Table of contents for November 28, 2022 in Globe

SONGBIRD Cher has turned back time for a hot new romance with music producer Alexander Edwards — who’s 40 years younger — and the 76-year-old diva is telling nasty critics to shove it! “I’m Not Defending Us,” the Believe song-bird tweets. “Haters are Gonna Hate. Doesn’t Matter That we’re Happy & Not Bothering Anyone.” And when one troll questioned the Def Jam record exec’s “motives and intentions,” Cher hit back with: “Haven’t You Got Anything Else 2 Do!? Let Me Explain … I DONT GIVE A (FLYING) FK WHAT ANYONE THINKS. “As we All Know, I WASN’T BORN YESTERDAY & What I Know For Sure … There Are No Guarantees.” Rumors of a romance rocked Tinseltown after the superstar and Edwards, 36, were spotted holding hands while leaving an L.A.…

RECKLESS Vladimir Putin is in the crosshairs of a homegrown “military mutiny” to replace him in a coup threats to use nuclear weapons in his failed Ukraine invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes the Kremlin kingpin “isn’t bluffing” about A-bombs, but a British intelligence expert says the detestable move would trigger Putin’s demise. “A military mutiny is the most likely end for Putin’s rule,” predicts the expert. “Faced with Putin’s recklessness and the need to prevent use of nuclear weapons, the military are most likely to stage a coup to depose him.” Ironically, the likely replacement for 70-year-old Putin is his closest pal, ruthless businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, boss of the vicious Wagner Group mercenaries accused of war atrocities.…

CELEBRITY BUZZ Hollywood’s inside scoop BONO CRASH-LANDS ON LINCOLN’S BED The ghost of ABRAHAM LINCOLN must be having a hardy chuckle. U2 rocker BONO, 62, had one too many glasses of wine during a White House visit years ago — and wound up asleep on Honest Abe’s old bed! According to the Irish singer, it’s all due to an allergic reaction to salicylic acid, found in winewhich caused him to wander off and crash-land on the historic bed. “As I started to fall asleep, I excused myself, and what happened next is a little blurry,” he spills. JULIA’S BRO GETS BOOT ERIC ROBERTS, 66, ain’t no beach bum, but he still got kicked off some A-list sand! “I’m all by myself and wondering why there wasn’t anybody there,” recalls JULIA…

TODAY show chatterboxes Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie act friendly on camera, but behind the scenes they’re secretly locked in a no-holds-barred weight war to see who can be skinnier and sexier, spies tattle. Sources snitch the tension between the co-anchors can be cut with a knife especially now that they’ve thrown their weekly weigh-ins into the batter. As GLOBE previously revealed, single mom Hoda, 58, has not been a happy camper in the months since she ended her two-year engagement to financier Joel Schiffman. “Hoda’s been anxious and lonely and stressed out and that’s caused her weight to plummet, plus she’s exercising like crazy,” dishes a mole. “But it’s turned into a competition with Savannah, who always knew how to push Hoda’s buttons. “When Savannah swans into the room…

HARRY POTTER’s Daniel Radcliffe has made the magical transformation from kid star to quirky adult actor. Since portraying the famous boy wizard in eight blockbuster movies, he’s played wildly varied roles including gay poet Allen Ginsberg and political prisoner Tim Jenkins. But Daniel steps into the world of parody in his most recent flick as the accordion-playing title character in the biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 33-year-old London-born Brit. 1 His voice started cracking due to puberty while filming 2001’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — the first film in the franchise — so some of his lines were dubbed by 13-year-old actor Joe Sowerbutts. 2 He discovered he had a nickel allergy after his metal Harry Potter eyeglass…

