The Late Show aired for one last time on Thursday, May 21, 2026, with Stephen Colbert surprising the first night lineups.

The Late Show ended its 11-year run on CBS with Stephen Colbert, who took the show from his predecessor comedy great David Letterman in 2015.

The star-studded guest lineup showed up for Colbert to bid farewell to The Late Show.

As the taping goes on roll, late-night comedy host plays host to a galaxy of stars, including Paul McCartney, Ryan Reynolds, and Paul Rudd.

Colbert’s final monologue was surprisingly interrupted by several guests.

Bryan Cranston was the first surprise appearance, who interrupted Colbert during his final monologue and threw his Late Show hat down onto the stage in annoyance.

Then came Rudd, who interrupted Colbert from the audience.

“I’m just curious my interview starts,” Rudd said, who was shocked to find out he was not Coolbert’s last guest appearance tonight.

The monologue drama didn’t end here.

Tim Meadows was seated in front of Rudd among the audience and assumed he was also Colbert’s last guest face.

Ryan Reynolds, in the audience, was also surprised he had been unable to secure the last guest spot. “Ouchie,” surprised Reynolds said.

Tig Notaro also made a cameo in the theater crowd, saying. I just like to be at historic events,” the comedian remarked.

The monologue that centered on the theme of finding out who the final guest was reached its climax when McCartney made a cameo.

McCartney sat on Colbert’s couch one last time.

The two before had a lengthy interview.

“I was just in the area, doing some errands,” said McCartney while appearing on stage.

He continued, “I just remember the girls in the balcony,” McCartney recalled his time when he last appeared at the Ed Sullivan Theater.

To wrap things up, Colbert appeared in an acoustic segment, playing with Elvis Costello, Jon Batiste and Louis Cato.

After the song, McCartney came on stage to wrap things up in a stunning way, making a performance of The Beatles’ hitmaker track Hello, Goodbye as Colbert, Batiste, Costello and Cato joined in on vocals.

Zendaya and Tom Holland may keep their romance mostly private, but their growing dog family? That’s another story.

The Challengers star revealed she recently adopted a new pocket bully, instantly turning their household into a three-dog operation – because apparently two spoiled celebrity pups just were not enough.

“Logistically, it wasn’t probably the smartest idea,” Zendaya admitted in a new interview with Elle. “But emotionally, it was. He’s a wonderful addition to our family.”

And honestly, she never stood a chance.

“I saw his little face and I was like, ‘I can’t leave you behind,’” she added.

If the new pup is anything like Zendaya’s dog Noon, he’s about to live a life most humans would envy. Earlier this year, the actress joked about giving her dogs full Hollywood treatment.

“I’d say quintessential Hollywood s–t is probably how I am with my dog,” she told Interview. “They get their fancy meals with the vitamin supplements.”

Then came the confession every pet secretly understands: “It sounds very ridiculous when I talk about it, but I love my child.”

Meanwhile, the Spiderman star has always been equally obsessed with dogs, especially his beloved Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Tessa, who died in 2024.

“I love her, she is an angel,” Holland once said. “She is the sweetest, most angelic thing you’ll ever meet.”

His father, Dominic Holland, later called Tessa “the only Holland who everyone loved all of the time.”

Safe to say, this new puppy just joined a very emotional –and extremely pampered – household.

Big Sean has opened up about the viral moment he delivered an impromptu mental health speech to Justin Bieber on stage at Coachella, and revealed that both Justin and Hailey Bieber reached out to him days later to say they were still riding the emotional high from his words.

The rapper, 38, spoke to PEOPLE at Mindful Nation’s Mental Health Awareness Month event at Live Nation’s Beverly Hills headquarters on Wednesday, 20 May, reflecting on the surprise appearance he made during Coachella Weekend 2 last month. 

During their joint set, Sean addressed Bieber directly in front of thousands of fans, telling him in a heartfelt speech: “God has his hands on you.” 

The moment went viral almost immediately.

What made it all the more remarkable, Sean said, was that none of it was planned. 

“I didn’t know that I was gonna say what I said on stage. I was just inspired,” he told PEOPLE. 

He described a pre-show ritual that keeps him open to those kinds of moments, morning meditation, journaling, and prayer before he steps out in front of a crowd. 

“Before I go on stage, I always pray for God to speak through me,” he said. “I always try and keep myself open to the word of God or the angels around me, because I’m blind behind the miracles I’ve seen.”

In fact, Sean was so caught up in the moment that he barely remembered what he had said once he came offstage. 

“When I got offstage and people were like, ‘What you said was so…’ And I’m like, ‘Damn, what did I say?’ I had to go back and listen,” he admitted.

The Biebers, he said, were genuinely moved. 

“They both hit me after. I was kicking with them after, but they hit me days later, like, ‘What you said, we’re still on a high off of it and still appreciated and so great what you said.’ And Justin was like, ‘Man, you drop big bars, you drop some bars, man.’ I’m like, I didn’t even really, it wasn’t my intention.”

The two have been friends since 2011, and Sean spoke warmly about what Bieber has been through. 

“He’s somebody who has given his whole life to the music, and has grown up in a public eye and has just gone through the ups and downs and been taken advantage of a lot, I feel like, from a lot of people,” he said, adding that Bieber is “not a perfect man and he knows that and he’s been learning with us all.”

The event also featured a book signing for Sean’s 2025 bestseller Go Higher: Five Practices for Purpose, Success, and Inner Peace, which includes a foreword from Jay Shetty. 

He hinted that a second book could follow, describing writing as both a passion and a purpose. 

He also revealed, to lighter laughter, that skydiving will not be among his future wellness practices. “When I was in the air, I’m like, I don’t need to do this again,” he joked.