Gordon Ramsay Gives Health Update Amid Cancer Diagnosis (Exclusive)

Gordon Ramsay Gives Health Update Amid Cancer Diagnosis (Exclusive)

Just three days ago, Gordon Ramsay, 58,revealedhe was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma (a form of skin cancer), after posting anInstagram announcementthat surprised fans. In an exclusive video conversation on the morning of September 2,Paradechecked in with Ramsay to see how he was feeling. Luckily, the chef reports that he's doing just fine. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 "That's very kind," he replied. "All good, indeed. Thank you. Feeling much better. And yeah, just a procedure that was necessary. But the team was amazing." Ramsay posted two photos of the health scare just ahead of Labor Day weekend, encouraging followers to wear sunscreen. "Grateful and so appreciative for the incredible team at The Skin Associates and their fast reactive work on removing this Basal Cell Carcinoma, thank you!" theHell's Kitchenhost captioned the post. "Please don't forget your sunscreen this weekend ❤️I promise you it's not a face lift! I'd need a refund…….😜." Related: Delta Adds Popular New Snack to Its In-Flight Offerings The first image featured a bandage under Ramsay's left ear, while the second image displayed stitches along the side of his face. Fans were grateful for the public service announcement, showering the television star's post with well wishes. "Heal quickly chef and thank you for bringing awareness to all of us," one commenter wrote. "Glad to hear you're doing well, Gordon, and thanks for raising awareness of how important it is to stay safe in the sun ❤️ Seek shade, cover up, and apply sunscreen regularly and generously☀️," another social media user said. Ramsay's daughter, Holly Ramsay,echoedthe sweet comments with a simple heartfelt statement. "Love you dad❤️," she wrote. Basal cell carcinoma is one of the most common types of skin cancer. TheAmerican Cancer Societyexplains that it usually develops on "sun-exposed areas, especially the face, head, neck, and arms." Although it grows slowly, it's important for it to be treated before invading areas beneath the skin, such as bone and other tissues. It needs to be removed wholly, otherwise the cancer can recur in the same place that it was first diagnosed. According to theSkin Cancer Foundation, signs of the disease include an open sore that does not heal, a reddish or irritated patch, a shiny bump or nodule, a small pink growth, and a scar-like area. We're so glad to hear you're doing well, chef! Related: Target's 'Absolutely Gorgeous' Carved Edge Wood Bowl Is Stopping Shoppers 'in Their Tracks' This story was originally reported byParadeon Sep 2, 2025, where it first appeared in theCelebssection. Add Parade as aPreferred Source by clicking here.

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Gordon Ramsay Gives Health Update Amid Cancer Diagnosis (Exclusive)

Gordon Ramsay Gives Health Update Amid Cancer Diagnosis (Exclusive) Just three days ago, Gordon Ramsay, 58,revealedhe was diagnosed with bas...

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'Ketamine Queen' to plead guilty in 'Friends' star Matthew Perry's drug death

'Ketamine Queen' to plead guilty in 'Friends' star Matthew Perry's drug death

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The Los Angeles drug dealer known as the "Ketamine Queen" was due in court on Wednesday to plead guilty to charges that she supplied the dose of the prescription anesthetic that killed "Friends" star Matthew Perry. Jasveen Sangha, 42, who has acknowledged in court documents that she ran a "stash house" for illegal narcotics, reached an agreement with federal prosecutors last month to plead guilty to five felony counts stemming from Perry's overdose death in 2023. Sangha, a dual U.S.-British citizen, could face a prison term of up to 65 years when she is sentenced at a future court hearing. She is the last of the five suspects charged in the case to plead guilty rather than stand trial. Her four co-defendants - two physicians, Perry's personal assistant and another man who admitted to acting as an intermediary in selling ketamine to the actor - are also awaiting sentencing. According to federal prosecutors, Sangha has agreed to plead guilty to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, plus three counts of illegal distribution of ketamine and one count of distributing ketamine resulting in death. Medical examiners concluded that Perry died from acute effects of ketamine, which combined with other factors to cause the actor to lose consciousness and drown in his hot tub on October 28, 2023. He was 54 years old. Perry had publicly acknowledged decades of substance abuse, including periods that overlapped with the height of his fame playing the sardonic but charming Chandler Bing on the 1990s hit NBC television comedy "Friends." Ketamine, a short-acting anesthetic with hallucinogenic properties, is prescribed to treat depression and anxiety, but it also has gained popularity as an illicit party drug among recreational users. According to Sangha's plea agreement as outlined by the Justice Department, Sangha had supplied 51 vials of ketamine from her stash house to a go-between dealer, Erik Fleming, 55, who in turn sold the doses to Perry through his live-in personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, 60. It was Iwamasa, prosecutors said, who later injected Perry with at least three shots of ketamine from the vials Sangha supplied, resulting in the actor's death. In her plea agreement, prosecutors said, Sangha also admitted selling ketamine to an individual in August 2019 who died hours later from a drug overdose. Known to her customers on the street as the "Ketamine Queen," according to prosecutors, Sangha had used her North Hollywood home as a "stash house" to store, package and distribute various narcotics dating back to at least June 2019. (Reporting by Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

