Table of contents for February 27, 2023 in Globe

WHAT A TRIP! Country cutie KACEY MUSGRAVES stumbles outside an L.A. hotspot — and loses one of her shoes! BROAD STROKES CYNTHIA NIXON gets touched up while shooting And Just Like That — but her glam squad has their work cut out for them! GLASS ACT White Lotus’ JENNIFER COOLIDGE must see a bright future as the giggly cutup cradles a crystal while being honored as Woman of the Year by Harvard’s Hasty Pudding club LAST LICKS Drummer MICK FLEETWOOD joins a tribute for late bandmate Christine McVie — after revealing Fleetwood Mac is done! VROOM SERVICE American Pickers’ MIKE WOLFE and galpal LETICIA CLINE may be in hog heaven — but the TV junkman is auctioning off dozens of his vintage motorcycles! ALL IN A DAZE WORK Caddyshack comic…

HUMILIATED Hunter Biden’s marriage to second wife Melissa Cohen is headed for the dumpster due to the pressures of living as “virtual prisoners” as scandal swirls around President Joe Biden and his recovering addict son, a source tells GLOBE. An insider dishes Hunter, 53, and South African–born Melissa, 37, mom of his son Beau, 2, are basically trapped in their home under 24/7 Secret Service protection and “it’s caused more strain than either can handle. It doesn’t help that Hunter’s paranoid and quite a jealous character and high-maintenance. “The feds have been breathing down their necks for over four years and Hunter has lots of enemies waiting to see him fall. “All they can do is sit this out and it’s driving them crazy.” Now federal prosecutors are reportedly heading in…

THE ugly 40-year feud between former Pink Floyd band leaders Roger Waters and David Gilmour has exploded again after a ferocious social media tweet by Gilmour’s wife, Polly Samson, the band’s lyricist. In a scathing Feb. 7 message, Samson blasts Waters, writing: “Sadly, you are antisemitic to your rotten core. Also a Putin apologist and a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy, megalomaniac.” Waters, who was booted from the band in the ’80s over creative differences, has compared Israel to the Nazis and supported Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.…

VANESSA HUDGENS, 34, and pro baseball player COLE TUCKER, 26, got engaged on the sly last year, but the High School Musical beauty and the Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop just went public. PORTIA DE ROSSI’s recent 50th birthday party turned into a secret wedding vow renewal surprise for her famous 65-year-old wife, ELLEN DEGENERES — with pal KRIS JENNER officiating and Grammy winner BRANDI CARLILE singing! Former Bachelorette CLARE CRAWLEY, 41, married RYAN DAWKINS, CEO of Mascot Sports, in Sacramento. Days before her wedding, the gown was stolen from her car but she found and was fitted for a new dress in three days! Little Miss Sunshine star ABIGAIL BRESLIN, 26, married her longtime love, IRA KUNYANSKY, after a yearlong engagement. MEGHAN TRAINOR, 29, is all about having more babies with…

TWO-TIME Oscar winner Hilary Swank returned to the small screen as a space explorer in Away — more than two decades after her one-season stint as a waitress on Beverly Hills, 90210. This year, Hilary is headlining ABC’s Alaska Daily as a Big Apple reporter looking for a fresh start in Anchorage. But the Nebraska native, 48, is also about to embark on her most ambitious project yet as she and husband Philip Schneider are expecting twins! Here are ten things you don’t know about the mom-to-be. 1 Her paternal family’s surname was originally Schwenk. 2 She admits chowing down on a lot of “cheap” junk food as a kid and recalls, “I’m not exaggerating — Ho Hos and Ding Dongs. I drank six Mountain Dews a day.” 3 She…

CANTANKEROUS Joe Biden and wife Jill are scrapping like cats and dogs over the doddering octogenarian’s dream of another four years in the Oval Office, according to sources who say the fed-up first lady’s threatening to walk if he runs again in 2024, say sources. In a bombshell revelation, beltway insiders tell GLOBE no-nonsense Jill is desperate to spare her hubby any humiliation and frequently tells bullheaded Biden stuff he doesn’t want to hear despite knowing it will set off what he calls his notorious Irish temper. In a fierce showdown over his political ambitions, spies say Jill gave Joe both barrels, citing plunging approval ratings, blowback over the Chinese spy balloon fiasco, Afghanistan, family scandals and suspicions about his health as powerful reasons the public — and his own…

