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♪ THE LATE LATE SHOW, OH, OH THE LATE LATE SHOW, OOH

♪ THE LATE LATE SHOW, OH, OH THE LATE LATE SHOW

♪ OH, OH IT'S THE LATE LATE SHOW ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> James: GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE

"LATE LATE SHOW."

HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT TUESDAY.

WE HAVE A FUN ONE PLANNED FOR YOU TONIGHT.

WE'LL BE CHATTING WITH THE INCREDIBLY TALENTED ANDREW

RANNELLS.

THEN LATER ON, WE'LL HAVE A PERFORMANCE FROM BRITTANY

HOWARD, SO STICK AROUND FOR THAT.

TONIGHT, OF COURSE, WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

NOW OBVIOUSLY, WE TAPE THIS SHOW EARLIER IN THE DAY, SO WE DON'T

KNOW WHAT HAPPENED YET.

IF YOU HAD TO GUESS, REGGIE, WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DEBATE?

>> Reggie: TRUMP SAID A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE

BUT KEPT SAYING IT ANYWAYS, AND THEN BIDEN WAS, WHAT ARE YOU,

SOME JIVE TURKEY?

( LAUGHTER ) >> James: IMAGINE IF WE TUNE

IN TONIGHT AND JOE BIDEN DOES SAY, WHAT ARE YOU, SOME JIVE

TURKEY?

( LAUGHTER ) IT WOULD CEMENT WHAT I'VE ALWAYS

THOUGHT IS REGGIE TRAVELS BACK AND FORWARD THROUGH TIME.

>> Reggie: YES.

>> James: I DO BELIEVE IT.

I DO.

WELL, DONALD TRUMP'S TEAM WASTED NO TIME GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE

TODAY.

AHEAD OF THE DEBATE THIS MORNING RUDY GIULIANI WENT ON "FOX

& FRIENDS" AND CLAIMED JOE BIDEN IS UNWELL.

>> THE MAN HAS DEMENTIA.

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

I'VE TALKED TO DOCTOR, HAD THEM LOOK AT 100 DIFFERENT TAPES OF

HIS FIVE YEARS AGO AND TODAY.

>> THE BIDEN PEOPLE SAY HE'S FINE.

>> WELL, WELL, WELL, HE CAN'T RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

AND HE'S FINE?

>> Reggie: WOW.

>> James: I HAVE TO GIVE IT TO JULIAN, IT'S HARD TO ARGUE WITH

BUAWAAWA!

LOOKS LIKE HE GOT BUSTED BY SCOOBY AND THE GANG.

I LIKE WHEN HE SAID I'VE TALKED TO DOCTORS.

THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO WEAR MASKS, SUDDENLY DOCTORS ARE

EXPERTS AGAIN.

I AM CERTAIN RUDY GIULIANI HAS SPOKEN TO MULTIPLE DOCTORS AND

DEMENTIA.

( LAUGHTER ) HIS FAMILY WERE LIKE, NO, NO,

IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.

THEY'RE GOING TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT JOE BIDEN.

YEAH, YOU WILL BE THERE THE WHOLE WEEKEND!

GIULIANI THEN TRIED TO PRESENT MORE EVIDENCE OF BIDEN'S MENTAL

DECLINE BUT SEEMED TO STRUGGLE A BIT HIMSELF.

>> HE'S BEEN A -- HE'S BEEN -- HE WAS IN A CENTER FOR 160

YEARS.

I MEAN, HE CAN'T DO THE PROLOGS TO THE CONST -- THE CONSTITUTION

OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OR

ANY OF THEM?

HE CAN'T DO NUMBERS.

THE NUMBERS ARE SCREWED UP.

>> James: I STOPPED LISTENING WHEN HE SAID BIDEN WAS IN THE

SENATE FOR 160 YEARS.

LOOKT AT HIS FACIAL EXPRESSION.

RUDY GIULIANI CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE RUDY GIULIANI SAID THAT.

MAYBE GIULIANI IS RIGHT, 160 YEARS.

WHO COULD FORGET JOE BIDEN'S PIVOTAL WORK TO UNIT THE COUNTRY

DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR?

( LAUGHTER ) I'VE ONLY LIVED IN AMERICA FIVE

AND A HALF ALMOST SIX YEARS.

IAN, EXPLAIN RUDY GIULIANI TO ME.

>> UM -- HE'S LIKE A ONE-HIT WONDER POLITICIAN.

HE WAS KIND OF POPPING IN THE EARLY 2000s, BUT NOW PEOPLE

ONLY CARE ABOUT HIM BECAUSE OF TRUMP.

HE'S LIKE IF KID ROCK WAS A POLITICIAN.

>> James: DO YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK THE RUDY GIULIANI THING

IS?

I THINK IT MIGHT BE A GENIUS MOVE -- I THINK THEY BRING HIM

OUT ON TV RIGHT BEFORE A DEBATE TO MAKE TRUMP LOOK MORE TOGETHER

AND NORMAL.

>> Reggie: OH, NICE.

>> James: PRESIDENT TRUMP DIDN'T SEEM TOO CONCERNED ABOUT

HIS DEBATE WITH JOE BIDEN TONIGHT BECAUSE ACCORDING TO

REPORTS, TRUMP DID ALMOST NO DEBATE PREP WHATSOEVER.

