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pharrell williams. musical guest, pharrell williams and kim burrell.nd featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 587, alberta! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh! [ audience whooping ] a dog pound, my dog pound. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: welcome! welcome to "the tonight show," everybody. you're here. you made it. [ cheers and applause ] that's what i'm talking about. big show tonight. it's going to be fun. you guys, this weekend is santacon, which is the annual bar crawl where people dress up like santa claus for a day of drinking. [ cheers and applause ] that's right, a drunken bar crawl wearing a santa suit, or as the real santa calls that, december 26th. [ cheers and applause ] i did read that a growing trend among families is giving their kids a few small presents ahead of christmas to break up the tension of getting everything on christmas day. they actually have an interesting name for this. hanukkah. [ laughter and applause ] they're calling it hanukkah. great name. this is very interest

pharrell.en in hollywood and the reigning sexiest man alive according to "people" magazine, dwayne johnson. so much to talk about with him, including he is doing some amazing things for the troops. we'll talk with him. >>> we won't have a concert in the next half-hour if we don't let this guy get inside and warm up a little bit. let's get a check of the headlines, time for "the news at 8." >> reporter: at the smithsonian national air and space museum they are mark, the passing of icon john glenn. he rode friendship 7 around the earth orbiting three times before coming back to a hero's welcome. he palsssed away in ohio yestery and his was a truly remarkable life. on capitol hill thursday, reaction to the loss of a former beloved colleague and american hero. >> john glenn was one of the finest guys i knew. >> reporter: president obama praised john glenn as one of the first mercury 7 astronauts and the first american to orbit the earth three times saying, in part, the last of america's first astro

first of all, kimberly goes out to watch pharrell. here we are watching pharrell. pharrell looks at kimberly, like, mouths like, oh, my -- hi! in his song. they had a moment, because -- we were dancing to their music, "keeping the dancing going" but you and pharrell have a connect. you and little big town and fa reel -- pharrell, right? >> yes. one with pharrell. starting rapping together. would you like to write a song with pharrell, we were like, ah -- yeah! we got together. we wrote three songs and said we have to do that again. this is one of them. >> what's this one? >> called "one dance." >> oh, "one dance" for our funky dance party! ? ooh, ooh ? >> yeah. ? ooh, ooh ? >> i love your voice. >> so we just kept writing and writing and writing and had eight songs written and recorded, got to put it out there. do something with it. it's been so much fun. >> we just wanted to point out, pharrell is a big star. kimberly walks outside. people were like, oh, my god, little big town. >> oh, that's sweet. >> before we get to you, we want to know all about kimberly. beca

pharrell williams. ?? ?? [ applause ] >> wow. i have zero, zero, zero notes for that. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you had no notes. >> yeah, no. >> jimmy: no notes for that song. her name is maggie rogers. >> yeah. >> jimmy: people saw this clip. it went viral. her song now, has been streamed over 20 million times on spotify. >> yeah. >> jimmy: because of you. >> no. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: because of you. >> no way, it's not because of me. >> jimmy: no, it is. >> no, no, no. >> jimmy: i know you're going to give her credit, but then our music booker, julie, she heard the song, we booked her on our show, february 20th. [ cheers and applause ] that's awesome, man. i just think it's great. >> man, you heard the music man. you really heard the music. >> jimmy: i love -- we love music here, man, and we love positivity. so thanks again. let's talk about this. 'cause this is -- what a -- what an interesting day to talk about this film. >> man, three african-american female protagonists, who are not best friends or conso

if you can't afford your medication, astra zeneca may be able to help. >>> pharrell willi >>> pharrell williams can move a little bit. >> you don't want to see that. it's not very good. >> we're scrambling to readjust our show with the breaking news of charlie feldman, savannah's beautiful baby and we will have a conversation with jessica chastain, someone who knew she wanted to be an actress since she was a little girl. >> i remember being in elementary school and everyone talks about, what will you be? >> i will be la will be an actor. i always remember the adults looking at me like -- >> isn't she sweet? >> isn't she sweet? you're not, okay, good for you. >> who's laughing now. she has a new movie out, people talking about oscar for miss sloane. a conversation with jessica chastain on sunday today. >> what are the chances you get the first interview with charlie >> i saw the first poop. >> there you go. lawyer wins again. >>> what you need to know before getting a dog. a lot of people get a dog around the holidays. >>> coming up, farrell williams and calzone. >> i can't wait. i'm st

