Table of contents for November 18, 2019 in Globe

LONG-suffering supermodel Christie Brinkley’s two-timing ex-hubby Peter Cook is engaged to a college student just over a third his age! Cook, 60, popped the question to leggy blonde Alba Jancou, 21, with a six-carat sparkler in September. “We consider ourselves lucky to have found, in each other, our soulmate,” gushes Cook of the Tulane University coed. “We are looking forward to many years of wedded bliss.” His ten-year marriage to Christie blew up in 2006 after he was caught cheating on her with teen temptress Diana Bianchi. Cook’s tawdry yearlong affair with Diana started when she was just 18 and working as his assistant in his architecture firm. Cook’s attorney denied the fling, but during the divorce battle with Christie, it emerged Cook paid Diana $300,000 so she would keep the…

JAMES BOND’S first marriage ended in tragedy when his wife was killed in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service — but he’s getting hitched again in the upcoming 007 epic, No Time to Die. Sources says star Daniel Craig — in his last Bond flick — will marry Madeleine Swann, played by Lea Seydoux, whom he rescued in 2015’s Spectre. But being a modern gal, Bond’s wife keeps her name in the April 2020 release. Sources reveal when he says, “Morning Mrs. Bond,” she cuts him dead, replying: “Don’t you mean Ms. Swann?”…

AN OHIO mom woke in the night to a creepy nightmare — a stranger was inside her house soaping up her toddler for a bath! “I see a white female lady bent over the tub with my 2-year-old in the tub,” recalls a horrified Areica Hill of Columbus. Hill said she was rousted from her sleep by the barking of the family dog and sprang into action, with her boyfriend holding the bathing-obsessed woman down while Hill snatched her unharmed son back to safety! Cops arrived and arrested 22-year-old Elizabeth Hixon on charges of burglary in the sudsy crime. Hixon filed an affidavit claiming her aim was “to provide care to a juvenile,” but the child’s mom could not forget the disturbing incident. “I would like to see other charges…

THE current season of The Real Housewives of Dallas has kicked off with — wait for it — a rabbit funeral! After keeping the family’s pet, BunBun, in her freezer for six months, former Cowboys cheerleader Brandi Redmond asked friends and loved ones to join her for the ceremony, where she requested they close their eyes and “imagine sweet BunBun just hopping away in heaven.” Her daughters, Brooklyn, 10, and Brinkley, 7, also placed white roses on BunBun’s grave. And then a person wearing a white rabbit costume appeared with white balloons that attendees released shouting, “We love our pets!”…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Not pulling your weight could get you in trouble at work or home. Shape up, Ram! It’s easy under the Leo moon! Later, grab the chance to show off! It attracts the attention of a potential partner — and wedding bells could soon ring! Bargain hunt on the weekend for big savings on a new winter wardrobe! GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Go straight to the head of the line Monday, when your ability to solve a problem leads to a promotion or pay raise! Later, Mars draws cash flow from a forgotten investment or contest entry, enough to pay off a debt or buy a luxury item! Married Twins plan a vacation — give-and-take keeps you both happy! LEO July 23 -…

AN ILLINOIS mom thought Halloween had come early to her house — there was a “ghost baby” in her son’s crib! “I was so freaked out, I barely slept,” writes Maritza Johnson on social media. The Naperville woman was checking her baby monitor on Oct. 17 when she noticed the eerie presence. Terrified, but determined to figure out how the phantom kid got into her boy’s bed, “I even tried creeping in there with a flashlight while my son was sleeping,” Maritza says. When she investigated the child’s room again the next morning, the doting parent quickly discovered the spooky specter was the photo of a baby on the crib’s mattress. She wasn’t so doting with her hubby, blaming the fright on him because he forgot to put the mattress…

A UNIVERSITY of Nebraska student found a glittering gold wedding band in a purse she bought at a thrift store to complete her Halloween outfit! But Mary Morton isn’t keeping the ring — she posted a picture of the bag on social media in hopes of finding the owner. AN ACTOR from the edgy TV hit Breaking Bad has launched a beer named after his character on the booze-and-drug-addled show! Schraderbräu, which is the brainchild of Dean Norris — who played DEA agent Hank Schrader in the series — sold out within three hours after its debut in New Mexico, where the show is set. Norris plans to debut the brand nationwide soon. A BUNCH of bears broke into a Montana woman’s garage — and nabbed a whole beef tenderloin…

