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CONTACT US AT: 8351-9456, [email protected] Tuesday October 31, 2017 16 ENtertainment SELENA GOMEZ got emo- tional during a new inter- view for the “Today” show while talking about her kidney transplant earlier this year, and how much it meant to her to have friend Francia Raisa be her donor. “My kidneys were just done,” she said in a preview clip for the interview, which aired Monday. “That was it and I didn’t want to ask a single person in my life. And she volunteered and did it.” On the “Today” show, host Savannah Guthrie asked matter-of-factly, “You feel that Francia saved your life.” “Because she did. That’s it,” Gomez responded with tears in her eyes. “I guess I got to the point where it was really, kind of, life or death.” Gomez surprised fans last month when she revealed that, over the summer, she secretly underwent a kidney transplant due to her lupus diagnosis, which she announced back in 2015. “It was what I needed to do for my overall health,” she captioned a series of photos to Instagram at the time. “I honestly look for- ward to sharing with you, soon my journey through these past several months as I have always wanted to do with you.” One of the photos that Gomez shared was of her and Raisa lying in adjoining hospital beds and holding hands. Actress Raisa, a longtime friend of Gomez, is best known for her role in the ABC family show “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.” “She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me,” Gomez wrote. “I am incredibly blessed.” (SD-Agencies) HOLLYWOOD star Kevin Spacey has made an apology after being accused of making a sexual advance toward a child actor. Anthony Rapp, who was 14, said Spacey invited him to a party and seemed drunk when the alleged incident happened. Spacey, who was then 26, said: “I honestly do not remem- ber the encounter, because it would have been over 30 years ago. “But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sin- cerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior.” Rapp says he is sharing the story now after the Harvey Weinstein scandal. The movie mogul has been accused by more than 50 women of a range of allega- tions ranging from rape to sexual harassment. Weinstein has denied any claims of non- consensual sex. The accusations have sparked a debate about inap- propriate behavior in the enter- tainment industry and beyond, and encouraged more people to share their experiences. In an interview given to BuzzFeed News, the 46-year- old “Star Trek: Discovery” actor said he was sitting on the edge of a bed after the party — held in Spacey’s apartment in 1986 — when Oscar-winning Spacey, now 58, came into the bedroom. “He picked me up like a groom picks up the bride over the threshold. But I don’t, like, squirm away initially, because I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’ And then he lays down on top of me,” Rapp said. “He was trying to seduce me... I was aware that he was trying to get with me sexu- ally.” Rapp said he was able to go to the bathroom before he left. Responding to the allegation, Spacey said he was “sorry for the feelings [Rapp] describes having carried with him all these years.” He also addressed “stories” about his personal life, saying he had had relationships with both men and women and was now living as a gay man. “I want to deal with this honestly and openly and that starts with examining my own behavior.” (SD-Agencies) Kevin Spacey apologizes over Anthony Rapp ‘ sexual advance ’ claim Kevin Spacey FAMILY comes first for Matt Damon. The 47-year-old actor was honored with the Stanley Kubrick Award for Excellence in Film at the 2017 BAFTA Britan- nia Awards on Friday, but was unable to attend the event due to a “family emergency.” Kate Mara, who delivered a touching speech about Damon before accepting the award on his behalf, revealed that Damon had to travel back to his home- town of Boston “urgently.” “Unfortunately Matt has urgently needed to travel to Boston and couldn’t join us tonight. As much as we wish he was here with us, we know family comes first. So our thoughts are with you, Matt, and much love from your friends here in LA,” she said, before a pre-recorded message from Damon appeared on screen. “Hello and thank you to everyone at BAFTA,” he said in a message after being cel- ebrated by Julianne Moore, Paul Greengrass, George Cloo- ney and more. “I found out about this award six months ago and I was just so incred- ibly honored to receive it and I was really looking forward to tonight. Unfortunately, I had to go back to Boston for a family emergency. I’m really sorry not to be with you tonight. Thank you for this wonderful honor and I hope you have a lovely evening. See you soon.” Damon faced another family emergency in April, when his daughter was stung by a jel- lyfish while he and his family were vacationing with Chris Hemsworth in Australia. 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CONTACT US AT: 8351-9456, [email protected]
Tuesday October 31, 2017 16 ENtertainment
SELENA GOMEZ got emo-tional during a new inter-view for the “Today” show while talking about her kidney transplant earlier this year, and how much it meant to her to have friend Francia Raisa be her donor.
