And mel b are outside freezing in times square. Heres a shot of times square right now. There it is, look at them partying it up. [ light laughter ] so, so cold while were so warm. Weve got great guests for you tonight. Joining us, star of a great new film passengers Jennifer Lawrence is here this evening. [ cheers and applause ] also, she is one of our dear friends. You know her from saturday night live, leslie jones is in the building. [ cheers and applause ] and ive been bestowed a great honor because ive apparently been invited to a new Years Eve Party with the host of nbcs the new Celebrity Apprentice, the one and only arnold schwarzenegger. [ cheers and applause ] looking forward to checking that out and we will have music from Kelly Clarkson so its a tremendous evening [ cheers and applause ] to be here. Now as 2016 comes to a close, we thought it best to start our show the way we have all year with a closer look back at 2016 the year in politics. [ cheers and applause ] seth as we know 2016 ended with donald trump telling everybody to except the Election Results and get over it. But 2016 started with donald trump refusing to except Election Results and not getting over it. It being his loss in the iowa caucus tweeting ted cruz didnt win in iowa, he stole it. [ light laughter ] although trumps complaints were helped by the fact that ted cruzs campaign genuinely did do some shady things in iowa. Including telling voters that ben carson had dropped out when in fact he had just dropped into a comalike nap. [ light laughter ] and in another moment that would seem absurd before 2016, cruz and carson had a tense meeting to clear the air over cruzs tactics in a very unlikely location. Cbs news has confirmed candidates ted cruz and ben carson had a private meeting last night inside a storage closet. Its not so weird that they met but where they met. Inside of a closet. I think theyre calling this the closet summit. [ laughter ] seth im sure theyre not the first closeted republicans. Just the first to do it literally. [ light laughter ] of course, that would have been the craziest thing to happen during the primaries if it hadnt been topped by another 2016 first. Two candidates, including the future president of the United States and his future housing secretary getting stuck in a hallway. Dr. Ben carson. [ applause ] [ cheers ] businessman donald trump. [ applause ] florida senator marco rubio. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] seth ben carson is amazing. First hes in a closet, then hes in a hallway. And now hes in the cabinet. [ light laughter ] ben carson is like that tennis racket you keep meaning to take to goodwill. Meanwhile on the democratic side, things also began much as they ended. With a weaker than expected Hillary Clinton underperforming in a midwestern state against an outsider populous originally from new york. New poll numbers just released within the last hour show Bernie Sanders pulling ahead of Hillary Clinton in iowa. Younger voters really are flying to Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton. Clintons lead is evaporating, and anxious democrats see 2008 all over again. Seth thats right, it was 2008 all over again except instead of going up against this three pointer. Seth hillary had to contend with this [ light laughter ] seth no wonder she didnt think she had to guard him. Voters were drawn to bernies economic populous in an antiestablishment rhetoric as well as his ability to summon birds the same way aquaman can talk to fish. This little bird doesnt know it. Oh [ cheers and applause ] seth that bird was probably just flying by with his buddies and went hey, thats the guy who always throws us bread crumbs in the park. [ laughter ] although in a year of outsider candidates and a chaotic election that could be explained by dozens of different factors. It think bernies unlikely success could be summed up by this great line from the rapper killer mike. How does a rapper end up supporting senator sanders . Um smoking a joint and reading his tweets. Seth there you go. [ laughter ] its not any more complicated than that. Its no wonder bernie connected so well with young people. Hillary, wanna take a shot at winning over some young voters . I dont know who created pokemon go but id try to figure out how we get them to have pokemon go to the polls. Seth mom [ laughter ] ugh meanwhile, as the republican primary proceeded through the spring, trump was steam rolling through a fractured gop field. And as he did, his remaining opponents stepped up to take their shot like marco rubio. Hes flying around on Hair Force One and tweeting i go back and i see him with makeup and its like hes putting it on with a trowel. Trump likes to sue people. He should sue whoever did that to his face he has really large ears. The biggest ears ive ever seen. Have you seen his hands . Theyre like this. And you know what they say about with small hands [ audience ohs ] you cant trust them. Seth its like watching a rap battle between Martha Stewart and michael buble. [ laughter ] but this of course gave us another one of those moments that wouldve been inconceivable before 2016. A future president bragging about the size of his penis on national television. He hit my hands. Nobody has ever hit my hands. Ive never heard of this one. Look at those hands, are they small hands . And he referred to my hands if theyre small, Something Else must be small. I guarantee you theres no problem, my