alleges the voting process is rife with corruption saying the board uses secret committees to push forward artists with whom they have relationships. she says this year 30 artists that were not selected by the 12,000 voting members were added to the possible nomination list. >> if she is right about that, then that's something that will have resonance far beyond just this year's grammys alone. >> reporter: now portnal has not returned our requests for comment. in a statement the academy says its loyalty belongs to its members and regrets its biggest night is being stolen from them by ms. dugan's actions. >> lawsuits or not, the show will go on. and you can see the grammy awards right here on cbs starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. the "overnight news" will be right back. he wanted a man cave in our new home. but she wanted to be close to nature. so, we met in the middle. ohhhhh! look who just woke up! you are so cute! but one thing we could both agree on was getting geico to help with homeowners insurance. yeah, it was really easy and we saved a bunch of money. oh, you got it. you are such a smart bear! call geico and see how easy saving on homeowners and condo insurance can be. actress laura dern is earning accolades and a possible academy award for her role in "marriage story." was kid. been she discussed her life and career with tracy smith. >> i'm angry nearly every day of my life. >> reporter: what a year it's been for laura dern. >> i'm not patient by nature. >> reporter: she is in two oscar-nominated movies as the kind-hearted mother in "little women." >> a very kind man lost his little girl when she was only a child. >> his daughter died? >> you take some breaths. >> reporter: and as a razor-sharp divorce lawyer in "marriage story". >> withholding, jay, really? alienating? those are fighting words. >> reporter: okay, she is kind of fierce, but it's the kind of fierce that makes award voters take notice. >> thank you, hollywood foreign press. >> reporter: dern won a golden globe for "marriage story" earlier this month and this past monday she was nominated for an oscar. >> laura dern in "marriage story." you've gotten a for ywo beforhr steadily. but it seems like there is something about this moment that is rather intense. does it feel that way to you? >> it's certainly exciting. >> let's face it. id goodat w only invented like 30 years ago. >> reporter: and a lot of that excitement is about her no motherhood, written my marriage story director noah bohmbach. >> we love them for their failabilities. >> i'm curious what you thought when you first read those words. >> i read the script and called noah and got his voice mail and cried into his machine for about ten minutes. and when i read the monologue and called him, i said this is the greatest christmas present i've ever received. >> because the basis of our judeo-christian whatever is mary, mother of jesus, and she is perfect. she is a virgin who gives birth. >> reporter: she even add adeline of her own. >> we added a little more of a zinger, which really makes me laugh that i don't think i can even say. >> reporter: so your contribution was -- >> god didn't even do [ bleep ] which i know cannot be on "cbs sunday morning" because it's cbs and it's sunday morning. >> and the dad isn't there. god is the father and god didn't show up. >> reporter: it's worth noting that some of these scenes were shot in an actual law office. >> and i'm always available by phone or text, except when i'm with my kids. >> reporter: in fact, it's the same law firm where dern met with her own lawyer when she filed for divorce from musician ben harper. >> i know how it feels. >> you do? >> yes. >> reporter: for laura dern, it seems hollywood and real life have often been intertwined, ever since the very beginning. >> the wild angels. >> reporter: if you're a real fan of biker movies, you might remember the 1966 film "the wild angels." >> come here. >> no. >> reporter: and two of the wildest angels were bruce dern and his blond girlfriend, diane ladd. it seems they were pretty close off camera too. around nine months after filming wrapped, dern and ladd had another premiere. you were literally conceived on a movie set. >> true. 100% true. even better on a roger korman biker movie. i feel very proud of that. >> over here i want to start. >> okay, i'm not even looking, i'm so excited. >> reporter: we met laura dern at the motion picture academy's margaret herrick library in beverly hills, where they keep more than 12 million photos, and a few things not even she's ever seen. this is your birth announcement. >> what? actor bruce dern and actress diane ladd are parents of daughter born february 10th. oh my god, that's so beautiful. >> but you catch on real quick. >> reporter: having hollywood parents helped, a little at least. in 1974, when diane ladd was shooting "alice doesn't live here anymore" laura landed a cameo. that's her at the count were the ice cream cone. and she was her mom's date to the 1975 oscars. >> i can't help but focus on the photo. i am probably 6 or 7, and i look terrified, don't i? >> call me, okay? >> reporter: a few years later, she was in movies of her own. still, dern says she planned on getting a college degree, but hollywood intervened. you went to hlong >> two days. >> reporter: but just then, she was offered a big role in director david lynch's landmark film "blue velvet." you go to the school and say i'd like to take a leave of absence. >> yes. >> reporter: and they said no? >> and they kind of disparaged the movie too, didn't they? >> yes, like