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12-05-2025
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Robert Fripp Suffered a Heart Attack After Thinking He Had Acid Reflux
Robert Fripp recently underwent two surgeries after suffering a heart attack he didn't even know he'd had. The King Crimson guitarist shared the story in a new video posted over the weekend alongside wife/collaborator, Toyah Wilcox. 'He had a heart attack two weeks ago,' Wilcox said in the clip. 'And you were in the right place, in the right time, and I am so grateful, because you've been through a lot.' More from Rolling Stone Robert Fripp's 1979 Cult Classic Album Has Never Been Played Live. Until Now Yes Drummer Bill Bruford Quit Music Over a Decade Ago. At 75, He's Back Behind the Kit Peter Sinfield, King Crimson's Original Lyricist and Key Collaborator, Dead at 80 Fripp then explained the surreal sequence of events. Last month, the musician said he'd been dealing with what he thought was acid reflux in the weeks leading up to a trip to Italy for a show. Having endured something similar a few years prior, Fripp didn't think much of it. But the day he flew to Italy, he said, he felt 'more discomfort.' While Fripp's team had already scheduled a doctor's visit, upon landing, they decided to take him to a cardiac hospital in Bergamo instead. While Fripp said he thought the doctors would prescribe him some acid reflux medication, they ultimately alerted him to some alarmingly high troponin levels in his blood, which can be a sign of a recent heart attack. Wilcox then said Fripp underwent 'five hours of surgery, intensive care, then a second surgery.' But the musician fixated on a totally different moment. 'I was in A&E [accident and emergency], not quite knowing what was going on, other than I knew they were going to do something. And an orderly came along and shaved my balls!' Fripp said with a laugh. 'The dear man, I really didn't wish his job on him at that point. Now this is the thing, you're concerned with my heart? Fine. What are you doing shaving my balls!' (Wilcox then sagely explained it was likely to rid his body of anything that could possibly harbor germs before undergoing heart surgery.) Fripp has since been able to return home to the U.K., and while he's currently on a few medications, he's on pace to recover well over the next couple months. Fripp ended the video by encouraging people who think they have heart burn or acid reflux to 'really look into it,' because 'it might be something more.' The musician also didn't seem to be letting the emergency surgeries get in the way of his music. Fripp noted that after being released from the hospital in Italy, he still managed to play his scheduled gig. 'You went to work,' Wilcox quipped, to which Fripp replied, 'No, dear, I went to play with my friends. And the performance in the church at in Castione della Presolana, it was stunning on the Saturday night. The audience were prepped with orchestral maneuvers, and it really was a magical event for me.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
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08-05-2025
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Paul Haggis: Italian Judge Drops Sexual Assault Charges Against Director
Paul Haggis will not face trial over an alleged sexual assault that occurred in Italy in 2022 after a judge dropped the charges against the writer-director. In June 2022, Haggis was detained in Brindisi, Italy, on charges of sexual assault after a 'young foreign woman' told investigators that she was 'forced to seek medical care' following 'non-consensual sexual relations' with a man Italian authorities identified as Haggis. More from Rolling Stone Paul Haggis Loses Civil Rape Case, Ordered to Pay Accuser $10 Million Leah Remini Tries to Boost Paul Haggis' Claim That He's a 'Victim' of Scientology in Rape Lawsuit Paul Haggis Calls Himself a 'Broken Person' in Civil Rape Trial Prosecutors said that the alleged victim was dropped off at a nearby airport on Sunday morning following an alleged encounter with Haggis that lasted two days. Airport police and staff said they found the woman in 'precarious physical and psychological conditions' and in a 'confused state.' The woman was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was examined and later told authorities of the sexual assault and filed formal charges. Haggis was detained until July 2022, when he was released from house arrest pending the conclusion of the investigation. However, on Thursday, an Italian judge ruled that no sexual act occurred without consent and formally dropped the charges against Haggis, the BBC reports. 