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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek got choked up when he read the final response from a Brown University student who wanted to show support as he battles pancreatic cancer.
The emotional moment came in Monday's episode when Trebek read Dhruv Gaur's final answer.
Instead of writing a correct response, Gaur wrote “We love you, Alex!” He substituted a heart in place of the word love.
Trebek's voice cracked slightly as he thanked Gaur, telling him, “That's very kind.”
Gaur was eliminated in the semifinals for the Tournament of Champions. He tweeted that Trebek had just “shared with us that he was reenteering treatment” and “we were all hurting for him so badly.”
LOS ANGELES — When John Cena was offered an audio series about a former college football star chasing an NFL dream, he felt a personal connection to it right away. “The project really resonated with me because I played college football and didn't know what I was going to do after my career ended,” Cena said. “When I read the script, I wanted to do it right away.”That project, “64th Man,” makes its debut on Audible on Thursday. Cena's character in the 10-part series works at a grocery store and as a trainer at a gym while pursuing anything to get an NFL tryout.Cena starred on the offensive line at Division III Springfield College, where he was a captain and led the school to its first NCAA postseason appearance in 1998. He pursued a career as a bodybuilder and worked as a limousine driver before training in professional wrestling. He was eventually signed by World Wrestling Entertainment, and of course, became a superstar with the WWE and also a movie star.
LAS VEGAS — Marie Osmond says she's ready to perform the final week of an 11-year run with her brother, Donny, at the Flamingo Las Vegas, after telling the audience on her television talk show that she chipped her knee late last week.Osmond talked about her injury during an appearance Monday on CBS' “The Talk.”Osmond, 60, was forced to back out of a performance last Saturday night, but is promising audiences she will be back for this week's final shows.She and Donny Osmond, who is 62, each have had hits with songs such as “Puppy Love” and “Paper Roses.”Front-row seats for the last concert Saturday were going for $4,000 or more, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
