Shaun Ryder opens up on cancer scare after discovering 'growth in testicle'

BTS member V has tested positive for COVID-19, according to his agency Big Hit Music.Today (February 15), Big Hit Music confirmed that the South Korean musician was diagnosed with COVID-19 after taking a PCR test, following a sore throat. The label noted that the singer has been vaccinated against the coronavirus and is only experiencing minor symptoms.“V completed two rounds of COVID-19 vaccinations and is not presenting any extraordinary symptoms other than a mild fever and sore throat,” Big Hit Music said in its statement, per Soompi.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Fresh,” a twisted thriller featuring Sebastian Stan and “Normal People” star Daisy Edgar-Jones, puts a spin on your average meet-cute.After a bleak go at attempting to find eligible bachelors on dating apps, Noa (Edgar-Jones) can’t believe her luck when she runs into a cute guy, Steve (Stan), at the grocery store. They successfully banter about cotton candy grapes, exchange numbers and agree to go on a date.It goes well. So well, that Noa accepts Steve’s invitation to go on a romantic weekend getaway despite barely knowing anything about him.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAmber Heard (“Aquaman”) and Spain’s Eduardo Noriega (“Vantage Point”) will star in 19th century-set supernatural thriller “In the Fire.”The film, which will shoot in Italy, is directed by Conor Allyn (“No Man’s Land”).Principal photography is set to start Feb. 21 in Italy’s Apulia region.

Selome Hailu Catherine Cohen’s debut comedy special “The Twist …? She’s Gorgeous” will premiere on Netflix on March 15, Variety has learned exclusively.In the special, which was taped at Joe’s Pub in New York, Cohen uses her musical expertise to divulge details about relationships, modern feminism and being the main character of her own life. Henry Koperski is featured on the keys.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMeta, the parent company of Facebook, agreed to pay $90 million to settle a long-running data privacy lawsuit over its use of cookies in 2010-11 to track users’ internet use even after they had logged off.The settlement was submitted for approval late Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

The fake Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon feud continues.

Chris Willman Music WriterElvis Costello and the Imposters will embark on a U.S. tour this August, joined on most of the dates by Nick Lowe, Costello’s original late ’70s/early ’80s producer and, of course, the man who knows the answer to the question “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding.”Costello and Lowe last shared a touring bill in 1989.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.Your new obsession is here, thanks to Shashibo’s latest Grateful Dead collaboration.The company’s popular fidget toy is a magnetic puzzle cube that can be transformed into 70 unique shapes. But aside from serving as a relaxing way to keep your hands busy throughout the day, it also doubles as a charming decor piece to add to your office or living room.

illness which leaves her screaming in pain every time she tries to eat or drink.Llewella Owl, 32, was diagnosed with Gastroparesis last year, having spent two years attempting to find out what was wrong with her.She did initially weigh 18st 6lb, but now weighs just 8st 11lbs.She told the Daily Record: “My symptoms began with severe pain to the abdomen, it's like someone is slowly pushing a sword into my stomach while I eat and drink.“I end up crying and screaming in pain on the floor while my body vomits and shakes.“My blood sugar levels get so low I sometimes have a hypo and because I can't eat or drink.“This is just one of many things I have to deal with on a daily basis.“I use to be very active, walking dogs, riding horses, motorcycles, running 5k for different charities, running after my nieces and nephews, wild swimming and I even hosted several walks in a walking group. Now, I struggle to even walk my own dog.“I sleep downstairs as I find the stairs too much of a struggle to get up.

cancer diagnosis was revealed.Glenn Farley spotted his symptoms through a chance viewing of a popular TV show, in which a patient was show to have brain cancer.Glenn, as reported in the Mirror, was watching Channel 4's 24 Hours in A&E when he saw a patient with problems very much like his own.After speaking to his wife Thomasina, the two decide to return to the hospital for further tests, discovering a devastating diagnosis.Sadly, Glenn's diagnosis did not arrive in time and he died in November 2019, just 19 months after the tumour was discovered.Thomasina said: "Our family really rallied around for us at such a hard time, especially my sister’s husband, Chris."He took him every day to his treatment, physio and the gym, he even took him when Glenn was ready to go back to his first football match."Cancer can have such a devastating impact on a family and brain cancer in particular. It is vital that people are able to spot any worrying signs.Headaches can be a sign of a brain tumour, but not cancer, and this is an important fact to distinguish.

