michelle turner is on the red carpet. alking with all of the stunning stars as they walk into the theater tonight. >> thank you, a.j. you were talking about michelle williams. she was wearing lou vitton. she's in a good mood tonight. she's relaxed and hanging out with her best friend. she said get ready because this is going to a long night. she's going to after the show go out and party. take a look at what she told me. >> you have been so humble about playing marilyn monroe. but you really were marilyn monroe. you get that right? >> i don't know. >> i know. >> you're nominated for an academy award. you know. >> i don't know what i know. >> what's the plan tonight? we have to have fun. >> yes. we're in it for the long haul. >> last year we fell asleep on the way to madonna's party. my husband tried to wake us up. so this yooear we're making it madonna's party. >> as coy as they were about how they are feeling tonight, i spoke with others who are elated about being here. take a listen. >> have you kind of wrapped your brai

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we hear music emanated from the beverly hilton, and michelle turner has returned from the red carpet,rreal, it's odd that this party is happening. at the very hotel where whitney houston was found dead. >> right, and that's kind of the sentiment that was on the red carpet tonight. most of the celebrities i spoke with going to the party said this was very odd. it's a very solemn red carpet. all of the talk was about whitney houston. no other talk, period. and most people said they're just having trouble digesting it all, jane. one of the things when i spoke with gladys knight, she was so broken up. a tribute to her. this happened spontaneously and happening through the night. the party you refer to, the clyde davis pregrammy party is happening a stone's throw there. we hear music from the beverly hilton and michelle turner has just returned from the red >> that's what the fans say. i don't know if you can hear them, but they continue to sing as we speak. people talked about her national anthem. we are trying to walk over there. we have got a bit of a chorus, but let's go as far as we c

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michelle turner has it all from los angeles. >> reporter: all hollywood, kyra. >> anything can happenirst of all you talked about kind of touched on what is going on with sasha baron cohen, there was news he may be banned because he wants to walk the red carpet as the dictator, the character in upcoming movie. the movie he currently starred in, "hugo" up for 11 nominations. he wanted to walk the red carpet to honor that movie. there was this back and forth what would happen. of course he has to come out and now he's put out a statement that we're seeing the video as the dictator and what he's saying is that the academy has until 12:00 p.m. on sunday to give his tickets back or something that will happen is unimaginable. he paid hillary swank two million dollars to be his date and refuses to give the money back. he wants to walk the carpet as a dictator. this is great publicity for him and the new movie and the show itself because it's getting people to say i wonder what is going to happen. also we heard sasha baron cohen could be worked in the show on sunday. so i do not think this is

we hear music from the beverly hilton and michelle turner has just returned from the red carpet and the it's odd that this party is happening at the very hotel where whitney houston was found dead. >> right and that's kind of the sentiment that was on the red carpet. most of the celebrities said this was very odd. it's a solemn red carpet. all of the talk was about whitney houston. no other talk, period. most people are having trouble digesting it all. one of the things when i spoke with gladys knight was so broken up. whitney houston's cousin is close friends with her. they confronted whitney with her substance abuse like an intervention to bring her back and get her back on the right track. everybody said despite her struggles that we saw play out in front of us, they thought she was and forever will be the voice. period. >> that's what the fans say. i don't know if you can hear them, but they continue to sing as we speak. people talked about her national anthem. we are trying to walk over there. we have got a bit of a chorus, but let's go as far as we can. we will step over. this is

. >> michelle turner, of course, out in l.a. that's your top story.rces is at the top of the hour. now back to fareed zakaria "gps." >>> joining me now the billionaire businessman george soros, one of the world's best known financiers and philanthropists. welcome back to the program. george, what is your prognosis of the american economy right now? it does seem to be better than the euro zone -- >> it definitely shows some sounds of revival. shale gas, shale oil as a cheap source of energy which has made manufacturing more competitive. also, the fact that you now had several years of no wage growth, so wage disparities have been reduced, and so all this is bringing a very welcome relief. i'm worried that the politics of the election are going to interfere and put a lid on this because the republicans don't want to face elections with obama to seed the economy and recover. they will continue to push for austerity, no new tack taxes, and, therefore, cutting of services which will depress economic activity and employment, so it will be a break on the pol

