Blake Shelton opened up about The Voice and his life after it as his final season comes to a close.
07.05.2023 - 01:29 / thewrap.com
Calyn Thompson, the morning anchor at NBC affiliate WHO 13 in Des Moines, Iowa, revealed to viewers she is battling breast cancer, a diagnosis she received after covering a story about staying up on regular mammograms.Thompson, overwhelmed with emotions, made the announcement Wednesday morning on “Today in Iowa” and said she was diagnosed with the disease last November.“Six months ago, I did an interview during breast cancer awareness month reminding you to stay up to date on your mammograms, little did I know that interview would foreshadow the beginning of my own journey,” Thompson said with her colleagues, co-anchor Justin Surrency and meteorologist Megan Salois, by her side.As tears streaming down her face, the 28-year-old told viewers if something feels off or not right to get screened. She said she was glad to get the chemotherapy behind her and expressed things are looking good.“My medical team is confident it is treatable and curable, and I am completely confident in my medical team,” Thompson said.
“I have completed six chemotherapy treatments, and it feels so good to have that hurdle behind me.”Thompson noted rarely journalists make the news about them but said she’s sharing her story to hopefully save a life.“It was a shock when I found out I had breast cancer,” Thompson said. “And it honestly took me several weeks to process.
I asked a lot of ‘whys?’ and have found maybe using my platform here at WHO 13 News to share my story is ‘my why.’ If I can help even one person, it will be worth it.”While grateful things are trending in the right direction, Thompson admitted the journey wasn’t always easy. She thanked her family, friends, and colleagues at the NBC affiliate and said everyone has been supportive over
.Blake Shelton opened up about The Voice and his life after it as his final season comes to a close.
Blake Shelton is saying goodbye to The Cowboy is stepping away from the iconic spinning coaches' chairs following the season 23 finale of the NBC singing competition this week, and leaving behind quite a legacy, as the winningest coach in the history of the show — and the only one who's been with since its first season, back in 2011.So why leave now? There's certainly nothing but love between Blake and the show as he told ET earlier this year.«I mean, my god, it’s been 23 seasons, 12 years,» he reflected. «My friends, I've seen their kids literally grow up… It’s unbelievable, all the life that’s happened. I met my wife on there, you know, everything good that could come from something like that, I've maxed it out.»Blake's wife, Gwen Stefani, will actually be returning to for season 24, as new coach Reba McEntire takes over Blake's old chair.
13-minute video announcement that he will be starting chemotherapy “very soon.” He’s not experiencing symptoms, but admitted to feeling “stressed.” “It seems likely that we caught mine early. I’m still waiting on a scan to sort of confirm that,” he shared. Green and his brother, “The Fault in Our Stars” author John Green, gained a following through their YouTube channel vlogbrothers, which they launched in 2007.
“The Watcher” is set in New Jersey — and as it turns out, residents there are intently watching “The Watcher.”The product review site PerfectRec has revealed which Netflix series every state is obsessed with, based on May data from Google Trends and IMDb rating information.California’s pick was “Cobra Kai,” while Hawaii tuned into “Emily In Paris,” despite critics calling the meme-able series “boring.”Fittingly, people in North Carolina frequently watched “Outer Banks,” while those in Iowa streamed “Love is Blind.”“Stranger Things” was tops in Utah. In fact, the Duffer Brothers thriller was the most-streamed series in 2022.Netflix, citing Nielsen ratings, said the drama was the most-watched English TV show within its first four weeks of release, with its latest season scoring 1.35 billion hours of view time in the first 28 days.The series, which premiered in 2016, is slated to end with Season 5.Production plans are unclear amid the Hollywood writers strike.Fans are disappointed that their favorite band of monster-fighting teens will be no more, but actor David Harbour, who plays Eleven’s doting father figure, Jim Hopper, said it’s time for a curtain call.“I think it’s a great show, even if I wasn’t in it,” the 48-year-old actor said in February.
pointed out, the potential ban he seems to be referring to is from former Tory chancellor George Osborne, who is a Conservative and not a member of the Labour Party. His bold stance drew derision Twitter, with one person tweeting, “Mark Dolan dying of lung cancer to own the libs is … honestly fine by me.”Dolan is a former comedian who hosted “Balls of Steel” from 2005 until 2008 on Britain’s Channel 4. “Doctor Who” writer John Dorney wrote, “Embarrassed to have shared a stage with him once.”'I pledge to take up this filthy habit.
ruled in favor of two Iowans –Aiden Vasquez, a transgender man, and Mika Covington, a transgender woman, both Medicaid recipients — who sued after being denied coverage for gender-affirming surgery.In that ruling, Kelly had found that the state’s ban on Medicaid coverage violated a 2007 law amending the Iowa Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination against people based on gender identity.He also ruled that a subsequent law amending the Iowa Civil Rights Act to prohibit Medicaid dollars from being used to pay for gender-affirming treatments — approved on a party-line vote by Republicans and signed into effect by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds in 2019 — was also unconstitutional.The state appealed Kelly’s decision, but shortly afterward, the state Department of Health and Human Services agreed to pay Vasquez and Covington’s surgical expenses. “Choices have consequences, and in this case, the appellant’s choices prompt us to dismiss its direct appeal as moot,” Iowa Supreme Court Justice Thomas Waterman wrote on behalf of the court, citing DHS’s actions. Waterman noted that while the state had asked for a ruling on whether the 2019 Medicaid coverage ban was unconstitutional, the court was declining to rule on the validity of that decision at this time, writing: “We save the constitutional issues for another day, presumably with a better-developed record.”Although the court dismissed the appeal based on DHS’s prior actions, Waterman wrote, on the court’s behalf, that the state had failed to provide evidence or statistics to justify their assertion prohibitions on coverage for gender-affirming care were a cost-saving measure.Waterman also noted that the U.S.
