First, Selena Gomez. Now, Bill Clinton. With news surfacing this morning that Justin Bieber has reconciled with his ex and is truly back together with Selena , we can also confirm that the singer has made amends with the former President of the United States. Reportedly, Clinton didn’t care very much that Bieber cursed at him in a video that went viral yesterday. “Justin apologized for his comments,” a source tells Us Weekly of a phone call that actually took place between the Biebs and the Bubs, adding: “President Clinton took it in jest, and said, ‘if that is the worst thing you have ever done, all is well.'” Bieber – under major fire for peeing into a mop bucket and laughing like a spoiled moron – offered to help out with the Clinton Global Initiative in any way he can, while the ex-POTUS offered advice of his own: Watch your friends , he supposedly told Justin, referring to those who videotaped and participated in the incident. “thanks for taking the time to talk Mr. President. Your words meant alot. #greatguy,” Bieber Tweeted after the two famous men spoke. He then grew philosophical and concluded: “In life u will make mistakes and people will try and tear u down…but u gotta stay positive. Stay strong, and learn to be better, and always live to serve others and The Lord. #growingeveryday”
Four days after James Gandolfini died of a heart attack, the actor’s body is on its way back to New York City from Rome. A funeral has been scheduled Thursday for The Sopranos star in The Big Apple, as the entertainment industry continues to wrestle with the unexpected passing of this legend. Said family spokesman Michael Kobold in a statement today: “On behalf of the Gandolfini family, I would like to thank the Italian authorities for all the assistance they have rendered in expediting the formalities necessary to repatriate James Gandolfini‘s remains to the United States.” Added Kobold: “We are fully aware that this process usually takes 7 days and we are extremely grateful for their efficiency in dealing with this matter. It has been our privilege to be guests in your beautiful country, despite the difficult circumstances. We sincerely thank you. We would like to thank the United States government, especially Secretary Kerry and our friends at the State Department for helping us in this time of need. Our expressed thanks to the people at the Italy desk at the State Department for working day and night on our behalf. “We thank President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for their kind support. And we would like to applaud Vice Consul Patricia Hill and her colleagues at the consular section at the U.S. Embassy here in Rome for being so courteous and helpful throughout this difficult process.” Gandolfini passed away of natural causes while on vacation with his teenage son this week. The 13-year old tragically discovered his father’s body inside a hotel room and called the authorities, who were unable to revive him with life-saving measures. Our thoughts continue to go out to the actor’s family and loved ones.
It’s the perennial talk of the political world, but Bill Clinton is less than decisive about the prospect of his wife, Hillary Clinton, running for president in 2016. “She hasn’t mentioned it to me,” Clinton said of the Hillary 2016 buzz when asked at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s 2013 Fiscal Summit in D.C. “I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I know this: that is the worst expenditure of our time,” he said, adding that it’s “frustrating” to be talking politics. “She’s taking a role in the foundation, she’s writing books, she’s having a little fun being a private citizen for the first time in 20 years,” Clinton said. “We need to be worried about the work at hand right now. All of us do.” “That way, whoever the next president is has an easier set of choices.” Good point, but still … since we’re on the topic: Hillary in 2016? Gosh yes! Please run, Hill! We’ll see who else runs. Gosh, no! UGH. View Poll »
Slick Willy says the gays have Chelsea to thank for his endorsement of marriage equality . Via Page Six reports : Bill Clinton was honored at the GLAAD Media Awards for his gay rights advocacy as well as his endorsement for same-sex marriage on Saturday. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the former President credits his daughter for changing his mind. The former President said during his acceptance speech that his daughter “has had a profound impact on the way I see the world. It’s sort of humbling when you get to be my age when your child knows more than you do about everything.” “Chelsea and her gay friends have modeled to me how we should all treat each other regardless of our sexual orientation or any other artificial difference that divides us,” said the honoree. “Many of them come and join us every Thanksgiving for a meal. I have grown very attached to them.” “And over the years, I was forced to confront the fact that people who oppose equal rights for gays in the marriage sphere are basically acting out of concern for their own identity, not out of respect for anyone else.” Clinton’s view on marriage equality changed substantially over the years. During his presidency, he signed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denies federal benefits to same-sex couples. “I want to keep working on this until not only is DOMA no longer the law of the land, but until all people — no matter where they live — can marry the people they love,” Clinton told the crowd. He has since called his approval of that law one of his biggest mistakes as President and has urged the Supreme Court to strike the law down. “You are the agents of change. I got this award tonight, because I was the object of your affection – or not, as the case may be,” he added. “My daughter led me to support the marriage equality law in New York when we were debating it, and to oppose North Carolina’s denial of marriage equality, and to do all these other things. So I want to thank her too. Thank you, GLAAD. Thank you, Chelsea.” “Whenever we turn away from treating someone with the dignity and honor and the respect that we would like accorded to ourselves, we have to face the fact it’s about us,” Clinton concluded. Where do you stand on marriage equality? How long do you think til everybody’s kids do like Chelsea and get their parents to “get with the times?” SplashNews
This week in NO-Bama news…. Paul Ryan Says Hillary Clinton Would Be A Better President Than Barack Obama Failed 2012 Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan has been running around and running his mouth ever since he and his former side kick Mitt Romney were defeated by newly re-elected President Barack Obama. Ryan has been publicly speaking out against President Obama’s handling of many issues since his campaign days ended, and now he’s even claiming that Obama’s former opponet and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would have been the better person for the job. via THG Former Republican V.P. candidate Paul Ryan said Sunday on Meet the Press that the nation’s fiscal crisis would be different right now under Hillary Clinton. “Look, if we had a [Hillary] Clinton presidency, if we had Erskine Bowles as chief of staff … I think we would have fixed this fiscal mess by now,” Ryan said. “[But] that’s not the kind of presidency we’re dealing with right now.” These fools will ride for anybody that isn’t Barry O, they might as well just keep it real and admit that much. And then after that’s out of the way….have several seats…..immediately.
Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton’s testimony on Capitol Hill yesterday, has drawn criticism among conservatives. The 65-year-old got into a heated exchange with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) over the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi, Libya, resulting in a critique from Rush Limbaugh…. Continue
“It just doesn’t matter,” Bill Murray pep-talked to his misfit campers in Meatballs . You’ve got to think that Teams Lincoln and Silver Linings Playbook similarly rallied the troops in the wake of Argo ’s surprise Best Picture and Best Director wins at the Golden Globes. Go home, they might have said, it’s the Golden Globes . It just doesn’t matter. Except that it does, contends In Contention ’s Kris Tapley: “Anyone who dismissively calls it a non-issue doesn’t get it. With six weeks, every little nuance and acceptance speech will be grist for the mill. It matters.” That means that Tommy Lee Jones better start smiling, Golden Globe-winner Anne Hathaway better keep all her acceptance speeches as gracious and humble, and Jennifer Lawrence better recover from her rivals-slamming turn hosting Saturday Night Live . But what matters more are the major Guild award ceremonies in the offing: The Producers Guild Awards on Jan. 26, the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 27, and the Director’s Guild Awards on Feb. 2. These should give a clearer picture of the Oscar race. Or not. A DGA award, one of the most reliable Oscar indicators, will come to naught should either Ben Affleck or Kathryn Bigelow , neither nominated for an Oscar, win. As Times-Picayune critic Mike Scott noted on NOLA.com, “Usually the Golden Globes at least do a little to clarify an Oscar race or two, but in what is shaping up to be a more difficult-than-usual year in which to predict the Oscar winners, Sunday’s Globes only clouded things… many of the Oscar races would appear to be coin-flip races at this point.” One thing is irrefutable after Sunday night: After Tina Fey and Amy Poehler ’s hosting triumph at the Globes, Seth MacFarlane needs to have better jokes than his Hitler gag on nomination morning. Best Picture No Best Picture-nominee had a better week than Argo with its seven Oscar nominations and Critics Choice and Golden Globe wins for Best Picture and Best Director . No Oscar nomination for Best Director; no problem. Writes Tom O’Neil on GoldDerby.com : “There is a clairvoyant member of the academy’s producers’ branch whose judgment I’ve learned to trust through the years. He’s never been wrong about Best Picture as far as I know, not even when Crash pulled off an upset over Brokeback Mountain . Now he’s backing Argo and feels very strongly about it. Right after Oscar noms were announced and before Argo pulled off those jaw-droppers at the Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes, he roared at me, ‘Mark my words, Argo is going to win the Oscar. I don’t give a damn that Affleck isn’t nominated for Best Director. That only makes me more hellbent to vote for his movie!” But despite Argo being “back in the mix,” wrote Steven Zeitchik and Glenn Whipp in The Los Angeles Times , Lincoln , leading the pack with 12 nominations, remains the frontrunner. Or not. Silver Linings Playbook , like Lincoln , had a disappointing night at the Globes, but it is the first film since Reds at the 1982 ceremony to have received nominations for Best Picture, Director, all four acting categories, and screenplay. Plus: “People love Silver Linings Playbook ; they respect Zero Dark Thirty ,” write Michael Hogan and Christopher Hogan for their For Your Consideration blog on Huffington Post . Silver Linings Playbook producer Harvey Weinstein catered an Italian lunch for members of the Hollywood Foreign Press, the New York Times reported. Lincoln director Steven Spielberg pulled off the coup of getting the services of “Hillary Clinton’s husband” to introduce his film at the Golden Globes. Advantage: Spielberg. Like Tapley said: It matters. Meanwhile, Kathryn Bigelow, mired in the controversy surrounding her film’s depiction of “enhanced interrogation techniques,” gamely reiterated her “depiction is not endorsement” line of defense in a self-penned article in Wednesday’s The Los Angeles Times . 1. Lincoln 2. Silver Linings Playbook 3. Argo 4. Zero Dark Thirty 5. Life of Pi 6. Beasts of the Southern Wild 7. Les Miserables 8. Amour 9. Django Unchained Best Director With Affleck and Bigelow out of the Best Director race, Spielberg’s chances for a third Academy Award for Best Director are looking good, unless David O. Russell benefits from all that Academy love for Silver Linings Playbook . But don’t count out Ang Lee, noted Anne Thompson on her Thompson on Hollywood blog: “Lee survived the brutal directors derby that left Kathyrn Bigelow, Ben Affleck and Tom Hooper hanging, and he commands serious respect inside the Academy, which gave him the Oscar for Brokeback Mountain . Remember, these 5700 voters are people who know what goes into making movies and this gorgeously executed heart-tugger with worldwide appeal ($400 million and counting) had a high degree of difficulty.” 1.Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) 2. David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook) 3. Ang Lee (Life of Pi) 4. Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild) 5. Michael Haneke (Amour)
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