. >> dave: russell crowe is in the movie. >> yes. >> dave: your buddy russell crowe. started to sing, did people giggle? that was a problem? ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> oh, my god. >> dave: was there any of that? >> no. >> dave: now, you guys are countrymen, right? >> yes. i own my career toerous crowe. >> dave: in what sense? >> he turned down "wolverine," and he suggest me for it 12 years ago. ( cheers and applause ). >> dave: wow, pretty cool. >> a great mate. he is a great friend. he also turned down the role i played in australia. so i've been coming off the bench for russell my entire career. >> dave: you know, he turned down this show. >> i heard. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> dave: thank you, russell. tell me about your-- you have a nine-year-old son. >> i have a 12-year-old. you have a nine-year-old son. >> dave: i have a nine-year-old son. ( laughter ) tell me-- give me one story about your 12-year-old. let me hear kind of what i might have ahead of me. >> well, i don't know about you, like i love sports. i love skiing. a lot of things i love, my wife doesn'

featuring russell crowe.ro dark thirty" put it, now this is torture. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] too much. i said, i think this is too much. [ applause ] i was watching the oscars last night, and i was having fun. they were showing -- of course i didn't get invited. [ laughter ] and they were showing a lot of cutaways of different celebrities. and i realized that if you take a -- if you pause it and just take a freeze frame of someone's face at the right time, you can make it look like they're high. [ light laughter ] it works with anyone. let me show you what i'm talking about. there's daniel day-lewis right there. [ laughter ] then we have tommy lee jones. yeah, there you go. [ laughter ] you have hugh jackman. hey, buddy. [ laughter ] look at ben affleck. we have christoph waltz. and even george clooney. hey, dude! [ laughter ] [ scattered applause ] this is interesting, though. last night, for the first time in almost 20 years, there was a tie in one of the categories. it was for best sound editi

tonight, jay welcomes -- russell crowe, eli roth,

now, before i let you go in, russell crowe is walking behind.nk he's going in and will do what you needed to do. what do you think about seth? how did he do? >> i love seth. i've always loved him. after tonight i love him even more. >> yes. >> he's brilliant. >> have a good time. sorry that you didn't win but we're glad that "silver linings playbook" got you. have a great time tonight. we're going to send it back to you as i almost trip over the hedge outside the governor's ball here. we see the a-list starting to arrive. i'm keeping my eagle eye out for all of those big winners. i'll try to snatch them for you. >> excellent. when jackie called me a pom it's what australians call the british. it's a rather derogatory phrase. let me come to john quickly. jennifer lawrence rising star. brilliant actress and such fun in any kind of interview environment or press conference. >> very charming, very spontaneous. both such brilliant talents. that's what you get to see. whoever gets the focus and it can be any up with of the five members of that nominat

. >> i don't know who decided to have jennifer hudson open for russell crow. i thought she should have gone last. don't you agree? >> she sounded great. it was a huge performance. >> for me barbara streisand was great. adele singed within her herself and had a few mike issues. i don't think we got the full one. is she still struggling with the nose problem. >> i don't know personally. she's fantastic. amazing singer. it takes you in this weird head space. i don't know how she is but i feel like since she's head it, she's maybe held back a bit. you're a little timid so maybe that's what she was feeling or maybe it's like they didn't turn up the volume. i don't know. >> a big night for ben affleck. let's listen to something he said tonight. >> i thank everyone on the movie. i want to thank canada. our friends in iran living in terrible circumstances. i want to thank my wife who i don't normally associate with iran. i want to thank you for working on our marriage for ten christmases. it's the best kind of work. there's no one i'd rather work with. >> ben affleck

monday night, russell crowe will be here. but "jimmy fallon" is up next. have a great weekend.-bye! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome, everybody. come on. thank you so much. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon." i am so excited. we have first lady michelle obama on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] i plan to ask her some serious questions like, "do you think that i could pull off bangs?" [ laughter ] that's right, michelle obama is here. everyone at the white house is excited. in fact, i heard they're even letting biden stay up to watch. isn't that nice? [ laughter ] that's cute, right? he's been good. with the first lady here today there's a lot of additional security around the studio. on my way in i was grabbed, frisked and groped. li

and russell crowe as noah. >> saying our arc is bigger than your arc. >> so have the kids seen it yet>> here's the best news of all. is last week, two of our kids agreed to screen a portion of it last week for their entire high school. >> and said what was the most heard comment from your fellow teens at your school? they said that's really cool. so we felt hey, we've got something right. you know what? the bible, it's really cool. >> i am coming soon. >> "the bible" premieres on the history channel this sunday. and speaking of biblical proportions, this is the crowd today that cheered on pope benedict xvi as he made his historic departure from the vatican. we'll have the latest from rome next. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for

tonight, jay welcomes -- russell crowe, eli roth, the music of robert randolph with the slide brotherse visit the "vanity fair" oscar party. and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: hi, guys. thank you very much! [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "the tonight show." thank you. thank you. well, first off -- [ cheers and applause ] congratulations to our good friend, ben affleck. "argo" won the academy award. best picture, yes. [ cheers and applause ] very happy for ben. yeah. man, that makes the second time lincoln has had a bad experience in the theater. that's the second time. [ laughter ] michelle obama announced the winner for best picture last night from the white house. that came as a surprise. but, you know, something happened. i thought maybe -- i thought this was a bit rude. take a look. >> mrs. obama, do you have your envelope? >> and the oscar goes to -- [ drumroll ] >> "argo." [ laughter and applause ] >> jay: wow. and "life of pi" took home four oscars. it's ab

