U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remained hospitalized Wednesday for treatment of a blood clot in her head, as daughter Chelsea tweeted from her bedside. After being photographed looking visibly distraught outside the hospital, Chelsea wrote that she was grateful to be starting the new year with her family. “Wishing all a healthy & happy 2013,” Chelsea, 32, wrote. “Grateful to be starting the new year with my family.” Former President Bill Clinton has been spotted driving to and from his wife’s side at New York-Presbyterian Hospital for much of the past 48 hours. Hillary is being treated with blood thinners to help dissolve the clot, which is located in a vein behind her right ear that helps carry blood away from the brain. In a statement yesterday, doctors assured it was not a life-threatening condition and assured that Clinton had suffered no brain damage or stroke. “In all aspects of her recovery, the Secretary is making excellent progress and we are confident she will make a full recovery,” Drs. Lisa Bardack and Gigi El-Bayoumi said. A clot occurs when a blockage builds up, either from partial thrombus (coagulated blood) or an outside compression. When the vein becomes blocked, the coagulated blood may extend to veins draining the area, which could lead to a lack of oxygen and tissue death. For Clinton, ‘the particular vein they’re talking about, there are enough other areas for the blood to travel through so it doesn’t build up in the brain,’ Dr Sanjay Gupta said on CNN. The condition can be treated with blood thinners administered over several months until the clot breaks down. Doctors are keeping her under their watchful eye as they adjust the dose of her anti-clotting medication. Chelsea, who was spotted leaving the hospital Monday by the New York Daily News, was the first member of the Clinton family to be seen publicly at the hospital. Chelsea, 32, a special correspondent for NBC News, looked upset as she left the hospital – cell phone in hand. She ignored questions from a reporter and went back inside. Aides and doctors say Clinton contracted a stomach virus in early December and became dehydrated, then fainted, fell and hit her head on December 9. She was diagnosed with a concussion on December 13 and hasn’t been seen in public since.
It is the final day in 2012 , and if you are like the millions of people all around the world you are trying to find out something to do tonight… Continue
When rappers are in Miami, they are just naturally drawn to LIV nightclub. Never fails. Last night, Atlanta rapper T.I. kicked off his New Year’s celebration a day early with the “Hennessy V.S New Years Eve Takeover” and was in the popular nightspot along with his wife Tiny as well as Slim Thug, Rico Love, DJ Clue and more…. Continue
We can all agree that 2012 has been an excellent year for the movies , but the more salacious among us will note that it’s been an awesome year to perv out at the movies. Although we didn’t get another look at the Fassmember and all the conflicting feelings it brought up (Hotness! Confusion! Embarrassment at being psyched to see him naked in Shame when actually it’s really f***ing depressing!) there were some rather interesting trends that reared their heads that invite a closer look. Whether studios are getting braver or filmmakers are getting bolder is a debate for another time — and please don’t suggest that 50 Shades had too much to do with it. Let’s salute all the sexin’ that happened onscreen in 2012. Hair Here, There, and Everywhere Merkin-makers must have been counting their coins this year because going au naturel was all the rage, although I’m sure that the Brazilian waxers weren’t going hungry either. Neither of the leading ladies in Killer Joe kept their pants on the whole time, which wasn’t too much of a shock given director William Friedkin ‘s bold career. ( Cruising , anyone?) The very first scene puts us — and Emile Hirsch — face to face with Gina Gershon’s lustrous bush* as Gershon throws open the door to the family trailer wearing nothing but a T-shirt. Juno Temple is probably the most naked, though, as the uncomfortably young and dotty Dottie, who’s given to Killer Joe (the frequently shirtless Matthew McConaughey ) as a retainer until her brother and dad can pay him for killing their mother. (Got all that?) I’m not sure if Dottie is psychic and otherworldly or, you know, touched in the head, or even if she’s of age, but let’s get back to that later in the “Is This Even Legal?” section. *(Actually a merkin, as per this interview .) In the slightly more matter-of-fact dramedy The Sessions , Helen Hunt sheds her clothes in a professional manner as a sex surrogate hired by a man who’s spent most of his life in an iron lung. Some critics have commented that it seems unfair to show Hunt’s character completely nude while John Hawkes remains covered, but even Hawkes would have a hard time pulling off a nude scene as a paralyzed polio survivor. Sarah Polley’s Take This Waltz kept it casual when it came to the full frontal females. After an apparently hilarious incident of pool-peeing, Michelle Williams and Sarah Silverman enjoyed a tête–à–tête in the communal YMCA showers with a whole bunch of other ladies from their water aerobics class. Although I’ve never enjoyed a chill convo with my shower neighbors at the gym, I did appreciate finally