ALMOST NO PREP IS STILL MORE PREP THAN I WOULD HAVE GUESSED.

APPARENTLY, EACH TEAM MADE UNUSUAL REQUESTS HEADING INTO

TONIGHT'S DEBATE AND THOSE REQUESTED WERE VETOED BY THE

OTHER SIDE.

TEAM BIDEN APPARENTLY REQUESTED FOR A BREAK EVERY 30 MINUTES,

WHILE TEAM TRUMP ASKED FOR EACH CANDIDATES' EARS TO BE INSPECTED

FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES.

>> Reggie: WOW.

>> James: THE SECOND REQUEST WAS REJECTED BECAUSE THEY

COULDN'T FIND A SINGLE PERSON IN THE COUNTRY WILLING TO LOOK

INSIDE DONALD TRUMP'S EARS.

( LAUGHTER ) THOUGH I THINK IF YOU LOOK INTO

HIS EARS, YOU WILL JUST SEE RIGHT OUT THE OTHER SIDE.

( APPLAUSE ) >> YES, THAT'S TRUE.

>> James: I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT OVERLOOKED IN THE WRITING

CATEGORIES.

( LAUGHTER ) I ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S THE JOKE

THAT WILL BRING HIM DOWN.

>> THAT'S IT.

IT'S CURTAINS FOR HIM AFTER THAT.

>> James: THEY'LL PROBABLY CANCEL THE DEBATE AFT THAT.

IF THEY PUT THAT UP NOW, THEY'LL CANCEL THE DEBATE.

THEY CAN'T COPE WITH THAT LEVEL OF SATIRE.

>> IT'S TRENDING ON TWITTER NOW.

THE SHOW HASN'T GONE OUT YET, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT HAPPENED,

BUT IT'S THE NUMBER ONE TOPIC.

BIDEN ASKED FOR A BREAK EVERY 30 MINUTES?

HE CAN'T JUST CHECK OUT WHENEVER HE WANTS TO!

WHO DOES JOE BIDEN THINK HE IS, A MEMBER OF OUR BAND?

YOU CAN'T JUST ZONE OUT IN BETWEEN COMMERCIAL BREAK BUMPS.

IN THE PRESIDENCY, IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK EVERY 30

MINUTES, YOU'RE NOT GETTING A SHIFT MANAGER POSITION AT DEL

TACO.

AND BIG NEWS THIS MORNING FOR JOE BIDEN, HE'S BEEN OFFICIALLY

NOMINATED FOR A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

I MEAN, YEAH.

HE SHOULD GET SOME KIND OF AWARD.

HE SERVED 160 YEARS IN THE SENATE.

>> Reggie: YEAH.

>> James: FIRST, TRUMP WAS NOMINATED FOR ONE, NOW BIDEN.

HOW EASY IS IT TO GET THESE NOMINATIONS?

I'M STARTING TO THINK GETTING A NOBEL PRIZE NOMINATION SEEMS A

LIT LIKE AN INSTAGRAM CHALLENGE.

WHO ELSE DESERVES A NOBEL PRIZE NOMINATION THIS YEAR, IAN?

REGGIE?

>> Reggie: PROBABLY CINDY LAUPER.

>> James: YEAH, GO ON.

>> Reggie: YOU MEAN SOMEONE ELSE?

>> James: NO, I MEAN WHAT'S SHE DONE THIS YEAR?

>> Reggie: OH, GOSH -- >> James: RETROSPECTIVELY.

>> Reggie: SHE'S JUST DONE A LOT.

SHOWN HER TRUE COLORS.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> James: YOU'RE RIGHT.

SHE JUST WANTS TO HAVE FUN.

>> Reggie: SHE JUST WANTS TO HAVE FUN.

WE NEED THAT.

>> JAMES: AND WE HAD TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS.

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD AFRICAN RAT WAS RECENTLY AWARDED A PRESTIGIOUS

MEDAL FOR HIS WORK DETECTING MINES AND EXPLOSIVES IN

CAMBODIA.

THE RAT WAS GIVEN A MEDAL.

OR AS THE RAT CALLED IT, "NOT CHEESE."

( LAUGHTER ) THE RAT'S LIKE, RIGHT, WHAT DO I

DO WITH THIS?

TH THAT IS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE RAT

I'VE EVER SEEN.

AND I ONCE SAW A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A RAT WHO LOVED TO COOK

AND ENDED UP OWNING HIS OWN RESTAURANT.

( LAUGHTER ) BUT THE EXPLOSIVE-DETECTING RAT

WAS REALLY MODEST ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.

THE RAT SAID HE THINKS NOTHING OF PUTTING HIS LIFE ON THE LINE

TO SAVE OTHERS... BECAUSE HE HAS NO CLUE WHAT'S GOING ON.

( LAUGHTER ) BECAUSE HE'S A RAT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

SO THE RAT GOES IN AND SAYS, THERE'S MINES HERE OR THERE

ISN'T MINES HERE.

IMAGINE THAT, REGGIE.

IT'S FINE, YOU CAN GO ACROSS THAT FIELD NOW.

YOU SURE?

NO, THE RAT SAID IT'S FINE.

( LAUGHTER ) SORRY, WHAT?

THE RAT.

SORRY, HAVE YOU MET NIGEL?

