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Rabu, 04 Maret 2020

Alex Trebek Says He Almost Gave Up on Life During Cancer Treatment - TMZ

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Alex Trebek says he almost gave up on life during his battle with cancer, but he's glad he didn't and is celebrating a huge milestone.

The beloved "Jeopardy!" host just gave an update on his health, and there's good news. The one-year survival rate for stage 4 pancreatic cancer is only 18%, but Alex just crossed the 1-year mark!!!

He says he's had good days and bad days and joked that he tells friends the cancer won't kill him but the chemo probably will. He says he's experienced great pain and many of his bodily functions went haywire.

Most ominous ... Alex says he had extreme bouts of depression during his treatments "that made me wonder if it was really worth fighting on." Scary words, but he says he realized giving up on life would be a betrayal to his wife, God and other cancer patients.

As you know ... Trebek is in the midst of the fight of his life, battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Last May, Alex revealed his tumors had shrunk by more than 50 percent, and in September he announced he was undergoing more chemotherapy.

Though the past year's been incredibly trying, he's been hanging in there and fulfilling his hosting duties as planned ... possibly better than ever too.

This included January's 'Greatest of All Time' tournament, which really seemed to lift his spirits, and he's showing no signs of slowing down.

In fact, our "Jeopardy!" sources tell us tickets to the show to see Alex are so hot right now ... they're booked up through April.

Trebek's also been staying busy away from the game show -- he just donated $100k to the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission to help out with L.A.'s homelessness crisis.

As for the future ... Alex says the 2-year survival rate is only 7%, but his oncologist told him he's sure a year from now the two would be celebrating.

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Ben Affleck says Adam Driver 'made me a hero to my kid' after sweet birthday surprise - USA TODAY

Sara M Moniuszko USA TODAY

Published 9:23 AM EST Mar 4, 2020

Ben Affleck owes fellow actor Adam Driver big time after saving his 8-year-old son Samuel's birthday.

During Tuesday's episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Affleck recounted the ordeal, explaining that Samuel is a huge Kylo Ren fan, the character Driver plays in the "Star Wars" franchise.

After rushing back to Los Angeles from work in London for the birthday party, Affleck found out from someone he works with that the presents he ordered for his son didn't arrive yet.

"So it meant I had to show up to my son's party with no gift for him. And there was this sort of sinking, awful feeling," he said. "And then he goes, 'But, there is something! Adam heard it was your son's birthday. So he called your assistant and got your address and sent some presents, and signed a card and a picture from Kylo Ren.' ... So I took those presents and went to see my son."

Affleck said Driver had also previously agreed to record a birthday message for the super fan.

"I watched him open all the other presents, and then I said, 'Sam, my presents didn't get here on time. But I did get a present from somebody who really wanted to make sure you got a gift,' and he was like, 'Who?' And I said, 'Kylo Ren,' " Affleck shared.

He continued, "He opened the presents, I played him the video of Kylo Ren, and it was an incredibly moving and powerful moment. Adam made me a hero to my kid, and I will never, ever, ever forget that."

Affleck couldn't praise Driver enough, adding that his gesture "meant the (expletive) world to me."

Affleck said being there for his son's birthday was especially important to him as a "divorced dad," who only gets "half the time" with his son.

Affleck shares Samuel with ex-wife Jennifer Garner. The pair were married from 2005 to 2018. They also share daughter Violet, 14 and Seraphina, 11.

Affleck recently spoke to USA TODAY while promoting his new movie “The Way Back," where he plays a former high school basketball star who returns to his alma mater as the team's head coach.

“The greatest fiction of this movie is that at any time I was a great basketball star in high school,” Affleck joked. “I am not a great athlete; never been my thing. I mean, I can hit a little bit; I can play a little baseball, but I’ve always been interested in acting and that’s kind of what I’ve dedicated my time to.”

