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AGING supermodel Paulina Porizkova bared the ugly truth behind her fractured marriage to late Cars star Ric Ocasek, claiming the rude rocker made her “feel worthless as a woman!” Now 56, Paulina revealed her grievances in an online clip while stripping down to her skivvies to prove she’s still sexy! The Czech-born stunner met the Cars frontman at age 19 while starring in the band’s 1984 video Drive and married him five years later. However, she says their three-decade union suffered when “suddenly he seemed not to find me attractive anymore.” Paulina gripes that when she spoke her yawning hubby would “completely dismiss me.” But when she insisted on being heard, she dishes Ric told her, “If you’re gonna be demanding and a b***h, then, well, I’m not gonna touch you.”…

SCALE-SQUASHING Russell Crowe is in a potbelly panic and so desperate to lose his bulging gut he’s going for an emergency liposuction, blab sources. The 5-foot-10 superstar has been pumping iron to buff up his bod, but he still weighs a staggering 300 pounds and is losing the battle of the bulge, insiders say. “He’s showing off his ripped biceps, but the big belly has been hanging on like an unwanted friend and no amount of exercise or weight training will get rid of it,” spills an insider. “People can see he’s uncomfortable with the way it protrudes like that, though he tries his best to suck it in when he’s posing for photos.” The 57-year-old movie gladiator, who was in fighting trim for his Oscar-winning role of swordsman Maximus…

JOKER JARED CAN’T OUTRUN HIS PAST JARED LETO drew gasps after gifting kinky sex toys and condoms to his ol’ Suicide Squad castmates, but now the offbeat Oscar winner’s weirdly determined to set the record straight, insisting “there were no used condoms.” Keyword: “used.” “Any of the very few gifts that were ever given were given with a spirit of fun and adventure and received with laughter, fun, and adventure,” says the 49-year-old. “I’m playing a guy called the Joker, it’s okay to play some jokes.” Now, let’s flash back to 2016 and see who was laughing. “He gave us some really horrific gifts,” said VIOLA DAVIS, who revealed Leto had a “henchman” plop a dead pig atop a table. “And then he sends MARGOT ROBBIE [who played Harley Quinn]…

HOMESICK Paul Hogan is ready to say so long to the States and vowing to hop back to his native Australia in time for Christmas! The Crocodile Dundee star, 82, has griped about being “bored” while cooped up in his fortress-like $4.5 million mansion amid the COVID-19 pandemic and rising crime rates in his L.A. neighborhood. Hogan, who dishes he’s “desperate” to go Down Under, bellyaches, “I’m like a kangaroo in a Russian zoo. I don’t belong here.”…

MONSTER mom Yuhwei Chou bound her two tykes’ hands with zip ties, slapped duct tape over their mouths to silence their screams and brutally killed the helpless children in the backseat of her car, police charge. A tow truck driver found 36-year-old Chou with her hands zip-tied to the steering wheel and her mouth taped — and her cargo of horror — in a gray Toyota Corolla in a New Jersey hunting area on Nov. 9. While no motive was released, heartless Chou plotted the cruel deaths of daughter Samantha, 7, and her 11-month-old brother, Paul, “for approximately a week,” say police. Chou apparently planned to blame the horrific crime on someone else by taping and binding herself to look like she also was a victim, according to lawmen. However,…

THERE’S a reason chatty Kathie Lee Gifford has been flirting up a storm with late-night TV host Craig Ferguson — pals tell GLOBE she and boyfriend Randy Cronk are on the skids! Sources snitch the former Today show co-host’s two-year romance with insurance salesman Randy — which got off to a hot start after they were spotted dirty dancing at a Journey tribute concert in Franklin, Tenn., in 2019 — has cooled considerably. “She spooked Randy by demanding a wedding ring so soon, and blabbing about him on TV didn’t help,” spills an insider. Randy is Kathie Lee’s first romance since her sports commentator hubby, Frank Gifford, died in 2015 at 84. Friends tattle the devout Christian naturally thought it would lead to marriage — but she was wrong! “She’s…

CRAZED Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin slaughtered as many millions as Nazi fiend Adolf Hitler — and also authorized secret nightmare experiments to build a new super-human race, according to chilling documents recently unearthed in government archives! While Hitler’s Angel of Death Josef Mengele used twins to conduct cruel genetic experiments at Nazi concentration camps, Stalin’s mad scientist, Ilia Ivanov, was even more evil. Ivanov tried to create super-human soldiers by breeding chimpanzees with female political prisoners. Damning archives reveal Ivanov’s mutant “humanzees” were designed to have “immense strength with an under-developed brain,” be “resilient and resistant to hunger” and have great endurance so they could be tireless railroad builders, too! Incredibly, the genetic Frankenstein monsters came to life — in the 1968 sci-fi flick Planet of the Apes made more…

