Za, the gift for now, for always. Discover it at kay, . . [ cheers and applause ] jimmy welcome back, everybody. I forgot to ask questlove a Robert De Niro impression. You know, its like little bit. You know how you do that . I think the worst person to do a Robert De Niro impression is tina fey. [ light laughter ] and shes terrible. And she and i go and shell admit it, and she comes, and she goes like [ light laughter ] she just doesnt understand what to do. But then, i saw questloves impression of Robert De Niro, and i just want to show it to you. This is the worst impression ive ever seen, of Robert De Niro. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] hes so it looks nothing like its my favorite thing ive ever seen. Oh, thats good. [ light laughter ] not only is our next guest a a grammy awardwinning artist, he also produced the new film, Hidden Figures, which opens in select theaters december 25th and nationwide on january 6th. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Pharrell Williams . . . . [ cheers and applause ] wow. Jimmy wow. Big white spaceship, really . Questlove its my favorite wow. Into into every song that comes out. Please make some noise for the greatest band. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, yeah. You look great, man. Good to see you. Thank you, man. Jimmy as always, i saw on either instagram or something, you were just traveling in paris. Yes, sir. Jimmy were you with david blaine there or . Yeah. Jimmy yeah, does he did he scare you . Well, look, hes a hes a a friend to a lot of us. But hes the only friend you know that, like, just swallows frogs and regurgitates them at jimmy he freaked us out. He came on he was the best. Ive never seen magic like this in my lifetime. I was frightened. My legs were weak. He was playing he was like, look at these cards. Yeah. [ laughter ] jimmy think of a number. And i go, okay. Im thinking of a number. And he goes and he throws up a frog. And i go, oh my god [ laughter ] i almost passed out. But, ive never had that feeling in my life. Well, as a magician, he has the uncanny ability of making things disappear and reappear, and disappear. Jimmy yeah. Where was he during the election . [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy i gotta ask him that. What are you doing what are you doing with adidas . Youre doing a thing called, uh, is it hu . H. U. . Yeah, hu. Jimmy hu. And and what is that . Just another collaboration . Youre always doing something cool with adidas. Man, its just a lot allows me to, like, tap into different cultures, so they can tell their stories. And at the same time, were, like, making apparel that is about performing not just physically, but spiritually, and like emotionally. And hu is short for health ultimatum, you know. Its its honestly, like, i think your leader should be the person you see in the mirror. Jimmy thats interesting. Yeah. Jimmy yeah, ive seen i see youre a fashionable guy. Well, this is this is g star. Jimmy i know, but g star thats in thats all my wardrobe is, is mostly g star. But besides that i dont i cant you can pull all this stuff off. Youre a fashionable dude. Im glad that you know fashion. Whats whats the advice . Anything for me . Anything that, whats the next well, what do you got coming up . Jimmy whats next for me . Im hosting the golden globes, in january. Thats a big deal. [ cheers and applause ] im nervous but very excited. To me, like, i think whats most important right now, is so, whatever it is, thats going to help you shine even more. Not necessarily in terms of, like, brightness, but i mean, the real you come out, i think thats what you should do. And it should be d. I. Y. Do it yourself. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy do it yourself. Yeah. Jimmy yeah, all right. On top of it. Jimmy okay, i can do that. Like, just do your thing to it, you know. Dont just mannequin shop. Like thats jimmy do something different. Yeah. Jimmy yeah. Thats very 2000s. Jimmy yes, please. Im over the 2000s. Lets do it. Jimmy fresh. Punch. Jimmy g star. Yeah. Jimmy raw. Raw, yeah. Jimmy raw, man. Raw, lets get raw. You know . Lets get raw. R. A. W. Go shoot the king. Jimmy lets get sushi, lets get sushi on everybody. Yes. [ light laughter ] raw like sushi. Jimmy yeah, exactly. Lets get like medium rare, type of stuff. You know what im talking about . Lets do it. Jimmy lets do it. No masago. [ light laughter ] jimmy lets go like kobe, man. You know what im saying, dude . Lets do it. Jimmy lets slice it, slice it, put it on hibachi, and be why, dont you just say it . Jimmy thats it, youre out man, youre done. [ laughter ] oh, man, i love you. I know youre always youre making great music. Youre also i love that you just give advice and youre so very positive. I saw this girl online called maggie rogers. Let me get her name correct. Yeah. Jimmy you were giving a it was master class at n. Y. U. Yep. Jimmy and you were just like giving constructive criticism, to all these kids about their music and they were playing things, and you went, yeah. Jimmy but then this girl blew you away. Oh, yeah. Jimmy and i just want to show a clip of this. This is a video of you, because you almost get choked up listening to her. This is it, right here. Pharrell williams. . . . . [ applause ] wow. I have zero, zero, zero notes for that. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy you had no notes. Yeah, no. Jimmy no notes for that song. Her name is maggie rogers. Yeah. Jimmy people saw this clip. It went viral. Her song now, has been streamed over 20 million times on spotify. Yeah. Jimmy because of you. No. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy because of you. No way, its not because of me. Jimmy no, it is. No, no, no. Jimmy i know youre going to give her credit, but then our music booker, julie, she heard the song, we booked her on our show, february 20th. [ cheers and applause ] thats awesome, man. I just think its great. Man, you heard the music man. You really heard the music. Jimmy i love we love music here, man, and we love positivity. So thanks again. Lets talk about this. cause this is what a what an interesting day to talk about this film. Man, three africanamerican female protagonists, who are not best friends or consoling each other over divorces or anything. They are actually scientists, engineers, mathematicians who are technologically advanced. [ cheers and applause ] and this is the story i mean, and Katherine Johnson, her math was integral. It is actually, what helped john glenn make it into the orbit of space. Jimmy yeah. Yeah. And unfortunately, we lost him today. Like thats crazy. Please give him a hand. Man, hes was the first. [ applause ] jimmy john glenn, unbelievable. Its crazy. But but this tells that story very, very, very well. Jimmy and thank you for doing this, and taraji, we love. Jimmy she really does. But you also, you compose songs, you produced the songs, you sang. I mean, this is yeah. And produced this album. I mean, this is a lot for you. Well, you know what, we were trying to serve this amazing story. Jimmy yeah. This is as i said before, three africanamerican women in the 1960s, facing nasa. Two subjects i was subject i was obsessed with, since i was a child, and it happened where im from, hampton roads, virginia, in the 1960s. So how could i not do any and me and my partner, mimi valdes, like we we did everything we could, to serve this story. Man, i was, getting people coffee, whatever i needed to do. Jimmy yeah, whatever you got to do, to get it done. 100 . Jimmy and then it turned out great. Thank you. Jimmy i want to show a clip from Hidden Figures. It opens in select theaters december 25th and then nationwide on january 6th. Take a look at this. Whats the status on that computer . Shes right behind you, can she handle analytic geometry . Absolutely. And she speaks. Yes, sir, i do. Which one . Both. Geometry and speaking. Ruth, get me the do you think you can find me the firnaframe for this data using the gramshmidt orthonormalization algorithm . Yes, sir. I prefer it, over euclidean coordinates. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy she can act, man. Youre going to perform tonight with kim burrell. What song are you doing tonight . I see a victory. Jimmy i see a victory, and yeah. [ cheers and applause ] when you even hear it, at the rehearsal i dont know if you saw rehearsal, but it was a a great this choir shes unbelievable. Jimmy and she is amazing. All right, so we have pharrell and burrell. [ light laughter ] yeah. Pharrell williams and kim burrell perform after the break. Stick around, everybody. Remember 2007 . Smartphones . O m g ten years later, nothings really changed. Its time to snap out of it. Hello moto. Snap on a jbl speaker. Put a 70 screen on a wall. Get a 10x optical zoom. Get excited world. Hello moto. Moto is here. 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Just so you know the history its saying victory . Everybo . Oh let them laugh about it dont worry what the doubters saying . . Yes its an uphill battle but guess who else is playing the next time yall in action . . And the ghost is in the room watch you work through the masses . . You know that weve been used . . Let go let it be let go let it be . I swear just believe i swear just believe . . Youll find victory find your victory . . Theyll call it a mystery but were gonna call it victory . . Well be writing history its gonna be victory theyll be signs on top of signs . . Just so you know the history its saying victory is with me . Hey, come on . So i tallied all my losses and i turned them into lessons . . And what seemed to be less i turned them into blessings see im not trying to lose you . . But the spirit is relentless and when you let go let him use you . . Then