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>> absolutely, absolutely. >> jimmy: matthew mcconaughey is in it, has his shirt on the whole movie.i didn't care for to be honest with you. >> i think he gives the best performance of his career and the cast is phenomenal. it's marisa tomei, brian cran ton from "breaking bad" john leguizamo. michael pena. >> jimmy: he plays your defense attorney. your character -- >> he does but it's an interesting construct because he's my attorney. i'm his client but we hate each other, we're manipulating each other and it becomes this cat and mouse game within our court case. >> jimmy: goes even beyond hating each other. i'd say. i don't want to give too much away. well, we have a clip here. you can set this up for us without me ruining it. >> no, no, which i imagine you would. >> jimmy: yeah. i have a tendency to give the ending away before -- >> this clip is where matthew, the lincoln lawyer mick holler is coming home to his house and finds an unexpected guest his client who is there to tease him a bit. >> jimmy: and here we go. it's called "the lincoln lawyer." it opens friday. >> if you're wo

next week, kristen wiig, matthew mcconaughey and music from the wombats and young dubliners here forick's day so join us for that. our first guest tonight is an exceptionally talented and well-groomed man starring alongside matthew mcconaughey in the new thriller called "the lincoln lawyer." please welcome ryan phillippe. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: what's going on? how are you? >> i am so glad we didn't lose you. >> jimmy: oh, thank you. you were nice enough to send me an e-mail. >> aren't you glad jimmy is alove alive? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i just want to point out for the record that there are some people that aren't clapping. >> all i can think of that would be a lot of "nightline." >> jimmy: yeah, maybe i'd get on "nightline." who knows. give me my shot at 11:30. >> i was following your tweets and one of my favorite tweets that you retweeted was the guy who asked you whether it was really scary or rich people scary. >> jimmy: that was a great question. >> because you know rich people scary could be like i tore my cashmere sweater. >> jimmy: yeah, right. moths a

i had to go and see a matthew mcconaughey film. [ applause ] >> jimmy: you mentioned matthew mcconaugheyou teasing me? [ laughter ] is that an offer? >> jimmy: i don't know. where do i rank? >> are you ready for a change? >> jimmy: charlie is going to be furious. >> i mean, seriously, there are so many attractive men around. that is not the thing. it's like in my private life, it has to be someone that you connect with and i am not in -- that is all a little bit -- there are so many. you go around, and there are so many talented good looking men and woman. >> jimmy: are you trying to tell us -- >> i would like to be. i don't have the time. i would love to be -- i was born to be. how do you shag in this town? what do you do? i'm working all the time. charlie sheen, i have to call in. shagging with the stars. >> jimmy: he would be the guy. speaking of the stars, you got quite a cast this year. do you know most of the people beforehand? jnchts there is sugar ray, legend. >> jimmy: what do you think his chances are? >> he is not in gear yet. i don't think he has found the killer pounce yet.

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tomorrow night, matthew mcconaughey, jenna malone and we'll do st. day properly with music from young dubliners, so please join us for that. you know our first guest as a variety of people, including the target lady, aunt linda, penelope, and the church lady? no. you can see her now as a woman named ruth buggs in the new science fiction comedy "paul," opening in theaters friday. from "saturday night live," please say hello to kristen wiig. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? >> hi. >> jimmy: very good to see you. >> it's nice to see you. thank you for having me. >> jimmy: my pleasure. i watch "saturday night live" on saturday night -- >> saturday night. it's live. >> jimmy: i was remarking, not even realizing at the time because i was still on i have case that you were on the show tonight, how funny you are and you play a lot of minutes. you're like the kobe bryant of that team there. >> oh, i don't know about that. it's a whole team of kobe bryants. a whole team. >> jimmy: you must -- do you like being in a lot of things or do you wish th

. >>> matthew mcconaughey launched into fame as a lawyer in "time to kill."ith "the lincoln lawyer" expectations aren't very high. >>> finally, remember the dress kate middleton wore? it sold at auction for $105,000 thursday in london. it was expected to sell for only around $15,000. we use the term dress loosely. >> you tell me that was similar to the out fit you met your husband in. >> he met a ring on it, that's for sure. >>> this comes to us from kxas if nbc 5 in dallas, texas, where children across the city are using a classic kid business to help others. several lemonade stands have popped up in front yards with the goal of helping japan relief efforts. the kids were inspired to do something after seeing the amazing destruction. even though the suffering is on the other side of the world, these kids just want to make a difference. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> irish eyes were smiling in dublin on thursday. despite their country's current economic woes, half a million reveler

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matthew mcconaughey wore a shirt. there weren't too many surprises as far as the awards went. the only suspense really was whether or not james franco would be able to read the bottom line of the eye chart he was squinting at all night. he might need glasses. as you know, "the king's speech" won the oscar for best picture but then mark zuckerberg today stole it. [ applause ] "toy story 3" was the -- was nominated for best picture. it won animated. one of several high-profile 3-d movies. i miss 2-d and come to think of it, i miss tutti from "the facts of life" too. i love to see a 3-d movie about her. tutti 3-d. colin firth won best actor for stuttering king george vi and ironically had some trouble giving his own acceptance speech last night. >> well, a very, very heavy -- we had a very darison to -- had to pick. >> that is not colin firth. we've got the wrong video there. that's someone else. "true grit" went 0 for 10 last night which i would think was n unprecedented but it's the fourth movie in oscar to do that. gangs of new york, the color purple and kazaam all went over.

tuck this in ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, the new movie, "the lincoln layer" starring matthew mcconaugheying me think of a bailiff saying -- [ impersonates mcconaughey ] "all rise, all rise, all rise." [ laughter ] ♪ thank you, guy at the office who says "have fun in there" whenever i enter the bathroom, for making me wonder what exactly you do when you go to the bathroom. "have fun in there, guy." [ as donald trump ] "beautiful marble urinals, gorgeous flushers." [ laughter ] ♪ thank you, passive aggression -- i guess. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] whatever. ♪ thank you, the consumer product safety commission, for recalling 169,000 pogo sticks due to a potential risk of injury. [ light laughter ] i don't know if you know this, but the only thing that makes pogo sticks fun is the potential risk of injury. [ laughter ] [ as donald trump ] "beautiful brass pogo sticks, match with any marble columns in your house." ♪ thank you, person who takes forever at the starbucks sugar station. hey, madame curie, this ain't some chemistry lab. i've got a life to live. so, stir in the sugar and l

then on thursday, matthew mcconaughey, jena malone, and st. from young dubliners. so join us for those festivities. our first guest tonight has an emmy, a golden globe, a s.a.g. award and worn more track suits than the $6 million man and run-dmc combined. starting friday, you can see her in regular clothes in the new movie "paul." please say hello to jane lynch. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's very good to see you. >> good to see you, too. >> jimmy: congratulations on i'll the success of "glee." >> thank you. the show, the records, i think you have a chain of tire stores or something. >> exactly. >> jimmy: which is very nice. >> all nice. >> jimmy: do kids scream when they see you and go crazy? >> mostly for the "glee" kids, though, not so much for me. >> jimmy: they might be afraid you're going to yell at them. >> exactly. exactly. >> jimmy: but you don't yell at them? >> no, i don't yell at them, i'm really kind to them. it's great. the kids love the show and it's wonderful. >> jimmy: when you were a kid, did you have a show like that

matthew mcconaughey is back on the big screen playing a hip l.a. murder charges cause him to question work he's done in the past. >> can't bring it to the cops because he's your client. can't take it to the d.a. or you would lose your license. >> any evidence we found would be inadmissible, attorney-client privilege. it would ruin any case they could have against him. >> welcome back. nice to see you. you like lawyers, don't you? >> i do. >> you thought about being a defense lawyer during your college days. >> that's what i thought i was going to do. growing up i loved to debate. i always ended up on the defense. so my parents were like -- my dad was like, you need to be a lawyer to come defend me if i get in trouble. i took it on from there. i went to college and that's where i was headed. >> this movie is about the relationship with the client. the client looks like a dream client. he's got cash, can pay the big fee which is nice for a defense attorney. sooner or later, the initial enthusiasm on your part turns into trepidation. >> and it goes be

it's been years since we've seen matthew mcconaughey on the big screen -- >> and i have missed him. >ck in theaters friday. >> peter travers, rolling stone movie critic and host of "popcorn" talked with the star. >> reporter: welcome to the show. >> thanks for having me. >> reporter: it's great that you're looking lawerly because you have the "lincoln lawyer," you know, sometimes i say to people, you have to see the "lincoln lawyer." they say, is that abraham lincoln? >> huh-uh. >> reporter: did you test that title through? do you want to tell the people what "lincoln lawyer" really is? >> sure. the lincoln in "lincoln lawyer" is about a 1988 lincoln continental. i'm mickey haller, that's my office, i ride in the backseat. a guy earl is driving me. and earl's probably driving me because i probably defended him, got him off on something, but he didn't have the money to pay me, so he's working off his tab with myself. plus my character lost his license a few months back and now he's just kind of kept earl along to drive him around. that's my mobile office. >> why can't you get a real of

. >> matthew mcconaughey in his new movie "the lincoln lawyer." terrific book. territory with another legal thriller. he will be here to talk about that. all coming up monday on "today." >> he will be here? >> yes. >> okay. >> bestill your heart. >> no, everyone. hello. >> right. >> and yours. >> meantime, coming up in this half hour, you will take a look at "mean girls." >> if you think you left mean girls behind in high school guess again. women feel like -- when women feel like they are being from social groups no matter the age they often are the first to exclude. a vicious cycle that can ruin friendships. we will take a look at that and how to deal with. >> it we like to think we move past that. yes. let's take that on. >> let's talk about this infectious laugh we have been enjoying all morning. this kid is a amazing. this individual video on y youtube. we have in the studio, the child the baby, and his parents talking about what was so funny. it makes it a better story the father had gotten a job rejection and was ripping it up. that's what makes it an eve