All posts tagged "cancer"

  • Actor Ken Jeong poses for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Jeong says that much of the inspiration for his memorably angry Mr. Chow character in "The Hangover" movie was a reaction to his wife's fight against breast cancer at the time. He explained in a short film to accompany the upcoming PBS documentary, "Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies," that he was caring for his wife, Tran Ho, and their one-year-old twins as she was undergoing chemotherapy. "Tran encouraged me to do it," Jeong said in an interview. "She thought I was suffering from caregiver burnout." (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
    Ken Jeong says ‘Hangover’ role inspired by wife

    NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Ken Jeong says that much of the inspiration for his memorably angry Mr. Chow character in “The Hangover” movie was a reaction to his wife’s fight against breast cancer at the time....

    • Posted March 9, 2015
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  • Kim Ja-ok's memorial at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital. (Yonhap)
    Actress Kim Ja-ok dies of cancer at 63

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Kim Ja-ok, an award-winning South Korean actress, died Sunday of lung cancer. She was 63 years old. Kim had starred in a series of hit films and television dramas since her debut in 1970....

    • Posted November 15, 2014
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