you can be a witness . . Let go let it be let go let it be . I swear just believe i swear just believe youll find your victory find your victory . . Theyll call it a mystery but were gonna call it victory . . Well be writing history its gonna be victory theyll be signs on top of signs . . Just so you know the history its saying victory . The bible says you should pray for nothing cause every week its gonna be something . . You know the devil cant wait to jump in and complicate the things you trust in . . But i know my foundation is solid and can take some hating . . Prayers gonna be on this space station on the way to the masters apron . . Theyll call it a mystery its gonna be victory theyll be signs on top of signs . . Just so you know the history its saying victory is with me . . . [ cheers and applause ] jimmy come on come on oh, my gosh. Thats the way to do it kim burrell [ cheers and applause ] kim burrell Pharrell WilliamsHidden Figures the album is available now well be right back, everybody oh, thats how you do it sure, you could sit around all night waiting for a pizza to be delivered. But wouldnt making it yourself be a lot more fun . Its baking season. Warm up with pillsbury. That sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. But listen to this family talking thats a different kind of sound. The sound of the weekend. . . [ cheers and applause ] jimmy my thank you to Robert De Niro, tom petty, Pharrell Williams, kim burrell [ cheers and applause ] and the roots right there from philadelphia, pennsylvania, ladies and gentlemen. [ cheers and applause ] stay tuned for late night with seth meyers. Thank you for watching. Thank you so much. Bye [ cheers and applause ] . . . . . . Announcer from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in new york, its late night with seth meyers. Tonight ta from mozart in the jungle actress, lola kirke, chief political anchor of fox news, bret baier, featuring the 8g band with abe cunningham. . . [ cheers and applause ] ladies a gentlemen, seth meyers. . . [ cheers and applause ] seth good evening, im seth meyers, this is late night. How is everybody doing tonight . [ cheers and applause ] fantastic. Fantastic to hear. In that case, lets get to the news. News interview since the election. And its a big sacrifice for him because sunday morning is usually when he tweets about saturday night live. [ light laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] hell find the time. Hell still find the time. During trumps sunday morning news interview he is expected to discuss the agenda for his first 100 days in office. Said trump, wait, i have to be president for a hundred days . [ laughter ] im running a business. Trump adviser, kellyanne conway, told reporters today that donald trump is a huge elton john fan. That can be cured, said mike pence. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i know youre an elton john fan now. But together we can beat this. [ laughter ] Donald Trumps team is reportedly desperate for an alist celebrity to perform at kid rock. Besides kid rock is going to be too busy with his new job as secretary of state. [ laughter and applause ] a new study found that women in the arts earn an average of 20,000 per year less than their male colleagues. Which explains why this woman looks so mad at her husband. [ laughter ] you know, because shes in the arts. When youre in a painting, that mean youre in the arts, according to our writer who wrote that joke [ laughter and applause ] that makes this much sense. At its best at its best that joke makes this much sense. [ laughter ] scientists reportedly predicting that 5 billion years the sun will expand and destroy all life on earth. Though most experts agree this [ cheers and applause ] and finally, finally tonight, according to a new study, playing video games releases the same level of dopamine in the brain as an orgasm. The only difference is, i know how to give my wife a video game. [ laughter ] [ applause ] here you are, dear. Call of duty special ops. You guys, we have a great show for you tonight. You know her as cookie from the smash hit empire. She has a new film Hidden Figures, taraji p. Henson is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] one of our favorites. Also, shes in amazons mozart in the jungle, lola kirke is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] the fantastic actress to talk about her wonderful show. Plus we have chief political anchor of fox news and host of special report, bret baier is here tonight. So looking forward to talking to him about everything going on in the world today. Before we get to all of that, scored an early political win when he claimed to have struck a deal to save more than a thousand jobs at a carrier plant in indiana. But the details of the deal that have since come out have undercut to some degree trumps victory lap. For more on this its