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'Ketamine Queen' to plead guilty in 'Friends' star Matthew Perry's drug death

'Ketamine Queen' to plead guilty in 'Friends' star Matthew Perry's drug death By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -T...

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Mass evacuations in flood-hit Punjab hit 300,000 following alerts by India

Mass evacuations in flood-hit Punjab hit 300,000 following alerts by India

SHER SHAH, Pakistan (AP) —Officials say nearly 300,000people have been evacuated in the past 48 hours from flood-hit areas of Pakistan's Punjab province following the latest flood alerts by India, officials said Wednesday. The evacuations bring the total number of people displaced since last month to 1.3 million. Floodwaters have submerged dozens of villages in Punjab's Muzaffargarh district, after earlier inundating Narowal and Sialkot, both near the border with India. Authorities are also struggling to divert overflowing rivers onto farmlands to protect major cities, as part of one of the largest rescue and relief operations in the history of Punjab, which straddles eastern Pakistan and northwestern India. Thousand of rescuers using boats are taking part in the relief and rescue operations, whilethe military has also been deployedto transport people and animals from inundated villages, said Arfan Ali Kathia, director-general of Punjab's Provincial Disaster Management Authority. A newflood alert was shared with Pakistan by neighboring Indiathrough diplomatic channels early Wednesday, Kathia said. It was the second such alert in 24 hours following heavy rains and water releases from dams in India. Kathia said the Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej rivers are all in high flood following torrential rains and upstream discharges. Rescuers are also using drones to find people stranded on rooftops in the flood-hit areas. Kathia said more than 3.3 million people across 33,000 villages in the province have been affected so far. Damages are still being assessed and all those who lost homes and crops would be compensated by the Punjab government, he said. Landslides and flooding have killed at least 29 people in India's Punjab state, home to more than 30 million people. Tent villages are being set up and food and other essential items are being supplied to the flood-affected people, he said, though many survivors complained about a lack of government aid. There are about 40,000 people in the relief camps, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. It remains unclear where the rest are sheltering. Noor Mohammad, a 54-year-old farmer in Sher Shah village near Muzaffargarh district, said he hasn't received any help. "Frustrated over this days-long situation, I sent my family members to stay with relatives in the nearby area," he said, standing on higher ground overlooking his flooded village. Malik Ramzan, another displaced resident, said he chose to stay near his inundated home rather than enter a relief camp. "There are no liveable facilities in the camps," he said. "Food isn't delivered on time, and we are treated like beggars," he said. However,Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif visited flood-hit areasin Muzaffargarh on Wednesday, meeting with displaced families at relief camps. Her visit came just hours after India issued the latest cross-border flood alert. Last week's flooding mainly hit districts in Kasur, Bahawalpur and Narowal, where the deluge also submerged theshrine of Guru Nanak, located near the Indian border. However, authorities said the shrine is being reopened for pilgrims after water receded and the building was cleaned and restored to the pre-flood situation. Pakistan began mass evacuations last month after India released water from overflowing dams into low-lying border regions. The latest floods are the worst since 2022 when climate-induced flooding killed nearly 1,700 people in Pakistan. ___ Associated Press writers Dogar in Lahore, Pakistan and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad, contributed to this story.

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Mass evacuations in flood-hit Punjab hit 300,000 following alerts by India

Mass evacuations in flood-hit Punjab hit 300,000 following alerts by India SHER SHAH, Pakistan (AP) —Officials say nearly 300,000people have...