NIGEL SAYS -- ( LAUGHTER )

TOTALLY FINE.

SO I'M GOOD TO GO ACROSS.

YEAH, YEAH YEAH.

BECAUSE -- ( LAUGHTER )

BUT WHY DON'T YOU GO?

I CAN'T.

I'M LOOKING AFTER NIGEL.

I'M GIVING HIM A MEDAL LATER.

GO ON, YOU GO.

YOU TAKE OFF.

( LAUGHTER ) DID YOU SEE THIS STORY?

AN AIRLINE IS NOW SELLING OFF USED DRINK CARTS FROM THEIR

RETIRED 747 AIRSPACE.

YOU KNOW THE BIG CARTS THAT ROLL DOWN THE AISLES?

THEY'RE FULLY STOCKED WITH DRINKS AND SOLD FOR $685 EACH.

GREAT NEWS FOR ANYONE ON THE HUMP OF A METAL BOX

FILLED WITH CANS OF EXPIRED TOMATO JUICE.

MAKES A GREAT CONVERSATION STARTER THAT STARTS WITH, KEVIN,

WE'RE ALL A BIT CONCERNED ABOUT YOU.

( LAUGHTER ) AND THIS IS NICE, FOR AN EXTRA

$50, THEY'LL BRING IT TO YOUR HOUSE AND SLAM IT INTO YOUR KNEE

WHILE YOU'RE ASLEEP.

( LAUGHTER ) >> Reggie: YEAH.

>> James: DID YOU SEE THIS?

APPLE RECENTLY HELD A VIRTUAL EVENT WHERE THEY ANNOUNCED THE

BRAND-NEW APPLE WATCH SERIES 6 WHICH WILL INTRODUCE WITH ALONG

WITH LOTS OF THINGS A NEW HAND WASHING REMINDER.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH BIG TECH IS MONITORING ALL OUR PERSONAL

INFORMATION, THEY'RE NOW MONITORING OUR PERSONAL HYGIENE.

I HAPPEN TO HAVE BEEN SENT ONE OF THESE SAID NEW WATCHES THAT

HAS A TON OF INTERESTING FEATURES I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

WITH YOU NOW.

FIRST OFF, THEY'VE ADDED THIS AND THIS IS QUITE A COOL ONE,

THIS IS BANJO MODE, WHICH IS PRETTY FUN IF YOU HAVEN'T

LEARNED TO PLAY THE BANJO, BUT YOU WANT TO PLAY THE BANJO, AND

YOU SET IT TO BANJO MODE AND YOU'VE JUST GOT THIS, LOOK

( BANJO MUSIC ) ♪

♪ ♪

AND SINCE WE'RE LIVING IN THE -- ( BANJO STRING PLUCKED )

AND I THINK THIS IS USEFUL, A DISTANT HIGH FIVE MODE WHICH

WORKS THROUGH BLUETOOTH.

SO YOU SET YOUR WATCH -- YOU SEE SOMEONE, WANT TO HIGH FIVE THEM

AND YOU JUST DO THIS.

HEY, REGGIE!

( HAND SLAP ) MISSED.

GO AGAIN.

GOT IT.

TRY THIS.

TRY LIKE OVER AND BACK, TOP GUN.

HEY, REGGIE!

( SLAP SLAP ) SEE YOU LATER.

HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

WE ALL WANT TO LET LOOSE.

WE'VE ADDED THIS NEW MODE.

IT'S THRASH MODE.

YOU SET IT TO THRASH MODE AND YOUNG ADULT PLAY HEAVY THRASH

METAL WHENEVER YOU JUST START DOING THIS.

SO HEAVY THRASH MODE AND YOU (HEAVY METAL MUSIC )

RIGHT?

BUT IF THAT GETS TOO LOUD, THERE'S ALSO VOLUME MODE, WHICH

ALLOWS YOU TO CONTROL THE COLONEL VOLUME YIEWM OF ANY

MUSIC YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO.

YOU CAN TURN THE DIAL UP OR DOWN.

SO I'LL PUT SOME MUSIC ON NOW.

♪ ♪ ♪ LET ME TRY ANOTHER SONG.

AND WHEN I SAY "SONG," I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS

LIKE A SONG.

( LAUGHTER ) OH -- THIS IS A GOOD ONE.

♪ ♪ ♪ (MUSIC VOLUME LOWERING )

(MUSIC VOLUME RAISING ) >> James: YEAH, TWO SUGARS.

THE MUSIC, STILL UPLOUD.

MUTE IT.

A (MUSIC STOPS )

ND IT JUST MUTES INSTANTLY.

AND ♪ ♪ ♪

(MUSIC VOLUME LOWERING ) (MUSIC STOPS )

(LAUGHTER ) (MUSIC VOLUME RAISING )

THEN -- SO, AND SINCE NONE OF US ARE REALLY ABLE TO GO OUT

AT THE MOMENT AND SOCIALIZE THE WAY WE USED TO, THEY'VE ADDED

THIS, THIS IS PUB MODE.

SO IF YOU'RE IN ON YOUR OWN BUT YOU WANT TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN

A PACKED PUB WITH PEOPLE ALL AROUND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST

SET IT TO PUB MODE, AND WHENEVER YOU TAKE A DRINK, IT JUST GIVES

YOU THE ATMOSPHERE AND FEELING OF BEING IN A PUB.