time for a closer look. . . [ cheers and applause ] seth donald trump was able to win rust belt states in the midwest in part by fashioning himself as a champion of the working man and impressive feat considering that the only tool hes ever used is a a spork from and in almost every campaign rally, he promised to keep american jobs in the u. S. Offering one specific example, carrier, a company that makes air conditioners and other ventilation systems which was planning to move about 2,100 jobs from two facilitates in indiana to mexico. Trump repeatedly pledged that he would punish Companies Like carrier for outsourcing jobs and would personally intervene to try and stop them. Im not going to let other countries take our jobs, like carrier where they move their everybody. Were not going to lose carrier air conditioning from indianapolis. Were not going to let carrier come in, make air conditioners in mexico, sell the air conditioners to us, across a very Strong Border now without consequence. There will be consequences. They will pay a 35 tax on every air conditioner that comes across the border. Youre looking at a situation in our country where our jobs are being ripped out of our states. They are being ripped out of our states. Theyre being ripped out of our country, like i say it like candy from a baby. Seth who rips candy from a baby . The whole point of taking candy from baby is that its supposed to be easy. You dont need to rip it from them. [ light laughter ] trump is always so much more extreme than necessary. If i see baby with candy, what i do is i punch him out and then together so that when the baby wakes up it is all the more harder for them to track you down. [ light laughter ] then you have the peace of mind of enjoying your candy. Although, in fairness to trump, babies do have much bigger hands than he does. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] but apparently apparently trump didnt actually think he would have to live up to his promises. In an incredible moment of honesty, he admitted that the only reason he intervened to cut a deal with carrier was that he saw someone on tv who for whatever reason believed what trump had said during the campaign. Ill never forget, about a week ago ways watching the nightly news. They were doing a story on carrier. They had a gentleman worker, great guy, handsome guy, he was on. And it was like he didnt even know they were leaving. He said, something to the effect, no, were not leaving that were not leaving. And i never thought i made that promise. And then they played my statement. And i said, carrier will never leave. But that was a euphenism. Seth a euphenism. Im not sure thats how you promounce that. [ laughter and applause ] also, what you said was not a euphemism. Base, thats a euphemism. Im not going to let an air Conditioning Company move to mexico is just a sentence. [ laughter and applause ] how did your date go last night . Lets just say, i didnt let an air Conditioning Company move to mexico. [ light laughter ] does that mean it went well . So trump and Vice President elect mike pence, the governor of indiana, intervened pairing company, united technologies, that they claim would keep roughly 1,000 jobs in the u. S. At a victory speech at carrier plant trump went so far as to claim that actually the numbers over 1100 people and bragged on twitter quote they will sell many air conditioners. Thats right. Because of Donald Trumps heroic intervention, those indiana workers will now sell many air conditioners. There is just one problem, as the wall street journal reporter pointed out, its a furnace factory. A furnace which of course is the [ bleep ] opposite of an air conditioner. [ laughter and applause ] nonetheless, nonetheless, if you went by some of the initial Media Coverage of the deal you might have thought trump saved all or even most of the jobs slated to move from indiana to mexico. But now, that the actual details of the deal started to trickle out, it seems theres less there than meets the eye. Well the carrier the deal that donald trump negotiated last week might not be saving as many jobs as we all originally thought. A total of 800 jobs are staying. Additional 70 salaried positions. Now, the union says some of those saved jobs doubted by mr. Trump, carrier ceo actually included hundreds of research and Development Jobs that were never slated to leave to begin with. So in all, 1250 factory jobs moving to mexico versus 730 being saved in indiana. Seth so theres still outsourcing 1250 jobs. Sounds like a certain baby just got his candy ripped away. So, trump first claimed he would stop carrier from moving jobs to saving over 1100 jobs then it turns out he was savng saving only 730, which the Washington Post reports is just 37 of the total who were due to leave the state. Of course, trump is the master of making 37 seem like 100 . [ cheers and applause ] now it is very important to know that 730 jobs were saved and for those families that is a great relief that we can all be happy about. Still going to mexico some felt they had been lied to and the head of the union that represents carriers employees had even harsher words to describe trumps initial claims about the number of jobs he was saving. Yesterday, chuck jones, the president of united Steel Workers local, that represents the carrier workers said that donald trump quote, lied his ass off about the number of jobs saved. Seth and trump does have a tendency to lie his ass off. Thats why Chris Christie is always there to catch it. [ laughter ] and this is interesting, we found tape of other times trump lied his ass off and if you listen closely you can actually hear his ass hitting the ground. Hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. Isis is honoring president obama. He is the founder of isis. He is the founder of isis. Youve ever met. Seth solid gold ass. The man has a solid gold ass. Nonetheless, despite his many flaws, theres no denying the deal was politically popular but for republicans whats so surprising about the new policy of strong arming companies into making Business Decisions is that gop has spent eight years calling obama a socialist for his economic policies. Remember how they reacted to the auto bailout which saved as many as 1. 5 million jobs. An industry in trouble than your federal government. The administration is on a mission to hijack capitalism in favor of collectivism. Now youre in the position where the government somehow has to coerce or force us all into buying the small cars than it insists detroit puts out. General motors is caving. General motors have bent over and grabbed ankles. Chrysler bent over and grabbed the ankles. What are we suppose to do here . Seth bend over and grab the ankles . Save that kind of talk for the and hijacking capitalism. Well, as you might have guessed, they see the carrier deal a little differently. He strongarmed him. Whats wrong with that . A free market guy . He negotiated it. He is going at it. He won this one. He won a thousand jobs to stay in indiana. I have no objection to that whatsoever. Next air conditioner i buy, i promise, because im glad we are making them here, is going to be a carrier. So what is your reaction when you heard carrier was going to keep a thousand jobs in the United States . 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See your lexus dealer. . . . . [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back, everybody. Please, give it up for the long. Yet another fantastic guest drummer, his band deftones has an incredible album gore thats out now. Abe cunningham, everybody. Give it up for abe. [ cheers and applause ] hello. Seth our first guest tonight is an Academy Award nominated actress, who you know as cookie lyon in the hit empire. The mid Season Finale airs wednesday night on fox. She also stars as a nasa mathematician in the upcoming film Hidden Figures. Which opens in select cities christmas day, and nationwide january 6th. Lets take a look. Mr. Johnson, if i were you, i would quit talking right now. I didnt mean no disrespect. I will have you know i was the first negro female student at a West VirginiaUniversity Graduate school. On any given day i analyze the manometer level for air displacement, friction and velocity. And compute over 10,000 calculations by hand. So yes, they let women do some things at nasa, mr. Johnson. Its because we wear glasses. Seth please welcome back to the show, our friend, taraji p. Henson, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] . . . . Seth welcome back. Always fun to see you. Seth always fun to you see you. Congratulations on this film. This based on a true story yes. 60s who work for nasa. Yes . Yes. Seth and was it tell us a little bit about who you play. I play Katherine Johnson who is still very much alive. Shes 98 years old. And it was her calculations that was able to get john glenn orbiting the earth. Seth and who tragically passed away today, john glenn. The great john glenn. Rest in peace. Yes he did. Seth rest in peace, john glenn. Yes he did. Seth an incredible life. Yes. [ applause ] seth i should say there was nothing tragic to his passing. An amazing man. Not at all. Seth the man had a life fuller than any of us should be electrical engineer major in college for a brief period of time. Yeah. [ light laughter ] it was an accident. Seth it was an accident . It was a fluke. Seth how does that happen . So what happened was, i didnt get accepted to my high school of choice and there was a high school for performing arts. Seth okay, gotcha. So i thought that meant i couldnt act. Seth okay. Why i chose electrical engineering, i dont know. [ light laughter ] but i did. And you know, i failed. [ light laughter ] all of the math. Seth yeah, all the math. The math is