OSCAR winner Matthew McConaughey says his dad, James, predicted he’d die in the saddle, and that’s what he did — while making love to his wife, Kathlene. The Interstellar movie stud recalls the heartbreaking moment his 63-year-old dad died in 1992, saying: “I got a call from my mom: ‘Your dad died.’ My knees buckled. “I couldn’t believe it. He was my dad. Nobody or nothing could kill him. Except for mom. “He’d always told me and my brothers, ‘Boys, when I go, I’m gonna be makin’ love to your mother.’ “And that’s what happened. He had a heart attack when he climaxed.” The 53-year-old Dallas Buyers Club star later learned from neighbors that when the ambulance arrived, his mom, who was in the street “in her negligee nightie that she…

NEARLY 65 million Americans have experienced back pain, and many have reached for lidocaine patches in an attempt to relieve their agony. But experts caution the product’s effectiveness may be limited and warn the topical treatment has numerous potential side effects. The prescription-strength patches are adhesive fabric pads containing a solution that’s 5 percent lidocaine. Similar items can be purchased over the counter containing 4 percent of the local anesthetic. Both formulations are meant to be used once and discarded. Lidocaine binds to proteins in nerve cell membranes to knock out pain. The FDA has approved the prescription patches for treatment of postherpetic neuralgia — a complication of shingles affecting nerve fibers. A 2004 study by a pharma-ceutical company discovered people with moderate to severe low back pain found relief…

AQUAMAN star Jason Momoa is hog wild over the cuddly new love in his life — a rescue pig. The 43-year-old hunk, now starring in the children’s fairytale fantasy flick Slumberland, reveals he’s still debating over two names for his new best gal — Lau Lau and Manapua — names for popular Hawaiian pork dishes. He even talked about taking her to red carpet events, but only after he “paints her nails” and “puts a top hat” on the swine. Adds the big softie: “This is why I can’t work with animals. I want to bring them home.”…

DISGRACED TV star Lori Loughlin and her hubby, Mossimo Giannulli, are back from the brink of divorce and — helped by the “power of prayer” — plan to celebrate their 25th anniversary this Thanksgiving by renewing their vows, sources tell GLOBE. The 58-year-old Full House alum and the fashion designer, 59, turned on each other after being busted in the feds’ Operation Varsity Blues bribery probe in 2019 — but they managed to weather that storm and plan to reaffirm their commitment, the sources say. “They went through some very rough times and seemed destined for a split, but they came out the other side and are totally united again,” tattles a tipster. As GLOBE previously reported, the two were at each other’s throats after they were caught paying a fixer $500,000 to…

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MOVIE funnygirl Rebel Wilson’s life has turned Pitch Perfect with a new baby daughter, Royce, and lesbian galpal. Royce is “a beautiful miracle,” gushes the 42-year-old Bridesmaids star. “I am forever grateful to everyone who has been involved, but particularly wanted to thank my gorgeous surrogate who carried her and birthed her with such grace and care.” The 5-foot-4 Aussie, who shed 77 pounds last year, is now in a romance with jewelry and fashion designer Ramona Agruma, 38, after breaking up with beer heir Jason Busch in 2021.…

POLICE dispatcher Teri Clark got the shock of her life when she fielded a desperate emergency call about an armed robbery — from her own daughter! Clark’s 16-year-old girl Tenia Hill was working at a New Orleans McDonald’s when an armed woman burst in and locked the teen and other workers in a freezer. Brave Tenia dialed 911. When the girl realized she was speaking with her mom, she said, “It’s me, Tenia. Mama, help! Please hurry up, she’s got a gun!” Teri, a 24-year veteran of the Orleans Parish Communications District, somehow managed to keep her cool during the Oct. 17 drama. “I was in shock,” Teri admits. “What broke me down was when my child said, ‘We’re in the freezer.’ “While I was taking the call, tears [were]…

KING Charles is being pressured to abdicate and pass the crown to his son William as shocking details of his sordid secret gay life emerge and rock the monarchy to its very foundations, influential sources tell GLOBE! In a bombshell leak, an explosive MI5 dossier detailing nearly 60 years of homo-sexual trysts with boarding school buddies, butlers and blue bloods has been funneled to the British Parliament, confirming what the new monarch’s ex-wife Diana told their sons — Charles admitted he cheated on her with other men! “Charles has been haunted for years by talk he’s gay or bisexual, but this explosive portfolio has rocked the monarchy to its foundation,” charges a well-placed palace official. “Anti-royalists apparently leaked it to members of the British Parliament to bolster their campaign to…

