Top Chef alum Shirley Chung reveals stage 4 tongue cancer diagnosis 'I am a fighter' #NEWS #WORLD

welcome to celeb scene Central Rachel zler is on a mission to save her parents in the first trailer for Spellbound the upcoming Netfilx and Sky Dan animation feature zler voices Ellen the daughter of the king and queen of lria after a mysterious spell transforms her parents into monsters she must go on a mission to save her family and the kingdom the feature was previously set up at Apple but moved to Netflix when Sky Dan animation departed Apple for a packed with the streaming giant John litho Jennifer Lewis Nathan Lane and Titus Burgess also voice star in the feature Shrek co-director Vicky Jensen Helms the project which has a script from Lauren heinik and Elizabeth Martin and Julia Miranda the trailer touts the work of Sky Dan animation boss John Lasser without naming him noting the film comes from the Mind behind his picks are hits such as Toy Story and cars Lasser who joined Sky Dan following is a producer on the project along with Sky Dan head David Ellison and Dana Goldberg and Bruce Anderson it has a score by Alan Menin with songs from Menin and Glenn Slater Spellbound debuts on November 22nd and follows previous Sky Dan animation feature luck while projects in the PIP line include puku and Ray Gun Chung credited her experience as a chef with her ability to stay very calm as doctors delivered the news and she said she wanted to immediately hone in a treatment when she met with her oncologist on June 2nd however she said she broke down crying when she heard the recommended treatment option was 100% removal of her tongue it was her husband Jimmy she said that stayed calm enough to find out if there were other options she recalled her oncologist explaining that there was a unicorn case at University of Chicago where they cured a patient who was also a chef with radiation and chemotherapy but she would have to go to Chicago to receive the treatment higher survival rate or keep my tongue I chose to keep my tongue I am a fighter I am a chef I can be that unicorn too she shared the news of Chunk diagnosis coincides with the news that she is shutting down her Los Angeles restaurant Miss Chi Cafe to focus on her recovery the restaurant will continue operations through Sunday August 4.to that end Chung also provided an update on her recovery which she described as like a full-time job the celebrity chef has so far completed 6 weeks of chemotherapy with many more to go my tumor is shrinking my speech is much better and I can eat most normal food now she added I am learning to lean on others to let go to be more vulnerable chunk post also included a video and photos of her shaving her head surrounded by loved ones in the video she can be heard telling the person behind the camera that shaving her hair off herself was better for her mentally than pulling it off in the morning she ultimately concluded that her new du was kind of sexy she also concluded her post with that same positivity writing I am learning I can be strong 9 98% of the time it's okay to be not okay I have a tough long road to recovery in front of me your love and support Will Carry Me Through cheer me on Shirley Chung 2.0 will be reborn in 2025

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