Table of contents for September 2, 2024 in Globe

SHOUT ON THE TOWN Basic Instinct siren SHARON STONE makes a racket in France while catching a tennis match CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Former Mad Men suit JOHN SLATTERY leaves his buttoned-up TV look behind — and bares his saggy skin while surfing on Long Island POUR LITTLE RICH GIRL Charlie’s Angels corker CAMERON DIAZ drains a bottle while serving up wine in New York COURT JESTER Funnyman ADAM SANDLER bounces by a Santa Monica park for some pickup basketball — but his fashion game needs improvement! FORCE OF HOBBIT Rotund Lord of the Rings star SEAN ASTIN — son of late SAG prez Patty Duke — joins a Burbank picket line for striking video game voice actors HERE’S TO YOU, BUD! Emotional CELINE DION is offered a flower by…

HUNKY Harry Styles has no ego when the pop Romeo’s around a rock icon like Stevie Nicks, according to spies who say the pair are enjoying a flirty friendship while planning to make music together. “They’re talking about maybe writing a song or two together,” tattles a source. And the age gap between the 30-year-old former One Direction star and the legendary songbird, 76, isn’t a problem, says the insider. Harry recently joined the Fleetwood Mac star on stage at London’s Hyde Park for a rendition of Landslide in memory of Stevie’s late bandmate Christine McVie. “When they’re performing together, the chemistry is palpable,” blabs the snitch. “Obviously, they don’t expect anything romantic to come out of this — nothing’s happened and nothing’s going to happen. “But it’s fair to say…

DAVID’S KISS RILES GALPAL Former X-Files hunk DAVID DUCHOVNY must feel like he’s in a Twilight Zone time warp after his co-star GILLIAN ANDERSON dredged up a past kiss that has his current, 33-years-younger galpal, MONIQUE PENDLEBERRY, fuming. Blabbermouth Gillian, 56, ignited the flap by recalling she kissed David, 64, before her then-boyfriend RODNEY ROWLAND after winning an Emmy for her role in the sci-fi series in 1997. After joking she and David were living together — not true — she says she kissed her co-star “probably because we spent more time together [filming] than with loved ones.” Now he’s trying to explain “a lot of nothing” to jealous Monique, 31, says a source, adding: “David tells her he and Gillian never did the deed, and besides, Monique was in…

AMY SCHUMER The Trainwreck funnylady goes off the rails with a frumpy frock and horribly styled hair MAYIM BIALIK The ousted Jeopardy! host makes questionable choices with oversized suit separates TARAJI P. HENSON Empire’s conniving Cookie is half-baked in skimpy shorts and a bralette-baring blazer CATE BLANCHETT The Borderlands gunslinger is a dud — she misses the mark in a denim-dyed disaster BETHENNY FRANKEL Reality is rough for the RHONY alum whose dress straps needed a touch more tailoring…

MADCAP Martin Short, 74, is back solving mysteries alongside Steve Martin and Selena Gomez in the fourth season of Only Murders in the Building. Critics have praised the zany funnyman as the heartbeat of the Hulu comedy, saying he reins in his wild side for a more nuanced performance. Here are ten things you don’t know about Saturday Night Live’s nerdy Ed Grimley. 1 He was born on the same exact date as R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass. 2 His middle handle, Hayter, is his mother’s maiden name. 3 By the time he was 20, both of his parents were dead — his mom from cancer and his dad from a stroke. 4 The Canadian native graduated from Hamilton’s McMaster University in 1971 with a degree in social work — but…

Microplastics zap male fertility + POLLUTING microplastics may be wrecking more than the environment — they could also be impairing men’s fertility, medical experts fear. A study of guys undergoing implant surgery to address erectile dysfunction found 80 percent of the patients had small polymer fragments in their penile tissue. Meanwhile, another survey discovered 12 different types of microplastics in the testicles of dogs and humans — and the pooches with high levels of the manmade trash had a lower sperm count! Diet drug jabs linked to blindness + THE blind pursuit of thinness may cause users of the weight loss drug semaglutide to permanently lose their vision, a study suggests. Scientists from Massachusetts Eye and Ear hospital say people taking the injectable — a type 2 diabetes drug embraced…

