here is cnn entertainment correspondent, michelle turner. ♪ >> reporter: we are young. of the 55th annual grammy awards. >> it's been an incredible year in music. it feels like alternative music is back. >> reporter: this year, the spotlight isn't on veterans, like springstein or dylan. it's about fun and the black keys and mumford & sons and frank ocean and jack white. ♪ yeah, i won't >> reporter: they're all nominated for album of the year. and they're all in their 20s or 30s. ♪ i will wait i will wait for you ♪ >> reporter: in addition, mumford & sons, dan auerbach, and frank ocean go in with six nods apiece, jay-z and kanye west. ♪ >> reporter: but this past year, attention was focused on the breakout stars, most notably, fun. the power pop trio from new york, and frank ocean, the new orleans r & b singer, who shot to stardom with this emotional performance on late night with jimmy fallon, where he sang about an unrequited love with another man. ♪ to be in love with someone who can never love you ♪ >> reporter: both ocean and fun are nominated for best new artist. a

michelle turner takes a look at what else to expect. ♪ we are young >> reporter: we are young.me of the 55th annual grammy awards. >> it's been an incredible year in music. it feels like alternative music is back. >> reporter: this year, the spotlight isn't on veterans like springstein or dylan. it's about fun and the black keys and mumford & sons and frank ocean and jack white. ♪ they're all nominated for album of the year. and they're all in their 20s or 30s. ♪ i will wait i will wait for you ♪ >> reporter: in addition, mumford & sons, dan auerbach from the black keys, and frank ocean go in with six nominations east. hip-hop heavyweights, jay-z and kanye west. ♪ >> reporter: but this past year, attention was focused on the breakout stars, most notably, fun. the power pop trio from new york, and frank ocean, the new orleans r & b singer, who shot to stardom with this emotional performance on late night with jimmy fallon where he sang about an unrequited love with another man. ♪ to be in love with someone who can never love you ♪ >> reporter: both ocean and fun are nominated fo

. >> i'm michelle turner here at staples center in los angeles, host of this year's grammy's awards.n the eve of this year's biggest night, we're bringing you a half-hour special on one of the world's hottest music stars. she's earned 16 gram 3mys and s a record for the female artist with the most wins in a single year. she's been breaking barriers and topping the charts since she first stepped on the stage as a 9-year-old little girl. here's the story of beyonce, finding her destiny. ♪ >> i barack hussein obama do sol l lomly swear. >> barack obama's inauguration with beyonce singing the national anthem. ♪ through the perilous fight ♪ >> it was a great performance. >> i think that was my baby. >> darla johnson was beyonce's childhood dance teacher. >> i know that she's beyonce. i know that she's worldwide and everybody know her and everybody scream, et cetera, but even when i see her, she's still my beyonce. ♪ >> a proud moment that didn't last long. >> did beyonce fake it at the inauguration. >> this was a question on a lot of lips in washington today. >> beyonce and her lip sync s

our michelle turner joins us live from los angeles with that manhunt of that ex-cop going on. that influencing security there? >> reporter: yeah, you know, that story has reached all the way here to the grammys, martin. there have been reports out that because of the search for christopher dorner that security will be extra tight. we reached out to officials at the staples center which house the grammys. the only thing they would tell us is they do not comment on their security procedures. i can tell you just from observing in the time i've been here that there is definitely a tight security presence. there always is, but there could be an increase in security here. now, if other thing, the other talker on this grammy red carpet is apparently there's a grammy dress code that is hoped to be in effect this year. cbs put out a memo for this year's grammys, basically asking for people to cover up. now, they're talking about a rock 'n' roll show here, martin, so i'm not sure how well that's going to go over. in fact, i've already seen my first rule breaker, tamia, up for a grammy.

as michelle turner reports, this year is all about new blood. ♪ we are young >> reporter: "we are young of the 55th annual grammy awards. >> it's been an incredible year in music. it feels like alternative music is back. >> reporter: this year is spotlight isn't on veterans like springsteen or dylan. it's about fun and the black keys and mumford and sons and frank to shin and jack white. they're all nominated for album of the year, and they're all in their 20s or 30s. ♪ i will wait for you in addition, mumford and sons goes into the ceremony with six nods apiece with jay-z and kanye west. ♪ but this past year, attention was focused on the breakout stars, most notably, fun, the power pop trio from new york, and frank oshin who shot to stardom with this emotional performance on late night with jimmy fallon where he sang about unrequitted man with another man. ♪ to love someone who could never love you ♪ both me and fun are nominated for best new artist along with country instrumentalist hayes. blues rap group alabama shakes. two years ago weren't you working at the postal service? >> yes.