LOOK.

(CROWD NOISE ) AND THIS IS --

( LAUGHTER ) BUT HERE'S WHAT'S REALLY GREAT,

IF YOU SET THE WATCH TO SWITCH MODE, YOU CAN SWITCH

EFFORTLESSLY BETWEEN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SETTINGS.

SO, LOOK, YOU SET IT ON TO SWITCH MODE, AND THEN YOU CAN BE

JUST LIKE -- (BANJO )

(SLAPPING ) (HEAVY METAL MUSIC )

(BANJO ) (HEAVY METAL MUSIC )

(MUSIC VOLUME LOWERING ) (SLAPPING )

(CROWD NOISE ) (MUSIC VOLUME RAISING )

(HEAVY METAL MUSIC ) ♪ ♪ ♪

(HEAVY METAL MUSIC ) ♪ ♪ ♪

(BANJO ) ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ >> James: WELCOME BACK.

LET'S MEET OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT!

HE'S A GRAMMY-WINNING AND TONY-NOMINATED PERFORMER YOU

KNOW AND LOVE FROM "GIRLS," "A SIMPLE FAVOR" AND "THE INTERN."

AND SO MUCH MORE.

PLEASE WELCOME THE WILDLY TALENTED ANDREW RANNELLS.

THERE HE IS!

HOW ARE YOU?

>> I'M SO GOOD AND SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> James: IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU.

I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE KNOW THIS, BUT BASICALLY, OUTSIDE MY

FAMILY, I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE THE PERSON I SAW THE MOST THIS YEAR

BEFORE COVID HAPPENS BECAUSE WE WERE SHOOTING THIS FILM

TOGETHER, A FILM CALLED "THE PROM," AND I MISS IT VERY MUCH.

IT FEELS LIKE ANOTHER WORLD NOW, DOESN'T IT?

>> IT DOES FEEL LIKE ANOTHER WORLD BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE

FELL INTO -- YOU KNOW, WE ALL GOT VERY COZY TOGETHER, AND THEN

TO HAVE THAT ALL RIPPED OUT FROM UNDER US WAS VERY ODD.

BUT I JUST GOT VERY USED TO SEEING YOUR FACE EVERY DAY, AND,

YOU KNOW, YOU WERE SORT OF MY, UM -- WELL, NOT SORT OF -- I

MEAN, YOU WERE MY ON-SET HUSBAND, LET'S BE HONEST.

>> James: I WAS VERY COMFORTABLE.

IT JUST BECAME SORT OF ANDREW AND JAMES.

>> IT REALLY WAS.

>> James: WE WERE NEVER MENTIONED ON OUR OWN.

>> WE CREATED A CLIQUE AND LEANED INTO THAT AND EXCLUDED

MERYL STREEP AND NICOLE KIDMAN FROM THAT.

( LAUGHTER ) >> James: WHAT WOULD A YOUNG

ANDREW RANNELLS THINK OF HIS LIFE RIGHT NOW TODAY?

>> HE WOULD HAVE LOST HIS MIND.

HE WOULD HAVE LOST HIS MIND.

THERE WAS A MOMENT DURING THAT FILM WHERE I FINALLY HAD THE

COURAGE TO TELL NICOLE EXACTLY HOW MUCH I LOVE MULAN ROUGE, AND

SHE REENACTED HER DEATH SCENE FOR ME.

( LAUGHTER ) AND I WAS, LIKE, NO ONE ELSE --

I MEAN, MAYBE SHE DOES IT ALL THE TIME, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT SHE DID THE WHOLE THING FOR ME.

SHE, LIKE, COUGHED AND DID ALL OF THE -- SHE WAS, LIKE, OH, IT

MEANS SO MUCH TO ME THAT YOU LIKED IT.

AND THEN SHE DID IT.

I SAID, NICOLE KIDMAN, YOU ARE DOWN TO CLOUD.

( LAUGHTER ) >> James: YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN

NEW YORK CITY AND I KNOW BROADWAY IS A BIG PART OF YOUR

LIFE.

TELL ME, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN IN PROBABLY A YEAR NOW TO

NEW YORK.

LIKE, HOW IS IT -- HOW SURREAL IS IT SEEING THAT KIND OF

STRETCH OF EIGHT OR TEN BLOCKS OF BROADWAY CLOSED WITHOUT

ACTIVITY?

WHAT'S IT LIKE WHEN YOU WALK AROUND THE AREA?

>> IT'S VERY SAD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW -- AND I FEEL IT'S SORT

OF -- YOU KNOW, THAT OBVIOUSLY IS SUCH A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE.

SO TO HAVE THAT ALL GONE, IT FEELS LIKE JUST SOMETHING VERY

LARGE IS MISSING HERE.

AND NEW YORK, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT FEELS

LIKE IT'S SORT OF STARTING TO FUNCTION AGAIN IN A GOOD WAY,

BUT THAT PARTICULAR PART OF IT IS REALLY, UM, THERE'S A HOLE.

THERE'S A HOLE IN THE CITY THAT IT'S JUST NOT -- IT CAN'T BE

REPLACED AND, YEAH, THAT'S HARD.

