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STAR TRACKS
Avril Lavigne opened up about her battle with Lyme disease.
‘I hope that she will continue
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Avril Lavigne
Celebrities, politicians and doctors who speak out about their chronic Lyme disease will hopefully wake up those who deny its existence.
Julie via people.com
Lyme disease is an unrecognized epidemic. Your coverage brings attention to the suffering of thousands of people in need of better diagnostic testing, treatment and research.
Sheila M. Statlender
Newton Centre, Mass.
A Copilot’s Dark Secrets
To end your own life is one thing, but to murder 149 souls is beyond comprehension! The people on Germanwings Flight 9525 were sent to their deaths by another person’s hand, and this never will be acceptable! May God bless each and every innocent person and all of their families.
Mary Ann via people.com
Can we read more about the pilot who tried to save the passengers or the victims instead? The copilot Andreas Lubitz doesn’t deserve all this attention.
Ella via people.com
Angelina Jolie Pitt
Though I admire Angelina Jolie’s bravery, each time I read about her decision to have surgery, I am left wondering about the other half of the story. How did she go about getting these types of tests and elective surgeries? It would be good to know if the same options are available for all women or if these procedures are something only afforded to the rich and famous.
Jan May San Gabriel, Calif. For April 13, 2015
Angelina Jolie has revealed many private issues for the benefit of others in her situation and is my hero.
Lynn Carpenter Rochester, N.Y.
Giuliana Rancic
I feel nothing but empathy for Giuliana. I thought she lived a fairy-tale life and wondered what it would be like to be her and have it all. I guess this proves that things are not always what they seem. Hang in there, Giuliana . . . for every person that finds you “disgustingly thin,” there are as many people that find you talented and beautiful.
Robbie via e-mail
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UPDATE
ACCUSED Chris Lee (above), 25, pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder of Erin Corwin (left).
Erin Corwin Details
Erin Corwin, the wife of a U.S. Marine whom we wrote about in our Aug. 11, 2014, issue, expected a proposal from her alleged lover before she disappeared last June and was discovered nearly two months later at the bottom of a mine shaft near Joshua Tree National Park in California. At a pretrial hearing on April 2 for Chris Lee, her accused killer, prosecutors stated Corwin thought Lee was taking her to the desert to propose. “It apparently takes two hours just to get there,” she texted a friend. “The location is only half the surprise.” An autopsy revealed she was strangled with a homemade garrote, which was found next to her body, but it could not confirm whether Corwin was pregnant, because her body had decomposed.
Jessica Alba shows off her flawless physique while taking a break from a snorkeling session in St. Bart’s, where she vacationed with her husband, Cash Warren, and their daughters Honor and Haven on April 3.
Still ripped seven years after retiring from the NFL, Magic Mike XXL’s Michael Strahan soaks up the sun in St. Bart’s on March 29.
Surf’s up! Liam Hemsworth gives a glimpse of the muscles under his wet suit while catching some waves in Malibu with a friend on April 2.
Ahoy, matey! Cara Delevingne is ready to catch anyone who dares to abandon ship on a star-studded Chanel-sponsored cruise around New York City on March 30.
FASHION ON THE HIGH SEAS
Katy Perry poses with her lucky first mate Hudson Kroenig, the 6-year-old godson of Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld.
The next night at the Chanel Paris-Salzburg Métiers d’Art collection presentation in N.Y.C., Pharrell Williams and his wife, Helen Lasichanh, keep it cute (he later surprised the crowd with a performance).
PRINCE HARRY IN OZ
The prince (in England, in the rear of the first plane) will spend four weeks with the Australian Defence Force before leaving the British Army in June after 10 years of service. Prince Harry gets a warm greeting from fans at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on April 6. “He said that I was fabulous in making the sign, and it’s awesome to be a redhead,” Ethan Toscan, 12, told Australia’s Nine Network of the prince’s reaction to his work.
Captain Wales, as he’s known in his military role, gives two thumbs up while mid-flight in a Spitfire, a British fighter plane used during World War II.
FURIOUS 7 FEVER
Vin Diesel has seven reasons to smile at his hand- and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in L.A. on April 1. Below, the actor’s girlfriend Paloma Jiménez and their children Vincent, 4, and Hania, 7, get a frontrow seat to the action (new daughter Pauline, born in March, stayed home).
Members of the cast (from left) Tyrese Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez, Ludacris and Jordana Brewster get a kick out of watching their costar get his hands dirty.
Paul Walker’s younger brother Cody (inset) attends the premiere afterparty at Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel on April 1. “It’s bittersweet, but I think Paul would be proud,” he tells PEOPLE of the movie. Above: Diesel and Walker in 2001’s The Fast and the Furious. Walker died in a car crash in November 2013.
“This is like a real homecoming celebration of our brother Paul Walker’s last movie,” says Gibson, with costar Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson at the April 1 premiere in Hollywood. “We’re excited. All of this energy on an emotional level, it means more than anything we’ve ever done.”
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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’s kids (from left) Joaquin, 12, Michael, 17, and Lola, 13, outside St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
INSTA EASTER FUN!
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle and their daughters Malia (left), 16, and Sasha, 13, take a family portrait in the White House Rose Garden with their dogs Sunny and Bo ahead of the annual Easter Egg Roll.
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Papa rabbit Nick Lachey and his baby bunny, 3-month-old daughter Brooklyn.
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