♪ ARE YOU READY, Y'ALL TO HAVE SOME FUN
♪ ON THE SHOW TONIGHT DON'T YOU WORRY, BABY
♪ WHERE YOU COME FROM IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT
♪ IT'S "THE LATE LATE SHOW!" >> Reggie: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
GENTLEMEN, ALL THE WAY FROM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND
EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN, GIVE IT UP FOR YOUR HOST, THE ONE, THE ONLY
JAMES CORDEN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> James: HOW ARE YOU?
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH!
I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU ARE DELIGHTFUL.
THANK YOU.
HELLO, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME TO "THE LATE LATE SHOW"!
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANKS FOR STAYING UP.
THANKS FOR COMING OUT, EVERYBODY!
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHO OUR GUESTS ARE ON THE SHOW
TONIGHT!
SHE'S ALREADY WON A GOLDEN GLOBE AND A CRITICS CHOICE AWARD FOR
HER SENSATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN "BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA
FOREVER," THE ICONIC, THE REGAL, ANGELA BASSETT!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ANGELA!
HOW ARE YOU?
>> HI, JAMES!
>> James: I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE!
YOU ARE SO BUSY AT THE MOMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FINDING THE TIME TO COME AND SEE US.
WE LOVE YOU HERE AT THIS SHOW.
ARE YOU GOOD?
ARE YOU WELL?
IS EVERYTHING OK?
>> I'M DOING GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF ME AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE
YOU.
>> James: ANGELA, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT ON YOUR WRIST THERE?
WHAT IS THIS?
>> IT'S A LITTLE BRACELET.
>> James: IS IT A BRACELET?
>> OR A WEAPON.
>> James: IS IT A BRACELET?
IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE ONE OF YOUR MANY AWARDS THAT YOU'RE
WINNING AT THE MOMENT.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT AND WE LOVE YOU!
ANGELA BASSETT, EVERYBODY!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HE'S AN EMMY AND TONY-NOMINATED
ACTOR YOU KNOW AND LOVE FROM "ATLANTA," "WIDOWS" AND
"SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER VERSE," THE DASHING, THE
TALENTED, BRIAN TYREE HENRY!
THERE HE IS!
>> I'M GOOD, MAN.
YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN LIVING IN HERE FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS,
>> James: YOU'VE BEEN LIVING IN THERE FOR THREE MONTHS?
>> I SIGNED A LEASE THREE MONTHS AGO.
>> James: I DID HEAR A RUMOR.
HAVE YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED?
>> ANGELA'S HERE SO THAT'S -- >> James: HAVE YOU MET HER
HAVE YOU SEEN HER YET TODAY?
>> YES, I HAVE.
I WANT YOU TO BE PREPARED, I COULD BE CRYING THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE INTERVIEW BECAUSE I'M SITTING NEXT TO ANGELA BASSETT.
>> James: WE LOVE YOU.
BRIAN TYREE HENRY, EVERYBODY!
SHE'S A TALENTED SINGER-SONGWRITER WHOSE DEBUT
ALBUM "GOOD THING WE STAYED" IS OUT NOW.
SHE'S HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE HER TELEVISION DEBUT, WE'RE THRILLED
TO HAVE HER, THE ELECTRIC, JULIA WOLF!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] JULIA!
HOW ARE YOU?
>> HELLO!
I'M NOT NERVOUS AT ALL, JAMES.
THANK YOU.
>> James: YOU DON'T NEED TO BE NERVOUS!
>> OF COURSE.
THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
WE HAVE THE SISTER HERE.
YOU KNOW?
>> James: THE SISTER IS HERE.
FIRST TIME ON TV.
>> YES!
FIRST TIME!
>> James: IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
WHAT'S IN THAT SHOT RIGHT THERE?
>> TEQUILA!
>> James: ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT NOW OR WAIT UNTIL RIGHT
BEFORE YOU GO ON?
>> WE CAN TAKE A SIP.
>> James: JULIA WOLF, EVERYBODY!
ARE YOU READY?
THEN LET'S!
I'M JAMES CORDEN, AND THIS?
THIS IS "THE LATE LATE SHOW!" ROLL THE TITLES!
COME ON!
Captioning sponsored by CBS
♪ THE LATE LATE SHOW, OH, OH THE LATE LATE SHOW, WOO!
♪ THE LATE LATE SHOW, OH, OH THE LATE LATE SHOW OH-OH!
♪ IT'S THE LATE, LATE SHOW ♪ >> James: IT CERTAINLY IS!
HOT CROWD!
HOT CROWD TONIGHT!
HOT CROWD.
I GOT TO BE HONEST -- I CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF THIS BEAUTIFUL
CARDIGAN ON THE FRONT ROW.
LOOK AT THIS!
WHERE DO YOU FIND SUCH A CARDIGAN?
>> FROM REBEL HOME.
THEY BE AT THE SILVER LAKE.pSHE.
SHE'S A GREAT CURATION.
>> James: STAND UP.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS WHOLE THING IN.
LOOK AT THIS.
THAT'S -- [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I JUST LOVE IT.
I LOVE IT!
>> THANK YOU.
>> James: OK, NOW.
I SAW T I THOUGHT, OOH!
I CAN WEAR A CARDIGAN LIKE THAT.
AND NOW YOU'VE STOOD UP.
I CAN'T!
I DID NOT REALIZE IT WAS A SORT OF BOLERO CUT.
>> I WAS GOING ASK HOW YOU WOULD STYLE IT.
>> James: HOW I WOULD STYLE IT?
>> YEAH.
>> James: I WOULDN'T.
I WOULD LOOK LIKE IT SHRUNK IN THE WASH.