>> James: AND EVERY SINGLE BROADWAY PERFORMING, MUSICIAN,

CREW, STAGEHAND, BOX OFFICE WORKER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THINKING

ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, WE REALLY, REALLY ARE.

IT'S WORRYING, BUT WE HOPE SO MUCH THAT IT WILL, YOU KNOW,

THAT IT WILL FIND A WAY THROUGH THIS AS SO MANY OTHER THINGS

ARE.

AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS, THIS IS VERY EXCITING TO ME.

YOU'VE JUST FINISHED WORKING ON YOUR DIRECTORIAL DEBUT.

I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR YOU.

HOW NERVOUS WERE YOU GOING INTO IT?

I THINK YOU JUST WRAPPED.

HOW DID IT GO?

>> IT WAS TERRIFYING.

I WAS ASKED TO ADAPT AN ESSAY I WROTE FOR MODERN LOVE IN THE

"NEW YORK TIMES."

I WAS ASKED TO ADAPT THAT FOR THE SECOND SEASON, AND THEN JOHN

CARNEY, THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER WAS, LIKE, WELL, MAYBE WOULD YOU

WANT TO DIRECT IT BECAUSE IT'S YOUR STORY AND YOU'RE WRITING

IT?

SO I WAS TERRIFIED, ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED, BUT I HAD MANY

CONVERSATIONS WITH RYAN MURPHY AND JOE MANTELLO WHO DIRECTED

"THE BOYS IN THE BAND" AND THEY JUST SORT OF TALKED ME THROUGH

IT IN A GREAT WAY AND WERE VERY ENCOURAGING, AND, UM -- SO I

TRIED -- WELL, SEE -- WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT

WENT WELL, JAMES.

I FEEL LIKE IT WENT WELL.

>> James: WE HAVE A PHOTO OF YOU HERE IN ACTION, AND YOU LOOK

LIKE A DIRECTOR HERE.

IT'S A VERY -- IT'S A VERY DIRECTOR'S CHOICE OF JACKET.

>> YES.

NO, I BOUGHT THAT JACKET -- SO MY FRIEND SUSANNAH --

>> James: DID YOU BUY THE JACKET TO LOOK LIKE A DIRECTOR?

>> YES.

>> James: WOW.

YES, I DID.

( LAUGHTER ) IT CAME FROM A PLACE CALLED

PHILSON.

IT FELT LIKE A VERY DIRECTOR JACKET.

SO IF NOTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M AN ACTOR SORT OF

FIRST, I WAS, LIKE, IF NOTHING ELSE, I'LL LOOK THE PART.

>> James: YEAH.

I MIGHT FAIL, BUT I'LL TRY THAT.

>> James: I DON'T THINK YOU WILL.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE IT.

I CAN'T WAIT.

I REALLY, REALLY CAN'T.

NOW, WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE IN

"THE BOYS IN THE BAND."

TELL THEM ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND WHO YOU PLAY.

>> "THE BOYS IN THE BAND" IS A FABULOUS PLAY IN 1968, MARK

CROWLEY WROTE IT, WE GOT TO REVIVE IT IN BROADWAY IN 2018, A

LOT OF DATES, BUT THE POINT IS IT'S ABOUT NINE GAY MEN SORT OF

TRAPPED IN AN APARTMENT AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY IN 1968, IN ONE

APARTMENT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH ENOUGH BOOS AND ENOUGH EMOTION

THAT THE WHEELS SORT OF START TO COME OFF, AND IT'S JUST -- I

LOVE BEING A PART OF IT.

IT WAS SUCH A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE GETTING TO DO IT ON BROADWAY AND

THEN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE EXACT SAME CAST COMING BACK AND DOING

IT AS A FILM WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE.

AND IT WILL BE ON, YOU KNOW, NETFLIX ON THE 30th, AND WE'RE

SO EXCITED TO FINALLY GET TO SHARE IT WITH PEOPLE.

IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG JOURNEY WITH THE SHOW.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THIS VERSION.

>> James: I'M INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO WATCH IT.

I'M A REAL FAN OF THE ORIGINAL.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A GENERATION OF YOUNG

PEOPLE THAT DON'T SORT OF UNDERSTAND THAT IN 1968 YOU

COULD BE ARRESTED FOR BEING GAY.

>> YES.

>> James: AS AN OUT GAY MAN, HOW DO YOU PROCESS THAT, WHEN

YOU'RE GOING INTO A PROJECT LIKE THIS?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE GOT TO EXPLORE

IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY ON THE FILM THAN WE DID WHEN WE WERE

DOING THE BROADWAY VERSION THAT THERE WAS THIS SORT OF

OVERARCHING FEELING OF CONCERN AND OF DANGER THAT, IF SOMEONE

HAD CALLED THE POLICE AND SAID THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A PARTY OF A

BUNCH OF GAY MEN HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THEM COULD HAVE BEEN

ARRESTED, THEIR NAMES WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN THE NEWSPAPER, THEIR

LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I SORT

OF TOOK -- I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THEN, LIKE, I DIDN'T -- BECAUSE WHEN I CAME OUT IN THE

'90s, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS NOT A CONCERN.

