How about some good news? Well, word is that Kylie Minogue has had a cancerous lump removed from her breast during "successful surgery" at a Melbourne hospital. Surgeon Jenny Senior told reporters Kylie's "spirits are high and she's feeling fine".
The surgeon continued: "I am very pleased to be able to confirm that the operation was successful. I feel confident that we caught the cancer in time and that she is now on the road to complete recovery".
Celebs, including Madonna, continued to pass on their good wishes to Kylie over the weekend, while the press took the opportunity to speculate that the singer had decided to delay plans to start a family because of the cancer, as well as reporting that boyfriend Olivier Martinez had proposed to Ms Minogue shortly after her surgery. We here at CMU, of course, would never belittle a serious story with such tittle tattle.
Meanwhile cancer charities reported that Kylie fans in Australia and the UK had been donating money following the announcement that the singer was suffering from breast cancer. And I suppose if there is any silver lining to this whole story (and, assuming Kylie makes a full recovery, I guess it's not too inappropriate for there to be one), it is that Kylie's trauma has helped to give the issue of breast cancer the kind of media exposure it wouldn't normally enjoy, which might help those who suffer from the disease in the future to have it diagnosed as quickly as Kylie did.