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John Lennon - Julian Lennon undergoes emergency surgery for skin cancer: “Please get yourself checked out” - nme.com - New York - city New York - Los Angeles - city Los Angeles
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Julian Lennon undergoes emergency surgery for skin cancer: “Please get yourself checked out”
Julian Lennon has revealed that he underwent emergency surgery after being diagnosed with skin cancer.The elder son of Beatles legend John Lennon took to his official Instagram account to alert fans that they should always get checked for skin cancer after he was diagnosed with Melanoma for a second time recently.Julian went on to explain that prior to flying to New York from Los Angeles for work – which included a series of appearances on Good Morning America, Sirius XM, iHeart Radio and his book signing and Q&A event at Fotografiska for his book Life’s Fragile Moments – he went to his routine dermatology appointment with “Dermatologist @drtessmauricio – Dr Tess, was the one who caught & operated on My Mole/Skin Cancer, a few years ago, and literally saved My Life”.He revealed that following his appearance on Good Morning America, he received an urgent call from his dermatologist who informed him that he “had 2 locations on My Skin, Shoulder & Forearm, one of which was Melanoma, that should be operated on ASAP!“So instead of going home to put my Christmas tree up and happily finish the year off, relaxing at home, I flew directly back to Los Angeles, after all my work in New York was done, and went directly from LAX airport, to surgery, with a surgeon recommended by Dr Tess, @timneavin – who spent several hours cleaning up and operating on me, with large margins, in the hope that we have, at the end of the day – clear margins, which would mean being free from cancer.”A post shared by Julian Lennon (@julespicturepalace)He continued: “The operation was a success, but we have yet to have the results of the biopsy, which we may not receive before Christmas.
Donald Trump - Lil Wayne - Chris Brown - Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and Alice In Chains among artists who reportedly used COVID grant for parties, travel and luxury items - nme.com - Usa - state California - county Wayne - county Brown
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Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and Alice In Chains among artists who reportedly used COVID grant for parties, travel and luxury items
Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and Alice in Chains are reportedly among the artists who spent US tax-payer funded COVID relief grants on luxury items, travel, and parties.The funding, called the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, was signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2020, and aimed to subsidise musicians and venues who were impacted by pandemic-related closures.Now, a new report from Business Insider has found that a handful of big artists, including Wayne, Brown and Alice in Chains claimed millions from the grant before spending it in lavish ways.The publication reveals that Wayne received $8.9million from the tax-payer-funded grant, spending over $1.3million on private-jet flights and over $460,000 on clothes and accessories, including many from luxury brands like Gucci and Balenciaga.The rapper reportedly put $175,000 towards “a music festival promoting his marijuana brand, GKUA” as well as “flights and luxury hotel rooms for women whose connection to Lil Wayne’s touring operation was unclear, including a waitress at a Hooters-type restaurant and a porn actress.”Insider also alleges that Wayne claimed $88,000 for a concert in Coachella, California that he didn’t end up performing at. They report that, when reaching out to him via text to comment, Wayne responded with “a sexually explicit overture to a reporter and did not respond to questions.”Elsewhere, the artist and athlete management firm NKSFB received at least $207million in grant money, of which they took $7million.
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