Jay Leno has the stars of cinema and TV series

MANILA, Philippines - Melissa McCarthy for Mike & Molly, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino from MTV’s Jersey Shore and Kathy Bates are only a few of the celebrities promoting their shows this week in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Also dropping by are Bill Cosby and Hilary Swank.

Catch up with Damon Wayans Jr. tomorrow, Nov. 29 as he speaks about Season 2 of Happy Endings’ advice he got from Damon Sr. and about playing half of a biracial couple on screen. Plus, folk band She and Him has indie Christmas on lock again this year with latest single Christmas Day, aiming to emulate the classic Christmas albums of acts such as The Carpenters, Elvis Presley and others.

Kathy explains her motivations behind her new law drama Harry’s Law on Nov. 30 as Jay Mohr gives his thoughts on the J.Lo-Marc Anthony

breakup. Friends and fans of Switchfoot can get themselves in on the heart of the action when the 2011 Grammy winning band brings the house down with tracks from its newly-released album, Vice Verses.

Bill will be discussing his new book, I Didn’t Ask to Be Born: But I’m Glad I Was on Dec. 1 while Raini Rodriguez chats about her new Disney show, Austin & Ally, which premieres Dec. 4 on Disney. Here’s some good news for fans of hushed, gently bearded folk-rock: Iron and Wine will be performing its first single Walking Far From Home from the album Kiss Each Other Clean.

Emmy-winning, SNL-killing, breakout star of Bridesmaids Melissa McCarthy arrives on Dec. 2 to talk about the new season of Mike & Molly as Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks about his plan to uproot and overhaul Washington. Then, T-Pain is at it again with another classic Bang Bang Pow Pow, the first song on his fourth album rEVOLVEr on Dec. 6.

Dec. 3 brings us two-time Oscar winner Hilary as the 36-year-old actress recently completed work on the lighthearted romantic-comedy New Year’s Eve, about several individuals whose lives intertwine on the last day of the year. Mike Sorrentino talks about returning to the suburbs as the Jersey Shore star plays himself as guest on the new ABC comedy Subgatory.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno airs Tuesdays to Saturdays from 1 to 2 p.m. via satellite with same day replays at 11 p.m. on TALKtv — Channel 16 on SkyCable, Channel 28 on Destiny and Channel 21 on VHF.