he took me to a michael bolton concert and michael bolton was singing, of course, my favorite song "whenhe audience. we're in the front row. does anybody in here know the words to this song? and i'm like 6 and blonde, like yeah, i do, i do. he brings me up onstage and i start to sing with michael bolton. and i completely freak out. turn around and stage dive into the audience back to my dad's arms. and my dreams were right there. >> jimmy: you are the only person who has ever stage dived at a michael bolton concert. [ laughter ] that's remarkable. and you met michael. is he aware of this? i think he'd be very excited about it, knowing what i know of him. >> it was actually kind of surreal because i worked in "the cat and the fiddle," which is around the corner. >> jimmy: the bar down the street. >> and i was inside, it was afternoon, it was very quiet and my manager said we've got this big table outside, can you go in and take them? it's michael bolton and his entourage. i was like yes. yes, i can do this. and so i walk outside and i'm like be cool, be cool, be cool. i pick up my note pa

[ cheers and applause ] michael bolton over there!e a great night. hope to see you tomorrow. bye-bye. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ >> carson: hey, everybody. i'm carson daly. tonight's "last call" is coming to you from lola's here in west hollywood, a very, very beautiful establishment. happy to be here, and we've got another great show for you. we're going to wrap up sundance week with a look at the adaptation of david sedaris' "c.o.g." you'll hear more about that in our "spotlight" coming up. then, we take a seat at the greek theater l.a. for the music of regina spektor. but first, in his career my sit down guest has played a role in two entertainment phenomenon. he played a hobbit in the "lord of the rings" trilogy, and he was an original cast member of the supernatural series "lost." his current gig is a passion project in which he stars along side the craziest and coolest animals in the world. it's called "wild things with doc

michael bolton's new motown album is called "ain't no mountain high enough." what a career when you look at the video of your life. >> ten decades. it's amazing. >> tina turner once said when she first met you -- tina turner said, hey, i thought you were a brother. a lot of people thought you were a black guy until they saw you. >> which is a great compliment. when i would do, the you know, the essence awards or b.e.t., i was the only white guy basically there, which again was a great compliment because my music was being accepted and embraced. as a kid i was listening to marvin gaye and ray charles and these great artists who influenced me. it's great affirmation, you know. >> your new album is a collection of motown classics. what are some of the songs on there? >> dedicated to hitsville. >> "ain't no mountain high enough," "could be hanging on." >> "signed, sealed, delivered." always a good one. music i loved as a kid. i would say it's music i grew up to, but i didn't grow up. >> you've always that raspy distinct voice. >> they say your voice is distinct bu

michael bolton's many hair styles.u address this in the book. you write about your decision to cut the hair. >> right. >> clayton: look at that. >> gretchen: how did you come to that decision? >> well, i wore long hair. i had long hair since the beatles, the british invasion happened, the beatles and stones and zombies and all. in new haven, connecticut, people would roll down their windows and yell things at you. the school system tried to get to us cut our hair. my father wasn't going to have it. he within to the school. he went to the principals and he said, no. this is the way they're growing their hair. whether we like it or not. that was really important for me. it was a look we wanted to have. but you had to be a rebel basically then and defy society. >> steve: absolutely. and you're still a rebel. you got a new album. we want to talk to you about that on the other side of the brief timeout. >> sure. >> steve: should i grow my hair long? >> no, it's working for you. >> steve: thank you. ♪ e to help eliminatlitte

jackman, from "zero dark thirty," best actress oscar nominee, jessica chastain, the music of michael boltonpplause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you! thank you very much! thank you! welcome! thank you! welcome to the super bowl post game show. well, the big super bowl story -- deer antler spray works, how about that? congratulations to baltimore ravens. they are the new super bowl champs. [ cheers and applause ] how many are -- how many were 49ers fans? [ cheers and applause ] that was tough. that was tough. people in san francisco haven't been this disappointed since "sex and the city" went off the air. there're so disappointed. [ laughter ] well, congratulations to coach harbaugh. congratulations to him and -- to coach harbaugh, better luck next time. okay, so -- [ laughter ] [ applause ] and, of course, everybody's talking about the real winner

here is a small sampling of the steady stream of headlines about everything from her once dating michael bolton the fact she's appeared nude in the movies to cherry picking comments she's made over the course, as i say, of a 20-year career. can you explain how ashley judd is any different to other thespians like president ronald reagan or fred grandy or even sonny bono but for the fact they were all republicans? >> sure. again, we addressed it at the top. ashley judd is a progressive woman. she is a woman. and that is for starters the difference. it would be really great if the daily caller and others like it could focus less on her naked form and more about the issues of concern politically to kentucky and otherwise. to ken's point, she will raise a ton of money. they could certainly utilize a candidate of her profile. we have to figure out how a to get the numbers out and get out the vote in 2014 and that's certainly a way to do it. but, yes, she is an actress. we have members of congress who serve in a variety of roles before they get here. some entrepreneurs, some farmers, some scientists a

. >> gretchen: check out michael bolton's new cd. thanks so much for being here. >> it's been a total pleasure. times gone by too quickly. >> gretchen: have a great weekend. happy friday. bill: here we go now. a busy friday morning and a fox news alert this morning. usama bin laden's son-in-law will appear in a new york city courtroom. reports that he arrived here more than a week ago. it did not go public until now. how would the administration handle his case? a lot lot of questions out there as we start here. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to a friday edition of "america's newsroom". martha: quite a story to wake up to this friday morning in new york city. good morning, bill. i'm martha maccallum. the justice department says sulaiman abu ghaith was a close associate of usama bin laden. advocate of the 9/11 attacks and a prominent al qaeda spokesman especially in the days that followed. he is son-in-law of usama bin laden. bill: david lee miller outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. how did he end up here in new york? >> reporter: w