SEXYBACK singer Justin Timberlake has been off hooch since his humiliating DUI arrest, but sources say the booze-craving pop prince is hating every bit of it! “He’s on a strict health regime and trying to crawl back into his wife Jessica Biel’s good books, but he’s not a happy camper,” tattles a tipster. Cops claim the 43-year-old NSYNC stud was plastered when he blew through a stop sign in the Hamptons after partying with pals at a Sag Harbor hotel on June 18. As GLOBE reported, authorities say the Cry Me a River crooner refused to take a breathalyzer and later claimed he had just “one martini.” His lawyers tried to get the case tossed as he pleaded not guilty, but a judge suspended his driving license in New York…

BILLY RAY CYRUS’ one big hit — Achy Breaky Heart, way back in 1992 — is about a jilted dude who feels like he’s gonna die from getting dumped, and maybe that explains his disgusting tirades against the gals in his life. The 63-year-old singer is surrounded by women — ex-wives Cindy Smith, Tish Cyrus and Aussie singer Firerose, daughters Miley, 31, and Noah, 24, and stepdaughter Brandi, 37. And if recent, shocking revelations are a true example of his behavior, he’s been a bullying slug to all of them. As GLOBE revealed, an audiotape surfaced where Billy Ray goes ballistic on his most recent ex, Firerose, who at 35 is just four years older than his superstar kid Miley. He divorced Firerose after just seven months of marriage, but…

RAY LIOTTA nabbed the lead in the iconic 1990 gangster movie Goodfellas because of what director Martin Scorsese called “his explosive energy,” and raging bull ROBERT DE NIRO was cast to ensure the film’s funding. But the poor guys had to take a back seat to JOE PESCI — who stole the show in a much smaller role! The unforgettably threatening “Funny how? Do I amuse you?” scene came out of Pesci improvising something that actually happened to him when he was working as a waiter and chatted up the wrong mobster!…

DIVA Mariah Carey is delighted her concert tour and Las Vegas residency have been huge hits — and sources tattle these successes are especially delicious because they’re a slap in the face to her longtime rival Jennifer Lopez, whose career and marriage are imploding! The catty songbirds, both 55, have been feuding since the early 2000s when Mimi famously snubbed J.Lo, claiming, “I don’t know her.” “Mariah can’t let go of her grudge against J.Lo, it’s been over 20 years, and it’s still burning as hot as ever,” spills a spy. Sources snitch Carey is feeling “very superior” since more dates have been added to her Las Vegas residency, and a 20-city concert tour is set for November and December to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her holiday classic All…

FUNKY Tom Cruise has had a perspiration problem for years, leaving his shirts soaked through — and pals are saying it’s the pits! As these photos show, the 62-year-old Top Gun: Maverick star looked sweaty and clammy, his underarms soaked, as he cheered on Team USA at the Paris Olympics — and sources snitch to GLOBE his beastly B.O. is one of the main reasons for his lack of luck with the ladies! “Tom seems to be totally in denial,” sniffs an insider. “He’s always been a pretty sweaty guy, but lately it seems to have gotten even worse — and he’s doing nothing to try and address it! “He’ll be out and be totally drenched and not seem to even notice, but of course the people around him are…