. >> after the basketball team's 77th win over colgate, the brother of junior guard, mat pharrell, was supposedly sending a message from afghanistan on a jumbo tron. but, what matt and the rest of the pharrell family did not know, bo was actually in the arena, head coach and few other staffers were in on the surprise. >> the salvation army experiencing a rise in donations after a football player makes a surprising celebration gesture. >> in the end zone ... >> that would be dallas cowboys running back, elliot, celebrating touchdown against tampa bay sunday night. jumping into a big salvation army kettle on the side lines. the salvation army said donations winds up 50% immediately after the celebration, and donations before the amount of $21, elliot of course wears number 21. he just had an incredible year. not that we're cowboy fans around here. >> no, no, no. ways going say, you better watch your words. >> but you can appreciate -- >> the gesture, yes. >> and can you imagine if he got hurt if he did that, though, jumping in there? >> oh, ya. and i think then insure every part of their

pharrell. he's hitting our stage and getting you "happy" for the weekend. >>> tune in for our amazing "freebie friday" giveaway. >>> and you'll go crazy for the big calzone. the tasty twist on the italian classic. coming up right now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> it is friday morning, december 9th. all right, baby. look at that crowd. pharrell is going to be performing one more song for us. and it is a spectacular. we heard him rehearsing earlier >> "freebie friday"! >> i live for "freebie friday." there's nothing more spectacular than free bee friday. >> we also have something for you as well at home. >> do not leave your chairs at home. you're just going to be so with this. guess what we' happy about? >> this just in. >> a new member of our family savannah and her husband, mike, welcomed this little bundle of joy. >> not so little. >> savannah said in the text, bruiser. 9 pounds 8 ounces. his name, charles max feldman. charl

pharrell, music, you get steve and me. mr. straight arrow.t you hats. politics and culture are together. they are the same thing, this collection, whatever you think of it, culture and politics are together. we got to put it all together. merry christmas to everybody. happy new year. >> thank you so much. >> i was just going to say, you're not mr. straight arrow. we've been watching you for years. >> yes. >> yeah. >> and your interviews is and the way that you keep people straight is amazing, and when people veer off and they don't answer the question, there's no one that slices through it better than you. >> thank you. that's not in the script. we'll be right back. per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty, the quicker picker upper >>> well, here we are at the end of the year. a good time for me to thank all the people that bring "hardball" to you night after night.

pharrell, music, you get steve and me. mr. straight hour. you can keep the mugs, we'll get you hats. politics and culture are together. they are the same thing, this collection, whatever you think of it, culture and politics are together. we got to put it all together. merry christmas to everybody. happy new year. >> thank you so much. >> i was just going to say, you're not mr. straight hour. we've been watching you for years. >> yes. >> yeah. >> and your interviews is and the way that you keep people straight is amazing, and when people veer off and they don't answer the question, there's no one that slices through it better than you. >> thank you. that's not in the script. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ well, if you want to sing out, sing out ♪ ♪ and if you want to be free, be free ♪ ♪ 'cause there's a million things to be ♪ ♪ you know that there are ♪ and if you want to be me, be me ♪ ♪ and if you want to be you, be you ♪ ♪ 'cause there's a million things to do ♪ ♪ you know that there are ♪ choose. choose. choose. but at bedtime... ...why settl

pharrel his project that teamed up withw his taraji p. henson.r hottest holiday gifts. >> our hottest tv during the next hour tucker will be formedr into the grinch. no ba hum bugs here.ere. the 10a starts now.ow. ♪♪ >> yes. yes. >> whoa! >> wow! >> that hurts just looking at it. >> oh, my gosh. >> whoo! >> ville lot social security.l t >> i don't know how they do it. 11-year-old so jealous because e most kids --ids >> well done. well done. ause ]ause ] >> amazing. well well done. >> did you say did you that whet you were 11? >> when i was 11 remember uh-uh used to carry around the littlee lynn knoll lee yum thing g sohig impressive. they do it in -- you saw sneak e peek there. we'll get performance later in l the show. the show. >> they're going to really dance. dance. >> it has different spin it to.p a different twist to it you it don't expect when it comes to, it's very cool. thanks ait lot for them coming i today. to we'll talk about the red bull rl flying later on i'm steveer on t alongside holly, maureen, wisdos is off today.is ood allison

