LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Paul Newman, responding to a flurry of unconfirmed reports he is gravely ill with cancer, issued a terse, cryptic statement on Tuesday that shed little light on his actual condition.
"Newman says he's doing nicely," his spokesman, Jeff Sanderson, said in a message e-mailed to Reuters and other media outlets in answer to queries about the cancer reports.
Reached by telephone in his Los Angeles office, Sanderson declined to elaborate or give further details.
"This is what I got from him. He says he's doing nicely, and this is the statement I wanted to share with you, and that's what I have," Sanderson said. "I spoke to his office. ... this is the statement that came directly from him."
According to numerous media accounts circulating on TV and the Internet since Monday, Newman, 83, has been diagnosed with lung cancer and was undergoing out-patient treatment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
A spokeswoman for Sloan-Kettering said she had no information about whether Newman was a patient there.
Newman announced just over a year ago he was essentially retiring from a half-century career in acting because of his age.
Last month, he stepped down as director of a stage production of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" at the Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut, citing unspecified health issues.
Wednesday 18 June 2008
Monday 2 June 2008
Mischa Barton: 'Cellulite Photos Were Faked'
For a girl who claims she isn't going to feed into publicity, Mischa Barton is going on about those cellulite pictures an awful lot. Now she claims that the images were photoshopped to look worse than they actually are.
The dreaded pictures in question were taken while Mischa was holidaying in Australia. Having decided to do a spot on sunbathing, the former O.C. actress slipped into a bikini to reveal her dimply thighs and bottom.
Mischa's PR person fumed to Rush & Molloy. "Those photos are doctored,” she said. “I'm not saying she's perfect, nobody is. But they've given a 22-year-old woman the legs and bottom of an 80-year-old.
“Look at the shots that were taken shortly before on a beach in L.A. Did she develop all that cellulite in a couple of weeks? There's a lot you can do with Photoshopping."
Jamie Fawcett, the photographer behind the snaps, responded by saying: "I wouldn't seek to publicly embarrass her with nudity or health issues or body image issues.
“It is a shame that publications tend to highlight an issue that is not fair to a young girl... However, sometimes these are the things that sell pictures."
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