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we hear music emanated from the beverly hilton, and michelle turner has returned from the red carpet,rreal, it's odd that this party is happening. at the very hotel where whitney houston was found dead. >> right, and that's kind of the sentiment that was on the red carpet tonight. most of the celebrities i spoke with going to the party said this was very odd. it's a very solemn red carpet. all of the talk was about whitney houston. no other talk, period. and most people said they're just having trouble digesting it all, jane. one of the things when i spoke with gladys knight, she was so broken up. we're going to talk to larry king, who interviewed whitney before, in a minute here. we had hoped she would bounce back from those addiction issues she had and that she would become the great artist she was. it never did happen, no matter there were three different worlds. the party with the glamour and the fans singing and the paparazzi hovering around where they think for all we know the body is still there. the police said they can't release the information. >> we covered so many death in

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"showbiz tonight" michelle turner joins us live from los angeles.ened so quickry, i really didn't see it at all. >> you know what? i missed it first time around, too, but when i saw it blowing up all over media i had a tivo moment, went back and that's when i saw it, but you think people would learn, but no, here we are again, you know madonna has to be pretty ticked off at m.i.a. this morning because she was putting on this fantastic show last night, madonna, but now all anyone wants to talk about is how one of her supporting acts, m.i.a., decided to use her middle finger to communicate with the fans. it was so quick, you probably missed it. a lot of people did. the nbc censors did, and they were a split second too late to block it, and a microphone caught her swearing, but that was almost inaudible. a source close to m.i.a. is telling "showbiz tonight" that m.i.a. knows she messed up. she was amped up and in performance mode and she was nervous and not thinking and adrenaline took over. it wasn't meant as a gesture or statement of any kind, it was

michelle turner was there last night.any artists there. >> oh, yeah. absolutely, kyra. she was the focus of the grammys last night in so many ways. her sudden death provided the biggest emotional moments during the show. jennifer hudson's musical tribute was almost haunting. and ll kool j opened with a prayer to remember whitney. and before the show i was on the red carpet, and everyone, no matter their musical background, was talking about how whitney's talent left its mark on them. i spoke with one of whitney's friends, kelly price. kelly and whitney sang onstage together in what was whitney's last performance, and here's what she had to say about that party and the performance. >> whitney partied. she drank champagne. she sang and gave a performance that was unscheduled because i never expected her to take the stage. i knew she was going to be there for me. and she was. and as i addressed the audience to give acknowledgment to her being there, she decided to come up on the stage and after we embraced each other she sai

showbiz correspondent michelle turner joining us from hollywood. any real surprises on this?he cast has some big names and lesser known stars, as well. first of all, soap star jack wagner, then we have melissa gilbert also from little house on the prairie, wide receiver donald driver from the green bay packers, william levy, cheri shepherd, martina, disney star roshon fegan, jaleel white, and gladys knight. i think this is an interesting list, deb. some of my favorites going in, i think jack wagner, he's on "the bold and the beautiful," i think he'll be very good. and i'm angst to see how gladys knight does because i'm a fan. >> i want to see how urkel does. that's a dead-on impression. uma thurman, congratulations, what's the word on that? is she pregnant? do we know? >> well, yes, we do know, "showbiz tonight" confirmed this, uma thurmon is pregnant. this is her third child. this is going to be her first with her current beau. we don't have any information on the due date, she's been very coy about this pregnancy so far, she was seen out and about at new york's fashion week

"showbiz tonight" correspondent michelle turner joins us live from los angeles with more details on thisy papparazzi visiting her los angeles home this week. bruce willis, with whom demi shares three daughters, was seen driving him to the house wednesday morning. later, ashton kutcher was reportedly seen arising at the home. ashton was in brazil wendell miff first hospitalized. you know, he received some criticism on social media for not rushing to her side immediately. regardless though, you know, it's just actually nice to see demi receiving support from her family right now and, of course, we wish her the best, fred. >> absolutely wish her the best. all right, now let's talk about super bowl madness, because supermodel gisele bundchen, you know, married to tom brady. you know, she went on late night to ask everyone to pray. give us for on that? >> this request of hers is causing a whole bunch of laughs. let's just call her poor sexy supermodel giselle, the target of late night jokes and all these tabloid headlines. you know, she sent an e-mail to friends and family asking them to pray