viola davis. in search for 2020." >> the most human trait is to want to know why. and in a year that tested everyone around the world, "why" was searched more than ever. >> the spread of the coronavirus has passed a significant milestone. >> while we didn't find all the answers, we kept asking. some questions inspire d. others, excitement. >> life in the bubble, whoo! >> is that me? >> yes. >> is that me? >> yes. >> i don't know what an improper fraction is. >> keep distractions out of the way. >> put it on there, start it up for me. >> what are y'all doing? it's still march. how many days in march? >> some questions made us cry. >> you know, we've been through our ups and been through our downs. i think the most part of important part is we all stayed together throughout. i love you guys! >> some made us worry about this spinning rock we call home. >> fires were detected in the amazon rain forest -- >> why were so many lives lost? >> almost 1.5 million people have died of covid-19 worldwide. >> w

tonight, viola davis, daveed diggs, and music from the bird and the bee featuring dave grohl. and now jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thanks. hi, i'm jimmy, the host of the show. thanks for watching. thanks for bundling up with us. guillermo and i would like to extend our warmest regards to those of you who are snowed in by what the weather channel has dubbed, "winter storm gail." it's a storm named after your mom's best friend from college. [ laughter ] in some parts of the northeast, they got more snow this week than all of last winter. people were forced to stay indoors. they couldn't travel or go to school. it was like every other day since march. [ laughter ] a blizzard on top of covid is like a hat on another hat. speaking of cold, white stuff. mike pence is expected -- [ laughter ] -- to get his first of two pfizer shots tomorrow. he and his wife karen are doing it on television to show that the vaccine is safe. i guess the thinking is, if it's good enough for america's first karen, it should be good enough for the rest of them too. [ laughter and applau

our arts editor, will gompertz spoke to viola davis and director george c.do. # i'm on my way # as crazy as i can be... you're playing ma rainey, the legendary mother of the blues. it's the 19205. she's a very powerful black woman who knows her status but she is in conflict with white producers who control to a certain extent her creativity. you could argue you are also a powerful black woman now, nearly 100 years later. has much changed in the entertainment industry? there is still a huge deficit in terms of being in the total position of power, so that we don't have to go to white producers or white studio execs and have to over explain our work and over explain our artistry. we still have to achieve that. you care nothing about me. all you want is my voice. we're at the beginning of a race that has been going on for 401 years. that's like saying, i've got to run for 50,000 miles and ijust started yesterday and i was walking. laughter we still have a long way to go. but i feel like at least there is movement. i'm going to get me a band and make me some rec

our arts editor, will gompertz spoke to viola davis and director george c.ng, one, two,. one, two, you know what to do. # i'm on my way # as crazy as i can be. you're playing ma rainey, the legendary mother of the blues. it's the 19205. she's a very powerful black woman knows her status but she is in conflict with white producers who control to a certain extent her creativity. you could argue you are also a powerful black woman now, nearly 100 years later. has much changed in the entertainment industry? there is still a huge deficit in terms of being in the total position of power, so that we don't have to go to white producers or white studio execs and have to over explain our work and over explain our artistry. we still have to achieve that. you care nothing about me. all you want is my voice. we're at the beginning of a race that has been going on for a01 years. that's like saying, i've got to run for 50,000 miles and ijust started yesterday and i was walking. laughter we still have a long way to go. but i feel like at least there is movement. i'm going t

of the 24 performers who have pulled off the feat, viola davis is currently the youngest, and the firsten the cameras roll, davis will rip your heart out, but with a surgeon's touch. she doesn't overwhelm, so much as she inhabits a role. perhaps because of this classical approach to the craft, she didn't vault to a-list status, but rather worked her way up, letter by letter. her next performance is davis in full ascent. she headlines a netflix movie, out later this month, adapted from august wilson's canon of plays. at age 55, davis put on weight and padding, put in gold teeth, and plays the irrepressible title character in the film" ma rainey's black bottom." >> ma rainey: ♪ my bell rang this morning ♪ didn't know which way to go >> wertheim: ma rainey was the real-life "mother of the blues," whose cabaret-style tent shows in the 1920s south led her to a lucrative recording career. >> ma rainey: ♪ daddy, daddy, please come home to me ♪ >> wertheim: ma sang from her gut and proudly declared her bisexuality in her lyrics. viola davis swivels into the character, a diva with heft. a role s