Alex Reid and his fiancée Nikki Manashe are expecting twin boys. The happy couple are set to welcome twins this year, and have now discovered that they’re having two sons. Alex, 47, and Nikki, 36, already share almost-two year old daughter Anastasia together, who played a cute part in the announcement of her siblings’ genders.
Billie and Greg Shepherd locked horns on this week’s episode of The Family Diaries as Greg planned to go to Amsterdam with his friends for his birthday.The start of the episode saw Billie explaining the situation to her mum Suzie Wells as she said that she was under the impression that Greg had mentioned the trip in passing, to later see a WhatsApp group dedicated to the boy's holiday on his phone as he and his pals had already started making arrangements.They then came to blows in what Billie described as "one of the biggest arguments we've ever had", with Greg then not coming home that night. Later in the episode, the pair discuss their row as Greg admits he thought he’d got the green light to go from his wife of four years.
Guerdy Abraira, star of The Real Housewives of Miami, opened up about recently being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Ed Sheeran is speaking out in his first interview since his copyright infringement victory. The English singer-songwriter was accused of copying music chords from Marvin Gaye's classic "Let's Get It On" in his 2014 hit song "Thinking Out Loud." Sheeran revealed what helped him win the jury over. "101 songs with the same chord sequence," he said during an appearance on "Good Morning America." "And that was just… scratching the surface," he pointed out.
told the magazine that she works out a lot. “I embrace my body and who I am and every mark on my body. I probably feel the sexiest in a bathing suit,” she said.In one of the images, Reese, who led the Lady Tigers to their first championship in school history with a 102-85 victory over Iowa, points to her finger in a nod to her ring taunt that sparked a debate about female athletes and sportsmanship.
Peter Andre’s wife Emily has been praised after she candidly opened up on how she struggled following the birth of her second child. The 33-year-old is mum to daughter Amelia, nine, and son Theo, six, who she shares with the Australian singer. But the doctor has now spoken out on how she battled with her mental health after the birth of Theo in November 2016, sharing a photo of her holding him just six weeks after welcoming him into the world.
Today in Iowa anchor Calyn Thompson from NBC affiliate WHO 13 News told viewers on Wednesday that she is undergoing treatments for breast cancer.
BBC News presenter, Lukwesa Burak, suffered an awkward TV moment as she unexpectedly appeared on screen earlier than she had hoped. The news anchor had introduced a segment during a broadcast on Thursday, 4 May, with a video clip, saying: "Around the world and across the UK, this is BBC News," before video played and she couldn't be seen. But appearing to cut back to the studio prematurely, she could be seen letting out a stretch and exclaiming "OK", under the impression that she wasn't yet on screen.
Ed Sheeran is holding nothing back.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Testimony wrapped up in the Ed Sheeran copyright infringement trial at the end of the court day Wednesday, as the judge sent the Manhattan jury into deliberations with a pointed admonition: “Independent creation is a complete defense, no matter how similar that song is.” U.S. District Court Judge Louis Stanton’s instructions may have left a high bar in the jury’s minds for just how much evidence the plaintiffs’ attorneys needed to have established to prove that Sheeran and his co-writer actually copied Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” when they wrote the pop hit “Thinking Out Loud.” According to Insider, Stanton told jurors that the lawyers for the heirs of Gaye’s co-writer, Ed Townsend, needed to “prove by a preponderance of the evidence… that Sheeran actually copied and wrongfully copied ‘Let’s Get It On'” — as opposed to the coincidental, negligible similarities argued by Sheeran’s attorneys.
E! News presenter Maria Menounos has bravely opened up on her terrifying ordeal as she explained she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer while expecting her first baby. The American TV star, who is well known for covering star-studded award ceremony red carpets and rubbing shoulders with the biggest A-listers, was told she had stage two cancer. As a result, 44 year old Maria underwent a surgery to have a 3.9cm tumour removed in secret in January of this year.
Ed Sheeran is getting more candid about his personal life than ever.
EXCLUSIVE: Hulu Originals has acquired “We Live Here: The Midwest” from documentary filmmakers David Miller and Melinda Maerker.
Ed Sheeran and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, are getting candid about her cancer diagnosis. In the Disney+ documentary,, the GRAMMY-winning singer breaks down the personal and intimate events in 2022 that inspired him to complete his album, . Throughout the limited docuseries, which is broken down into four parts,,, and, Sheeran and Seaborn open up about her cancer diagnosis and the effects it has had in their relationship. In episode one, Seaborn — who has remained largely out of the spotlight, details the diagnosis.