he's currently starring in critically acclaimed new film by alexander payne called "nebraska" which is in select theaters nationwide. say hello to our buddy, will forte, everybody. ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: orville willis forte iv welcome back to our show. >> that's right. i got to say, i'm so happy for you and congrats on this new movie "nebraska" that you're in. you're amazing in it, dude. >> thank you very much. >> jimmy: you know we're fans of you here -- [ applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: you killed it. you killed it. so good, the critics are loving it. it's -- it's a family story. >> yes. >> jimmy: "nebraska." you're very close with your family. >> yes. >> jimmy: you've brought out pictures of your family before. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and tonight you brought -- you said that you -- back stage your mom is very close to you, your mom googles you all the time. >> she loves checking -- like on an hourly basis she will check in on what is out there about me. >> jimmy: yeah. she will google anything. >> yeah. >> jimmy: about you. and she left you a voicemail and you brought the voicema

really good movie directed by alexander payne who i think is one of our best filmmakers. >> so spielberg had that criticism a while back. everyone's making blockbusters and cg and everything else. is that changing at all now >> well, i don't know if it's changing. it's hard to figure out what's going on in the movie business but it does seem to happen that every spring and summer, people are complaining about the blockbusters and sequels and all the action movies and grown-up people are just more curious audience members do a lot to go and see. but then in the fall -- this happened last year you know when there was spielberg's own "lincoln" and "django" and "argo." this fall we have a ton of really interesting, good movies of all different kinds to see, from "gravity" to "12 years a slave" to "nebraska." so, it does seem like it's possible. i think it's hard sometimes for these movies to find a big enough audience. i think that's really the challenge. they do seem to get made. >> i surrender that i'll ever see a romantic comedy in the theater any time soon, but i want to ask you about th

now the kids want to work for alexander payne. or quentin tarantino. it's the same kind of a feeling as i had with mr. kazan. and it's very challenging. but at the same time he gives you fabulous teammates. it works on the paper when he gave me the script. there's, i've invented a lot of stuff to keep characters alive in my career. embroidered, if you will. i didn't have to do any of that in this movie. it was all on the script. when we go in the house and there's a scene where i say, this is my room and my old house. and the wife says you know this is where woody's little brother david died and will my son says to me do you remember that, dad? and the line that's written is i was there. i was there. who says stuff like that? but this guy has it in his script already. you don't have to come up with that stuff. and that's just, my daughter laura, did a series called "enlightened." that's enlightenment. you know? it's been wonderful so far. it feels good that people the biggest thing is i'm trying to get people to go out and see the movie. because we're

alexander payne, "nebraska," david o'russell "american hustle." best motion picture drama, "12 years of slave," "captain phillips," "gravity," "rush," thank you. >> first reaction to this, all those movies i want to see. that's great. >> a spectacular list of movies this year and some really big-name actors and actresses. >> "gravity," "12 years of slave." >> "good wife." >> television. a lot of stuff here. >> good stuff. >> good way to spend christmas holidays. >> and on tuesday, we'll talk with golden globe nominee about her performance in "12 years of slave" here on "cbs this morning." >>> and all that mattered on this day in 2000, do you,, >>> now that the absentee ballots have gone against the vice president, the only chance depending on what happens here at the supreme court. >> all thatters, the landmark decision, bush versus gore. the ruling made bush the president ending five weeks of uncertainty following election day 2000. the high court overturned the order to row count. the recount in florida was said to be unconstitutional. in januar

steve mcqueen "12 years a slave," alexander payne, "nebraska" david russell "marine hustle." best motion picture drama, "12 years a slave," "gravity," "fill mena," "rush." "captain philips." thank you. >> congratulations to our nominees. >>> please don't forget to joan us sunday, january 12th for the 71st annual golden globe awards hosted by tina fey and amy poe hler live on nbc. thank you and good morning. >> all right. that's cool. you should be with us as we listen to these nominations, because he goes crazy. you said this is huge, this is huge that oprah winfrey wasn't nominated. >> she was not nominated for her performance in "the butler." in fact the movie got no nominations at all. best picture, best actor. nothing. that was a surprise. that was a movie that did very well. seemed to be doing well. could still get oscar nominations. the hollywood board didn't go for it. >> anything else jump out at you? >> well "12 years a slave" and "american hustle" four cast members an three from "12 years a slave" also some surprises like the movie "rush" ron howard race car movie a