Last September, Relative Race’s Dan Debenham announced that he has been battling stage IV prostate cancer for almost a year. Yet, he continued to work on the BYU TV game show, which is about bringing families together through DNA.
Today, the beloved host gave an update on his cancer. “Actually, it was just this past Tuesday that I went in for a PET scan,” he said. “And we got the news that we had all been hoping for, praying for, and I want to share it with everybody. Because you have given me strength. And that is the doctors read the report and quote, ‘Patient shows a significant decrease in cancers throughout his body.'”
Then he added, “I believe in miracles, and they’re taking place. I believe I have a long future ahead of me. And it will always involve Relative Race.”
I will continue to pray his cancers continue to decrease and that he will be hosting Relative Race (my favorite reality show) for decades to come.
Suzanne Somers passed away today, the day before her 77th birthday, from a battle with cancer.
“Suzanne Somers passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of October 15th. She survived an aggressive form of breast cancer for over 23 years,” Somers’ longtime publicist R. Couri Hay wrote in a statement on behalf of the actress’ family to Variety.
“Suzanne was surrounded by her loving husband Alan, her son Bruce, and her immediate family. Her family was gathered to celebrate her 77th birthday on October 16th. Instead, they will celebrate her extraordinary life, and want to thank her millions of fans and followers who loved her dearly.”
Somers literally drove onto the scene in 1973’s America Graffiti as the blonde in the Thunderbird.
Four years later, she landed the role in Three’s Company, and that made her a household name. At first, we all loved the ditzy Chrissy Snow. And then we were all shocked and respected her when she was unceremoniously fired from the show for asking to be paid what she was worth.
She might not have gotten money from the series, but she got it from Thighmaster. It was a portable exercise machine that was the hit of the ’90s. As was her show Step By Step, which was also hit on Friday nights.
Somers continued to act, but her later years were spent selling organic beauty products and clothing.
Today, let’s honor her by watching one of her television shows and laughing with the blonde who was smarter than she played!
Somers is survived by her husband, Alan Hammel, her son, Bruce Jr., from a previous marriage, three grandchildren, and Hammel’s two children.
Jon Hamm is coming to Fox on January 7th. But you are not going to recognize him. That is because he is playing an animated detective in Grimsburg.
Grimsburg, starring and executive-produced by Emmy Award winner Jon Hamm (Mad Men), centers on Marvin Flute (Hamm), who may be the greatest detective ever to catch a cannibal clown and correctly identify a mid-century modern armoire. But there’s one mystery he still can’t crack — himself. To do that he must return to Grimsburg, a town where everyone has a secret or three, and redeem himself in the eyes of his fellow detectives, his ferociousex-wife and his lovably unstable son.
Grimsburg also stars Erinn Hayes, Alan Tudyk, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Rachel Dratch.
The After Party just concluded its second season on Apple TV+. And like one of the guests at the party, the show is dead.
Well, it is on life support because Deadline reports that Sony is shopping it around. But I have a feeling that no one is going to want the comedy that stars Tiffany Haddish.
The murder mystery had a good first season. But the second one lost its magic.
John Carpenter is one of the Kings of Horror, thanks to his movies like Halloween, The Fog, Christine, and They Live.
The guru is back, and this time, his tales are scarier than ever. That is because they are based on true stories.
Carpenter teamed up with Peacock to give us John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams. The six episodes tell horrifying stories in five quiet suburban communities that will never be the same.
Imagine a house that always terrified you, only to find out that you were right. What if you and your friends used an Ouija board, contacted someone who was murdered, and now she won’t leave you alone? Or you have been hearing about The Bunny Man, a 100-year-old story about a man dressed as a bunny who goes around killing people with a hatchet. Only to have that story come to life and people being attacked by him again?
These are just three of the scary true-life horrors that will make you want to avoid the suburbs. And Carpenter’s movies are a lot less scary because Michael Myers isn’t real like the escaped convict who goes around torturing and killing the women in a small town.
All of these cases are told by the people who experienced it, news stories, and reenactments. And with Carpenter’s way of making fiction seem real, just think about what he does with nonfiction. Sleeping and I are not going to be friends for a while.
So, if you like true crime shows or Carpenter’s work, then you are going to love this series that stays with you long after the credits role.
