michelle turner, thank you. michelle will be back with us next hour with more show biz headlines including why actor cal penn is in charlotte to help his former boss. >>> the wait is finally over. kelly ripa introduced former nfl star kelly strayhan as her new co host today. worst-kept secret ever. he replaces regis philbin who left in november. other front runners included neil patrick harris, seth myers and josh groban. >>> coming up in the next hour of "newsroom," organic foods cost more, but are they better for you? the answer in 20 minutes. [ female announcer ] quaker yogurt granola bars. they're whole grain good... and yummy good. real fruit pieces. 12 grams of whole grains and a creamy yogurt flavored coating. quaker yogurt granola bars. treat yourself good. >>> in sports, the new york yankees held a ten-game lead in the a.l. easterlier this season. now it's almost gone. tampa bay's chris jimenez hit a single in the eighth inning as a's beat the yanks. the baltimore orioles are even closer. joe saunders a

paedophile have ended in scuffles with police the demonstrations took place outside a convent where michelle turner has been sent after serving just over half her jail sentence a woman was sentenced to thirty years in prison for letting two girls starve to death in a cellar while helping her husband the truth carry out sexual abuses and other girls. seven muslims have been shot dead in the city of quetta in pakistan. police say gunmen on motorcycles forced a group off a bus and shot five of them to survive as tried to run away but were traced down and killed that time is the latest in a wave of sectarian violence in pakistan has shared groups blame the government for failing to hold the bloodshed. russia is a triscuit facing a wave of islamic radicalism after doug astronomer's the spiritual leader was assassinated in his house on tuesday a female suicide bomber and the clerics her disguised as a program and blew herself up this comes in the wake of last month's double assault on muslim figures in the republic of tatarstan some experts believe the roots of extremism lead all the way to the middle ea

but as cnn's michelle turner reports, this hold scene is becoming a thing of the past. >> academy award-winnere, and don cheadle, and nicole now they've made the movie to television and may soon be adding emmy awards to their trophy shelves. a-list hollywood stars are jumping from the big screen to the small screen. >> everyone wants to be on tv. >> maggie furlong says the career stigma movies stars used to face if they took a tv role has faded. >> for so many years, people would say, i don't want to do this, i'm a movie star. i can't be doing tv. but then you realize that tv stars have more recognition with the public. these people are in your homes every single week. people get attached to these characters. >> reporter: character is exactly what attracted jeff daniels to his role on "newsroom". >> i remember back in the '70s, you never mixed film with tv. that's changed and the writing is so good now on television that that's all actors want is good writing. >> reporter: top hollywood talent is not only starring on your flat screen, they're creating the shows behind the scenes. writer/produc

our show biz correspondent michelle turner is in los angeles to talk live about some of these nitty gritty okay. you and i talked about yesterday. you know that whole thing about "breaking bad" and i did that cameo because my cousin is the director? she's also the director of another really big one "game of thrones." >> friends in high places. >> i can't talk about this without saying that. full disclosure. these details, like the language, they came up with their own language in "game of thrones." that could make the difference here. >> yeah. you know, it could, and that's because the drama category this year is a real toss-up. you know, "downtown abbey" threw a monkey wrench when it moved into the drama fold from miniseries, and usually emmy voters have union or two obvious favorites. they're all like mini-movies every week, and you talked about game of

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. >> the perfect time to go to michelle turner in los angeles.his moment from the democratic national convention. it involved eva longoria and jessica alba. it appeared that they were petting one another. isn't that strange? >> they're girlfriends. yes, she kind of was stroking her arm. it was a little odd but maybe she was comforting, soothing, maybe she had nice lotion on. i don't know. but they are good friends. >> very good friends. >> yeah. i think she's feeling, maybe she just had a scrub at a spa and she wondered how soft her skin was. i don't know. >> it looked very, very soft. let's talk about the mtv video music awards because they were very entertaining as well. >> yes, very entertaining. you know i was on the red carpet last night for the mt awards. just between us girls truth moment i had so much fun. one direction was the big winner on the show last night. they took home three moon man trophies. she won video of the year for we found love. her relationship with chris brown once again has everyone talking this morning. as she was wal

michelle turner is in los angeles.e making because i like to dream. >> more than us, right? we do like to. there haven't been those official figures released but i will say this. i would take the paychecks no matter which one it was. reports have the show salaries all over the place ranging from the low end which i can't believe i am saying low end of 3 million to a high end of 18 million for ryan seacrest, judges nicki minaj, urban, mariah carey and to put it all in perspective, forbes called american idol the most profitable show on division say that it earns more than $6 million per half hour of show time and it is just interesting to think about how the focus of this show has turned from the competitors and the singers to the judges in recent years and everyone is curious to see how the new judges handle the good, the bad, and that very ugly audition. we have heard new judges like ellen degeneres and lopez say that critiquing people was really tougher than they thought it would be, but they got to get with it. the

cnn's michelle turner is live in los angeles. how did they do?, taking some notes because i knew i was going to talk to you guys today about it. and one of the things that i wrote down was, kind of hard to pay attention to the referees while watching on television. but, that's actually translated into a good thing. because if you don't notice the referees, that's when you know they're doing a good job when you really can't pick out any big calls that they did. everyone was breathing a sigh of relief that they were back on the field and this lockout was over. they got the standing ovation, like you talked about. but it didn't take long for the fans, and the booers to come out. because of course there's always calls that fans don't like. >> penalty is declined. fourth down. >> and there you can hear the boos there when there's a holding call called on the ravens last night. the home crowd certainly didn't like that. so it was kind of like, welcome back to the nfl. we're not too happy with that call. and also there was another call, third quarter, a

michelle meyers. >> good afternoon, my name is brook turner with coalition for better housing.orts clean energy, we have a few concerns about this legislation. first of all, the opt-out provision is always a bad one, in our mind. it would be much better for us if we were able to opt in. regardless of the efforts to get the word out, i think property owners of any kind in san francisco, some of which will be caught not knowing or not aware of the fact that they have opted in by not opting out. regardless what i understand is that the owners are going to pay more. they pay more as per mr. egan's brown pg&e tax. if they don't opt in. our concern is there is no provision for owners that have a single meter to pass through any cost whatsoever of their energy. just like water if it is a single meter onto tenants. not that that pass through, so to speak, is for recouping the cost but it motivates people to use less. as was discussed during this hearing the price of energy and water is important to the end user deciding how much they will use. we'd like to see a small portion of the in

michelle obama. >> ana marie cox and dana milbank, thanks for your time tonight. and by the way, that was tina turner>> up next, they voting rights in a key battle ground state. you're watching a special edition of "politicsnation" here on msnbc. [ male announcer ] this is rudy. his morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's doctor recommended aleve. it can keep pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is rudy. who switched to aleve. and two pills for a day free of pain. ♪ and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. >>> one of the most remarkable aspects of the republican party's rightward shift is this. the republican party is now the party that openly wants fewer people to vote. think about that for a moment. a major political party that wants less voting? and we're seeing it in all swing states that mitt romney must win to beat president obama. funny, isn't it? actually, not funny at all. tod