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Christina Applegate details bout of Covid and Sapovirus amid MS battle

<p>Christina Applegate has detailed her latest health battle amid her multiple sclerosis (MS).</p> <p>Speaking on her <em>MesSy</em> podcast with co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler, the actress revealed her rough experience after contracting Covid for the first time, which then turned into long Covid, and to make matters worse, she then contracted Sapovirus from contaminated food. </p> <p>Sapoviruses can cause acute gastroenteritis, and the actress candidly shared that she had been wearing diapers in recent weeks because of how often she has had to go to the bathroom. </p> <p>"I finally got the Covies.. someone real close to me dropped the ball and came home with the stuff and it spread all over the house," she began.</p> <p>"I had one day when I had a headache and chills and I thought I was making it through this."</p> <p>"It turned into long covid and it turned into a chest infection and then my heart was doing weird stuff, where it just speeds up... so I was like mother f--ker!"</p> <p>She then continued, saying that after contracting the virus she was "p---ing out of her a** for a few days".</p> <p>"I was so dizzy. I was so sick. I couldn't eat... Someone else's poop went into my mouth and I ate it."</p> <p>The actress recently revealed that she has 30 lesions on her brain from her MS,  a condition where the body's own immune system mistakenly attacks and damages the fatty material around the nerves, which can cause a range of symptoms. </p> <p>It is the most common acquired chronic neurological disease affecting young adults, according to MS Australia. </p> <p><em>Image: Getty</em></p>

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Woman with MS receives horrible abuse for parking in disabled spot

<p>Every time Hannah Bennett makes a trip to the supermarket, she's faced with an anxious decision.</p> <p>Should the Sydney speech pathologist park in a disabled spot and risk being abused. Or park further away and potentially aggravate her multiple sclerosis symptoms?</p> <p>“I’ve had some very colourful words yelled at me, things just by complete strangers,” Hannah, 24, told news.com.au.</p> <p>“I’ve had notes left on my car with all sorts of horrible things written on them.”</p> <p>Hannah was granted a disabled parking permit at age 21, one year after she woke up blind in her left eye.</p> <p>The then-20-year-old was diagnosed with MS, a chronic illness where nerve damage disrupts the body’s communication with the brain.</p> <p>“It was just a lot of shock really, a lot of shock and worry,” Hannah said of first learning her diagnosis.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLQ3Z_ejLXl/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLQ3Z_ejLXl/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Hannah 🕊 (@rrmslife)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“I’d heard of MS before but I didn’t really know much about it at all. I was worried that I would be wheelchair-bound for the rest of my life.”</p> <p>Since being diagnosed with MS, Hannah has been able to manage her symptoms through medication and physical therapy.</p> <p>Hannah feels "extremely, extremely grateful" she's not wheelchair-bound but she does rely on a walking stick as it helps with the nerve pain in her legs.</p> <p>When it is severe, it makes her feel like her legs are on fire and long distances are “really tricky”, but Hannah has to constantly weigh up whether it is bad enough to park in a disabled spot.</p> <p>“I avoid it completely, unless I absolutely have to,” she said. “I get so worried about the things people will say or do or yell.”</p> <p>For Hannah the negative experiences have fed the anxiety she has had since she first applied for the permit and worried she be judged for using it.</p> <p>“It’s often people, they’re just driving past and you get out of the car in the very obvious disabled spot and they’ll yell out something like, ‘Oh you don’t look very effing disabled to me,’ or things like that,” she said.</p> <p>“They don’t have the guts to come say it to my face or let me explain it; they just drive by and yell it out their window.”</p> <p>But her experience prompted Hannah to speak out and share her story on her Instagram page @rmslife to spread awareness on what it's like to live with an "invisible" illness.</p> <p>“I shared one of the notes on my Instagram a year or so ago and so many people commented and said, ‘Oh that’s happened to me,’ or ‘Horrible nasty people commented to me,’” she said.</p> <p>Her Instagram page has also connected her to charity<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://kissgoodbyetoms.org/" target="_blank">Kiss Goodbye To MS</a><span> </span>and this May, for the third year running, Hannah will be taking part in<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.themay50k.org/" target="_blank">The May 50k.</a></p> <p>The May 50K invites everyone to run or walk 50km throughout May while raising funds for life-changing MS research.</p> <p>Hannah hopes to raise $2000 while walking with her dog Patch and also raise awareness for an often-invisible illness.</p> <p>“You can’t always see chronic illness or chronic disease as well as disability – people can be disabled without having all the obvious features,” she said.</p> <p>“Particularly with MS, it’s really important to me that people realise it can really be quite literally invisible.</p> <p>“(It can be) a perfectly fit, perfectly healthy looking person, young person, but on the inside they’re in a lot of pain.”</p> <p><em>For more information about The May 50k or to register,<span> </span></em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.themay50k.org/" target="_blank"><em>visit their website</em></a></p>

