“There#39;s no place like home. After 30 days in the hospital I#39;m home,” the Good Morning America anchor wrote Thursday on Twitter. “Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Thank YOU and bless YOU. XO.” Roberts, 51, who is being treated for a rare blood disorder called myelodysplastic syndrome, says she feels good, but there is still a long road ahead. “I am considered 21 days old. That#39;s how long it has been since my transplant,” she writes on her GMA blog. “Remember when you brought y
Also in Friday afternoon’s round-up of news briefs, newcomers Hotel Transylvania and Looper are tracking strong in the weekend box office. And two new titles are heading to theaters. Terrence Malick’s To The Wonder Headed to U.S. Theaters The film starring Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams and Javier Bardem is the story of Marina (Kurylenko) and Neil (Affleck), who meet in France and move to Oklahoma to start a life together, where problems soon arise. While Marina makes the acquaintance of a priest and fellow exile (Bardem), who is struggling with his vocation, Neil renews a relationship with a childhood sweetheart, Jane (McAdams). Bold and lyrical, the film is a moving, gorgeously shot exploration of love in its many forms. Magnolia Pictures, which picked up U.S. rights to the Terrence Malick-directed feature, plans a 2013 theatrical release. Generation Um… Heads to U.S. and Canadian Theaters The film is set at the end of another night out sets the stage for an intimate unfolding of the relationships John, Violet and Mia have, with each other and the city around them. As the day fades into night, secrets are revealed, compromises are made, loneliness is acknowledged, laughter is cherished, lies are dispelled and disappointment is dealt with – and the unusual circumstance that binds these three late-night characters together comes into focus. Phase 4 Films which picked up U.S. and Canadian rights to the film plans a Spring 2013 release. Around the ‘net… Andrew Garfield and Marc Webb Head for Spider-Man Sequel Garfield will return as Peter Parker and Marc Webb will direct the Columbia Pictures sequel set for May 2014. Emma Stone is in talks about a possible return. The next installment will be released on 3-D, Deadline reports . Fox Searchlight Eyeing Natalie Portman for Jackie Kennedy Drama The specialty division handled Portman’s Oscar turn in Black Swan . The Noah Oppenheimer scripted drama follows the former first lady in the immediate assassination aftermath of John F. Kennedy, Deadline reports . Sony’s Hotel Transylvania Tracking Solid $30M Weekend Hotel Transylvania and newcomer Looper are off to a stung start, with the latter tracking at $18 – 20 million. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis starrer, Won’t Back Down , however, may only cross $5 million, THR reports .
Thor actress Jaimie Alexander was sidelined after something on set of the Marvel sequel went wrong, Thor: The Dark World . “Today I sustained a pretty horrible injury,” Tweeted the erstwhile superhuman warrioress Lady Sif on Monday. “I’m lucky I’m not paralyzed. Thank you (with all of my heart) to those who’ve looked after me.” Alexander kept her Twitter following updated as she underwent treatment for the as-yet undisclosed injury. Already in recovery mode and my spirits are high. I'll be back kicking ass as Lady Sif in no time! It can only get better from here on out!— Jaimie Alexander (@JaimieAlexander) September 24, 2012 Feeling better today! Speedy recovery taking place! Off to see another specialist. A smile on my face 🙂 Thank you for all the love! XO— Jaimie Alexander (@JaimieAlexander) September 25, 2012 Received great news today! Meds are kicking in. Awesome funny nurses here at the hospital. Physio tomorrow. All good. #HappySif #Thankful — Jaimie Alexander (@JaimieAlexander) September 25, 2012 The athletic Alexander reprises her role as Thor’s fellow Asgardian Sif in the November 13 pic. She Tweeted today that she was scheduled to be discharged from the hospital. Speedy recovery! [ @JaimeAlexander via Next Movie ]
There is freaky, then there is just plain ol’ nasty… New Zealand Man Taken To Hospital To Have Eel Removed From Inside His Rectum Via NZHearald A man sought emergency treatment at hospital in Auckland this week with an eel stuck up his bottom. The unnamed individual presented himself at the A&E department at Auckland City Hospital to explain his embarrassing problem. It is believed the patient was sent for X-rays and a scan, which showed there was an eel lodged inside him. “The eel was about the size of a decent sprig of asparagus and the incident is the talk of the place,” a hospital source said. “Doctors and nurses have come across people with strange objects that have got stuck where they shouldn’t be before, but an eel has to be a first.” It is unclear how the eel managed to be trapped inside the man. It is believed medics successfully removed it and the man was later discharged. A hospital spokesman last night confirmed the bizarre incident had taken place. “In response to a direct query from the Herald on Sunday, we can confirm that an adult male presented at Auckland City Hospital this week with an eel inside him,” Matt Rogers, spokesman for Auckland District Health Board, said. There is really only one explanation as to HOW this eel got INSIDE this guys a$$, and it ain’t because he was out taking a swim in the river. Image via Shutterstock