tony, emmy, oscar. >> viola davis, "how to get away with murder. >> reporter: viola davis earned themd >> you do. you get tired of fighting for it you know what? the hardest fight is the fight within yourself. i think once you've conquered that, you're good. >> reporter: now, she chooses whom she portrays. recently, it is ma rainey, the societal outcast who birthed the blues. >> want to call me mother blues, it's fine with me. don't hurt none. >> it is a big part and a small part of who she is other part of who she is, she is bisexual she's a woman who was dark skinned, who was heavy set, in the turn of the 20th century so she literally fit all of the characteristics of people who were rendered invisible. >> all they want is my voice >> reporter: invisible yet driven a role played perfectly by an actress who can relate. >> you know, my testimony is one of poverty let me tell you something about poverty. you're invisible >> reporter: if you've seen viola recite lines, wait until you hear her speak from the heart. >> we would go to bed and hear rats killing the pigeons in the roof every

our arts editor will gompertz spoke to viola davis and to the director george c wolfe.re playing ma rainey, the legendary mother of the blues. it's the 19205. she's a very powerful black woman knows her status but she is in conflict with white producers who control to a certain extent her creativity. you could argue you are also a powerful black woman now, nearly 100 years later. has much changed in the entertainment industry? there is still a huge deficit in terms of being in the total position of power, so that we don't have to go to white producers or white studio execs and have to over explain our work and over explain our artistry. we still have to achieve that. you care nothing about me. all you want is my voice. we're at the beginning of a race that has been going on for a01 years. that's like saying, i've got to run for 50,000 miles and ijust started yesterday and i was walking. laughter we still have a long way to go. but i feel like at least there is movement. i'm going to get me a band and make me some records. the character levee played by chadwick boseman w

>>he created a portrait of emmy award-winning actress viola davis. you may remember he received national attention for his portrait of vice president elect kamala harris. he did that with the golden gate bridge in the background even got a phone call from harris at the time viola davis also took time to thank tyler she tweeted this beyond flattered beyond inspired. you are a gift. thank you. >>one of the last surviving cast members of gilligan's island has died and has died of covid-19 dawn wells she played mary ann on the 1960 sitcom she was 82. she was born in reno nevada represented her state in the 1959, miss america, pageant quickly pivoting to an acting career early tv roles included appearances on 77 son struck a sunset strip maverick bonanza. and then came gilligan's island a goofy good-natured show it became an unlikely but indelible part of popular culture wells died at a living facility in los angeles. >>california department of motor vehicles more on that a little bit more weather. yeah, let's go with a check outside right now we do have

viola davis also took the time to think tyler in a tweet she said beyond flattered you are a gift.hank you. in sports. the forty-niners agree to an extension with one of their key sports director jason dumas has details on that also a preview of san >>financial hardships from the covid pandemic they have not only taken a financial toll on people but also on past in tonight's flying tails i checked in with the north bay animal sanctuary that's stepped up its efforts to help. if i get home. >>a steady line of cars paraded through the crosswalk community church parking lot in napa these are families in need and their pets are part of the family what a great time now that were not working, you know right get any kind of help we can get you've got the food you've got the but not very many people think about providing the pet and the animals need. >>just the same thing we james inhumane has been providing free pet food and supplies for more than 5 years notably during the wildfires that devastated northern california last summer. >>the pandemic has brought new pain and hardship and this