>> IT'S A SIZE-INCLUSIVE BRAND.
I'M SURE SHE'S GOT YOUR STYLE.
>> James: LET ME TRY IT .
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THERE YOU GO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪
>> James: CAN I SEE ON THE MONITOR?
OH, HANG ON.
ACTUALLY...
>> IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
>> James: I THOUGHT I WOULD LOOK LIKE A CHILDREN'S
TELEVISION PRESENTER, BUT ACTUALLY --
>> THAT'S CARDY-A!
>> YOU LOOK GOOD.
- >> James: AND YOU -- AND YOU - - YOU LOOK --
>> I DO LOOK GOOD.
>> James: YOU'RE LIKE, OH NO.
IT'S OVERSIZED.
YOU'RE LIKE, IT'S OVERSIZED.
>> BUT I'M STILL KILLING IT.
>> James: BUT LOOK.
TOGETHER WE ARE ABSOLUTELY CRUSHING THIS!
WHAT'S -- WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
>> I'M JONATHAN.
>> James: JONATHAN.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> James: JONATHAN, YOU ARE BEST DRESSED AUDIENCE MEMBER OF
THE YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> James: WE LOVE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TRY IT.
BLESS YOU.
HAVE A SEAT.
WHEW!
>> WE GOT, LIKE, 47 SHOWS LEFT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
WHY DON'T YOU MIX IT UP FOR THE REST OF THEM.
>> James: I DID THINK THE OTHER DAY -- I DID THINK THE
OTHER DAY, I'M NOT GOING TO DO A SHIRT AND TIE.
ONE OF THESE DAYS I'M GOING TO COME OUT WITHOUT A SUIT.
I THINK ROB'S HEAD WOULD EXPLODE.
ROB, I WORE SNEAKERS ONCE AND ROB WAS LIKE, "LATE NIGHT
TELEVISION CAN'T DO THAT!" >> I ALMOST PASSED OUT WHEN YOU
WORE THOSE SNEAKERS.
>> James: ARE YOU ALL RIGHT WITH ME ONE NIGHT NOT WEARING A
SHIRT AND TIE?
>> CAN WE START OFF SLOW?
>> James: NO.
BECAUSE IF I DON'T WEAR A TIE, IT LOOKS LIKE I FORGOT A TIE.
>> YOU'RE SAYING NO SHIRT AND TIE SO JUST A JACKET?
>> I SEE THAT.
>> James: SORRY, YOU THINK I'M GOING TO BE NAKED UNDERNEATH?
>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE BRAVE, BE BRAVE.
>> James: NO.
THAT'S NOT BRAVE, THAT'S A MAN ON THE EDGE OF A BREAKDOWN!
IF YOU'RE MY SIZE, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU CAN'T.
YOU JUST CAN'T TAKE THAT LEVEL OF RISK.
BUT HANG ON.
HANG ON.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FASHION.
WE SHOULD JUST ASK HAROLD.
HAROLD.
pHAROLD, DEAR FRIEND OF THE SHOW VISITING FROM LONDON, ARGUABLY
LONDON'S1uúR BEST-DRESSED MAN, A CAREER IN FASHION --
[APPLAUSE] , NOW, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOU,
HAROLD, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHATEVER THE WEATHER ALWAYS,
ALWAYS BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THAT.
DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE FOR ME TO WEAR A SORT OF
NICE ROUND-NECK, CREW-NICK CASHMERE SWEATER UNDERNEATH A
SUIT.
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
DEFINITELY GO FOR IT.
>> James: THAT'S IT!
WE'RE DOING IT, FOLKS!
THAT WAS SETTLED.
IF HAROLD SAYS IT, THEN IT'S DONE.
IT'S DONE.
>> I -- I JUST ASSUME THAT GUY OWNED THE ENTIRE NETWORK.
[LAUGHTER] >> James: HAROLD?
>> YEAH.
>> James: HE'S GOT A LOOK THAT THERE'S NOT AN ESTABLISHMENT --
THERE'S NOT AN ESTABLISHMENT ON PLANET EARTH HE DOESN'T WALK
INTO AND PEOPLE DON'T ASSUME, OH, HE MUST OWN THE BUILDING.
THAT'S -- IT'S JUST A FACT.
LOOK AT HIM.
BRITAIN'S BEST-DRESSED MAN.
>> YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY.
[APPLAUSE] >> James: WELL, LOOK, WE CAN
TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT HAROLD IS BRITAIN'S BEST-DRESSED MAN BUT
HE HASN'T COME TO TALK FASHION.
HE'S COME TO FIND OUT THE DAY'S NEWS AND IT'S OUR DUTY TO GIVE
IT TO HIM AND OUR INCREDIBLY WELL-DRESSED AUDIENCE.
IT'S TIME FOR "THE NEWS!" [APPLAUSE]
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE HEADING
TOWARD AN INITIAL THURSDAY DEBT CEILING DEADLINE, WITHOUT EVEN A
HINT OF A COMPROMISE.
REPUBLICANS ARE INSISTING ON MASSIVE SPENDING CUTS, WHILE THE
PRESIDENT IS REFUSING TO BUDGE.
MOSTLY BECAUSE HE'S IN HIS COMFIEST CHAIR AND "WHEEL OF
FORTUNE" IS ON.
[LAUGHTER] BIDEN ISN'T WILLING TO
COMPROMISE ON SPENDING CUTS.
BESIDES, HE'S ALREADY DOING HIS BIT TO HELP THE FEDERAL BUDGET,
BY USING HIS GARAGE AS OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT STORAGE.
[LAUGHTER] AND DID YOU SEE THIS?