seeing a wider variety of female bodies on screen. The extras were different ages and ethnicities, shapes and sizes, and they were just doing what bodies do when they’re not on sexual display. They all seemed a lot less pissed than I would have been if some yahoo had ruined my water aerobics class, too. Coming in Handy Handjobs aren’t just for high school any more, y’all. In fact, some of the most highfalutin films of the year show or imply manual stimulation. There was all sorts of snickering among the less mature among us (ahem) about masturbation in The Master , wherein the sort-of-but-not-really L. Ron Hubbard stand-in played by Philip Seymour Hoffman gets an almost stern handjob from his wife, Oscar hopeful Amy Adams . Seriously: that didn’t look like much fun. Hyde Park on Hudson gives a new meaning to kissing cousins when FDR’s “distant cousin” Margaret Stuckley (Laura Linney) gives a surreptitious hand to the cigarette-chomping prez, played by Bill Murray . The less said about this, the better. It’s not even clear what to call the scene in Holy Motors when Monsieur Merde (French for shit, for those of you playing at home) suffers from some sort of ecstatic priapism in the presence of a gorgeous fashion model played by Eva Mendes. But let’s not leave out the ladies! There was nothing quite as steamy as Gina Gershon subtly but skillfully manipulating Jennifer Tilly in Bound (under the tutelage of Susie Bright, who was a consultant on the early Wachowski film), but it seems practically greedy to ask for that much hotness once every decade or so. However, the sweetly sexy Hello I Must Be Going does have a hot and heavy make-out scene between freshly divorced Amy ( Melanie Lynskey ) and younger man Jeremy (Christopher Abbott of Girls ) that involves some deft fingerbangin’. Sisters don’t always have to do it for themselves, you know. Homoerotic Tension It seems like folks were waiting on tenterhooks to see Kristen Stewart joyfully jack off Sam Riley and Garrett Hedlund in On the Road , but the real hotness in that movie is Hedlund’s portrayal of Dean Moriarty’s playful pansexuality. His toothy, mischievous grin reels in not just the ladies but soulful men like Tom Sturridge’s Carlo Marx, a stand-in for Allen Ginsberg. And honestly, I don’t believe for a second that Marylou (Stewart) was the only one who wanted that threesome with Sal (Riley). Movieline has already explored the bondage-y vibe between James Bond and Skyfall villain Silva , which gave many viewers all sorts of naughty thoughts about Javier Bardem and Daniel Craig. I’d be seriously remiss if we left out Ezra Miller , the freaky fashion plate who came out as queer in a delightful Out magazine feature . As Patrick, Miller is the best part of The Perks of Being a Wallflower , and not just because he’s the best Frank-N-Furter this side of Tim Curry. (Those gams!) The tumultuous relationship he has with a closeted schoolmate is heartbreaking and the realest part of this YA adaptation. Also, he is extremely hot, and I don’t care if that makes me a dirty old lady. Plenty of people fall in love at the office, and in About Cherry , their office is a porn studio, filmed at Kink.com ‘s headquarters at the Armory in San Francisco. Young porn starlet Angelina (Ashley Hinshaw) and director Margaret (Heather Graham) feel the heat when Rollergirl gets behind the camera for a movie, but it’s not until they break up with their respective significant others that they become a sexy power couple. Jack and Diane is full of smoldering teen lust, and Riley Keough is fully channeling her grandfather Elvis as a young soft butch falling for Brit pixie Diane, played by Juno Temple. There’s lots of smooching and yearning and whatnot, including an ill-fated attempt at shaving Diane’s pubes, but there’s also a werewolf interlude because teenage lust can be scary or something. NEXT: First timers, role-playing, and Rust & Bone
Jenelle Evans ‘ husband Courtland Rogers is lobbing some shocking allegations at her former boyfriend Kieffer Delp, blaming him for her addiction … to HEROIN. The reality star spent some time in rehab around Thanksgiving and it straightened her out, according to Courtland, who says it will all be shown on Teen Mom 2 . The root of her issues? Kieffer, who he’s got a message for: Step off. “Just leave me and my WIFE … Mrs. Rogers alone,” Courtland (above) Tweeted to Delp this week, strongly implying his spouse almost DIED because of him. “It’s funny people think I am a junkie wait till they see this next season on how u did jenelle and got her hooked on heroin … she almost died cuz of u dumbass.” Prolific Tweeter Jenelle Evans re-posted Courtland Rogers ‘ further explanation of how Kieffer Delp (below) allegedly mistreated her while she was on drugs. “U got jenelle strung out and then u bailed on her when she needed u most! And everyone thinks u are the good guy! This is sad,” Courtland wrote. Jenelle’s mother Barbara and her sister Ashleigh Evans Wilson were so concerned about her drug use that they went to court and had her committed to rehab . Apparently that rumor was actually true – and it’s probably a good thing, too. “My mom first realized Jenelle was doing heroin,” Ashleigh said later, “when she walked into her house a month ago and saw her shooting up.” Here’s hoping Jenelle’s kicked those habits – smack and Kieffer – for good.