i think viola davis should start looking for an oscar dress. just saying.g, directing her first movie. i'm really excited about this for her. i think she is so talented. what are people saying about "one night in miami". >> she is so talented behind and in front of the camera. "one night in miami" is a fictionalized tale of the meaning of a ton of legends, malcolm x and muhammed ali. they neat a hotel room in miami in the 1960s. as you said this is regina king's directal debut. she debuted this film at the venice film festival. the first black female director to ever be at that festival. if she gets the nomination for best director, she will be first black female to get an oscar nomination in the directing category. >> wow. >> all right. a lot of hours. >> team rejean why right here. >> a love hours of my holiday is filled. thank you. >> thank you, elizabeth. >> we appreciate it. >>> ahead santa claus helped bring two young friends back together making a 7-year-old's christmas wish come >>> it's not even december 25th yet. that is 16 days and counting. sant

is the magnificent viola davis the legendary blues singer mog reigning in the film madre new black box it's also. stars chadwick boseman in his final roll. it's out now on netflix. and welcome to arts and culture more on that film a little bit later in the show and also coming up. the italian clothing label project so quick ticks all the boxes in its quest for a more sustainable and profitable fashion world. but 1st since early november the arts in germany have been experiencing what now applies to the whole country a 2nd hard lockdown all that means no concerts museums no opera or theater and here in berlin no club scene and after most entities actually took pains to implement corona hygiene plans the outcry was of course huge when they were shut down yet again while monica gotos the minister of state responsible for culture says the government is coming through with funds but nerves are frayed with a grim winter still ahead. germany is a nation of culture known as the land of poets and thinkers it hosts the largest book fair in the world and is home to 6800 museums nearly half of the

august wilson's stage play fences, earning a supporting actress oscar for violet davis, oscar for viola davis, alongside nods for best actor, best picture, and a posthumous screenwriting nomination for wilson. davis looks like an awards contender once again for her dynamite role as mother of the blues in ma rainey‘s black bottom, the latest screen adaptation of wilson's work on which washington again serves as producer. a—one, a—two, a—you know what to do. this'd be an empty world without the blues. i try to take that emptiness and fill it up with something. in 1920s chicago, the already humid atmosphere of a recording studio is made hotter by the broiling tensions between musicians, producers, and an increasingly recalcitrant star in a session to cut the titular song. most of the musicians are resigned to their lot, living modestly from gig to gig. but a young trumpet player — brilliantly played by chadwick boseman in his final screen role — has bigger plans. i ain't like you — i got talent. me and this horn, we is tight. if my daddy had know—ed i would turn out like this, he'd have named me

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they went viral, even got a phone call from paris has 4 viola davis. she took the time to thank him on twitter beyond flattered beyond inspired you are a gift. thank you tyler gordon, he is amazing so talented and in the east bay students are showcasing their musical talent in a movie pixar and disney's latest animated film soul features performances by 17 students from the oakland unified school district. edna brewer middle school's music director says his students were playing in a restaurant few years back when a producer from pixar heard the band and hire them. story next to date rain and snow muddying the midwest. we have details on a new year's storm. >>plus the san diego nurse vaccinated than a week later he test positive for coronavirus and stanford forced to explain another forced to explain another mi a drink with friends can turn into two, and a prescription can be stronger than you thought. stop! there are a lot of ways to get a dui. and a lot of ways to go-- text a friend, call a cab, share a ride. whatever you choose to do, go safely, cal

viola davis also took the time to thank tyler saying on twitter beyond flattered beyond.pired you are a gift. thank you. now we should see the highs in the mid 50's to lower 60's today, a weak storm will move into the bay area tonight into tomorrow morning and that second storm will then move across the region. thanks for joining us. >> today on "dr. phil"." >> adrian! >> an explosive family feud. because she said she was going to slit my throat ear to ear. >> the police had been called at least 20 times. >> dr. phil: what do you want out of today? >> actually -- >> excuse me. >> nobody is hearing anybody. >> dr. phil: come on. let's do it. this is a safe place to talk about our things. today is going to be a changing day in your life. i am not giving up on you. [cheers and applause]

