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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ## Video: Late Night Highlight: Jimmy Fallon, Conan, 'The Late Show' Band Pay Tribute To David Bowie [Watch (HLS stream): Late Night Highlight: Jimmy Fallon, Conan, 'The Late Show' Band Pay Tribute To David Bowie](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Lsyg4BUV.m3u8) (1:04)  _Published 2016-01-12. Late-night shows paid their respects to the legendary artist with stories, interview clips and performances._ by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Jan 21, 2016 2:54 PM UTC by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Jan 21, 2016 2:54 PM UTC Dakota Johnson had a blast on Wednesday’s _The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_, as the _Fifty Shades of Grey_ star introduced host Jimmy Fallon to a fake game she invented with her family. They called it “the acting game.” “I only played it once,” Johnson admitted, before explaining the rules. “You get a fake scenario and answer the phone and act out the scenario.” Johnson’s first scenario was this: Darth Vader, her fiancé, has called in to say he’s leaving her for another woman. “Hi babe,” Johnson said upon answering the fake call. “Did you just wake up?” After the fake Darth Vader explained where he was and who he was with, Johnson became angry. “Who the f—?” she said, stopping short because Johnson realized she just cursed on national television. Laughter and even some tears ensued. (Since _The Tonight Show_ is pre-taped, Fallon’s producers bleeped the swear out for maximum effect.) Things calmed down slightly from there, at least on the expletive front. Later in the show, Johnson said she hadn’t laughed till tears since filming her new movie, _How to Be Single_. Watch the very funny segment above. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/21/dakota-johnson-jimmy-fallon-interview-video) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com) ## Transcript Just hours after news broke of David Bowie's death, several late night hosts took a few minutes of their shows to pay tribute to the legendary artist. Who also had one of the greatest senses of humor of anyone that I've ever met. We would actually email each other jokes every now and then. And he was brilliant and sharp and dark. And funny. The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon spoke about Bowie's great sense of humor. While Conan O'Brien shared several interviews he did with Bowie over the course of his career. You and Elvis have the same birthday? Yeah, we. Yeah we were drinking buddies way back. [ LAUGH ] I'd just to fly over to Memphis and we'd, you know, go out for the night, on the razz. Big Cadillac Big pink Cadillac. Is there any truth to any of this? No [ LAUGH ] I was told that was true. Then over on the Late Show, EL VY and Stay Human covered one of Bowie's most famous songs. [ MUSIC ] Bowie died at the age of 69 after battling cancer. 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