michelle turner, thank you so much for following those latest develop ams for us. we appreciate it. >> that is a sad, sad ending to an already tragic story. >>> new developments in the battle over immigration reform. republicans angry over details of the president's plan that had been leaked. they say they will fight any attempt by the administration to oppose reform. a key element to the proposal would put illegal immigrants or undocumented immigrants on a path to citizenship after waiting eight years. the white house insists it is working with republicans to come up with a bipartisan plan. >>> danica patrick making nascar history. she's the first woman to earn a pole position in nascar's sprint cup series. she did it at shir signature event, the daytona 500. patrick turned in a qualifying lap of more than 196 miles an hour to take the top spot at daytona next sunday. >> i'm so excited about this. this was developing all weekends. it was really exciting to watch. joe carter is live in atlanta. you know, joe, danica patrick, no stranger to making history. she was t

here's a preview of michelle turner's special report, "beyonce: finding her destiny." >> before she was just beyonce jazell knowles, a little girl in suburb houston. hoping to get beyonce to come out of herschel, matthew and tina knowles sent their daughter to a dance studio. >> when you first saw her and she first came in, i mean, did you even notice her? >> what i did notice about her is that she's very shy. you would ask her what is your name? beyonce knowles. you could barely hear her. >> but on the dance floor -- >> beyonce would dance so hard sometimes her hat would come off because she was fierce. >> it was here that beyonce created her alter ego. but no knew beyonce had a secret. >> it blew me away. and i said sing it again. and she wouldn't sing it again because once again she was very quiet and very shy. i promised her a dollar and she sung it again. and i was floored. when her parents came to pick her up. i told them, she can sing. she can really sing. >> beyonce: finding her destiny, that's coming up at the top of the hour. that's followed by "white knee houston: her life, h

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michelle turner, many thanks.during the super bowl was than about my touchdown. it was actually when the lights went out at the superdome. then the internet exploded. some blamed the power outage on beyonce. others blamed it on the batman villain bain. don lemon is following that part of the story this morning. >> i think it was a giant lighted beyonce that made the lights go out in the superdome. uh-oh. lights just went out here. that was the moment really. that was a moment that everybody -- let's talk about twitter exploding. people are talking about that. they are talking about the night the lights went out in new orleans. first let's go to the tweets now. mo rock. in the cartoon super bowl had just keep playing during the blackout. all you see are eyes. then someone else says, superdome i.d. guy smuggling dinosaur dna samples out of the stadium. someone else says just plug in a generator to beyonce's hips and the problem would be solved. this never would have happened if the superdome had a gun. people gettin

. >> reporter: michelle turner, cnn, hollywood. >> ben affleck. thanks for watching, everyone. "around the world" is next. >>> i'm suzanne malveaux. >> i'm michael holmes. >> welcome to "around the world," we begin in vatican city. pope benedict xvi's final days in power filling up with a scandal. >> the top cardinal just resigned after four priests accused him of inappropriate acts. and the vatican in damage control mode after reports of network of gay priests at the vatican blackmailed by prostitutes. >>> fidel castro sworn in and announces this is his last go-round. he says he plans to retire in 2018, most likely to put an end of rule by castros. >>> and south africa, another pistorius facing charges in a woman's death, carl pistorius, the older brother of oscar pistorius, charged with culpable homicide after he was involved in a car axe deputy two years ago. >> they say carl pistorius was driving recklessly. he was to go to trial last week but that's been pushed back to the end of march because of the murder charges against his brother. >>> back to vatican city. where alleg