tonight, viola davis, daveed diggs, and music from the bird and the bee featuring dave grohl.heers and applause ] >> jimmy: thanks. hi, i'm jimmy, the host of the show. thanks for watching. thanks for bundling up with us. guillermo and i would like to extend our warmest regards to those of you who are snowed in by what the weather channel has dubbed, "winter storm gail." it's a storm named after your mom's best friend from college. [ laughter ] in some parts of the northeast, they got more snow this week than all of last winter. people were forced to stay indoors. they couldn't travel or go to school. it was like every other day since march. [ laughter ] a blizzard on top of covid is like a hat on another hat. speaking of cold, white stuff. mike pence is expected --

in the film version of "ma rainey", viola davis plays the title character. >> the blues help you get of bed in the morning. you get up, you ain't alone. there's something else in the world, something been added by that song. >> it encapsulates exploitation, liberation of the music, violation of the spirit, what the blues does to the human condition, all in th one speech.wh an you have a thrilling actress like viola davis do it, it becomes, you surrender to it. and then you pull back and go, oh my god, the worldthe iverse just expanded while she was talking.e >> brown: al woman on whom the story is based, gertrude¡ ma' rainey, also expanded theer universe of an music. called "the mo blues", she performed with the likes of louis armstrong, mentored a young bessie smith. she worked for years in chicago but spent much of her life in the south. her columbus, georgia home is maw a museum. she was businessand star. >> she put on shows, i tnk there were like-- we see just a hint of it-- sometimes the shows she put there would be 50 performers. so sheas like, she was the southern black ziegfe

the blues does to the human condition, all in this one and when you have a thrilling actress like viola daviso it,s it becyou surrender to it.ec and then you pull back and go, oh my god, the world, the m universe just eanded while she was talking. >> brown: the real woman on whoy the ss based, gtrude'i b ma' rainey, also expanded theal universe of american music called "the mother of the blues", she perfmed with the likes of louis armstrong, mentored aoung bessie smith. she worked f years in chicago but spent much of her life in the south.ge her columbusgia home is now a museum. she was businesswom star. >> she put on shows, think the were like-- we e just a hint of it-- sometimes the shows she put on there would be 50 performers. so she was like, she was the will, in terms of genre and very successful. >> brown: the film is set around one of her chicago recording sessions. in the mid-'20s she recorded nearly 100 songs and had numerous hits. whites controlled the business, but 'ima' controlled the music. >> we'll be able to go w madam says we're ready and that's the way it go around t here.ys

is the magnificence viola davis and the legendary blues singer ma graining. in the film madre new black box from which also stars chadwick boseman in his final role. it's out now on netflix. and welcome to arts and culture more on that film a little bit later in the show and also coming up. the italian clothing labels project so quick ticks all the boxes in its quest for a more sustainable and beautiful fashion world. but 1st since early november the arts in germany have been experiencing what now applies to the whole country a 2nd hard lockdown all that means no concerts museums no opera or theater and here in berlin no club scene and after most entities actually took pains to implement corona hygiene plans the outcry was of course huge when they were shut down yet again while monica gotos the minister of state responsible for culture says the government is coming through with funds but nerves are frayed with a grim winter still ahead. germany is a nation of culture known as the land of poets and thinkers it hosts the largest book fair in the world and is ho

that is the magnificence viola davis in the role of legendary blues singer madre named in the film madre new black box which also stars chadwick boseman in his final roll. that's out now on netflix. and we thought welcome to arts and culture more on that film a little bit later in the show and also coming up. the italian clothing label project so quick ticks all the boxes in its quest for a more sustainable and quotable fashion world. but 1st since early november the arts in germany have been experiencing what now applies to the whole country a 2nd hard lockdown all that means no concerts museums no opera or theater and here in berlin no club scene and after most entities actually took pains to implement corona hygiene plans the outcry was of course huge when they were shut down yet again while monica gotos the minister of state responsible for culture says the government is coming through with funds but nerves are frayed with a grim winter still ahead. germany is a nation of culture known as the land of poets and think it's its host the largest book fair in the world and is home to 6800

he just finished painting actress viola davis.lances her career and family. she tweeted the video of him painting her and then wrote beyond flattered, beyond inspired. you are a gift. he is truly very talented. >> you know the most amazing thing about him as far as i can see, he's 14. he's talking about balancing. >> 14. >> balancing career and family at the age of 14. >> career and family. we're still trying to figure that out, terry. thanks so much for joining us. have a great night. >> goodnight. ♪ ♪

