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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Season 1 · Episode 54
Marion Cotillard, George Saunders, Joanna Newsom
0.045mDecember 8, 2015
Stephen’s J. R. R. Tolkien geekdom pays off. Marion Cotillard discusses ‘Macbeth’. Things That Sound Way More Intriguing When Said in French (with Marion Cotillard). George Saunders discusses his new book, ‘The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip’ and sings ‘Today Is A Beautiful Day, But Not For You’. Joanna Newsom performs "Leaving the City" from her album ‘Divers’. Saunders reads Stephen a bedtime story as the episode’s outro.
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- Episode 1George Clooney, Jeb Bush, Jon Batiste & Stay Human
- Episode 2Scarlett Johansson, Elon Musk, Kendrick Lamar
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- Episode 5Emily Blunt, Justice Stephen Breyer, The Dead Weather
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- Episode 21Bill Clinton, Billy Eichner, Florence & the Machine
- Episode 22Gina Rodriguez, Ben Bernanke, Tame Impala
- Episode 23Cate Blanchett, Brian Chesky, Dartmouth Football Dummy
- Episode 24James Corden, Shane Smith, Halsey
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- Episode 26Sarah Silverman, Elijah Wood, Symphony of the Goddesses
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- Episode 28Oprah Winfrey, Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor, Judith Hill
- Episode 29Jimmy Kimmel, Guillermo del Toro, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Beach House
- Episode 30Sienna Miller, Melissa Benoist, Chance the Rapper
- Episode 31Hillary Clinton, Anthony Bourdain, Carrie Brownstein
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- Episode 34Charlie Rose, Stacy Schiff, Ghost
- Episode 35Allison Janney, Colin Quinn, Margaret Cho
- Episode 36Antonio Banderas, Reed Hastings, John Irving
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- Episode 38Bryan Cranston, Shamir
- Episode 39Whoopi Goldberg, John Kasich, Glen Hansard
- Episode 40Ethan Hawke, Claire McCaskill, Amy Klobuchar, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
- Episode 41Aziz Ansari, Shonda Rhimes, Bruce Campbell, Lucy Lawless
- Episode 42Viola Davis, Brian Greene, George Ezra
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- Episode 48Jane Fonda, Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Episode 49Michael Caine, Larry Wilmore, Boots
- Episode 50Sylvester Stallone, Ted Koppel, My Morning Jacket
- Episode 51Spike Lee, Andy Cohen, Carly Simon
- Episode 52Gloria Estefan, Eric Greitens, Jake Wood, Daniel Boulud
- Episode 53Steve Carell, Jennifer Hudson
- Episode 54Marion Cotillard, George Saunders, Joanna Newsom
- Episode 55Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, Allen Leech, Adam McKay, Kurt Vile
- Episode 56Bruce Willis, Michael Lewis, Lizzo
- Episode 57Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ike Barinholtz, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- Episode 58Jennifer Lawrence, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Sleater-Kinney
- Episode 59Quentin Tarantino, Jonathan Groff, Squeeze
- Episode 60Robert De Niro, Daniel Gilbert, Henry Rollins
- Episode 61Michael Moore, Samantha Power, Michael C. Hall, Lazarus
- Episode 62Mandy Patinkin, Kayvon Beykpour, Leon Bridges
- Episode 63Samuel L. Jackson, Olivia Hallisey
- Episode 64John Krasinski, Killer Mike, George Church, Foals
- Episode 65Jerry Seinfeld, Senator Rand Paul, Andra Day
- Episode 66Damian Lewis, America Ferrera, FloydLittle's Double Dutch team
- Episode 67Matthew Broderick, Sarah Parcak, Kacey Musgraves
- Episode 68Jane Lynch, Sec. Julian Castro, EL VY
- Episode 69Saoirse Ronan, Jeremy Stoppelman, Laura Ricciardi & Moira Demos, James Bay
- Episode 70Paul Giamatti, Guerrilla Girls, J.B. Mauney
- Episode 71Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller, Father John Misty
- Episode 72Scott Kelly, Abby Wambach, Maria Bamford
- Episode 73Patricia Heaton, Quincy Jones, Deray McKesson, Grace
- Episode 74Charlie Day, Colin Hanks, Margo Price
- Episode 75James Spader, Brandon Marshall, Sarah Koenig, Rev Run
- Episode 76Christian Slater, Josh Radnor, Iggy Pop
- Episode 77Steven Tyler, Gaby Hoffmann, Låpsley
- Episode 78Donald Rumsfeld, Russell Westbrook, Jackson Browne
- Episode 79Laurence Fishburne, Michael Novacek, Lake Street Dive
- Episode 80Chris Pine, Danielle Brooks, Jonah Reider, Baauer
- Episode 81Josh Brolin, John Dickerson, Erin Brockovich, Aubrie Sellers
- Episode 82John Travolta, Courtney B. Vance, Amy Cuddy, John Moreland
- Episode 83David Schwimmer, Joel Osteen, M. Ward
- Episode 84Dr. Phil McGraw, Mark & Jay Duplass, Michael Eric Dyson, Anderson Paak and the Free Nationals
- Episode 85Michael Strahan, Samantha Bee, Wilco
- Episode 86Bobby Cannavale, Donny Deutsch, Charles Kelley
- Episode 87Tina Fey and Margot Robbie, Will Ferrell, Megyn Kelly, Key & Peele