BBC FOOTBALL COMMENTATOR GARY LINEKER WAS INTERRUPTED DURING A
LIVE BROADCAST LAST NIGHT BY LOUD SEX NOISES.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> I THINK THEY COULD WIN THE GAME.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH EXPERIENCE.
>> WELL, WE'LL FIND OUT SHORTLY.
WE'VE BEEN -- THE ONLY POLICY IN THE STUDIO TONIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW WHO IS MAKING THAT NOISE.
ALONGSIDE STEVE BOWER -- ALLEN?
IT'S TOASTY IN THIS STUDIO.
IT'S A BIT NOISY WELL.
SOMEONE SENDING SOMETHING ON SOMEONE'S PHONE I THINK IS --
>> James: OH!
NOW, ARE THOSE SEX NOISES?
BECAUSE IF THEY ARE, I'VE BEEN DOING SEX ALL WRONG!
[LAUGHTER] TURNS OUT, THIS IS TRUE, IT WAS
A PRANKSTER WHO TAPED A BURNER PHONE ONTO THE BACK OF THE SET.
THE SEX NOISES WERE A RINGTONE, AND THE PRANKSTER REPEATEDLY
CALLED THE PHONE DURING THE LIVE SHOW.
[LAUGHTER] LOOK AT THAT PHONE!
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT IS NOT A PHONE YOU USE FOR A PRANK.
THAT'S WHAT A HITMAN USES TO CALL HIS HANDLER AND JUST GO,
"IT'S DONE" BEFORE THROWING IT IN A RIVER!
BUT THAT PRANK WOULD NEVER WORK HERE, ON THIS SHOW.
IF WE WERE EVER INTERRUPTED BY A BUNCH OF SEX NOISES, WE'D ALL
JUST ASSUME IT WAS MARK.
[LAUGHTER] LOOK AT HIM.
LOOK.
THERE HE IS.
[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER]
ALSO, LOOK.
LOOK.
LOOK AT THE WAY -- LOOK AT THE WAY THAT MARK CHOOSES TO STAND
WITH THAT CRANE.
LIKE IN THAT MANNER.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, MARK, YOU KNOW, MARK -- LOOK.
[APPLAUSE] >> PEOPLE LOOK LIKE THEIR DOGS
AFTER A WHILE.
I START LOOKING LIKE MY CAMERA CREW.
>> James: HA-HA!
[LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW ON MARK'S FIRST DAY, HE
NEVER ACTUALLY OPERATED A JIB BEFORE WHEN HE WAS AT CBS.
THEY WERE LIKE, "ARE YOU GOING TO BE OK MOVING SUCH A BIG PIECE
OF MACHINERY?" AND HE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, "I
DON'T CONSIDER THAT TO BE A BIG PIECE OF MACHINERY."
[APPLAUSE] HONESTLY, YOU COULD CAMP UNDER
IT.
UM.
[LAUGHTER] THE CRANE -- I MEANT THE CANE.
DON'T BE SMUTTY.
UM.
AND DID YOU SEE THIS?
EARLIER TODAY, THE ROBOTICS COMPANY BOSTON DYNAMICS RELEASED
NEW FOOTAGE OF ONE OF ITS ROBOTS IN ACTION, SHOWING HOW THEY
COULD ONE DAY PROVE HELPFUL ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
HAVE A LOOK.
[CLATTERING NOISES]
[LAUGHTER] >> James: WHAT COULD POSSIBLY
GO WRONG?
I WATCHED THAT AND I'M LIKE, WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!
I'M NOT INTO IT!
I DON'T MIND IT WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION SITES --
>> IT'S STRONG.
>> James: THEY LOOK STRONG.
>> THEY'RE VERY STRONG.
>> James: IT WASN'T IN THE VIDEO.
WHENEVER SOMEBODY WALKS BY THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE, THE ROBOT
HOLLERS, "OH, MOMMA.
GIVE ME SOME OF THAT.
WHEW."
[APPLAUSE] A ROBOT CONSTRUCTION WORKER.
NOT ONLY CAN IT LIFT HEAVY OBJECTS AND NAVIGATE
CONSTRUCTION SITES, IT'S ALSO PROGRAMMED TO EXPLAIN WHY YOUR
BATHROOM REMODEL IS TAKING SEVEN MONTHS LONGER THAN PROMISED.
[LAUGHTER] >> James: IN OTHER NEWS, A
BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT ATTENDANT ENDED UP HAVING A REALLY BAD
FIRST DAY ON THE JOB, BY ACCIDENTALLY ACTIVATING THE
EVACUATION SLIDE.
DON'T WORRY, THE PLANE WAS STILL ON THE RUNWAY, BUT THE ACCIDENT
COST THE AIRLINE $50,000.
WHEN THEY HEARD THIS, SPIRIT AIRLINES WAS LIKE, "WAIT, WHAT'S
AN EVACUATION SLIDE?" [LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE] THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I
NEVER BECAME A FLIGHT ATTENDANT.
IT'S ACTUALLY TRUE.
YOU GIVE ME THE OPTION TO ACTIVATE A SLIDE, I'M GONNA
ACTIVATE A SLIDE.
WHEN ASKED FOR A COMMENT, THE PASSENGERS EXITING THE PLANE
SAID "WHEEEEEEE!" [LAUGHTER]
$50 GRAND.
ROB.
WHAT'S THE MOST COSTLY MISTAKE WE'VE EVER HAD ON THIS SHOW?
>> OH, I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I'M HESITANT TO SA
SAY, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT.
ONCE I SAY IT, YOU'LL WASTE MONEY AGAIN.
>> James: I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT.
