check out the ping-pong ball mid-air and warren beatty cheering willen on. wait a minute, warren. was that a blink? complete with a bar fight and james corden seemed to enlist his entire staff in this epic three-minute freeze frame of a day in the life. >> that's a cooperative staff. >> nobody can hold still at another wild tom cruise world tonight's show and tell, tom got sold. >> last night fans were feeling the feel big time in south korea and tom returned the love. >> this is why we make films. >> it's cruise's eighth red carpet for the jack reacher sequel. he's been all over the globe and we've been there, too. his last stop today in tokyo, and now that's the piano man? ♪ ♪ >> who knew? yesterday efron poefsted the soulful serenade in honor of bestie adam levine. ♪ ♪ >> their bromance was formed last year when they filmed mike and dave need wedding dates. our romantic reunion. >> 28 years after winning america's hearts as kevin and paul on "the wonder years," josh staviano and a clearly jazzed fred savage both now 40 went nuts at a new york rangers game taking selfies

warren beatty is79 and which singer's first recorded song was written by her mom? that's celine d who turns 48 today. >> or dion. >> tomorrow night on cbs, the hit rush hour movie's becoming a tv series. that's right. it's not easy to fill in the shoes of jackie chan and chris tucker, but john fu and justin hire showe they are up to the challenge. >> good night, everybody. >> i'm carter. >> carter? >> detective carter. carter. >> the chinese accent a doing that consistently was one of the most difficult things i've ever done. >> i do t majority of my own stunts. weightlifting to keep fit during the process. >> i don't look as good as john, but i to hold my own. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> grant:now at eight. he lost his son to a terrible mishap in the dentists office. father tells kron four why he's launched a campaign for caleb's law. >>whoosh >> grant:a pair of drifters accused of leaving a trail of bodies in two bay area counties. tonight a prosecutor's surprise decision has some victims advocates outraged, >>whoosh >> grant:in the east bay. armed robbers preying on peop

warren beatty is79 and which singer's first recorded song was written by her mom? that's celine d who turns 48 today. >> or dion. >> tomorrow night on cbs, the hit rush hour movie's becoming a tv series. that's right. it's not easy to fill in the shoes of jackie chan and chris tucker, but john fu and justin hire showe they are up to the challenge. >> good night, everybody. >> i'm carter. >> carter? >> detective carter. carter. >> the chinese accent a doing that consistently was one of the most difficult things i've ever done. >> i do t majority of my own stunts. weightlifting to keep fit during the process. >> i don't look as good as john, but i to hold my own. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> "the insider," counting down the biggest stories tracking today. >>> number one, th tale of two dancers. sweet versus salty. >> i think my confidence was knocked a little >> you have been very open that you've had a past. i have grown in s ways. >> as once personal demons alcohol and drugs become public, is another cracking the dancing pressure? >> it's been a re rough week. >> as the fea

>> jimmy: warren beatty. >> exactly. so she called a friend of hers who happened to have known someone that worked for him who gave her a list of all these things that he ate and drank. so her fridge was fully stocked full of warren beatty's favorites. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: a little stalkerie, yeah. >> okay, we just wanted to you now -- she was like anything i can do to help you get the part. you know. and i was like, okay, i don't think a soda's going to help, but -- [ laughter ] you never know in this day and age. >> jimmy: you never know. yeah, you never know. >> a fresca or coke could really seal the deal. so, he gets there. and we sit down. he's like, do you want anything to eat or drink? and he's like just a bottle of water. [ laughter ] she's like, nothing? and she lists off everything. >> jimmy: how about i call fresca. maybe that will do the trick. >> and he just, he just -- you know, he just didn't even ever touch the water bottle, so. >> jimmy: was it worth all that food? >> all of that food is still in there

