-Welcome, welcome, welcome to "The Tonight Show."
You're here. You made it. Thank you for watching at home.
Well, guys, let's get into it.
Last night was the 94th Annual Academy Awards.
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America may be divided, but it was kind of nice
for all of us to come together
and say "holy crap" at the same time.
Of course, I have to address the big moment
that everyone's talking about, and that is
Questlove winning the Oscar for Best Documentary!
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Yes! Yes!
Questlove!
The best.
Quest told me he's not gonna let it go to his head.
Well, actually, his assistant's assistant told me
I couldn't get in touch with Questlove,
but he is going to be on the show tonight.
He's gonna be our guest on the show, and we'll talk.
[ Cheers and applause ] Tonight. Bringing the Oscar.
But, actually, something else did happen on the show.
Do you guys remember a few years ago when the Oscars
literally announced the wrong winner for Best Picture?
It turns out that was child's play.
That meant -- No.
Yeah, there was a pretty rough moment during the show,
and I think you all know what I'm talking about.
Everyone in the audience looked shocked,
and for once, it wasn't from the Botox.
Seriously, you know it was a strange awards show
when it ends with a statement from the LAPD.
You know what I'm saying?
Yep, in just a split second, the Oscars went from
Oscar de la Renta to Oscar de la Hoya, you know?
Look, you move the award for Best Film Editing
out of the main broadcast,
and all hell breaks lose.
I've been saying this...
But let's focus on the positive.
I thought Amy Schumer, Regina Hall, and Wanda Sykes
did a great job hosting the show.
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They did so well, they are already rehearsing
their nos for when they are asked to come back.
Yeah, it's great.
It's a tough job hosting the Oscars.
It's a lot like drinking Hard Mountain Dew.
At first, you can't wait to try it,
and then, after, you're like, "Never again."
You know?
But on the bright side, the Oscars rebounded from
last year's record-low ratings,
drawing over 15 million viewers.
That is like taking all the people who watched
the Best Picture nominees and adding 15 million viewers.
There were a lot of reasons more people watched this year,
and I think one of them might have been
Timothée Chalamet outfit.
Take a look at this. [ Cheers and applause ]
Yeah.
Yep, it turns out Chalamet is French for "chest wax."
-Oh. -Yeah.
Vladimir Putin calls that look "business casual."
But let's switch gears.
During a speech in Poland this weekend,
President Biden went off script
and said that Putin cannot remain in power.
However, The White House quickly walked it back
and said Biden wasn't calling for his removal.
That's like if Reagan's staff said,
"He actually meant to say,
'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wallpaper.'"
Meanwhile, I heard that, this week,
the House is expected to pass a bill legalizing marijuana.
[ Cheers and applause ]
This bill probably won't pass right away.
Experts are saying that they will most likely
puff, puff, then pass.
[ Laughter ]
That one guy really got it. -Nice!
-One guy really got it. -Yeah, really got it.
-He almost got it too soon. He was like, "Ah-ha-ha!"
That's right -- the bill will be signed at The White House,
then framed at White Castle.
That's interesting.
And, finally, a woman in the U.K.
just broke the world record for the most
chicken nuggets eaten in one minute.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And she did it after telling her boyfriend,
"I don't want my own.
I'll just eat a few of yours."
We have a great show.
Give it up for The Roots, everybody!
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It is Monday. We are excited to be back.
We have a great, great week of shows ahead.
Jared Leto will be here. Sienna Miller will be here.
Hugh Jackman will be joining us. [ Cheers and applause ]
And we have -- I know -- we love Hugh Jackman.
And we have a music performance from Red Hot Chili Peppers.
This is a big week. -Whoa!
-But, first, what a show we have for you tonight.
He is the host of "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,"
which airs Sundays at 11:00 p.m. on HBO.
John Oliver is here tonight!
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Super-funny.
Plus, she's one of our favorites.
She stars in the new film "Moonshot,"
which begins streaming this Thursday on HBO Max.
Lana Condor is here!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Plus, he just won an Academy Award last night
for his documentary, "Summer of Soul."
We're talking to Questlove from The Roots.
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And we got music from Buddy featuring Blxst tonight.
-Whoa! [ Cheers and applause ]
I loved the Academy Awards last night.
I mean, despite that incident.
I loved seeing awards shows.
It makes me happy.
My mom would be really into award shows,
any award show -- Emmys, Oscars.
My mom would dress up in a dress, like, in a gown kind of.
-Aww.
-Yeah. And we'd have champagne,
if it was, like, cheap champagne, whatever it was.
She would, like, have a speech ready to go.
Like, we loved watching it.
And that's -- It was like, "Oh, they have hosts again."
It was so -- a step back to normalcy, you know?
And I loved the opening with Beyoncé
and just Beyoncé looking awesome, as always,
and that smile like she can only do.
Like, she just -- She knows how to do it.
And then I thought the hosts did a great job.
And then the Will-Chris thing,
I was just bummed, disturbed.
I wish it didn't happen.
But it didn't stop me from just loving the business
and what we do.
We chose to do this, you know?
And to get to see everybody and people that are on our show
and give out, you know, like,
editing, cinematography -- anything.
Just looking at and celebrating this business.
I thought it was awesome, and no way could you even
think that your friend was going to be up for
an Academy Award and win.
And Questlove -- [ Cheers and applause ]
I was screaming! -Yeah.
-I was crying. I was like, "Ahhh!"
I'm, like, texting him, "Oh, my God!"
You know? Like...
Of course, he wasn't going to deal with a text from me,
but I was just freaking out, just so happy for him.
This guy worked so hard on this thing,
and just -- It's an Oscars that I'll never forget.
It was awesome. So, congrats again to Questlove.
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And everyone behind the Oscars. It was a good show.