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and viola davis is a wild 1920 s. blues singer and model rainey's black bottom which features the final performance of the late actor chadwick boseman. if you can but the contenders for summer's biggest honor have never looked so diverse. oscar favorites include judas in the black messiah about the f.b.i. is infiltration of the black panther party. one night miami portrait of 4 civil rights giants as well including malcolm x. and muhammad ali. because we're all fighting a lot. in which director lee isaac chung tells his own immigrant story. redefine words somewhere his family moved from korea to arkansas on the 1980 s. . become farmers. through thing or in the acting categories pay close attention to anthony hopkins who turns in a late career master class as a patriarch suffering from dementia the father the bit confused something wrong. i mean. and in our night to kate winslet and social ronan as 1900 centuries fossil hunters and secret lovers. but the big oscar front runner is no mad land from director. frances mcdo

is the magnificent viola davis in the role of legendary blues singer ma grainy in the film mob rainey's black bottom which also stars chadwick boseman in his final roll. it's out now on netflix. and without it welcome to arts and culture more on that film a little bit later in the show and also coming up. the italian clothing label project so quit ticks all the boxes in its quest for a more sustainable and compatible fashion world. but 1st since early november the arts in germany have been experiencing what now applies to the whole country a 2nd hard lockdown all that means no concerts museums no opera or theater and here in berlin no club scene and after most entities actually took pains to implement corona hygiene plans the outcry was of course huge when they were shut down yet again while monica gotos the minister of state responsible for culture says the government is coming through with funds but nerves are frayed with a grim winter still ahead. germany is a nation of culture known as the land of poets and think it. is host the largest book fair in the world and is home to 6800 mus

viola davis swivels into the character, a diva, a role she didn't see herself playing at first. >> nol going i can't play ma rainey, i'm too young. you got to get a more formidable actress been out there 40, 50 years until i realized viola, you're actually a bit older than ma rainey is. >> i know that feeling. davis spoke about starring with chadwick boseman in what would be his final performance before his death from kol colon cancer. she also marks the final performance of chadwick boseman who died of colon cancer last august. >> we were watching a great artist absolutely give himself over to a role which is what you do. you give yourself, sacrifice yourself. >> you can see that full interview this sunday on "60 minutes" on cbs. >> good movie. i have already seen it. viola is terrific. i didn't recognize her at first. then to know it is chadwick's last movie, tugs at your heart. >> he is quite thin. >>> ahead, amy adams of "hillbilly elegy," why her life story draws her closer to her character in the movie. your local news coming at you next. down to the states coronavirus uptake. t

were with us yesterday, you may have seen my conversation with "ma rai rainy's black bottom" star viola davischadwick boseman because this was his last role before his untimely death at the age of 43. it's a performance that hit me hard because i lost my brother to the same disease colon cancer, 43 this conversation took place when i was traveling home for services i asked boseman, how boseman's presence, rather, on the set affected the cast. >> i got talent. man, this horn, we's tight. if my daddy had known i was going to turnout like this, he would have named me gabriel. >> it's a bittersweet moment when chadwick boseman appears on the screen as a musician in ma rainy's back bottom viola davis plays the mother of the real-life mother of the blues, ma rainy. the film set in chicago in the 1920s is an adaptation of the 1984 broadway play of the same name written by pulitzer prize winner august wilson >> go get the boy a microphone >> directed by george c. wolf, the story focuses on a recording session with ma rainy and her jazz band. a group of talented musicians with complicated relationship