. >> they should have used the jaws playoff movie during the russell crowe solo.ful. >> and craig i will be using that picture with me with the long hair. that's going to be my twitter of a vaw tar when i get home. ufc holds first woman's fight. kennedy you said if danica patrick, what does it take to put your foot on the accelerator. it is a lot more than you snobby american. >> i had a kawasaki kx100. i did motorcross for a longtime. >> you think this is a bigger deal than danica? obviously danica was doing what she was doing side by side with men where the women are still segregated. >> you changed my mind. until such a pushover -- i am such a pushover. >> are you advocating having the women fight the men? >> no. >> bill, i am with you on the arm bar thing. >> i don't even like hearing the words. i have gotten sensitive in my old age and i can't look at an old theismann clip and i can't think of that. >> it is the only time you hear the word bar and are not excited. >> arm bar sounds like a wonderful persian name. >> i am done apparently. >> that was fast. go a

they all nailed it, including russell crowe. it was great. >> yeah. the music was great. all the years of the bond film all the way through to adele. >> and shirley bassey singing "goldfinger," wow! >> she still has that voice. she nailed it. >> what was your favorite moment? >> near the end of the night, ben affleck's acceptance speech. he came up there with that same youthful exuberant speech, with a beard. from that moment in 1998 down to a bit of a career trough and back up. the way he explained it and talked about working through it. >> and his message about no grudges at a time, of course, when he was snubbed by the oscars for best director but his film went on to win anyway. his message was so important and so powerful. great reminder to all of us. >> i love how he addressed his wife, too. >> and how you pick yourself up. by the way, the handwriting on his hand, as we reported earlier, his little girls had written messages, i heart you dad. >> got me right there. >> take two, a lot of people talking about the host last night, seth mcfarlane. he hosted the oscars fo

>> i think seth macfarlane is very funny and russell crowe singi singing qles mis," don't sing.. he's a cast and they're singing a medley of songs. >> you're looking to seth macfarlane, what he can offer? >> he's a talented guy. oscars need help. ratings are down. to put it in perspective, in 2000 almost 50% of the people watching tv were watching the oscars. by 2012 only 34% of people watching tv were watching the oscars. it needs a little boost, like all the award shows, they've hurt the oscars. there's no more surprise. >> how would you fix it, if you could? >> first, give me one of these. that changes everything. america would tune in, who's this idiot getting an oscar? >> i didn't think you liked them. now you want your own. >> no, no, i'm not bad-mouthing the oscars or people who win it -- >> who do you think would win? >>

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. >> how did people come from countries like australia, new zealand, i think of russell crowe and naomits, how did they learn to talk philly? you have the mother who talks philly. how are you teaching these accents when they're directing? people watching from my neighborhood say yeah. >> jacki weaver was nominated for a movie called "animal kingdom" when we were out with "the fighter." she is a phenomenal actress who soaked it up. we talked about the season when the eagles beat the cowboys, we soaked that up. we heard about the uncle who moved the remotes to point to the end zone, you better not touch them because they point to the end zone. this is all specific. >> where did you come up with zsu-zsu. i believe that something i'm doing in that room is going to affect -- i know everybody that somehow the way you sit, the way you move, did you leave the room for the beer, no, you got to stay here, that that somehow affects the results of the game. we all believe that. >> sometimes i end up thinking when i'm not watching my team, they do better. sometimes i think that too. you have that su

>> i think seth macfarlane is very funny and russell crowe singi singing qles mis," don't sing. he's horrible. >> he's not singing is it? >> he is. he's a cast and they're singing a medley of songs. >> you're looking to seth macfarlane, what he can offer? >> he's a talented guy. oscars need help. ratings are down. to put it in perspective, in 2000 almost 50% of the people watching tv were watching the oscars. by 2012 only 34% of people watching tv were watching the oscars. it needs a little boost, like all the award shows, they've hurt the oscars. there's no more surprise. >> how would you fix it, if you could? >> first, give me one of these. that changes everything. america would tune in, who's this idiot getting an oscar? >> i didn't think you liked them. now you want your own. >> no, no, i'm not bad-mouthing the oscars or people who win it -- >> who do you think would win? >> you, of course, randi kaye, don lemon who is sweet every saturday night, my parents, my girlfriend -- >> we're out of time. cue the music. thank you. >> nice seeing you. >> i'm susan hendricks. thanks fo