guarantee. Seth and id released the full size details but currently, my penis is being audited by the i. R. S. [ light laughter ] eventually, as trump wrapped up the nomination, we saw the reemergence once again of the issue that became a Media Obsession and would haunt hillary through november. Summed up by the one word she probably mutters in her sleep at night. Emails. Emails. Emails. Emails. Emails. Emails. Emails. Emails. Emails. Emails. Emails. Emails. Emails. Seth which explains why hillary now lives in the woods and only communicates via tree mails. [ light laughter ] and then came [ light laughter ] and then came the conventions. The Gop Convention had everything. From trump entering the hall like e. T. Returning to earth [ laughter ] to an awkward on stage air kiss between trump and his running mate mike pence [ laughter ] to the future president pronouncing the acronym lgbtq like he was reading it for the first time. L. G. B. T. Q. Seth he sounds like hes ordering a sandwich at a diner. [ laughter ] ill take the l. G. B. T. You know what, throw some q on there too. [ light laughter ] i love quacomole. [ light laughter ] somehow the Democratic Convention managed to start on an even more chaotic note with raucous protests, amped up celebrities, and a fully grown woman having her mind blown by balloons. [ laughter ] but as crazy as the conventions were, they were soon out done by the debates which introduced hit new dance moves like Donald Trumps the lurk. That was the slot that the obamacare approach was to take. Seth and Hillary Clintons the shimmy. Whoa, okay. [ laughter ] seth the final weeks of the campaign saw trump somehow manage to whether a slew of controversies and scandals. Only to see hillary hit by her own october surprise. The f. B. I. s announcement that they had found more of her emails on Anthony Weiners laptop. The email surprise was so exasperating that when he found out Anthony Weiner was the source of it, it literally broke joe biden. I dont know where this email where those emails came from what apparently Anthony Weiner. Well, oh god [ laughter ] Anthony Weiner. Seth and it is not easy to break joe biden. That is a man who spends 40 of his life riding amtrak. [ light laughter ] but who knows what 2017 might bring. After all, trump appointed this guy to be his secretary of housing and urban development. In order for our country to be great again, every aspect has to be great including our inner cities. And we just saw mr. Trump here. I asked him how did it go. And he said, great. And he said he learned a lot of things. What do you think you took away from today . My luggage. [ light laughter ] hold on. Okay. Looks like dr. Carson is gonna find his luggage and hell be right back with us. Seth i left it in a hallway or a closet. [ light laughter ] in the immortal words of joe biden oh god. [ laughter ] seth this has been a closer look back at 2016. [ cheers and applause ] well be right back with Jennifer Lawrence everybody. [ cheers and applause ] for me, it all began with a boy. His name was ethan. Bailey, bailey, bailey, bailey. 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[ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back, everybody [ cheers and applause ] our first guest is an Academy Awardwinning actress, whos new film, passengers is in theaters now. Lets take a look. Warning, gravity failure. Seth please welcome back to the show, our friend, Jennifer Lawrence. [ cheers and applause ] seth how are you . Happy new year seth happy new year no one id rather be with. Seth thank you im so honored, that you, this giant movie star, would spend new years with me. [ laughter ] of all things. You know how lonely we are. Seth yeah exactly. [ laughter ] i hope you dont mind. I brought us some wine. Ooh, thank you. Seth cause its new years eve. Its not [ cheers and applause ] its real, right . Seth yeah, its real. cause you and i would never drink wine at three in the afternoon on a monday. But its new years eve. [ laughter ] no, would never seth never. Not in december. [ laughter ] seth no, exactly. I would never do that. So, is this a holiday that you like, new years eve . I hate it. Seth are there holidays that you do like . [ laughter ] i just want to set a baseline. I hate christmas, i hate no, i hate new years. I feel like everybodys chasing a good time. So i ran here. [ laughter ] seth im just gonna settle. Im just gonna plan on settling. No onell ever think to find me here. [ laughter ] seth did you ever, have you ever had one where you actually caught the good time . No. I dont think ive ever had, like, a kiss on new years. [ audience aws ] i dont think ive ever oh, poor me. [ laughter ] seth cause you crush it on like, january 2nd, january 3rd, january 4th new years is, i try to rehabilitate. Seth no, i feel like ive never had that incredibly romantic thing that we are all taught at a young age, you have on new years. No. When harry met sally it totally ruined new years for me seth everything. For the rest of my life. Seth it ruined that, and delis. [ laughter ] so i wanna ask this. That scenes a fantastic scene in this terrific movie. You had obviously as a stunt. Is that a difficult stunt, being in your Swimming Pool there . Yeah, theyre all difficult. I hate them. I hate stunts. Seth you dont like doing stunts. No. After hunger games i was like, screw it. Im not gonna be like, that actor thats like, i can do all my own stunts [ laughter ] im like, no. I will be in