NEWS FLASHES!

HOWARD STERN’s former sidekick “Stuttering John” Melendez, 57, lost an appeal regarding his suit against Sirius XM for exploiting his name and voice. The court unanimously upheld a lower court’s 2021 decision tossing the case.

BEATLE legend Ringo Starr, 82, and his All-Starr Band were forced to cancel tour dates after he was sidelined by COVID! But the plucky drummer was said to be recovering at home and hoping to Come Together with fans soon.

NATIVE American Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined Marlon Brando’s Best Actor Oscar in 1973, has died at

75. Though she was booed by some attendees at the time, the Academy honored her at an event two weeks before her death.