LADY GAGA’S mom reveals the Born This Way singer’s well-publicized mental problems began in middle school! The 33-year-old superstar, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, “was very unique, and that wasn’t always appreciated by her peers,” says her mother, Cynthia. “It was in middle school … when she went from a very happy and aspirational young girl to somebody that started to question her self-worth, to have doubts about herself.” Although she was aware of her daughter’s issues, Cynthia says she didn’t know what to do and fell back to what she’d learned growing up. “I relied on the generational grit of just sucking it up and getting on with it,” she admits. Despite her problems, the Poker Face singer has gone on to win nine Grammy Awards, an Oscar…

WITH his tough-guy image and rugged looks, fans can’t be blamed for picturing superstar rocker Bruce Springsteen on a chopper or in a speedy Corvette. But it turns out the Born to Run singer was such a lousy driver early on that his group members banned him from driving! Their first experience of the Boss’s scary antics behind the wheel came when he and bandmates took turns driving a rundown truck from New Jersey to California for a gig. The horrifying experience led his E Street Band pals to expel the 24-year-old front-man from driving duties on their 1973 Greetings tour. “My style behind the wheel was considered inept and reckless endangerment,” Bruce recalls.…

AFTER 33 grueling hours of labor, Pretty Little Liars star SHAY MITCHELL, 32, and boyfriend MATTE BABEL are parents of a baby girl. Country star CHRIS LANE, 34, and Bachelor alum LAUREN BUSHNELL, 29, got hitched after a four-month engagement. Orange Is the New Black star LAURA PREPON, 39, is pregnant with her second baby. The actress and her husband, actor BEN FOSTER, 38, have a two-year-old daughter, Ella. Vanderpump Rules reality star LALA KENT, 29, celebrated a year of sobriety. Rapper CARDI B, 27, has joined the cast of Fast & Furious 9, boasting: “I think this is going to be the best.” JOHN CLARKE, who played Mickey Horton on Days of Our Lives for 39 years, died at 88 from complications of pneumonia. JERRY FOGEL, famous for playing…

HOLLYWOOD actress Jennifer Lawrence made sure her designer wedding gown got VIP treatment — reserving an entire hotel room for the dress! Before the Hunger Games bridezilla swapped vows with art dealer Cooke Maroney, the custom-designed Dior creation was stored in its own room at the Hotel Viking in Newport, R.I. According to sources, “the whole design team” jetted in the day before the October nuptials and “held her dress in a private guest room,” adding: “The entire Dior team loaded the dress in the car the morning of the wedding.” The Oscar-winning actress, 29, and Cooke, 34, tied the knot at the luxurious Belcourt of Newport, a mansion designed in 1894. Their 150 A-list guests included Adele, Kris Jenner, Cameron Diaz, Sienna Miller and Emma Stone.…

DEMI MOORE has revealed her director on Indecent Proposal demanded she gain weight! In her memoir, Inside Out, Demi writes she wanted to look her best for steamy sex scenes in the 1993 romantic drama. “All I could think about was my body, my body, my body,” the 57-year-old actress confesses, so she “doubled down” on workouts and cut out carbs. At a costume fitting, director Adrian Lyne noted she’d “lost a lot of weight” and yelled, “I don’t want you looking like a f**king man!” After her agent later said she needed to gain ten pounds for the movie, Demi tried to reason with Lyne. Ultimately, she continued her intense diet and exercise regime, waking up at 1:30 a.m. to hit the gym.…

COPS in California nicked a soused Santa who was snoozing behind the wheel while appearing to be under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. It turned out the unidentified man was a suspect in the burglary of a church’s storage shed, where authorities say he lifted the suit — putting him on the naughty-not-nice list with the Brea Police Department! But cops made light of their unusual collar, tweeting a photo of the festively dressed fellow and saying: “Dear Santa, I’m sorry I stole your red suit. I was drunk and made some poor choices.”…

