CELEBRATION, WHICH IS THE MOMENT IN TIME THAT CYNTHIA ERIVO IS

HAVING RIGHT NOW, TWO OSCAR NOMINATIONS!

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU.

SO ANYONE WHO'S WATCHED YOUR CAREER FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE,

THIS IS NOT A SHOCK TO ANYONE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> James: BUT ON THAT MORNING, WHO'S THE FIRST PERSON YOU CALL

WHEN YOU GET THE NEWS.

>> I CALLED MY MOM, EXCEPT I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE CALLING

ANYONE BECAUSE I WAS ON THE PLANE.

>> James: RIGHT.

NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO MAKE CALLS ON THE PLANE BUT I HAD

WI-FI AND I ILLEGALLY CALLED MY MOTHER.

>> James: YOU DID, LIKE, AN AUDIO INTERNET CALL.

>> YEAH, AN INTERNET CALL.

THAT'S ILLEGAL.

>> James: I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD DO THAT.

>> YOU COULD BE IN REAL TROUBLE AND YOU'RE SAYING IT ON NATIONAL

TV THAT YOU DID THAT?!

>> James: YOU CALL YOUR MOM.

YOU SAY -- >> I SAID, MOM, I WAS NOMINATED

FOR TWO OSCARS!

SHE SAID, OH, OH, MY GOODNESS, AM I GOING TO WEAR?

( LAUGHTER ) SHE SAID, SHOULD I WEAR ENGLISH

OR NIGERIAN?

WHICH COLOR?

THE HEADSCARF OR -- I SAID, MOM, WE HAVE A FEW MOMENTS BEFORE WE

GET THERE.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

>> James: I'M GLAD YOU'VE TAKE THEN MOMENT AND MADE IT ABOUT

YOU.

( LAUGHTER ) YEAH, THAT'S THE STRESS ON MY

MIND NOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO WEAR.

( LAUGHTER ) YOU WENT TO THE OSCAR LUNCHEON

WHICH IS WHERE ALL THE NOMINEES GO.

>> YES.

>> James: I HAVE BEEN FASCINATED BY THE LUNCHIAN.

IT'S NOT TELEVISED, THERE'S A LOT OF PRESS.

>> SO I SAT NEXT TO LAURA COTMAN WHO IS A VERY GREAT COMPOSER AND

ONE OF MY FRIENDS, AND AT THE FRIENDFRONT OF THE TABLE IS

QUINTIN TARANTINO SO -- ( LAUGHTER )

AND AT THE END OF IT, WE ALL CRAWLED UP TO THE FRONT TO TAKE

A CLASS PHOTO, ESSENTIALLY.

I'M STANDING WITH REKNEE IN THE FRONT AND CHARLIZE ON MY RIGHT

HAND AND OTHERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CHARLIZE.

IT'S VERY SURREAL.

>> James: THEY CALL IT A LUNCHEON.

DOES ANYONE EVER EAT?

( LAUGHTER ) WHENEVER I HAVE BEEN TO THESE

THINGS, IT'S, LIKE, IT'S LUNCH.

DIG IN.

AND YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE STARINGT AT BREAD, LIKE,

WHAT'S THAT?

LIKE, IT'S AN ALIEN LIFE FORM THEY HAVEN'T SEEN FOR A DECADE.

ASK ANYONE DIGGING IN?

>> I USUALLY DON'T EAT ANYTHING BECAUSE I'M A VEGAN VEGETARIAN,

RIGHT?

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YAY.

GOOD.

THERE'S USUALLY KNOTTING FOR ME TO EAT EXCEPT RISOTTO, WHICH IS,

LIKE, OOOH.

>> James: I LOVE A GOOD RISOTTO.

>> NO.

>> James: I WILL JOKE WITH YOU ABOUT MANY THINGS BUT I WILL NOT

JOKE ABOUT FOOD.

>> EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE GONE PLANT-BASED SO THIS YEAR IT WAS

A FORBIDDEN RICE PLANT-BASED SOMETHING WITH MUSHROOMS ON TOP.

IT SOUNDS WAY LESS APPETIZING THAN IT WAS.

BUT IT WAS REALLY NICE, SO I HAD A LITTLE BIT, AND I WAS TOO

NERVOUS TO FINISH THE REST.

>> James: I THINK EVERYBODY THERE IS STARVING.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK.

>> THEY ARE.

>> James: YOU WOULD EAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> I WOULD EAT EVERYTHING.

I GO LOOKING FOR HOT DOGS AND BURGERS.

>> James: THE WHOLE THING.

I WOULD LEGITIMATELY, I WOULD FINISH MINE AND BE, LIKE, ARE

YOU GOING TO EAT IT?

>> James: FOR SURE.

IT IS A GOOD ONE.

YOU WOULD HAVE EATEN EVERYTHING.

>> James: THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO A GLAMOROUS LUNCH LIKE

THAT, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD SEEN ANYBODY LEAVE FOOD.

I NEVER WITNESSED IT.

I SAID, WHAT?

THAT HAPPENS?

PEOPLE LEAVE STUFF?

IT'S CRAZY.

>> MY WIFE GETS SO OFFENDED IF ANYBODY LEAVES FOOD ANYWHERE.

IF YOU DON'T CLEAN THE PLATE, SHE WILL GET UPSET ABOUT IT.

>> James: SHE SHOULD.

IF YOU DON'T CLEAN THE PLATE, IT WILL BE TOMORROW'S LEFTOVERS,

AND IF YOU DON'T EAT THE LEFTOVERS, SHE'S UPSET BECAUSE

YOU DIDN'T EAT THE LEFTOVERS.

THIS IS A REAL THING.

>> James: THAT'S WHY I SET MY ALARM AT 2:00 A.M. TO GO DOWN TO

THE FRIDGE TO EAT WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER TO MAKE EVERYONE IN

THE HOUSE FEEL BETTER.