michelle turner has this behind-the-scenes peek at the preparations for it. >> i'm michelle turner andve you a backstage look at what it takes to put this cnn heroes award show together. ready for this? it's going to be cool. come with me. this year, we are back in new york, baby, at the american museum of natural history where the first cnn heroes took place seven years ago. >> i can't believe it's been that long. we are thrilled to be back here. it's iconic and beautiful. >> the first stop of the night, the red carpet. wow. look at it in here. look at all these lights. work like this takes hundreds of people to set up, working around the clock. then the centerpiece of the evening. this year's cnn heroes are honored here in the whale room, where one of the museum's biggest treasures will be watching over us all night. we are talking this lady right here. it's not all that has to be done to get ready for this special event. 51 tables to set up. nine cameras and one giant video monitor. >> you wouldn't believe what it takes to put something like this on. we had two days to bring it in a

>> cnn entertainment correspondent michelle turner is here.s talk about snl poking fun at it self. over what really is a serious matter. does it end with these skits and carry washington or does abc make an effort to find tall lebt? >> first of all the skit was funny. will they foe and try to find black female talent? that is the question that is out there now. hopefully they will take he'd and find someone but let's be clear about this and let's be real. you hope they don't go out and get someone to placate the critics. it can be done there are a number of very funny african-american krcomics out there. not only did they have kerry washington playing every black female in pop culture. today they showed how many white males they do have on the cast. they had six matthew mcconaugheys at once. it did drive home the lack of diversity there. >> the question has been what will snl do? will they find anyone or find someone talented? what about those on staff and how uncomfortable about this are they trying to make an appeal to the show to do more? >

michelle turner gives us a behind-the-scenes peek of the preparations for the big event. >> reporter:ybody. i'm michelle turner and i'm going to give you a backstage look at what it takes to put this whole cnn "heroes" award show together. ready for this? this is going to be cool. all right. come with me. this year, we're back in new york, baby, at the american museum of natural history where the very first cnn "heroes" took place seven years ago. >> i can't believe it's been that long and we're thrilled to be back here. it's iconic and it's beautiful. >> reporter: the first stop of the night for these everyday heroes and celebrities -- the red carpet. >> wow! look at it in here. look at all of these lights. you know, would, like this takes hundreds of people to set up, would go around the clock. and then the centerpiece of the's evening. this year cnn heroes will be honored right here in the whale room where one of the museum's biggest treasures will be watchiwatch ing over us all night. uh-huh. talking about this lady right here. that's not all that has to be done to get ready for t

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michelle turner has the story. >> reporter: you've seen this disclaimer hundreds of times before, nowcking report by the hollywood reporter alleges that the american humane association's trademark accreditation isn't always credible. take life of pies tiger king for example. despite his prowl and digital twin the publication says king nearly drowned after shooting ocean scenes. in an e-mail an ahh monitor on the set said quote last week we all host bleeping killed king in the water tank. >> to me this is a dirty dark secret of hollywood by not reporting incidents and deciding they can deal with it internally and not bring to the law enforcement. they are come police sit. >> reporter: the aha says the e-mail of the employee in question led the movie studio disputed the claim that the tiger nearly drowned saying quote we take on-set safety very seriously." animal rights groups, however, say this is a problem that has plagued the movie industry for years. in 2012, while the stars of "the hobbit" walked the red carpet, spectators lined the streets, not to cheer but to protest. >> the hobb

. >> i'm michelle turner and i'm going to give you a backstage look at what it takes to put this wholegether. ready for this? it's going to be cool. come with me. this year, we're back in new york, baby, at the american museum of natural history where the very first cnn heroes took place seven years ago. >> i can't believe it's been that long. we're thrilled to be back here. it's iconic and it's beautiful. >> the first stop of the night for these everyday heroes and celebrities, the red carpet. >> wow. look at it in here. look at all these lights. work like this takes hundreds of people to set up working around the clock. and then the centerpiece of the evening. >> this year's cnn will be honored right here in the whale room where one of the museum's biggest treasures will be watching over us all night. i'm talking about this lady right here. that's not all that has to be done to get ready for this special event. 51 tables to set up, nine cameras to put in place, and one giant video monitor. >> you wouldn't believe what it takes to put something like this on. we had about two days to b

