Living With Joy—And Finding Love—In Spite of a Metastatic Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Back in 2004, during a press tour for Sideways — Alexander Payne’s wine-soaked buddy movie starring Paul Giamatti as a depressive divorcé — the filmmaker and the actor were in Omaha in front of an audience.

Married at First Sight star Mel Schilling has confirmed she has colon cancer after suffering 'severe stomach cramps'.

Peter Andre and his wife Emily MacDonagh may be busy preparing to welcome a new arrival in 2024, but there's still Christmas to be had - their last as a blended family of six. Already parents to children Amelia, nine, and Theo, seven, Emily is also a step mum to Peter's son Junior, 18, and daughter Princess, 16. And this festive season, the family will be together to celebrate in the Andre household, revealed the couple as they gave OK! an exclusive insight into their plans.

Married At First Sight star Mel Schilling has revealed she has colon cancer as she shared a devastating update on her Instagram page. Sharing a snap of herself hugging her partner and their daughter, she wrote: "YOU HAVE CANCER” "Three little words that everyone dreads but no one ever expects to hear. Last Thursday my consultant told me those 3 words.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor You wouldn’t expect an animated film about a talking iguana to draw equal inspiration from Andy Kaufman and “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but that just might help explain the wide appeal of Netflix’s smash hit “Leo.” It also makes perfect sense when you consider the creative minds behind Adam Sandler-led project, which includes his longtime collaborator and comedy’s not-so-secret weapon, Robert Smigel. Though perhaps best known to audiences for his work as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the foul-mouthed canine puppet who began life on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” where Smigel was the first head writer.

America Ferrera was awarded the CCA Groundbreaker Award at The Whitby Hotel in New York City. The reception was filled with joy and excitement as Ferrera was celebrated by her friends and former co-stars, including Blake Lively, Amber Tamblyn, and Alexis Bledel.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Alden Ehrenreich haven’t taken many vacation days recently. She’s the breakout star of Alexander Payne’s heartwarming comedy “The Holdovers,” where she portrays Mary, the head cook of a boarding school in the 1970s. (She also showed her range as the jaded manager to a troubled pop star in HBO’s controversial summer series “The Idol.”) He’s the familiar face who played a young Han Solo in the “Star Wars” franchise and, this year, shows off his dramatic chops as a toxic boyfriend and financial analyst in Chloe Domont’s Sundance darling “Fair Play.” Here, they compare notes on preparation, keeping momentum and dating other actors.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph is having a moment. Over the past few weeks, she’s won Supporting Actress honors for her performance in Alexander Payne‘s “The Holdovers” from the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the National Board of Review, and five other regional critics’ groups (and that’s just so far).

Julia Bradbury has joined the line-up of The Real Full Monty, which sees celebs strip off in a bid to raise awareness around cancer. The TV star was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021 after finding a lump in 2020 that turned out to be a cluster of benign micro-cysts. A scan showed her to have a "high grade" 6cm tumour, which she had removed via surgery.

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(sometimes called “HER2+ MBC” or “HER2+ breast cancer”) can feel like riding a roller coaster. Amid the initial shock and fear that accompanies any cancer diagnosis, there’s another low that comes when your oncologist tells you that this specific type of breast cancer tends to be aggressive and spread quickly.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Exmas” filmmaker Jonah Feingold is directing a new romantic comedy, “31 Candles.” The independent film will feature the ensemble cast of Jackie Sandler, Dale Moss of “The Bachelorette” fame, comedian Jared Freid, Catherine Cohen (“The Twist…? She’s Gorgeous”), “Abbot Elementary” actor Larry Owens and newcomer Sarah Coffey. The call sheet also includes Caroline Aaron (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Djouliet Amara (“The Big Door Prize” on Apple TV+), Seth Barrish (“Billion”) and Lori Tan Chinn (“Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens”).

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Country music hasn’t had a huge presence in the mainstream top 10 since Florida Georgia Line provided a couple of big crossover blips in 2014 and 2017 with “Cruise” and “Meant to Be.” But that changed in triplicate in 2023 with three Nashville exports— the well-established Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs, plus a blazing-hot newcomer, Zimmerman. His first three singles all hit No.

Geordie Shore: Hot Single Summer hit our screens in 2021, bringing together existing cast members and newcomers who were on a quest to find love. Now, one of the new cast members for that series, Roxy Hamedi, 29, from Scotland, has revealed in an exclusive interview with OK! that seeing her ex James Tindale, who she met on the show, at the reunion was tough. She'd assumed that everyone going into the show was single but James had a girlfriend and didn't tell her.

After forming back in 2002, Girls Aloud are back on everyone’s radar after announcing their 2024 comeback tour. Following the tragic death of band member Sarah Harding in 2021, the group revealed that their tour will “honour” Sarah’s life and it'll be a "magical" experience. From Sound Of The Underground to Biology, during the 2000s and 2010s, Girls Aloud dominated the music charts thanks to their infectious sound and spent a whopping 164 weeks in the Top 40 of the UK Official Chart.

George Miller returns to the wasteland with “Furiosa,” the prequel to “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Warner Bros. released the first trailer for the action entry, which sees Anya Taylor-Joy shaving her head to take on the role of Imperator Furiosa, the fierce war captain that Charlize Theron played in the 2015 action film. The prequel, which is the fifth entry in Miller’s “Mad Max” franchise, follows a young Furiosa as she comes into her own after being taken away from the Green Place of Many Mothers and is immersed into a sinister world.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer At the time that he had begun recording tracks that would make his sprawling 2022 third album “American Heartbreak,” Zach Bryan had already become a groundswell musician.

nearly two decades ago, the designer memorialized her in a jewelry collection. Drawing inspiration from a sparkling, belt-buckle-size brooch her mother wore, Hock-Lauwers—the founder of jewelry brand —created an array of pieces she knew her mother would love.The collection “really helped heal some of our broken hearts,” Hock-Lauwers says.Now, Hock-Lauwers hopes that a new jewelry collection can do the same for another woman mourning the loss of her mother: Liz Ferenciak, whose mom, Nola Addante, died last year of .The Shimmer for the Cure , featuring jewelry adorned with teal, pink, and green stones—the colors that make up the —honors Addante, who was Hock-Lauwers’ dear friend.But it was Addante’s daughter, Ferenciak, who inspired the collection, Hock-Lauwers says.Each year, Hock-Lauwers designs a limited-edition jewelry collection and then donates 100 percent of the proceeds.

: Realizing just how many types—and subtypes—of breast cancer exist. If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with (sometimes referred to using the code-like abbreviation “HER2+ MBC”) the name alone is a lot to process.To break it down: The first part, HER2, stands for “human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.” This refers to a protein found on the surface of breast cells that helps direct how quickly those cells grow and divide.

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