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Charlie Sheen: Hospitalized as Result of "Non-Stop Binge," Source Claims

Earlier today, we reported that Charlie Sheen was rushed to the hospital under rather mysterious circumstances late last night. His team chalked it up to food poisoning, but many fans became suspicious after noticing that Sheen had been acting erratically on social media in the days leading up to his health scare. The bizarre tirades directed at Sheen’s ex Denise Richards have since been deleted, but thousands had already noticed that they seemed to be the work of a man under the influence. Now, Radar Online is confirming that Sheen was on a bender prior to being admitted last night, and his entourage followed a strict protocol designed to keep news of Chuckles’ party mishaps out of the headlines. “He was partying like a madman!” says one insider. “He complained that his heart was racing, that his heartbeat was much stronger than usual. “Everyone at Charlie’s house was instructed that they are not to call 911 if there’s a medical emergency because the information would be released with a 911 call. “It’s standard operating procedure inside his house that when there’s an issue, you call the local fire station, so there’s no record of the call.” Yes, late night ambulance runs are so common in casa de Sheen that he’s figured out a way to keep his emergency calls from being recorded. Sources close to the Sheenius say he’s been partying even harder than usual (no mean feat) ever since breaking up with Brett Rossi  back in November. Rossi was also hospitalized after reportedly becoming distraught over the end of her engagement to Sheen. We’d say these two should give it another shot, but, um…they didn’t exactly have the healthiest relationship .

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Charlie Sheen: Hospitalized as Result of "Non-Stop Binge," Source Claims

Katy Perry: I’m NOT Writing a Taylor Swift Revenge Song!

Perhaps we should’ve known it was too good to be true.  Earlier today, we reported that Katy Perry might be prepping a Taylor Swift “revenge song,” which would serve as the latest salvo in the ongoing war between the two pop queens. The song was to be titled “1984” – an apparent reference to Perry’s birth year, Swift’s album 1989, and maybe even George Orwell’s famous dystopian novel. Who knows! Anyway, the song appeared on the website for the music publishing group BMI today, and social media immediately began buzzing with anticipation for an old-school musical throwdown. There was a time when it looked like this thing was shaping up to be the next Biggie vs. Tupac, but with passive-aggressive Emojis instead of Glocks. Fans had been waiting for this ever since it was confirmed that Swift’s “Bad Blood” was a diss song targeted at Perry . There were even rumors that Perry teamed up with John Mayer to help her write a response track that would tear Taylor down. Unfortunately, it now looks like Katy won’t be firing back in song form. Not yet, anyway. Reps for Perry issued a statement today saying that the news about “1984” is “completely false.” “Katy Perry was not involved in writing, singing, recording or registering this song,” the statement said. Bummer. This might be the most disappointing thing Katy has been involved with since she let that damn Left Shark go rogue with the choreography. View Slideshow: Katy Perry Halftime Show: See the GIFs

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Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jonathan Levine and Will Reiser to Reunite in Jamaica

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg first teamed up on the big screen with pals Jonathan Levine and Will Reaser in the forthcoming 50/50 , based on Reaser’s own fight with cancer. Next, the gang will tackle Jamaica , another Reaser tale based on true events, “loosely based on a vacation [Reaser] took to Jamaica with his grandmother when he was 14.” In a word: Hot. As with 50/50 , Reaser will script with Levine directing and Rogen and Goldberg producing. [Press release]

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Legendary Pictures to Bring Pacific Rim, Proyas, Paradise Lost and More to Comic-Con

Legendary Pictures — the production company behind Batman Begins , Watchmen , Clash of the Titans , and all the movies you can’t wait to see in 2012 and beyond — will host its first Comic-Con panel later this month, and while footage will likely be scarce, expect a parade of talent to come through Hall H for upcoming films Pacific Rim , Seventh Son , Paradise Lost , and the Mass Effect video game adaptation. Hit the jump for Legendary’s roster of talent!

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Andy Serkis and Rupert Wyatt to Adapt Animal Farm For the Big Screen

It’s like everyone is adapting a selection from your high school reading list for the big screen this week! First, David Schwimmer announced that he was commissioning a project based on Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and now Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt and star Andy Serkis are working on a performance-capture adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm .

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Obama and GOPers Worked Together to Kill Bush Torture Probe

A WikiLeaks cable shows that when Spain considered a criminal case against ex-Bush officials, the Obama White House and Republicans got really bipartisan. In its first months in office, the Obama administration sought to protect Bush administration officials facing criminal investigation overseas for their involvement in establishing policies the that governed interrogations of detained terrorist suspects. A “confidential” April 17, 2009, cable sent from the US embassy in Madrid to the State Department—one of the 251,287 cables obtained by WikiLeaks—details how the Obama administration, working with Republicans, leaned on Spain to derail this potential prosecution. The previous month, a Spanish human rights group called the Association for the Dignity of Spanish Prisoners had requested that Spain's National Court indict six former Bush officials for, as the cable describes it, “creating a legal framework that allegedly permitted torture.” The six were former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; David Addington, former chief of staff and legal adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney; William Haynes, the Pentagon's former general counsel; Douglas Feith, former undersecretary of defense for policy; Jay Bybee, former head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel; and John Yoo, a former official in the Office of Legal Counsel. The human rights group contended that Spain had a duty to open an investigation under the nation's “universal jurisdiction” law, which permits its legal system to prosecute overseas human rights crimes involving Spanish citizens and residents. Five Guantanamo detainees, the group maintained, fit that criteria. Soon after the request was made, the US embassy in Madrid began tracking the matter. On April 1, embassy officials spoke with chief prosecutor Javier Zaragoza, who indicated that he was not pleased to have been handed this case, but he believed that the complaint appeared to be well-documented and he'd have to pursue it. Around that time, the acting deputy chief of the US embassy talked to the chief of staff for Spain's foreign minister and a senior official in the Spanish Ministry of Justice to convey, as the cable says, “that this was a very serious matter for the USG.” The two Spaniards “expressed their concern at the case but stressed the independence of the Spanish judiciary.” Full Story: http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/12/wikileaks-cable-obama-quashed-torture-in… added by: Radical_Centrist

President John F Kennedy To Barack Obama Reguarding Wikileaks

Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. — Benjamin Franklin The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. – James Madison The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders…tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. – Herman Goering I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. – James Baldwin Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. – Voltaire The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. – William Ellery Channing “if there be one principle more deeply written than any other in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.” — Thomas Jefferson Criticism in a time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government. – Sen. Robert Taft, (R) Ohio Fascism will come wrapped in a flag and carrying a Bible. ~ Sinclair Lewis 1935 “patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.” – Samuel Johnson “If the American people ever allow the banks to control issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers occupied.” -Thomas Jefferson “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ~ George Orwell added by: toyotabedzrock

Amazon sued over ‘1984’ e-book removal

Amazon has been sued this week by 17-yr old Justin D. Gawronski, a high school student who says the e-tailer’s controversial removal of George Orwell’s classic 1984 e-book from Kindle readers caused him to lose all his notes he had taken on the book for an assignment at school.

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