AND PUTTING YOURSELF -- AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO PUT

YOURSELF IN THAT PLACE AND SAYT THAT JUST BEING YOURSELF WAS NOT

OKAY WAS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE ALL HAD TO -- HAD TO REMIND

OURSELVES OF WHEN WE WERE DOING THE FILM, YOU KNOW, TO SAY, YES,

THERE'S VERY COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIPS HAPPENING IN THIS

ROOM, BUT, ALSO, ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S A LOT ELSE HAPPENING

JUST POLITICALLY AND SOCIALLY.

SO JOE MANTELLO, OUR BRILLIANT DIRECTOR, ALLOWED US TO SORT OF

EXPLORE THAT PART OF IT AS WELL.

BUT IT'S ALSO, LIKE -- IT'S VERY FUNNY.

IT'S A FUNNY MOVIE.

THERE'S A LOT OF LOVE IN IT, BUT IT IS SORT OF A DARK STORY OF

THESE FRIENDS SORT OF, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRUTH TELLING.

BUT I THINK THAT WHAT -- AGAIN, WHAT WE GOT TO EXPLORE MAYBE IN

THE FILM THAN WE DID ON BROADWAY WAS THERE'S A REASON THEY'RE ALL

IN THE ROOM TOGETHER AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY LOVE EACH OTHER AND

IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE FRIENDS AND IT'S ABOUT CHOSEN FAMILY AND

ABOUT THESE GUYS WHO REALLY DO CARE AND WANT TO PROTECT EACH

OTHER.

SO AS A CAST, WE ALL KNEW EACH OTHER SO WELL.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO A SHOW ON BROADWAY OR WHEREVER, THAT'S

YOUR FAMILY, RIGHT, LIKE THAT'S YOUR FAMILY FOR A BIT.

SO WE ALL BECAME VERY CLOSE, SO IT WAS REALLY FUN TO GET TO

REUNITE AND TELL THIS STORY ON FILM.

>> James: WELL, I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE SUCCESS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CLIP FROM THE BOYS IN THE BAND

STREAMING ON NETFLIX.

>> WHERE'S YOUR PRESENT?

IT'S ARRIVING LATER.

LARRY, LARRY.

LARRY.

>> WHAT?

GIVE MIKE THE GIFT.

OH.

HERE.

LOUDER SO MY MOTHER IN PHILADELPHIA CAN HEAR YOU.

>> YOU'RE JUST STANDING THERE IN TRANCE.

>> WHAT'S THAT?

NOW BOTH KNOW DONALD, DON'T YOU?

>> SURE.

NICE TO SEE YOU.

>> HI.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

OH, I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU'D MET.

>> WELL, WE HAVEN'T EXACTLY MET, BUT WE'VE -- HI.

>> HI.

BUT YOU'VE WHAT?

>> James: STICK AROUND.

MORE WITH ANDREW RANNELLS WHEN WE COME BACK, EVERYBODY.

♪ >> James: WELCOME BACK!

WE ARE HERE WITH THE BRILLIANT AND ALWAYS TERRIFIC FUN ANDREW

RANNELLS.

NOW, ANDREW, WE HAVE BEEN ASKING OUR GUEST TO DO THE THING, A

LATE LATE SHOW AND TELL, WHEN WE ASK OUR GUESTS TO SHOW SOMETHING

FROM THEIR HOME WE MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE GET TO SEE.

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU COULD SHARE WITH US THIS EVENING IS

THIS.

>> I DO.

I DO.

IT'S -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN -- CAN YOU SEE THAT?

( LAUGHTER ) >> James: YEAH.

I HAVE BEEN ON THE SHOW MANY TIMES AND I'VE NEVER GOTTEN A

MUG.

>> James: WHAT?!

WELL THAT'S YOUR PUBLICIST.

YOUR PUBLICIST IS STEALING ALL OF THE MUGS BECAUSE --

>> NO.

>> James: YES.

NO, BECAUSE THEY'RE USUALLY IN A BAG IN THE DRESSING ROOM.

NO.

BUT THIS GUY HANDED ONE TO ME DIRECTLY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT.

SO, I DON'T KNOW.

( LAUGHTER ) IT'S JUST INFORMATIO FOR YOU.

THERE'S NO JUDGMENT.

I JUST WANTED TO -- >> James: YOU ARE ABOUT TO

ENTER MUG WAYS, THE GATES OF HELL.

I CANNOT STRESS TO YOU HOW MUCH YOU WILL REGRET THIS, BECAUSE I

HAVE BOTH YOUR ADDRESSES AND I WILL FILL YOUR HOUSE WITH THESE

VERY MUGS.

OKAY?

>> I KNOW.

BUT WHY DON'T I HAVE ONE OF THOSE?

>> James: BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN ONE.

I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD TO HAND ONE TO YOU PERSONALLY.

>> WELL.

>> James: I THOUGHT IT WAS OBVIOUS THE ONE -- YEAH, YEAH.

>> OKAY!

>> Reggie: REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR GUEST THIS IS

EVENING?

>> Reggie: YES, I DO.

TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO -- ( DRUM ROLL )

-- LET'S MAKE IT FOR ALL OUR GUESTS.

>> James: WOULD YOU RATHER THE QUESTION WAS ASKED TO YOU BY JON

BAPTISTE OR ARE YOU OKAY?

>> NO, I'M GOOD.

( LAUGHTER ) >> James: REGGIE, WHAT'S THE

QUESTION?