PANICKED Priscilla Presley almost lost BOTH her children when a cutthroat camel attacked her son, Navarone, just days before daughter Lisa Marie’s tragic death from cardiac arrest! The 35-year-old musician says he narrowly escaped with his life at an L.A. animal sanctuary after the 2,000-pound humped horror “literally got my whole head in its mouth” while his “traumatized” mom, 77, watched helplessly! A yapping dog distracted the camel enough for sanctuary workers to rescue the son of Priscilla and film producer Marco Garibaldi. He needed 34 staples to close the gaping wounds in his head. Shortly after, on Jan. 12, he lost his half-sister, Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Priscilla and Elvis Presley. “Thank God I survived,” says Navarone. “My mom would’ve lost two kids in two weeks!”…

WINDBAG Whoopi Goldberg was so bowled over by the HBO series Game of Thrones the TV queen bee has an Iron Throne toilet in her dressing room at The View! Whoopi, 67, was flushed with excitement to reveal a photo of her metalwork-decorated power seat to guest Kit Harington, who played king contender Jon Snow in the sword-and-sorcery drama. “The seat is heated!” added co-host Sunny Hostin. As GLOBE reported last issue, Whoopi has been on a hot seat of a different kind after audibly breaking wind on air — and denying she did the dirty deed. Sources say her co-stars constantly complain about shameless Goldberg’s foul behavior.…

The Inside Story on Great Sex! This week I got a letter fr om a reader in Texas about a “little secret” that has made her sex life with her husband absolutely explosive! Love, Sex and Relationships Tina writes: Dear Karen, For years, my husband and I had a great love life. He was sexy and passionate and so confident. But when he reached his 50s, he lost his spark in the bedroom. The few times we did have sex, his erection was definitely softer, leaving us both unsatisfied. He tried every product out there; prescriptions, testosterone, even those enhancement pills… but nothing worked. This is terrible, but I found myself thinking ‘’My strong, passionate husband has become a sexual weakling.’’ I had no idea it would all turn around…

DISGRACED Matt Lauer is so fearful of losing another chunk of his millions — like he did to ex Annette Roque — pals say the former TV stud’s in danger of losing his galpal Shamin Abas, who desperately wants him to put a ring on it! Sources snitch money-loving Lauer is still smarting over shelling out a whopping $20 million to second wife Annette in their 2019 divorce — a quarter of the estimated fortune he piled up in his 20 years at NBC’s Today show. “He’s paranoid he will get taken to the cleaners once more if he marries again,” tattles an insider. That leaves 53-year-old PR guru Shamin out in the cold as far as marriage, the spy tattles. Now another source says, “Shamin is ready to cut…

TONY CURTIS and BURT LANCASTER square off in the rapid-fire, down-and-dirty 1957 film noir Sweet Smell of Success, about a desperate press agent and the powerful newspaper columnist he tries to please as the two conspire to ruin lives while they dig their own graves! “I’d hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic,” is one of the indelibly acid lines. Crew on the chaotic New York City set found Lancaster “scary” — made worse when Burt’s menacing eyeglasses made him look like “a scholarly brute!”…

SKIRT-CHASING tech tycoon Bill Gates, 67, is on the prowl for a new gal — two years after being divorced by wife Melinda, who walked off with a whopping chunk of his $130 billion fortune! The Microsoft founder — who quit the business’ board of directors in 2020 amid an investigation into a long-ago fling with a company underling — was recently asked if he’d like to find love again. He replied, “Sure, I’m not a robot.” Melinda, 58, has suggested her ex-hubby’s friendship with dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein played a part in wrecking their 27-year marriage. But Gates insists he and the freaky financier, who was found dead in a NYC jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting a sex-trafficking trial, simply shared meals together as he tried to…

CRANKY Joy Behar is a terror on The View and she scares folks silly on the road, too, where her wild ways have pals turning down her generous offers to give them lifts, spies tattle. An insider snitches the tart-tongued, 80-year-old co-host is seemingly “oblivious” to stop signs, turn signals and how to accelerate without giving her passengers whiplash! “Her driver’s reaction time doesn’t seem to be what it used to be,” notes the insider. “She tends to miss stops and stops when she shouldn’t. Passengers who ride with her — the ones who don’t know better, that is — are freaked out. “Most people won’t even get in the car with Joy. But she either doesn’t notice the worried looks or doesn’t care.” Joy’s been married to retired teacher…

DISGRACED movie hunk Armie Hammer admits he’s a cruel creep who emotionally abused galpals — but denies he’s a rapist! Former girlfriend Effie Angelova, 26, claims the 36-year-old Death on the Nile leading man “violently raped her” — and other lovers say he was into dark kinky sex, cannibalism and emotionally abused them. Now, he says he wants “to own my mistakes” and admits “I was an a**hole. I used people to make me feel better, and when I was done, moved on.” When the scandal about his twisted sex life broke, Hammer says he tried to drown himself in the Cayman Islands, but thoughts of his kids Harper, 8, and Ford, 6, saved him from suicide. He blames his craving for kinky sex on being sexually abused at age…