THAT'S NOT A MISTAKE, THOUGH.
>> IN HINDSIGHT, YES, IT IS.
>> James: NO!
I THINK YOU'RE BEING VERY UNF UNFAIR.
>> WE CAN PUT 25 OF MONTEL JORDAN'S EXTENDED FAMILY THROUGH
COLLEGE.
>> James: YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS A BAD THING?
[LAUGHTER] YOU'RE A [BLEEP].
YOU'RE A [BLEEP] TALKING ABOUT THIS BAD BOY?
>> TALKING ABOUT THAT BAD BOY.
>> James: WHAT THIS IS IS ROB AND BEN FOR MY BIRTHDAY BOUGHT
ME THIS BUTTON WHICH MEANS AT ANY POINT I PUSH IT, I CAN HEAR
THE OPENING OF MONTEL JORDAN'S "THIS IS HOW WE DO IT."
WHAT THEY DIDN'T -- DID YOU KNOW AT THE TIME?
>> NO, WE DIDN'T REALIZE IT UNTIL AFTER.
>> James: IT COSTS $6,000 EVERY TIME I PUSH IT.
[CHEERING] I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT.
NO.
[CROWD CHANTING PUSH IT] >> James: AND CHECK THIS OUT!
THIS VALENTINE'S DAY, YOU CAN VISIT A TAYLOR SWIFT-THEMED
"BREAKUP BAR" IN CHICAGO.
THE POP-UP VENUE IS NAMED "BAD BLOOD" AFTER THE SONG FROM
SWIFT'S ALBUM "1989."
THIS EVENT COST $20 PER PERSON TO GO IN.
YEAH.
DON'T WORRY, ALL TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE BY TICKETMASTER SO
EVERYTHING SHOULD RUN VERY SMOOTHLY.
YEAH, BUT IF YOU'RE AT THE TAYLOR
SWIFT "BREAKUP BAR," I THINK YOU CAN SAFELY ASSUME THE PERSON
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BREAKUP WAS YOU.
IT'S YOU, HI.
YOU'RE THE PROBLEM, IT'S YOU.
>> James: AND FINALLY, AN AUSTRALIAN WOMAN HAS BROKEN THE
WORLD RECORD FOR ARCHERY, USING HER FEET.
SHE SHOT AN ARROW INTO THE BULLSEYE FROM NEARLY 60 FEET
AWAY, HAVE A LOOK.
♪ >> OH!
>> James: AMAZING!
AMAZING!
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THOUGH.
IMPRESSIVE.
SURE.
YEAH.
DO IT.
ABSOLUTELY.
IMPRESSIVE.
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW I ONCE PICKED UP A DORITO OFF THE FLOOR WITH
MY TOES BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAN OVER AND GRAB IT!
[LAUGHTER] IT TRULY IS AN IMPRESSIVE RECORD
AND TO THINK IT ONLY TOOK US SIX YEARS AND 13 MANSLAUGHTER
CHARGES.
SEE?
NOW, THAT JOKE DIDN'T WORK, OK?
THAT JOKE DIDN'T WORK AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO BREAK
AND IT'S GOING TO BE BAD, EXCEPT IT ISN'T BECAUSE...
♪ THIS IS HOW WE DO IT ♪ THIS IS HOW WE DO IT
♪ THIS IS HOW WE DO IT ♪ ♪ THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS HOW
WE DO IT ♪ THIS IS ONE WAY THAT WE DO IT
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SIMON AND GARFUNKEL.
♪ HELLO DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND
♪ I'VE COME TO TALK WITH YOU AGAIN
♪ BECAUSE A VISION SOFTLY CREEPING
♪ LEFT ITS SEEDS WHILE I WAS SLEEPING
♪ AND THE VISION THAT WAS PLANTED
♪ IN MY BRAIN STILL REMAINS
♪ WITHIN THE SOUND OF SILENCE
♪ IN RESTLESS DREAMS, I WALKED ALONE
♪ NARROW STREETS OF COBBLE STONE
♪ 'NEATH THE HALO OF A STREET LAMP
♪ I TURNED MY COLLAR TO THE COLD AND DAMP
♪ WHEN MY EYES WERE STABBED BY THE FLASH OF A NEON LIGHT
♪ THAT SPLIT THE NIGHT AND TOUCHED THE
♪ SOUND OF SILENCE AND IN THE NAKED LIGHT
♪ I SAW TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE,
♪ MAYBE MORE PEOPLE TALKING
♪ WITHOUT SPEAKING PEOPLE HEARING
♪ WITHOUT LISTENING PEOPLE WRITING SONGS
♪ THAT VOICES NEVER SHARED AND NO ONE DARED
♪ DISTURB THE SOUND OF SILENCE
♪ AND THE PEOPLE BOWED AND PRAYED
♪ TO THE NEON GOD THEY MADE
♪ AND THE SIGN FLASHED OUT ITS WARNING
♪ IN THE WORDS THAT IT WAS FORMING
♪ AND THE SIGN SAID "THE WORDS OF THE PROPHETS
♪ ARE WRITTEN ON THE SUBWAY WALLS
♪ AND TENEMENT HALLS AND WHISPERED
♪ IN THE SOUND OF SILENCE"
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
>> James: MY THANKS TO BRYAN CRANSTON!
THE NEW SEASON OF "YOUR HONOR" IS CURRENTLY STREAMING ON
SHOWTIME.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ANGELA BASSETT AND BRIAN TYREE
HENRY!
>> James: WELCOME BACK, LET'S MEET OUR GUESTS TONIGHT!
HE STARS IN "CAUSEWAY," BRIAN TYREE HENRY!
