>> James: HEY, HEY.
YOU ARE ALL HERE, ROB, EVERY TIME YOU ARE HERE IT IS
FANTASTIC BUT I HEARD, TELL ME IF THIS IS TRUE, ARE YOU
BATTLING A NEW VICE IN YOUR LIFE.
>> YEAH, IT FEELS LIKE EVERY 20 YEARS HAVE I SOMETHING I HAVE TO
KICK, FIRST IT'S BOOZE, RIGHT, AND THEN I'M LIKE YEAH, IT IS
THE '80S, WE KNOW WHAT THAT WAS LIKE.
AND NOW IT'S I FIND MYSELF WAKING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS A GOOD IDEA, TO GO TO THE KITCHEN
AND EAT ICE CREAM.
AND IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WITH IT HAS COME FROMMENT I DON'T
KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
AND I'M GOING TO NEED-- .
>> James: SO YOU GO TO SLEEP.
>> I WAKE UP, I'M ASLEEP, ACTUALLY ASLEEP.
>> James: ARE YOU AWARE THAT ARE YOU DOING IT OR KIND OF
EATING IN YOUR SLEEP.
>> SOMETIMES I COME TO IN FRONT OF THE REFRIGERATOR.
>> James: YOU WAKE UP AND YOU ARE HOLDING THE PINT OF ICE
CREAM.
>> AND IT'S GREAT BECAUSE ST ALL THE THINGS I LIKE, I KNOW IT IS
BAD, IT IS REALLY FUN AND I GET TO FEEL SHAME T IS PERFECT.
>> James: DO YOU KNOW WHAT I CALL THAT.
>> WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT.
>> James: A THURSDAY.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY, IF I JUST REALLY LET
IT GO, WHAT LIKE, DO I HAVE TO LIKE, WHAT CAN I DO,.
>> James: IF YOU JUST GO NUTS, EAT WHATEVER YOU WANT.
>> YES.
>> James: THIS IS WHERE YOU, YOUNG MAN, HAVE BACKED YOURSELF
INTO A CORNER.
YOU HAVE RUINED YOUR LIFE.
>> OKAY.
>> James: BY STARTING YOUR EXISTENCE SO HOT THAT IF
YOU-- ARE YOU SO BEAUTIFUL THAT IF YOU LET YOURSELF GO, THE
WORLD WILL BE FULLY OH MY GOD, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ROB LOWE.
WHEREAS IF I, IF I DROP WHICH IS MY INTENTION, 35 POUNDS, I'M
PEEKING AT 45 AND YOU ARE GOING WAY DOWN HILL.
YOU.
>> I GOT YOU COVERED.
YOU JUST DO THE ACTION SCENES, AND YOU WILL BE GOOD TO GO.
>> NOW ANTONIO WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE.
YOUR FIRST TIME ON THE SHOW.
AND WHAT A GREAT MOMENT TO HAVE YOU HERE, YOU ARE CELEBRATING
YOUR FIRST OSCAR NOMINATION.
>> (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> James: IN WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE GENUINELY THE PERFORMANCE
OF THE YEAR, IN PAIN & GLORY.
NOW TELL ME, YOUR FIRST NOMINATION, WHO ARE YOU GOING TO
BRING TO THE CEREMONY.
>> WELL, I AM COMING WITH MY GIRLFRIEND.
I WANT TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER.
>> YOU GOT A THREE TICKET SCENARIO.
>> MY DAUGHTER HAS A BOYFRIEND.
>> I HAVE FOUR.
>> James: IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ARE YOU A NOMINEE, I WANT
NINE SEATS.
>> NO NO, NO, YOU GET FOUR.
AND THAT IS IT.
>> James: INCLUDING YOU.
>> INCLUDING YOU, AND-- YOU FOR TWO SU IS HAVE TO PAY.
>> James: YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE ADDITIONAL TWO.
>> UH-HUH.
>> James: THIS IS SOME BULL [BLEEP].
ARE YOU PAYING OF COURSE.
>> James: THE STUDIO AREN'T EVEN PAYING.
>> NO.
>> James: WHAT DOES A TICKET COST.
