Globe October 16, 2023

BEST FOOT FORWARD Wrapped in a sweatshirt, KELLY RIPA pushes hard on a hair-raising Manhattan power walk GIVING FANS THE FINGERS You’ve gotta hand it to country icon TIM McGRAW for striking a dramatic pose onstage during a concert in Las Vegas OH, SNAP! Bigmouth RYAN SEACREST is NOT ready for his close-up as he tries to film his tonsils at the iHeartRadio Music Festival TAT’S SO WEIRD! Glittering ZOE SALDANA flashes some underarm ink while navigating safety cones in Downtown Manhattan IT’S A COVER-UP! Longtime baldy HOWIE MANDEL wigs out for a season 18 America’s Got Talent red-carpet event BELLE ON WHEELS! Lithe DWTS judge CARRIE ANN INABA mistakes a luggage cart for a taxi outside her New York City hotel THE BEST CELEB PHOTOS EVERY WEEK!…

THE sizzling hookup between pop queen Taylor Swift and pro football hunk Travis Kelce is flaming red-hot as the dashing tight end has brought the heart-lipped songbird to meet his mother. “Travis has made it clear this is no passing fling by introducing her to his mom,” blabs a source. “They’re more serious than they’re willing to admit and now Taylor’s going out of her way to impress his mother.” TV viewers of the Sept. 24 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Chicago Bears got to see flashes of the 33-year-old songbird rooting and schmoozing with Travis’ mother, Donna, from a deluxe skybox in Arrowhead Stadium. And the Enchanted singer was on her best behavior as she was seen tidying up the box — gathering empty cups and…

LOVESTRUCK Arnold Schwarzenegger has been stalling about making it legal with galpal Heather Milligan, but insiders say the Terminator now plans to pop the question to the pretty physical therapist. The 76-year-old action hero and Heather, 48, looked loved-up at the 188th Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 23, and “he’s telling friends life’s too short to dither and there’s nothing to hold him back,” spills an insider. The former California gov and newsgal Maria Shriver finalized their divorce two years ago following ten years of separation after he fathered a love child with their housekeeper. Ironically, Heather, who hooked up with the muscleman in 2012, had stopped dropping hints about marriage and told him the ball was in his court earlier in the year, spies tattle. “He dragged his heels,…

REALITY star Kourtney Kardashian is being slammed as a twofaced liar for claiming she needed a city of Malibu party permit so she could hold a small baby shower — when it was really for a massive product promotion! Outraged Malibu Mayor Bruce Silverstein fumes Kourtney’s people applied for an “Emergency Expedited Permit for a Large Event” — identified as a baby shower — at a single-family house due to possible parking problems. But the occasion wasn’t a baby shower, it was for Poosh, Kourtney’s health wellness brand. And instead of the 94 guests expected at the sham shower, a whopping 600 people flooded the rented house. The mayor fumes Kourtney’s apparent scam is another example of celebrities and the rich being favored over regular residents. “As an elected official,…

RECLUSIVE former fitness phenom Richard Simmons has nixed plans by pal Pauly Shore for a biopic. Known for his flamboyant, bubbly personality in his workout videos like Sweatin’ to the Oldies, the 75-year-old guru retired with a whopping $20 million fortune and was last seen publicly in February 2014. Recently, Shore, 55, reached out to Simmons about a life story flick, according to a source who says the bouncy fitness star “just doesn’t want to be involved.” Simmons routinely is flooded with offers and turns them down because “he’s just not interested in going public,” notes the source. “It’s nothing against Pauly. Richard’s known the actor and his late mom, Mitzi, for decades. He simply wants to live a private life out of the spotlight.”…

SHRINKING Sharon Osbourne admits to tipping the scales at less than 100 pounds after indulging in the trendy weight loss drug semaglutide — and now the increasingly gaunt TV gabber groans, “I’m too skinny!” The British blabber, 71, blusters, “I didn’t want to go this thin. It just happened.” The wife of Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne says she dropped 30 pounds over four months while taking the prescription jabs, which left her nauseated! “You don’t throw up physically, but you have got that feeling,” grumbles the glam grandma of five. The skinny minnie is less than half of her top tonnage of 230 — but plans to pork up a pinch. “I want to maintain at about 105,” confides the 5-foot-2 firebrand. “I’m trying to have a healthy balance.”…