this is the first film warren beatty has directed since bulworth and it's a film he has been working on for 30 years and i hear, you know, obviously he is someone who is a perfectionist and wants to get things just right. what was the audition process like to get a part that is so central to this? >> well, it wasn't really an audition. >> seth: okay. >> i didn't think it was an audition. i guess it was kind of a life audition for warren. he had -- he had my agent call me and give me his phone number and told me to call him at home, which i thought was bizarre anyway. >> seth: yeah, right. >> so i called warren at home and he picked up and he's like, "i told you never to call here." and i was like, "oh my god, like what." and he was like, "i'm just kidding. what's up?" [ laughter ] i was like okay, this has some really comedic tone. all right, we're good. it went on like that for a couple of months. it was just phone calls and lunches and dinners. sometimes at their house with their kids -- with annette and their kids. sometimes we'd go out for sushi or like italian and we ran into aa

warren beatty's hollywood. warren beatty's old hollywood or old warren beatty's hollywood. tell me about warren baeattbeat old hollywood. >> i think old warren beatty's hollywood, i was impressed and i was -- you know, i was kind of young. i got lucky. >> several times from what i heard. >> oh, no, don't go there. but i had a great director on the first movie i did, kazan. not only did i pick up a lot about directing, i picked up a lot about producing and so when i went out there, i was very lucky to be kind of welcomed by some people that might seem from another time. >> so as a guy who's in the later part of his 70s, what do you want your role to be in the business now, in hollywood now, i don't mean in a movie role, in the larger community of hollywood? >> i always have an idea in the back of my mind, and i always try to avoid going to work. but i'm leading a very nice life with my marriage and my children. >> you can't talk about where you are in live now without talking about annette. this is the first time i think you direct her in a movie, is that true? >> it's the f

. >> reporter: shampoo with warren beatty was her first film, followed by "star wars" when she was 19. during filming, she had an affair with co-star harrison ford, and later would write about her insecurity and abuse of drugs, in the bestseller "postcards from the edge." fisher, who also struggled with mental illness, was wickedly funny and was unafraid of sharing her lifer's traf ails and triumphs. >> i make very difficult situations in my life funny as quickly as possible. >> reporter: fisher fared in sex in the city and "the big bang theory" and had memorable roles in when harry met sally. >> he's never gonna leave her. >> of course he isn't. >> reporter: and as john belushi's torch-carrying girlfriend in the blues brothers. she was the script doctor for a number of films, and returned to the "star wars" franchise in 2015. she had reportedly just finished filming her latest scenes for the next "star wars" film. made famous for playing a princess, it will be the person, not the part, who will be remembered best. >> may the force be with you. >> reporter: harry smith, nbc news, new

. >>> the legendary warren beatty on his first film in 15 years and being married for 24. >> how do you keep the romance alive? >> you mary annette benning. >>> kourtney kardashian caking bad boy scott back? new clues as they're spotted together again after a secret vacation. >>> and a new hollywood divorce that could erupt in a custody battle. >>> then -- >> mariah. >> mario. >> mario and ms. carey. how she's spending christmas after her breakup? >> that's one of my favorite things to do. >>> plus who she's prank calling on her new reality show? >> hi, how are you? >>> plus

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. >> warren beatty. >> at least he thinks so. [ laughter ] >> all right, just two. he's the better looking one. >> well, "the congressman" open this is friday. >> in select theaters in new york and washington, d.c. >> they'll love it. >> treat, you'll talk to us about a future project you have cooking on the back burner. >> i will indeed. "man of la man that" with wayne colennta who choreographed "wicked". >> i couldn't believe you singing in the hallway. >> i know. [ laughter ] it was a big surprise to everybody. >> we'll be back with more in a mont. >> i dmeid >>> so there's a wine bot update. >> we don't need it! more people agree with me and ricky gervais 299 to 167. >> where are my single girls. >> no to plus one. >> where are my single girls throughout? >> you're discriminating against single men. >> and my single men, too. tomorrow a performance by country crooner, our friend vince gill. >> love him. plus a mother's day fashion pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. flonase is the first and only nasal spra

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tomorrow night, academy award winner warren beatty will be here. >> steve: come on. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how exciting is that? plus later this week, jude law and macklemore will be joining us. [ cheers and applause ] thursday night, thursday night's a big deal for us. big deal for nbc, because thursday night football is coming to nbc. [ applause ] so, big ratings for us. saints versus the panthers. after the game, we have a giant show with nicole kidman and miranda lambert. that's thursday night. >> steve: yeah, thursday. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: set your dvrs, set your vcrs, set your tivos as well. also, we're doing something fun with metallica this week. so, stay tuned for that. that should be fun. [ cheers and applause ] but first, we have a giant show tonight. he stars in the new movie -- i'm so excited they made a a sequel to this, "bad santa 2," billy bob thornton is here! [ cheers and applause ] talented guy. plus we love it when this guy stops by. he's the host of "watch what happens live," and he has a new book out called "superficial: more adventures from t