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Afghan earthquake survivors hunt loved ones, pull planks from rubble for graves

Afghan earthquake survivors hunt loved ones, pull planks from rubble for graves

By Sayed Hassib MAZAR DARA, Afghanistan (Reuters) -Mir Salam Khan mourns the loss of his wife and three children in Afghanistan's mountainous eastern province of Kunar, hit by an earthquake of magnitude 6 that crumbled thousands of homes. "We buried them with wooden planks and plastic sheets so the soil would not fall directly on the bodies," said the 65-year-old resident of the village of Mazar Dara. "That was all we could do." The shallow midnight tremor, Afghanistan's deadliest quake in years, killed more than 1,400 people and destroyed more than 5,000 houses, officials of the Taliban administration have said, but harsh weather and rugged terrain have hampered rescue work. Here the dead are usually wrapped in shrouds and placed in graves topped with cement slabs. With supplies scarce and many destroyed homes, however, survivors said they were forced to improvise, with wood and plastic picked out of the wreckage. "We have never witnessed such an earthquake in history," said Yunus Khan, 45, seated amid the rubble of his mud-brick home that traps two of his children, while three more were among the 12 of his family who died. "All belongings were lost, the children were martyred," he added, surrounded by homes with crumbling walls, their wooden beams sticking out of rubble where children sat silently. "It was such a quake that it gave no one a chance," said Khan. "With one jolt, the entire village was destroyed." Most survivors remain stranded among the ruins, burying their dead in graveyards filling with freshly dug plots for children and adults. Aid workers are just reaching the remote hamlets. A single tent, shared by half a dozen families, sagged in the rain as helicopters circled overhead to ferry the wounded to hospital. "Last night it rained and we had no shelter," Yunus said. "Five or six families are in one tent, there are no supplies. Even the bodies lay out in the rain, waiting to be buried." Farmer and livestock owner Namirullah, 30 joined about 50 neighbours in digging through rubble with their bare hands. "The martyrs are still trapped and the injured are so many," said the volunteer from the nearby village of Chapa Dara. "People have abandoned their homes and are living in cornfields and orchards, terrified as aftershocks come every few minutes." The defence ministry said the Afghan air force moved more than 1,900 people in 155 flights over two days, hundreds of wounded among them, as well as delivering 10,000 kg (22,000 lb)of supplies across the region. Hemmed in by mountains where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet, Afghanistan is no stranger to such devastation. A quake in 2022 killed about 1,000 people, and successive shocks in 2023 flattened villages in Herat. Four smaller tremors rattled the country this year. Each new disaster strikes a nation crippled by poverty, war and shrinking aid, with the United Nations estimating that half the population of more than 40 million needed assistance even before Sunday's quake. Two days later, Salam was still waiting for the bodies of his son and daughter to be pulled from the ruins of his home. He and his neighbours used shovels and their hands in an effort made painfully slow without earthmoving machinery. "Two of my children are still under the rubble," he said. "We can do nothing." (Reporting by Sayed Hassib in Mazar Dara, Kunar Province and Mohammad Yunus Yawar in Kabul; Writing by Ariba Shahid; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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Afghan earthquake survivors hunt loved ones, pull planks from rubble for graves

Afghan earthquake survivors hunt loved ones, pull planks from rubble for graves By Sayed Hassib MAZAR DARA, Afghanistan (Reuters) -Mir Salam...

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Erin Andrews Gets Candid About Navigating Hardships as She Shares How Her Cancer Diagnosis Impacts Her Family Life (Exclusive)

Erin Andrews Gets Candid About Navigating Hardships as She Shares How Her Cancer Diagnosis Impacts Her Family Life (Exclusive)

