NEWS FLASHES!

WISECRACKING comedy legend Bob Newhart recently thanked fans for their “wonderful birthday wishes.” And after the young-at-heart TV great notched his milestone, the gleeful geezer proclaimed, “93 is the new 39!”

HITMAKER Justin Bieber,

28, abruptly canceled his on-again, off-again Justice World Tour, citing health concerns.

The singer recently experienced temporary facial paralysis from Ramsay Hunt syndrome and says he needs “time to rest.”

ZAC EFRON claims his radically different look last year was the result of a fractured jaw — not cosmetic surgery! The High School Musical hunk, 34, says an accidental fall left him with his “chin bone hanging off” his face!