Zoë Kravitz has given an update on the “vulnerable” new solo music she’s making with Jack Antonoff.The actress and musician previously told AnOther magazine back in October that she’d been recording with Antonoff “for a couple of years, on and off”.Speaking in a new interview with Elle, Kravitz has now spoken further about working with the Bleachers musician at Electric Lady Studios in New York.“It feels vulnerable, and it’s a little scary, but making music makes me happy,” Kravitz said about the project. Elle notes that the forthcoming music “explores love and loss, among other themes she’s still discovering”.Kravitz told AnOther last year that Antonoff is “a fantastic producer – he’s so good at really tapping into who he’s working with and not making it about him”.“Some producers want to make it about … like, ‘I’m going to put my sound on you’.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“What is it we actually do here?” That’s a question posed by Adam Scott’s Macro Data Refinement department head Mark Scout in the new Apple TV Plus series “Severance,” a show about Lumon Industries, a mysterious company whose employees, like Mark, have undergone a surgical severance procedure that gives them a very literal “work-life balance.” It’s also a question that series creator Dan Erickson, director Ben Stiller and stars Scott, Patricia Arquette and Tramell Tillman found themselves asking a lot during the making of “Severance.”“The jumping off point is so fascinating, and there are so many interesting questions set up by it,” said Stiller, whose Red Hour Productions picked up the script from Erickson and brought it to Apple. “It was a question of, where should we go tonally with the show? Because we didn’t want it to go to a familiar place, necessarily.” Stiller went on to say that “because the tone was so unique,” and had a “strange humor about it,” the creative team really wanted to establish the “rules” of “Severance’s” world and “that’s what a lot of the time was spent doing.”“Severance” showrunner Erickson first got the idea to create this world while he was working a stereotypical 9-to-5 job that had him wishing he could block out that part of his day entirely.“I worked a string of office jobs when I first got to L.A., and one in particular was in this weird little windowless office,” Erickson told Variety.

Happy Mondays‘ Shaun Ryder has opened up on his recent cancer scare after he discovered a lump on his testicle.The Madchester singer was told by doctors that it was not cancerous, but he says it has now made him increasingly aware of his own mortality.Ryder explained that the lump is causing him pain due to it pressing on a nerve, but he is yet to have it removed after the coronavirus outbreak resulted in the cancellation of thousands of non-essential operations.He told The Sun: “This non-malignant growth in my testicle is pressing on a nerve. It’s like having really bad toothache in your balls.”He added: “I was one of those dudes who never thought I could die, no matter what.

Ryder told The Sun: ‘This non-malignant growth in my testicle is pressing on a nerve.‘It’s like having really bad toothache in your balls.’The scare has now made the Step On singer think about his health more, as two of his six children, Pearl and Lulu, are 11 and 12, and he doesn’t ‘want to go because of them’.He said: ‘I was one of those dudes who never thought I could die, no matter what.‘I now think I’m not invincible.’In the 90s, Ryder battled drug addiction, heavily using crack cocaine, heroin and the tranquiliser temazepam, and his drug habit broke up the Happy Mondays in 1992.However, the star has been sober for 17 years, and credits this to his wife Joanne and his children, as well as taking up cycling.Speaking about his parenting

Shaun Ryder has opened up about his cancer scare after he discovered a painful growth in his testicle during lockdown.

HAPPY Mondays hellraiser Shaun Ryder has revealed his life is being made misery by a lump on his testicles. Shaun, 57, was relieved to discover the growth was not cancerous — but it is touching a nerve and causing him pain.

telly.The former Happy Mondays duo left the nation in hysterics as they were captured watching last week's tv and news.In response to a clip of President Trump speaking, Shaun said: "You might as well have me as the President."One viewer said: "Bez & Shaun Ryder are just comedy gold! #Celbritygogglebox."Another said tweeted: "One full hour of Bez & Shaun Ryder please!"A third said: "Genius.

GOGGLEBOX fans were in hysterics tonight as Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder made light of the moment he feared he'd "murdered his mum" when he accidentally broke lockdown rules to kiss her. The 57-year-old said he instinctively gave his mother a peck on the cheek when he dropped off shopping outside her door.

arthritis , It’s hereditary. Me mam has had two hip replacements.”I don’t want to be rude, Shaun, I say, but do you really think you’re up to this marathon 29-date tour with your kid (his brother Paul), and the rest of the Mondays in October?You don’t sound like a 24 Hour Party Person anymore – shouldn’t you and Bez stick to doing CelebrityBig Brother , Gogglebox, the quiz shows and Mastermind? (Shaun’s specialist subject last year was Manchester).“It’s the wife making me go, she’s trying to kill me for the insurance,” he jokes.

Shaun Ryder and his bandmate Bez shot to fame with the Happy Mondays.

Shaun Ryder may have calmed his ways nows - but he was taking "every drug going" back in the 90s.