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‘Friends’ star James Michael Tyler reveals stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis

James Michael Tyler, the actor best known for playing Central Perk’s sarcastic coffee shop owner Gunther on the the hit NBC sitcom Friends, has revealed he’s fighting stage 4 prostate cancer. The actor appeared on the Today Show to discuss his initial diagnosis in 2018, saying that because he didn’t catch the cancer early, it spread more rapidly than usual. During the pandemic, the actor became paralyzed from the waist down due to tumors that grew on his spine. Said Tyler: “For my specific prognoses… it’s stage 4. Late-stage cancer. So eventually, you know, it’s gonna probably get me.”

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‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ tops North American box office with $11.7M

The action-comedy ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard,’ starring Salma Hayek, Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson, was the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $11.7 million receipts this weekend. The film is a sequel to 2017’s “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” and is one of the few movies released exclusively in theaters since the beginning of the pandemic.