>> I THINK IT IS $750.
>> James: SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!
$750 TO WATCH A GROUP OF MILLIONARES GIVE EACH OTHER GOLD
STATUES.
(LAUGHTER) >> YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> James: $750.
>> YEAH.
>> James: WHAT?
>> THAT'S FOR PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY ARE-- I THINK THE
TICKETS-- .
>> James: THAT IS THE DISCOUNT.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> James: NO, ANTONIO.
>> I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
>> James: YOU GOT THAT PUSS IN BOOTS MONEY, YOU GOT THAT.
>> FOR SOMEBODY THAT IS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS, WANTS TO GO, I
THINK IT IS MORE THAN THAT.
>> James: IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ACADEMY AWARDS, I'VE
GOT TO TALK TO YOU ROB, ABOUT GENUINELY SOMETHING I WATCHED
AND REWATCHED ALL THE TIME WHICH IS WHEN YOU WERE INVOLVED, THE
FIRST OSCARS WITHOUT A HOST.
>> INVOLVED LIKE ITS WITH A KRIM.
WHICH IT WAS.
>> James: IT WAS A CRIME, YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THE SAME WAY
THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN THE MOTION PICTURE CATS.
THERE IS BLOOD ON OUR HANDS.
>> I WANT TO SEE THE CRIME.
>> OH MY GOD, WERE YOU THERE THAT NIGHT.
>> THAT IS THE FIRST TIME.
>> LET ME ASK YOU, WAS IT AS BAD AS AMERICA THOUGHT IT WAS?
>> YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM THAT I HAD-- NO, NO, NO.
YOU KNOW, I THIS WAS UNFORGETTABLE.
BUT I REMEMBER THAT DAY BECAUSE I YOU BOUGHT NEW SHOES.
>> James: RIGHT.
>> AND IT WAS UNBEARABLE, THE PAIN.
>> ON ME OR THE SHOES.
>> James: I THINK BOTH.
>> I THINK BOTH.
BUT YOU WEREN'T THE PROBLEM.
HERE IS-- YOU WEREN'T THE PROBLEM.
YOU WERE JUST THE ICING ON THE CAKE.
>> I WAS 25 YEARS OLD.
>> James: HOW DID THEY ROPE YOU INTO THIS.
>> THE ACADEMY AWARDS COME TO A 25 YEAR OLD ACTOR AND SAY WE
WOULD LIKE YOU TO OPEN THE OSCARS.
WHAT-- I'M LIKE GREAT, YOU GUYS FOE WHAT THE HELL IS WHAT, HAR
VIN HAMLISCH WROTE THE LYRICS, TURNS OUT THEY WERE NOT SO GOOD.
AND I WAS LIKE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS THING BUT THEN I
GUESS, SO I'M DOING IT.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU TOO, YOU ARE A GREAT SORNTION GREAT IN THE
THEATER SO YOU KNOW, SO I MR. OUT THERE, DOING MY THING,
IT SAY BILLION PEOPLE LIVE, AND I THINK MAYBE I'M WRONG, MAYBE
THIS IS GOING GREAT AND I LOOK OUT AND I SEE BARRY LEVINSON,
WHO WON EIGHT OSCARS THAT NIGHT.
AND I LOOK OUT AND I SEE HIS FACE IN THE SEA OF PEOPLE AND IS
HE LITERALLY GOING-- AND HE TURNS TO THE PERSON NEXT TO HIM
AND HE GOES-- AND I'M LAKE MAYBE FIGHT'S NOT DOING AS WELL AS I
THINK.
HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS, EVERY YEAR-- MARK MY WORDS, STARTING
IN ABOUT A WEAK, THERE WILL BE A LIST OF OSCARS EMBARRASSING
MOMENTS AND I WILL ALWAYS BE NUMBER ONE.
>> James: ALWAYS NUMBER ONE.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS SO DIFFERENT TO SEE THIS LIVE THAT BE ON
TELEVISION.
WHEN I SAW THIS PERFORMING THERE, IT WAS WEIRD.
>> THE OSCARS ARE WEIRD, JUST YOU WAIT, PAL.
>> I'M EXCITED.