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Actor and dancer Patrick Swayze, star of such hit films as “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost,” has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer but is responding well to treatment, his publicist said on Wednesday.The 55-year-old performer was working during his treatments, publicist Annett Wolf said, dismissing reports in the tabloid media that portrayed him in grave condition with only weeks to live.

Wolf issued a written statement from his physician, Dr. George Fisher that said: “Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment.”

“All of the reports stating the timeframe of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue,” Fisher said in the statement. “We are considerably more optimistic.”

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Vivienne Westwood’s collection last night may have looked like it was designed by a bunch of over imaginative kids – and it was. Westwood had been sent some artwork by a school in Nottingham and impressed, she asked them to collaborate with her.

The result was an eco-hippy look emblazoned with hand-painted butterflies, snakes and monsters. The make-up looked like it had been done by a child too, and one with non-too-steady a hand. The audience were clearly baffled - some booed, some applauded. Quite what the market will make of it is another story.