>> Reggie: WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE GREEN ROOM EXPERIENCE

BETWEEN THIS SHOW AND THE "LATE SHOW"?

>> JAMES IS A VERY TENDER HUGGER, SO I APPRECIATED THAT,

YEAH.

SO THAT'S -- THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE BEST GREEN ROOM I HAVE BEEN

IN BECAUSE I JUST FELT SEEN AND HEARD AND HELD AND, YEAH, I FELT

VERY CLOSE TO -- I'VE NEVER FELT SO CLOSE TO A HOST BEFORE.

>> James: HE'S A TENDER HUGGER BUT A STINGY MUGGER.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT FROM THIS.

REG, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> Reggie: IT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

>> James: IT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

PLEASE THANK THE ONE, THE ONLY ANDREW RANNELLS.

WHEN WE COME BACK, BRITTANY HOWARD IS GOING TO BE HERE.

COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY!

♪ >> James: WELCOME BACK.

OUR NEXT GUEST IS A FOUR-TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNING

SINGER-SONGWRITER AND MUSICIAN YOU KNOW FROM ALABAMA SHAKES.

HER CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DEBUT SOLO ALBUM "JAMIE" IS OUT NOW.

PLEASE WELCOME THE EXCEPTIONAL, THE SINGULAR, BRITTANY HOWARD,

EVERYBODY!

( APPLAUSE ) BRITTANY, IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE

YOU.

I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE, AND, YES, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT

YOU'RE NOT HERE IN THE STUDIO BECAUSE I WILL SAY -- AND I MEAN

THIS TO THIS DAY, 812 SHOWS IN, YOUR PERFORMANCE THAT YOU DID IN

THE STUDIO IS STILL MY FAVORITE PERFORMANCE WE'VE EVER HAD ON

THE SHOW.

I MEAN IT.

LIKE, IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

ARE YOU WELL?

>> I'M DOING REALLY GOOD, JAMES, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, BY THE WAY, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR

KIND WORDS.

>> James: WE SHOULD CONGRATULATE YOU.

YOU HAVE A BIRTHDAY COMING UP FRIDAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRIDAY.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THIS MON MEN US TO

OCCASION?

>> WELL, ME AND A GROUP OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS ARE GOING TO

RENT A CABIN AND WE'RE GOING FISHING.

>> James: FISHING IN A BOAT OR FROM THE BANK?

>> HOPEFULLY, I WILL BE FISHING ON ALL OF IT.

HOPEFULLY, I WILL BE IN A BOAT, BANK, I'LL GO UNDERWATER, I'LL

DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.

>> James: CAN I BE HONEST?

I CAN THINK OF NOTHING BETTER THAN GOING FISHING WITH BRITTANY

HOWARD.

( LAUGHTER ) AND I SAY THAT, AND I FEED YOU

TO KNOW I MEAN THIS, THERE IS NO ONE IN THIS ROOM I WOULD WANT TO

GO FISHING WITH.

( LAUGHTER ) >> HAVE YOU BEEN FISHING?

>> James: I'VE NEVER BEEN FISHING.

BECAUSE IT DOESN'T APPEAL TO ME.

BUT IF I WAS FISHING WITH YOU, I THINK I WOULD BE INTO IT.

IF I WOULD BE FISHING WITH IAN, I WOULD BE WE'RE LEAVING.

>> THE FISHING FASHION IS WHY I DO IT.

>> James: THE WADERS, I'M INTO THE WHOLE THING.

>> THE WADERS, THE WADING BOOTS, YOU KNOW, REAL EARTH AND TONE.

>> James: YES.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

THAT'S WHERE UH IT'S AT.

THAT'S THE FUTURE, GUCCI WADERS.

>> James: I NEVER KNEW YOU WERE A FISHER BECAUSE IN

ADDITION TO FISHING, YOU'VE ALSO TAKEN UP -- AND THIS IS

IMPRESSIVE.

YOU'VE TAKEN UP WEIGHT LIFTING AND YOU DEAD LIFT 250 POUNDS.

LOOK AT THIS!

( APPLAUSE ) THIS IS SO IMPRESSIVE.

HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS?

WHEN DID DEAD LIFTING BECOME A PART OF YOUR LIFE?

>> I GET INTO IT OVER THE PANDEMIC.

I'M A PERSON WHO REALLY LIKES TO STAY BUSY, AND RUNNING OUT OF

TOUR THE DO AND SITTING AROUND THE HOUSE, I HAD TO COME UP WITH

SOME NEW SOLUTIONS.

AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS WAS, LIKE, WEIGHT LIFTING.

I GREW UP, MY MOTHER WAS A BODY BUILDER.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS A KID, I GREW UP AROUND ALL THESE REALLY

TANNED, YOU KNOW, STRONG MEN AND WOMEN, AND I GUESS AS I GOT

OLDER, I WAS JUST, LIKE, OH, YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING I KNOW

ABOUT.

SO I TRIED IT, AND I HAVE BEEN TRAINING WITH MY TRAINER, AND,

YEAH, I'M LIFTING.

I GOT PEOPLE HITTING ME UP NOW, CELEBRITIES AND STUFF, THEY WANT

TO WEIGHT TRAIN WITH ME, NOW.

>> James: WHO?

WHO WANTS TO WEIGHT TRAIN?