ONETIME blond bombshell Jessica Simpson sounds downright shell-shocked in a new ad, say concerned fans. The reality star turned singer and fashion mogul seems to struggle to enunciate her words while pitching the Pottery Barn Kids décor she used for the room of her three-year-old daughter, Birdie. “I was really drawn to the geometric prints and the color scheme,” says Jessica, sounding like she’s speaking with a mouthful of marbles. “This really, to me, is Birdie’s personality.” On the Instagram page where she posted the ad, one worried admirer says: “Why does she talk like that now. It’s just strange, it’s in every video of her talking. Like she is trying really hard to get the words right.” Another adds: “Please tell me I’m not the only one that hears…

Picking your nose causes dementia ✚ PICKING your nose is rude and yucky, but a new study has a better reason to quit the disgusting habit — it may up the risk for DEMENTIA. According to Professor James St. John at Australia’s Griffith University, picking can damage the inside of the nostril and create a quick pathway for bacteria to leak into the blood and zoom right to the brain. A study found within months of digging for nose snails, the bacteria had grown protein plaque clusters linked to Alzheimer’s in rats’ brains. Heavy blankets improve sleep ✚ WEIGHTED blankets may enable folks to get better shut-eye because they boost melatonin levels, researchers say. Scientists at Sweden’s Uppsala University enlisted 26 healthy adults with an average age of 24 for…

FREE-again Britney Spears says she dances to block out pain from permanent nerve damage she believes she suffered when she was locked up in a looney bin against her will by her conservator dad, Jamie, in 2019. Now, the 40-year-old Oops! I Did It Again singer, who wed fitness guru Sam Asghari, 28, in June, says she’s been in “a mild unconscious state” since her release from the hospital and suffered “nerve damage on the right side of my body” caused by oxygen deprivation. Spears says she wakes three times a week with “my hands completely numb” as “scary” pain “shoots up to my neck. When I dance I don’t feel the pain. It’s like my mind literally goes to a place of my inner child.”…

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MAINE officials have made a U-turn on the highway to hell by recalling obscene license plates after the state’s vehicles became rolling raunchy messages when bureaucrats stopped reviewing applications for vanity tags. THE mighty Mississippi River is home to 50 species of mammals, 360 different kinds of fish, 145 types of amphibians and 326 varieties of birds. SAMUEL J. SEYMOUR, 96, the last surviving eyewitness to President Abraham Lincoln’s 1865 assassination, appeared on a 1956 episode of the game show I’ve Got A Secret. A TOXIC lead-filled lighthouse on Hooper Island in the middle of Chesapeake Bay, Md., fetched $192,000 at federal auction. The new owners are allowed to renovate — and even move in — but must maintain the structure in working condition.…

CHATTERBOX Kelly Ripa ignited a snarky squabble with her Live co-host Ryan Seacrest by accusing him of projecting “his insecurity on her,” sources snitch. The stinging smack came during a Nov. 3 discussion of pets when a caller asked if anyone else called their beloved critters their “babies” — and Ryan quoted a study showing one in four owners refer to pets as their “children.” The 47-year-old bachelor then asked mom-of-three Kelly, “Do you call your pets your little baby? You have kids, so maybe you don’t. I don’t have kids, so I call my dogs my little baby.” With a stone-cold face and voice, Kelly, 52, cut him down, saying: “No, I call my dogs my dogs and my children my children.” Shocked Ryan replied: “Don’t act like it’s so strange!”…