Contributing: Ralphie Aversa

Ben Affleck: 'I have completed treatment for alcohol addiction'

More: Jennifer Garner recalls being 'surrounded by paparazzi' while married to Ben Affleck

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Ben Affleck dunks on his demons in the miraculously non-corny basketball drama The Way Back - The A.V. Club

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For the past few years, Ben Affleck has been defined not so much by his professional output but by a single paparazzi photo from 2018. In it, he’s standing on an overcast beach with a towel wrapped around his stomach as he gives a thousand-yard stare into the surf; it was described much more evocatively around that time in a New Yorker essay entitled “The Great Sadness of Ben Affleck.” The combination of his noticeably huskier physique, his Ed Hardy fresco of a back tattoo, and his expression of utter despondence turned him into an instant meme. No matter that it was relatively public knowledge he was on some serious skids, having recently separated from wife Jennifer Garner and rumored to be grappling with a drinking problem. “Sadfleck,” a tragicomic avatar of soured masculinity, was born.

In Gavin O’Connor’s unaccountably strong new drama The Way Back, Affleck plays Jack Cunningham, a man not so far removed from this warped-mirror image of himself. He’s a high-functioning alcoholic who’s gotten the hang of concealing his protective shell of perpetual tipsiness. Between his morning shower-beer, his discreet plastic-cup commute beer, several on-the-job beers at a construction site, and his nightly stupor at the neighborhood watering hole, he can keep himself sufficiently sedated from one day to the next. Affleck performs drunkenness with conviction and specificity, all too aware that verisimilitude won’t come from the right speech-slurring. The brilliance lies in the little grace notes that feel painfully true, like how he taps a finger on the can before popping a beer, sometimes with the nail and sometimes with the side of his thumb, or his method of loading each successive beer into the freezer, replacing it with the next on deck when he grabs the last.

Between the known metatext and Affleck’s bone-deep commitment, this moving central performance largely purges the film of its high potential for the maudlin. O’Connor and cowriter Brad Inglesby take care of the rest, exercising admirable restraint as they stoke pathos and send their man down the road to redemption, a path often paved with over-the-top contrivances. Their trick is to approach the inspirational sports picture without irony and with great tact, embracing an inherent sentimentality while avoiding every cornball pitfall. (Jack’s rock bottom doesn’t go too far down, for example.) It’s a reminder that the most trite material—in this case, getting a second chance at making good—can be powerful when handled honestly.

Jack’s comfortable numbness gets disrupted by the reluctant agreement to coach his old high school’s basketball team, a scrappy underdog crew that’s seen better days. Though the metaphor may be a groaner, their shot at a comeback syncs up with Jack’s unobtrusively, right down to the deft withholding of the final shot. The obligatory ex-wife (Janina Gavankar) is spared most of the usual histrionics and other indignities, allowed instead to join Jack in his pain once its unspeakable cause has been revealed. As his sidekick, a bespectacled assistant coach/math teacher with a mind for stats, Al Madrigal gets to do some actorly heavy lifting and rises to the task. In one of the more affecting shots, Affleck drifts through the foreground of a frame that stays on Madrigal as he telegraphs the resignation that Jack’s beyond his help.

O’Connor, whose experience in the genre includes such well-received dramas as Warrior and Miracle, gets a lot done in long takes. The standout is Jack’s eventual breakthrough in rehab; in another timeline, that’s Affleck’s Oscar reel, the scene clinching his reentry to Hollywood and the public’s good graces. He’ll just have to settle for the knowledge that this showing can stand comparison with his best. It makes a compelling argument for movie stardom as a potent force of audience association and identification. We shed the inevitable eye-water because it’s Ben Affleck up there, a living person with whom we’ve cultivated a relationship over two-plus decades onscreen. O’Connor leaves Affleck high above the ocean, on a basketball court overlooking an idyllic shore. In one shot, we can see just how high he’s risen since that day at the beach.

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2020-03-04 14:00:00Z
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The Queen Has the Perfect Response to Prince William's Pub Shout-Out - E! NEWS

Good one, Prince William.

The Duke of Cambridge made a lighthearted remark during his trip to Ireland on Tuesday.

While attending a reception at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, the 37-year-old royal recalled how Queen Elizabeth II had visited the same spot back in 2011. At the time, Her Majesty had been shown how to pour the "perfect pint." Now, William said he and Kate Middleton were "retracing the footsteps" of his grandmother.