this is crazy to go do this radical kind of insane project and give up your college career. it's one movie. you can wait until you get out of college. but i knew that it wasn't just one movie. >> are you crazy? jeffrey, she is possibly involved in a murder. this is giving me the creeps. >> reporter: "blue velvet" made her a next level star, and david lynch put her in other films like 1990's "wild at heart". >> thank the lord. well, you ain't let me down yet, sail. that's more than i can say for the rest of the world. >> reporter: she also found time to work with other directors. like steven spielberg and that little dinosaur movie. >> you said y a t-rex? >> uh-huh. >> i did get the joke about the toaster oven. >> reporter: seems whatever role she played, she was always pushing boundaries, like in 1997 when she played the gay friend that ellen degeneres came out to. >> susan, i'm gay. >> reporter: dern helped make history, but she paid a price. you didn't work for a year after that? >> i didn't. and it was a crazy time. it was in a way the most successful time of my career. "jurassic park" had just come out. so it was a great time. and then a very still moment. >> reporter: and then nothing for a while? >> yeah. >> i'm told that my daughter annabella's going to be in your class. >> how exciting. >> reporter: her career came back, of course, and with a vengeance. >> and my annabella was bullied last year, i mean, like in biting and choking. so we're going to make sure that doesn't happen again. >> reporter: dern won an emmy for her role in hbo's "big little lies" as a woman whose husband loses all of her money. >> i will not not be rich. >> reporter: and talk about range. she was also a "star wars" heroin on a suicide mission. but that's no surprise. after a lifetime spent walking right up to the edge, laura dern has somehow found balance there. what do you think of the term the dernesance. >> it sounds fantastic. i'm not sure what it is. but it really is an amazing time of getting to do all of it seamlessly. there really is a different kind of freedom. that's why we take risk, right? and why we say yes to things, because you never know what beautiful gift is awaiting you when you do. when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward to seeing you right here. you are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that's been designed for you. valentine's day is fast approaching, and if you're looking for an inexpensive gift that will keep on giving, how about a horse? the u.s. forest service is selling wild horses for as little as $25. of course, you'll need a place to put it. barry petersen went shopping. >> reporter: in a remote windswept corner of northern california, megan and her kids have come to get a horse at the double-double garden corral. >> it will be a christmas present. >> reporter: with a lot to choose from, megan got the horse she always wanted. >> she is solid white with blue eyes. i haven't been able to afford the $4,000 to $6,000 that look just like her. >> reporter: she got this mare at the right price. >> it's 125 bucks to adopt them. it's not that bad. >> a great deal. we have some amazing horses available. >> reporter: the horses held in devils garden are managed by the u.s. forest service, and they need homes. that's why kevin is selling. >> there are currently over 240 horses here of all ages, sizes, colors. the horse of your dreams is in this corral right now. we need you to come out and pick him up. >> reporter: during summer roundups on government land, a thousand horses were removed. but there are more than 4,000 grazing on the rocky plateau. when we met ken sandusky last year, he pointed to the impact they're having. how high should this be? >> there are some examples around here it's probably 3 for 4 inches. when it gets grazed down to the nub, there is no vegetation left. and you can see how they're dying out. >> reporter: ranchers who lost their leases to graze cattle here sued to reduce the number of horses on the land. wild horse advocates are also suing, arguing the horses are iconic and could be sold for slaughter. >> most americans love horses, and they don't want to see america's iconic wild horses rounded up and sold for human >> reporter: efforts to appease both sides have fallen to the forest service. on open house tours and social media, there is plenty to look at by anyone who would be a good fit. you have a year before you receive title on that horse. and in that time, you'll be asked to show that you are taking good care of that horse. the facility requirements, the horse needs a 20 by 20 enclosure and a walk-in barn, a three-sidede-sided barn. >> reporter: megan highnote has all that on the ranch she helps manage in oregon. today's horse is the second horse she adopted from the devil devil's garden. descendants are believed to be the descendants of dmes indicated horses, but years of living on their own have made them wild. >> this is my diamond in the rough. this will be my holiday project this will be my holiday project for the next several years. it's thursday, january 23rd, 2020. this is the "cbs morning news". the case for removing president trump from office democratic house managers resume opening arguments today in mr. trump's impeachment trial. tragedy in australia. a firefighting plane crashes killing three american crew members on board. and deadly shooting. multiple people open fire outside a fast food restaurant in downtown seattle. thunderous sounds of pop, pop, pop. people running. people running. it was terrifying. captioning funded by cbs