cnn's michelle turner is back along with mike freeman, an nfl writer for bleacher report.first of all, when i saw that, i just was dumbstruck. i don't know a lot about sports. i'm not like nischelle, who is awesome in everything. i saw that and thought it was a one in a million thing. now i'm hearing from a lot of sporty thing, this type of thing goes on. >> all the time. there's a saying in sports that if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying. >> i knew he was going to say that. >> yes. that happens all across the sports world. one of the things we focus a lot on in sports, we focus on the players that try to cheat, the performance-enhancing drugs and things like that, but this goes on in the coaching world, too, this stuff. coaches are desperate to win. they want to win as much as the players do. and they don't want to lose, they don't want to get fired, they want to try as hard to get over as players and sometimes those coaches venture into areas they shouldn't and we have seen it, these last two examples. it's very, very common. >> weigh in on the thing i was watching,

michelle turner has the story. >> it sounds like i'm racist pig and meathead and it sounds a lot of thingst. i wanted to clear the air by saying i am a good person. >> richard incognito defending himself against allegations that he bullied his teammate jonathan martin. >> i have taken stuff too far and i didn't know it was hurting him. >> incognito explains the threatening voice message he left which said hey what is up you half "n" word piece of blank i am going to slap your mother across the face and you're still a rookie i'll kill you. >> i am embarrassed by my actions but the rest of the line, the way we communicate is vulgar, when the words are put into context i understand why a lot of eyebrows get raised but people don't know how john and i communicate to one another. >> incognito chalked his use of the "n" word to locker room rapport. >> i am not racist. there is a lot of calls forwards thrown around in the locker room that we don't use in every day life. that voice mail was left on a private voice mail and a joke. >> incognito says he and martin have exchanged 144 text messages an

michelle turner is here with the story of the miami dolphins locker room gone wild. >> we heard thatrm a lot in this interview yesterday. you know, the dl fins take the field tonight for monday night football. but on sunday, richie incognito went on the offensive and gave us all a play by play of his version of the truth. >> it sounds like i'm a racist pig. it sound like i'm a meathead. it sounds a lot of things that it's not. i want to clear the air by saying i am a good person. >> reporter: miami lineman richie incognito defending himself about allegations that he bullied his teammate jonathan martin. >> i've taken stuff too far and i didn't know it was hurting him. >> reporter: incognito explains the threatened voice major which reportedly said, hey, what's up, you half inward piece of plank. i'm going to slap your real mother across the face. laughter, you're still a rookie, i'll kill you. >> i'm embarrassed by it. i'm embarrassed by my actions. what i want people to know is the way jonathan and we communicate, it's vulgar. it's not right. when the words are put in the context, i

cnn correspondent michelle turner looks at how much "catching fire" might actually make. d morning, michelle. >> reporter: hey victor, hey christi, happy hunger games, right? the sequel to the blockbuster is in theaters now. the pundits predict a huge hit. not like a massive hit and going out on a limb or anything. here's numbers the movie opened in overseas markets on thursday. state side friday. the expectations of north of $150 million domestically. and also possible $300 million worldwide. those are crazy numbers. other pundits think the northern american numbers could be $60 million which would beat "twilight saga: new moon." it is clear that the film should outdoo its predecessors, $152 million opening back in march 2012. the first movie made $691 million and yes, indeed it made miss jennifer lawrence a superstar. she's only 23. not only does she already have a best actress oscar, but according to forbes, she's the second highest paid actress in hollywood, just behind angelina jolie. also according to "forbes" she made $26 million last year. talk about a good investm

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. >> michele turner has late-night laughs. >> hey, the late night guys love when there's conflict incare. is it just providing really reflect it's the way people think. have you tried restarting your computer? late night jokes about obama care and healthcare.gov. they're funny -- >> that smiling woman on the home page is gone, gone! >> reporter: and clever. >> you see the rollout has been one disaster after the next. actually, you can't even get to the next disaster. you get an error page that says 404 disaster not found. [ laughter ] >> reporter: but are they more than just entertainment? >> just like traditional news, news analysis, the debates, the conventions, political advertising all shape how people make sense of politics. so, too, does the dale show and "saturday night live." >> reporter: >> reporter: lauren feldman conducts viewer surveys to conduct how these shows reflect viewer politics, she finds that the shows the nation laughs at night actually play an important education role for things we learn during date. >> people gain knowledge particularly when they prapproa the