'For Mr. Haggis, it is the end of a nightmare that has unfairly shattered the career of a film genius and 2006 Oscar winner,' his lawyers, Michele Laforgia and Daniele Romeo, said in a statement. In late 2017 and early 2018, several women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Haggis, including publicist Haleigh Breest, who filed a civil lawsuit against the Million Dollar Baby screenwriter; that civil trial ended in November 2022 with Haggis ordered to pay $10 million in damages to Breest. Priya Chaudhry, Haggis' lawyer at that trial, said in a statement to Rolling Stone Thursday following the dismissal of the Italian charges, 'It was always obvious that Paul was completely innocent — and that this woman lied. The timing of the lie, and the inevitability that it would be exposed, strongly suggest her false accusation was planned to sabotage Paul's other case on the eve of trial — deliberately engineered to inflict maximum damage and sway media and public opinion. Everyone should now question the credibility of a verdict delivered in the shadow of a false criminal allegation — one strategically timed to generate global headlines, inflame public opinion, and irreparably taint the course of justice.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Best 'Saturday Night Live' Characters of All Time Denzel Washington's Movies Ranked, From Worst to Best 70 Greatest Comedies of the 21st Century
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21-04-2025
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Lil Durk's Lawyer Files Motion to Get Murder-for-Hire Case Dismissed
Chicago drill star Lil Durk's lawyer filed a motion on Friday to dismiss murder-for-hire charges from 2022. His team is claiming the feds gave 'false evidence' to a grand jury as they presented lyrics he wrote six months before the shooting as evidence. Durk (born Durk Banks) was charged last year for the attempted murder of rival Quando Rondo, allegedly having ordered his own 'OTF' crew to murder Rondo. While Rondo survived, his friend Lul Pab was killed in the crossfire. Durk has pleaded not guilty. The feds cited lyrics from Lil Durk's verse on Babyface Ray's song 'Wonderful Wayne & Jackie Boy' as evidence that he was 'rapping about his revenge.' The song had been released in December 2022, three months after the shooting. More from Rolling Stone Sean Combs Loses Bid to Delay Racketeering and Sex Trafficking Trial New Pornographers Drummer Joe Seiders Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography Menendez Brothers' Lawyer Wants DA 'Thrown Off' Case, Resentencing Hearing Delayed 'Told me they got an addy (go, go)/ Got location (go, go)/ Green light (go, go, go, go, go),' Durk raps in the song. 'Look on the news and see your son/You screamin', 'No, no' (pu–y).' According to the motion filed by his lawyers, Durk recorded the song in January 2022 and cited sworn affidavits from music producers who worked on the song. 'The government told the grand jury that Mr. Banks, through specific lyrics in his music, celebrated and profited from a revenge murder that he had ordered,' David Findling, Durk's lawyer, wrote. 'That claim is demonstrably false. Unless the government is prosecuting Banks on a theory of extra-sensory prescience, the lyrics could not have soundly informed the grand jury's finding of probable cause.' The prosecution also claimed that his verse on the song references a news clip filmed after the shooting, where Rondo can be heard saying 'No, no' after seeing Lul Pab's body. Durk's lawyers, however, contest this, saying that audio from the original video was not used in the original song and that these are from YouTube edits. 'Mr. Banks did not create these videos, and the government has failed to show any nexus between these manufactured video clips and Mr. Banks,' Findling said. 'The internet users who posted the videos … are apparent 'fan pages' maintained by people with no affiliation to Mr. Banks.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
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18-04-2025
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Wendy's Says It Has ‘Ton of Respect' for Katy Perry (But Doesn't Apologize) Over Space Flight Tweet
