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ONCE surrounded by 13 feisty corgis snapping and yapping at her feet, dying Queen Elizabeth is giving up her beloved pups, a sign many suspect means the end is near for the frail 89-year-old monarch. After breeding Pembroke Welsh Corgis for nearly 60 years, Her Majesty now has only two 12-year-olds, Holly and Willow, who are the direct descendants of a pup she got for her 18th birthday. “But the Queen doesn’t breed anymore,” says a Palace insider. “She doesn’t want to leave any pets behind when she passes away.” That’s good news to her staffers, who reveal the “yappy, snappy” pooches are “bloody well hated” by employees and royals alike. The dogs live BETTER than bluebloods – eating special meals, riding in limos, flying in private jets and romping…

BEST known for playing Uncle Jesse on the TV sitcom Full House, John Stamos, 51, led a cast revolt that ended the show. But now he’s producing and guest-starring in a reboot, Fuller House, for Netflix! He’s come a long way for a guy who started his working life flipping burgers – and whose own mom called him an ugly baby. Here are 10 things you didn’t know about the affable star: 1. He jumped ship from Full House, saying he didn’t approve of its planned move from ABC to the WB network after Season 8. Other cast members followed, and the show ended. 2. While a teen, he worked flipping burgers at his family’s restaurants, Duke’s and the Yellow Basket, in Orange County, Calif. 3. An accomplished musician, he’s…

IN a blockbuster four-part series, GLOBE is bringing you up to date on 80 of the top TV stars from the 1980s. In our series, we reveal what’s become of fan favorites from Dallas, Happy Days, Miami Vice and other hits. Here are the first 25 – with 55 more on the way in future installments beginning next week! – Special report by Bob Burns, Jim Nelson & Jordan Rodack PART I GLOBE BLOCKBUSTER CELEBRITY SERIES! POLLY HOLLIDAY KISSES OFF ALICE AS sassy, man-hungry waitress Flo on the sitcom Alice, Polly Holliday endeared herself to millions with her trademark phrase, “Kiss my grits!” But the 78-year-old two-time Golden Globe winner, who starred in the short-lived spin-off Flo has worked steadily on stage and screen just like her co-star Linda Lavin.…

GUESS WHO? This guy is far and away one of the top stars in Hollywood, but it would probably be a mission impossible for him to fix this car without help from a few good men. Still stumped? Turn to page 57 for the answer WIN TIC TAC TRUE $100 PLUS! FIRST 5 RUNNERS-UP GET $25 EACH GAME TIME 1. A baseball has one continuous stitched seam. 2. A duffer and a slicer are golf clubs. 3. Rookies are first year players. 4. An “extra” is a bowling score. 5. Canoodling is a penalty in ice hockey. 6. Tackling a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage is called a sack. 7. In soccer, a red card is issued to remove a player from the game. 8. Croquet balls are hit…

SINGING LEGEND COULDN’T SAVE TROUBLED AMY WINEHOUSE HEARTBROKEN Tony Bennett is guilt-ridden and haunted by the belief he could have saved the life of tragic singer Amy Winehouse. In the emotional documentary, Amy, now playing at U.S. theaters, Bennett, 89, says he wanted to tell the doomed British songbird, “Slow down, you’re too important. Life teaches you how to live if you last long enough.” Rehab rebel And the I Left My Heart in San Francisco singer said in another interview, “I wanted to tell her that, but I had to leave because we were touring all over the world making this album.” “I never got a chance to do it. My son called up and said she died, and I couldn’t believe that I didn’t get that message to…

FIGHTING desperately for life, Joe Jackson shockingly confessed his late son, Michael, would still be alive today if he hadn’t treated him so horrifically! Jackson, 87, was rushed to Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 26 after suffering a stroke just before a $200,000 party marking his birthday. He then suffered three heart attacks and was placed in intensive care amid reports he’d lost his eyesight. ‘I destroyed Michael’ A Jackson family friend tells GLOBE that Joe, believing he was on his deathbed, “said his biggest regret was abusing Michael, and that if he had treated him better he might still be here. “Joe said, ‘I destroyed Michael. I made him hate me, then hate himself. It’s my fault my boy’s not here anymore. I turned him into…