all this week, we've got new shows with viola davis, kawhi leonard of the clippers, carey mulligan, daveedanis morissette, and post malone, with music from lewis capaldi, and the bird and the bee featuring dave grohl. four days ago, our first guest surprise released another album, her second of the lockdown. yesterday, she celebrated her 31st birthday, and tonight, she is here with us. her self-directed documentary, "folklore: the long pond studio sessions" is on disney+, and her new album is called "evermore." please say hello to taylor swift. >>> hi. >> happy birthday. >> thank you so much. >> did you have cake? how was it last night? >> i actually, prefer to hydrate we, i dehydrate, so there was a lot of drink, water, drink water. >> so, you mentioned, i know you mentioned it a couple of times. you were born on the 13th. i was also born on the 13th. so maybe they are right. and that you have been looking forward to this birthday, because 31 is 13 backwards. >> yeah, so until i turn 113 or 131, this will be the highlight of my life. the numerology thing, when it doesn't take over on its

she wants things her way or no way viola davis will be nominated for an academy award for her visceralerformance here but oddly her performance isn't the one that will be best remembered, turns out that this was the final film performance by the late chadwick boseman who died of colon cancer earlier this year and even more than his stunning performance is jackie robinson thurgood marshall james brown, even to charla in black panther boseman's performance here is tour de force as he poured his immense talent and every drop of emotion into the role of the trumpet player who dared to defy mariani to set out for future for himself. it's also hard not to think about the cancer treatment that he was going through while he was making this movie august wilson's poetic tone takes a little getting used to in the dialogue here but the supporting cast the gritty cinematography in the final product, his all top notch. it's a dean's list a streaming now on netflix and if you were one of the many people who took a pass on seeing christopher nolan's tenet in a theater last fall this weekend it's avail

and on thursday, viola davis, daveed diggs, and the bird and the bee featuring dave grohl. [ cheers andden globe-nominated actress and englishperson who married a mumford minus the sons. her new movie is called "promising young woman," it opens in theaters christmas day. please welcome carey mulligan. hi, carey, how are you? >> hi. i'm good. i like being described as an englishperson. >> jimmy: you are, you are. i have to tell you, after seeing your movie, your accent is so good. it is so unbelievably american that it is -- >> thank you. >> jimmy: -- actually shocking for me to be speaking to you in this pretend english accent that you have. [ laughter ] >> thank you, i've been working on my pretend english accent for a while. >> jimmy: you are in england right now, yes? >> i am, i am. >> jimmy: is that the best place to celebrate christmas? because to me it seems like it is. >> oh, 100%, yeah. we have all the things, yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, it's really -- it's built for christmas. in a way, christmas was -- not technically invented there, but kind of invented there, by charl

tomorrow night on our show, our guests are viola davis, daveed diggs, music from the bird and the beelling musician, songwriter, and producer, whose stage name means literally "an historical period after malone." his album "hollywood's bleeding" and single "circles" are nominated for three grammy awards, and you can see him headline the "bud light seltzer sessions presents new year's eve 2021" livestream event on new year's eve. please welcome post malone. [ cheers and applause ] how are you doing? >> how are you, sir? >> jimmy: how are you? good to see you. >> good to see you. >> jimmy: i'm happy to have you on the show tonight. but i have to say, not as happy as my dad is. my dad, and this is no joke, this is not something he's done for effect, is a very big fan of yours. he informed me of this about a year ago. in fact, he texted this to me. "heard my bud post is on the show tomorrow, say hi for me, just listening to circles." >> what a legend, yes, sir, he's a badass. [ laughter ] my dad's a big fan of yours as well. >> jimmy: oh, that's nice, all right. >> we can trade off if you

viola davis is on it who else >> jimmy: fantastic.istmas music in the u.k., i think is almost better than american music for me >> no. >> jimmy: well, there's songs that i love. i mean, "do they know it's christmas," "band-aid i'll take." but i will take "slade." i think there's -- ♪ i wish it could be christmas every day ♪ yeah, i like that one. >> yes, that's my favorite song growing up i loved it >> jimmy: really i love that song, that's not big in america at all. i like "can you stop the cavalry. i like cliff richard, "mistletoe and wine. i wanted to something -- i know cliff richard is not on the show, but i'm assuming he has been >> yes i would like to sing a little bit of that song for you, if that's okay. [ laughter ] i'll be right back i've got to put my own wardrobe on >> that's delightful >> jimmy: okay i'm getting changed now. >> do people in america know who cliff richard is >> jimmy: no, not really he had one giant hit here. did he do duet with olivia newton-john or no. >> he did "wired for sound," back in walkman days >

