Major news
that is shaking up
the art world.
For a century, the Mona Lisa
has been considered
one of the most important
paintings of all time,
but now we're learning
it may only be half as special
as we thought.
There is only one Mona Lisa,
right?
Well, maybe not.
This morning,
what might be another Mona Lisa.
If it turns out to be
a real Mona Lisa,
it could be worth
half a billion dollars.
This controversial
other portrait,
so similar to Leonardo
da Vinci's masterpiece,
has long sparked
intense debate.
Is it just a copy
or an earlier version
finished by da Vinci himself?
JEAN-PIERRE ISBOUTS:
The minute I saw this work,
I was really blown away.
It took me five minutes,
and I was convinced.
Uh, it took you five minutes
and you were convinced?
Maybe take ten minutes or 15
before you shake history?
What's your rush?
Like, maybe if you'd taken
more than five minutes,
you might have noticed
that the new Mona Lisa
is wearing AirPods, huh?
Because you realize,
if it's true,
this story is huge.
Two Mona Lisas--
Mona Lises-- Mona Lisi...
However you say it,
this is huge,
because it means
that people in the 16th century
treated paintings the same way
we treat Instagram today.
Yeah. Just like,
"No, paint it again.
"I blinked.
"Also, my smile is weird
on that one.
"I can't tell
if I'm smiling or not."
"I don't even see it.
"I feel like this picture
needs a filter.
Let's go to Valencia."
Oh, and speaking
of earth-shattering news,
global warming. Every day
we move closer and closer
to an all-out climate emergency.
And if you're worried
that world leaders aren't up
to the challenge,
well, you're right.
A dire warning about the future
after the United Nations climate
talks come to an end in Madrid.
There's very little action,
even though evidence
of climate change is all around.
REPORTER: The world struggled
to respond to the crisis
at a U.N. climate summit
in Madrid.
We are a little confused
about what documents
are being discussed.
We're starting
to get a little lost.
-Uh, we are kind of lost. Um...
-Okay.
These are the warning signs
our climate is in trouble.
200-foot flames this weekend
raced across
the Australian Outback.
In Sydney, the smoke is so bad,
it's like smoking
32 cigarettes a day.
Greenland is losing ice
seven times faster
than it was in the '90s.
The warnings are there,
but who is listening?
Are you shitting me?
The world is falling apart,
and leaders at the U.N.
couldn't agree on what to do?
(French accent): "Yeah, we
don't know where the papers are.
I'm sorry,
we-we're a little confused."
You know what, from now on,
climate meetings
shouldn't be
in a comfy conference room.
They should be held
on a melting glacier.
That's where it should be.
Get these people
some motivation.
-That's what that should be.
-(cheering and applause)
You'll figure that shit out.
And, you know,
as much as we're disappointed
at how slow our leaders are
to act,
I think it's movies
that we should blame
for making us think that leaders
are decisive in the first place.
'Cause, like, you watch
Armageddon, and it's like,
"Sir, an asteroid
is headed to Earth."
And it's like,
"All right, get me Bruce Willis
"and the guy who's not good
at being Batman.
Come on, let's go!"
But if, like, Armageddon
happened in real life,
it would be like, "Sir,
an asteroid is coming to Earth."
It would be like,
"Okay, wait, are we calling it
"an asteroid or a comet?
Let's convene a panel
to discuss terminology, okay?"
"We don't need a panel--
we need a committee!"
"Wait, is it a committee
or a panel? I'm lost."
But we can't keep delaying
action.
This is serious.
The Earth is getting hotter,
the oceans are getting hotter,
Kumail Nanjiani
is getting hotter.
We have to stop this madness.
All right, and, finally,
some entertainment news.
Amazon is producing
a Lord of the Rings TV show,
and if you think you don't have
the looks for Hollywood,
this casting call
might change your mind.
If you are hairy, toothless,
extremely tall, extremely short,
you could be an extra in the new
Lord of the Rings series.
The new Amazon show is based
on the mythical land
of Middle-earth
and begins production
in New Zealand next year.
An ad from one of the two
local talent agencies
helping with the search said
it was looking for people
with, among other things,
missing teeth
and wonderful noses.
Wow.
Missing teeth
and wonderful noses.
Sounds less like
a casting decision
and more like
their makeup artist quit.
Yeah. Now they're just like,
"All right, anybody, uh,
"that we gonna cast has to come
already ugly, all right?
We gonna do this?"
And, by the way, I know they say
that this is for the show,
but this might just be a trap
for tricking people
into working
in Amazon's warehouses. Yeah.
You'll be there, like,
"I'm here for the audition."
They're like, "All right,
take that PlayStation,
"put it in a box.
Just keep doing that.
Do it again and again
and again."
"What does this have to do
with Lord of the Rings?"
"Yeah, they-they're doing
PlayStations now.
It's a thing."
So if you think
you can play an orc
or a dwarf or a hobbit,
you can hit Amazon up.
But if you were looking
to play Sméagol,
bad news: they already gave
that part to Rudy Giuliani.
-Yeah. Yeah.
-(gasping, applause)
He's got it.
He's got it already.
And that's-that's really gonna
mess the story up, right?
'Cause he's gonna be in
the story in Lord of the Rings.
They're gonna be like,
"We're going to Mordor
to find the ring."
And he'll be like,
"And dirt on Joe Biden!"