pharrell. he's hitting our stage and getting you "happy" for the weekend. >>> tune in for our amazing "freebie friday" giveaway. >>> and you'll go crazy for the big calzone. the tasty twist on the italian classic. coming up right now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> it is friday morning, december 9th. all right, baby. look at that crowd. pharrell is going to be performing one more song for us. and it is a spectacular. we heard him rehearsing earlier

and pharrell's attendance led to this classic hillary clinton joke attempt. >> are you really, really, really happy that we're here tonight? >> seth: ugh -- i am telling you, if hillary wins, the toughest transition is going to be from the smooth comic styling's of barack obama to her wooden mom jokes. [ laughter ] that's right. i'm happy. in fact, i'm so happy i feel like a room without a roof, and by that i mean a glass ceiling that has been broken and i see [ cheers and applause ] then, on friday hillary pulled out all the stops holding a get out the vote rally with jay-z and beyonce, who performed with her backup dancers dressed entirely in pant suits. of course, seeing the concerts success, trump's backup dancers tried to steal some of beyonce's thunder. [ cheers and applause ] the beyonce performance also produced the worst cnn split screen in history. >> there were electoral votes by congressional districts. that district in omaha is up for grabs. if he's able to win that district boom, he's at 270 electoral votes. >> seth: in what world is it okay to mute beyonce so the map gu

. >> pharrel williams is here. he is going to talk to plus robert introducing the reuben from subway a sandwich as full of intrigue as it is flavor. some say it was invented by deli owner arnold reuben. others, by reuben kulakofsky during a poker game. and some insist it was hollywood starlet marjorie rambeau in a fit of crazed hunger. seriously. the reuben's past may be debatable, but its great taste is not. stacked with lean corned beef, bavarian-style sauerkraut, swiss cheese, and thousand island dressing on new freshly-baked rye bread.

. >> after the basketball team's win over colgate, lieutenant bo pharrell sends a message to his brother, matt, a junior guard on the team. he was in afghanistan, but the brother was actually in the arena. his family didn't know it either. but the coach and staff were in on the surprise homecoming. can't get enough of that. the children's hospital of philadelphia expecting huge delivery today thanks to family in burlington county, new jersey, 3,000 toys load into a truck to be donate today chop. the massive donation was spear headed by the levin family of marlton, young son suffers from a traumatic brain injury. children from local schools helped load the toys into the truck, and over 06 schools, businesses, and community members, donated the toys. >>> well, it is a very special day here at cbs-3. speaking of toys, still ahead on "eyewitness news", a live look now at our parking lot, where we are rounding up, loading up, all of the wonderful toys given by so many generous people, all to make sure a child has a wonderful holiday. justin? >> that truck is getting full. time to think about

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pharrell will be here on friday. so if if you're in the area, make your plans now join us. we're expecting a really big crowd for that. >>> meanwhile, inside the studio 1a. some of the stories making headlines today. hundreds gathered in oakland, california, last night to honor the victims of that devastating warehouse fire. more vigils are planned later this week. investigators still trying to charges are possible. >>> police in los angeles are stepping up security after subway stations across the city this morning. after an anonymous phone call to a public safety line. the caller claimed a terror attack was planned for today. officials say they aren't taking any chances as they work to determine the credibility of that call. >>> and president-elect donald trump heads to the next stop of his post-election thank you tour. tonight he'll hold a rally at a coliseum in carolina, where mr. trump will officially announced that james mad dog mattis is his choice for secretary of defense. similar events planned for thursday night in iowa and friday in grand rapids, michigan. >>> me

