Last Night on Late Night

Ryan Hamilton performs stand-up from This Just Hit Me about his elaborate sleep routine, financial anxiety and the possibility of retiring early. He also argues that crying children should have their own section on airplanes instead of sitting in first class.

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.

Lou Diamond Phillips discusses Gangland, an independent neo-Western centered on an Indigenous reservation, and praises its Indigenous cast, crew and Oklahoma locations. He also explains the Academy’s human-performance rules for AI, reflects on sustaining a 40-year acting career and previews upcoming work on Chair Company and Count My Lies.

Tracee Ellis Ross discusses her Broadway debut in Every Brilliant Thing, an audience-connected piece about mental health and reasons worth living. She also previews season two of Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross, including surfing in Australia, visiting elephants in Thailand and returning to her former Swiss boarding school after 40 years.

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.

Jodie Foster discusses A Private Life, her acting and directing career, and the unusual challenges of performing in a story that moves between languages. She reflects on privacy, family, and the discipline of building believable characters after more than five decades in film.

Milly Alcock discusses starring in Supergirl, including acting opposite stand-ins for Krypto and learning the awkward jump used for flying scenes. She also recalls cold-calling agents as a determined 13-year-old and explains the squirrel-like landing pose that became the movie’s poster.

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.

Simu Liu discusses The Copenhagen Test, his work in film and television, and the demands of performing action material. He reflects on playing complicated characters, working across genres, and the balance between the physical intensity of a production and the emotional stakes of the story.