"Now, ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you it is not often that I find myself following The Queen to a pub," he quipped. "But I am looking forward to testing for myself the theory that Guinness tastes even better in Ireland than overseas."

Taking a "slightly more serious note," William then thanked the attendees for coming to the reception, which was hosted by the British ambassador of Ireland, and thanked them for "all that you do to support the very special relationship between our two countries."

On Wednesday, Kensington Palace's official Twitter account shared a clip of William's speech in which he mentions The Queen. The Royal Family's official Twitter account, which posts content from Buckingham Palace about the work and activities of The Queen and other royals, was also tagged. It wasn't long before it received a reply.

"Cheers!" a tweet from the Royal Family's account stated along with a beer emoji.

Cheers! 🍻 https://t.co/28HoHxrkWQ
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) March 4, 2020

During the reception, William and Kate also met with representatives from Irish sport, film and television, business, charity and education sectors and tried some Guinness. The Duchess of Cambridge wore a gorgeous green dress by The Vampire's Wife. In fact, it was the same design Princess Beatrice had worn to Ellie Goulding's wedding in 2019.

William and Kate have certainly had a full itinerary this trip. In addition to attending the reception, they met with the president of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina. They also visited the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin and rang the Peace Bell. In addition, they met with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Today, they're making more stops, including visiting Jigsaw, the National Centre for Youth Mental Health.

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2020-03-04 13:18:00Z
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Rock band Genesis to reunite for first tour in 13 years - CNN

Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford made the announcement during an appearance on Zoe Ball's BBC Radio 2 breakfast show Wednesday morning.

A church built a massive baby Jesus statue that sure looks a lot like Phil Collins

Revealing details of their comeback tour, they said they will perform a series of shows across the UK later this year.

The trio -- the band's classic line-up -- will be joined by Collins' 18-year-old son Nicholas on drums and longstanding associate Daryl Stuermer on guitar and bass.

Founding member Peter Gabriel, who left the band in 1975, will not take part.

Ahead of the announcement, the band dropped a heavy hint that something was brewing by posting a picture of Collins, Banks and Rutherford on the Genesis Instagram page, along with the caption: "And then there were three," which is also the name of their first album as a trio, released in 1978 after the departure of guitarist Steve Hackett.

Formed at Charterhouse boarding school in Surrey, England in 1967, Genesis enjoyed success with hits including "Invisible Touch," "I Can't Dance" and "Throwing It All Away."

Collins joined the group as drummer in 1970, before becoming the lead singer following Gabriel's departure. The band split in 1996 so he could focus on his solo career.

Genesis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 2010.

The band last performed together in 2007, when they marked their 40th anniversary with the Turn It On Again tour. At the time, Collins said the tour was meant to be the final farewell.

In 2018 Collins, who has had a number of health issues, told Rolling Stone magazine that he would consider a reunion on the condition that his son Nicholas would play drums, because "I don't think I'm capable of it."

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2020-03-04 11:47:00Z
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Lady Gaga song interrupts Italian council meeting discussing coronavirus - Fox News

A Sunday council meeting discussing the coronavirus in Italy was briefly interrupted by Lady Gaga's newly released song "Stupid Love," which accidentally started playing from an attendee's phone.

The mishap provided a brief moment of laughter during a serious time for committee members at the transparency room of the Liguria region, located in northwest Italy. At least 23 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Liguria as of Wednesday, according to local reports.

"A council in Italy held a meeting regarding the Coronavirus, and #StupidLove accidentally started playing from someone's phone," Gaga Media, described as the "ultimate news source" for the singer, tweeted on Sunday.

"@ladagaga lightens up the day!" one user tweeted in response to the post.

CORONAVIRUS SPIKE IN ITALY SPURS STATE DEPARTMENT WARNING FOR AMERICANS NOT TO TRAVEL TO 2 REGIONS

An ordinance was passed on Tuesday which suspended teaching activities for schools in the region until March 8, according to the Liguria region Facebook page. The city of Genoa is located in Liguria.