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"I had recovery": Selma Blair proudly reveals incredible new look after MS treatment

<p>After going public with her multiple sclerosis diagnosis last year, Selma Blair has been keeping her fans up to date with her health journey.</p> <p>Through her platform, the actress has spread awareness about MS – a degenerative disease which affects the central nervous system and interferes with the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves – and advocated for those living with the chronic illness.</p> <p>On Thursday, the 47-year-old shared that she shaved her head and is currently in the process of recovering from a medical treatment.</p> <p>“I am being discharged from the care of an incredible team of nurses and techs and a visionary doctor who believes in my healing as much as I do,” she wrote on an Instagram post.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B0WCYC6HOyp/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B0WCYC6HOyp/" target="_blank">Today is a banner day. I am being discharged from the care of an incredible team of nurses and techs and a visionary Dr. who believes in my healing as much as I do. This has been a process. And will continue to be one. I am immunocompromised for next three months at least. So no kisses please. I wanted to make sure any complications that might arise here were my private space. And we got through brilliantly. I thank you all for your love and support and that extra dose of great with a @people cover. I see things so much more clearly now. And I am excited to share this journey when I am ready. For now, I have recovery. And a great @the_alinker_world so I gotta split. Bye!!!!!! This is the best gift I could give to Arthur. #newimmunesystem #whodis? 🎂</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/selmablair/" target="_blank"> Selma Blair</a> (@selmablair) on Jul 25, 2019 at 8:12am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Blair also wrote that she is immunocompromised for the next three months. “I am excited to share this journey when I am ready. For now, I have recovery.”</p> <p>In an interview with<a rel="noopener" href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/selma-blair-opens-tears-relief-ms-diagnosis-61310469" target="_blank"> <em>Good Morning America</em></a> which aired in February, the Cruel Intentions star said she felt “relieved” upon receiving the diagnosis in August after her symptoms were “not taken seriously by doctors”.</p> <p>She said, “I had tears. They weren’t tears of panic. They were tears of knowing I now had to give in to a body that had loss of control, and there was some relief in that.”</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BpKjP_7FnWQ/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BpKjP_7FnWQ/" target="_blank">I was in this wardrobe fitting two days ago. And I am in the deepest gratitude. So profound, it is, I have decided to share. The brilliant costumer #Allisaswanson not only designs the pieces #harperglass will wear on this new #Netflix show , but she carefully gets my legs in my pants, pulls my tops over my head, buttons my coats and offers her shoulder to steady myself. I have #multiplesclerosis . I am in an exacerbation. By the grace of the lord, and will power and the understanding producers at Netflix , I have a job. A wonderful job. I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is foggy. And my left side is asking for directions from a broken gps. But we are doing it . And I laugh and I don’t know exactly what I will do precisely but I will do my best. Since my diagnosis at ten thirty pm on The night of August 16, I have had love and support from my friends , especially @jaime_king @sarahmgellar @realfreddieprinze @tarasubkoff . My producers #noreenhalpern who assured me that everyone has something. #chrisregina #aaronmartin and every crew member... thank you. I am in the thick of it but I hope to give some hope to others. And even to myself. You can’t get help unless you ask. It can be overwhelming in the beginning. You want to sleep. You always want to sleep. So I don’t have answers. You see, I want to sleep. But I am a forthcoming person and I want my life to be full somehow. I want to play with my son again. I want to walk down the street and ride my horse. I have MS and I am ok. But if you see me , dropping crap all over the street, feel free to help me pick it up. It takes a whole day for me alone. Thank you and may we all know good days amongst the challenges. And the biggest thanks to @elizberkley who forced me to see her brother #drjasonberkley who gave me this diagnosis after finding lesions on that mri. I have had symptoms for years but was never taken seriously until I fell down in front of him trying to sort out what I thought was a pinched nerve. I have probably had this incurable disease for 15 years at least. And I am relieved to at least know. And share. 🖤 my instagram family... you know who you are.</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/selmablair/" target="_blank"> Selma Blair</a> (@selmablair) on Oct 20, 2018 at 11:23am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>She revealed her diagnosis in an Instagram post in October. “I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is foggy,” she wrote. “But we are doing it. And I laugh and I don’t know exactly what I will do precisely but I will do my best.”</p> <p> </p>

