Globe February 22, 2021

WHEN Dustin “Screech” Diamond suddenly and tragically died Feb. 1 from stage 4 carcinoma, the nation felt like it lost a dear high school classmate — but few knew of the tortured secret life that drove him to the depths! The child star became a household name at 12 playing goofy sidekick Screech in a Disney sitcom that evolved into the iconic Saved by the Bell — but sources say desperation ate at him when he couldn’t graduate to success in adult roles! Relegated to the low-rent shows Celebrity Fitness and Celebrity Boxing, Dustin, who died at age 44, resorted to making an X-rated tape in 2006 — later claiming he used a “stunt double” for the sex scenes. “He thought it might jumpstart his career — but it backfired!”…

SENIOR siren Martha Stewart is splurging on a boob lift — and hoping it will help her catch a man, insiders dish! Pals tell GLOBE the 79-year-old hot-to-trot homemaker has already booked an appointment with a top-rated surgeon as a special birthday gift to ensure she’ll be “pert and perky” when she turns 80 in August! “Martha takes amazing care of herself! She eats sensibly and looks great, but the one thing she’s always been a tad insecure about is her bustline,” tattles an insider. “All her life, Martha’s been a modest 34B to go along with her sturdy height of five-footnine, and size ten shoe. She’s spent her entire adult years wearing padded bras and she’s sick of it! “She’s worked hard all her life and feels she deserves…

BELOVED music icon Tony Bennett is being ravaged by Alzheimer’s disease and been secretly battling the mind-destroying illness for four years! The 94-year-old’s third wife, Susan Crow, 54, has revealed the I Left My Heart in San Francisco crooner was diagnosed in 2016 — but the terrible disease has damaged his memory and ability to realize he’s ill. “He would ask me, ‘What is Alzheimer’s?’” says Susan, who wed Tony in 2007. “I would explain, but he wouldn’t get it. He’d tell me, ‘Susan, I feel fine.’ “That’s all he could process, physically he felt great. So, nothing changed in his life. Anything that did change, he wasn’t aware of.” Currently, Susan and the oldest of his four kids, Danny, 67, from his first marriage to Patricia Beech, are caring…

WESTWORLD hottie Evan Rachel Wood and four other women have accused shock rocker Marilyn Manson of horrendous sexual and psychological abuse! The 33-year-old actress claims Manson, 52, “started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission. “I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him, before he ruins any more lives.” After publicly describing her abuse several times but not naming her attacker, Evan dropped the bombshell accusations in an Instagram post on Feb. 1. Four other women — including model Ashley Lindsay Morgan — also posted similar statements about Manson on Instagram, detailing “harrowing experiences that they claim included sexual assault, psychological abuse, and/or various forms of coercion,…

PUGNACIOUS rocker Rod Stewart won’t be tossed in the slammer for his stupid encounter with a hotel security guard thanks to a hush-hush plea deal negotiated with prosectors in Palm Beach County, Fla. The 76-year-old singer and son Sean, 40, were accused of getting rough with guard Jessie Dixon, 34, when he tried to keep them from forcing their way into a private event at Breakers Hotel on 2019 New Year’s Eve. Prosecutors and defense lawyers say they’ve reached an agreement with the star, resulting in battery charges being dropped. But the terms are being kept under wraps at least until next month.…

SONGBIRD Whitney Houston was murdered — and now nine years later, investigators believe the chilling truth will be dug up with her battered body and new forensic tests will expose her killer! Just days after the ninth anniversary of her Feb. 11, 2012, death in a hotel bathtub, 48-year-old Whitney’s corpse is being targeted for exhumation from the Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, N.J., say investigators who suspect the truth was buried with her body. Top private eye Paul Huebl tells GLOBE he believes new evidence will point to Nick Gordon, the beau of Whitney’s late daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, whose 2015 death was a mirror image of her mom’s. “Nick Gordon had the motive, means and opportunity — all of which are very important to a homicide,” Huebl says. The…