TURNS out country music outlaw Johnny Cash was once a deputy in Tennessee! Nashville Sheriff Daron Hall produced proof the Man in Black was authorized to “arrest any and all persons violating the criminal laws” in the state. He gave the Johnny Cash Museum a replica of the singer’s Davidson County deputy sheriff ID — dated Sept. 12, 1979 — complete with fingerprint and photo. Hall claims a shutterbug found a photograph of the card — but doesn’t know the location of the original.…

IT’S a doggone miracle! Man’s best friend could be the secret to living a longer life! New studies reveal that people who own a pooch are less likely to die after a heart attack or a stroke. In one Swedish survey, it was found that single patients who had been hospitalized for a heart attack were 33 percent less likely to die if they came home to a canine. “Keeping a dog is a good motivation for physical activity, which is an important factor in rehabilitation and mental health,” explains Dr. Tove Fall of Sweden’s Uppsala University. In another study, University of Toronto researchers examined data on more than 3.8 million people — and found having a furry friend was tied to a 24 percent lower risk of death by…

A WOMAN who bought a pair of rats to live with her in a van had to be rescued when the sex-mad animals went on a breeding spree — and grew to a population of more than 300! Capt. Danee Cook from San Diego’s Humane Society says the chewed-up vehicle was teeming with rodents — and the owner “was feeding all of them.” Many of the animals were put up for adoption — and the smelly van was towed away. But kindhearted locals have raised funds to help the down-on-her luck convenience store worker get back on her feet.…

MAN-EATING country crooner Miranda Lambert wasn’t on the prowl when she met hubby Brendan McLoughlin — her bandmates “plucked” him for her! “We did Good Morning America,” Blake Shelton’s ex reveals. “My husband was doing security there for the show.” “My girlfriends, the [Pistol] Annies, saw him and invited him to our show behind my back. They plucked him for me! “My security guy Tom, he was in on it too. He said to me, ‘He’s here. And he’s pretty.’”…

AGE-ADDLED Regis Philbin is pleading with his former Live! co-host Kelly Ripa to end their bitter feud before it’s too late! Sources tell GLOBE the ailing 88-year-old TV icon desperately wants to hear Kelly, 49, call him “Reege” on the air one more time! “Friends don’t think Regis has much time left, but he would go to his grave with a smile if only Kelly would stop being mad at him,” snitches an insider. “He’s reached out to let Kelly know how much she means to him and pleaded with her to let him be her guest co-host.” As GLOBE has revealed, Regis inadvertently ignited the feud by leaving Live! in 2011, which Kelly took as a slap in the face! “They have rarely spoken, and it didn’t help when Regis…

HORRIFIED by an explosion of violence, screen siren Charlize Theron has turned her back on her homeland of South Africa. The former apartheid nation is riddled with murders, rapes and assaults — and the 44-year-old Atomic Blonde just doesn’t feel safe there, say sources. “The bottom line is South Africa is not a safe place right now,” says an insider. Charlize knows about violence firsthand. She was 15 when her drunk father, Charles, was shot dead by her mom, Gerda, in self-defense after he’d fired at them during a booze binge. Although she has dual citizenship, the single mom of two adopted boys, Jackson, 7, and August, 4, “has no plans to go back, at least not when there’s so much crime infesting the neighborhoods,” adds the insider.…

PETE HAS EYES FOR CINDY’S DAUGHTER! For Pete’s sake! CINDY CRAWFORD and gazillionaire hubby RANDE GERBER might want to think in terms of curfews — their stunning supermodel daughter, KAIA GERBER, 18, has been spending time with troubled SNL comic PETE DAVIDSON, 26. According to reports, the self-proclaimed pothead — who’s managed to collect notable exes such as ARIANA GRANDE and KATE BECKINSALE — recently broke up with ANDIE MacDOWELL’s daughter MARGARET QUALLEY, 25, the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood beauty he’d been dating since August. Adding insult to injury, the comedian was caught leaving Kaia’s NYC apartment building days after his split with Margaret, and even worse, was snapped enjoying a cozy meal with the stunning teenage model — on the eve of Margaret’s 25th birthday! Yikes! DENNIS BRINGS…

