Last Night on Late Night

Jimmy Fallon jokes about Donald Trump reportedly leaving a summit in Turkey inside an airport catering truck, falling traffic on Truth Social and record July heat. The monologue also covers a Tesla recall, back-to-school spending and dueling musical complaints about spoilers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey and Titanic.

Guest host Anthony Anderson covers California’s quality-of-life ranking, record heat and Donald Trump reportedly leaving Turkey in an airport catering truck. He also jokes about Trump’s Patriot Games before playing a Hollywood Boulevard game in which he guesses whether pedestrians—including his mother—have weed on them.

Jimmy Fallon presents a lighthearted story about a wife-carrying race in England as an encouraging break from the day’s discouraging headlines.

Dakota Fanning discusses The Sun Never Sets, an improvised Alaska-set romantic drama for which she learned to operate a bulldozer and explored glaciers and wildlife. She also recalls texting with sister Elle about their Emmy nominations while Elle sat behind the Queen at Wimbledon, and previews their first film together, The Nightingale.

Aaron Pierre discusses playing John Stewart in Lanterns and says the series works even for viewers without deep Green Lantern knowledge. He also recalls moving from London to Los Angeles with little money, walking because he had no car, meeting Magic Johnson and beginning his working life in a family friend’s hair salon.

Ayo Edebiri discusses starring in the Broadway production Proof, working with Barack and Michelle Obama as producers, and the personal meaning of a Don Cheadle quote tattoo.

50 Cent discusses filming Fightland in the UK and jokes about struggling with a convincing British accent.

Matthew Rhys discusses Widow’s Bay, his new Apple TV series, and the story of how his relationship with Keri Russell was exposed while they were filming The Americans.

Jon Lovitz discusses Don’t Say Good Luck, his current stand-up dates and his role in season two of The Paper. He also remembers advising Adam Sandler before Sandler joined Saturday Night Live, revisits jokes about his supposed death at SNL anniversary shows and explains why Sandler so often casts him as a pervert.

Sabrina Rudin discusses her cookbook Healthy With a Side of Happy while teaching Seth Meyers how to make a tofu “superhero burrito” and explaining her approach to healthy food.

Low Cut Connie performs “Can’t Be Wrong” from the album Living in the USA on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.