. >> how do people that come to this country from, like, australia, new zealand, i think of russel crowey learn to talk philly? how do you teach them these accents when you're directing? people watching from my neighborhood say yeah. >> jackie weaver was nominated for animal kingdom. she's a phenomenal actress who just soaks it up. we soaked up the homemades. they told us about the 2008 season when the eagles beat the cowboys at the end. we heard about the uncle who moved the remotes to point to the end zone and said you better not touch them. >> i somehow believe that something i'm doing in that room is somehow going to affect, the way you sit, the way you move, that somehow, that affects the results of the game. we all believe that. >> sometimes i end up thinking when i'm not watching my team, they do better. sometimes i think that, too. >> well, i used to be a fampb. if i rooted for holy cross or notre dame, it would kill them. i didn't mention them aum this year because i said if i say something identifying them, they're going to lose the next game. >> and the night before the oscars

greatest army of all, the roman legions, a pretty formidable force even when they were not led by russell crowe. [laughter] they bested every, every power in their neighborhood. but rome, as we also know, was ultimately brought down, sacked in the fifth century. and what was responsible for the downfall of rome? well, rome was much like the united states in that it did not have great power rivals. it was not surrounded by great states other than the path onor persian empire. ultimately, it was basically surrounded by those that it labeled as barbarians. and how did the barbarians fight? well, they did not have organized militaries. they did not have centaur yangs, they did not have the infrastructure of roman legions. they fought in a very different style. and yet, ultimately, they were successful. the fall of rome was precipitated by the invasion of europe in the fourth century by a fierce group of warriors known as the huns. and a fourth century historian, a roman historian, left a very interesting and perceptive description of how the huns fought. he said: they are very quick in their operat

. >> stephanie: we were talking about russell crowe during the break.ht he sang very well in the movie. >> i do, too. >> clear, tenor voice. he hit the notes. he has no natural have been verb rat toe. hugh jackman has too much. ♪ i were king of the forest ♪ >> i thought russell crowe last night and in the movie, he was fine. >> stephanie: i think so, too. >> there we go! >> stephanie: governor mary fallon republican of oklahoma. >> certainty of sequestration is harming our states and our national economy. >> stephanie: yeah. a lot of governors are warning about what the effects will be. >> they have no idea if they're going to have funding as of friday for various things. >> stephanie: governor john hickenlooper of colorado. >> this is something that nobody wants. it is not a balanced, thoughtful compromise. >> the republicans seem to want it. they want the economy to crash and they want to blame obama for it. >> stephanie: interesting story speaking of governors. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] we were talking to rick scott. we're going talk to the rude p

even though russell crowe was in the cast. former oscar host, now best actor nominee have for seth macfarlane? >> the best advice i got was from steve martin. he said, the first 45 minutes is the best audience you'll ever have in your life because in that room, everybody is way more nervous than you. he says, from that moment on, after 45 minutes, the room is filled with losers, not winners. so, just get to the end. hurry up. nothing you do is going to be funny. i pretty much took that advice. >> reporter: jackman doesn't miss being tongue-tied, meeting his fellow nominees. >> i declare these people emancipated. >> i blurted out, it's great to meet you. i think brando, in the '50s. then, de niro. and obviously meryl streep. and i think daniel day-lewis, not only are the great actors of their time, but actually changed acting. >> reporter: the oscars are also a celebration of fashion. so, what will he and his wife, deb, be wearing on the big night? >> we're the tom ford couple. and she knows what it is. but of course, she will

>> russell crowe could take some lumps, right? >> reporter: and how far will he go? >> yeah. >> reporter: fair enough. i would suggest everybody fasten their seat belts. we had some things we couldn't put in the interview. a lot of things we couldn't put in the interview. we'll see what happens when there's a seven-second delay or not. i'm not sure. it will be interesting. >> i think he'll go for it. >> what's he got to lose? >> thanks, amy. >>> let's keep the countdown going. we have a new visit to the "gma" actors studio. we had a go with our version of the tiger from "life of pi." a testy interview with the teddy bear star of "ted." >> potty mouth. >> now, something a bit more elevated. my sit-down with our star of "lincoln." >> this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom. a government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. >> there had to be a lot of challenges to shoot. >> ah, challenges offend thee. i was wearing this. give them a little shock. hello? i had a lot of lines. and not a lot of time to memorize t

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i mean, first one coming out is "noah" with russell crowe. >> brad pitt will be pontius pilate. >> that. we made it 'cause we love the bible. we have also think there is a sense of biblical illiteracy, embarrassingly within american right now. >> brian: did your tv series let america know or that they care, the success of your tv series let everybody know you can put out a series that had the right values? >> i think absolutely. i think people are hungry for hope. people are hungry for meaning in their lives. people are hungry for god. and the series presents the bible in fresh, visual ways, but ultimately i think it will connect in their hearts. >> steve: it sounds terrific and we've seen a little of it so we look forward to seeing it. it will premiere sunday on the history channel at 8:00 p.m. eastern, march 3. you can find the series on dvd a month later. >> brian: what is harder, dealing with the bible or donald trump, and especially "celebrity apprentice"? >> he's watching right now. he watches you guys all the time. you're wearing his tie. >> steve: absolutely. >> brian: and i got