key. Precalculus. Precal. That prepares you for all the math you were going to take. And i couldnt pass that. Seth yeah. I would say very few mathematicians careers start because they got kicked out of acting school. [ light laughter ] like i was going to be an actor. But i wanna say im impressed because you, as with movies with math, you do a lot of chalkboard equations in this film. Yes. Seth and i was assuming they just used a hand model for that, because it is some pretty intense stuff. You learned it. And i got to set and ted was like, were gonna use your hand. And i was like, my hand . Can i just like be how are you going to do this . You got to learn it. I literally passed out. I think i peed my pants. I cant remember. [ light laughter ] but math makes me that nervous. And you know what, it is so unfortunate. I think its because when i was told when i was a little girl, i was told, oh, dont worry about math and science, its for boys. Seth yeah. And i think thats why this belonged to me, i may have been a rocket scientist. But i think acting was seth it worked out. Were very lucky to have you on the acting side. Thats what makes it even more incredible. Yes. Seth to think that Katherine Johnson, in her era, was this incredible mathematician. You mentioned she is still very much alive. You actually got to meet her, yeah . I did. Seth how was that . It was it was i dont get star struck often. You know, i am an actress and i have gotten star struck. Seth i felt it a little bit when we first met. Yeah. Seth was there a little . [ light laughter ] there was. I was nervous. Seth okay, just a little i cried. Seth i saw your eyes get a little struck. I was like, oh, my god. I am never washing these hands again. [ light laughter ] no. But its something when you meet someone who is so important in history. Like, she changed the face of americas history. Seth yeah. Like she didnt she was the only mind to figure out those numbers. There wasnt a group of people. Ibm was just implemented into the nasa program. Glenn didnt even trust the ibm he wanted katherine to check those numbers before he even got in the capsule. So you talk about a living hero. There was a different feeling when you meet someone whose consciousness is above everyone else. Seth yeah. Not in a diva way, or i know more than you. Just because consciously, shes smarter than us all. Seth yeah. [ light laughter ] you cant compare that to anything. And she didnt see herself as a hero. She just was like, i just love doing my job. Seth i think it speaks to how good you are at your job, that you can play someone whos completely selfless like that and you can also play cookie lyon, whos the opposite. [ applause ] i think cookie, cookie uses i. Yeah. Cookie is i, i, i. No, cookies family first. Seth thats true, family first. Is it true that because you have to, you know, obviously do a whole season of empire, you transition to doing a film like set . Yeah, because i didnt have really any time to digress. Seth right. And i literally wrapped on empire and i had like two or three weeks before i transitioned into playing this character who is polar opposite of cookie. Seth yeah. So, in that clip he showed you, you know, women in the 60s is different. You had to stay in your place. Seth yeah. You know, and you couldnt, especially a black woman. From the tree. I mean, we laugh but its real. So, you know, all of this had to go away. And so in cause shes reading him, but shes reading him 1960 style. Seth right. And so i kept doing this and ted was like, no, any Subtle Movement makes her a modern woman. You cant do that. And i kept feeling cookies [ laughter and applause ] seth down, cookie, down down, cookie seth well, you are youre thank you. Seth were actually going to stick around and do our acting challenge. Which im very excited about. Yes. Seth well be right back with more from taraji p. Henson. [ cheers and applause ] . . Inside the rack houses of jim beam, thousands of barrels lay silent. Aging, building a fuller smoother flavor that only comes from being aged four long years. How will you make yours . And were proud to reveal that jim beam black has been awarded the worlds highest rated bourbon. Their words not ours, make history. Ill have that goat cheese garden salad. That gentleman got the last one. Sir, you give me that salad and i will pay for your movie and one snack box. Can i keep the walnuts . 