♪ ♪
>> Reggie: IT'S BRIAN TYREE HENRY!
♪ ♪
SHE STARS IN "BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER," ANGELA
BASSETT!
>> Reggie: IT'S ANGELA BASSETT!
♪ ♪
>> James: HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE.
NOW LOOK AT US!
THESE ARE THE DAYS I AM SO HAPPY TO HAVE THIS JOB.
I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW LUCKY I AM TO GET TO SPEAK TO YOU BOTH, BUT
I GOT TO TELL YOU -- BRIAN, ARE YOU OK?
I KNOW THIS IS A BIG DAY AND MOMENT FOR YOU, BECAUSE ANGELA
HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF YOUR LIFE.
>> SHE IS THE REASON WHY I'M SITTING HERE DOING WHAT I'M
DOING.
LIKE, I MEAN, FROM THE MOMENT THAT I SAW YOU, I WAS LIKE I
WANT TO DO THAT AND I WANT TO DO THAT WITH HER.
>> WOW!
>> SO, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THIS.
THANK YOU FOR THIS.
THIS IS TRULY AN HONOR.
>> WOW.
>> James: DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS, ANGELA?
WE JUST MET EACH OTHER RECENTLY, RIGHT?
ON THE WHOLE SPRINT -- AWARDS SPRINT/PRESS STUFF THAT WE'RE
GOING THROUGH.
YEAH.
>> AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU'RE STANDING NEXT TO GREATNESS, YOU KIND OF CLAM UP.
MY ONLY THING I COULD THINK TO DO WAS JUST BOW AND JUST NOD,
YOU KNOW?
BUT I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL YOU'RE GETTING YOUR FLOWERS.
YOU DESERVE SO MUCH.
>> James: YEAH.
>> I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL THAT THIS IS HAPPENING FOR YOU.
>> James: YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT -- I MEAN --
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I FEEL LIKE -- I MEAN, BRIAN,
TAKE THE -- TAKE THE -- TAKE THE MOMENT.
DO YOU WANT TO INTERVIEW ANGELA?
YOU COULD BE HERE -- I'M JUST GOING TO SIT OVER HERE.
>> WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
>> James: LET BRIAN.
THIS IS A BIG MOMENT FOR BRIAN.
>> I CAME IN PREPARED.
>> I HAVE BEEN AMBUSHED.
OK.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, WELCOME TO "THE LATE LATE SHOW"
WITH BRIAN TYREE HENRY.
[APPLAUSE] MY FIRST GUEST IS THE ONE, THE
ONLY -- AND I FEEL LIKE I WISH THIS COUNTRY TO KNIGHT PEOPLE SO
YOU COULD BE DAME ANGELA BASSETT, SO I'LL REFER TO YOU AS
DAME ANGELA BASSETT IF THAT'S OK WITH YOU.
>> THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.
>> DO YOU MIND IF I ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS?
I'M SURE THESE QUESTIONS ARE THINGS ALL OF YOU WANTED TO KNOW
AS WELL.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
MY FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU, DAME ANGELA, AT THIS POINT IN YOUR
CAREER, DO YOU STILL GET NERVOUS?
>> SIR BRIAN -- [LAUGHTER]
- - INDEED, I DO.
>> YOU DO?
>> YEAH, I DO.
I GET A LITTLE BUTTERFLIES BUT I THINK THAT'S OK.
>> YEAH.
IT SHOWS YOU'RE STILL IN LOVE WITH WHAT YOU DO.
YOU'RE STILL EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND I DON'T REALLY WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED.
I DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
>> THE GRACE WITH WHICH YOU DO EVERYTHING IS SHOCKING TO HEAR
THAT YOU'RE NERVOUS ABOUT ANYTHING.
IT'S REALLY AMAZING.
UM, MY OTHER QUESTION IS, WHO DO YOU LOVE MORE RIGHT NOW?
ME OR JAMES?
>> James: HA-HA!
[APPLAUSE] >> I LOVE WITH MY EYES HAVE LAID
SIGHT ON.
- - I LOVE WHAT MY EYES HAVE LAID SIGHT ON, AND THAT IS A
COMPLETELY BRILLIANT ARTIST WHOSE WORK I'VE COME TO ADMIRE
AND TO LOVE.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO, AND I HOPE TO BE LUCKY ONE
DAY TO WORK WITH YOU.
YOUR VULNERABILITY AND SENSITIVITY AND STRENGTH -- AND
YOU JUST BAD ASS!
[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.
WELL.
I'M DONE.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.
OH THAT -- THAT'S -- THAT'S -- I'M GRATEFUL.
>> James: ALSO, THERE'S A JOB COMING UP IN APRIL.
IF YOU WANT IT, IT'S YOURS.
>> THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS ME IN YOUR HOUSE LATE AT NIGHT.
>> James: HA-HA!
NOW, ANGELA, MY QUESTION IS DO YOU STILL GET NERVOUS?
NO, I CAN'T DO THAT.
NOW, ANGELA, THIS IS AN AMAZING MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU WON A GOLDEN GLOBE, A CRITICS CHOICE.
I HOPE SO MUCH AND I'M CERTAIN THERE IS MORE TO COME.
HOW DIFFERENT DOES IT FEEL THIS MOMENT, BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST 30
YEARS AGO SINCE YOUR FIRST OSCAR NOMINATION WITH "WHAT'S LOVE GOT
TO DO WITH IT?" TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT TIME.
WHEN THAT HAPPENED, THAT MUST HAVE GIVEN YOUR CAREER AN INSANE
BOOST.
DID IT AT THAT MOMENT?
>> THE TIMING WAS DIFFERENT THEN.