. >> is the little boy warren beatty? [ laughter ] is it? okay. >> jimmy: yeah. yeah. you see where i am already. >> yeah. and i'm seeing the coin, round, it's like a film canister. those are his films. so he's getting the film, and it's a fountain. a fountain. the fountain in l.a. that's like a street there. so he's in hollywood. he's giving it to the studio. ah, he wants it transfers to dvd. he wants his films transferred to dvd. am i -- i don't know if i'm right? >> jimmy: yes! you're exactly right. 100% correct. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ you have got an unbelievable talent. unbelievable talent. >> thank you. >> jimmy: thank you very much. that's all the time we have for instant song analysis. >> jimmy: fred armisen, the new season of "portlandia" premieres this thursday at 10:00 p.m. on ifc. we'll be right back with mario batali, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatmen

back in the day warren beatty had been with 12,775 women. it's a claim -- >> no, no. >> he does dispute that claim in the aarp magazine saying think about it, sleeping with 12,775 people. that would mean not just that there were more multiple people a day but there was repetition. >> you remember his carpet was apricot. >> scarpet. >> that's one of the things you have to look up. >> what's a scarpet? >> what are you saying? >> do you know the lyrics to "you're so vain"? >> but what's a scarpet. >> i think it does but then i saw one place that said a word i'd never heard of. >> what are they talking about? >> never mind, it's a song. >> he does admit to being a ladies man. he said, look, i never misled anyone and i'm a nice guy. he has been together with his wife for almost 25 years. >>> terry crews can be an imposing guy so one cost conscious student is using terry's image to discipline. he recently tweeted this photo. i keep this pic of terry crews in my wallet so i can see it when i'm about to waste money on things i don't need. terry crew

. >> now oliver platt is teaming up with warren beatty in the movie "rules don't apply." >> he tries to get a face to face meeting with howard hughes. >> we're 14 feet away. five feet away? 20 feet away? >> which one is your bungalow. we'll come to you. >> mr. forester? there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to do this on the telephone. >> mr. hughes, i'm not going to be able to talk to you until later. >> what is later? >> thank you. thank you. >> mr. hughes! >> oliver platt -- that's when phones were built well. >> very well built phones in those days. thank god. >> that's a great scene. >> unfortunately, there was only one phone. the prop man came in with a very tight smile and tape after each take. >> was that part of the script? >> not really planned. that's what's so fun about working with warren. he does shoot and shoot and shoot. but it is not for the reason everybody thinks it is. he understands and appreciates the sort of fluidity of the medium. he gets turned on by what people are doing. he was sort of -- you sort of try and top each other. >> when you have an improv m

making her big-screen debut in 1975, fisher appeared alongside warren beatty in "shampoo." after a brief marriage in the early '80s she moved beyond acting and became a prolific writer, especially good at doctoring scripts. she helped rewright "made in america," "sister act" and many more. her most recent memoir "the princess diarist" where she admits to having a three-month affair with harrison ford on the said of the first "star wars." just last month fisher told hoda and kathie lee, no one had any idea. >> and that's what shocks me. i think maybe because it was improbable, i don't know. certainly it wasn't like we were holding hands on the set or anything. >> i love you. >> i know. >> in a statement harrison ford writes carrie was one of a kind, brilliant, original, funny and emotionally fareless. she lived her life bravely. she often wrote and talked about her demons, depression, substance abuse, her strength in battling them as a parent as the strength of the famous character she played. a character she returned to in last year's "the force awakens" appearing on screen