next week, we've got new shows with viola davis, kawhi leonard, carey mulligan, daveed diggs, christianrrisette with music from sabrina claudio, lewis capaldi, and the bird & the bee featuring dave grohl. and on monday, taylor swift. [ cheers and applause ] please join us for that. our first guest tonight you know as a girl in a quiet mary poppins place on the train who wears prada. [ laughter ] next, you can see her star alongside jamie dornan and christopher walken in the movie, "wild mountain thyme," it premieres in theaters and on demand tomorrow, please say hello to emily blunt. hi, emily. >> hi, jimmy, how are you? >> jimmy: how are you? >> i miss you. >> miss you too. this is really our time. this is the time where we would play pranks on each other and have all sorts of fun around the holidays. >> i know. i do miss your little christmas elf pranks. i miss you a lot. >> jimmy: are you in new york right now? and what are you drinking? >> just some water with lime cordial. >> jimmy: it looks dirty. [ laughter ] how's everything? how's the family doing? >> the family are really good

and viola davis is a wild 1920 s. blues singer and model rainey's black bottom which features the final performance of the late actor chadwick boseman. go for it if you can but of the contenders for summer's biggest on or have never looked so diverse. oscar favorites include judas in the black messiah about the f.b.i. is in full trace in of the black panther party. one night miami portrait of 4 civil rights giants as well including malcolm x. and muhammad ali. because they are writing a lot. and minorities in which director lee isaac chung tells his own immigrant story. redefine words the way his family moved from korea to arkansas on the 1980 s. . become farmers. through thing or in the acting categories pay close attention to anthony hopkins who turns in a late career master class as a patriarch suffering from dementia the father a bit confused something wrong. and in our night 2 kate winslet and social ronan as 1900 centuries fossil hunters and secret lovers. but the big oscar front runner is no mad land from direc

music from sabrina claudio. [ cheers and applause ] we have new shows all this week with guests viola davis the clippers, carey mulligan, daveed diggs, alanis morissette, and post malone, with music from lewis capaldi, and the bird and the bee featuring dave grohl. [ cheers and applause ] please join us for all of that. four days ago, our first guest surprise released her second album of the lockdown. yesterday, she celebrated her 31st birthday, and tonight, she is here with us. her self-directed documentary, "folklore: the long pond studio sessions" is on disney+, and her new album is called "evermore." please say hello to taylor swift. hi, taylor. >> hi. >> jimmy: happy birthday. >> thank you so much. >> jimmy: did you have -- are you hung over? did you have cake? how was it last night? >> i actually prefer to hydrate while i dehydrate, so there was a lot of drink, water, drink, water. >> jimmy: you mentioned -- i know you mentioned this a bunch of times, 13 is your lucky number. you were born on the 13th. most people think that is an unlucky number, i was also born on the 13th, so i don'

he just finished painting actress viola davis. he says he loves how davis balances her career and family. she tweeted the video of him painting her and then wrote beyond flattered, beyond inspired. you are a gift. he is truly very talented. >> you know the most amazing thing about him as far as i can see, he's 14. he's talking about balancing. >> 14. >> balancing career and family at the age of 14. >> career and family. we're still trying to figure that out, terry. thanks so much for joining us. have a great night. >> goodnight. ♪ ♪ >> steve: from rockefeller york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests - melissa mccarthy the original cast of "saved by the bell," a special performance from sheryl crow, and featuring the legendary roots crew and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: thank you very much, everybody. welcome. welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show," here, from new york city. [ cheers and applause hey, everybody thank you, roots let's g