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“You sad tiny man”: Lee Lin Chin slams Tony Abbott for Bob Hawke tribute

<p>With former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke passing away, he’s being remembered as one of the nation’s greatest leaders.</p> <p>Many tributes have flown in, remembering the man and his contributions to the nation. However, when former Prime Minister Tony Abbott made a tribute as well, his stood out for all the wrong reasons.</p> <p>"Bob Hawke was a great prime minister," Mr Abbott wrote of the 89-year-old in an official statement.</p> <p>"In my judgement, he was Labor's greatest prime minister.</p> <p>"But his key achievements, financial deregulation, tariff cuts and the beginnings of privatisation, went against the Labor grain, as Labor's more recent policy direction shows.</p> <p>"You might almost say he had a Labor heart, but a Liberal head.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">Statement on the death of The Hon Bob Hawke AC, GCL: <a href="https://t.co/M8fzbFlVTE">pic.twitter.com/M8fzbFlVTE</a></p> — Tony Abbott (@TonyAbbottMHR) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyAbbottMHR/status/1128969163911811072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">16 May 2019</a></blockquote> <p>Many have accused Abbott of using the tribute as a last-ditch effort to gain votes for the electorate of Warringah.</p> <p>Many Australian politicians, celebrities as well as annoyed citizens lashed out at the former Liberal Prime Minister online. This included Lee Lin Chin.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">You want to make Bob Hawkes death about politics <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyAbbottMHR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TonyAbbottMHR</a>? Okay, let's do it. He was a better Prime Minister than you ever were, but to be fair so was every other one including Scott Morrison you sad tiny man.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIPHawkey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RIPHawkey</a></p> — Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChin) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeeLinChin/status/1128994383347322882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">16 May 2019</a></blockquote> <p>Chin was scathing in her criticism, saying:</p> <p>“You want to make Bob Hawkes death about politics Tony Abbott? Okay, let’s do it. He was a better Prime Minister than you ever were, but to be fair so was every other one including Scott Morrison you sad tiny man.”</p> <p>Others were quick to condemn the statement.</p> <p>“You lack grace. In fact, you are complete trash,” Labor MP Nick Staikos wrote.</p> <p>“You’re trying to score political points from the death of one of Australia’s greatest public figures within hours of his passing?” journalist Paul Syrvet said on Twitter.</p> <p>Australian comedian Tom Gleeson succinctly said:</p> <p>“This tribute to one of Australia’s most loved PMs by Tony Abbott, reminds you why he is one of the most loathed.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">This tribute to one of Australia’s most loved PMs by Tony Abbott, reminds you why he is one of the most loathed. <a href="https://t.co/lwTnx0YQhV">https://t.co/lwTnx0YQhV</a></p> — Tom Gleeson (@nonstoptom) <a href="https://twitter.com/nonstoptom/status/1128975408693514240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">16 May 2019</a></blockquote> <p>Australian Financial Review’s Joe Aston said that Abbott’s comments were “actually disgusting”, according to <a rel="noopener" href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/tony-abbott-slammed-bob-hawke-tribute-214818946.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFZ4m5FEWzLbY-1qfPltwuuk9mlrvSGNPi3RCgAiSTNZBRVkaPpief5Cv7IifBTqCUUjs1WQh9zHRcNyZVenyNwUYUD-CwmzGdy9eC5wAiRurOdUMF0OlY7A6vMri4CTC_tQai1kXS5hlWJiHDmFCC7MH_N5w2rqZbu2EfYoNqDN" target="_blank">Yahoo! News</a>.</p> <p>“[Tony Abbott] uses Bob Hawke's death to make a political point. Apologies to the late Ann Shorten, but this surely sets a new campaign low,” the journalist said.</p> <p>The backlash was too much for Abbott, who appeared to make a more heartfelt tribute later, but for many, the damage had been done.</p> <p>“Too late,” dozens of comments read.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">Being more awful than your regular awfulness is an incredible achievement.</p> — Ketan Joshi (@KetanJ0) <a href="https://twitter.com/KetanJ0/status/1128991043641331718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">16 May 2019</a></blockquote>

