Doherty

I have done battle with the Libertines three times over the past 19 years. Only I haven’t, not really. Two of the interviews were with Pete Doherty for projects away from the band that made him famous: Babyshambles and the Puta Madres. The first was in a mangy London hotel bedroom in 2005 – he was sitting on a motorbike, revving it up, when he was awake. Much of the time he was asleep. He was 26, surrounded by drugs paraphernalia, and had daubed “ROUGH TRADE” on the wall in his own blood. Last time we met, four years ago,…

Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin is the third film about Doherty to hit screens in recent times. You wait all day for a documentary about the turbulent life of a Libertines frontman, etc. There was a Channel 4 film about the still unsolved death of Mark Blanco, after he attended a house party with Doherty in 2006, then in November, Louis Theroux turned his unsparing eye on Doherty’s new-ish life in France, where he lives with his wife (since 2021), Katia de Vidas. Stranger In My Own Skin came out in cinemas at…

Shannen Doherty has shared an update regarding her ongoing battle with stage four cancer, speaking with her oncologist Dr. Amin Mirhadi on her Let’s Be Clear podcast on Monday, and briefly discussing a new cancer infusion treatment she’s been undergoing that she described as a “miracle.” The  52-year-old Beverly Hills, 90210 star was vague on the details regarding the treatment and wouldn’t specify on the podcast what the new infusion treatment was, but described the treatment as a positive development in her long…

Shannen Doherty has provided a positive cancer update after revealing in November 2023 that her cancer had spread to her bones. The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum recently made an appearance on Let’s Be Informative…with Dr. Mirhadi, the podcast hosted by her radiation oncologist, Dr. Amin Mirhadi, to discuss being diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, Shannen Doherty has provided a positive cancer update after revealing in November 2023 that her cancer had spread to her bones. The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum recently…

Shannen Doherty was vulnerable and candid in a new, wide-ranging conversation about death, fear and funeral planning. The “Beverly Hills, 90210” star invited best friend Chris Cortazzo, whom she described as her “security blanket,” to join her on the “Let’s Be Clear” podcast to dig deep into facing death head-on, and with humor, despite her fears. Doherty was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. She had a mastectomy, underwent chemotherapy and radiation and was in remission by 2017. But in February 2020, the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMallrats writer-director Kevin Smith apologised to Shannen Doherty after she said the 1995 box office flop killed her film career.The 52-year-old Beverly Hills, 90210 actor was discussing the cult classic buddy comedy with Smith on her Let’s Be Clear podcast when she made the revelation.“That’s kind of the interesting thing about Mallrats, right, is that it wasn’t a box office…

Shannen Doherty has revealed that her stage 4 breast cancer has spread to her bones. While opening up about her ongoing health battle in an interview with People magazine, published online Wednesday, the Beverly Hills, 90210 star also explained how she wants to keep pushing ahead amid her treatment. “I’m not done with living. I’m not done with loving. I’m not done with creating. I’m not done with hopefully changing things for the better,” Doherty said. “I’m just not — I’m not done.” The…

As Spinal Tap’s David St Hubbins once argued, it is possible to have too much perspective; but perhaps there isn’t quite enough perspective in this documentary about the iconic rock star and songwriter Pete Doherty (who in the title goes by the more mature “Peter”), former frontman of the Libertines and Babyshambles. The film is directed by Doherty’s wife Katia DeVidas, although the actual story of their relationship or any of Doherty’s previous relationships does not feature here; of course, it could be that Doherty and…

Actor Shannen Doherty has revealed that her breast cancer has spread to her brain. On June 5, Doherty shared a video of her in the hospital with a short caption, "January 9, 2023." The actress then posted another video on June 6, in which she shared her health update and provided a description of the earlier video, Variety reported. "On January 5th, my CT scan showed Mets in my brain. Yesterday`s video was showing the process of getting fitted for the mask which you wear during radiation to your brain," she said.…

Shannen Doherty is facing even more difficulty in her battle against breast cancer. The “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “Charmed” actress, 52, shared on Instagram that her cancer has spread to her brain. An emotional video posted Tuesday shows a crying Doherty wearing a mask and undergoing a CT scan at Cedars-Sinai in January. “My fear is obvious. I am extremely claustrophobic and there was a lot going on in my life,” she captioned the video.On Monday, Doherty shared a video from Jan. 9 of doctors molding a flexible MRI mask…