At least 400 new cases were recorded in Italy in the past 36 hours, including 27 additional deaths, according to Reuters. The country has been the hardest hit in Europe with a total of 2,502 infections, the third-highest total outside of China and South Korea. At least 79 people have died from the virus in Italy.

The first person to test positive for the coronavirus in New Hampshire was recorded in person who recently made a trip to Italy, according to state health officials on Monday.

CORONAVIRUS ADVISORY FOR ITALY: STATE DEPT. RAISES TRAVEL WARNING

Several schools in the state are now asking students to stay home after they returned from trips to Italy during their vacation week.

"Those students that we have that have been traveling overseas, out of an abundance of caution, we are asking them to self-quarantine," Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut said on Monday, according to New Hampshire's WMUR-TV.

The CDC recommends all travelers avoid nonessential travel to Italy, while the State Department has urged Americans to reconsider travel to the country due to the virus.

CLICK HERE FOR FULL CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE FROM FOX NEWS

"Stupid Love" was leaked in January before it was officially released on Feb. 28. It's the lead single on Lady Gaga's sixth studio album, "Chromatica."

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2020-03-04 10:29:31Z
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Kate Middleton's Facials Cost $325 Per Session - Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Self-care is a trend that has been taking the world by storm. Finding ways to infuse and enhance routines and processes surrounding health and beauty has been at the forefront of conversations everywhere. More often than not the public turns to popular celebrities for inspiration, new ideas, and tips and tricks.

Kate, Duchess of Cambridge is often in headlines and the public eye. But not too long ago she was receiving a lot of attention for one her beauty routines. The public was shocked to find out Kate’s facials include such a one-of-a-kind ingredient. Take a look at what everyone is talking about.

Kate Middleton’s unique facials that are all the buzz

Kate is no stranger when it comes to the public scrutinizing every aspect of her life, but many are shocked to learn that Middleton is an avid fan of bee venom facials. Most people, naturally so, are inclined to shy away from the insect that is known for its stinging qualities.

However, that doesn’t seem to be the case when it comes to the health and beauty industry. The Duchess of Cambridge seems to be one of the many famous celebrities participating in this trend.

How much do Kate Middleton’s facials cost her?

Bee venom is an elusive ingredient, and it is unlikely that customers would be able to find it at a local grocery store. Believe it or not, it costs around 70,000 dollars to extract just one ounce of bee venom. Sources report that Kate pays about $325 per session to enjoy her bee venom facials.

Though it may seem pricey, Kate’s skin speaks for itself. The well-known celebrity looks stunning anytime she is photographed.

Her skin looked flawless from the photographs she shared on Instagram from her recent experience as a guest speaker on the popular podcast Happy Mum, Happy Baby. The episode that featured the duchess was a wild success. It is obvious the public and her fans are eager to listen and learn to their adored idol.

What are the benefits of bee venom facials?

There are many reasons bee venom is popping up in the beauty industry. Rather recently a clinical study was performed evaluating the role of bee venom when it comes to aging.

The science and results behind the study have been able to promote the belief that bee venom actively decreases and eliminates the number of facial wrinkles as well as the depth of the wrinkles. When it comes to getting older, age is just a number, but, nonetheless, bee venom is allowing people to take preventive action to decrease facial wrinkles.

In addition, the facials provide an added element of relaxation since bee venom is anaphylactic and calms the facial muscles. Bee venom facials have also been associated with improved circulation and breaking down cell membranes.

All of these elements allow for facial skin to enhance complexion and tighten the appearance of the skin. Though bee venom seems like an unlikely ingredient people would want on their face it continues to become more popular in the beauty industry.

Many people love to joke that a face is the money maker. Celebrities often have a financial advantage when it comes to beauty trends and how to access them. Kate isn’t the only celebrity using bee venom: Gwyneth Paltrow and Victoria Beckham also love to incorporate bee venom into their beauty routines.

The Duchess of Cambridge, Paltrow, and Beckham seem to be walking testimonies to the positive effects of using bee venom. Though it can seem daunting, it may just be worth a try.

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2020-03-04 07:50:32Z
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