IRELAND BALDWIN’S DUTCH TREAT In this episode of Keeping Up with the Baldwinitos: Daddy dearest ALEC BALDWIN, 64, is dealing with trying times managing an ever-growing brood of seven tykes with Boston-born, pseudo–Spanish-accented second wife HILARIA, 39, and getting formally charged for the 2021 fatal shooting of his Rust cinematographer, HALYNA HUTCHINS. So apparently a fun ’n’ games poker night with wacky wifey at an ultra-exclusive private NYC hotspot, ironically called Zero Bond, somehow seemed appropriate — just hours after being slapped with involuntary manslaughter charges. Meanwhile, Alec’s 27-year-old pregnant daughter, IRELAND, with ex-wife KIM BASINGER, has picked out the name for her yet unborn baby with her boyfriend, musician RAC. “We’re naming her Holland. I’m Ireland, so another country name because we wanted to keep that consistent,” she spills.…

KILLER Kameron Hunter Johns fatally gunned down a father of three in Texas and claimed the cowardly act was self-defense — but evidence proves the inked-up idiot is a lying louse who staged the crime scene, lawmen say. According to an arrest report, blood-spattered Johns, 24, flagged down cops after casually chowing down on fast food and told them he’d shot Peter Michael Barrera, 32, in the head and neck because the guy came at him with a machete. After investigators discovered Barrera’s body, they say a witness snitched Johns “became upset for some unknown reason and confronted the victim for insulting him” — then pulled out a handgun and fired at his unarmed target! The witness also alleges Johns bragged about his plan to pretend he was forced to…

STRIPPER sensation Demi Moore’s crushing on Tom Cruise, according to insiders who say the beauty is covering her trail by telling Tinseltown’s Top Gun she wants to work with him. Sources dish the 60-year-old babe is feeling lonely since her brief romance with 46-year-old chef Daniel Humm burned out in November, and now she’s got the 60-year-old movie jet-jockey, who’s also single, in her sights. “She’s been chasing after Tom, pestering him about working together again, and he’s not exactly discouraging her,” spills an insider. “No one thinks it’s just about work. “She’s been fond of Tom for years and they’ve been in the friend zone since the ’90s when they did A Few Good Men. “It’s all about timing and Tom’s star power has never been stronger than it…

TRIUMPHANT Angelina Jolie won the latest round in her legal battle with bitter ex Brad Pitt over the $164 million French winery they purchased during their doomed marriage! Court documents reveal a judge in L.A. slapped down the Fight Club hunk’s request for an emergency hearing in his lawsuit against Jolie for selling her stake in Château Miraval to a group owned by Russian Yuri Shefler. The Allied actor was also denied the chance to depose the exiled oligarch about the deal ahead of a scheduled March court showdown. Brad has been bellyaching about the sale, claiming the Maleficent movie witch agreed not to offload her share of the estate to a third party without his approval — and cut a deal behind his back. The Oscar winner also accused Shefler…

SHATTERED Maria Shriver was so crushed by the collapse of her 25-year marriage to Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger she fled to a convent and threw herself at the feet of a reverend mother, begging for salvation! The 67-year-old journo — who went from trying to stand out in a family of famous Kennedys to trying to hold her own in a marriage to the muscle-flexing movie star, now 75 — revealed her painful search for her true self in a TV interview. “I grew up feeling invisible in an incredibly public, famous family,” admits the niece of the late President John F. Kennedy, saying she always felt like “background noise” in that clan. She says going to a “cloistered convent” for help solving a problem was right out of a scene…

Mean girl MILEY CYRUS, 30, has been taking a wrecking ball to ex-hubby LIAM HEMSWORTH with not-so-subtle swipes in her latest pop hit, Flowers, released on the very eve of the Hunger Games hunk’s 33rd birthday! Now, eagle-eyed fans are gasping about the music video, where she’s draped in a sexy gold gown similar to the red-carpet showstopper Liam’s leading lady JENNIFER LAWRENCE, 32, wore to their 2012 Hunger Games premiere! Fans babble the dress is a reference to unconfirmed chatter Liam strayed with J.Law, who only admits to kissing the stud. So, word in Tinseltown is Liam’s tried to get Miley’s goat by taking girlfriend GABRIELLA BROOKS, 26, shopping hand in hand in Beverly Hills and then to the West Hollywood hotspot Gracias Madre, where he frequently wined and…

