IN CASE YOU MISSED IT!
1 ZAC EFRON reassures fans he ‘bounced back quick’ after battling a deadly bacterial infection while filming a documentary series in Papua New Guinea. The Greatest Showman star hit headlines when it was revealed he had narrowly escaped death after contracting a ‘form of typhoid or similar bacterial infection’ just before Christmas. After being inundated with well wishes from his devoted followers, Zac took to Instagram to offer some reassurance about his current health status. Sharing a picture of himself surrounded by a group of children in Papua New Guinea, the 32-year-old wrote, “Very thankful to everyone who has reached out.
I did get sick in Papua New Guinea but I bounced back quick and finished an amazing three weeks in P.N.G. I’m home for the holidays with my friends and family. Thanks for all the love and concern, see you in 2020!” After contracting the infection, Zac was flown to Brisbane, Australia on a ‘life-or-death flight’ with the assistance of medical professionals. He was then admitted to St Andrews War Memorial Hospital in Spring Hill ‘in a stable condition’, and received treatment for several days before being ‘given the all-clear’ by doctors to fly home to the US on Christmas Eve.
2 ACTRESS is reportedly engaged and expecting her second child with Tony Award-winning director Thomas Kail. , 39, is already mom to , her 14-year-old daughter from her relationship with the late . The four-time Oscar-nominee worked with Kail on the hit TV series , for which she wonsplit from musician , whom she was briefly married to from 2018 to 2019. This will also be 42-year-old Kail’s second marriage – he was previously married to actress .