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Stacked with lean corned beef, bavarianstyle sauerkraut, swiss cheese, and thousand island dressing on new freshlybaked rye bread. We dont know where it came from, but we know where you can . . [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back to the show. Meryl streep, daniel daylewis, diane keaton, all great actors. But, how can you tell which one of them is the best . We here at late night have produced the actathalon, a multistage, theatrical Obstacle Course designed to measure and test an actors commitment to the craft of acting. Competing tonight, will be hollywood thespian taraji p. Henson, everybody. Here we go. Now we all know taraji is an excellent actress but tonight we find out just how excellent. Taraji, what have you done to prepare for this challenge . I watched Kevin Spaceys episode of inside the actors studio. Seth all of it . No, just the first part. Seth okay. Lets show the folks at home the feats of acting expertise you will have to display this evening. First taraji, youll come up against the devils desk. Here youll have to angrily say a line of dialogue into a phone and then swipe the contents off the desk. Thats great. Seth next is the mirror of introspection where your character will have to stare and i do that every morning. Seth if successful, you move on to the slide of tears. Where you will take a phone call, hear some devastating news, and slide down the wall, crying. [ light laughter ] then its off to the control room of carnage. Where youll enter the military command center and direct a special ops mission to take out a target. Oh, god. Seth then you move on to the toss. Where youll throw a memento from your deceased lover into the ocean to signify you are ready to move on with your life. Oh god. Seth youll then come to the fellini crusher where youll show your range while performing a scene in the distinct dramatic carpet, explain what youre wearing in the red carpet rundown. And finally, youll go to the top of acting mountain where you will try not to let go of your scene partner as he dangles from a cliff. [ light laughter ] taraji, are you ready . Yes wait, i just have to get into character. You cant handle the truth [ cheers and applause ] okay, im ready. Seth in that case. Go here we go. Taraji quickly to the devils desk. Doesnt allow cats . Ah [ cheers ] seth fantastic. And its on to the mirror of introspection. Dingding . [ ding ] yes look at you. You call yourself an office max Sales Associate . You dont even know where the hp 5something4 Inkjet Printer cartridges are. [ ding ] seth yeah. You got the ding. Moving on. [ cheers ] to the slide of tears. I dont understand. What do you mean white castle doesnt deliver . [ cheers and applause ] [ ding ] seth moving on, taraji. Get into the Mission Control room. I have to get serious. Okay. Do we have eyes on the target . The target is currently delivering its best man speech. Hes drunk and rambling. Everyone feels uncomfortable. Do we have a clean shot . Negative. The groom is trying to get him to sit down and shut the hell up. Dear god, the target is talking about the grooms ex. We have to take the shot. Hes getting into weird sex stuff. Take the shot [ gunshot ] target has been eliminated. Sayonara you son of a bitch [ cheers and applause ] [ ding ] seth up the stairs to the top, taraji. Hair blowing. When you died, david, you left me half a meat ball sub in the fridge. But i cant finish it. Goodbye. Oh, boy, those birds are really going to town on that sub. Hey, you fat bird, give the skinny bird a chance [ ding ] seth great job, taraji. Moving on to agent of chaos. [ cheers and applause ] all right. . . [ speaking italian ] i dont speak italian. [ laughter ] [ speaking italian ] i told you, man, i dont oh, shut the [ bleep ] up. [ laughter ] [ ding ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] taraji tarji, over here. This is designed by glad. Beautiful. [ light laughter ] beautiful. Yeah. Its a force flex, odor shield trash bag. Its a four gallon model. [ light laughter ] how are you feeling tonight . How are you feeling . Well, im really hot and i might pass out soon. [ ding ] yes [ laughter and applause ] seth go to the top of acting mountain, taraji. I wont let you down. Seth taraji dont let go seth youre too heavy. Have you gained weight . Seth yeah, i guess i packed on about 25 pounds of muscle since my baby was born. Wait, are you sure thats muscle . Seth can you believe someone threw away this meatball sandwich . [ laughter and applause ] itea oh, seth, give me your other hand. Seth i cant decide, between life or sandwich. I choose sandwich nooooooo [ ding ] [ cheers and applause ] seth that was excellent. Lets go to our judges table for your final score. [ cheers and applause ] our judges, as everyone knows, judges . Thats a perfect score [ cheers and applause ] taraji p. 6henson, you are the worlds most perfect actor. Oh, perfect. Perfect seth now, go to the podium and give your acceptance speech. Wow. Where do i start . So many people . . Seth well, that music means were out of time. No, wait a minute. Honey, i waited 20 minutes for is seth taraji p. Henson, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] Hidden Figures opens in select theaters christmas day, and nationwide january 6th. Well be right back with lola kirke. [ cheers and applause ] .