my trailer if you dont absolutely need me. Seth gotcha. And im scared. I worry about my safety. Im paranoid. So this was, you know, bad for me. cause i was in a tank for twelve hours a day. So youre like, i cant pee cause im gonna be in this tank. [ laughter ] seth oh, cause then youre in your own and then eventually im like, okay im gonna pee. And then youre just in your own misery. cause youre like, im in my pee. [ laughter ] seth do you think the crew knows . Do you think they can tell the moment . Im surprised people didnt quit that week. [ laughter ] im just so pure evil. Im just not good with stunts. I was doing this its not even a stunt. I was doing a movie where someone was gonna punch their arm through candy glass. And i was like, yeah, but the candyglass could still get in my eye, ah and then i like, freaked out and pictured it jabbing in my eyes. [ laughter ] seth did you the thing that would stress me out the most are you a good swimmer . Because beyond the stunt, you have to swim on camera. I dont know. Am i . Seth i thought you looked good. Thank you. I think i look like a bloated bodybuilder, but thank you. [ laughter ] seth no. [ laughter ] no, but any time i had to do anything physical on camera, i felt like i looked like a person whod never done it before. So if i had to swim i think i would be in my head about, oh i dont know how to swim. Even though i think i do. I think id look like person trying to swim the way youre supposed to swim on camera. Yeah. You had that, my friend messed me up one time. She was on set, and she was like, what do you do with your hands . And i was like, [ bleep ]. [ laughter and applause ] they called action and i was like [ laughter and applause ] seth they put it in your head yeah. Id never thought of it before. Seth so we have a similarity. We are dog owners. Were pretty intensely passionate dog owners. Yeah, if youre not crazy i dont know if well have anything to talk about. Seth im pretty crazy about my dog. But you want to clear something up about your dog. My dogs name, thank you is, contrary to what vanity fair wrote seth oh, my goodness. Not pippi longstocking. Her name is pippi lawrencestalking. [ laughter ] pippi was so upset. Seth oh, no. Well, yeah, because then obviously she has a lot of questions of, are you my real mom . I got a call from her publicist. [ laughter ] seth so you and the dog have different publicists . [ laughter ] but you are crazy. Im nuts. [ laughter ] is this a normal way to sit . Im doing it again. Seth how do you sit, in talk shows . [ laughter ] do people know right away that youre crazy about your dog . Are there signs . If you walk into my home, i have an acrylic painting above my fireplace. But other than that seth of the dog . [ laughter ] yeah, of my dog. Seth did the dog sit for it, or did you give the artist a picture . I gave her a picture that my dog did sit for. But we seth we took our dog for an actual photoshoot. And the petphotographer said, its better if youre not here. There are petphotographers . Seth there are pet photographers. I had to leave for an hour and just leave my dog with a stranger. What . Oh, i would never. Seth and the photos are fantastic. [ laughter ] my dog came alive without me there. Oh my god, i would never. Seth you would never leave your dog even alone . No, i took her to the vet one time. And they kept wanting to take her into the back. And theyre like, people arent allowed back there. And i was like [ screaming wildly ] [ laughter and applause ] like, oh my god. I was they were like, maam you have to be quiet. Youre scaring the cats and dogs. [ laughter ] seth and then they tricked you into eating a pill by putting Peanut Butter on it. [ laughter ] yeah, they were like, do you like, Peanut Butter . Its got an aftertaste but i like it. Pratt and i were doing an interview. And since im crazy, this person who was also crazy but i understood him. But we were doing an interview and he was like, your character, jim, in the movie. Is a problem solver, like a jack russel. And pratt was like, like a jack russel terrier . And he was like, yes, theyre problem solvers. And pratt is looking at him appropriately. Like, you have five minutes to interview us and youre talking about your jack russel, dog. Im looking at him like, mmhmm. I know my dog can solve a puzzle. [ laughter ] seth if it ever presented itself. If i ever needed her to. Seth you, i heard a story that your assistant or a friend of yours took over, was a fill in assistant. Shes on her way here right now. Seth well, its new years, of course. Shes gonna bust in. Well, happy new years. [ laughter ] i had, my friend filled in for me during intermittent assistants. And she changed all my passwords in emails to cat dildos. [ laughter ] seth plural, she went plural. Cat dildos. [ laughter ] theres a lot of things in my life that are still cat dildos. Seth right. Well, not now. [ laughter ] that stays here. Seth so im at dinner. Im at a business dinner. I dont really know these people very well. And my phone rings, and i see its my alarm system. And so im like, im sorry i have to take this. Hello . Yes. Its cat dildos. [ laughter ] and i hung up, they were like, who was that . Seth yeah, what are the other potential sides of that call . Hi its amazon, we need something for your wishlist. [ laughter ] cat dildos. Yeah. What is your favorite compound word . [ laughter ] seth its actually my safe word, cat dildos. [ laughter ] its really helpful i