MOUTHY brat Meghan McCain has triggered yet another screeching, fur-flying catfight on TV’s The View, forcing host Whoopi Goldberg to chew her out as rude and not “having respect” for her fellow panelists! The verbal brawl ignited during talk about FOX TV pundits questioning the loyalty of Army Col. Alexander Vindman, who testified in the impeachment inquiry and Hillary Clinton’s speculation Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard, a military veteran, was a Russian pawn. Meghan, the daughter of the late Republican Sen. John McCain, who was held prisoner during the Vietnam War, slammed “this trend in American politics where we are criticizing veterans. “I didn’t like when [Fox pundit] Laura Ingraham did it last night or when Hillary Clinton did it to Tulsi Gabbard.” She then insisted Gabbard was a…

SOUND OF MUSIC star Julie Andrews had to say “so long, farewell” to playing Margot Robbie’s aunt in the hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street — because she was out of her mind on painkillers after an ankle surgery! “I was truly so stoned from all the drugs that I had to take to take the pain away,” admits the 84-year-old Mary Poppins legend. “I do regret it. I’m a bionic woman, and I have a titanium ankle!”…

SCREEN tough Liev Schreiber often gets cast as the bad guy, but he insists villains “are really the best roles.” This month, the 52-year-old actor returns for season 7 as crafty fixer Ray Donovan in the Showtime series of the same name. Here are ten things you don’t know about Liev. 1 His lifelong family nickname is Huggy. 2 Liev is pronounced Lee-ev — not Leave. 3 Forbidden from seeing color movies as a kid, he says his favorite actors during his youth included comic Charlie Chaplin and Sherlock Holmes star Basil Rathbone. 4 During his childhood, his mother had him take the Hindu name Shiva Das, and he lived at a Connecticut ashram run by Indian religious teacher Swami Satchidananda. 5 In high school, he played the bass clarinet.…

HERE’S a recipe for a food fight — ex-jailbird Martha Stewart has roasted fellow former inmate Felicity Huffman for her “schlumpy” prison style! The 78-year-old homemaking diva — who spent five months in a federal lockup for lying about a 2001 stock sale — delivered the nasty jab after seeing a pic of the star in her dreary jailhouse duds and suggested Huffman “style her outfit a little bit more.” The former Desperate Housewives actress, 56, served 11 days behind bars after pleading guilty to paying a fixer $15,000 to boost her daughter’s SAT scores in a nationwide college admissions scandal. Though Martha returned to her billion-dollar business empire after being sprung from the big house in 2005, she doesn’t seem to have high hopes for Huffman. When asked whether…

A CALIFORNIA woman who was de-cluttering her house came across a dusty book her mom had checked out from the library — 74 years ago! And the dutiful daughter returned it without paying any late fees! Jean Durham’s bookworm mother took home Sir Walter Scott’s Lady of the Lake in 1945, when World War II still raged and FDR was president! Berkeley Library welcomed the return of their overdue book, and fortunately for Jean had ceased collecting fines as of 2018.…

A SHOCKING medical drama sidelined roly-poly rocker Elton John — and now pals and a health expert fear the piano player may not have long to live! The Rocket Man, who is a scale-smashing 127 pounds overweight — so heavy he struggles to walk — announced on Oct. 26 he would have to cancel an Indianapolis, Ind., gig because he was “extremely unwell.” That triggered new worries Elton collapsed and is battling an infection similar to one that left him hospitalized for weeks in 2017, which he barely survived! Now 72, the Bennie and the Jets belter says during the illness he was “24 hours from death” in his just-released memoir, Me. New York internist Dr. Stuart Fischer grimly warns: “Anything can happen, given his weight problem. “Inflammatory chemicals in…

BELOVED TV star MARY TYLER MOORE nearly didn’t get wound up enough to turn up for her audition to play housewife Laura Petrie, wife of DICK VAN DYKE’s character, Rob Petrie, in the early-’60s superhit series named for the actor. But Mary decided to make an appearance — and beat out 60 other hopefuls! The antics between Rob and Laura in the comedy capers — which spilled over to behind-the-scenes moments like this — sent her on the road to superstardom and confirmed Dick’s status as a TV legend.…