Singer Jordin Sparks is recovering after emergency surgery to have her appendix removed.

The 19-year-old was slated to perform in Australia on Sunday but was forced to scrap her appearance she was hospitalised with acute appendicitis on Wednesday night.

The singer logged on to her Twitter.com page from the recovery room on Thursday, posting a picture of herself and assuring fans she plans to be back on her feet in “the next week or so”.

She added: “Feeling a little better but very sore. Thank you so much for your thoughts & prayers. It means so much & it’s so powerful.”

Check out Brad Pitt’s new look.

He looked less Hollywood hunk more Hell’s Angel when we spotted him arriving at LAX last night on a flight from London.

We found out today Brad’s gearing up to play alien hunter in a new movie, based on the Dark Void videogame.

His character will crash land in the Bermuda Triangle and then have to defend the Earth against extraterrestrials!

His terrifying facial fur should give them a fright.

Who’d have guessed these two shared clothes?

What’s impressive is that Rihanna rocked the sweater dress at dinner in LA on Wednesday night — and then sent it on a transAtlantic flight to London, so Katy could slip it on for a night out in the British capital!

… Unless it’s not one-of-a-kind

We prefer our theory.

It turns out Nicole Kidman ISN’T kinky… probably.

We got terribly excited when the usually very private Aussie star apparently told GQ magazine she’s into “strange sexual fetish stuff”.

But the actress insists her quotes were taken out of context — and she’s never going to tell us what she gets up to between the sheets.

She tells Access Hollywood, “That’s what I said in relation to my work. They left that part out. In terms of my work, yeah, I’m interested in exploring love, and so that comes in all different forms… In terms of my private life, I’d never reveal what I’ve explored in my private life.”

Dancing With the Stars has turned Mya into a lean mean, waltzing machine — as she showed us at a Hollywood bash the other night.

But we need to make the most of her svelte physique… because she’s already planning the eating binge she’s gonna embark on when she’s voted off the talent show.

Mya says, “I want to be a fat pig after this for about a week, and go to movies, restaurants and do fun things like bowling and watching TV.”