. >> so, i want to bring in michelle turner in l.a. ccready, she was pretty open about her problems. >> yes. >> she didn't hide things she was on, of course, "celebrity rehab" with dr. drew. what followed that? >> well, suzanne, in the last few weeks, she had been seeking some help. she went into rehab earlier this month, but reportedly, she checked herself out early on the condition of continuing outpatient care. yeah, she did have a long history of battling her demons. hln's dr. drew said, as far as he knew, she went to the psychiatric facility to try and get better. he spoke to cnn's don lemon last night. listen. >> she was actually doing very well. things were looking up for her. she had children with a boyfriend who ended up killing himself a few weeks ago. she was struggling after that. actually admitted herself to a psychiatric facility. there's a cautionary tale here about the stigma of mental illness and the way in which the public attacks celebrities who take care of themselves. she became so fearful of the stigma and the way

here is a preview of michelle turner's special report, "beyonce: finding her destiny". ♪ >> reporter:e girl in suburban houston. >> beyonce was really a quiet kid. kind of to herself. >> reporter: hoping to get beyonce to come out of hershel, matthew and teeno knowles sent their daughter to dance studio. ♪ >> reporter: when you first saw her and she first came in, did you even notice her? >> what i did notice about her, she was very shy. you would ask her, what's your name? >> beyonce knowles. you could barely hear her speak. can you say your name again, sweetheart? is beyonce knowles. >> reporter: but on the dance floor -- >> beyonce would dance so hard, she would lose her costume pieces. sometimes her hat would come off. because she was fierce. >> reporter: it was here that beyonce created her now-famous alter ego. >> now, that's sasha fierce. that's who that is. >> when she got on the stage, she became a different person. >> reporter: but no one knew beyonce had a secret. >> i would hum the song and she finished it. and it blew me away. and i would stop. and i told her, "sing it ag

here is a preview of michelle turner's special report, "beyonce: finding her destiny". ♪ >> reporter:l in suburban houston. >> beyonce was really a quiet kid. kind of to herself. >> reporter: hoping to get beyonce to come out of hershel, matthew and teeno knowles sent their daughter to dance studio. ♪ >> reporter: when you first saw her and she first came in, did you even notice her? >> what i did notice about her, she was very shy. you would ask her, what's your name? >> beyonce knowles. you could barely hear her speak. can you say your name again, sweetheart? is beyonce knowles. >> reporter: but on the dance floor -- >> beyonce would dance so hard, she would lose her costume pieces. sometimes her hat would come off. because she was fierce. >> reporter: it was here that beyonce created her now-famous alter ego. >> now, that's sasha fierce. that's who that is. >> when she got on the stage, she became a different person. >> reporter: but no one knew beyonce had a secret. >> i would hum the song and she finished it. and it blew me away. and i would stop. and i told her, "sing it again."

nisjelle turner's shows us who won big a kick at rewards common shares of a the other high point of the night. >> michellea presented the oscar to the film of the year. >> and the oscar goes to our argo . >> life o fpi one the most oscars including best director. >> life of pi. >> he paid one of the greatest presidents in history and daniel day-lewis made history of is on becoming the first male actor to win three oscars. >> i am so grateful to this account for this honor. >> everyone was on their feet when silver linings playbook won for best as actor. >> said macfarlane struck a cheeky some from the beginning dduring stars and poking fun of himself in a visit from captain kirk music was the theme of the night and the show both the full throated performances from the cast of chicago, a dream girls and the les miserables . >> music was a memorable part of a 50th anniversary to james bond. >> there was a standing ovation at the singe after the r belting out gold finger. >> adele won the oscar for best song. >> barbara streisand returned to the stage to sing memories. the biggest winner remember his last ti

turner joins us now. she watched it all. >> and now for the moment we have all been waiting for -- >> first lady michelle obama gave the oscars a jolt of excitement and a huge surprise when she appeared from the white house to announce best picture. >> and the oscar goes to "argo." >> reporter: an especially sweet victory for ben affleck who wasn't even nominated for the hostage thriller. "life of pi" based on the best-selling novel about a boy adrift at sea with a tiger won the most, four, including best direct for for an li. >> namaste. >> reporter: lincoln's leading mandan yell day lewis made history of his own. becoming the first male actor to win three oscars. so grateful for this beautiful honor. she took a tumble heading to the stage. everyone else on their feet when "silver linings playbook" won for best actress. >> you feel bad that i fell. that's really embarrassing. >> and the quest to make tommy lee jones laugh begins now. >> reporter: seth macfarlane took a cheeky tone. poking fun at himself from a victory of captain kirk. >> worst oscar host, is that bad? >> uh-huh, uh-huh. >> reporter: and there were full-throa

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