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. >> pharrell williams performs live. he is going to heat it up when we see you here.>> temple fans and temple alums are very proud to see a tamron affiliate for lester in the nightly news. i think lester is back. >> all right, temple may. >> temple may, temple tough. see you in a little bit. >>> time to get another look at our forecast. it is friday. tgif. is it really? it is so cold out there. we have that arctic blast in full effect. it is really the story right now. look at how gorgeous it is outside? this is deceptive. it is pretty nice. we are mainly seeing mostly clear skies for today. current temperature right now in the 30s, westerly is up to 10 miles per hour. that really is not the issue as far as sky conditions go. however, temperatures and the wind profile would be. 31 degrees. west mt. airy, 29. fox chase at 31. summer t summerton at 29 degrees. lehigh valley, keeping it chillier. also, seeing 1 degree warmer at easton and nazareth, 30 degrees for you. this is your three-day outlook. i want to show you what to expect. we are not going to have an issue as

cheers and applause ] then later this week, robert de niro will be here. [ cheers and applause ] pharrellwill be here. dwayne johnson will be joining us. it's going to be good. but first, we have a fantastic show tonight. he stars opposite jennifer lawrence in the new movie, "passengers," chris pratt is here. [ cheers and applause ] i love that guy. >> steve: he's a good dude. >> jimmy: later in the show, chris and i are doing something fun called "mad lib theater." be sure to stick around for that. [ cheers ] plus, she's a terrific actress. she's fantastic every time she comes on the show. she stars in and directed her first movie. it's called "all we had," the wonderful katie holmes is on the show. [ cheers and applause ] the director. did the whole thing. and we got great music. did you hear rehearsal today? >> tariq: i didn't hear it. >> jimmy: oh's >> tariq: yeah. maroon 5 is here. doesn'ev [ cheers and an gruss." hereotr places and thent boot to the head. >>im she was shopping for some >>ngtexas.she und. [ laughter and applae plau ] >> jimmy: i can't -- give me a but we asked and th

. >> and they get pharrell williams?e were no blacks on that, no less wednesday, no disabled, i'm offended, i have been triggered. i am upset. they are afraid, not worried that trump will be a bad president, but at this important they are worried he will be a successful president. they are terrified of the process. i can not speak for the resolution babies&guys but blacks western on the titanic and western not on this ship, either, we don't wait for the fire. it's over. let's go. this ship has sunk. >> we know when it is over. wrap the cord. it is over. all the poor people cannot let go. >> now, talking about the hacking thing that going on, tom, what should the united states be doing about this? president obama said we will retaliate but question not send steven see gal over there because he is there. >> obama did not do anything then. they hacked into the d.n.c. computers but this is the yom low cake story this is the yellow cake story of 2016, buzzing about nothing. >> the yellow cake is not what you think. >> i was n

. >> that's called "crave" by pharrell williams because he's craving a little bahamas right now. >> wow, by the way, it's biting cold outside. it's going to get colder as the day goes on. >> we're going to go to our holiday party today. all the nbc "today" show group. >> we do it at noon. >> because we've all b kitchen. >> they're hot. >> we never know who's sort of going to find one another in our kitchen. >> there's something happening here. >> zach braff -- >> we can sense the sexual tension. >> i think it might be the early morning wine. >> you two are cute together. >> we have them both here today for separate reasons. new jersey actor zach braff is here. he's getting behind the camera. you'll be getting an exclusive first look. >> we're going to see the trailer before anybody. one of our favorite chefs, everybody love s ina, ina gartnr is in the kitchen. >> what are you making? >> potato pancakes and pru shed ta with fresh jam. >> she makes it look easy. >> also, what else? >> our girl bobbie thomas is going to help santa stuff must-haves. all the things you need for beauty lovers

cheers and applause ] then later this week, robert de niro will be here. [ cheers and applause ] pharrell williams will be here. dwayne johnson will be joining us. it's going to be good. but first, we have a fantastic show tonight. he stars opposite jennifer lawrence in the new movie, "passengers," chris pratt is here. [ cheers and applause ] i love that y. >> steve: he's a good dude. >> jimmy: later in the show, be sure to stick around for that. [ cheers ] plus, she's a terrific actress. she's fantastic every time she comes on the show. she stars in and directed her first movie. it's called "all we had," the wonderful katie holmes is on the show. [ cheers and applause ] the director. did the whole thing. and we got great music. did you hear rehearsal today? >> tariq: i didn't hear it. >> jimmy: oh, it's fantastic. he's got a good band with him too like -- >> tariq: pino's here, everybody's here. >> jimmy: steve jordan's here. >> tariq: yeah. [ talking over each other ] >> jimmy: pino paldi on bass, james valentine from maroon 5 is here. he's going to play with them. [ applause ] and this