>> PABLO SCHREIBER.

>> James: HE CALLS YOU SAND SAYS, I WANT TO DEAD LIFT, I

WANT TO PICK SOME STUFF UP?

>> HE SAID, NEXT TIME YOU'RE IN L.A., LET'S GO TRAIN TOGETHER.

I SAID, OH, YES.

OKAY.

I CAN GET THAT IN MY LIFE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

>> James: SO YOU TAKE IT TO THE WAIST.

DO YOU EVER TO THE -- AAAHHH!

>> WE CALL IT CLING AND PRESS.

>> James: YEAH, THESE ARE ALL TECHNICAL THINGS YOU NEED TO

KNOW ABOUT.

ARE YOU A CLEAN PRESSER?

>> I'M A CLEAN PRESSER.

I'M THE BEST AROUND.

THAT'S THE THING, I CAN'T WAIT TO GO STATE.

YOU NEVER KNOW.

I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO PACK IN AS MANY TITLES AND AWARDSHIPS AS

I CAN IN THIS LIFETIME.

I WANT TO BE THE TENNESSEE STATE CHAMP.

>> James: OH, MY GOODNESS.

THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE.

NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR ALBUM, JAMIE.

YOU SAID THAT IT'S A MEMORIAL TO YOUR SISTER, WHO PASSED AWAY

WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER.

TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT, HOW HAS SHE IMPACTED YOUR CAREER AS A

SOLO ARTIST AND, PARTICULARLY, THIS RECORD?

>> SURE.

SO WHEN I WAS LITTLE, MY SISTER JAMIE WAS MY FIRST TEACHER, SHE

WAS MY HERO, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS FOUR YEARS OLDER THAN ME, SO I

GOT ON HER NERVOUS, AND SHE WAS ALSO JUST LIKE THE BEST THING IN

THE WORLD.

SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY PIANO, HOW TO DRAW, HOW TO USE MY

IMAGINATION.

REALLY TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I USE TODAY TO BE WHO I AM.

AND TO HAVE THIS MUSIC CAREER THAT I HAVE BEEN GIFTED, YOU

KNOW.

SO WHEN I WAS DOING MY SOLO RECORD I WAS AFRAID AND SCARED.

I THOUGHT, THIS COULD BE A REALLY BAD IDEA BUT THERE WAS

SOMETHING IN ME THAT MADE ME WANT TO LEAN INTO IT AND MAKE

SOMETHING ON MY OWN AND CREATING AND TAKING A RISK.

MY SISTER TAUGHT ME THOSE THINGS AND THOSE QUALITIES.

I KNEW WHEN THE RECORD WAS FINISHED EVERYONE WAS ASKING ME

WHT ARE YOU GOING TO CALL A RECORD?

AND I KNEW MY NAME HAD TO BE ON IT, OF COURSE, BUT MY SISTER'S

NAME HAD TO BE ON IT.

I WANTED TO SHARE THAT AND PUT GRATEFULNESS ON HER NAME.

>> James: THAT'S SO WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US, BRITTANY, I CAN'T TELL

YOU HOW MUCH -- I FEEL LIKE I COULD TALK TO YOU FOR A WEEK AND

I WOULD BE HAPPY.

BRITTANY HOWARD WILL BE PERFORMING RIGHT HERE.

COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY.

♪ >> James: WELCOME BACK.

HERE PERFORMING "BABY" OFF HER BRILLIANT ALBUM "JAMIE," WHICH

IS OUT RIGHT NOW, PLEASE WELCOME BRITTANY HOWARD!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ YEAH, THIS IS THE CHECK

ONE, TWO ♪ THE CHECK

THREE, FOUR ♪ YOU KNOW WHO IT IS

♪ ♪ ♪ YOU SEE

♪ I TRIED TO BE EVERYTHING YOU'D EVER WANT

♪ YOU'LL EVER WANT YOU EVER WOULD ASK ME

♪ TO BE, BABY HA, BABY

♪ HOW COULD YOU CALL ME YOUR BABE

♪ YOU DON'T PROVIDE FOR ME YOU DON'T RIDE FOR ME

♪ YOU DON'T, NO, YOU DON'T HOW COULD YOU CALL

♪ ME YOUR BABE I TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING

♪ YOU ASKED ME TO I NEVER THOUGHT YOU

♪ EVER WOULD ASK ME TO LEAVE, BABY

♪ I GUESS THE JOKE'S ON ME, BABY

♪ YOU NEVER DID FAIL TO DECEIVE

♪ I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR BEING SO QUALITY, BABE

♪ HA, BABY BABY, BABY

♪ BABY, BABY ♪ ♪ ♪

BABY, BABY ♪ HOW COULD YOU CALL

ME YOUR BABY ♪ ♪ ♪

ME YOUR BABY ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

OOH, OOH, OOH, OW ♪ ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ ♪ >> James: OH, THE INCREDIBLE

BRITTANY HOWARD, EVERYBODY.

HER ALBUM ALABAM ALBUM JAMIE IS RIGHT NOW.

BACK AFTER THIS.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> James: THANKS SO MUCH FOR

WATCHING.

TOMORROW NIGHT: FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON AND

EVAN RACHEL WOOD.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

REGGIE, TAKE US HOME.

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