Last Night on Late Night

Jimmy Kimmel criticizes Donald Trump’s claimed Iran agreement and expensive vanity projects, including a July 4 celebration, an over-budget White House ballroom and a newly renovated reflecting pool already turning green. He also reacts to Robert Kennedy Jr.’s sister recounting how he once brought a snake into a child’s birthday party.

Seth Meyers covers Donald Trump’s planned Fourth of July rally, his G7 comments about Iran and UFC versus the World Cup, JD Vance’s book release, a mac-and-cheese recall, Airbnb World Cup tickets and an escaped skunk. NBA champion Karl-Anthony Towns then makes a surprise appearance to discuss the Knicks’ championship, team chemistry, the citywide celebration and how the playoff run helped his family heal after his mother’s death.

Jesse Eisenberg discusses Minions & Monsters, voicing the robot Dort in an animated story about Hollywood’s transition to sound. He also explains why he donated a kidney to a stranger and recounts how losing his passport transformed a Turks and Caicos vacation into an enjoyable problem-solving mission.

Will Ferrell discusses The Hawk, his Netflix comedy about a fading pro golfer, and jokes that becoming a World Cup ambassador means mowing fields and washing uniforms. He also recalls an unrehearsed Coachella appearance with Sabrina Carpenter and revisits his 1995 prediction that actors would be replaced by robots.

Olivia Wilde promotes The Invite, a relationship comedy built around an unbearably tense surprise dinner party, and explains how Seth Rogen, Edward Norton and Penélope Cruz persuaded her to act in the film she planned only to direct. She also discusses Dev Hynes’s cello score, her Knicks fandom and accidentally inviting her son into an explicit sound mix session at Abbey Road.

Britt Lower discusses I Will Find You, the Netflix thriller in which she plays a journalist helping Sam Worthington’s fugitive search for his son. She connects acting with the listening skills she learned in journalism, describes her carefully chosen character props and discovers she shares a birthday with Worthington.

Matty Matheson discusses voicing the anti-big-tech Dr. Nutcase in Toy Story 5 and attending the premiere, where Randy Newman’s surprise performance moved him. He also previews the final season of The Bear and prepares his unusual Tim Hortons-inspired bagel order for Jimmy Fallon.

Linda Cardellini discusses DTF St. Louis and the surprise of filming her first scene with Jason Bateman as an intimate encounter, with both actors relying on germaphobic humor to get through it. She also recalls tracing her family to an Italian town that welcomed her with a parade and meeting Rodney Dangerfield early in her career.

Stephen Root promotes Widow's Bay, describing its horror-comedy balance and filming a stormy boat scene on a raised set shaken by crew members. He also recalls Matthew Rhys hijacking studio-tour golf carts during Perry Mason, improvising Milton’s cake dialogue in Office Space and returning for season 15 of King of the Hill.

Conor McGregor discusses returning after five years for UFC 329, saying renewed structure and discipline have brought out his best as he prepares to fight Max Holloway. He also explains how youthful trouble and a Notorious B.I.G. walkout song produced his nickname, and introduces his Unapologetic cigar brand.

Arlo Parks performs “Beams” from her album Ambiguous Desire on The Tonight Show.