CODE BREAKERS Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a number. Use the given letters to get started by filling them in throughout the puzzle. Look out for patterns like repeated letters. Codebreaker puzzles use all 26 letters of the alphabet. There are no trademarks, abbreviations, hyphenated nor foreign words on the grid. MULTIPURPOSE Mystery words clue: A nickname of coconut palm REFERENCE GRID MYSTERY WORDS WORD SEARCH Circle the hidden words in the grid, crossing them out in the list as you find them. Words can go horizontally, vertically, diagonally and backward. BIGWIG BODYGUARD CELEBRITY CONCIERGE CONFIDENCE DELUXE ELEGANT EMPOWERMENT ENTREPRENEUR EXCLUSIVE EXPENSIVE EXTRAVAGANT GLAMOROUS HIGH-END ICON IDOL IMPORTANT LIFESTYLE LOUNGE LUXURIOUS MAGNATE MEGASTAR MONEY OUTSTANDING PERSONALIZATION POSH PRESTIGE PRIVATE JET PROMINENT SPECIAL STATUS TAILOR-MADE TYCOON WEALTH DOMINOES…

FLORIDA dentist Dr. Esha Persad is charged with battery by burrito after cops say she blasted her husband with some Taco Bell! According to court records, Persad, 34, was thinking outside the bun when she bought a big spread of Taco Bell and McDonald’s for her husband’s birthday. But sometime after midnight, tempers got spicy over the fast-food feast. That’s when the dentist allegedly lobbed a burrito or a soft-shell taco — the police report mentions both — at the 35-year-old birthday boy, whose name was concealed by cops. The Tex-Mex missile struck the man “on the right side of the face,” according to the report. It must have had extra guac, because it was still glued to the victim’s face when the police arrived at the couple’s St. Petersburg…

PREENING pretty bird Apollo is a talky TikTok influencer — and now the gabby African grey parrot holds the world record for correctly identifying the most items in just three minutes! The red-tailed, chalk-faced mimic broke the record — and the internet — by naming 12 items at warp speed, including “sock,” “block,” “cork” and “bottle.” “Want a pistach? Want a pistach?” prodded his owner, 25-year-old Dalton Mason, showing the beady-eyed bird the prized pistachio nut that could be his if the four-year-old winged wonder aced the verbal challenge. Apollo was up to the task! With his eyes pinwheeling excitedly, he reeled off four correct answers in a row to earn his first pistach, followed by more lightning rounds. “Book,” he said in a somber voice at the sight of a…

CONTROLLING momager Kris Jenner is flipping out over daughter Kim Kardashian committing herself to the legal drama All’s Fair — because her cash cow kid now has less time for the family’s reality TV empire, sources spill. Aspiring drama queen Kim, 43, is thrilled about snagging a leading role in Ryan Murphy’s Hulu series after years of being her meddling mother’s professional pawn, tipsters dish. She is happily sharing the screen with Hollywood royalty Glenn Close, Sarah Paulson, Niecy Nash, Teyana Taylor and Naomi Watts. An insider confides, “Kim is broadening her horizons and banking on her fruitful relationship with TV producer Ryan to become a full-blown dramatic actress. But Kris has said for years she wants The Kardashians franchise to go on forever!” What’s more, the spy squeals, billionaire…

HOTTIE Halle Berry shockingly reveals Hollywood has treated her like a punching bag — the Oscar winner says she has broken at least ten bones making movies and has been “knocked out three times!” “Got an arm broken, broke ribs twice — two ribs one time, three ribs another time,” dishes the 58-year-old stunner. “Broke a tailbone, broke two toes and a finger — this [middle] finger!” The Catwoman cutie went to the hospital after breaking her ribs doing scenes for the 2020 action flick Bruised, where she played a former UFC fighter who wants her crown back. And she described a boneyard of breaks from making Gothika and John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum. “I’ve been knocked out three times,” she added while promoting The Union, her new spy…

IF THE two NASA astronauts stranded in space try to return to Earth in the faulty Boeing Starliner spaceship, they could end up vaporized or floating helplessly in space until they die of starvation or lack of oxygen, warn experts. Rocketeers Sunita Williams, 58, and Butch Wilmore, 61, were supposed to visit the International Space Station for just eight days after their Boeing Starliner rocket docked on June 5. But defects with the Starliner’s thrusters have marooned them at least until September or — worst case scenario — next February, says NASA. And that’s not the bad news. Experts say the Starliner has problems in the service module, the ship’s control center that runs the thrusters, power and life support like water and oxygen — and also aligns the craft for…