>> you're also in "rules don't apply" with your husband, warren beatty. it's kind of a nice thing coming out of the end of the year and going into next year. you've got a lot going on. how does that feel? >> it feels amazing. i don't think we quite realized -- he had been planning his movie for so long that -- and just so happened that this film that i did came out at the same time. so, no, it's been a great, great thing for both of us together. it's a thrill. i feel really excited about his movie and i'm so proud of him, that he did it, that he made it. it's beautiful. and that this movie happens to be coming out at the same time. it is just a co-indianapolis dense and it is a delight. >> "20th century women" hits theaters in new york and los angeles on december 28th with a wider relea in seja >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. we're on our way to a nice friday, a great day for getting out of town or last-minute shopping. we'll see sunshine, dry conditions and look at the warmups, 40s all around today, up to 48 degrees in philadelphia. the

. >> henry kissinger, meryl streep, warren beatty, halle berry, many, many more. we wanted to honor this deli and get one bite of the original before it closed so we brought in some sandwiches. i've got corned beef. i've never had one. i've lived here ten years. you have papastrami. >> one is boiled, we've learned. >> one's smoked. different spices. i was just there not more than maybe six weeks ago with norman leer. it was terrific. it is still -- growing up in new york, that was one of your righ rites of passage. >> how much was this thing? >> 17 pounds. >> pastrami and corned beef is better the next day. >> this could last you an entire week. >> let me just take a bite. >> you will not. >> while we are stuffing our faces, let's check in on our good friends down in southwest florida. on "trending" on wednesday, thousands had been tuning in to watch harriet and m-15, two bald eagles who are going to become parents any minute now. >> is this live? >> it is live. >> it could make up for a week of tragedy if they'd just give birth on air for us. >> he needs to chang

one sibling combination, brother-sister, warren beatty, shirley mcclain. so no pressure here. so how are you doing? >> doing great. looking forward to christmas. the kids all got their lists ready so we're in good shape. >> do you want to whisper what the big gift is for kids this season? >> i'm afraid i have to keep that top secret, otherwise i'd get in trouble. >> yours are younger than mine but we can share some ideas afterward. it's good to see you. >> thank you very much. >> i'm going to tell people "live by night" hits select theaters on christmas day and opens nationwide on january 13th. >>> just ahead, we'll do some shopping. the biggest holiday gift guide ever and it comes up right after your local news. >>> 8:26 this wednesday morning. i'm tracy davidson. let's get to your first alert neighborhood forecast with erika martin. >> we're tracking an arctic blast, dangerously cold conditions thursday and friday especially through those overnight hours. notice temperatures only topping out in the 20s. overnight lows in the low teens. feels like temperatures in the single d

you know this guy warren beatty. >> yeah, i do know him. >> he digs you. may be smitten, he was here not long ago and he said incredible things about you. as a matter of fact we were talking about rules don't apply, that he directed and starred, and in the middle of the interview he said, but she's the most amazing actress, you have to see her in 20th century women. >> aw, that's very sweet. >> you like that movie, don't you? >> very much. >> tell me about the character. >> in rules don't apply -- >> in 20th century women. >> okay. i'm playing dorothy, the film is written, directed by mike mills who did a movie called beginners, with chris plumber. >> i did see that. >> that was more about his dad. this is more about his mom. the departure for the character was his mom who was an amazing woman. >> takes place in the '70s. >> right. >> does that help you? did you like that decade? where were you in life at that point? >> i was a good decade for me. 1979, i was 21, living in san francisco, but i grew up in san diego. so the whole world, the people in the sto

oscar winner warren beatty. we'll talk about his first movie in 15 years. writing, starring and directing in "rules don't apply." we'll talk about the movie, his break from hollywood and much more tomorrow. >> he's loving his life. >> that's a really good reason. >>> now let's get a check of the morning's top stories. here is the "news at 8." >>> we begin with election day now just one week aday. i'm kristen welker in dade city, florida. hillary clinton maintaining her national lead over donald trump. our latest poll shows clinton topping trump 47%-41%. but she and her allies are still concerned about that fbi probe now aiming to go on offense. >> reporter: at a get out the vote rally in cincinnati, hillary clinton aiming to get back on track and back on message energizing her supporters against donald trump. >> you know the best way to stop him -- by showing up with the biggest turnout in history. >> reporter: still, facing the new e-mail controversy head-on by escalating her attack against fbi director james comey. >> i made a mistake, i'm not making any