is the magnificence viola davis in the role of legendary blues singer madre named in the film madre nice black box from which also stars chadwick boseman in his final role. that's out now on netflix. and red sox welcome to arts and culture more on that film a little bit later in the show and also coming up. the italian clothing label project so quit ticks all the boxes in its quest for a more sustainable and possible fashion world. but 1st since early november the arts in germany have been experiencing what now applies to the whole country a 2nd hard lockdown all that means no concerts museums no opera or theater and here in berlin no club scene and after most entities actually took pains to implement corona hygiene plans the outcry was of course huge when they were shut down yet again while monica gotos the minister of state responsible for culture says the government is coming through with funds but nerves are frayed with a grim winter still ahead. germany is a nation of culture known as the land of poets and think it's it hosts the largest book fair in the world and is home to 6800 mu

we're starting off with viola davis ready to take on her next project.iney's black bottom" said she felt sexy with all that padding in her costume, liberated with more ownership of her body in that film, which also stars the late great chadwick boseman. well, now she's sharing this toned up look with this posting on instagram for her next role as michelle obama. the former first lady. joking with the uk's graham norton about the challenge playing the former first lady who has such devoted fans. >> they don't want anything that's negative to touch her. now, as an actor you're like, okay, where's the nasty? where's the complexity? how am i going to do that with michelle obama? >> davis' role is for showtime's anthology series "first ladies." looking forward to that one. >>> the good old-fashioned singing telegram has gone virtual. i thought about just trying to sing that but you don't want that. a group of broadway actors, singers and musicians out of work because of the pandemic teaming up to bring you the broadway gram to help you celebrate all your spec

. ♪ >> reporter: at first, viola davis, who won a tony and an oscar for her work in "fences" didn't think want is my voice. i think that he captures our humou humor, as black people, our tragedies and traumas, and he humanizes us and allows us to talk. >> they come out, but they don't know how it got there. they don't understand it that that's life's way of talking. >> reporter: august wilson, who died of cancer 15 years ago, at age 60, was a master of language, who could capture the soul of human emotion in just a sentence or two. >> you can go up there and tell him, too. what you all say don't count with me on the stand. ma listened to her heart. ma listened to the voice inside her. >> reporter: how would you describe august wilson? >> oh, my gosh, power, courage, magnificent. >> reporter: wilson's widow remembers him as a genius who could, at times, be a handful to live with. what was it like being married to essentially a shakespeare? >> well, it wasn't always easy. i think that mrs. shakespeare was probably -- probably didn't have the best time living with somebody who is always work

he stars alongside viola davis in "ma rainey's black bottom." in. one fan tweeted truly one of the best performances i've ever seen. i really believe chadwick boseman gave everything he had to that character. another added chadwick boseman in "ma rainey's black bottom" what a final performance. the late actor also won best supporting actor at the new york film critics circle. >>> next up, you guys, i've got cardi b for you and she's doing a bunch of things she's never done before in a new series called cardi tries. first up, ballet. >> have you done ballet before? >> well, i used to be a stripper. >> okay. >> cardi's teacher was none other than legendary choreographer, actor and director debbie allen. cardi also plans to try out stunt car racing and basketball. you guys, also being a kindergarten teacher, which sounds like it will probably be the funniest one of the season. "cardi tries" is available on facebook watch. >>> now i think i have the best popstart i've ever been able to bring you. kristen welker and savannah guthrie. this is so amazi

. >> next week on today -- >> he was afraid to come on this show >> we get to talk with viola davis,right now, mr. roker has a check of the weather >> let's show you what we've got for the weekend. we start off, of course, with showers tomorrow in the northeast. rain down south. snow and wind back through the great lakes. rockies, snow. then on sunday, sunday, it's going to be mild in the east with a few leftover showers and snow showers through northern new england. another southern storm out of the gulf, and unsettled weather wi >> good morning. beautiful start to our friday heading into the weekend. we are tracking rain. 48 degrees in san francisco. a closer look at doppler radar as the rain is set to make its approach. expect light to moderate rain at times for the next three days. scattered rain will continue. and then as we head in towards sunday, we'll see another system move in. our temperatures will remain in the upper 50s. the higher rain totals are likely to be in the north bay around the coastal range mountains as well as into sunday night. >>> that's your latest weather,