“My kidneys were just done,” she said in a preview clip for the interview, which aired Monday. “That was it and I didn’t want to ask a single person in my life. And she volunteered and did it.”
On the “Today” show, host Savannah Guthrie asked matter-of-factly, “You feel that Francia saved your life.”
“Because she did. That’s it,” Gomez responded with tears in her eyes. “I guess I got to the point where it was really, kind of, life or death.”
Gomez surprised fans last month when she revealed that, over the summer, she
secretly underwent a kidney transplant due to her lupus diagnosis, which she announced back in 2015.
“It was what I needed to do for my overall health,” she captioned a series of photos to Instagram at the time. “I honestly look for-ward to sharing with you, soon my journey through these past several months as I have always wanted to do with you.”
One of the photos that Gomez shared was of her and Raisa lying in adjoining hospital beds and holding hands. Actress Raisa, a longtime friend of Gomez, is best known for her role in the ABC family show “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.”
“She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifi ce by donating her kidney to me,” Gomez wrote. “I am incredibly blessed.”
(SD-Agencies)
HOLLYWOOD star Kevin Spacey has made an apology after being accused of making a sexual advance toward a child actor.
Anthony Rapp, who was 14, said Spacey invited him to a party and seemed drunk when the alleged incident happened.
Spacey, who was then 26, said: “I honestly do not remem-ber the encounter, because it would have been over 30 years ago.
“But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sin-cerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior.”
Rapp says he is sharing the story now after the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
The movie mogul has been
accused by more than 50 women of a range of allega-tions ranging from rape to sexual harassment. Weinstein has denied any claims of non-consensual sex.
The accusations have sparked a debate about inap-propriate behavior in the enter-tainment industry and beyond, and encouraged more people to share their experiences.
In an interview given to BuzzFeed News, the 46-year-old “Star Trek: Discovery” actor said he was sitting on the edge of a bed after the party — held in Spacey’s apartment in 1986 — when Oscar-winning Spacey, now 58, came into the bedroom.
“He picked me up like a groom picks up the bride over the threshold. But I don’t, like,
squirm away initially, because I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’ And then he lays down on top of me,” Rapp said.
“He was trying to seduce me... I was aware that he was trying to get with me sexu-ally.”
Rapp said he was able to go to the bathroom before he left.
Responding to the allegation, Spacey said he was “sorry for the feelings [Rapp] describes having carried with him all these years.”
He also addressed “stories” about his personal life, saying he had had relationships with both men and women and was now living as a gay man. “I want to deal with this honestly and openly and that starts with examining my own behavior.”
(SD-Agencies)
Kevin Spacey apologizes over Anthony Rapp ‘sexual advance’ claim
Kevin Spacey
FAMILY comes fi rst for Matt Damon.
The 47-year-old actor was honored with the Stanley Kubrick Award for Excellence in Film at the 2017 BAFTA Britan-nia Awards on Friday, but was unable to attend the event due to a “family emergency.”
Kate Mara, who delivered a touching speech about Damon before accepting the award on his behalf, revealed that Damon had to travel back to his home-town of Boston “urgently.”
“Unfortunately Matt has urgently needed to travel to Boston and couldn’t join us tonight. As much as we wish he was here with us, we know family comes fi rst. So our thoughts are with you, Matt, and much love from your friends here in LA,”
she said, before a pre-recorded message from Damon appeared on screen.
“Hello and thank you to everyone at BAFTA,” he said in a message after being cel-ebrated by Julianne Moore, Paul Greengrass, George Cloo-ney and more. “I found out about this award six months ago and I was just so incred-ibly honored to receive it and I was really looking forward to tonight. Unfortunately, I had to go back to Boston for a family emergency. I’m really sorry not to be with you tonight. Thank you for this wonderful honor and I hope you have a lovely evening. See you soon.”
Damon faced another family emergency in April, when his daughter was stung by a jel-
lyfi sh while he and his family were vacationing with Chris Hemsworth in Australia.
(SD-Agencies)
Selena Gomez discusses ‘life or death’ kidney
transplant, lupus battle
Matt Damon unable to attend Britannia Awards due to ‘family emergency’
Matt Damon
Selena Gomez
