Health

A new opera in Germany has people yelling out for the Lord ... 'cause the show, filled with naked nuns roller-skating and explicit sex scenes, reportedly left 18 people needing medical assistance.

"Sancta" -- adapted by controversial Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger from an early 20th-century show titled "Sancta Susanna" -- opened just a few days ago ... and, check out the trailer 'cause we can almost guarantee you've never seen anything like this.

This show has everything ... apart from the naked nuns roller skating, it also has performers suspended by hooks as fake blood pours over them, explicit lesbian sex scenes -- there's even a part in the show where Jesus reportedly performs songs by Eminem. All this, and more, is in the trailer.

"Days of Our Lives" actor Drake Hogestyn's official cause of death has been confirmed as pancreatic cancer.

According to docs obtained by TMZ, the L.A. Medical Examiner's report states pancreatic cancer was the immediate cause of his death. Other significant conditions contributing to his death, but not directly causing it, included vomiting, dehydration, and whole-body toxicity.

The report also reveals that Drake was cremated at the Rose Family Funeral Home in Simi Valley.

Lil Tay is calling out the double standards of certain music fans and industry watchers, bringing Halsey into the mix to highlight the different treatment she gets compared to her peers when it comes to new releases and personal challenges.

The 17-year-old rapper came for the haters in an IG vid Wednesday, expressing her confusion over Halsey being hailed as empowering for dropping new material the same day she talked about her "cancer" diagnosis. (Just to be clear, Halsey doesn't have cancer -- she’s dealing with both lupus and a rare T-cell disorder).

Lil Tay pointed out when she dropped the music video for her new track "Growing Up" just weeks after her own heart surgery last month, people were quick to accuse her of using her health struggles as a PR stunt to promote her song.

Tragedy on a Turkish Airlines flight forced the plane to make an emergency landing when the pilot died in the air early Wednesday.

The Airbus A350-900 was en route from Seattle to Istanbul when 59-year-old pilot Ilcehin Pehlivan collapsed, according to airline spokesman Yahya Üstün, who shared the news on X.

The spokesperson said despite the flight crew's efforts to administer first aid, the pilot died mid-flight. The other pilot and copilot then performed an emergency landing.

Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy Sr., is in a hospital recovering from a stroke ... the famous family announced.

Ethel suffered the stroke in her sleep last Thursday and was taken to a hospital, where she's getting care and is surrounded by family ... according to a statement Tuesday from Joe Kennedy III.

The Kennedys say Ethel is "comfortable" ... but they are asking for thoughts and prayers.

"The Office" star Jenna Fischer has opened up for the first time about her breast cancer battle ... sharing she's now cancer-free after going through surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation.

The actress felt inspired to share her story for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, posting on IG Tuesday with a big smile and rocking her "patchy pixie" cut, revealing all about her diagnosis of stage 1 triple-positive breast cancer back in December 2023.

Jenna opened up about her tough treatment journey -- starting with a lumpectomy to remove the tumor in January, then diving into 12 rounds of chemo in February, and wrapping it up with 3 weeks of radiation in June.

Sally Field is opening up about her own "illegal" abortion experience ahead of the November election ... as she hopes her story will resonate with voters.

The Oscar winner shared her "traumatic" story in a video posted to Instagram Sunday evening, where she confirmed she got pregnant at 17 just after graduating high school.

As she put it ... she didn't have family support or finances to go through with the pregnancy, and so, a family doctor arranged to take her to Mexico so she could get an abortion.

"The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Whitney Rose is concerned for her daughter's wellbeing ... announcing her teen, Bobbie Rose, has been hospitalized due to a serious health scare.

The Bravo personality shared the troubling update on her Instagram Story Sunday evening, where she noted Bobbie Rose was currently in the ICU over "severe asthma exacerbation."

She wrote ... "My beautiful community please pray for my angel daughter Bobbie Rose. I normally would never come on here to share something so vulnerable but we need prayers and good vibes right now."

