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Ewan McGregor Talks About Skin Cancer Battle | Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor Battles Skin Cancer

Originally posted 04/22/2008 12:40PM

Ewan McGregor had a brush with skin cancer but says he is "fine" now.

The Scottish actor, 37, was promoting his latest film, the sex thriller Deception, when he revealed on the BBC that he was forced to have a suspicious-looking facial mole – one of several – removed from just below his right eye.

"You have to be careful if you're pale-skinned and spend any time in the sun," McGregor said. "I went to see a specialist who thought they were better to be removed, and indeed he was correct."

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Ewan McGregor Adopts a Daughter | Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor Adopts a Daughter

Originally posted 04/12/2006 03:00PM

Ewan McGregor has a new addition to his family: a 4-year-old girl from Mongolia.

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Ewan McGregor: I Was a Drunk | Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor Reveals Battle With Alcohol

Originally posted 07/05/2005 06:00PM

Long before he was battling the forces of evil in Star Wars, Ewan McGregor was battling alcohol addiction, the actor has revealed in a candid interview.

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McGregor Wraps Up 20,000-Mile Cycle Trip

McGregor Wraps Up 20,000-Mile Cycle Trip

Originally posted 07/30/2004 08:00AM

FINISHED: Ewan McGregor, 33, on Thursday roared into New York City's Battery Park on his dusty motorcycle and ended a 20,000-mile odyssey from London with fellow actor and friend Charley Boorman, reports Reuters. The Star Wars actor and Boorman took more than three months to go through Eastern Europe and the punishing terrain of Mongolia, Siberia and Alaska to shoot their TV series Long Way Round, to air Oct. 28 on Bravo. "It was a good excuse to ride motorcycles for a very, very long time," said McGregor, sporting a bushy red beard.

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Ewan McGregor Wins London Paparazzi Case | Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor Wins London Paparazzi Case

Originally posted 07/06/2004 12:00PM

Ewan McGregor has claimed a victory and won nearly $75,000 in damages in his legal dispute with Britain’s Daily Record and The Sun over vacation photos the publications used of him and his family.

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Ewan McGregor Biking from Europe to U.S.

Originally posted 04/13/2004 3:14PM

"Big Fish" star Ewan McGregor is on his way to New York, and he's taking the scenic route -- around the world, 20,000 miles on a motorcycle.

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Ewan McGregor: Down with Paparazzi

Originally posted 11/12/2003 10:00AM

"Star Wars" and "Down with Love" star Ewan McGregor has won a major victory in a privacy lawsuit in England, successfully stopping a French photo agency from running photos of his two children taken without his consent, according to published reports.

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After Thinking Big, Ewan Gets Small

Originally posted 05/19/2003 01:00PM

In the wake of two "Star Wars" movies, the musical "Moulin Rouge" and the current kitschy retro romance "Down With Love" -- in which he basically played second fiddle to the sets and effects -- Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has gotten back to his roots.

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McGregor: No Kidman Romance

Originally posted 04/07/1998 12:00AM

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