Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell dies: Tributes paid to Here Comes Honey Boo Boo co-star and daughter of ‘Mama June’ Shannon
The sister of reality TV star Honey Boo Boo has died aged 29 after battling stage four adrenal cancer.
Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell died peacefully at her mother “Mama June” Shannon’s home on Saturday night, according to her family.
Cardwell was a common fixture on reality TV alongside her family, which includes her half-sisters Jessica “Chubbs” Shannon, Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird and Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson.
L-R: June ‘Mama’ Shannon, Mike ‘Sugar Bear’ Thompson, Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson, Anna ‘Chickadee’ Shannon, and Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Shannon. Pic: Kris Connor/Getty Images)
In a social media post announcing Cardwell’s death, her mother wrote: “She gave one hell of a fight for 10 months… she passed away with her family around her.
“We love y’all and continued prayers and thoughts for our family doing this difficult time.”
Shannon told Entertainment Tonight about her daughter’s diagnosis in July, adding she had undergone four rounds of chemotherapy by the time of the interview.
“We don’t know what to expect because the cancer is very aggressive and it grew from nothing to something huge on the left side of her body really fast,” she said, adding the family had accepted the cancer was terminal and was now taking it “one day at a time”.
Shannon had updated her Instagram followers on Cardwell’s health via a video several days before her death, saying “some things have changed in our lives over the last few weeks that are totally out of our control”.
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“When that time does come,” Shannon added, “we will also as a family come to y’all on social media because Anna would not have it any f****** other way.”
Cardwell, who first appeared with her family in Toddlers And Tiaras and later starred in Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, is survived by her two young daughters, Kaitlyn and Kylee.
Thompson also updated her 1.2 million Instagram followers the day after Cardwell’s death.
Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson and ‘Mama June’ Shannon in 2012. Pic: AP
The 18-year-old said: “Last night we all surrounded Anna with love and let her know it was okay to go.
“Unfortunately around 11pm Anna took her last breathe. Anna was in so much pain last night but now as a family we all know she is at peace now.”
The reality star said her “heart is completely broken” and highlighted the strength of her late sister.
“I would’ve loved for you to get to see me graduate college but I know you will forever cheer me on in heaven,” she added.
Taylor Swift has revealed the release date for her new album, The Life Of A Showgirl.
The pop megastar announced her 12th studio album earlier this week but didn’t give many details.
Now, in social media posts and an appearance on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s sports podcast, Swift revealed just what fans can expect from the new album.
Taylor Swift and boyfriend Travis Kelce on the New Heights podcast. Pic: New Heights
The Life of Showgirl, written during the European leg of her record-breaking Eras tour, will be released on 3 October.
It consists of 12 songs, including the title track that features pop star Sabrina Carpenter.
The full track list is:
1. The Fate Of Ophelia
2. Elizabeth Taylor
3. Opalite
4. Father Figure
5. Eldest Daughter
6. Ruin The Friendship
7. Actually Romantic
8. Wi$h Li$t
9. Wood
10. Cancelled!
11. Honey
12. The Life Of A Showgirl (featuring Sabrina Carpenter)
Long-time collaborators Max Martin and Shellback, two Swedish producers who worked with Swift on some of her biggest hits, joined the pop star for this album.
Within four hours of posting the full podcast episode on YouTube, it had already gathered 4.7m views.
The cover of Taylor Swift’s newly announced album. Pic: Republic Records
The back cover of Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album The Life Of A Showgirl. Pic: Republic Records
‘The hardest-working star in pop’
The album follows last year’s The Tortured Poets Department, which was released during the Eras tour.
That tour, with shows on five continents and in 51 cities, raked in more than $2.2bn (£1.62bn) and was the highest-grossing tour of all time.
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“This album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life during this tour, which was so exuberant and electric and vibrant,” Swift said during her podcast appearance.
Sky News culture and entertainment reporter Gemma Peplow said after her globe-trotting tour and a swathe of re-releases over recent years, the new album cemented Swift’s reputation “as the hardest-working star in pop”.
Disgraced US film producer Harvey Weinstein is to be tried for a third time in a sexual assault case.
A jury in New York could not reach a verdict in June against the 73-year-old who was accused of raping actress Jessica Mann, and a mistrial was declared.
Judge Curtis Farber has said he wants the new trial to happen before the end of this year.
The same jury found Weinstein guilty in June of sexually assaulting former Project Runway production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and not guilty of assaulting Polish former runway model Kaja Sokola the same year.
Weinstein will be sentenced for the guilty verdict in Ms Haley’s case on 30 September.
He denied all of the charges. Throughout the retrial, his lawyers insisted the sexual encounters with his three accusers were “transactional” and “consensual,” and labelled the women as opportunists.
Weinstein was originally convicted of rape and criminal sexual act by the same court in 2020 and sentenced to 23 years in prison for the crimes.
Last year, however, New York’s highest court overturned the conviction, prompting Weinstein’s retrial this summer.
Weinstein was once one of the most powerful people in Hollywood – the co-founder of film and television production companies Miramax and The Weinstein Company, who produced films such as the Oscar-winning Shakespeare In Love, Pulp Fiction, and The Crying Game.
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In 2017, a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him propelled the #MeToo movement.
Some of those accusations later led to criminal charges and his convictions in New York and California.
Before the retrial, Weinstein was also serving a 16-year prison sentence after being found guilty of rape in California in December 2022. He has also denied this charge.
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