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"Darth Vader" boy from Super Bowl ad has heart surgery
Young actor Max Page, 7, attends a news conference at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, California June 13, 2012. |
LOS ANGELES, June 15 (Reuters) - Doctors on Thursday performed successful open-heart surgery on the 7-year-old boy who starred as a mini-Darth Vader in a popular Super Bowl commercial, according to the Los Angeles hospital where he was treated.
Max Page, who was born with a heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot, is expected to remain hospitalized until next week and be in recovery for another six to eight weeks, said Lorenzo Benet, a spokesman for Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
"The surgery today went well," Dr. Vaughn Starnes, who did the procedure and is co-director of the heart institute at the hospital, said in a statement.
"We had to replace his pulmonary valve and we did it without incident," Starnes said. The surgery took two hours and there were no complications, he said.
Doctors said the valve replacement surgery had long been anticipated. Before the procedure, efforts were made to preserve Max's pulmonary valve but it deteriorated over time.
Max, a young actor who has appeared in soap opera "The Young and the Restless" and NBC crime show "Prime Suspect," has been treated at Children's Hospital Los Angeles since he was an infant. He serves as a junior ambassador for the facility.
On Wednesday, Max spoke to reporters and said he realized he had to undergo the surgery and so he decided to have a "good attitude" about it.
In a 2011 Super Bowl advertisement that gained a mass following on social media, Max wears a Darth Vader outfit and resembles a pint-sized version of the famous villain from the "Star Wars" movies.
He tries in vain to use "The Force" to start a household dryer and rouse a pet dog. Finally, to his surprise, he is able to start the family's Volkswagen Passat - unaware that his father actually did it by remote control.
In general, children with Tetralogy of Fallot can enjoy a largely normal life after surgery, said Dr. Ralph Mosca, professor in the department of cardiothoracic surgery and pediatrics at NYU Langone Medical Center. |
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Oz the Great and Powerful |
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Disney's fantastical adventure "Oz The Great and Powerful," directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum's beloved wizard character. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking-that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting.
Cast: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz
Language: English
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Identity Thief |
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Unlimited funds have allowed Diana (McCarthy) to live it up on the outskirts of Miami, where the queen of retail buys whatever strikes her fancy. There's only one glitch: The ID she's using to finance these sprees reads "Sandy Bigelow Patterson"....and it belongs to an accounts rep (Bateman) who lives halfway across the U.S. With only one week to hunt down the con artist before his world implodes, the real Sandy Bigelow Patterson heads south to confront the woman with an all-access pass to his life. And as he attempts to bribe, coax and wrangle her the 2,000 miles to Denver, one easy target will discover just how tough it is to get your name back.
Cast: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Amanda Peet
Language: English
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Teater Chow Kit Road -
10-26 Mei
Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur
Konsert Wings Opera Hidup 2 -
26-28 April
Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur
Muzikal Upin & Ipin (Versi Prof. Gamat) -
12-21 April
Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur
Panggung Seni Tradisional - Wayang Kulit -
13 - 16 Mac
Auditorium JKKN WPKL Malaysia
Jelajah Mek Mulung 2012 -
12-16 Mac
Auditorium JKKN Perlis Malaysia
Bengkel Koir Kebangsaan Malaysia -
28 Feb - 3 Mac
Bukit Merah Lake Town Resort Malaysia
Majlis Pelancaran Kompleks JKKN Kelantan -
23 Feb
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Bangkok Kicks Start Thai Arts To Asean
BANGKOK, May 8 (Bernama) -- A Bangkok-based group of artists; Clubnapralan has taken steps to make Thai arts widely known in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), paving the way for the group to be recognised globally in the future, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.
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