Yes, it's 2025, and a burger chain has issued a statement addressing its one-sided beef with a pop star's trip to outer space. On Thursday, just a few days after Wendy's suggested that Katy Perry should be sent back to space after her trip with Jeff Bezos' space tourism company Blue Origin, the fast-food chain is now claiming to have respect for the pop icon. 'We always bring a little spice to our socials, but Wendy's has a ton of respect for Katy Perry and her out-of-this-world talent,' Wendy's told Rolling Stone. Absent from the statement were the words 'we're sorry' and 'we apologize.' More from Rolling Stone Gayle King Defends 'Expensive' 11-Minute Space Flight After 'Disrespectful' Backlash Did Kesha and Wendy's Just Shade Katy Perry? Pop Stans Were Not So Impressed With Katy Perry's 11-Minute Spaceflight Wendy's joined in the widespread criticism of the Blue Origin space flight, which made history as the first all-women crew to cross the Kármán line since the Sixties. Under a post from Pop Crave about the pop star's successful landing after going to space, Wendy's wrote, 'Can we send her back.' The account also wrote, 'When we said women in stem this isn't what we meant,' in a separate post. The fast-food chain's post even seemed to prompt Perry's former friend Kesha to support the recommendation by posting a photo of herself smirking while sipping from a Wendy's cup. After the space mission, other celebrities — among them Emily Ratajkowski, Olivia Wilde, and Olivia Munn — also chided the female crew, which included journalist Gayle King, journalist (and Bezos' fiancée) Lauren Sánchez, and NASA scientist Aisha Bowe. 'I think it's a bit gluttonous. Space exploration was to further our knowledge and to help mankind. What are they gonna do up there that has made it better for us down here?' said Munn. King, who was on the trip, expressed disappointment toward people framing the voyage as a 'ride,' noting a double standard in the response to the all-female trip versus the 10-suborbital Blue Origin flight with humans aboard that have carried men into space. 'You never see a man, a male astronaut, who's going up in space and they say, 'Oh, he took a ride,'' she said. 'It's always referred to as a flight or a journey, so I feel that's a little disrespectful to what the mission was and the work that Blue Origin does.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
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14-04-2025
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Katy Perry Shares Excitement About Going to Space Ahead of Blue Origin Launch
Katy Perry is counting down the minutes before she heads into space later today. Late last night, the singer shared a behind-the-scenes video reflecting on her excitement about the experience. 'I've dreamt of going to space for 15 years and tomorrow that dream becomes a reality,' Perry wrote in the caption. 'The Taking Up Space Crew launches tomorrow morning at 7am CT and I am SO honored to be alongside 5 other incredible and inspiring women as we become the first ever all female flight space crew!' More from Rolling Stone Katy Perry's A&R Claims He's to Blame for Singer's Work With Dr. Luke on '143' Katy Perry Going to Space Next Month Katy Perry Proposes Rebecca Black Join Her for Lifetimes Tour (She Says Yes) In the clip, Perry showed off the capsule and her seat inside, which is emblazoned with 'K. Perry.' She also sang a few lines, noting that 'I gotta to sing in space.' Perry explained that while her instinct is to say she 'can't believe this is happening,' that's not the case. 'I do believe this because believing your dreams and saying that is actually how you make your dreams come true,' Perry said. Perry will be among the passengers on Jeff Bezos' space tourism company Blue Origin's spacecraft New Shepard. The all-female crew also includes broadcast journalist Gayle King, activist Amanda Nguyen, movie producer Kerianne Flynn, entertainment reporter (and Bezos' fiancée) Lauren Sánchez, and an aerospace engineer who previously worked at NASA, Aisha Bowe. The flight will be the New Shepard's 31st overall and 11th suborbital flight with humans aboard. Over the weekend, Perry told the Associated Press she hopes her experience inspires other. 'I am talking to myself every day and going, 'You're brave, you're bold, you are doing this for the next generation to inspire so many different people but especially young girls to go, 'I'll go to space in the future.' No limitations,' she said. She added, 'I'm really excited about the engineering of it all. I'm excited to learn more about STEM and just the math about what it takes to accomplish this type of thing.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
