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Bully, the movie. the fight to get the r rating to pg. the filmmaker joins me live. >> i was in trader joe's yesterday in the new product section they had, guess what? >> cake? >> grit. >> you think that's a coincidence? >> maybe. they're in the news. they're a hot topic. >> thank you so much, thomas. move on.org joining democrats to -- check out their new attack ad. >> a woman impregnated through rape should accept that horribly created gift. the gift of human life. >> these aren't our words. >> they're all real things that prominent members of the republican party. >> until the republicans...

>> you were remarkable access to the school system of the sioux city school system. thank you i've heard you say as the director that you as a child were bullied in middle school. how did that inform your sensibility and your decision to make this movie? >> i think when you go through bullying, you feel like you don't have a voice. you feel like you can't communicate that. i carried that with me. as i became a film maker i felt if i could help convey what bullying is really like, that i could do something good for people out thereto. that was the inspiration for the film. >> how much of a draw...

That. when she's 21 she gets some. 25 she gets some more and gets it all by 30. >> a roll out. >> it will be done carefully. >> i want to move on to the second topic which is regarding to ellen talk about the movie "bully". there's been controversy because of the rating. she is trying to have the rating downgraded so that more kids can see it. take a listen. >> i think it's important for the rating to be pg-13. that was the intention of the film makers. after seeing it the lessons are more important than any words they might hear and they are words they know any way. >> 17 years old, if it get...

Hands are tied since an appeals board recently upheld the rating of the movie, but they say kids can still see it. in a statement they say, "unfortunately, there is a misconception about the r rating of this film limiting the audience to adults. this is not true. in fact, many other r-rated movies on important topics such as "schindler's list" have been screened in schools and viewed by children accompanied by their parents." >> it's a totally different experience to have a 13-year-old go to the movies with their parents or to have a 13-year-old go to the movies with their four best friends an...

Community. >> the students have already raised about $4,000 for invisible children, the charity behind the stop kony campaign. >> they are taking action. they are waking up to their potential. that's what this is about. >> pretty eye-opening. we should note that kony is not in uganda anymore. he's in the centrafrican republ. there's been some criticism of the group. a blog called invisible children claims this charity spent much of its money on salary and film production. the charity said it spent 80% on the missions programs. on a different note, whitney houston's last will and testament is...