Last Night on Late Night

Stephen Colbert discusses Trump’s war with the Pope, the just-war doctrine, and the administration’s rhetoric while also mocking artificial-intelligence and technology news.

Lee Sung Jin discusses the second season of Beef, explaining why the Netflix series became an anthology and how a string of rejected ideas eventually led to a new generational conflict. He also recalls filming in Korea with Song Kang-ho and being surprised on set by Parasite director Bong Joon Ho.

Jamie Lee Curtis discusses producing and starring opposite Nicole Kidman in Scarpetta, explaining how her friendship with author Patricia Cornwell helped bring the Prime Video series together. She also revisits an early Columbo job and recalls John Travolta adopting the rescue puppy she carried onstage during her Oscars tribute to Betty White.

Anderson Cooper reacts to Trump portraying himself as Jesus and discusses the administration’s response, the political climate, and the stories he covers as a journalist.

Molly Shannon promotes the Prime Video comedy Balls Up and previews the Netflix golf series The Hawk with Will Ferrell. She also recalls working at the Old Spaghetti Factory before fame, describes transforming her home into a hangout for her children and remembers Ferrell making a startlingly accurate prediction about their future careers.

Daniel Radcliffe discusses his Broadway production Every Brilliant Thing and the audience participation that makes each performance unpredictable. He recalls Tracy Morgan delivering the line “spaghetti Bolognese” from the crowd, tours Morgan’s wildly decorated home in his memories, and previews their Peacock comedy The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.

Sam Heughan previews Outlander’s final season, teasing Jamie Fraser’s possible death and revealing that multiple endings were filmed, leaving him unsure how the story concludes. He reflects on the bittersweet farewell after more than a decade with the series and discusses returning to the stage in Macbeth and being named grand marshal of New York’s Tartan Day Parade.

Patton Oswalt discusses his Epstein-files joke, his latest comedy special Tea and Scotch, and the ways fatherhood and current events become material for his comedy.

“Weird Al” Yankovic promotes the Bigger and Weirder Tour, explaining that the show brings back costumes, multimedia and his best-known parodies. He recalls how Madonna suggested “Like a Surgeon,” describes artists increasingly asking him to parody their songs and traces his accordion career back to a childhood door-to-door music salesman.

Andrew Jarecki discusses the Oscar-nominated HBO documentary The Alabama Solution, which uses footage recorded by incarcerated people to expose conditions inside Alabama prisons. He recounts how a staged barbecue visit gave way to contraband cell phones and a murder investigation, and says officials were invited to a screening with prisoners’ families.

The Great Big Joy Machine performs from its self-titled album on The Late Show, with proceeds benefiting MusicCares.

Melanie Martinez performs “Possession” from the album Hades on Jimmy Kimmel Live!