KINKY Keke Palmer likes “girl-on-girl porn” and being “submissive” in bed, the former child star and Disney Channel princess has confessed! “I only like girl-on-girl porn because it’s nice and beautiful,” admits the 29-year-old beauty. “It’s the delicacy of the arrangement. I don’t like all that rough stuff!” The Emmy-winning Nickelodeon knockout complains “porn has ruined the ideas of sex” and candid Keke says she gets the romance back on track in her life by doing “rom-com roleplaying” with her partners. She defers to lovers because she’s “bossy in real life.” “I feel like, definitely, when I’m in an intimate space with someone, I’m very much so, like, ‘At your service,’ ” spills the Nope star.…

It ain’t cheaper by the dozen! Prolific procreator NICK CANNON, 42, has his 11th baby on the way, with pregnant girlfriend ALYSSA SCOTT. The pair’s first child together, son ZEN, tragically died at five months from brain cancer last year. Younger star MOLLY BERNARD, 34, who played pansexual publicist Lauren on the series, is having her first baby with wife HANNAH LIEBERMAN. Vanderpump Rules’ LALA KENT, 32, has reportedly been dating heavily tatted male model DON LOPEZ, 30. She recently gushed she “might be in love.” Porn star GIGI DIOR was sued by Christian Dior Couture, which wants the courts to overturn her trademarked stage name. “This is ridiculous, my name has nothing to do with couture … what I do usually involves wearing no clothes at all,” snips the…

RAPPER Eminem nearly died from a 2007 methadone overdose and reveals, “It took a long time for my brain to start working again.” But the recovering addict, who got hooked on prescription pain pills and downers while shooting his 2002 biopic 8 Mile, says his brush with death scared him straight. The Lose Yourself Oscar winner, 50, swears he’s been sober since 2008 and claims music “saved his life” — but the hitmaker admits he used to find drugs “f**king delicious.”…

COUNTRY music queen Reba McEntire has postponed dates on her latest concert tour and now sources fear the I’m a Survivor singer’s touring days are over — because her voice is kaput! The 67-year-old songbird was just eight shows into her 31-city tour when docs sent her to the sidelines to rest her voice, nixing at least three November concerts. Insiders say Reba is feeling the impact of a busy year after performing 24 shows early in 2022 before launching her current tour in October. A source tells GLOBE, “On this new tour, she’s sore as heck the morning after a show and, what’s worse, her voice is shot.” Reba is said to be consulting specialists to see if her voice issues are due to some sort of medical problem. “She’s…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 The cosmos gives you the push you need to get working on that idea you know will earn big bucks. Ask a Leo for help and by year’s end cash will roll in. Make no assumptions about romance while Venus visits Scorpio. Ask your sweetie exactly what they want and need and you’ll grow closerthanthis. GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Your flighty nature has you changing your mind again, Twin. But that’s okay. Just be sure to tell the one your decision will affect — especially if it’s your significant other. Dieting is on your mind under the Aries moon, but the stars say better to wait until after the new year. The number 9 brings luck Saturday. LEO July 23 - Aug.…

GORGEOUS Gisele Bündchen openly admits she and former boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio are still on good terms — and now that she’s single, she’s looking forward to hanging out with him again, GLOBE can reveal! Sources snitch the modelchasing Titanic actor, 48, has eagerly awaited her call in the wake of her split from NFL star Tom Brady — even though he’s been spending time with Gigi Hadid. “Leo’s been sending Gisele supportive texts telling her to hang in there,” spills an insider. “They’ve never lost touch, and a lot of people believe it’s their destiny to give it another try now that she’s kicked Tom to the curb!” Tipsters tattle Leo’s current fling with Gigi, 27, is an odd match in the eyes of friends on both sides — including…

GHOULISH VINCENT PRICE plays a host who locks his five guests in the House on Haunted Hill to see who can survive the night in the creaky old mansion. The 1959 horror film directed and produced by schlockmeister William Castle featured carnival props. He also instructed movie theaters to rig what he dubbed “Emergo” — a pulley system that flew a plastic skeleton over the audience! The flick, co-starring RICHARD LONG and CAROLYN CRAIG, inspired Alfred Hitchcock to make Psycho the following year.…