. >> pharrell, the music gets to even me. >> we can keep the mugs?d culture are together. they're the same thing. this collection, whatever you think of it, culture and politics are together. we got to put it all together. merry christmas to everybody. >> thank you so much. >> i was just going to say, you're not mr. straight hour. we've been watching you for years. >> yes. >> and your interviews is and the way that you keep people straight is amazing, and when people veer off and they don't answer the question there's no one that slices through it better than you. >> thank you. >> that's not in the script. we'll be right back. thank you. ♪ ♪ see ya next year. this season, start a new tradition. experience the power of infiniti now, with leases starting at $319 a month. infiniti. empower the drive. two words: it heals.e different? how? with heat. unlike creams and rubs that mask the pain, thermacare has patented heat cells that penetrate deep to increase circulation and accelerate healing. let's review: heat, plus relief, plus healing, equals thermaca

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[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: and we got great music from john mayer, pharrell williams, and gary clark jr. the whole week. [ cheers and applause ] but first, we have a great show tonight. we love it when this one stops . her netflix talk show just got picked up for a second season. the very funny, the awesome, chelsea handler is here tonight. >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we love chelsea handler, come on. him acting alongside emma stone and ryan gosling in the fantastic, unbelievable, new movie, "la la land." plus, he has a brand-new album that's just out right now. it's called "darkness and light." the very talented john legend is dropping by. >> steve: oh! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he's a new dad, too. congratulations, john legend. "darkness and light." we're going to talk to john, and then, he's going to perform his single, "penthouse floor." it's going to be good tonight, yeah. i went to a -- i had a fun night laig i went to see "the bronx tale." >> steve: mm-hmm. >> jimmy: "a bronx tale." it's a musical. they made a musical out of the movie, chazz

[ cheers and applause ] we also have pharrell williams in the house. [ cheers and applause ] then on friday, dwayne johnson will be joining us. [ cheers and applause ] plus kevin nealon and gary clark jr. and thank you notes. it's going to be a good show on friday. but first we have a fantastic show tonight. from the new film, "collateral beauty", edward norton it here. [ cheers and applause ] what an ac >> jimmy: he's a good dude. a great, great, great actor. plus, he's had a breakout year. from the giant new movie, "rogue one: a star wars story", riz ahmed is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] he can rap, too. 's a good rapp. this, you guys.ry excited about tonit, the president of "nintendo of america", reggie fils-amie, is here tonight! something new from nintendo. he won't say. >> steve: ooh, don't even. >> jimmy: probably the -- the app on the -- on the iphone that's coming up. "run, mario, run", that he's probably going to show us. but anything nintendo is so fun. and i -- i just feel like he's going to do something tonight that's going to be really cool. but i -- nintendo is

>> jimmy: we had pharrell on. >> yeah. >> jimmy: who's composing and producing the film. >> yep. >> jimmyw her face. who is this actress?" >> i know. she's amazing in it. >> jimmy: and she was great in it. >> she really is. >> jimmy: i didn't know she was an actor. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and then kevin costner, we haven't had him on. >> kevin is great in it too. >> jimmy: i'm just naming people in the movie. >> well now, you know, has he ever been on? >> jimmy: taraji. taraji's a power. >> octavia. >> jimmy: oh, so good. but explain the story for people who don't know about "hidden figures." >> for those who don't know. at its heart, this is a movie '60s and getting a man into space, john glenn, specifically. and the hidden figures are three black women. octavia's character, janelle's and taraji's, who were really instrumental in this process, and we just didn't know about them until recently. and so, we're telling their part of the story, which is a a tremendous story, and it's very -- the first time i read it, i was like, i'veaid this again [ inaudible ]. i was like, "what?" i finished and