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Shannen Doherty shares her battle with breast cancer

Doherty battles cancer Shannen Doherty is sharing her battle with breast cancer. The Beverly Hills, 90210 star has posted pics on Instagram that show her cutting her shoulder-length hair, then shaving her head. (Chemotherapy causes heavy hair loss.)

Doherty battles cancer

Shannen Doherty is sharing her battle with breast cancer. The Beverly Hills, 90210 star has posted pics on Instagram that show her cutting her shoulder-length hair, then shaving her head. (Chemotherapy causes heavy hair loss.)

Doherty, 45, tells the The Dr. Oz Show that if necessary, she has no qualms about undergoing a mastectomy.

"Ultimately, they're just breasts, right?" she says. "I mean, I love them. . . . But in the grand scheme of things, I would rather be alive, and I would rather grow old with my husband." Doherty married third hub, Kurt Iswarienko, in October 2011.

A diverging 'Divergent' finale

The fourth and final installment in the Divergent film series is due June 9. But don't look for it at your local multiplex: It'll run on TV.

Variety says the TV movie may be used to introduce a TV series. Based on Veronica Roth's dystopian novels, the films have starred Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Zoë Kravitz. But it's not known whether the core cast will return for the TV movie - or for a spinoff show.

Pokémon Go lover for same

Pokémon Go players are so passionate about the location-based, augmented-reality mobile game (now that's a mouthful) that they want to share their lives with other Poké-lovers.

Or so believe the folks behind PokeDates, an app that matches fellow players. USA Today says you get one date free, then have to pay a fee for more. Info: www.projectfixup.com/pokedates/.

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