Elton John  has been forced to cancel 3 Las Vegas performances.  Show officials say the singer came down with a respiratory infection  and was hospitalized in Los Angeles for 3 days.  He's out now.  Caesars entertainment says the Thursday, Saturday and Sunday  performances of "The Million Dollar Piano" are being cancelled.  Doctors recommended he not perform for a week and take antibiotics.

                                         He was judged when he was on "Dancing with the Stars" but now Rob Kardashian  will be doing the judging.  The reality star from "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" will be among the celebrity judges at the 61st annual miss usa pageant.  Joining him at the June 3 beauty pageant as judges will be pop star Joe Jonas and former  "Bachorlette" Ali Fedotosky.

                                        Actress Viola Davis addressed graduating seniors at the high school in the struggling Rhode Island City where she grew up.  The Oscar-nominated star of  "The Help" spoke to Central Falls High School's class of 2012, student actors and members of student government and other alumni nearly 30 years after receiving her own diploma there. She was also inducted into the school 's alumni Hall of Fame.