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.