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Douglas blames sex life for cancer battle

US actor Michael Douglas poses on May 21, 2013 as he attends a party for the film "Behind the Candelabra" on the sidelines of the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. Cannes, one of the world's top film festivals, opened on May 15 and will climax on May 26 with awards selected by a jury headed this year by Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg. AFP

Veteran Hollywood star Michael Douglas blamed the cancerous tumour which developed in his throat three years ago on his sex life, in an interview published in Monday’s Guardian newspaper.

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Jolie joins Pitt at ‘World War Z’ London premiere

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive for the World Premiere of World War Z at a central London cinema, Sunday, June 2, 2013. Joel Ryan/Invision/AP

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stepped out together Sunday at the premiere of zombie thriller “World War Z” — Jolie’s first public appearance since announcing last month that she had undergone a double mastectomy.

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Jolie ‘moved’ by public support following surgery

US actress and humanitarian campaigner Angelina Jolie waves as she arrives for the UK premiere of her US actor and fiance Brad Pitt's latest film "World War Z" in Leicester Square in central London on June 2, 2013. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT

Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie said Sunday she had been “moved” by public support after she revealed she had had a double mastectomy to reduce her high risk of breast cancer.

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Eva takes her final bow

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EVA (right), with husband Fred.

Jericho Reyes works for Calpine Corporation, the largest independent power provider in the US. Recently, he paid tribute to his mother, Eva Corazon Pagcaliwagan-Reyes, who succumbed to lung cancer last April 25. Eva has been a friend since high school.

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Tux member passes away after four-year bout with cancer

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Carlo Bulahan of the vocal harmony group Tux has passed away last Saturday after a four-year battle with colon cancer, and suffering from complications arising from the illness.

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US singer Anastacia cancels Europe tour due to cancer

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US pop singer Anastacia has announced she is cancelling her “It’s A Man’s World” European tour after being diagnosed for the second time with breast cancer.

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Media men, celebs to give cancer-stricken kids a V-Day treat

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CLIFF RICHARD at Araneta Coliseum

On Valentine’s Day Thursday, civic-minded celebrities, including media men, will spend time to cheer up cancer-stricken children at the Tahan-Tahanan facility of  East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) in Quezon City.   The special program is part of the second year anniversary celebration of Tahan-Tahanan—a halfway home for pediatric cancer patients from 0 to 20 years [...]

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Multi-awarded filmmaker Marilou Diaz-Abaya dies; 57

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Multi-awarded filmmaker Marilou Diaz-Abaya passed away at 6:30 p.m. on Monday at the St. Luke’s Hospital in Taguig City, after a five-year battle with cancer, her son Marc said. She was 57.

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Film director Ike Jarlego dies after battle with cancer

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Film editor Ike Jarlego Jr. passed away on Aug. 24. He was 68. He worked as editor in some of the most acclaimed films from the Second Golden Age of Philippine cinema (in the 1970s and 1980s): Lino Brocka’s “Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag”; Mike de Leon’s “Itim”; Mario O’Hara’s “Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos”; and Ishmael Bernal’s “Himala,” among others.

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Zsa Zsa Padilla diagnosed with kidney cancer; friends rally to her side

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It’s a shocker that can rival the dizzying plot twists in the soap operas she stars in. In the same week that the country observed the 40th day of the passing of Comedy King Dolphy (real name: Rodolfo V. Quizon), his longtime partner, singer-actress Zsa Zsa Padilla, was diagnosed with kidney cancer.

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Widow of Nat ‘King’ Cole dies of cancer at 89

In this May 12, 1960 file photo, singer and jazz pianist Nat ‘King’ Cole and his wife, Maria Hawkins Cole, arrive at London Airport, United Kingdom, Maria Hawkins Cole, widow of Nat "King" Cole and mother of Natalie Cole, has died, Tuesday, July 10, 2012 in South Florida after a short battle with cancer. (AP Photo/Brian Calvert, File)

Maria Hawkins Cole, widow of Nat “King” Cole and mother of Natalie Cole, has died in South Florida after a short battle with cancer. She was 89.

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‘Housewives’ actress Kathryn Joosten dies at 72

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In this Sept. 19, 2008 file photo, Kathryn Joosten arrives at the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominees for Outstanding Performance reception in Los Angeles. Joosten, the veteran character actress who played crotchety Karen McCluskey on ABC's "Desperate Housewives," died Saturday, June 2, 2012. She was 72. AP/Matt Sayles, File

Kathryn Joosten, a character actress best known as the crotchety, yet loveable, Karen McCluskey on “Desperate Housewives” and the president’s secretary on “The West Wing,” has died. She was 72.

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