please welcome laura dern. [cheers and ♪ >> jimmy: very good to see you. >> oh, my gosh. : what's your thanksgiving plan? what's the dern family plan for thanksgiving? >> well, it might be going to your house. >> jimmy: oh, really? what happened. >> you're going to help me figure this out right now. >> jimmy: do you not have a plan? >> oh, no, my house is a horror film right now. >> jimmy: in what ways? >> my daughter has 104, my son 102. i have two dogs, one tore her hamstring, the other has a pinched nerve. >> jimmy: dogs have hamstrings? >> who knew. no one's sleeping. it's a nightmare. our plans are changing, and i hear you love to cook. >> jimmy: this sounds like the beginning of a hallmark holiday movie. >> it is. >> jimmy: the day the flu decimated the derns. >> it's a nightmare. >> jimmy: they should be hopefully better by thursday, right? >> i think cooking is too much for me, so if you guys are comfortable. and your uncle seems like we'd have an enjoyable conversation. >> jimmy: my uncle is the best. i only wish he was my uncle. >> i know, he's the best. >> jimmy

. >> closed captioning provided by -- ♪ >>> laura dern coming to "jurassic world three." >> it's then for a little while and it's been really hard. like, if you look back at interviews, you just see me beings like, yeah, it's happening. >> oh, it's happening all right. bryce dallas howard fanning out, just like us, about laura dern returning to her jurassic roots. >> we caught up with bryce at "the mandalorian" premiere which is streaming now on disney plus. >> i love when epic things happen. this is epic. just like this -- a very lucky kevin frazier caught up with bryce's dad, director ron howard and his iconic tv family. >> while you guys are having fun in napa look who i am here with in l.a. it's happy days again. the cast is back together. i can check this off my bucket list. it's another "e.t." exclusive. ♪ >> i can't believe it. i recognize all of you. >> this was a very rare, very special reunion -- the fonz, ritchie, ralph malph, potsie and mrs. c. >> what's it like when you all get together? i just watched you come in the room and it's like family. >> we played together. we

tonight -- laura dern. presidential candidate andrew yang. and music from bishop briggs.delay, jimmy kimmel. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, everyone, thank you. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching, thanks for coming. i'm thankful for you and for everything. please, relax. so how many of you are in town for the thanksgiving holiday right now? how many of you are visiting? no one is? [cheers and applause] if you know, i just found this out, that you requecan bring a y on the plane. according to the

next week, we have new shows with tom hanks, laura dern, jameela jamil and andrew yang, plus music fromward and bishop briggs. so please join us for that. our first guest is a massively popular singer and songwriter with six grammy and six ama nominations despite the fact that she's not even old enough to buy a lottery ticket. her album is called, "when we all fall asleep, where do we go?" please welcome billboard's woman of the year, billie eilish. [cheers and ♪ >> jimmy: very good to see you. >> you too, how you doin'? >> jimmy: you know, i was listening to your album with my kids this morning, and we all kind of enjoyed it. one of the songs "wish you were gay", i was trying to figure out how to explain that to my 5-year-old, but she didn't really pick up on it, so that was okay. how are you doing? >> i'm great. >> jimmy: congratulations on all the award nominations you got. >> thank you. [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: were you up watching? or how did you find out? >> no. >> jimmy: you did not get up early? >> that went off like 5:00 a.m. i'm not going to wake up with that. i stayed.

tomorrow night laura dern and andrew yang will be with us and we'll have music from bishop briggs.ht a living breathing american treasure who dons a sweater and a pair of comfortable shoes to play another american treasure. "a beautiful day in the neighborhood" is in theaters now. please welcome tom hanks. [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. i like your beard. it looks good. >> thank you. this is the -- you might still be in the phase of it's really itchy. and it's kind of like bugs you. is this a voluntary length of your beard? >> i keep it trimmed back, yeah. >> i did this for a gig. it gets to a point where there is -- it's just a pain in the ass but then it reaches this critical mass and it's okay. one of the things that happens you find it itches so much, you could be at a fancy dinner party without even knowing it, your hand has found the salad fork and starts going like this. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: not really, no. >> no, no, i've done it a million times. and i'm sitting there going like, this that's interesting, mr. president. and my wife will say you are sticking a

he'd been talking to laura dern. he'd been talking to scarlett. to lawyers, you know so, by the time i actually read those ideas and kind of made this one document that seamlessly did all of it you know, it had all of these interesting structures, but didn't sacrifice, you know, blood that was happening in the scene. so, i just -- i think as soon as i read it i said, "oh, i'll never get anything like this again." >> seth: one thing you do in the film is, you sing a song from stephen sondheim's "company." >> yeah. >> seth: "being alive." >> yeah. >> seth: so, that was something you guys had discussed and talked about wanting to do >> yeah. at one point we thought about doing a movie of "company" 'cause, you know, if you know the musical, it's seems, like maybe it -- it lends itself to a film it's kind of abstract. >> seth: and so, that didn't happen, but you still sang this. so, was this a song -- was it something then you wanted? you said, basically in the discussion, you're like, "i'd really love to sing this song?" >> he put it in. he -- if i re

al pacino and laura dern for "a marriage story."pplause ] >> on the road again. >>> also in movie news, lady gaga returning to the big screen for a juicy role. she'll play patrizia reggiani, nicknamed the black widow whistle-blower she was convicted of orchestrating the assassination of her estranged husband maurizio gucci who ran the gucci fashion empire, a story that dominated headlines in 1995 and caught the eye of oscar winning director ridley scott way back when and they have gave up on it. angelina jolie was once in talks for playing the role but now it's lady gaga. gaga continuing her acting career. >> she is. [ applause ] >> she can do it all. >>> and now to a compelling argument for a long weekend. microsoft testing out a four-day workweek giving all its employees a three-day weekend every week and guess what, one less day but worker productivity jumped by nearly 40%. [ cheers and applause ] >> that is good. >> not only did productivity increase but microsoft reported lower bills in electricity and work supplies like pen an

. >> obviously a book by louisa may alcott, saoirse ronan, laura dern, meryl streep, florence pugh.first woman to get oscar nominations for best director >> the next film is "1917. i know you're excited about this one. dunkirk meets saving private ryan. >> an instant oscar front runner sam mendez who won an oscar for directing american beauty, he directed this about two young british soldiers who have to travel on foot in enemy territory to deliver an important message to a different battalion, and it's made to look like it's all in one continuous shot it is absolutely riveting, nothing short of spectacular, and one that a lot of people are going to be talking about throughout the awards season, and one that you should see on a big screen >>> last but not least, one i'm looking forward to "just mercy" my favorite book from a few years ago, based on a real life true story. >> brian stevenson is the real-life guy's name michael b. jordan plays him here and he and brie larson are part of a legal team trying to exonerate a death row inmate played by jamie foxx, a powerful story with won