Kylie Minogue
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: Melbourne, Australia, 28 May 2020
- Assiociated with: Dannii Minogue, Jason Donovan
Kylie turns to Princess Diana’s health guru - Oct 05
Kylie Minogue has turned to Princess Diana’s health guru to help her in her battle against breast cancer. The stunning singer, who has dramatically lost weight as she undergoes chemotherapy, has sought dietary advice from Dr Nish Joshi, who treated the
late British royal for depression. The Harley Street doctor - whose other celebrity clients include Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett and Ralph Fiennes - promotes ’Holistic Detox’, which he claims "re-establishes you understanding of what is nutritionally good for you."
A source revealed to Britain’s The Sun newspaper: "Dr Joshi has struck up a special relationship with Kylie. He can help her get back to how she was by keeping tabs on her diet."Earlier this week, it was revealed Kylie’s friends were worried about her weight loss after she reportedly becomed obsessed with drinking fruit and vegetable smoothies. Sources claim the beautiful singer’s weight has dropped to just six stone after drinking the healthy blends to boost her immune system while she undergoes chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer.
According to Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper, the pop babe was advised by an unregistered medic in Paris to mix broccoli, carrots, garlic, seaweed, papaya, chilli peppers, kale, tomatoes, rosemary and tumeric and drink the concoction as a supplement to her usual diet. Kylie Minogue battles with breast cancer - Oct 05
Kylie Minogue is handling her battle with breast cancer "very gracefully", according to her sister Dannii.
The younger Minogue sibling said Kylie is coping well with her stressful treatment and is very grateful to her fans for all their love and support. Kylie, 37, was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year and Danni admitted the whole family have gone through a "tough time" during her treatment.
Speaking on British TV programme GMTV the 33-year-old singer said: "Sis is doing really good. "She is very well aware of the floods of love coming in for her and it’s very helpful and supportive. It’s quite a stressful treatment. Anyone who is going through that would know that it is physical and mental. "She is handling it very gracefully. It’s a tough time on the family as well. But she wishes anyone else going through this all of her love and all
the best. "Obviously she is getting the best treatment and wishes everyone else can have the same." Dannii would not confirm whether her sister was in France , saying: "You would have to ask her that." Kylie is set to make her first major public appearance - Sept 26, 2020
Kylie Minogue is set to make her first major public appearance since undergoing surgery for breast cancer. The diminutive singer - who was diagnosed with the illness in May - will attend the Pink Ice Ball at London’s swanky Dorchester Hotel later this month.
The stunning blonde, who is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment in Paris, will be a star guest at the charity bash, which is being held to raise awareness of breast cancer. A source is quoted in the Mirror newspaper as saying: "Kylie is determined to attend the ball. It’s for a very good cause and she is aiming to be strong enough to be there. She’s a real fighter and wants to do her bit for the charity." "It’s unlikely that she’ll perform but Kylie definitely wants to attend and raise money for cancer research."
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In 1986 Kylie was offered the role of Charlene Mitchell in upcoming soap Neighbours. Her storylines made her a household name in both Australia and the UK and the on screen wedding between Charlene and Scott Robinson (played by Jason Donovan) attracted record numbers of viewers.
Whilst performing The Locomotion on stage at a benefit in 1987 Kylie was spotted by representatives of Mushroom Records who signed her up and released the track. The success of her first release saw Kylie travel to London to meet with pop moguls Stock Aitken and Waterman who penned I Should Be So Lucky for her on the spot. The single was a smash and launched Kylie as one to watch and indeed her debut album became the biggest seller of the year here in the UK.
Panned by critics, Especially For You, a duet recorded with Jason Donovan (by this time a pop star in his own right) was a huge hit in 1989 but Kylie’s follow up album, Enjoy Yourself, whilst successful in Europe and Australia flopped in the US, resulting in the singer being dropped by her American label.
1990 saw Kylie make the first radical adjustment to her image. Gone was the cutesy girl next door in favour of a more sexy look for Better The Devil You Know, while a relationship with bad boy rocker Michael Hutchence cemented Kylie’s new ’cool’ status. Rhythm of Love produced several well received dance-orientated singles and was enough of a success to persuade Kylie to produce a further album despite her contract with PWA being up. Let’s Get To It was a critical success but was her first release to miss the top ten. Realising that she was stifled by the Stock Aitken and Waterman formula she recorded three new tracks for a Greatest Hits album and made a break for it.
So it was time for another change in direction. Kylie went indie following her signing to Deconstruction Records and Confide in Me spent several weeks at the Aussie top spot. The self titled album released alongside sold reasonably well although it received mixed reviews from the press while follow up singles eached top twenty. Elsewhere Kylie went extra dark, appearing on Nick Cave’s Where The Wild Roses Grow, a move which promised a more credible pop star in the future.
By 1997 Kylie had overhauled her image again, and the release of Impossible Princess the following year reflected that. A collaboration with the Manic Street Preachers wasn’t enough to stop the album from becoming the least successful of her releases and the end of Kylie’s pop career looked near.
However a split with Deconstruction resulted in Kylie hooking up with Parlophone and in an explosion of gold glitter and disco the pop starlet burst back on to the scene in an unfeasibly small pair of gold hotpants to promote Spinning Around and accompanying album Light Years. The single was Kylie’s first UK number one in ten years and resulted in a duet with Robbie Williams and a sell out tour. However, it was 2001’s Fever which cemented Kylie’s future. The unforgettable video for impossibly catchy single Can’t Get You Out Of My Head ensured that the track reached number one in over 40 countries. Follow up singles were almost equally successful and the awards flooded in while next album, Body Language, was another hit while Ultimate Kylie, a greatest hits release was accompanied by a lavish tour.
It was during this time that Kylie was diagnosed with breast cancer, much to the shock of her fans. Her headline slot at Glastonbury was cancelled and the rest of the Showgirl tour was postponed but after treatment from Australia and France’s best doctors Kylie was back on the scene looking better than ever. She began work on a new album and released a children’s book The Showgirl Princess closely followed by a perfume, Darling. She resumed her Showgirl tour and split with French boyfriend Olivier Martinez.
Elsewhere Kylie’s film career has been slightly less successful than her musical one. From The Deliquents to Street Fighter she has been panned for her on screen work her only success coming in the form of the green absinthe fairy in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge!
updated March 2007
October 2007