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It’s been a harrowing year for Maria Menounos.

In February, the TV and SiriusXM radio host, learned she had a golf-ball-size meningioma brain tumor in the midst of her mother’s own Stage 4 brain cancer battle.

“I didn’t cry. I actually laughed,” Menounos, 39, told People about her diagnosis. “It’s so surreal and crazy and unbelievable that my mom has a brain tumor—and now I have one too?”

Menounos has since endured a seven-hour surgery to remove the brain tumor and is on the mend; her mother’s health is stable as well.

Unfortunately, the Menounos family...

Chicago – On Tuesday, December 5th, the Midwest Independent Film Festival will award their 2017 “Best of the Midwest” honors with a ceremony at Landmark Century Centre Cinema in Chicago at 7pm. Nominees include the feature films “Dave Made a Maze,” “Halfway,” “Signature Move,” “The Legend of Swee’ Pea” and “The View From Tall.”

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The Midwest Independent Film Festival is a year-round movie event in Chicago that takes place the first Tuesday of every month, at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema. The festival has been recognized by Chicago Magazine in their “Best of Chicago” issue, and has become one of the top places for local filmmakers, producers and actors to network in the city. The “Best of the Midwest” Awards has a number of TV & Film guests (click here) scheduled to attend.

The nominees for the 2017 “Best of the Midwest” Awards are as follows…...

Chicago – The road to athletic success is littered with the clichés of “might have been” and “never was,” but rarely does it contain a success story that is despite the person who achieved that success. In the early 1990s, a journeyman broke into the National Basketball Association, the first time in its history that a player that never graduated from high school made it to the big show. That man is Lloyd Daniels, and his story is in the documentary “The Legend of Swee’ Pea,” by filmmaker Benjamin May. The director will appear – with his cinematographer Daniel Levin – on behalf of his film at its Chicago premiere, presented by the Midwest Independent Film Festival on Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 (details below).

Lloyd Daniels Takes a Shot at Life in ‘The Legend of Swee’ Pea’

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Benjamin May hails from Minnesota, and “The Legend of Swee’ Pea” is his first film,...

Tom Brady made history on Sunday when he racked up his fifth Super Bowl win with the New England Patriots, and on Tuesday, the team returned home to Boston, where they celebrated at their victory parade. Of course, the spectacle was intended to celebrate Tom and the Patriots, but it was his son, Benjamin (whom he shares with wife Gisele Bündchen), who ended up stealing the show with his cute antics. While riding on one of the duck boats, Benjamin busted out his best dance moves and hit the dab as his dad waved to nearby fans. Benjamin may only be 7 years old, but he's already breaking hearts. Related:Tom Brady's Ladies Were Front and Center For His Fifth Super Bowl WinYou Have to See Gisele's Reaction to Tom Brady's Super Bowl Win...