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Sheryl CrowSheryl Crow: Brain tumor is a 'bump in the road

Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow says she has a brain tumor, something she described to CNN on Tuesday as a "bump in the road." "Please don't worry about my 'brain tumor,' it's a noncancerous growth. I know some folks can have problems with this kind of thing, but I want to assure everyone I'm OK," she wrote on her Facebook page. Crow, a breast cancer survivor, spoke to CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon, about the diagnosis. She told him the tumor was discovered months ago. Crow doesn't need surgery but will have periodic scans to monitor the growth, she told Gupta. According to the singer's representative, Crow was diagnosed with meningioma, a common type of brain tumor. Elizabeth Taylor had one; so did Mary Tyler Moore, said Gupta. "It's a tumor that typically grows between the outer layer of the brain and the brain itself. So it's not actually inside the brain," he said. Depending on their size, some people will have their tumors removed right away. Some, like Crow, take the wait-and-see approach, while others might never need an operation or treatment. "Really appreciate everyone's love and concern, I feel so blessed to have the support of all my fans, but I'm good -- really!" wrote Crow.

Hugh HefnerHugh Hefner taking things slow with runaway bride

Hugh Hefner may once again be dating his runaway bride, but sources say the Playboy mogul is taking it slow this time. Radar Online reports that Hefner is being more cautious this time around, after Harris abruptly called off their wedding just five days in advance of the event last summer and later commented to the press that sex with her former betrothed lasted "like two seconds." “Hef and Crystal are taking it slowly this time,” a source told the site. “They’re just getting back to their old groove together, and so far they haven’t talked about marriage or a wedding.” After reports surfaced last week that the couple was back together, Harris confirmed the news by tweeting, "Yes @hughhefner and I are back together. Yes I am his #1 girl again. Yes we are happy. Hope that clears up any confusion! xo." Harris was Playboy's cover girl in July 2011, in an issue that was intended to announce the playmate as Hefner's wife. Because the cover had already been printed as the wedding was cancelled, complete with the cover line "Introducing Mrs. Crystal Hefner," the magazine went out to newsstands with a "Runaway Bride" sticker on it.

Jennifer Aniston is so desperate to start a family she is said to have contacted the same adoption agency that helped singer Sheryl Crow find her new son Wyatt.

A source told Britain's OK! magazine: "Jen has been thinking about adopting for a while. But after seeing Sheryl and Wyatt together she didn't know why she was still waiting."

Jennifer, 38, has always longed to become a mother and was said to be "devastated" by rumors her split from ex-husband Brad Pitt was because she wasn't ready to have children.

A source said: "Jen was devastated by those nasty whispers. The reason they split had nothing to do with kids."

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Sheryl Crow has hired the same nanny as Julia Roberts and Reese Witherspoon.

The singer, who officially adopted baby Wyatt Steven two weeks ago, has hired celebrity nanny Myra - who previously looked after Julia's twins and Reese's son Deacon - to help care for the infant.

Sheryl showed off her new baby boy to the public for the first time during a shopping trip in Malibu at the weekend.

The 45-year-old musician sat down to bottle-feed her son in the middle of a Ralph Lauren store, accompanied by Myra.

Sheryl took Wyatt home a day after his birth on April 29, but adoption papers were only finalised this month.