FAME-HUNGRY Hollywood celebs know no shame — and even fewer boundaries — as evidenced by a bizarre new trend sweeping Tinseltown: posing for pictures on the toilet! Celebrity shrink Dr. Gilda Carle suggests the movement should come as no surprise since A-listers consider themselves Hollywood’s royalty and they’re at home on the throne! These people have the “need to be seen” even if it’s on the potty, says Dr. Carle. “They don’t care that they are wiping away the veneer of elegance Hollywood once had!”…

TWO tiny emperor tamarins were recovered from an abandoned home in Texas just one day after the petite primates were pilfered from Dallas Zoo — and cops say they’ve caged the creep responsible for the monkey business! The itty-bitty critters, which are less than 12 inches tall, were swiped after their habitat was “intentionally compromised,” according to a facility spokesperson. Police say Davion Irvin, 24, was caught on surveillance video walking past the spot where the mustachioed mammals were taken — and he was later collared while wandering through the Dallas World Aquarium! Irvin was charged with six counts of animal cruelty and is being held at county jail. In an unrelated but equally bananas case, Louisiana lawmen are keeping their eyes peeled after a heist at Broussard’s Zoosiana. A burglar…

RYAN O’Neal is haunted by the promise he made to Farrah Fawcett on her deathbed that the Love Story stud would take care of their only child together, Redmond O’Neal, who now refuses to give his 81-year-old dad the time of day, sources say. Troubled Redmond, 37, has been locked up tight in a state psychiatric hospital for over three years after being declared unfit to stand trial on charges of attempted murder and robbery stemming from a 2018 crime spree. But the bitter son refuses to see his father. “Redmond suffers from bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and antisocial personality disorder, and in his mind, his father is the devil,” spills a source. Friends say Ryan, who suffers from chronic leukemia along with diabetes and heart problems, fears he’ll die before…

Smoking pot gets gals hot! + CANNABIS may fire up female libidos and spark multiple climaxes, according to a recent survey. Researchers in North Carolina polled women who smoke pot and found gals who toked before sex or masturbation appeared to have an improved capacity for orgasms. The scientists believe the drug’s THC component, which is responsible for getting people high, likely helps women relax and increases their desire by acting as a neurotransmitter, which may make marijuana a useful treatment for sexual dysfunction. Booze blush danger signal + FOLKS who experience facial flushing shortly after belting back as little as one shot of booze are at risk for serious ailments, research suggests. A gene variant causing a deficiency in the alcohol-metabolizing ALDH2 enzyme is to blame for the rosy-cheeked…

ONCE one of Hollywood’s most handsome hunks, Mickey Rourke is in a funk because he’s striking out with ladies turned off by his freaky, surgically altered face and endless self-absorbed chatter, insiders tell GLOBE. “Mickey’s ever-changing face has become the stuff of urban legend in Hollywood and it’s hard to look at the guy without cringing,” reveals an insider. “Whether it is reconstructive surgery to treat his many boxing injuries or his vanity nips and tucks, the result is the same: He looks like a freak! “He’s had pals line him up with dates, but women find him difficult both to look at and listen to. He’s self-obsessed. If he’s not talking about boxing or denouncing Hollywood, he’s talking about his beauty rituals. It’s no surprise he hasn’t had a…

BILLIONAIRE basketball wizard LeBron James is crying foul about his fame and monster bankroll — moaning he can’t “walk into Starbucks like regular people.” The 38-year-old NBA champ, who owns a $37 million mansion and picks from a fleet of cars including three Ferraris, says “there are times when I wish I could do normal things, just walk outside, walk into a movie theater and sit down and go to the concession stand and get popcorn. “I wish I could go to Target sometimes and walk into Starbucks and have my name on the cup just like regular people.” The rich crybaby insists he’s not “complaining.”…

A SEVERED human penis was found in the parking lot at an Alabama gas station miles from a horrifying crash on Interstate 10 in Mobile that literally tore motorcyclist Christopher Means, 29, to pieces, police say. They believe the organ got stuck in a truck’s grill and eventually fell off. Chicago’s Willis Tower — built for the iconic Sears retail chain in 1973 — contains 25,000 miles of electrical cable in its 110 floors. Iowa’s Glen Oaks Alzheimer’s Special Care Center in Urbandale was slapped with a $10,000 fine after a 66-year-old patient — whose name was withheld by authorities — was found gasping for air in a body bag at a local funeral home. She was returned to the facility and died days later. One-term President Gerald Ford ran…