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Lee Lin Chin bids farewell to SBS in spectacular fashion

<p>During her final broadcast as a newsreader of SBS World News, Lee Lin Chin farewelled fans in a touching bulletin as well as one last spectacular outfit.</p> <p>Renowned for her sartorial quirkiness, Chin didn’t disappoint fans with an eye-catching black dress, complete with black plastic ruffles.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr">Amazing outfit from <a href="https://twitter.com/LeeLinChinSBS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LeeLinChinSBS</a> on her final broadcast for SBS News <a href="https://t.co/ZgqG1qmmky">pic.twitter.com/ZgqG1qmmky</a></p> — Jamie Cummins (@jc_cummins) <a href="https://twitter.com/jc_cummins/status/1023488479299174405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2018</a></blockquote> <p>Chin, who <strong><u><a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/news/news/surprise-announcement-lee-lin-chin-quits-sbs">announced her shock resignation last week</a></u> </strong>after almost 40 years with SBS and 30 years as a newsreader, addressed her exist in the final minutes of her hour-long bulletin.</p> <p>She thanks viewers before a highlights video reel of her best moment aired.</p> <p>“I take my leave with sadness,” she said. “Thank you for watching and a very goodnight.”</p> <p class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-1by1"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsbsnews%2Fvideos%2F2067795516573420%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=476" width="476" height="476" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p> <p>Chin told SBS in a statement about her resignation: “Having spent the bulk of my professional life at SBS, this isn’t by any means an easy decision.</p> <p>“I shall be leaving a happy and satisfying role as a newsreader. My friends and colleagues for whom I have fervent respect will be deeply missed.”</p> <p>And don’t for a moment think she’s retired. Chin took to Twitter to set the record straight after fans wished her well in retirement, writing: “I have not retired, simply resigned. Retirement is death.”</p>

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Surprise announcement: Lee Lin Chin quits SBS

<p>After more than 40 years, trusted journalist and news presenter Lee Lin Chin is leaving SBS. She spoke exclusively to Sandra Sully at <em><a href="https://tendaily.com.au/news/a180726kpi/exclusive-lee-lin-chin-quits-sbs-20180726">Ten Daily</a></em> to reveal the reasons behind her decision.</p> <p>"There's not one big reason, there's many small to medium-sized reasons, which for the time being I wish to keep to myself but may talk about one day,” Lee Lin admitted to Sandra.</p> <p>“One reason I shall reveal, however, is that working two days a week didn't give me enough time to devote to the pub and re-reading the complete works of Shakespeare. So now that I work zero days that issue has been addressed," Lee Lin added cheekily.</p> <p>While many of her colleagues possibly did not predict Lee Lin’s surprise announcement today, her legion of loyal fans around Australia are no doubt sad to learn that she has decided it’s time for the next chapter.</p> <p>"It has been something I've considered for a number of years now. I thought SBS would just fire me one day, so I'd never have to make the decision,” Lee Lin candidly shared.</p> <p>“They obviously didn't and, in fact, offered me a two-year contract extension at the start of the year. So, I had to start considering it a lot more seriously."</p> <p>Acknowledging her legion of followers, Lee Lin admitted, "The reason why it took so long was because of the fans. Every day at least five people will approach me and say that they love me on the news and that they watch every week. It does feel slightly as if I am letting them down by leaving. Please don't hate me.”</p> <p>So, what does the much-loved and esteemed news presenter have planned next?</p> <p>"Hopefully many things. I've recently started a production company, All The Chin's Men, with Chris Leben and Daniel Hartley-Allen, whom I worked extensively with at <em>The Feed</em>,” Lee Lin revealed.</p> <p>“We already have two shows in development, a comedy travel show with ITV Australia and a comedy espionage show with emotive content. Naturally they're both starring me."</p> <p>She added, “I'm also looking into the podcast world, I want to host a podcast all about The Beatles, I'd love it if you'd join me for an episode Miss Sully."</p> <p>Before cheekily declaring, "However, I'd like to point out that once a newsreader, always a newsreader. I would be very happy to read the news on a casual basis in the future if someone were willing to have me. Let me know if you need a break, I'm sure I could give Ten a ratings boost."</p> <p>Lee Lin’s last national broadcast for <em>World News</em> on SBS will be this Sunday, July 29.</p> <p>Will you be sad to see Lee Lin Chin no longer host <em>World News</em> on SBS? Tell us in the comments below.</p> <p> </p>

