GIVE IT UP FOR THE BAND!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) OH, CAN YOU DIG IT?
CAN YOU DIG IT, BABY?
>> Jon: YEAH, YEAH!
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS ALWAYS SOUND GOOD.
>> Jon: OH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS ALWAYS SOUND GOOD, BUT YOU SOUND A
LITTLE RICHER, A LITTLE RICHER TONIGHT.
TO WHO DO WE OWE THAT?
WE HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SITTING IN WITH THE BAND.
FROM GRAMMY MUSEUM, VERONICA LEAHY.
GRAMMY IN THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM.
I WAS A PART OF THAT PROGRAM.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: THAT'S FANTASTIC.
YOU WERE IN THE GRAMMY IN THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM?
>> Jon: YES, I WAS IN THE AGREEMENT IN THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM
IN 2004.
>> Stephen: ME, TOO?
>> Jon: YEAH?
>> Stephen: I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL IN 2004, TOO, JON.
VERY SIMILAR.
>> Jon: I'LL REMEMBER THAT.
>> Stephen: LET'S LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE.
VERONICA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
YOU SOUND FANTASTIC.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, JON, I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU NOTICED, BUT THE OSCAR NOMINATIONS WERE ANNOUNCED
THIS MORNING.
>> Jon: YEAH, I SAW THAT THROUGH TWITTER.
>> Stephen: GOOD EYE.
THESE ARE THE FIRST OSCARS IN THE WAKE OF THE #METOO MOVEMENT,
WHICH MEANS THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES.
FOR INSTANCE, THE OSCAR STATUE WILL NOW BE FULLY CLOTHED.
BUT THE BIGGEST SURPRISE THIS YEAR IS THERE ARE NO
CONTROVERSIES OVER LACK OF DIVERSITY.
MEXICAN DIRECTOR GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S "THE SHAPE OF WATER"
LEADS THE PACK WITH 13 NOMINATIONS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YUP.
WE LOVE GUILLERMO.
IT'S A GREAT STORY.
IT'S ABOUT A WOMAN WHO HAS SEX WITH A DISGUSTING FISH MONSTER.
AND I'M REALLY IMPRESSED SOMEONE ALREADY PRODUCED THE STORMY
DANIELS STORY.
( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, JORDAN PEELE WAS
NOMINATED FOR DIRECTING "GET OUT," MAKING HIM ONLY THE FIFTH
BLACK DIRECTOR EVER NOMINATED FOR A BEST DIRECTING OSCAR.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATULATIONS
"LA LA LAND!" I MEAN, JORDAN PEELE!
DAMMIT, WHY DOES THAT KEEP HAPPENING?
NOW, JORDAN PEELE IS NOW INVITED TO A BIG PARTY THROWN BY RICH
WHITE PEOPLE.
I HOPE HE'S SEEN "GET OUT."
( LAUGHTER ) HE'LL BE UP AGAINST GRETA
GERWIG, NOMINATED FOR DIRECTING THE WONDERFUL "LADY BIRD."
ONLY THE FIFTH WOMAN EVER TO EARN THAT DISTINCTION.
SO HOLLYWOOD IS WATCHING TO SEE WHETHER SHE OR JORDAN PEELE
WINS, BECAUSE THAT WILL DETERMINE WHICH GROUP OF TWITTER
USERS BECOME ENRAGED.
( LAUGHTER ) AND WHICHEVER ONES YOU ARE, I'M
ON YOUR SIDE.
I'VE HAD IT!
LAUGH AND IT'S A BIG YEAR FOR WOMEN:
MERYL STREEP WAS NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR HER
PERFORMANCE IN "THE POST."
THEN SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR A SECOND ACADEMY AWARD FOR ACTING
SURPRISED THAT SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR THE FIRST ONE.
AMAZING, SO CONVINCING I BELIEVED IT.
I BELIEVED IT.
SO A FAIRLY DIVERSE GROUP OF VERY DESERVING ARTISTS, BUT I'VE
GOT A WELL OF AWARD ANGER THAT I'VE GOT TO FOCUS AT SOMETHING.
SO THIS YEAR I'VE DECIDED TO BE FURIOUS THAT "THE LEGO NINJAGO
MOVIE" WAS NOT NOMINATED FOR BEST SOUND MIXING.
ALAN FREEDMAN, TIM LEBLANC, AND GREG CRAWFORD CREATED A
SOUNDSCAPE FOR NINJAGO CITY THAT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS A
MISUNDERSTOOD NINJA TOY WITH A HEART OF GOLD.
#TEAMNINJAGO.
#THOSE AREN'T THE REAL GUYS, THEY'RE GUYS ON MY STAFF.
BUT YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
AND YOU DIDN'T CARE.
SO YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
GO LOOK IN THE MIRROR.
AND THEN COME BACK BECAUSE WE'VE GOT JOHN DICKERSON.
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