OUTRAGED animal lovers all over the world are howling for the blood of a sadistic American poacher who ruthlessly shot, skinned and hacked off the head of a majestic lion during an African safari! Eden Prairie, Minn., dentist Walter Palmer paid his guide a whopping $55,000 to lure the beloved 13-year-old lion, named Cecil, out of a Zimbabwe national park where he was protected from hunters. Once the big cat was on private land, Palmer coldly shot him with a bow and arrow. Then the demonic dentist stalked the wounded and suffering animal, the most famous creature in Hwange National Park, for a full 40 hours, before finally shooting it dead with a rifle. “It is a sick human that takes the life of such a magnificent, beautiful animal for…

DENTIST PUTS THE BITE ON CAITLYN Sex-swapping CAITLYN “BRUCE” JENNER has done everything to become a sexy gal. She’s donned designer duds, got a makeup expert to slather her mug with greasepaint, bought costly wigs and teeters about on extreme pumps. But Park Avenue dentist DR. GERRY CURATOLA says Caitlyn’s still got man-sized choppers and she needs her “upper fronts to be slightly longer and pouty” in order to look more “sexy and feminine.” Maybe Brucie’s bitten off more than she can chew? GUZZLING GERARD’S IN A BLOODY STUPOR Fat French film icon GERARD DEPARDIEU has been blackballed by the Ukraine as a “threat to national security.” The 66-year-old star and admitted wino became a Russian citizen in 2013 to beat paying taxes his in native land. Now, the greedy…

X-MEN’s Professor Xavier, Patrick Stewart, is married to Sunny Ozell, a woman nearly 40 years his junior – and it doesn’t bother either of them a bit. “I cannot fully understand this age thing,” says the 75-year-old chromedomed actor, who felt an instant attraction when he met the singer at a Brooklyn restaurant seven years ago. Well, Sunny’s dad had a problem with “the age thing” – he’s five years younger than her hubby, and “was not thrilled at first,” she says. But Stewart’s quick to point out they’re now good friends, saying, “He rings me up and says, ‘Hey son, it’s your father here.’ ” Adds 36-year-old Sunny, “One of Patrick’s grandkids, a 12-year-old girl, is just starting to get that it’s funny to call me grandma.” Sunny was…

DIABETES is reaching epidemic proportions in America with more than 18.8 million patients suffering from the dreaded disease, but doctors say you can protect yourself by eating right. “The majority have Type 2 diabetes which may be caused by overeating and not getting enough exercise,” says Dr. Gabe Mirkin of Orlando, Fla. “Certain foods cause a rise in blood sugar and if the pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin to normalize the blood sugar levels, the body cells become insulin-resistant and diabetes is the result.” Studies show that by reducing your weight by as little as seven percent, you can cut your chance for this potentially deadly disease by a whopping 60 percent Here are six of the best diabetesfighting foods: •Blueberries: Eating two to three servings a week…

EXECS STAGE love scenes and hide bed-hopping A WHOPPING 8 million viewers tuned in to see Bachelorette beauty Kaitlyn Bristowe give the rose to suitor Shawn Booth on the Season 11 finale – but what most folks don’t realize is the so-called reality show is as phony as host Chris Harrison’s spray-on tan! That’s the word from insiders, who say the seemingly spontaneous action caught on camera is often meticulously orchestrated by producers. “Reality TV is so close to scripted TV at this point,” says former Bachelor producer Sarah Gertrude Shapiro. “It takes a sophisticated set of skills to be able to manipulate emotions out of people.” One myth Kaitlyn shattered this season was the Bachelorettes “save themselves” for their chosen one, avoiding sex. She shocked viewers by admitting she’d…

DON’T MISS... American Ninja Warriors Mon., Aug. 17, NBC, 8 p.m. Competitors tackle a series of challenging obstacle courses across the country. Those who successfully complete a course will move on to the national finals in Las Vegas. Extreme Weight Loss Tues., Aug. 18, ABC, 9 p.m. Trainers Chris and Heidi Powell help participants – whose lives have become unmanageable because of their weight – undergo a transformation not only of their bodies, but who they are as individuals. Behind Bars: Rookie Year Wed., Aug. 19, A&E, 10 p.m. The series follows a group of new recruits at the New Mexico Corrections Academy who come face-to-face with rapists, murderers and gang members who take pleasure in preying on weakness. Boom! Thurs., Aug. 20, FOX, 8 p.m. The general knowledge quiz,…