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My Kitchen Rules star reveals her devastating health battle

<p>Roula and Rachael were billed as <em>My Kitchen Rules</em>’ “friends with attitude”, and so far, they’ve lived up to that description. But while she’s feisty and opinionated at the dinner table, off-camera, Roula is battling a devastating disease that’s affected her for 11 years.</p> <p>Talking to <a href="https://www.newidea.com.au/mkr-roula-multiple-sclerosis" target="_blank"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">New Idea</span></strong></em></a>, the 34-year-old revealed she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) when she was just 23.</p> <p>The disease, which attacks the body’s central nervous system, has taken a huge toll on Roula, leaving her with kidney failure, blindness in one eye, hair loss, depression and anxiety.</p> <p>She currently has over 90 lesions on her brain, causing episodes of complete loss of feeling in her arm and one side of her face. She was also forced to learn how to walk again after losing the use of her right leg twice.</p> <p>So far, she’s battled through during her run on <em>MKR</em>, but Roula says it almost ended after a terrifying incident following the first Instant restaurant. She required urgent medical attention after suffering a serious bout of hypothermia and a flare up of her hiatal hernia.</p> <p>“I didn’t want to talk about it on the show. I didn’t go on the show to talk about MS... but it did affect me on the show,” she told New Idea.</p> <p>“I got sick a few times, I had a doctor come visit me at the hotel. With MS you get very fatigued and I got hypothermia after the very first instant restaurant. My hiatal hernia was also the reason I couldn’t eat fried food in episode one – which I could never explain to the table. It was full-on.”</p> <p>Roula, who is currently competing in the Channel Seven show with her best friend Rachael, said she doesn’t want MS to define her.</p> <p>“I went on <em>MKR </em>to prove to myself that I can be me – I can be fun, I can be loud, I can be Roula. My parents were very worried about me, worried about my health – but I told them, ‘No, I want to do this... I want to go be me for a little bit.’</p> <p>“But all these people judging me by what they see on TV, they don’t really know what I’m going through deep down. I might be on a reality TV show at the moment – but dealing with my MS is my real-life reality.”</p> <p><em>Image credit: Channel 7.</em></p>

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Everything you need to know about MS

<p>Despite the fact that around <a href="https://www.msaustralia.org.au/explaining-ms-children" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">one in 20</span></strong></a> Australians will know someone with multiple sclerosis (MS) in their lifetime, it seems that the condition is still misunderstood by much of the population.</p> <p>Many people don’t actually know what MS is or what the symptoms are, according to research conducted on behalf of MS Research Australia. </p> <p>In the body of an MS sufferer, the immune system attacks the outside of the nerves in the brain and spine, resulting in a disruption to the communication between the brain and the body.</p> <p>This can lead to issues with coordination (one in five end up in a wheelchair), as well as pain, depression, memory loss, incontinence, and problems with vision. The severity of the condition varies from person to person, with some having no symptoms at all where others have lifelong pain and symptoms.</p> <p>Medication is often prescribed to suppress the immune system, and over the past decade the proliferation of new drugs has meant that the progression of the disease can be slowed down considerably.</p> <p>Facts about MS from MS Australia:</p> <ul> <li>Around 23,000 Australians are affected, with 2 million sufferers worldwide</li> <li>Most people are diagnosed between 20-40 years of age</li> <li>Three quarters of sufferers are women</li> <li>Sufferers can still expect to live to 95% of the general life expectancy</li> <li>MS is different for everyone so it’s difficult to predict how and when specific symptoms will manifest themselves</li> <li>Children can find the disease hard to understand as it varies so much, so MS Australia has a <a href="https://www.msaustralia.org.au/explaining-ms-children" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">link to a free educational app</span></strong></a> that helps to explain MS to kids.</li> </ul> <p>Some celebrities have spoken about living with MS, including actor Richard Pryor as well as reality TV star Jack Osbourne. After being diagnosed at age 27, Osbourne went on to become an advocate for raising awareness of MS – he even has a website (<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.youdontknowjackaboutms.com" target="_blank"><strong>You Don’t Know Jack About MS</strong></a>)</span> to share his story with others. </p>

