Selena Gomez receives lifesaving surgery.
In an Instagram post made earlier today Selena reviled that the reason she was laying low
for part of the summer and not promoting her new music was because she was recovering from
a Kidney transplant.
Back in October 2015 Selena had an interview with Billboard where she revealed that she
had been diagnosed with Lupus and was undergoing chemotherapy.
Then in August of 2016 she took a break from her career after suffering from panic attacks-
anxiety and depression as a result of Lupus.
And now she needed a Kidney transplant due to Lupus.
In Selenas post shes in a hospital bed holding hands with one of her longtime friends and
actress Francia Raisa who was her donor.
You may recognize her from her role in the Secret life of the American Teenager.
She also posted 2 photos of her stomach following the surgery.
In this post Selena says- Im very aware some of my fans had noticed I was laying low for
part of the summer and questioning why I wasn’t promoting my new music- which I was extremely
proud of.
So I found out I needed to get a kidney transplant due to my Lupus and I was recovering.
It was what I needed to do for my overall health.
I honestly look forward to sharing with you- soon my journey through these past several
months as I have always wanted to do with you.
Until then I want to publicly thank my family and incredible team of doctors for everything
they have done for me prior to and post-surgery.
And finally there arnt words to describe how I can possibly thank my beautiful friend Francia
Raisa.
She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me.
I am incredibly blessed.
I love you so much sis.
Lupus continues to be very misunderstood but progress is being made.
For information about Lupus please go to the Lupus research Alliance website.
All of us here are happy to see that Selena has recovered from the transplant and seems
to be doing much better.
Shes definitely one strong woman.
Hello everyone and thank you for joining me on this beautiful Thursday im court mcginley.
As always we have a bunch of interesting news stories headed your way so without further
a due lets get started.
-Next- have you guys heard about Hurricane Hose?
First Harvey- then Irma and now Hose.
As of early yesterday Hose was 840 miles east of Florida.
With maximum sustainable winds of 75 miles per hour.
Making it a category 1 storm.
According to the National hurricane center- Hose is looping over the southwest Atlantic
between the Bahamas and Bermuda.
The storm is expecting to remain at hurricane intensity in the Western Atlantic and it could
be strengthened as it takes an odd- looping path that brings it near the Bahamas and the
US this weekend.
But luckily most computer models are showing that it will stay out to sea and complete
a tight enough loop to avoid moving onshore.
--Next-The Caribbean is running out of supplies after Irma.
This once lush landscape is now being compared to a nuclear landscape.
Many of the residents find themselves in darkness and the power is still out.
They are increasingly worried about dwindling food and water supplies.
Thousands of residents are forced to fend for themselves as no back up was coming in
to help.
Residents of St. Maarten have said that they don’t even know how long it will take before
people there will get food.
Irma killed at least 44 people in the Caribbean.
While this hurricane brought a lot of devastation it also brought a sense of community among
survivors who shared what recourses they had left.
If you guys want to help the victims of hurricane Irma you can donate money through organizations
such as- Unicef and save the children.
Also theres Oxfam which will be working to provide clean water and sanitation- and the
Salvation Army which is setting up emergency shelters.
And Global Giving has set up an Irma Relief fund to support vetted local organizations.
And of course theres GoFundMes dedicated page for Irma relief campaigns.
According to the Red Cross an estimated 1.2 million people have been affected by Irma
and that number could rise to 26 million.
So donations are really important to help try and get these families back on their feet.
Another way you could help is through volunteering.
So if you are in Puerto Rico- the US Virgin Islands or Florida you can register on the
website of the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster site.
Or go through Red cross.
Next- Information about the new apple phone is out and while people are impressed with
some of the new features they arnt too happy about the price.
Apparently its going to cost 1 thousand American dollars or 1 thousand British pounds.
Yeah so in the UK its going to be an additional 200 plus dollars.
This is the 10th anniversary for the iPhone.
Its most outstanding new feature is that its wireless with no home button and a huge screen.
Apple is also coming out with a new iphone 8 and 8 plus as well as a new apple watch
and a new 4k apple tv.
But back to the iphone- since there is no longer a home button you wake up the iphone
10 by either picking it up or tapping on the screen.
One of the really crazy new features is that this phone will use facial recognition instead
of the finger sensor.
The iphone 10s front facing camera now includes an IR floodlight and camera to invisibly illuminate
and photograph your face even in the dark.
Using a map of your face that is created by a series of hundreds of dots that map your
facial structure.
But one kind of fun thing this facial scanning allows you to do is create facially tracked
animal emojis.
Also as I mentioned before theres wireless charging- and its said this phone will last
at least 2 hours longer than the iphone 7.
If your interested in owning this phone its going to be available for pre-order mind-
October and it will be available in stores on November 3rd.
--Next speaking about electronics- Attention all gamers- Nintendos mini sized classic console
is coming back in 2018.
That’s right due to the strong demand the NES classic edition will be available once
again next year.
I mean its not too shocking as it was one of the most sought out items during the 2016
shopping season.
Earlier this year the company said they were no longer producing this consul due to limited
resources.
But consumers wernt having it and their voices were heard.
So if you missed out on getting your classic console the first time around due to it selling
out so fast you now have another chance.
I mean its pretty impressive- it has 30 built in games such as Mario Bros and Donkey Kong
and a retro inspired controller.
Let me know down in the comments if you already own this console or are interested in getting
one in the new year.
--And in celebrity news- Rebel Wilson has been awarded 3.6 million in an Australian
defamation case.
This is after a popular magazine published articles claiming Wilson lied about her name-
age- and childhood so she could make it in Hollywood.
The magazine stated that she was a serial liar who fabricated almost every aspect of
her life.
In light of all of this Wilson said she missed out on several prominent film roles and other
opportunities in the wake of her success of Pitch perfect 2 which came out back in 2015.
About this the actress tweeted- Today was the end of a long and hard court battle against
Bauer Media who viciously tried to take me down with a series of false articles.
Wilson won the case after the media company failed to properly investigate the allegations-
which came from a source who required payment and anonymity.
The 3.6 million payout is the biggest defamation payout in Australian History.
Well there you have it that’s all the news stories I have for you guys today.
Thank you so much for watching and ill catch you in the next one.