Globe July 31, 2017

PUNCH-DRUNK CUBA GOODING JR. is putting up a good fight, but his career is already on the ropes! NICE MELONS! That’s the only compliment we can pay frumpy former Disney star HILARY DUFF — who looks well past her expiration date 8 SHAVES A WEEK! Music legend PAUL MCCARTNEY is a razor-sharp twit — shaving his face in public LIVING ON THE WEDGE Picky Fatal Attraction star GLENN CLOSE is more beached whale than bathing beauty! HOFF-KILTER Ex-Baywatch star DAVID HASSELHOFF wipes out in front of Dutch fans HONEYMOON IS OVER! Former Victoria’s Secret Angel MIRANDA KERR stuffs her face at a Japanese food promo — one month after wedding Snapchat billionaire Evan Spiegel THE BEST CELEB PHOTOS EVERY WEEK!…

NOW that he’s out of the White House and doesn’t have to keep up the sham image of a loving hubby, former President Barack Obama has kicked wife Michelle to the curb and has yanked off his wedding ring. “Everyone knew there have been tensions with Michelle for years, but he’s had to stay with her for the sake of the presidency and their daughters, Sasha and Malia,” says a source. “But the girls are grown, so there’s no reason for him to continue the charade.” After partying up a storm with Virgin airline mogul Richard Branson at his swanky Necker Island paradise, Barack was gushing, “This is the life for me!” Now, the former commander in chief wants to “cut loose and party with billionaires like Branson — and…

BIG-SCREEN toughie Kurt Russell is stuffing his face with food after his romance with Goldie Hawn collapsed, insiders say. Now the Escape from L.A. hunk has blown up to a blubbery 300 pounds — and it’s put his life on the line! “He looks like he’s gained AT LEAST 40 pounds,” diet and nutrition expert Dr. Stuart Fischer tells GLOBE. “It’s all in his gut — and indicates he’s shortened his life span by up to seven years!” All that fat puts the 66-yearold actor, who’s 5-foot-11, at risk of high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, warns Dr. Fischer: “He needs a much better diet, better nutrition and LOTS of exercise. But his muscle has turned to flab — and that’s very difficult to reverse.” Pals say The Thing…

WORLD EXCLUSIVE! WIDOW LISA’S $40 MILLION INHERITANCE AT RISK! A MAN believed to be the late Patrick Swayze’s secret son has been found after a decadesold cover-up! Now GLOBE has learned Jason Whittle, a 44-year-old Missouri father of three, is seeking a DNA test to find out whether he’s Swayze’s only child — conceived when his underage mom, Bonnie Kay, had a one-night stand with the Ghost hunk in the early 1970s. Sources say if Jason’s DNA matches, he can make legal moves for a chunk of the Dirty Dancing legend’s $40 million legacy awarded to his wife, Lisa Niemi, in a controversial will an expert claims was forged! “He could make a legal claim for his inheritance!” famed celebrity lawyer Raoul Felder tells GLOBE. Adds a Swayze family source:…

THE Mafia sleeps with the fifishes! After decades of ruling America’s underworld with a blood-soaked iron grip, the mob is now little-feared — and barely respected, law enforcement sources tell GLOBE. And the gangsters have only themselves to blame — selling each other out for greed, power or lighter prison sentences! Former FBI agent and Mafifia expert Lin DeVecchio says the current generation of wise guys don’t follow the old rules like “omertà” — the chilling code of silence — and are easier to bust! “The younger guys are not interested in spending the rest of their lives in jail,” DeVecchio notes. “If they can make a deal, they make a deal.” Teflflon Don John Gotti’s 1992 murder and racketeering conviction was the beginning of the end for the Mafifia,…

ONLY IN GLOBE FIRST LADY GETS LAST LAUGH ON CRITICS! PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s beautiful wife, Melania, has shut down terrible trolls who branded her a reluctant first lady and claimed divorce was imminent! After she and Donald lived separate lives for months, Melania proved hurtful gossip wrong by leaving her luxury New York apartment and joining him in the White House. Then she got revenge on critics by accompanying her husband on official overseas trips — and becoming a stunning star on the world stage! “Melania saved their marriage from collapsing under the weight of rumors and lies when she moved to Washington,” says a source. “She stopped the trash talk in its tracks.” Speculation about the couple erupted when Melania refused to join Donald on the grueling campaign trail.…