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Cruise line faces fine for all-night party in Ibiza

<p>Royal Caribbean’s cruise liner MS Brilliance of the Seas is set to face a fine for an all-night party during a stopover in Ibiza.</p> <p>The ship was docked in Marine Botafoch on the Balearic island and town hall officials said they received various calls complaining about the noise.</p> <p>Police and port authorities were alerted but said they were unable to get the music turned down.</p> <p>The ship travelled from Barcelona and docked in Ibiza for two days. Local reports noted that the noise continued until 8:30 the next day.</p> <p>Port authorities have initiated proceedings which are expected to result in a fine for the cruise ship’s agent, with sources warning it would be the “maximum possible under the law” for breaching noise regulations.</p> <p>MS Brilliance of the Seas holds 2,500 passengers.</p> <p>The ship sails Western Caribbean itineraries out of Florida during the summer season and then crosses the Atlantic in late April, offering several Mediterranean itineraries out of Barcelona through winter.</p> <p>What is your wildest memory on a cruise? Let us know in the comments below.</p>

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Mum with MS shares beautiful dance with son at wedding

<p>The mother-son dance is a beautiful wedding tradition and always one of the real highlights of the ceremony. In the video above, we get to watch a particularly special one.</p> <p>When Amy Winn was 31 she was diagnosed Multiple sclerosis, a condition which damages the central nervous system of the body. MS left Amy confined to a wheelchair, and limited many of the basic abilities she’s required to do on a daily basis.</p> <p>While MS has had a major effect on Amy’s life, nothing was going to stop her dancing with her son Stephen on his wedding. In the video above we watch Amy and Stephen share a beautiful mother-son dance as the enraptured crowd looks on.</p> <p>Amy’s family is currently raising money for a stem cell treatment that can help her handle her condition. For more information on how you can help, <a href="https://www.youcaring.com/amy-winn-658638" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>click here</strong></span></a>.</p> <p>What a beautiful moment. What’s the most incredible thing you’ve witnessed at a wedding? Let us know in the comments, we’d love to hear from you. </p> <p><em>Video credit: Facebook / Storyful </em></p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/news/news/2016/09/is-this-the-cruellest-father-of-the-bride-ever/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Father-of-the-bride drops cake</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/news/news/2016/09/catherine-zeta-jones-and-michael-douglas-special-celebrations/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas' special celebrations</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/news/news/2016/09/romanian-couples-awarded-cash-and-a-party/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Romanian district honours lasting couples with cash awards and a party</strong></em></span></a></p>

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Woman diagnosed with MS turns her brain scans into art

<p>After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1991, former lawyer Elizabeth Jameson decided to do something a bit different with her brain scans – turn them into art.</p> <p>The diagnosis came as a huge shock to Jameson, who first had her ability to speak in the late ‘80s due to a lesion in her brain. For the outspoken civil rights lawyer, becoming mute simply wasn’t an option. Through intense speech therapy, she regained her voice, before learning she had MS.</p> <p>As a champion for children with chronic illness and disabilities, Jameson decided to give back to the community she suddenly found herself a part of. “I was a public interest lawyer, so I decided to become a public interest artist, whatever the hell that would mean,” she told <a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/3061436/diagnosed-with-multiple-sclerosis-an-artist-turns-her-mris-into-art" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fast Company Design</span></strong></a>.</p> <p>When she received her first MRI scan, Jameson didn’t want to look at the harsh, “ugly” black-and-white images. So, she began silk painting and copper-etching her scans, creating colourful and lively works of art in an effort to “take the fear out of looking at MRIs”.</p> <p>Now quadriplegic, Jameson continues to make her incredible paintings with a little help from her assistant. Take a look at some of her stunning creations in the gallery above.</p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="/entertainment/art/2016/05/artist-creates-fashion-designs-with-food/"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Artist creates incredible fashion designs using food</span></em></strong></a></p> <p><a href="/entertainment/art/2016/05/computer-creates-a-new-rembrandt-painting/"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Computer creates a new Rembrandt painting</span></strong></em></a></p> <p><a href="/entertainment/art/2016/05/artist-creates-paintings-using-bacteria/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Artist creates “paintings” using bacteria</strong></em></span></a></p>