- AS I SAID IN ONE OF MY SPEECHES - -
>> HOW SO?
>> BLACK WOMEN WEREN'T IN A VERY SIGNIFICANT WAY SHOWN IN MOVIES
DURING THAT TIME.
>> James: RIGHT.
>> SO YOU HAD TO WAIT FOR THE TIMING TO BE RIGHT, YOU KNOW?
WAIT FOR THE WRITERS.
WAIT FOR THE DIRECTORS LIKE KATHERINE BIGELOW IN "STRANGE
DAYS."
WAIT FOR THE WRITERS LIKE TERRY MCMILLAN COMING UP WITH "HOW
STELLA GOT HER GROOVE" AND "WAITING TO EXHALE."
YOU HAD TO WAIT FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO HAPPEN FOR THOSE
ARTISTS TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, UM,AND THEN TO BE READY WHEN
THEY WERE.
SO IT TOOK ME A MINUTE.
IT TOOK ME 17 MONTHS TO REST AFTER "WHAT'S LOVE" LIKE A
17-MONTH NAP AFTER THAT ALSO.
>> WHAT'S ALSO GREAT IS THAT, LIKE, YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING SO
REVOLUTIONARY THAT YOU HAVE BROKEN DOWN SO MANY DOORS AND
OPENED SO MANY WAYS FOR OTHER BLACK ACTRESSES TO FOLLOW.
LIKE, YOU HAVE CREATED THIS LANE THAT HAS DONE SOMETHING SO
REMARKABLE WHERE YOU HAVE INSPIRED PEOPLE TO GO, WAIT A
MINUTE, WE NEED TO MAKE ROLES LIKE THAT.
WE NEED TO SEE, YOU KNOW, QUEENS OF WAKANDA.
WE NEED TO SEE ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE MADE ON
YOUR OWN.
AND IT'S JUST REALLY REMARKABLE.
AND -- [APPLAUSE]
- - YEAH, IT IS.
>> James: IT IS.
IT IS REMARKABLE.
IT IS.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S TRULY A GIFT.
IT'S TRULY A GIFT.
>> James: AND, BRIAN, ANGELA'S RIGHT.
BRIAN, WHAT'S -- WHAT'S -- I FEEL LIKE SINCE THE FIRST TIME
YOU CAME ON THE SHOW WHEN YOU DID, LIKE, WHEN WE MET AND YOU
WERE DOING "DROP THE MIC" LIKE, YOUR ENTIRE WORLD HAS CHANGED
AND YOU'RE JUST CONSTANTLY FILMING SOME INCREDIBLE PROJECTS
AND WORK.
LAST YEAR, YOU SPENT A LOT OF LAST YEAR IN AUSTRALIA SHOOTING
DOWN THERE.
WHAT DID YOU -- DID YOU ENJOY SHOOTING DOWN THERE?
WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF LIFE DOWN UNDER?
>> BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE SO --
>> I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT OFF BAT EVERYTHING COULD KILL
YOU.
IT IS NOT A JOKE.
THINGS ARE BIGGER THAN THEY SHOULD BE.
THERE WAS, LIKE -- WE WERE DOING GODZILLA SO WE WERE ON LOCATION
A LOT.
SO WE WERE FILMING IN ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF RAIN FORESTS
THERE.
OK?
SO THERE ARE ANIMALS THAT ARE STILL ALIVE AND ROAMING IN THESE
RAIN FORESTS THAT PREDATE -- LIKE, THEIR COUSINS ARE LIKE THE
VELOCIRAPTORS.
ONE IN PARTICULAR IS CALLED THE CASS WARY.
THIS OSTRICH MONSTROSITY HAS THE BODY OF THE OSTRICH, COLOR OF
THE PEACOCK AND EYE LASHES OF A KARDASHIAN.
I'M NOT KIDDING.
LOOK IT UP!
I WAS LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON?
SO YOU GO TO SET AND THEY'RE LIKE, JUST MAKE SURE YOU DON'T
STAND NEAR THE KASAWARY.
THEY'LL RIP YOUR GUTS OUT.
THAT'S THE SAFETY SPEECH IS JUST MAKE SURE TO STEER CLEAR?
THERE ARE VIDEOS IF YOU WANT TO LOOK IT UP -- NOT SAYING YOU
SHOULD, BUT DO IT -- OF KASAWARY CHASING CARS.
>> James: THAT'S WHAT SNOW PATROL WROTE THAT SHOW ABOUT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT "BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER."
SPOILER ALERT.
SPOILER ALERT -- MUTE THE TV.
NO.
YOU SHOULD HAVE [BLEEP] SEEN IT.
SO YOUR CHARACTER DOESN'T MAKE IT AT THE END OF THE MOVIE.
SO WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU READ THE SCRIPT?
>> I WAS CRESTFALLEN.
I WAS SO HEARTBROKEN WHEN I GOT TO THAT AGE AND GOT TO THAT
MOMENT AND, UM, SPOKE TO RYAN.
NEXT TIME I SPOKE TO RYAN -- HE CALLED ME ON THE PHONE.
>> James: RYAN KUEBLER, THE DIRECTOR.
>> I'M LIKE, RYAN, PLEASE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.
COME ON, RYAN.
YOU RULE THE DAY.
THIS IS NOT GOOD.
OF COURSE, HE WAS LIKE, OH, ANGELA.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW.
YOU CAN COME BACK.
DEAD DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN DEAD.
>> IN MARVEL.
THAT'S TRUE.
IN MARVEL.
THAT'S TRUE.
THEY WILL RESURRECT YOU IN A HOT ASS MINUTE SO THERE'S HOPE THE
THERE.