COCKY Kevin Costner’s smash TV Western series Yellowstone is riding high in the ratings but has been rocked by scandals and danger behind the scenes, insiders exclusively snitch to GLOBE! “There have been a few dangerous incidents in and around the set. Nobody wants to see another tragedy like what happened with Alec Baldwin on Rust,” a source spills. “Kevin’s a great guy and everybody loves him, but things are a little fast and loose out on the range in Montana. Somebody should crack the whip to make sure no one gets hurt!” Costner and company were rocked when Montana cops busted director and cinema-to-grapher Christina Alexandra Voros in October 2018 for driving on the wrong side of a highway and striking the concrete edging. She was charged with driving…

ROLY-POLY Rob Kardashian hasn’t found a lasting relationship in more than five years, and the doughy dad has given up on romance for good, tipsters tell GLOBE. Sources snitch the Keeping Up with the Kardashians alum, 34, is focused on spoiling daughter Dream, who he shares with bubble-butted former stripper Blac Chyna, instead of chasing true romance. Spies dish the doting daddy even splashed out on an over-the-top Barbie-themed bash for the tot’s fifth birthday on Nov. 10. Meanwhile, an insider squeals Rob is still single because he has “really delusional standards!” Spills the insider, “He’s in terrible shape himself, but he wants a woman who looks like a walking sex doll and then, when they inevitably end up using him for money, he complains all women are gold diggers.” But…

Furious fans are seeing red claiming NICOLE KIDMAN’s upcoming turn as LUCILLE BALL in Being the Ricardos is an outrage because the Aussie actress looks nothing like the beloved American TV icon. But astonishingly, resemblance matters zilch to the biopic’s writer-director, AARON SORKIN, who dishes, “So, finding an actress who looked like Lucille Ball wasn’t important to me, especially because I was excited by the idea that Lucille Ball doesn’t look like Lucille Ball — and that every time we’re seeing Lucille Ball not as Lucy Ricardo, she should both literally and metaphorically let her hair down.” The filmmaker, 60, insists he’s not worried about his unpopular choice claiming, “I’m certain that when people see the movie, they’ll leave feeling that Nicole has made a very solid case for herself,…

WACKO comic Andy Dick is in trouble with the law yet AGAIN. Cops say he was arrested for bashing his boyfriend on the noggin with a liquor bottle, just weeks after being collared for whacking the same guy in the face with a frying pan! The 55-year-old comic — who has been open about his struggles with alcohol and drugs — posted $50,000 bond in each of the arrests, capping a decades-long string of busts for assault and groping accusations.…

CUTTING out meats and gobbling mostly plant-based foods can slash the risk of heart disease by a whopping 52 percent! That’s the life-extending result of a 30-year study of 5,000 people at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Researchers found eating veggies, whole grains and low-fat dairy foods protects against health issues. Skinless fish and chicken are also OK! Meanwhile, saying “NO” to red meat and sugar-loaded sweets and drinks helps stave off heart attacks in the middle years. “A nutritionally rich, plant-centered diet is beneficial for cardiovascular health,” says researcher Yuni Choi. “We think that individuals can include animal products in moderation, from time to time, such as non-fried poultry, non-fried fish, eggs and low-fat dairy.”…

WEDDING bells are ringing for WikiLeaks weasel Julian Assange — the secrets spiller has been granted permission to marry his lawyer and baby mama Stella Moris inside Belmarsh, the London prison where he has been held since 2019! Julian, 50, has been battling extradition to the U.S. on espionage charges for publishing a range of explosive secret government documents. The two fell in love while Stella, 38, was on Julian’s legal team when he took refuge for seven years in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. They have two children together, Gabriel and Max. “While for many people it would seem insane to start a family in that context, for us, it was the sane thing to do!” the South African–born lawyer says.…

POT puffin’ Willie Nelson keeps pushing himself to the edge while high as a kite, but sources say even all his cannabis consumption can’t win him a good night’s snooze. “He’s stoned from lack of a good night’s rest and all the CBD and hemp-infused treats and oils he consumes all day,” spills an insider. “He only gets two or three hours of sleep a night and then patches himself up in the morning with more CBD gummies and hemp oil coffee.” As GLOBE previously reported, the 88-year-old Highwayman singer refuses to take loved ones’ advice and slow down, even though he sits while croaking tunes these days because his achy joints give him so much grief. “He’s running himself ragged touring and obsessing over his grassroots campaigns like the…

VAMPIRE DIARIES star Alice Evans has sunk her fangs into estranged husband Ioan Gruffudd again, claiming the fat-shaming love rat has been cheating on her with slimline girlfriend Bianca Wallace for three years! While Liar hunk Ioan, 48, was filming the TV miniseries The Reunion in the south of France after going “Instagram official” with slender squeeze Bianca, 29, angry Alice took to Twitter in a rage! “I do not sleep with married men. I do not wreck homes. I do not ruin little kids’ lives,” fumes Alice, 53. As GLOBE has reported, Alice attacked her Fantastic Four hubby for being far from fantastic, saying, “He told me he couldn’t abide fatties” and that he warned her he’d drop her if she “gained weight.” Ioan filed for divorce in March,…

