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Sam Neill reveals he’s been diagnosed with blood cancer | Hollywood
Actor Sam Neill revealed that he has been diagnosed by stage 3 cancer since a year. Ahead of the release of his upcoming memoir Did I Ever Tell You This? the Jurassic Park actor is opening up about his stage 3 blood cancer diagnosis for the first time. (Also read: Bruce Willis is diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, announces family)
The actor said that while he was busy doing press for Jurassic World Dominion last year, he had swollen glands after which he went for treatment, when it was revealed that he had three blood cancer, specifically, angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. The actor also revealed that he goes for chemotherapy once a month, a process that will likely continue for the rest of his life.
In a new interview for The Guardian, the actor who shot to fame as Dr. Alan Grant in the 1993 film Jurassic Park, told that he is “possibly dying” from the cancer he has. He said, “I can’t pretend that the last year hasn’t had its dark moments. But those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends.”
Sam further said that he never though he would write a book but things began to change with time, “I mean, I can’t pretend that the last year hasn’t had its dark moments, but those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends. Just pleased to be alive… I never had any intention to write a book. But as I went on and kept writing, I realized it was actually sort of giving me a reason to live and I would go to bed thinking, ‘I’ll write about that tomorrow … that will entertain me.’ And so it was a lifesaver really, because I couldn’t have gone through that with nothing to do, you know.”
Sam Neill’s memoir Did I Ever Tell You This? hits bookshelves on March 21.
Singer Kelsea Ballerini discussed the aftermath of her divorce from singer-songwriter Morgan Evans. She became emotional as she spoke about the immediate effects of the separation. Kelsea revealed that she experienced hair loss due to the stress of the situation. However, she also shared that her hair has started to regrow and is now sprouting again. Despite this, she mentioned that she is wearing hair extensions. (Also read: Brooke Shields recalls being ‘sexualised child model’: ‘I’m amazed that I survived but I struggled to find my own voice’)
During an interview with the New York Times, she shared about the negative effects of stress she experienced following her split from Morgan. She revealed, “I lost so much hair last year… just stress.” However, she also mentioned that her hair is beginning to grow back and she can see little sprouts appearing, and stated, “It’s growing back, in, like, little sprouts.”
She provided an explanation for wearing extensions by stating, “It’s a whole thing.” She also mentioned that in response to the reporter’s compliment about her long hair, she could have simply said “Thank you.”
According to a recent issue of PEOPLE, the singer has made a full recovery following her divorce from country star Morgan Evans. The source stated that she is presently content with where she is in life, dating but without any pressure to become serious with anyone. However, she has since progressed and is in a significantly better place now. In February, during an appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, she talked about growing apart from him and feeling compelled to have children. In 2017, the couple tied the knot, but they separated in 2022.
Kelsea began songwriting at a young age and moved to Nashville at the age of 15 to pursue a career in music. Her debut single, Love Me Like You Mean It, released in 2014, reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, making her the first female artist in country music to accomplish that feat with her debut single since Carrie Underwood in 2006. Since then, she has released several chart-topping hits, including Dibs, Peter Pan, and Miss Me More. In addition to her music career, she has also served as a coach on the TV show The Voice and has been nominated for and won numerous awards, including the Academy of Country Music Awards’ New Female Vocalist of the Year in 2016 and the CMT Music Awards’ Female Video of the Year in 2018.
Arjun Rampal and Kangana Ranaut starrer Dhaakad bombed at the box office when it was released in 2022. The film also featured Divya Dutta and Sharib Hashmi in pivotal roles. Despite having a large budget, the movie didn’t perform well at the box office. Dhaakad was released theatrically on May 20, 2022, alongside Kartik Aaryan’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. The movie was originally slated for a Diwali (November) 2020 release, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced the delay.
Speaking to Hindustan Times, Arjun said, “It was an expensive film, so yes it does hurt when it doesn’t do well. I don’t think it deserved to do the kind of numbers that it did. People were sceptical at that point of time. Dhaakad was one of the first few films to come out post pandemic. People were maybe scared to go to the theatres.”
He added, “We can’t even say that, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 did really well. Maybe we released with the wrong film. Every film has it’s destiny, and you just have to accept it and move on. The reality is the reality. But the film is there, I am proud of it, it is not a film I won’t be proud of. As long as you take that much away from a film, you are in a good space.”
Arjun went on to say that high-budget films have more presurre to perform well on the box office. “If one has a 250 crore budget film, obviously that film has got that much pressure on it to perform. But content driven films is what I watch. I am into the whole thing of spectacle cinema.”
Meanwhile, Arjun Rampal is set to appear next in The Battle of Bhima Koregaon. He will appear with Sunny Leone and Digangana Suryavanshi. Besides this, he also has Crakk alongside Jacqueline Fernandez and Vidyut Jammwal.
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