- Episode 88Bill O'Reilly, Eddie George, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Episode 89Olivia Wilde, Christiane Amanpour, Jon Batiste & Stay Human
- Episode 90Ben Stiller, Bernie Sanders, Tao: Seventeen Samurai
- Episode 91Kelsey Grammer, Fred Armisen, Sarah McDaniel, Ty Segall and the Muggers
- Episode 92Craig Ferguson, Senator Cory Booker, Scott Waites
- Episode 93Eva Longoria, Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer, Lucinda Williams
- Episode 94Kate Hudson, Governor John Kasich, Courtney Barnett
- Episode 95Tea Leoni, Amanda Peet, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
- Episode 96Chelsea Handler, Zosia Mamet, The Lumineers
- Episode 97Casey Affleck, Richard Dreyfuss, Mavis Staples
- Episode 98Debra Messing, Zachary Quinto, Violent Femmes
- Episode 99Adrien Brody, Danai Gurira, Brian Greene
- Episode 100Tim Daly, Graham Nash, Jason Isbell
- Episode 101Spike Jonze, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jack Garratt
- Episode 102Chrissy Teigen, Mike Birbiglia, Adam Savage
- Episode 103Octavia Spencer, John Stamos, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, Lucius
- Episode 104Christopher Meloni, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Edward Byers, Ray LaMontagne
- Episode 105Will Arnett, Charles Barkley, Max Greenfield
- Episode 106Helen Mirren, J.J. Abrams, DMA’S
- Episode 107Sally Field, Jerrod Carmichael, Esperanza Spalding
- Episode 108Anna Kendrick, Loretta Lynch, Brian Fallon
- Episode 109Jeff Daniels, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Audra McDonald
- Episode 110John Oliver, Jordan Spieth, New Order
- Episode 111Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, Shirley MacLaine, Gustavo Dudamel
- Episode 112Theo James, Jussie Smollett, Laurie Anderson
- Episode 113William H. Macy, Melissa Rauch, Isaac Mizrahi
- Episode 114Tom Hiddleston, Laura Benant, Frightened Rabbit
- Episode 115Adam Driver, Rachel Bloom, Savages
- Episode 116Eric Stonestreet, Jason Jones, Elizabeth Warren
- Episode 117Sarah Paulson, Tatiana Maslany, Wynton Marsalis, Lil Buck, Jared Grimes
- Episode 118Steve Buscemi, Benjamin Walker, Broadway Cast of 'American Psycho'
- Episode 119Matthew Perry, Nick Offerman, Explosions In The Sky, Parliament-Funkadelic
- Episode 120Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone, Arianna Huffington, BABYMETAL
- Episode 121Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell, David Duchovny, Autolux
- Episode 122Mindy Kaling, Tituss Burgess, Ken Burns
- Episode 123Hillary Clinton, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Katharine McPhee, Sturgill Simpson, Wayne Shorter
- Episode 124Rep. Paul Ryan, Kevin Spacey, Thomas Middleditch, The Flaming Lips, Arturo Sandoval
- Episode 125Dennis Quaid, Matt Walsh, Charles Bradley, Tootie & Jimmy Heath
- Episode 126Tom Hanks, Leslie Odom Jr., The Strumbellas, Roy Haynes
- Episode 127Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sam Morril
- Episode 128Michelle Williams, Eddie Huang, Bob Mould
- Episode 129J.K. Simmons, Jane Krakowski, Chris Wallace
- Episode 130Susan Sarandon, David Tennant, Catfish and The Bottlemen
- Episode 131Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, Matt Czuchry, Hank Azaria, Phil Knight
- Episode 132Anderson Cooper, Mark Feuerstein, Gwen Stefani
- Episode 133Bill O'Reilly, Morris Chestnut, Deerhunter
- Episode 134Dakota Johnson, Sebastian Stan, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
- Episode 135Anthony Mackie, Rob Reiner, Maxwell
- Episode 136Judge Judy, Zac Posen, W. Kamau Bell
- Episode 137Lily Tomlin, Kumail Nanjiani, Ryan Hamilton
- Episode 138Kaley Cuoco, Dan Savage, The National
- Episode 139Chloe Grace Moretz, Katie Couric, Charlamagne Tha God
- Episode 140Kate Beckinsale, B.J. Novak, Desiigner
- Episode 141Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Jessie Mueller, Animal Collective
- Episode 142Matt Bomer, Zach Woods, Nick Griffin
- Episode 143Jason Sudeikis; Michael Weatherly from the CBS drama series "NCIS"; Megyn Kelly
- Episode 144Anthony Anderson; Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara; musical performance by Coldplay
- Episode 145Josh Gad; Gillian Jacobs; musical performance by Band of Horses
- Episode 146Rose Byrne; Bobby Flay; interview with and performance by Weird Al Yankovic
- Episode 147Seth Rogen; Krysten Ritter; musical performance by Wolf Parade
- Episode 148Emilia Clarke; Shiri Appleby; musical performance by Cynthia Erivo
- Episode 149Sean Hayes; Brooklyn Decker; Lewis Black
- Episode 150James McAvoy; Nick Swardson; Physicist Brian Greene
- Episode 151Lizzy Caplan; Neil Young; Mike Epps
- Episode 152Rashida Jones; musical performance by The Struts
- Episode 153James Corden, host of CBS's "The Late Late Show"; Scott Speedman; musical performance by Death Cab for Cutie
- Episode 154Jude Law; Norman Reedus; musical performance by Hundred Waters with Skrillex featuring Chance the Rapper
- Episode 155Laura Linney; John Leguizamo; musical performance by Gary Clark Jr.; Paula Robison sitting in with Jon Batiste and Stay Human.