In what has become the largest petition in White House history, 259,000 people have joined the online effort to label the Westboro Baptist Church a hate group. The petition was created on the White House website after WBC members announced plans to picket a vigil for children killed in the Newtown, Conn., shooting. Backlash came fast and furious. Anonymous hacked Westboro Baptist Church and has been trolling spokeswoman Shirley Phelps-Roper hard. Now the petition seeks to have it designated what it is. Created on December 14, the hate group-labeling effort has 259,000 signatures, trouncing Texas’ secession petition to become the largest in White House history. Online petitions need 25,000 signatures before they are reviewed by the administration. The petition to gain hate group status for WBC states: “This group has been recognized as a hate group by organizations, such as The Southern Poverty Law Center, and has repeatedly displayed the actions typical of hate groups.” “Their actions have been directed at many different groups, including homosexuals, military, Jewish people and even other Christians.” “They pose a continued threat to the welfare and treatment of others and will not improve without some form of imposed regulation.” While their nauseating actions have typically been protected by the 1st Amendment, hate group status would allow closer monitoring and potentially stiffer penalties. No word back from the White House yet … they seem to be besieged with online petitions, serious and otherwise, since establishing this online system.
Rider Strong of Boy Meets World fame has become a man. So to speak. He’s engaged to longtime girlfriend Alexandra Barreto, E! News reports! Strong proposed , his rep said, “with a handmade ring he created himself.” The actor (and jeweler, somehow) first met Barreto on the 2006 series Pepper Dennis , then also worked together on a campaign video for President Obama. The rest was history. Strong recently said he will not be a main player on Girl Meets World , the Boy Meets World spinoff starring Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel. “At this point, I have no official involvement,” he said. “There might be a chance to see some of the BMW cast in a guest spot, and I think it would be nice to find out where our characters have been all these years.” That’s too bad, but there’s always hope for a cameo from Shawn Hunter down the line. In related news … Danielle Fishel is engaged too! The gang’s growing up!
Django Unchained may be receiving attention for its excessive use of the N-Word , and the body count in this Quentin Tarantino thriller may be as high as anything the director has ever helmed, but neither of those issues gets to the heart of the film: Two men, one friendship and the way Christoph Waltz was pretty much born to recite words written by Tarantino. Waltz portrays Dr. King Shulz, essentially the same character that earned him an Oscar in Inglourious Basterds . He’s a loquacious, laid back killer who smiles through the most tense situations. Tarantino penned the part for Waltz, and the best parts of the 166-minute movie feature Shulz simply talking: to residents of a town after he kills their sheriff; to Foxx’s slave-turned-bounty-hunter, Django; to Leonardo DiCaprio’s evil plantation owner. Waltz brings Tarantino terrific dialogue to entertaining life. And Foxx is also strong, evolving from a quiet slave to “the fastest draw in the South,” obliterating foes along the way and tracking down his wife (Kerry Washington), who has been purchased by DiCaprio’s Calvin Candle. The movie is Tarantino through and through, from the unusual combination of history and absurdity… to the drawn out scenes (one involving a group of white men complaining about the holes in their KKK-like hoods)… to his need to violently murder almost everyone on screen. Due to the latter point, the film is about 30 minutes too long. Without giving anything away, it easily could have ended around the time of a certain handshake, but Tarantino just can’t resist. He had to up the body count, he had to use up all his red dye budget. Indeed, the closing handful of scenes are cartoon-like in their violence. They’re just examples of Tarantino having fun with fake bullets and slow motion and shredded corpses. But these aren’t the difficult ones to watch. There’s one moment where a man is torn apart by dogs that even Michael Vick from a few years ago would have trouble watching. Overall? Django Unchained is exactly what anyone familiar with Tarantino’s work would expect. It may push the boundaries of good taste at times, and it definitely runs longer than necessary, but it’s a fun two-plus hours. You’re in for impressive visuals, unique characters and a series of fantastic exchanges between great actors. Sound off now with your take and visit Movie Fanatic for another Django Unchained review .