Despite suffering yet another scary head injury, Tua Tagovailoa is still going to try to return to the NFL -- so says his close family friend, Manti Te'o.

The former New Orleans Saints linebacker made the revelation to us out in Los Angeles this week -- some 21 days after Tagovailoa sustained his third diagnosed concussion in a "Thursday Night Football" matchup with the Bills.

Te'o says while he's tried to give the 26-year-old signal-caller his space as he recovers from the brain trauma ... he did recently speak with the Dolphins star's father -- and from everything he's hearing, Tua is "going to try to get back."

Jose “El Taiger” Carbajal is clinging to life in a Miami hospital ... days after the Reggaeton star was found shot in the head, in the back of a Mercedes-Benz in the city’s Allapattah neighborhood.

Miami Police Chief Manuel A. Morales gave an update Friday ... telling media that the 37-year-old remains in "very" critical condition after undergoing surgery ... and their investigation is ongoing into the brutal crime.

Authorities suspect Jose may have been shot elsewhere and then driven to that location and ditched ... just blocks from nearby Jackson Memorial Health Hospital.

A tourist in the country of Georgia unwittingly filmed herself falling to her death while singing and dancing during a night out -- and that horrifying footage has surfaced this week.

You can see Russian woman Arina Glazunova living it up, passing her phone back and forth to a friend ... when she trips over a knee-high wall and falls into an underpass.

There's a few seconds of shaky footage before the filming stops. Reality hit hard as the 24-year-old was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead from a broken neck and head injuries.

Fat Joe is still going hard for victims of the American healthcare system ... he's pumping a new “Power to the Patients” PSA, urging politicians to fix cryptic healthcare costs -- dropping it during crunch time of an election year!!!

That urgency is felt in the new ad ... Joe addresses political officials on both sides of the fence, with various American workers backing his every word.

“To every elected official and politician in America, the people stand united, desperate for you to listen,” Joe demands. “If you’re not advocating for prices and transparency in healthcare, you are compromising every single American across this country. Because when we can’t see prices -- hospitals, insurance, and their middlemen charge us whatever they want. Our very own healthcare system is robbing all of us. We just need the prices. That’s how our economy works!!!"

Melania Trump's husband may have once voiced support for a national abortion ban, but the former First Lady is making it clear she's 100% pro-choice.

In an excerpt from Melania's upcoming eponymous memoir, Donald Trump's wife passionately backs a woman's right to choose regarding abortion ... questioning whether the government should be allowed to dictate what a woman does with her own body.

She writes ... "Restricting a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over her own body. I have carried this belief with me throughout my entire adult life."

Forget plyometrics, Tom Brady's clearly hitting the weights in retirement ... check out his arms following his latest gym session Wednesday -- dude's biceps are bulging!!!

TB12 got in the sweat sesh down in Miami on his off day from his Fox broadcasting duties ... and it's clear it was an upper-body hump day for the GOAT.

Take a look at what was underneath the sleeves of his tan shirt as he walked out of the fitness facility ... his pythons were hissin'!

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Fernando Valenzuela will not return to his role with the team's Spanish broadcast crew this season ... saying he's taking time to focus on his health, but the legendary pitcher hopes to be back calling games in 2025.

The National League West champs released a statement on Valenzuela's status on Wednesday ... several days after he abruptly left the mic on September 24 against the San Diego Padres.

"Fernando Valenzuela has stepped away from the Dodger broadcast booth for the remainder of this year to focus on his health," the team said.

Frankie Valli sparked a public wave of worry after appearing disoriented and frail during a recent gig -- but he's clapping back, insisting nobody's twisting his arm to perform, and he's on stage by choice.

The 90-year-old icon's clearly fed up with the online chatter, even facing accusations of elder abuse against his team. But he’s setting the record straight -- it’s all him, and he feels blessed he's still in the game and doing what he loves at his age.

He told People the accusations crack him up ... reiterating on his own terms, "Nobody has ever made me do anything I didn't want to do."