Aww po’ thang… Social Worker Claims Reporting Mariah Carey’s “Drinking” Got Her Fired After learning that a celebrity mom breastfed her premature twins while drinking alcohol and taking medication, a social worker cried foul and lost her job, she claims in court. Believing that the conduct amounted to child abuse, Mela Ferrer says she reported the celebrity to the Department of Child and Family Services on May 10, 2011. That same week, celebrity Nick Cannon told journalist Piers Morgan that he and Mariah Carey had just been visited by the department based on allegations that there was “some drinking and drugs and all that going on while in the hospital.” The department reportedly determined quickly that there was no merit to the allegations concerning Carey’s twins, who were born prematurely at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center on April 30, 2011. But Ferrer says the hospital was worried that her duty-bound report would deter other celebrities from using their facilities. They urged Ferrer to “cover it up to protect the image of the celebrity mother,” according to the complaint. Neither Carey, Cannon nor their twins are named in the complaint, which refers only to a “well known celebrity.” Ferrer’s lawyer David Olan said he could neither confirm nor deny the identity of the unnamed star. As entertainment news outlets covered the investigation into Carey last year, the couple said Carey drank Guinness because hospital staff said it would promote lactating. But Ferrer, who was working there on temporary assignment, says “that she was a mandated reporter and was obligated to report the matter to DCFS.” “Some (sic) the medications the celebrity mother was taking were not recommended and/or were contraindicated for use by nursing mothers and/or in combination with alcohol,” the complaint states. Ferrer says one of her supervisors at the hospital, Marcia Colone, reprimanded her on May 11 for filing the report before consulting with the social work supervisor, Josephine Kaplan. On May 12, two days after Ferrer filed the report, Kaplan called the 68-year-old Ferrer into her office and fired her. Ferrer says she later learned that she had been let go under the pretense of not following “protocol.” But the hospital never had set rules or procedures for filing complaints to the department, and it was only interested in protecting its celebrity clientele, according to the complaint. Snitches get stitches fired. Image via WENN/GSI Source
Alicia Etheredge, the new wife of Bobby Brown who married the singer in June , is recovering today from a seizure. The incident reportedly took place last night in a Florida hotel room while Brown was taking care of a sound check for an upcoming New Edition concert. Etheredge serves as her husband’s manager. “The report that my wife was rushed to the hospital is true,” Brown subsequently Tweeted. “She is recovering and is in good spirits and doing well. Please keep my family in your prayers.” Brown has been undergoing his own issues as of late. He checked into a rehab facility for alcohol abuse in mid-August and is trying to get his life back on track.
Donated Kidney Thrown In The Trash At Ohio Hospital Hopefully they fired the broad for doing something as stupid as this… An Ohio nurse accidentally put a kidney in the trash, prompting the University of Toledo Medical Center to suspend its live donor program as it investigates the incident. Doctors tried to resuscitate the kidney, which came from a live donor, but it was rendered unusable. “We cannot fathom the disappointment that those impacted have experienced over the course of the last week. The University cannot begin to express the sorrow that we feel that this unfortunate incident occurred. We apologize sincerely,” Dr. Jeffery P. Gold, University of Toledo chancellor and dean of the College of Medicine, said in a statement. The hospital has voluntarily suspended its live kidney donor program and has placed two nurses on paid administrative leave while it investigates the incident. “[We are] in the process of assessing how this situation occurred and we are committed to ensuring safeguards are put in place to prevent such an incident from ever happening again,” Gold said, adding that the hospital was getting help from experts inside and outside the institution. The University of Toledo Medical Center has performed more than 1,700 renal transplants since it began in 1972, with a 98 percent success rate, according to the hospital. A spokesperson said the transplant program is expected to reopen in the next few weeks. Source
Yup, Kelly Clarkson is at it again. Being totally awesome and talented, that is. The Grammy Award-winning singer has covered yet another hit during her ongoing national tour, although this time the original American Idol champion is going back in time. Having taken on the two biggest 2012 hits to date – Carly Rae Jepsen’s ” Call Me Maybe ” and Gotye’s ” Somebody That I Used to Know ” – Clarkson traveled to the 1990s in Bristow, Virgina last night and made it very clear to those in attendance: She don’t want No Scrubs, people…
Details are still coming in, but multiple news outlets confirm that a shooting has taken place outside the Empire State Building in New York City. According to The Associated Press, at least three civilians were wounded in the attack, while the gunman is now dead. It’s unknown if a police officer at the scene took out the shooter, but a fire department spokesman says it received a call just after 9 a.m. and sent multiple units to the scene within minutes. The incident took place at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue. This tragedy follows the July 20 shooting that claimed 12 lives in Aurora, Colorado; and the August 5 shooting that left seven people dead inside a Wisconsin Sikh temple . UPDATE : Sources tell The New York Post that a total of 10 people were shot , with two killed: the gunman and an innocent bystander. The newspaper cites a “dispute between coworkers” as the basis for the melee.
