Busy Philipps Reveals Brain Tumor Diagnosis—and Details Roller-Coaster Recovery at Her $6.5 Million New York Home

Actress Busy Philipps has revealed she was diagnosed with a rare malignant brain tumor that required her to undergo a major surgery—just weeks before she was due to start filming a new TV series in her hometown of New York City. Philipps, 47, laid bare her brutal health struggles in a candid interview with People magazine, explaining how the tumor was discovered during a full-body scan that she had been inspired to undergo after the death of her "Dawson's Creek" co-star James Van Der Beek.Prior to the scan, the "Cupertino" actress, who was born in Illinois and raised in Arizona, said she had not experienced any symptoms."I didn’t know why I wanted to get this scan except for the fact that I just did," she said.However, after booking the scan, Philipps ended up having to postpone her appointment from January to February because of a blizzard in New York. In the end, the new date chosen ended up being just one day after Van Der Beek died following a battle with colon cancer. Philipps admitted that she was tempted to cancel the scan after learning the news of her friend's death, but was persuaded to go through with it by her ex-husband, Marc Silverstein. He told her that it might end ...