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ALEX TREBEK SHARES CANCER DIAGNOSIS: Jeopardy host Alex Trebek is letting fans know that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. “Hi everyone, I have some news to share with all of you and it’s in keeping with my longtime policy of being open and transparent with our Jeopardy fan base – Just like 50,000 other people in the United States each year, I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer,” Trebek, who’s been hosting the game show for 34 years, said in a video message released Wednesday.The 78-year-old continued, “Now, normally the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I’m going to fight this and I’m going to keep working and with the love and support from my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease. Truth told, I have to because under the terms of my contract, I have to host Jeopardy for three more years, so help me. Keep the faith and we will win. We will get it done. Thank you.” The five-year survival rate of pancreatic cancer is 9%, the American Cancer Society reports (via Page Six). Alex shares two children, Matthew, 29, and Emily, 26, with his wife Jean Currivan Trebek.
PRINCE HARRY STEALS SHOW WHEN HE BRINGS MEGHAN MARKLE ONSTAGE: Prince Harry was speaking in front of a group of young people about social change on Wednesday, but he kicked things up a notch when he brought his pregnant wife Meghan Markle onstage. The thousands of students and teachers there to celebrate hope and change went wild when the Duchess took the stage. During his speech, he told the 12,000 gathered to hear him: “Every day you are inundated with an overexposure of advertising and mainstream media, social media and endless comparisons, distorting the truth, and trying to manipulate the power of positive thinking. But you don’t let them sway you.
TRISTAN THOMPSON SPOTTED OUT WITH MYSTERY WOMAN: Khloe Kardashian‘s ex Tristan Thompson has been spotted out in NYC with the same mystery woman he was seen with last week. This comes after he and Khloe broke it off over he allegedly cheated on her with family friend Jordyn Woods.
MACHINE GUN KELLY IS HERE FOR PETE AND KATE: After Kate Beckinsale‘s ex Matt Rife told Pete Davidson to “run!” when asked for relationship advice, many wondered what was going on behind the scenes. But Davidson’s pal Machine Gun Kelly tells TMZ he’s all in: “It took me like 15-seconds. She’s rad.”