Roberta Flack diagnosed with ALS: 'It's now impossible to sing'

Al Roker is home again after multiple stints in a New York hospital amid a health scare involving blood clots.The Today show weatherman, 68, posted three images to Instagram of himself as he smiled at home while surrounded by loved ones after spending almost two weeks in a medical facility.He wrote: 'Home! So incredibly grateful to family, friends, medical folks, @todayshow family and all your thoughts and prayers.' The latest: Al Roker, 68, is home again after multiple stints in a New York hospital amid a health scare involving blood clots. The veteran TV personality took to Instagram Thursday with kind words and photos of his homecomingThe veteran TV personality was seen posing with his wife Deborah Roberts and their daughter Leila in Instagram photos.Roker earlier took to social media on Thursday with a photo of his view from his hospital room and an upbeat message.

Kourtney Kardashian revealed that her energy was 'finally' returning after stopping IVF ten months ago in a post on Thursday.The reality star, 43, uploaded a snap of herself during a workout session, and in the short caption, she expressed positively to those in the same situation that, 'it gets better!' The TV personality additionally shared stylish photos on her main Instagram page to promote her Lemme brand launching its own holiday shop for the merry season.

Travis Barker put his body artwork on display in a stylish set of black-and-white photographs for the release of his new jewelry collection.The 47-year-old Blink-182 drummer and husband to Kourtney Kardashian posed shirtless in photos he posted to Instagram on Thursday in which he was decked out in gleaming items from his new collaboration with the punk- and heavy metal–inspired jewelry company Clocks + Colours.Several of Travis' new pieces appeared to be modeled on classic chains that looked as if they could have locked up a bike or served an industrial purpose. 'Designed some cool jewelry pieces with my friends @clocksandcolours ☠️⛓️,' Travis captioned his post, adding safety pin, skull and chain emojis. Gleaming: Travis Barker, 47, posed shirtless to show off his abundant tattoos and his new jewelry collection with Clocks + Colours in an Instagram post from ThursdayIn one photo showing him from the waste up, Travis gazed dramatically off to the side while sporting a thick silver chain around his throat. He wore a similarly designed bracelet, which had extra links that dangled from his wrist.

'Tis the season for Gwen Stefani to get into holiday mode.On the heels of her performance during the 2022 Christmas In Rockefeller Center special on NBC, the singer-songwriter, 53, took to her Instagram page and shared a photo of herself decked out in candy cane red and white.The star - whose husband Blake Shelton recently revealed he had quit The Voice to spend more time with the star and her sons - captioned the image, which showed her lying on her back doing a snow angel: 'mood bc it’s basically christmas !! gx'. It's that time of year: Gwen Stefani, 53, shared some holiday cheer and dressed up as a candy cane in red and white and did a snow angelThe You Make It Feel Like Christmas star did the classic arm swirl in what appears to be fake snow in her sequin ensemble.The holiday-inspired outfit consisted of red and white swirl shorts and a one-arm matching top, as she lays back with her legs slightly crossed.

Bethenny Frankel hinted that she received apologies from Jeff Lewis and Andy Cohen after a very fiery clash between the trio on Wednesday's episode of Watch What Happens Live.  During the show the mogul, 52, branded Lewis, 52, 'bitter and angry' and also came for the show's host Andy Cohen, 54, after he called her 'hypocritical' for launching a Real Housewives podcast despite 'trashing' the franchise over the years.However, on Thursday Frankel shared a clip to her Instagram stories revealing she spoke to both men on the phone, adding, 'you've gotta accept people's apologies.' Apologies? Bethenny Frankel hinted that she received apologies from Andy Cohen and Jeff Lewis after a very fiery clash between the trio on Watch What Happens Live on Wednesday 'What a circus of emotions today. Had a phone call with Andy, had a phone call with Jeff Lewis,' she said at the beginning of the clip.

Five years after Sony Pictures' underwhelming movie adaptation, Stephen King's iconic novel series The Dark Tower is heading to the small screen.Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House) is creating and executive producing a new TV adaptation of The Dark Tower through the Intrepid Pictures company he runs with Trevor Macy, according to Deadline.The news comes just days after Flanagan and Macy's Intrepid Pictures signed a new overall deal with Amazon Studios (after four years at Netflix), though it's unclear if Amazon - which had a different Dark Tower pilot in development in 2018 before it was shuttered in 2020 - will board the project or not. Small screen: Five years after Sony Pictures' underwhelming movie adaptation, Stephen King's iconic novel series The Dark Tower is heading to the small screen Mike and Trevor: Mike Flanagan (left, The Haunting of Hill House) is creating and executive producing a new TV adaptation of The Dark Tower through the Intrepid Pictures company he runs with Trevor Macy (right), according to Deadline Flanagan revealed that both he and Macy had acquired the rights to The Dark Tower from author King himself, after sending him a 'detailed outline' of how he envisions the series.Their acquisition of The Dark Tower rights pre-dates their new deal with Amazon, which was announced last week.

It was revealed earlier this week that Warner Bros. would not be moving forward with Wonder Woman 3, which came as a shock to DC fans.But it's now been reported that it was scrapped after director Patty Jenkins - who helmed the first two female-led superhero movies - rejected studio notes on her treatment for the sequel which led to her exiting the project, according to The Wrap.According to sources, Jenkins had turned in her treatment last week and it was not well received by studio execs.

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NEARLY six episodes into BBC1’s new parlour game The Traitors, things started to look up when Claudia Winkleman announced some of the contestants were going to be “buried alive” in Scotland. Great, I thought, we can end this farce before the World Cup quarter-finals begin. But then, just as I was mentally piling up the bodies and kettle chips, Claudia offered them an escape route and distress signal.

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MAISIE Smith and Max George have posted their steamiest photo yet after posing for an intimate snap in a hot tub. The former EastEnders star and The Wanted singer took to their Instagram to post the snap of them stripping down to swimwear. Maisie, 21, and Max, 33, were seen sharing a steamy kiss for the intimate snap, which saw them plunged into a hot tub.

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Roberta Flack has been left unable to sing after being diagnosed with ALS. The 85-year-old star is best known for her hit song 'Killing Me Softly with His Song' and has had a career in music since the late 1960s, but since being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - a neurodegenerative condition also known as motor neuron disease which affects the brain and nerves - she now finds it "impossible" to sing, according to her manager Suzanne Koga. In a press statement, she said: "ALS has made it impossible to sing and not easy to speak.

A representative for Roberta Flack announced Monday that the Grammy-winning musician has ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and can no longer sing.The progressive disease 'has made it impossible to sing and not easy to speak,' Flack's manager Suzanne Koga said in a release, adding: 'But it will take a lot more than ALS to silence this icon.'The announcement of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis diagnosis comes just ahead of the premiere of Roberta, a feature-length documentary debuting Thursday at the DOCNYC film festival.Flack is known for hits like Killing Me Softly With His Song and The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face, the latter of which catapulted her into stardom after Clint Eastwood used it as the soundtrack for a love scene in his 1971 movie Play Misty for Me. Roberta Flack, 85, announces she now has ALS and can no longer sing: Rep says it is 'impossible' for the Grammy-winning star to perform The release says that the Grammy-winning singer and pianist, now 85, 'plans to stay active in her musical and creative pursuits' through her eponymous foundation and other avenues.The Antonino D'Ambrosio-directed documentary will be in competition at the festival and available via DOCNYC's website for a week after, before airing on television Jan.