Joseph Viles/Fox Sports; Erin Andrews/Instagram Erin Andrews is urging people to be proactive with their health with the Check for Cancer Movement, a new partnership she's launching with Aflac The sports commentator opens up to PEOPLE about her personal journey navigating her cancer diagnosis and her fertility The proud mom shares her son Mack, 2, with husband Jarret Stoll Erin Andrewsis encouraging everyone to be proactive with their health. While speaking with PEOPLE for the Check for Cancer Movement, a new partnership she's launching with Aflac, the Fox sportscaster, 47, opens up about her personal journey navigating her cancer diagnosis and her fertility. The partnership aims to encourage people to stay up to date with their check-ups and prioritize their routine cancer screenings, which is something Andrews says she urges her family and friends to do. "Be proactive about your health. It's so important," she says. "That's something that I try to stress with my family [and] something that I try to deal with my own health." "I hate going to the oncologist. I love my oncologist. I hate going for my checkups to make sure I'm okay and everything, but it's just so important," she continues. "It's an early lesson I'm going to be teaching my son as well." Joseph Viles/Fox Sports The sports commentator shares that communication has been key for her when dealing with all of life's ups and downs. "When I was dealing with cancer, [and] even now when I'm dealing with my infertility, my surrogacy journey, I talk to people. I talk to my family [and] use them as a resource. I talk to doctors," she says. "I just think it's so important to get as much information as possible than to do it all by yourself." "It's communication. It's being honest," she adds. "Our last miscarriage, I tried to do a better job with being open about my feelings and my grief and so forth, whereas before, I kind of glossed over it, and I noticed that wasn't the best. It's not good for anyone. You've got to really talk it out, and that's something that works for us in our life." Andrews, who revealed during an episode of herCalm Down with Erin and Charissapodcast that her surrogateexperienced a miscarriage, has been very vocal about the impact of her fertility journey. The doting mom, who shares her sonMack, 2, with her husbandJarret Stoll, says that it's been "really hard" to stay positive and keep trying. "It's really hard to stay up," she tells PEOPLE. "I mean, we're talking about trying this all over again, and I am literally thinking to myself, 'Ugh, I don't want to do this all over again. I don't want to deal with heartbreak.'" Erin Andrews/Instagram Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. As she navigates her own fertility and health journey, Andrews hopes to inspire others, especially women who want to become mothers someday, to speak up and advocate for themselves. "My first piece of advice is something that I remember a colleague of mine at Fox shared — be your best advocate," she says. "Get the answers. Just because you have cancer doesn't mean you can't become a mother." "Science is incredible right now," she continues. "It's helped bring our perfect son to us via IVF and surrogacy. And, I'm not saying that's the route you need to take, but science is amazing, and there's always adoption and other things like that." She also advises people at any stage of their journey to get as much information as possible. "I would just be your best advocate, and I would get as much information, like I said, from doctors, from wherever," she says. "Don't go about it alone, especially if you're not well-versed in all this stuff. Get answers from other people." Read the original article onPeople

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Erin Andrews Gets Candid About Navigating Hardships as She Shares How Her Cancer Diagnosis Impacts Her Family Life (Exclusive)

Erin Andrews Gets Candid About Navigating Hardships as She Shares How Her Cancer Diagnosis Impacts Her Family Life (Exclusive) Joseph Viles/...

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Country Star LeAnn Rimes Cibrian Excitedly Announces 'Secret' She's Been Keeping

Country Star LeAnn Rimes Cibrian Excitedly Announces 'Secret' She's Been Keeping

LeAnn Rimesis already in the holiday spirit — with a gift for her fans included. The country startook to TikTok on Tuesdayto announce the November release of her latest Christmas album, a "secret" she was waiting to share. "I have been keeping a secret and today I can finally share it with you," she said. "I have a greatest hits Christmas album coming out in November and if you know me, you know the holidays mean so much to me and so does this record." The album, entitled 'Greatest Hits Christmas,' will be comprised of holiday classics like "Rocking Around The Christmas Tree" and songs from holiday Hallmark movie soundtracks including " You and Me and Christmas,"according to the country singer's site. The album will be available on November 7 on CD and vinyl and is already available for preorder. And another surprise? The album will feature two duets, one of which will be withLuke Evans,Rimes announced, calling him one of her "favorite human beings ever." Evans is joining Rimes on the album for the song 'There's No Such Thing' from the musical '32 Hooves' while the other duet on the album will be with singerGavin DeGrawwith the two singing 'Celebrate Me Home.' "Christmas is starting early!" she added. "I love it, I hope you love this album as much as I do." 'Greatest Hits Christmas' will be the 43-year-old country star's fourth Christmas album. Her first holiday album 'What a Wonderful World' was released in 2004 and was followed by 'Today Is Christmas' in 2015 and 'God's Work' in 2022. Related: LeAnn Rimes Cibrian 'Introduces' Her '9-1-1 Nashville' Character & Fans Are Obsessed While her greatest soundtrack his may forever be 'Can't Fight the Moonlight' from the 2000 movie 'Coyote Ugly,' she's lended her voice — and acting skills — to Hallmark holiday movies throughout the years. In 1997 she not only sang on the soundtrack but also starred in Hallmark's 'Holiday in Your Heart' and also sang the whole soundtrack 'It's Christmas Eve' in 2018 on the channel, which she also acted in. When it comes to 'Greatest Hits Christmas,' songs from both films are included.🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 This story was originally reported byParadeon Sep 2, 2025, where it first appeared in theCelebssection. Add Parade as aPreferred Source by clicking here.

