Former VP Al Gore Set for LATE SHOW Appearance Next Week

Former Vice President Al Gore will visit the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Tuesday, Jan. 29 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. This will be Gore's seventh appearance on the broadcast.

Gore will release his new book, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, on the same day as his LATE SHOW visit. The 45th Vice President of the United States, who served with President Bill Clinton for eight years, Gore has also authored the bestsellers Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit, An Inconvenient Truth and The Assault on Reason. His documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," won Academy Awards in 2007 for "Best Documentary Feature" and "Best Original Song," the first documentary to win two Oscars. Gore was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his environmental work. He was also the co-founder and chairman of the Emmy Award-winning cable news channel Current TV, which was sold to Al-Jazeera earlier this month.

Also visiting the LATE SHOW that week are actress Melissa McCarthy, star of the hit CBS comedy series MIKE & MOLLY and star of the new film "Identity Thief" (Monday, Jan. 28); Sylvester Stallone (Tuesday, Jan. 29); actor Jason Bateman, who stars alongside McCarthy in "Identity Thief" and actress Alison Brie (Wednesday, Jan. 30); Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino who stars in the new film "Stand Up Guys," and musical guests Macklemore (Thursday, Jan. 31); and Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey and musical guest Emeli Sandé (Friday, Feb. 1).

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