>> James: WELL, I HOPE THEY DO.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A CLIP FROM "BLACK PANTHER:
WAKANDA FOREVER," WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON DISNEY+ FEBRUARY
1ST AND DVD AND BLU RAY SHORTLY AFTER.
>> WHEN HE TOOK YOUR BROTHER FROM US, I HAD TO LEAD A WOUNDED
NATION AND A BROKEN WORLD, BUT I STILL TOOK TIME IN THE BUSH.
I WANDERED UNTIL I FOUND WATER, AND I SAT.
THEN I DID THIS RITUAL THAT I AM ABOUT TO SHOW YOU NOW.
I FOUND YOUR BROTHER IN THE BREEZE PUSHING ME GENTLY BY FIRM
LIKE HIS HAND ON MY SHOULDER.
TOOK SOME TIME, BUT HE WAS THERE.
[APPLAUSE] >> James: STICK AROUND, MORE
WITH THESE TWO WHEN WE COME BACK!
>> OH, ALL I KNOW IS THAT YOU DON'T -- YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE
WITH YOUR MOTHER.
>> YEAH, MOVE IN.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY ROOMS I GOT?
I WON'T EVEN KNOW YOU WAS HERE.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT WAS -- >> NO.
YOU'RE NOT JUST GOING TO -- >> I KNOW.
BUT YOU'RE DRUNK.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
♪ ♪
>> James: THAT WAS A CLIP FROM "CAUSEWAY," WHICH IS STREAMING
NOW ON APPLE TV+.
BRIAN, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AWARD-WINNING PERFORMANCE IN
THIS BRILLIANT MOVIE.
FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T CAUGHT IT YET, TELL US WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND
WHO YOU PLAY?
>> CAUSEWAY IS ABOUT THIS CHARACTER NAMED LINDSEY PLAYED
BY JENNIFER LAWRENCE WHO SUFFERED A DISABILITY, AN INJURY
THAT CAUSED HER TO HAVE A DISABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN.
SHE HAS TO GO BACK HOME AND REHABILITATE IN HER
REHABILITATION, SHE MEETS ANOTHER MAN WHO SUFFERED HIS OWN
DISABILITY, JAMES, IN THIS CAR ACCIDENT.
YOU SAW THEM TRAVERSE THIS LANDSCAPE OF GRIEF AND TRAUMA
WHILE FINDING THE POSSIBILITY OF NEW FRIENDSHIP WITH EACH OTHER.
>> James: IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FILM AND A TRULY BRILLIANT
PERFORMANCE BY YOU.
BOTH OF YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON.
YOU BOTH WENT TO THE YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA.
>> YES.
>> James: BRIAN, WHAT WAS IT LIKE?
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S A TOUGH SCHOOL TO GET INTO.
WHAT WAS THE AUDITION PROCESS TO GET INTO YALE?
>> YOU PREPARE A CLASSICAL MONLOG AND CONTEMPORARY
MONOLOGUE.
YOU ALSO WERE SUPPOSED TO PREPARE A SONG.
I DID NOT KNOW THAT.
>> I DIDN'T EITHER.
>> James: WHEN DID YOU FIND OUT?
>> I FOUND OUT AS I WAS SITTING IN MY FINAL KAULBACH.
ONE OF THE GUYS THAT WAS CALLED BACK WITH ME WENT INSIDE AND
STARTED SINGING "OLD MAN RIVER."
I SAID, ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT?
I HAVE NO SONG PREPARED.
I SANG THE LAST SONG I HEARD, SANDRA-DEE FROM "GREASE."
I WATCHED IT IN MY HOTEL ROOM.
I THOUGHT IT'D BE FUNNY FOR ME TO STAND OUT THERE.
>> James: YOU DID CHOREOGRAPHY!
>> I WAS STOCKARD CHANNING.
LIKE, DON'T DO THIS TO ME!
>> SHOW ME!
I WANT TO SEE!
I WANT TO HEAR IT.
>> James: BRIAN.
BRIAN.
I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO.
ANGELA BASSETT DID.
>> OH, ANGELA!
>> JUST A LITTLE BIT.
>> James: IT'S WHETHER YOU WANT TO --
♪ LOOK AT ME I'M SANDRA-DEE ♪ LOUSY WITH VIRGINITY
♪ WON'T GO TO BED UNTIL I'M HAPPILY WED
♪ I CAN'T, I'M SANDRA-DEE ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> James: WHAT DOES -- WHAT DID YOU HAVE TO SING?
DID YOU HAVE TO SING AT YOUR AUDITION?
>> I DID NOT THANKFULLY HAVE TO SING.
>> OH MY GOD.
LUCKY YOU.
>> I DIDN'T HAVE TO SING BUT YALE SCHOOL DRAMA IS A THREE
YEAR PROGRAM.
FOR THRE YEARS ONCE I GOT IN, MY SONG WAS "LOVE FOR SALE."
THAT WAS MY SONG.
AND I DON'T THINK I ACHIEVED IT BY THE END OF THREE YEARS
BECAUSE THERE'S A REALLY HIGH NOTE AT THE END.
ONCE YOU ♪ CLIMB THE STAIRS ♪
YEAH.
>> GIVE US A TASTE, PLEASE!
>> IF YOU WANT TO TRY MY WAY ♪ FOLLOW ME AND CLIMB THE...
STAIRS ♪ COME ON NOW!
[APPLAUSE] >> James: OH, I LOVE THIS!
PLEASE THANK OUR WONDERFUL GUESTS, ANGELA BASSETT AND BRIAN
TYREE HENRY.
JULIA WOLF IS HERE WHEN WE COME BACK.