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80-year-old dazzles in stylish outfits

<p>Meet 80-year-old Ms Lin from Chongqing, south-west China. Her glamorous fashion shoot has wowed the internet, proving style has no age barrier.</p> <p>Gifted a professional photo shoot by her grandniece, the octogenarian embraced the life of a model with gusto, posing in a range of outfits that many would be surprised to see on their grandma. But from the photos it’s evident Mr Lin not only has a fashion sense to envy, she’s also having the time of her life!</p> <p>Her niece said she had given her great aunt a pair of four-inch heels to wear, but was afraid she would fall.</p> <p>“I suggested she could take them off between shots, but she insisted on keeping them on for added effect.”</p> <p>Ms Lin also refused to wear makeup saying she wanted to be keep her looks natural.</p> <p>“We wanted to show her most natural side in the photographs; we didn’t want the person in the photos to be unrecognisable afterwards,” her family said.  </p> <p><strong>Related links: </strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/06/80s-fashion-trends-making-a-comeback/"><em>15 fashion trends from the 80s that are making a comeback</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/06/new-trends-to-try-this-winter/"><em>3 new fashion trends to try this winter</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/06/fashion-tips-for-flattering-the-neck/"><em>Fashion tips for flattering the neck</em></a></strong></span></p> <p> </p>

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2016 Gold Logie nominees announced

<p>The nominees for the 2016 TV Week Gold Logie have been announced (as voted for by you!), and it’s the most diverse list we’ve seen since the awards show debuted in 1959.</p> <p>Here’s the full list of Aussie TV stars vying for the big award:</p> <p><strong>Waleed Aly</strong></p> <p>The Project’s breakout host is nominated for the first time since he began on the show last year. He has gained popularity in recent months for his refreshing takes on serious news issues, such as his rousing viral speeches on ISIL and the Paris Terror Attacks in November.</p> <p><strong>Carrie Bickmore</strong></p> <p>Aly’s The Project co-host is also nominated for the top gong, which if won would make it her second consecutive Gold Logie win. In last year’s acceptance speech, she took time to highlight a cause close to her heart – brain cancer, which sadly claimed the life of her husband Greg in 2007.</p> <p><strong>Scott Cam</strong></p> <p>This is Cam’s third Gold Logie nomination in a row. Host of Channel Nine’s The Block and Reno Rumble, Cam won the coveted gong in 2014.</p> <p><strong>Lee Lin Chin</strong></p> <p>The beloved, eccentric host of SBS World News and The Feed has become somewhat of a cult figure in recent years, thanks largely to her hilarious, no-holds-barred Twitter feed. In fact, in May she tweeted her plans to win this year’s Gold Logie – “Just decided to win the gold next year, I deserve it.”</p> <p><strong>Essie Davis</strong></p> <p>Davis is the only actor up for the Gold Logie this year, having starred in Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries since 2012. Previously nominated in 2014, his is her second Gold Logie nomination.</p> <p><strong>Grant Denyer</strong></p> <p>Though he has been nominated for the Best Presenter Logie four times before, Family Feud host Denyer has never won nor received a nomination for Gold Logie. Could this be the year?</p> <p><em>Image: Carrie Bickmore/Twitter</em></p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="/entertainment/tv/2016/02/fun-facts-aussie-tv-shows/"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fun facts about favourite Aussie TV shows</span></strong></em></a></p> <p><a href="/entertainment/tv/2016/02/tv-shows-ending-in-2016/"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">5 TV shows ending in 2016</span></em></strong></a></p> <p><a href="/entertainment/tv/2016/01/stars-who-launched-their-careers-on-australian-tv/"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stars who launched their careers on Australian TV</span></strong></em></a></p>

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