- Episode 156Patrick Wilson; Gayle King; Gary Johnson & William Weld
- Episode 157David Duchovny; Aaron Tveit from the CBS drama series "BrainDead"; Juggler Alexander Koblikov
- Episode 158Bill O'Reilly; Anna Chlumsky; Aesop Rock
- Episode 159Daniel Radcliffe; George Lopez; musical performance by HINDS
- Episode 160Liam Hemsworth; Ana Gasteyer; stand-up comedy performance by Paul Mecurio
- Episode 161Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas; Amy Ryan; musical performance by Nick Jonas
- Episode 162Aaron Paul; Michael Ian Black; Silversun Pickups
- Episode 163Alexander Skarsgård, Natasha Leggero, Ziggy Marley
- Episode 164Aubrey Plaza; Hugh Dancy; Andrew Zimmern
- Episode 165Uzo Aduba; Neil DeGrasse Tyson; Adia Victoria
- Episode 166Bernie Sanders, Paul Dano, Rascal Flatts
- Episode 167Kevin Hart, Taylor Schilling, RuPaul Charles
- Episode 168Kevin Love; Jenny Slate; Dierks Bentley
- Episode 169Tom Brokaw; Sarah & Erin Foster; Bibi Bourelly
- Episode 170Samuel L. Jackson; Julie Klausner; ScHoolboy Q
- Episode 171Ellie Kemper; Patrick Fugit; We Are Scientists
- Episode 172Zachary Quinto; Natasha Lyonne; 2 Chainz
- Episode 173Bryan Cranston, Busy Philipps, Blink-182
- Episode 174Nicholas Hoult; John Turturro; Bret Baier; Young Greatness
- Episode 175Benjamin Bratt; Rob Corddry; The Shelters
- Episode 176Bill Maher; Michael K. Williams; Parquet Courts
- Episode 177Charlie Rose, Gayle King & Norah O'Donnell, DeRay Mckesson, Bonnie McFarlane
- Episode 178RNC, Zoe Saldana, Jennifer Saunders, Ron Suskind
- Episode 179RNC, Keegan-Michael Key, Kathryn Hahn, Jenny Lewis & NAF
- Episode 180RNC, Tony Goldwyn, Mark Cuban, Lewis Black, Cory Kahaney, Wyclef Jean
- Episode 181RNC, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Billy Eichner, Cory Kahaney
- Episode 182Jennifer Saunders
- Episode 183DNC, Allison Janney, Anthony Weiner, Ryan Adams
- Episode 184DNC, Jeff Daniels, Bassem Youssef, Aurora
- Episode 185DNC, John Oliver, Jai Courtney, Charlamagne Tha God, DMC
- Episode 186DNC, Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Eric Andre
- Episode 187DNC Highlights
- Episode 188Viola Davis; Simon Helberg; Declan McKenna
- Episode 189Will Smith; Logan Lerman; Tony Bennett
- Episode 190John Cena; Scott Eastwood; Aaron Neville
- Episode 191Jamie Dornan, Javier Muñoz, Malcolm Gladwell, The O'Jays
- Episode 192Diane Kruger; Mark Normand; Ibtihaj Muhammad
- Episode 193Amy Schumer; Omari Hardwick; Michaela Watkins
- Episode 194Rami Malek, Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Diana Gordon
- Episode 195Anderson Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Kip Moore
- Episode 196Senator Tim Kaine, Tony Hale, Car Seat Headrest
- Episode 197Rachel Weisz; Kevin Smith; Spike Feresten
- Episode 198Riz Ahmed; Pedro Pascal; Angel Olsen
- Episode 199John Krasinski; Adam Brody; St. Paul and The Broken Bones
- Episode 200Christian Slater, Congressman John Lewis, Chris Geere
- Episode 201Larry Wilmore; Chris Noth; Sampha
- Episode 202Actress Anna Gunn; journalist John Dickerson; inventor Simone Giertz.