TOXIC songbird Britney Spears has big plans now that she’s free of the conservatorship that ruled her life for 13 years — sources say her first order of business is to sue her dad! The 40-year-old pop tart has vowed to drag Jamie Spears, 69, to court for “abuse” over how he ran her personal and professional life while pocketing millions! Sources squeal the hitmaker has hired forensic accountants to examine her $60 million estate with a magnifying glass to prep a suit against Jamie for “conservatorship abuse.” “She blames her father for, effectively, ruining her life for the past 13 years,” dishes a source. “He had total control over everything from her finances to whether she could have more babies. She’s mad as hell and you can expect to…

POOR little rich girl Ghislaine Maxwell describes her 16 months in the slammer as a hellish nightmare! “I have not had a nutritious meal in all that time,” says the 59-year-old millionaire. “I haven’t slept without lights on — fluorescent lights that have damaged my eyes — or been allowed to sleep without constant interruptions.” Busted in July 2020, a year after her pedophile boss Jeffrey Epstein was found hanging in his prison cell, Maxwell has been locked in solitary confinement in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. She claims her 10-by-12-foot cell reeks from broken sewer pipes and a “friendly rat” keeps her company when she sits on the toilet. Denying she groomed teen girls — some as young as 14 — for kinkster Epstein and his wealthy male pals,…

Heiress PARIS HILTON, 40, has put the simple life behind her with a glitzy Bel Air wedding to venture capitalist CARTER REUM, 40. The three-day celebration was attended by a showbiz who’s who, including casino mogul STEVE WYNN, PAULA ABDUL and EMMA ROBERTS. Little People, Big World couple JEREMY ROLOFF, 31, and AUDREY ROLOFF, 30, welcomed their third baby, a boy named RADLEY. Illusionist CRISS ANGEL, 53, and wife SHAUNYL BENSON, 30, had a tiny girl, ILLUSIA, who arrived early during an emergency cesarean section. The GOP’s pitbull in lipstick, SARAH PALIN, is gonna be a granny again, thanks to daughter WILLOW, 27, now pregnant with her third baby with husband RICKY BAILEY. Young and the Restless star JERRY DOUGLAS, who played the soap’s patriarch John Abbott for over 30…

FUTURISTIC sci-fi drama The Expanse returns this month for its sixth and final season, with Wes Chatham reprising his role as Amos Burton, the gruff spaceship mechanic with a dark past. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 43-year-old Georgia native. 1 His full name is John Wesley Chatham — but in 2007 he started using Wes Chatham as his stage name. 2 He spent most of his childhood in Savannah and calls the city “a special place for me.” 3 He was cast in a detergent commercial at age five after he was spotted waiting for his sister, who was auditioning for the job. 4 Upon graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy and worked as an aviation firefighter on the flight deck of the…

TRAGIC Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin delivered a “very, very weird” speech to his crew days before he was fatally skewered in the heart by a stingray’s barb in 2006, claims pal John Stainton. Stainton was producer of the exuberant Aussie’s popular series Crocodile Hunter and was also on location Down Under at Batt Reef, where the zany zookeeper shot his final documentary — the chillingly named Ocean’s Deadliest! “A couple of days before we started the show, he made a little speech to all the crew that were up there catching crocs for his research trip — which I joined at the end with our crew,” recalls Stainton. “He was sort of thanking them all for being who they were and for helping him. It was like a finale speech.”…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Financial fears have you losing sleep Monday, Ram, but Mars teams with Pluto to deliver good news — and cash flow. Be wary when someone asks to borrow something midweek. You won’t see loaned goods or cash returned any time soon. At the weekend, organize a holiday crafting day with kids. GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Duty calls Monday, Twin, when you’d rather play hooky and do nothing. But the cosmos indicates a reward is on the way, linked to a task you complete. Midweek, the Aquarius moon spotlights romance. You can finally move past a lingering disagreement with your partner — if you just compromise. LEO July 23 - Aug. 23 Turning down a relative’s offer to help with a project you…

IT’S no laughing matter! Hyenas at the Denver Zoo have become the first of their species to test positive for COVID! The facility’s lions are also infected. PEEVED Illinois resident Anita Harris is suing Kellogg’s for $5 million claiming deceptive advertising. She insists the company’s Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts don’t actually contain enough strawberries to warrant the name. Kellogg’s has not commented. DINOSAUR hunters at Utah’s Canyonlands National Park discovered a 290-million-year-old iguana-sized fossil of a previously unknown reptile species. PENNSYLVANIAN Brittani Paulhamus was freaked after discovering a fried chicken head in the take-out wings she ordered from Old School Pizza in Williamsport. The eatery publicly apologized and offered her a refund. INSTEAD of using computer-generated images on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, movie director Tim Burton insisted on 40 live squirrels for the…