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For a national poll. what was the most surprising thing for you in it? because the hollywood idea has been the politics don't matter. that's an old-fashioned notion, 1950s, 1960s notion, that politics could get you in trouble at the box office. >> the result is immediate. you look at the number one movie in the country right now, which is "dolphin tale." for two weeks it's been number one. but it probably could have made more money, maybe. the day it opened, which you know the studio was dying, morgan freeman made his remarks about the tea party and he said he thinks the tea party is kind of r...

Impact on the box office. >> you had about 1,000 people, which is a very good size sample for a national poll. what was the most surprising thing for you in it? because the hollywood idea has been the politics don't matter. that's an old-fashioned notion, 1950s, 1960s notion, that politics could get you in trouble at the box office. >> the result is immediate. you look at the number one movie in the country right now, which is "dolphin tale." for two weeks it's been number one. but it probably could have made more money, maybe. the day it opened, which you know the studio was dying, morgan fre...

Would go see "dolphin tale," which was marketed as a family movie, definitely had a more conservative bend. they were marketing it in conservative circles. so that one's a little bit of a wash, but it had an impact. >> mm-hmm. it does. let's look at what we learned about the stars. stars democrats are likely to avoid. mel gibson, 36% say if he's in the movie i don't want to buy the ticket. schwarzenegger, 30% say that's going to turn me away. tom cruise, 27%. kelsey grammer 14%. jon voight, a very strong conservative jon voight, 13% of ticket buyers say that makes me uncomfortable. let's go to...

Look." i'm lynn berry. it's time for entertainment news. "the lion king" has been knocked off his perch by a dolphin. "dolphin tale," last week's third-place finisher took in $14.2 million to leap into the top spot. brat pitt's "money ball" came in second place and "50/50" finished fourth with 8.85 million. the christian police drama "courageous" finished fifth with 8.8 million. "dream house" finished sixth with 8.2 million. and "what's your numbers" flopped in eighth. finally, a new book by martha stewart's daughter, alexis, makes growing up with the domestic diva sound like a nightmare. fo...

i wasn't there. i wasn't present in that crime. >> cnn's matthew chance was in the courtroom. matthew, walk us through this morning's hearing, will you? >> reporter: yeah, martin. it was very emotional. amanda knox came in escorted by the guards and looked very stressed indeed, very pale. her head was hung down. she didn't even look at her family, who were gathered in one corner of the courtroom to give her support. her former boyfriend also serving a lengthy prison sentence for the murder of meredith kircher, spoke first. he said they were both innocent. then the big moment came. pe...