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VAL KILMER: THE CHURCH CAN DO NO WRONG

We haven’t watched the new Amazon Prime documentary Val because, frankly, it seemed like it might be depressing. Through the years we’ve watched Val Kilmer obviously suffering and hiding from the fact that he had cancer. He denied he was sick, but every time we saw him he looked worse. Back in 2015 he had a big lump in his throat and was apparently diagnosed at that time. Since he was a devoted Christian Scientist, he arranged for a “spiritual advisor” from the church to pray away his malady with him. When he didn’t appear to be improving, his two children, Mercedes and Jack, (from his marriage to Joanne Whalley) BEGGED him to seek traditional medical treatment. Eventually he relented and DID have surgery, radiation, and chemo, but would it have been more successful if he had done it sooner? Val survived but he was left suffering with a feeding tube (he cannot eat) and a tracheotomy tube. Val still insists that praying is what healed him and it was the medical treatment that left him to suffer with the tubes…

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By Janet / August 26, 2021

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VAL KILMER AIMS TO FLY AGAIN

Val Kilmer turned up at a charity event in Hollywood and we’re glad he’s going out, but he doesn’t look so hot. (We remember when Val was Cher’s cute boy toy!) A few years back, when Val first got sick he adamantly denied that he had cancer – maybe because he is a Christian Scientist. Eventually he admitted he had throat cancer but there was speculation that he avoided immediate treatment because of his religion. In due course, he cooperated with doctors, but now his voice is very hoarse and raspy. Still, he continues to get parts in B movies and is set to appear in Tom Cruise’s Top Gun sequal, Top Gun Maverick in 2020.

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By Janet / July 8, 2019

VAL KILMER IS BACK IN ACTION

Here’s an unexpected combo – Italian screen legend Gina Lollobrigida and our own Val Kilmer. They both happened to be at a party celebrating filming in Italy and it’s nice to see Val socializing again. For the past few years he’s been battling throat cancer and he went through some grueling treatment. It left him with a raspy voice, but he seems eager to work. Val is currently cast in a couple of movies – including Top Gun: Maverick – which will reunite him with Tom Cruise.

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By Janet / January 31, 2019

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VAL KILMER UNDERCOVER AT THE AIRPORT

The mystery of Val Kilmer continues. Kilmer, 57, was photographed this week at the airport being pushed in a wheelchair, with head and shoulders totally covered by a black cloth. (How anyone recognized him is the first mystery.) Christian Scientist Val continues to downplay his health problems (he’s been hospitalized at least 3 times under fake names) although he finally admitted he was “healing” from cancer. Michael Douglas had spilled the beans that Val had the same oral cancer that he did – but implied the prognosis was not great. Val denied it, Michael apologized, but later Val admitted it was true. According to IMBD, Val has movies in progress, but the airport episode makes one wonder… Hopefully, he was hiding from the press because an actress just accused him of hitting her during an audition in the 80’s.
(Above, Val at a Golden Globes party in January)

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By Janet / November 1, 2017

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OUT OF THE WAY! HERE COMES VAL KILMER!

Fans of Val Kilmer, 57, will be happy to see that the mysterious actor, who’s been out of sight for a long time, finally turned up at the W magazine Golden Globes party at Chateau Marmont, and he looks healthier. His physical condition has been a big issue and the fact that he’s a Christian Scientist made people wonder if he was getting medical attention. Val insists that he IS, and said he did not have throat cancer, but was suffering from a “swollen tongue.” And his neck is no longer wrapped up. At least he’s feeling well enough to party and after a two year absence onscreen, he has a few movies lined up for 2017.

Above, fans and paparazzi got very excited to see Val and mobbed him!)

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By Janet / January 6, 2017

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VAL KILMER’S SON JACK GOT HIS MOTHER’S GOOD LOOKS

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Much fuss is being made over Val Kilmer’s son Jack, 19, since he landed that modeling job at YSL. Jack’s only other credit is the movie Palo Alto. Val is undoubtedly proud of Jack, but it must be remembered that Jack’s mother is English actress Joanne Whalley. She played Christine Keeler, Scarlett O’Hara, and Jackie Onassis on film, and put her acting career on the back burner to raise her two kids with Val after they divorced in 1995. Lucky for Jack, he resembles his beautiful mother.

By Janet / November 20, 2014

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