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Country Star LeAnn Rimes Cibrian Excitedly Announces 'Secret' She's Been Keeping

Country Star LeAnn Rimes Cibrian Excitedly Announces 'Secret' She's Been Keeping LeAnn Rimesis already in the holiday spirit — w...

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Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang, appeals court rules

Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang, appeals court rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that PresidentDonald Trumpcannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a Venezuelan gang, blocking a signature administration push that is destined for a final showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the most conservative federal appeals courts in the country, agreed withimmigrant rightslawyers andlower court judgeswho argued theAlien Enemies Actof 1798 was not intended to be used against gangs like Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan group Trump targeted in his March invocation. Lee Gelernt, who argued the case for the ACLU, said Tuesday: "The Trump administration's use of a wartime statute during peacetime to regulate immigration was rightly shut down by the court. This is a critically important decision reining in the administration's view that it can simply declare an emergency without any oversight by the courts." The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The administration deported people designated as Tren de Aragua members to a notorious prison in El Salvador where, it argued, U.S. courts could not order them freed. In adeal announced in July, more than 250 of the deported migrants returned to Venezuela. The Alien Enemies Act was only used three times before in U.S. history, all during declared wars — in the War of 1812 and the two World Wars. The Trump administration unsuccessfully argued that courts cannot second-guess the president's determination that Tren de Aragua was connected to Venezuela's government and represented a danger to the United States, meriting use of the act. In a 2-1 ruling, the judges said they granted the preliminary injunction sought by the plaintiffs because they "found no invasion or predatory incursion" in this case. The decision bars deportations from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. In the majority were U.S. Circuit Judges Leslie Southwick, a George W. Bush appointee, and Irma Carrillo Ramirez, a Joe Biden appointee. Andrew Oldham, a Trump appointee, dissented. The majority opinion said Trump's allegations about Tren de Aragua do not meet the historical levels of national conflict that Congress intended for the act. "A country's encouraging its residents and citizens to enter this country illegally is not the modern-day equivalent of sending an armed, organized force to occupy, to disrupt, or to otherwise harm the United States," the judges wrote. In a lengthy dissent, Oldham complained his two colleagues were second-guessing Trump's conduct of foreign affairs and national security, realms where courts usually give the president great deference. "The majority's approach to this case is not only unprecedented—it is contrary to more than 200 years of precedent," Oldham wrote. The panel did grant the Trump administration one legal victory, finding the procedures it uses to advise detainees under the Alien Enemies Act of their legal rights is appropriate. The ruling can be appealed to the full 5th Circuit or directly to the U.S. Supreme Court, which is likely to make the ultimate decision on the issue. Indeed, the ruling and dissent both seemed to acknowledge the judges were weighing in on issues destined to be settled only by the nation's highest court, repeatedly noting the unprecedented nature of the case and delving into 18th century conflicts and other landmark events in the nation's early decades as justification. The Supreme Court has already gotten involved twice before in the tangled history of the Trump administration's use of the AEA. In the initial weeks after the March declaration, the court ruled that the administrationcould deport people under the act, but unanimously found that those targeted needed to be given a reasonable chance to argue their case before judges in the areas where they were held. Then, as the administration moved to rapidly deport more Venezuelans from Texas, the high court stepped in again withan unusual, post-midnight rulingthat they couldn't do so until the 5th Circuit decided whether the administration was providing adequate notice to the immigrants and could weigh in on the broader legal issues of the case. The high court has yet to address whether a gang can be cited as an alien enemy under the AEA.

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September 03, 2025

Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang, appeals court rules

Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang, appeals court rules WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel...

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