>> i also on the program, with the end of rem, michael stipe and mike mills on why the band split. the g 20 leaders who met this week did not have much time for sleep as they struggle to come up with a plan to rescue greece and avoid the collapse of the euro. some essential reading would have been economic history of the 1930's. this is what happens when the world economy enters end of the crisis. what can we learn from the mistakes made then and how can we avoid repeating them? >> the depression of the 1930's began in wall street with a share price crash. how did get from wall street to the rest of the world? that is the story of the banking crisis and social unrest. the breakdown of an international currency system. if that sounds familiar, it should turn to what is haunting the world's leaders as they prepare for the summit is a repeat of the early 30's. in the 1930's, there is a great fracture of globalization. countries which had been used to operating all took to doing their own thing. they kept doing their own thing politically and economically. the world that collapsed in 1

michael stipe is in the house. [ cheers and applause ] what a voice. what a guy.st gonna be a super fun show tonight. hey, guys. it's time for "late night hashtags." here we go. ♪ hashtags, hashtags hashtags, hashtags hashtags ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: these are lists on twitter where we give you the topic and you send in the tweets. so since thanksgiving is next week and everyone's getting ready to get their gobble on, i went to twitter and started a hashtag called, "new thanksgiving songs." all right. and i asked you guys at home to take a popular song and change the title somewhere so that it's more thanksgiving themed. we got thousands of tweets. it was crazy. it was coming in all night last night. it was a lot of fun. so thanks for the tweets. i really appreciate it. let's check out some of my favorite "new thanksgiving song" tweets from you guys. here we go. >> jimmy: this one's from @caitlinlovesnyc. her song is -- ♪ don't you wish your turkey was stuffed like me ♪ ♪ don't you wish your -- [ light laughter ] don't ya? [ light laughter ] this one's

that's why i do this show single-handedly, isn't that right michael stipe. >> hey ho! >> stephen: and now-- good man. and now the layoff bug has bitten my colleagues over at cable news network, the cable news network. recently cnn laid off 50 staff members. nobody important, just editors and photo journalists. because new technology and desktop editing and user generated content and social media have made some editing and photo journalism positions redundant. you see cnn doesn't need as many editors and photo journalists because they have ireports. footage, commentary and articles that cnn viewers self-produce and then upload. it is a brilliant idea. why buy the cow when you can have it shakily videotape its own milk for free. now last week cnn relaunched ireport as a social network, complete with an assignment desk where you can go to find out what stories cnn wants you to cover. i certainly hope some reports on that picket fence that is so fun to paint. best of all, ireporters do not get paid. they get something even better, badges. which i assume are redeemable for

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here's part one of my interview with michael stipe and mike mills. ♪ your day is long and night is yours isn't really a >> this isn't really a dramatic breakup, is it? it's really just the end of the road for r.e.m.. >> it's the end of the r.e.m. -- >> as we know it. sorry! >> as a touring and recording entity. you know, r.e.m. will continue to exist in our catalog and our music, but as far as creating more stuff, no, that's the end. >> between the three of us, we kind of arrived at it at the same time. now you can go into the blog sphere and everyone has their opinion of when r.e.m. should have or might should have broken up. but we don't even call it breaking up. we disbanded. there's no animosity, no weirdness, no lawyers squaring off between us. we love each other and have huge respect for each other. we just reached a point where it didn't feel like it made sense to carry on any further. and we happened to do that at a very high point in a 31-year career of highs and lows. ♪ everybody hurts some times ♪ so hold on >> why quit? why not just take a break and then just tour when you fe

well, michael stipe and mike mills say their breakup has nothing to do with drama or feuding from withiny consider a high note and be free to pursue other projects. as you'll hear, it's not like they're doing giant happy dances over the decision. >> reporter: so how do you feel about this? do you feel sad? are you relieved? >> there's certainly there's sadness. it's bitter sweet by all means. >> the feelings go from here to here, we're feeling every one of them. >> not relief, though, because relief implies we're escaping something and it certainly isn't that. the word that popped into my head, there is an odd feeling of liberation because it means that for the same reason we're breaking up rather than just going on hiatus, it means we're free to do whatever we want without the shadow of r.e.m. hanging over it. it's a liberation, a clean break and a chance to move forward. >> you can check out the full interview in the 10:00 p.m. eastern program tonight. they'll get nostalgic about past hits and tackle the topic of a comeback tour. >> all right. there's a good tease. i like that. and i l

you're neighbors with michael stipe of r.e.m. and he asked you to be in the final video of r.e.m.st-minute thing. he e-mailed me, would you do this? and he song to me a cappella. and it was three takes we did. >> just three takes? >> yeah. it's inspired by andy warhol kind of, audition tapes. >> you have a lot of tapes here. you have been working since you were the smallest girl. we went deep, deep, deep into the archives. "saturday night live," 6 years old. >> that was me with the curly hair. really funny. it's funny. i keep kissing victoria jackson. that's funny. >> you started so young. how do you keep it fresh? >> you evolve in any job. it changes for everyone, who starts in something young. >> and you have a lot of things coming up. another big departure. one of the next movies you have coming out is "bachelorette." >> we're changing the title. my mom came up with "the night before." we have to get a different title. >> is it kind of a "bridesmaids"? >> it's more of like a "heathers" feel. and it's a comedy. >> a lot of fun. and when "melancholia" opens on november 11th. m >>