HERE MAKING HER TELEVISION DEBUT PERFORMING "HOT KILLER" FROM HER
ALBUM, "GOOD THING WE STAYED," WHICH IS OUT NOW, PLEASE WELCOME
JULIA WOLF!
[APPLAUSE] ♪ TEAM DRACO,
BORN INTO SLYTHERIN ♪ COLD-BLOODED,
BUT MY SMALL TALK INNOCENT ♪ HE BOUGHT ME A DRINK,
I WON'T FINISH IT ♪ AND I CUT OUT THE MIDDLEMAN
I'M A HOT KILLER, ♪ I'M A, I'M A, I'M A, I'M A
I'M A HOT KILLER, ♪ I'M A BIG THRILLER
AND MY LIL' SIS SICKER, ♪ SHE A BLOOD SPILLER
I'M A HOT KILLER ♪ AND I BLEED GLITTER
I'M A REDRUM SIPPER, ♪ KEEP IT SINISTER
BITTER, HE VANILLA ♪ CHASE TRUE BLOOD
WITH SOME FIREBALL ♪ SHY GIRL, NEVER THOUGHT
I WAS DEADLY AT ALL ♪ ON MY SANDERSON,
I'M GETTIN' INVOLVED ♪ WHEN THE SKY FALL,
THEY WON'T BE READY AT ALL ♪ I BITE THE BULLET,
THEY DON'T BITE ME ♪ I DON'T THROW PARTIES,
THEY INVITE ME ♪ SKIPPIN' THE LINE IN
MY SHORT SKIRT AND NIKE'S ♪ SNAKE IN MY PSYCHE,
I'VE BEEN ON ♪TEAM DRACO,
BORN INTO SLYTHERIN ♪COLD-BLOODED,
BUT MY SMALL TALK INNOCENT ♪ HE BOUGHT ME A DRINK,
I WON'T FINISH IT ♪ AND I CUT OUT THE MIDDLEMAN
I'M A HOT KILLER, ♪ I'M A BIG THRILLER
AND MY LIL' SIS SICKER, ♪ SHE A BLOOD SPILLER
I'M A HOT KILLER ♪ AND I BLEED GLITTER
I'M A REDRUM SIPPER, ♪ KEEP IT SINISTER
BITTER, HE VANILLA ♪ I'M A, I'M A,
I'M A HOT KILLER ♪ I'M A, I'M A,
I'M A BIG THRILLER ♪ I'M A, I'M A,
I'M A HOT KILLER ♪ HEART KILLER,
I'M A BIG THRILLER, YEAH ♪ I'M A, I'M A,
I'M A HOT KILLER ♪ I'M A, I'M A,
I'M A BIG THRILLER ♪ I'M A, I'M A,
I'M A HOT KILLER ♪ HEART KILLER,
I'M A BIG THRILLER, YEAH ♪ KILLER, CALL ME BILLY
WITH THAT SCREAM ♪ WEARIN' ALL BLACK
IN THE TWO SEAT ♪ I WAS PLOTTIN' BACK
WHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN ♪ I'M TALL WITH A SMALL TEAM
ACTORS IN MY DM'S ♪ I FORGOT ABOUT
THEY STAY PRESSED LIKE JUICE ♪ I WON'T CALL 'EM OUT
THEY WANT WEEKEND FLINGS ♪ THAT I'M NOT ABOUT
THEY JUST WANT A NEW NAME ♪ THEY CAN TALK ABOUT
TEAM DRACO, ♪ BORN INTO SLYTHERIN
COLD-BLOODED, ♪ BUT MY SMALL TALK INNOCENT
HE BOUGHT ME A DRINK, ♪ I WON'T FINISH IT
AND I CUT OUT THE MIDDLEMAN ♪I'M A HOT KILLER,
I'M A BIG THRILLER ♪ AND MY LIL' SIS SICKER,
SHE A BLOOD SPILLER ♪ I'M A HOT KILLER
AND I BLEED GLITTER ♪I'M A REDRUM SIPPER,
KEEP IT SINISTER ♪ BITTER, HE VANILLA
I'M A, I'M A, ♪ I'M A HOT KILLER
I'M A, I'M A, ♪ I'M A BIG THRILLER
I'M A, I'M A, ♪ I'M A HOT KILLER
HEART KILLER, ♪ I'M A BIG THRILLER, YEAH
I'M A, I'M A, ♪ I'M A HOT KILLER
I'M A, I'M A, ♪ I'M A BIG THRILLER
I'M A, I'M A, ♪ I'M A HOT KILLER
HEART KILLER, ♪ I'M A BIG THRILLER, YEAH
♪ ♪
♪ I'M A, I'M A, I'M A HOT KILLER
♪ I'M A, I'M A, I'M A BIG THRILLER
♪ I'M A, I'M A, I'M A HOT KILLER
♪ HEART KILLER, I'M A BIG THRILLER, YEAH
♪ I'M A, I'M A, I'M A HOT KILLER
♪ I'M A, I'M A, I'M A BIG THRILLER
♪ I'M A, I'M A, I'M A HOT KILLER
♪ HEART KILLER, I'M A BIG THRILLER, YEAH ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> James: COME ON NOW!
WHAT ABOUT THAT?
JULIA, THAT WAS SO GOOD.
OH MY GOD, YOUR VOICE IS AMAZING.
YOU CAN CATCH HER ON TOUR STARTING NEXT MONTH.
COME ON BACK!
>> James: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.
TOMORROW NIGHT, ANNA KENDRICK, MICHAEL YURIE, AND
STAND-UP FROM FABRIZIO COPANO.
REGGIE, TAKE US HOME.