mills who played dorothy 40 years ago on broadway, now she is auntie em. >> what a cast. >> i'm like how is this my first job and i get to work with all of these people. it's crazy. >> the director says from the beginning he knew shanice was special. >> when she came in the room, she opened her mouth and she had the right sort of support to deliver the song and she wasn't trying to copy someone. >> the yellow brick road. >> reporter: an only child, her parents say she grew up listening to "the wfrp iz" soundtrack and putting on her own little shows. >> she loves singing and dancing and ballet, you name it, she wanted to do it. >> and now it is her turn to be someone else's inspiration. >> i'm happy because it shows younger girls and no matter the age, that dreams actually do come true. >> shanice williams, living what is true for her in a timeless story about friendship, courage and no place like home. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> and you could see much more of

. >> queen latifah plays a woman that helps the family in the film which explores faith, belief, and miracle recovery. >> he told me i'd be fine. >> who told you you'd be fine? >> the real life girl anna bell beam is 13 years old. she has no symptoms and is not on any medication. >> wow. >> inspirational. in our "entertainment tonight" birthdays, which country singer's parents are private investigators? is it taylor swift, luke bryant, or miranda lambert? i hope for blake shelton's sake oh no... (under his breath) hey man! hey peter. (unenthusiastic) oh... ha ha ha! joanne? is that you? it's me... you don't look a day over 70. am i right? jingle jingle. if you're peter pan, you stay young forever. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. ♪ you make me feel so young... it's what you do. ♪ you make me feel ♪ so spring has sprung. >>> welcome back. which country singer's parents are private investigators? that is miranda lambert. >> i had inside information. >> she was on nashville star. >> she turns 32 today. happy birthday, m

it also stars queen latifah, david alan grier, and neyo.owtime, right here on nbc november 23rd. >> going to be so good. >> the tonight show starring jimmy fallon is up next. >> rerlet's see what's in store. >> hey, guys. nathan lane is my guest tonight. plus, we have the walking dead, steven yeun, music from chris brown. a great show. do not change the channel. it's fun. >> the voice is always such a give away. >> a lot of people are up right now preparing their turkey. it's that time. >> most likely, yes. everybody is prael hoping for good weather, because a lot of people locally will head to tomorrow to head where they're going. it's a nice day for travel tomorrow. a mix of sun and clouds. temperatures low 60s. warmer for thanksgiving day. we had a nice thanksgiving day forecast. ten degrees warmer than where we should be this time of year. then we go into friday. black friday, if you're brave enough to go out and go shopping, you have dry conditions for that, too. if you're going super early in the morning, it's in the 40s, by the after

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- queen latifah. rashida jones. chef daniel humm.

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he also danced with queen latifah.u if you try to try out our own turkey trot, please share it with us. >>> a beautiful day after thanksgiving. it's a mild day by lake november standards. already 64 in rreston and manas. most of the rain i think will be saturday night into sunday morning. the rain should taper off but the clouds will stick around for the remainder of sunday as we get toward tuesday and wednesday of next week. enjoy the mild finish to thanksgiving. >> indeed we will. can't wait to get outside. that's it for us. thanks for joining us. we're back on air first at 4. >> you can get news an weather updates any time. just download that nbc washington app. have a great friday, everyone. >> here she is now, ellen degeneres. [cheerd

then thursday, we're spending thanksgiving with our pals queen latifah, rashida jones, and chef daniel humm. [ cheers and applause ] don't wanna miss that. but first we love it when this woman can spend some time with us. from "live! with kelly and michael," kelly ripa is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] she is so much fun. oh, i love her. plus, i mean, i just love this person's face. i mean, come on, look at this. [ cheers and applause ] her album "25" is shattering, shattering sales records. she's the biggest star in the world right now. we love her. [ cheers and applause ] she was great on "saturday night live." >> jimmy: she's doing a a brand-new, a brand-new song tonight. she and i are going to talk, "box of lies." [ cheers ] and like i said, she's going to perform a new song from "25" to you don't want to miss one second of this show. it's going to be fantastic. [ cheers and applause ] if i had -- i would put that face on the front and back cover, too. it's a great face. a great face. you have seen my album cover, right? >> steve: it's so fantastic. [ cheers and applause ] >

conedison customer, you could get $85 back. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: my thanks to queen latifah, rashida jones, eric nally, chef daniel humm, kool keith! [ cheers and applause ] questlove and the roots right there, ladies and gentlemen. happy, happy, happy thanksgiving, everyone! i hope to see you next week. thank you, buh-bye! [ cheers and applause b >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- a special thanksgiving edition of, "late night" featuring larry, hilary, and josh meyers. we'll play, "how well do you know your meyers?" and cooking with hilary meyers. featuring the 8g band with brian chase. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers! >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers, this is "late night." happy thanksgiving, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much for being here. let's get to the news. the nfl has three thanksgiving games today between the eagles and utthe lions, panthers and cowboys, and bears and packers. but the most exciting matchup was still between your conservative uncle an

tomorrow night we are celebrating thanksgiving with queen latifah and rashida jones! >> steve: oh! [ cheers and applause ] show. rashida and i might even have a a little something musical planned. [ audience oohs ] with maybe a special guest. [ audience oohs ] or two? [ audience oohs ] >> steve: ooh! >> jimmy: and we're going to try a few untraditional holiday dishes. this guy's a genius, chef daniel hume will be here tomorrow night. [ cheers and applause ] he's gonna make thanksgiving dishes, but in his own weird way. and it's fun, and yeah. he has a trick, apparently for falling asleep -- not falling asleep after you eat too much turkey. >> steve: oh really? >> jimmy: i don't know what it is, but that's what he says. anyways, we have a great show tonight. we love this guy -- >> steve: i love this man. >> jimmy: he's one of the funniest people i've ever met. and he's just the nicest guy, but gosh. he's just so funny. >> steve: and talented. >> jimmy: i ran into him on the street, because it's new york, and that's what happens. and i ran into him and he's just -- like five hilariou