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Framed by corner windows looking out on the skyscrapers of Rockefeller Center, Seth Meyers leans back on his new chair in an empty office, feet on desk, hands clasped behind head. He plans to move into this space but not until he clears out of his job at “Saturday Night Live.” “I have to move everything down from (the 17th floor); I never wanted it to seem like I was only half there,” he says of “SNL.” It’s the last Monday in January, and Meyers is gearing up for his final show, after 12 1/2 years. “Late Night With Seth Meyers” premieres Monday, Feb. 24. In the past year, Meyers turned 40, married and was selected as host of the talk show that technically starts in the morning, at 12:35 a.m. ET. David Letterman, who hosted it first, suggested Meyers change the title to “The Tomorrow Show.” “But that seemed presumptuous,” Meyers says, grinning. And Meyers is not presumptuous. Is he ready? “As ready as you can be,” he says, “leaving a place where you were for 12 1/2 years.” Meyers isn’t quite certain what other people do on Saturday nights. “Part of it is, really, I am an adult. It (‘SNL’) is a very good thing if you don’t want to grow up,” Meyers says. The “SNL” schedule is grueling, and Meyers says he’s been sleeping on his office couch

Tuesday nights for years, usually getting a restful three hours between 2 and 5 a.m. “I drink Red Bulls and eat beef jerky and destroy the inner lining of my stomach,” he says. “And yet I will be so emotional tomorrow.” Earlier in the month, at a Television Critics Association press conference, Meyers announced that Amy Poehler would be his first guest. “It was immediate,” he says on this gloomy Monday. “As soon as I said yes, I knew she was the best person I would want out there with me. I got hired on ‘SNL’ in the same class as Amy, ’01.” Meyers, who studied radio, TV and film at Northwestern, recalls watching Tina Fey and Poehler do improv in Chicago. Acknowledging the top-tier school, Meyers says, “I do test well. I don’t study well. Being a procrastinator is what drove my parents crazy. But it was perfect training for this.” He grew up in New Hampshire, adoring “SNL,” recording the show and talking about it with his friends. “I would bring dates home half an hour early for curfew to get home to watch ‘SNL,’ ” Meyers says. “It gives you an idea of what kind of ladies man I was.” Meyers is a little self-effacing and very polite. When he’s anchoring “Weekend Update,” he sits back and allows the other players the leeway to shine but doesn’t lose control of the segment. After eight years, Meyers has held court behind the “Weekend

Seth Meyers Update” desk the longest and was head writer for nine years. He’ll be mining much of the same material for “Late Night,” but one advantage of being on weeknights is that he and his 11 writers will get to use more of the jokes they devise. At “SNL,” news that broke early in the week and was ripe for parody was usually other late night comics’ fodder by Saturday. Now he can use them in the show that will tape around 6 p.m. “Late Night” will begin five nights a week but will switch to four nights a week at an unspecified date.

Meyers, who praises Jay Leno’s monologues, plans to have a strong one for his show, and he wants people to tune in expecting that. Then, as if worried he had oversold himself, Meyers adds, “It’s a weird thing of not wanting to overpromise and underdeliver.” He wants guests beyond actors and reality show stars promoting themselves. He wants politicians, writers and athletes “because I have a lot of interests outside of show business,” he says. “I plan to have musicians as guests.”

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Sandra Bullock of “Gravity” Bullock and George Clooney, in space after debris from a satellite strikes their shuttle. As technically realistic and excellent as the film is, Bullock’s emotional, affecting performance is equally key to the picture’s success. DVD extras: three “making-of” documentaries;

“Collision Point: The Race to Clean Up Space” documentary; short film “Aningaaq.” ›››› (PG-13: AS, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “THOR: THE DARK WORLD”: The Norse god (again played by Chris Hemsworth) shuttles between Earth and his homeland, thanks to a portal that his true love, Jane (fellow returnee Natalie Portman), has a hand in enabling, in this entertaining sequel that furthers the Marvel hero’s adventures. Tom Hiddleston remains the potential show stealer as Thor’s brother Loki, who may prove more ally than enemy as the entire world is threatened

by the potential results of that interplanetary tunnel’s existence. Kat Dennings (“2 Broke Girls”) still is a particularly bright spot in a cast that also brings back Anthony Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgard, Idris Elba and Ray Stevenson. DVD extras: two “making-of” documentaries; audio commentary by Hiddleston, director Alan Taylor, producer Kevin Feige and cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau; deleted and extended scenes; outtakes; “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” preview. ››› (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Bluray and On Demand) “NEBRASKA”: Currently nominated for six Oscars — including

best picture, actor (Bruce Dern), supporting actress (June Squibb) and director (Alexander Payne) — this superb comedy-drama, filmed in black and white, follows the odyssey of a father and son (Dern, Will Forte) as they set out to claim a $1 million sweepstakes prize the elder man believes he’s won. Stacy Keach and Bob Odenkirk also appear in the picture that marks Payne’s teaming with another Dern, having directed Laura Dern in his first feature-length project, “Citizen Ruth.” ›››› (R: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR”: One of the most noted

foreign films of the past year — though it didn’t receive an Oscar nomination for best feature from overseas, since its theatrical release in its native France came after the deadline — boasts acclaimed performances by Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos as two young women united in a very intimate relationship. The drama’s Criterion Collection treatment includes a booklet about the genesis and production of the movie. ››› (NC-17: AS, N) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) FAMILY VIEWING GUIDE KEY: AS, adult situations; N, nudity; P, profanity; V, violence; GV, particularly graphic violence.

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