BURGLAR STEALS ROB’S $175G BASEBALL CARD! COMIC actor Rob Schneider takes baseball cards seriously – and lost the crown jewel of his collection when burglars made off with his 1951 Willie Mays rookie card. While the star was out, crooks broke through a sliding glass door at his L.A. mansion. They looted his treasures, including the Mays card, worth an estimated $175,000, a Cartier watch, his third wife Patricia’s engagement ring and other items. Fortunately, most of the 51-year-old Deuce Bigalow star’s baseball card collection was left undisturbed. A source says Mays’ rookie card issued by the Bowman company is so rare “it will be difficult or impossible to fence.” PAULA DEEN is whipping up a recipe for divorce, sources suggest, after she inexplicably transferred the deed to a $1.3…

AUDREY HEPBURN bared her size 10 feet to swab the deck of a yacht in the mid-1950s. The blue-blooded beauty of European descent won an Oscar in her very first starring role, playing a princess in 1953’s Roman Holiday. She went on to become one of only nine entertainers to also take home a Tony, Emmy and Grammy. Audrey lit up the screen in several classic films, including Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Charade and My Fair Lady. Fluent in five languages, she served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador before being tragically cut down by cancer at age 63 in 1993.…

ASINISTER terrorist plot to assassinate Prince Charles and Princess Diana was thwarted by the very man ordered to murder the royal couple at a 1983 rock concert! Former Irish Republican Army member Sean O’Callaghan, who was an informer for the Irish police and British intelligence, says his bloodthirsty bosses discovered The Prince and Princess of Wales would be “sitting ducks” at a Duran Duran concert on July 20. ‘She was terrified’ He was sent to London on a covert practice run to plan the killing and found the perfect spot to plant a deadly bomb – in the wall of a bathroom near the Royal Box in London’s Dominion Theatre . He was given 25 pounds of Frangex gelignite, a powerful explosive, but failed to go back to the theater…

FUELED by crystal meth, drug-crazed Jose Valenzuela mercilessly shot Michael Careccia and his wife Tina, even as she desperately pleaded for her life, cops say. The 38-year-old fiend then tried to hide the shooting by borrowing a backhoe from a pal, digging a deep grave and burying the couple, cops reveal. But Valenzuela would confess to the double shooting in a phone call to a cop just over a week later. He’s now being held on two counts of firstdegree murder with bond set at $2 million. “The couple went over to Valenzuela’s home, and something happened, a fight ensued and that’s when he brandished a weapon,” says Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. Maricopa, Ariz., lawmen are investigating the killer’s cruel claims that his victims took speed with him just…

GLOBE’S NO-NONSENSE OPINION PAGE GLOBE’S Editor-in-Chief Jeff Rodack tells it like it is about celebrities – how they get under his skin with their stupid antics and the nonsense they try to put over on the public. Here is his unique take on newsmakers and fakers from Hollywood to Washington to London. HULK HOGAN IS A VILE PIG! LISTEN up, Hulkamaniacs... the man you worshipped for all these years turns out to be nothing more than a pathetic racist pig! Yeah, I’m talking about you, Hulk Hogan! Whatcha gonna do about it? You don’t scare me, you bloated bag of garbage. Seems the Hulkster was caught using multiple racial slurs in a tirade on his infamous sex tape with the wife of his former good pal “I guess we’re all…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 It’s time to take a step back from the situation that’s been occupying all your time and focus on your home life. Your garden is neglected and the dust bunnies are having babies! The planets advise against bets of any kind, now. But a contest you entered earlier could bring good news! GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Talking about something is one thing, Twin, but doing it is another. The planets band together Monday to give you the push you need to get started! A chance to adopt a pet comes along – say yes! Looking to lose weight? The exercise class a friend suggests will work! LEO July 23 - August 23 It’s tempting to blame a disappointment on another, but put…

ANTHONY GEARY shot to fame as half of General Hospital’s super-couple Luke and Laura, but that didn’t stop him from unleashing a vicious tirade against the show and his iconic TV relationship! Despite winning a record eight daytime Emmy awards playing volatile Luke Spencer, the 68-year-old soap legend slammed his TV coupling with actress Genie Francis when he left the show for good after the July 27 episode. Dragging the corpse “I just get really tired of the whole Lukeand-Laura thing,” he says. “Genie and I have both been dragging the corpse of that relationship around for 30 years. “Being hyphenated as Luke-and-Laura has been a real pain in the ass.” Luke and Laura’s relationship became a pop culture phenomenon. Their TV wedding in 1981 drew an astounding 30 million…