-Our first guest is a multi-platinum
Grammy-winning music superstar.
You can see her as a coach on "The Voice"
every Monday and Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. on NBC.
Please welcome Ariana Grande!
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Yeah! Ha ha ha! Ahh!
Mwah! Mwah! I love you.
-I love you so much.
I miss you. I miss New York.
I miss your face, even though I just saw you.
-Yeah. We just saw each other. You did me a favor.
You were on my show, "That's My Jam,"
which is going to air after "The Voice."
Yeah, it's really fun.
It's, like, little music mini games.
-It is very fun. I felt like I was on another planet.
-[ Laughs ] You'll see it.
But, it's -- Yeah, you were fantastic in it.
But 'cause you also just -- 'Cause you know how to act, too.
You'll see it. It's funny.
But speaking of acting, you're in a new movie
coming out next month called "Don't Look Up."
-Yes.
-This is directed by Adam McKay.
I love Adam McKay. It is a huge cast.
Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio,
Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande.
Come on!
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Right there. How do you --
-Oh. There it is.
-There it is, right there.
How do you -- How did you get the part?
Did you talk to McKay or did...?
-So this was --
it was so exciting because I -- I love Adam McKay.
I'm such a fan of his work.
I'm such a comedy fan. And I adore him.
And he reached out, and he said, you know,
"I have this role for you in my new movie."
And I was like, "Oh, my God. Well, hold on
because I have to audition. I need to earn this.
I need to put myself on tape. When can I come in for it?"
And he was like, "No, no, no. It's not -- It's a tiny thing.
It's a tiny, quick thing."
I was like, "Okay, okay. Let me read it.
I want to make sure I can do this."
And, so, I just -- I read it.
I loved it. It's brilliant.
I have this tiny but such a fun and incredible part.
I feel so excited that I got to be a part of this.
It was so cool. -Who do you play?
-I play Riley Bina, who is this aloof
and somewhat unaware pop star
whose relationship with DJ Cello,
played by the amazing Kid Cudi --
The news about their relationship fluctuating
sort of eclipses the news
of the Earth coming to an end, which is great.
-Fantastic. "Don't Look Up" is in select theaters
December 10th and on Netflix December 24th.
Congrats on that.
Are we going to see more acting of Ariana in the future?
-I would love that. I hope so, yeah.
-I was just talking to a friend of mine
who said that he saw you on Broadway in like --
Was it "13"? Is that the name of a show that you were in?
[ Cheers and applause ] -Yes, oh, my God!
Who is this friend? Thanks for coming.
-No, he said, even watching you --
You were probably 13 when you were doing it.
He goes, you could tell
that you were going to be a superstar.
They were like, "That kid's got it."
-Oh, my God! What? Thank you. That's so nice.
-Yeah. -I feel like you made this up.
Thank you, though. -Actually, I really didn't.
I swear. Yeah. I didn't see it.
My friend saw it. Yeah. -Oh, Okay.
-But I will say -- I don't even know what we can say,
but we have a special little fun thing
for everyone that's a secret that's going to come out soon.
-Oh, my God, yes. I'm so excited about this secret.
Is it your skin-care routine?
[ Laughter ]
-No, that's a different thing, my skin-care routine.
But -- -Oh.
Would you like to walk them through that or no?
-No, I don't, because that was
the most embarrassing thing ever.
-It was the best moment of my life.
It was so much fun. Sorry.
Go ahead. We don't have to tell them. It's fine.
-Okay. Yeah, okay. I didn't want to talk about it.
But we can show two little things of this secret,
and it's --
It just wants to bring a little joy to people
and a smile to people during the holidays.
But this is one picture that you took on set, a selfie.
You can see kind of where we're kind of going.
We never quite used -- Do you still have your bag?
-I sure do.
-I love you, bud, I have mine, too.
I have mine, too. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm going to do that right after this interv--
Oh, come on. I love you.
-These were -- These were full of wine on set.
I wanted to point that out. -They were.
They're not -- Mine's not full anymore.
-Mine either. -[ Laughs ]
But we can -- Honestly, we can show
a little bit of video footage from what we did.
Again, we can't say what it is,
but maybe you can figure it out if you just watch this.
-It's top-secret, but check it out.
-Yeah.
Okay, there you go.
-That might give it away. -That's all I can say.
That's it. That's all we can do.
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-They definitely -- I think that was too much.
They're definitely going to know how.
-Yeah. Now they're gonna know. Everyone knows what it is.
But anyway, you'll see really soon,
and it's going to make you smile for the holidays.
But I want to ask you this question.
Because I heard this story that -- Because I --
Honestly, you are one of the hardest workers I know.
And you have a great... -Oh, thank you.
--...work ethic. -You, as well.
-No, I mean, just -- I mean, we did that thing
after we did the other thing and "The Voice."
I'm like -- -And then you got on a plane
to New York that night. It was crazy.
-No, but this is -- I'm talking about you now.
This is you. -Oh.
-I heard a story that you once called Nickelodeon.
You were 4 years old and called Nickelodeon and said,
"I want to be on Nickelodeon."
-Yes. I have this weird manifesting gift, I think.
When I was 4 years old, I called -- I did 411,
and they said, "Location," or whatever.
And I was like, "Orlando, Florida."
And they were like, "Who are you calling?"
And I was like, "Universal Studios."
And I got through somehow.
Like, by some miracle, I got through.
And they were like, "Hey. Universal Studios, Orlando."
And I said, "Hi. I would like to audition to be on
'All That' or 'The Amanda Show.'
Your pick. You tell me."
-"It's totally up to you guys."
-"It's up to you, but I would love to be
on either/or. Your pick."
And they were like, "How old are you?"
And I was like, "Don't worry about it."
And they were like, "Are your parents around?"
And I was like, "No." -No.
-And then I think she hung up and...
-But you got your big break not too long after that.
I don't know if you remember this.
It's your first singing gig. You were 8 years old.
You sang the national anthem at a Florida Panthers hockey game.
-Oh, my gosh. Are we going here?
Yes, that was my first gig. My first big gig.
-I want to thank your mom for getting us this footage.
And best to everyone. Best to Nonna. Best to Frankie.
But I want to show this. -Thank you.
-Here's Ariana Grande, 8 years old,
singing the national anthem. Look at this.
-♪ O say, does that star-spangled ♪
♪ Banner yet wave ♪
♪ O'er the land of the fr-e-e-e-ee ♪
♪ And the home ♪
♪ Of the brave ♪
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-That is a star right there!
That little dimple is so cute.
More -- I want to talk about "The Voice" when we come back.
More with Ariana Grande after the break.