GORGEOUS George Clooney has been desperately clinging to wife Amal, and insiders say the 63-year-old heartthrob is going all out to put the sizzle back into his marriage following a long stint of leading separate lives. The Hollywood hunk was seen clutching the curvy, 46-year-old attorney tightly during an Aug. 2 date night in Italy, with a source noting: “He’s started to really worry about losing Amal and making way more time to connect with her because it suddenly dawned on him they’re becoming more like roommates than lovers. “She’s still very young and vibrant, and George can’t exactly ignore their age gap.” As GLOBE previously reported, the Ocean’s Eleven superstar, father of Amal’s six-year-old twins, Ella and Alexander, has been in a panic over his fading looks. “He’s starting…

DEVOUT Christian President Jimmy Carter was called The Deacon by his Secret Service bodyguards. Ronald Reagan was known as Rawhide. IN THE 1970s, the U.S. Coast Guard trained pigeons to find people lost at sea. The birds had a 90 percent success rate, compared to humans’ 38 percent. IDAHO has the only state seal designed by a woman, artist Emma Edwards Green, who fashioned the emblem in 1891. THERE are 300 types of honey produced in the U.S., where every citizen eats about one pound of the sweet stuff in a year. DEATH Valley, Calif., is the most dangerous place on Earth, with sweltering days, frigid nights and almost no water, scientists say. PRESIDENT Millard Fillmore was the last chief exec who was not a member of the Democratic or…

AGING domestic diva Martha Stewart leans on her pal Snoop Dogg for advice and now sources say the rapping icon has decided to play Cupid and fix her limping love life. Sources snitch the tooth-pick-thin 52-year-old is getting the 83-year-old lifestyle mogul out of the house on projects in the hopes she’ll find her perfect match. “He can’t understand why a beautiful soul like Martha hasn’t snagged a guy when she looks so great and much younger than her age,” spills an insider. Though Martha has had the occasional hookup over the years, nothing has blossomed into a long-lasting romance. “The options haven’t been good in terms of serving up a guy who’s sexy and charming and eligible,” explains the insider. “Snoop is doing a search of all his contacts…

Spider-Man star TOBEY MAGUIRE caught German model-actress TARA LOUISE WAGNER in his web at a St. Tropez café. Buzz says busybody Tobey, 49, is also dating model LILY CHEE, 20. General Hospital hunk STEVE BURTON, 54, is hot ’n’ heavy with foodie MICHELLE LUNDSTROM, 43. He split from longtime wife SHEREE GUSTIN, 47, after she got knocked up by another guy in 2022. Rapper NELLY, 49, was chanting Hot in Herre after being busted for allegedly having ecstasy pills by Missouri troopers outside St. Louis. His legal eagle denies the drug possession charge. CNN political writer OLIVER DARCY suddenly quit the network’s Reliable Sources show. He says he plans to start a rival newsletter. Movie A-lister MICHELLE PFEIFFER, 66, signed to star in and executive produce The Madison, a TV…

ALARMED Princess Kate fears her bitter brother-in-law Prince Harry is emotionally broken and wants to forgive and forget his vicious attacks on the royal family and heal their rift, palace insiders say. Even while locked in her own life-and-death battle with cancer, the caring 42-year-old mother of three is desperately trying to convince Prince William, 42, to join her in making peace — but so far, her hard-headed hubby won’t budge. “Kate is worried sick about Harry and willing to risk the wrath of her husband and the Firm to do what she believes is the right thing,” confides a palace insider. “She’s pushing for forgiveness and worries the royals are being too harsh.” Sources tell GLOBE the Princess of Wales still has a soft spot for her brother-in-law, despite…