In 2 patients, the umbilical vein connected to the systemic venous circulation by way of the portalsinus: via an abnormal venous channel from the portal sinus to the right atrium (case 1) and presum-ably via hepatic sinusoids to the hepatic veins (case 2).
Jodie Foster marries Alexandra Hedison in low-key fashion. Jodie Foster married girlfriend Alexandra Hedison over the weekend, her rep has confirmed. Word that the Oscar winner, 51, had quietly wed the 44-year-old photographer first came via E! News, with the Associated Press then confirming the news with Foster's rep.
Jodie Foster details how 'uncomfortable' it was playing a prostitute aged 12 in Taxi Driver. Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster has given a little insight into the filming of Martin Scorseseâs 1976 classic Taxi Driver, saying no-one, not even the director, knew how to approach her part. Foster was 12 at the time and played teenage prostitute Iris. Talking on The Graham Norton Show, she said: I was 12 years old and had made more movies than anyone else on the film at that point. They were very uncomfortable about my character. Nobody knew how to direct me.