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Elton John diagnosed with appendicitis

LONDON

Elton John has canceled a show in London’s Hyde Park after being diagnosed with appendicitis that will require surgery.

A statement issued Tuesday by the musician’s publicist said John was suffering from an inflamed appendix and surrounding abscess.

Singer Randy Travis in critical condition

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Randy Travis remains in critical condition in a Texas hospital after doctors used a pump to stabilize his heart.

A news release from Travis’ publicist Tuesday says he underwent the procedure after checking into the hospital Sunday with viral cardiomyopathy, a heart condition caused by a virus.

The publicist, Kirt Webster, says the peripheral left ventricular assist device was used to stabilize Travis’s heart before a hospital transfer to Dallas.

No other details about the 54-year-old Grammy winner’s condition were available.

Bynes is in court in suspected bong toss

NEW YORK

Amanda Bynes wore a long aqua wig, false eyelashes and black sweat pants and a tank top for a brief court appearance Tuesday on allegations that she chucked a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.

The 27-year-old actress did not speak during the hearing.

Bynes was arrested May 23 after building officials at her midtown apartment called police to complain that she was rolling a joint and smoking pot in the lobby. Officers went to her apartment, where they said they saw heavy smoke and a bong sitting on the kitchen counter. They said she tossed the bong out the window in front of them, according to prosecutors.

Vindicator wire reports