[Blackwell:] America's public education system is getting some Hollywood attention. Protests have popped up at theaters across the country as the new movie "Won't Back Down" hits the big screen. I spoke with CNN entertainment correspondent Nischelle Turner about the controversy surrounding the film and its growing popularity.
[Nischelle Turner, Cnn Entertainment Correspondent:] It started out as a little movie that's got a lot of big buzz. So, it's turning into a big movie, Victor. We're talking about the movie "Won't Back Down", and that's a movie about school choice parents, trigger laws, it's kind of based on actual events. A Hollywood depiction of when a parent and a teacher decide to fight a failing school and take over to do better for the kids. Now, the reason why this is getting so much buzz and gotten so much attention is because this issue of school choice and parent trigger laws is a big deal right now. This movie was shown at both conventions, the Republican and the Democratic National Conventions. One of the things that's been a big sticking point is, some people are saying that it's an anti-union movie and that it makes the teachers look like they're the bad guys.
[Blackwell:] I see the two big stars here, Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal, what are they saying about this?
[Turner:] Well, by the way, the reviews for their acting in this movie, very good. The movie in itself is getting some kind of mixed reviews. But both of them are saying they did not make an anti-union film. Maggie Gyllenhaal said she is a from a very pro union family, from a very leftist family. She said she wouldn't be able to go home for thanksgiving if she made an anti-union film. Viola Davis simply said, she wasn't even aware of all of this school choice. Let's listen to a little bit of what she told us.
[Viola Davis, Actress:] I really did, I thought it was evenly represented all sides, and I think that I really didn't know what a hot bed subject education was. I knew that everybody was on fire about education, pro-education, but I didn't know that there was just so many different kind of inner turmoil with charter schools and public schools and unions.
[Nischelle:] And so, there you have it from Viola Davis, Victor. You know she talked about the fact that she wasn't aware that education in this form was such a hot button issue. So, she actually learnt something from making this film too.
[Blackwell:] Yes, an issue that people on both sides are very passionate about. Now the Teachers Unions and the teachers, are they planning any type of like formal boycott or protest?
[Turner:] Well, there have been protests already, you know at the screening of this film in New York. There were protests by the Teachers Union, and why this is such a big deal too, especially with the election coming up, Victor. Is that usually the Democrats and the unions kind of work hand in hand a lot of times. And so the fact that a lot of Democrats are starting to embrace school choice and parent trigger laws, the unions aren't looking too kindly on that. So, it's becoming kind of a play in this upcoming election as well. So, expect to see some protests and to see some people not too happy with this film.
[Feyerick:] Well, if you're looking to improve your health or just drop a few pounds, if you have a few pounds to drop, we've got just what you need. Fitness and nutrition expert Mark McDonald is here to show us how to work out smarter, not harder. And Mark, I think working out smarter is a lot better because then
[Mark Mcdonald, Expert, Fitness & Nutrition:] Yes
[Feyerick:] You're more efficient.
[Mcdonald:] Yes
[Feyerick:] So, where do you start if you're just beginning?
[Mcdonald:] It's a great question Debb. And the biggest thing is that beginners just want to dive in and they never get going because they get it's so overwhelming. So, just start doing three to five days a week, 30 minutes of any type of activity. Now, how do we get smarter? Simply look at Victor here. Victor is leaning back, let's bring him up
[Blackwell:] All right
[Mcdonald:] Bring his shoulders back
[Blackwell: Ok -- Mcdonald:] Hiding his core. See, stable blood sugar with your right nutrition, you release your stored fat, that fat is burned up in the muscles. And your goal of exercise, activate your muscles. So, by just walking like this, walking upstairs, taking
[Blackwell:] Walking like this?
[Mcdonald:] Out the trash can?
[Blackwell: Ok -- Mcdonald:] You feel strong right? And tightening the core
[Blackwell:] I do, I've gotten learned how to breathe
[Mcdonald:] And then instead of sitting in a chair, you can just sit in the ball.
[Korsi:] Right.
[Mcdonald:] Or sit on the ball and that's going to activate your core, makes you burn more muscles. You just got to get going as a beginner.
[Feyerick:] OK, so, how do you think it's fun because I think that's also part of it. It becomes this thing that you kind of want to do, maybe you want to do it, maybe you don't have time to do it
[Mcdonald:] Yes
[Feyerick:] If you wait until at the end of the day, you just don't have the energy to do it. So, how do you really make it fun so you're looking forward to even 30 minutes, let's say.
[Mcdonald:] That's one of the greatest questions, because if you don't like your exercise, you're going to not do it. No one wants to dread it. So, find things you enjoy, maybe it's tennis, maybe it's racquetball, maybe it's playing basketball. Maybe a simple but what we do as a family, we do once a week. We go to an indoor trampoline park and play indoor dodgeball, with my son Archer who is seven, my wife Abby. So, we make it fun, we go on a walk in the neighborhood, make it enjoyable. When I do, when I do my cycling or treadmill, find like Netflix, or watching movie while you do your exercise. That's the key, make it fun.
[Blackwell:] There're a lot of people who only have the 30 minutes, right?
[Mcdonald:] Yes
[Blackwell:] If they spend 15 minutes getting to the place and 15 on the way back, they're not going to make it. So, what can you do at home?
[Mcdonald:] It's a great question. So, with home, for less than a $100, you can get a ball that's going to help you, you can do all of your exercise on it. You can get some push-up handles, you can do a plank, you can get some bands, you could simply get a little four pinball, carry that around. You can get a weighted vest, you can get an ab wheel, you can do very simple things that educate you on it. And in body confidence, the both, you can really learn in chapter six, how to optimize your body and optimize your muscles so you make your exercise the best. Working smarter and not harder.
[Feyerick:] And one of the things you also mentioned Mark is also eating small, more smaller meals so that your body is constantly working to burn off the fat.
[Mcdonald:] It's the key. Nutrition with stable blood sugar you release your stored fat with those small, frequent meals. That fat thing gets burned up in the muscle, we turn your body into a fat-burning machine, right?
[Blackwell:] I'm sorry
[Mcdonald:] Just sit up!
[Blackwell:] I'm going to sit up
[Macdonald:] Full tight.
[Blackwell:] Suck it in
[Feyerick:] I can keep hanging here for the rest of the show. I'm just going to keep testing those
[Blackwell:] I'm getting used to this. All right, Mark
[Mcdonald:] Thank you.
[Feyerick:] Thanks, my friend, appreciate it. Well, what do President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney plan to do about illegal immigration and just how different are their plans? We're going to be breaking it down for you in about 20 minutes.