News | Entertainment
19 Nov 2025 8:15
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    James Van Der Beek "can see the finish line" of his cancer battle

    The 48-year-old star revealed last year he had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer but after undergoing treatment, is looking forward to getting his life back on track with a planned return to work


    She told US TV show 'Extra': "I feel like I can see the finish line... I'm in a healing phase, which is great. I'm going back to work next month. I'm taking this month really to just kind of relax.

    "I did that movie 'The QB and Me,' where I played the dad, for Tubi, and it was such a huge hit they're doing a sequel.

    "The kids in it are just great... As somebody who played a lot of, like, teenage romance melodrama in my youth... they're great. Noah Beck is just a sweet soul and yeah, they did great, so they're doing a sequel."

    The 'Dawson's Creek' star recently competed on the US version of 'The Masked Singer' and enjoyed being able to just stay concealed in his costume and not focus on his illness.

    He said: "Especially with everything I was going through, and I just announced the health issues I was dealing with, so to be able to put on the mask and connect with an audience without that being a part of the equation was actually a really beautiful thing. I appreciated the mask. The costume itself was heavy as could be... but the mask I appreciated."

    Recently, James - who has Olivia, Joshua, Annabel, Emilia, Gwendolyn, and Jeremiah with his wif Kimberly - recently spoke about the "hardest year of [his] life" following his cancer diagnosis.

    He said on Instagram: "I had to come nose to nose with death. And all those definitions that I cared so deeply about were stripped from me.

    "I could no longer be a husband who was helpful to my wife. I could no longer be a father who could pick up his kids and put them to bed and be there for them. I could not be a provider because I wasn't working. I couldn't even be a steward of the land because at times I was too weak to prune all the trees during the window that you're supposed to prune them."

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     19 Nov: Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet are "really in love"
     19 Nov: Kristin Cavallari "would never date an actor"
     19 Nov: Hailey and Justin Bieber will always be "very protective" of their son
     19 Nov: Oscar-nominated actress Sally Kirkland has died at the age of 84
     18 Nov: Richard E. Grant travels solo following the death of his wife Joan Washington
     18 Nov: Sofia Vergara is the new face of Skechers
     18 Nov: Erin Doherty is "mind blown" by Louis Vuitton wanting to work with her
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Samoa have become the 24th and final team to qualify for the 2027 men's Rugby World Cup in Australia More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    An increase in cannabis use in the workplace is sparking concern ahead of Christmas "dos" More...



     Today's News

    International:
    As Donald Trump's plan for Gaza gets UN approval, development proposals are circulating 8:07

    Law and Order:
    A global publishing scam assisted by AI has targeted Australia. Here are 5 tips to avoid scammers 8:07

    International:
    How often should you pay your mortgage to save? 8:07

    Law and Order:
    Police say they're not ruling out charging more people - after two bystanders were seriously injured by an out of control vehicle last week - while a group reportedly did burnouts and skids 8:07

    Rugby:
    Samoa have become the 24th and final team to qualify for the 2027 men's Rugby World Cup in Australia 7:57

    Law and Order:
    Police are working towards determining how three young children died, following a house fire in Manawatu's Sanson on Saturday 7:57

    Entertainment:
    Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet are "really in love" 7:55

    Business:
    An increase in cannabis use in the workplace is sparking concern ahead of Christmas "dos" 7:47

    Rugby:
    Tevita Mafileo will be denied an All Blacks debut in Cardiff this weekend 7:37

    Environment:
    Further delays for opening one of New Zealand's most popular Great Walks 7:27


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd