Sommaire pour January 6, 2020 de Globe

HOLLYWOOD has gone to the dogs with flicks featuring pooches taking in billions! German shepherds like Rin Tin Tin and collies such as Lassie were once Tinsel-town’s cash cows, but now a different bunch of breeds are the top pups at the box office. Leading the pack are feisty Jack Russell terriers, stars of the recent Secret Life of Pets series, which has pulled in a re-barkable $1.3 billion so far! Second are golden retrievers, which scored nearly $800 million in the animated hit Up. Third are Great Danes, stars of Scooby-Doo films, which have earned a total of $540 million. And lovable St. Bernards have wolfed down $360 million at the box office in six Beethoven movies. But gift company Petlandia, which reviewed the dough pet movies earned, found…

ELLEN DEGENERES is putting a heaping new pile of pressure on country lover-boy Blake Shelton to pop the question to galpal Gwen Stefani! The talk star teased Blake, 43, about dragging his feet with Gwen, 50, who he hooked up with four years ago when they were judges on The Voice, telling him “the clock is ticking.” Then she shocked the six-foot-five Hell Right crooner by inviting him to guest-host her show, adding: “You could have Gwen on. You could have anybody on. You could propose to her here!” Her saucy suggestion triggered huge applause from the studio audience. Ellen has been pestering the hunk to tie the knot with Gwen and previously gave him a clock to illustrate that time was running out. When Ellen asked why he hadn’t…

KELLY RIPA reveals her 18-year-old daughter, Lola, is the family fashionista — and the hoity-toity teen turns up her nose at her mom’s wardrobe! “She doesn’t even bother with me. She just feels that what I wear is embarrassing and awful,” reveals the bubbly blond Live with Kelly and Ryan host. “But then I think that means that I’ve gotten something right.” The daytime diva, 49, adds: “I don’t think your teenage daughters should like what you’re wearing.” Lola doesn’t approve of what her dad, Riverdale star Mark Consuelos, wears either, according to Kelly. “She’s mortified by everything we put on,” Kelly says. Mark, 48, agrees Lola is the family fashion plate. “She’s cool. She’s really cool,” he says, adding: “I do ask for advice sometimes.” I’ve been noticing gravity…

SIX women in Texas say a pervy policeman on the wrong side of the law tricked them into illegal strip searches after fake traffic stops! Floyd Berry, an 18-year veteran of the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested when he reported for duty at the local jail after several people came forward with complaints about his behavior. Cops say they believe the 49-year-old “unlawfully strip searched” multiple gals while on patrol between Nov. 24 and Dec. 4. The accused creep has been charged with three misdemeanor counts of official oppression, placed on administrative leave and served with “proposed termination,” putting his job in jeopardy. Berry’s bail was set at $45,000, and a police spokesperson says officials are conducting “separate but concurrent administrative and criminal investigations” into the claims against him.…

OINK-OINK, ka-ching! North Carolina deputies pulled over a tractor trailer on Dec. 7 — and found about $3 million in cash stuffed in barrels of raw pork shoulder! The driver was accused of failing to maintain his lane and impeding the flow of traffic on the highway, according to the Cleveland County Sheriff’s office. Deputies became suspicious when a K-9 alerted them to the trailer and they searched it. That’s when they discovered the moolah wrapped in plastic in the barrels The stash of cash is believed to have come from drug sales throughout the area and was headed to Mexico, authorities say.…

GODFATHER gangster Danny Aiello took a shocking secret to his grave — before his acting days, he was a two-fisted thug who staged a string of robberies with a gang! The 86-year-old star, who died following a brief illness at a New Jersey hospital Dec. 12, admitted that growing up as a tough “in New York City gave me training for any role.” He added: “I’ve seen people killed, knifed. I’ve got scars on my face. I have emotional recall when I work; the idea is to simply re-create it.” Danny grew up hard. His laborer dad left the Italian-American family of seven children, and at 9, Danny began selling newspapers, working in a grocery store, helping out at a bowling alley, shining shoes and loading trucks. Quitting school after…

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BRACE yourself for a titanic Tinseltown catfight — pop princess Mariah Carey and rap royalty Nicki Minaj have teamed up to ruin rival Jennifer Lopez’s hopes for an Oscar! J.Lo’s campaigning hard to win Hollywood’s highest honor for playing a stripper in Hustlers — but insiders tell GLOBE the other two plan to kneecap her! “Nicki and Mariah both believe J.Lo stopped them from appearing in Hustlers,” blabs a source. “Now they’ve teamed up and they’re doing all they can to wreck her Oscar bid!” Adds the snitch: “They don’t have the Hollywood clout J.Lo does, but they have the biggest mouths around and that can do some damage!” The put-upon pair are no-holds-barred in their criticism of the Ain’t It Funny star. “They’re putting the word out that J.Lo’s…

‘She expects friends to dish on their bedroom antics’ GOOFY Gwyneth Paltrow’s constant boasting and babbling about her sex life and naughty bedroom toys is turning off pals — and they’re starting to avoid her like the plague! Sources say the 47-year-old, who wed second hubby Brad Falchuk, 48, in 2018, is constantly preaching about the sex junk she hawks on her Goop website. “What you get with Gwyneth is round-the-clock vulgar sex talk and listening to her detail her personal experiences with her latest Goop gadgets!” snitches an insider. “This is not what people want to hear while they’re trying to enjoy their gourmet salads or croissants and coffee. She’ll be having a conversation with someone and then she’ll start talking about the wonderful time in the bedroom she…

STAR WARS star Daisy Ridley has revealed she had to see a shrink — because she was targeted by stalkers after she became famous in the film series! The London-born beauty was thrilled when she joined the sci-fi franchise in 2015 as resistance fighter Rey, but says she was rocked by “absolute fear” when a couple of creeps tried to get too up close and personal! “The first one was in New York a couple of years ago when this really big guy followed me back to my hotel late at night,” explains the 27-year-old actress, who has reprised her role in the just-released The Rise of Skywalker. “I didn’t know if he was just an obsessive fan or somebody with bad intentions, but any girl is going to be…

Pro wrestler RONDA ROUSEY, 32, is grappling with a new project — she reveals she and her husband of two years, mixed martial artist TRAVIS BROWNE, 37, are working on producing babies! Married for 22 years, dashing Brit star COLIN FIRTH, 59, and his Italian wife, LIVIA GIUGGIOLI, 50 — who’d admitted having an affair with an Italian journalist two years ago when the pair were briefly separated — are calling it quits. After eight years of marriage, Claws star NIECY NASH, 49, filed to divorce husband JAY TUCKER, an electrical engineer. Empire star AMANDA DETMER, 48, was arrested and charged with DUI and hit-and-run after allegedly crashing her car into a utility pole and leaving the scene. Roxette singer MARIE FREDRIKSSON, whose ’90s hit It Must Have Been Love…

SCREEN vamp Kristen Stewart found international fame as Bella Swan in Twilight — and has since grabbed plenty of headlines for her revolving-door romances with both men and women. But this month, the 29-year-old star sinks her teeth into the sci-fi thriller Underwater. Here are ten things you don’t know about Kristen. 1 Her middle name is Jaymes. 2 She hung out in a New Orleans jiggle joint to learn moves for her stripper role in 2010’s Welcome to the Rileys. 3 Her eyes are green, but she wore colored contacts to play brown-eyed Bella in the first four Twilight films. 4 She gave her Zathura co-star Josh Hutcherson a turtle for his 13th birthday — but he says it died a few months later. 5 Her California home has…

THEY beamed carefree smiles for family photos — and a few hours later a Minnesota mom and her two adorable sons were brutally slaughtered by her heartless ex-husband! Shortly before their savage deaths, 39-year-old Kjersten Schladetzky posted pictures of herself and her grinning boys — William, 11, and Nelson, 8 — on Facebook. But hours later, devilish dad David Schladetzky, 53, killed all three before cowardly taking his own life by blowing his brains out, say police! Next-door neighbor Erik Wiltscheck says he witnessed the terrified boys running out of their house “screaming bloody murder” before collapsing on the snowy lawn. That’s when, Wiltscheck says, the unspeakable Schladetzky followed them and “hovered over” his downed sons with gun in hand. He adds: “He looked at me, and just looked down…

A McDONALD’S customer in Tennessee REALLY wanted it her way — she pulled a gun on fast-food workers who gave her a packet of ketchup instead of jelly! The woman flipped out over the flub and gave servers at the drive-through window a piece of her mind before pulling her piece, according to a Memphis police affidavit. Cops bagged Asia Vester, 20, in the condiment caper, and charged her with aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a weapon.…

A HEAPING helping of publicity couldn’t save movie icon Clint Eastwood’s explosive flick about Atlanta Olympics bombing hero Richard Jewell from bombing at the box office! The film, about the security guard wrongly accused of the blast at the 1996 games, dribbled in just $5 million its opening weekend compared to his $89 million for 2014’s American Sniper and $35 million for 2016’s Sully. Only Clint’s 1980 rodeo-cowboy film, Bronco Billy, had a sadder payday, with $3.7 million.…

GETTING too much shuteye during your golden years could trigger a stroke, according to an eye-opening study from China. Over six years, researchers from Huazhong University analyzed the sleeping habits of more than 30,000 folks older than 60 and found those who regularly took daytime naps lasting longer than 90 minutes were 25 percent more likely to suffer a stroke! But they also discovered those who stockpiled their snoozing didn’t fare much better, reporting that people who regularly slept more than nine hours a night had a 23 percent greater risk of the often-fatal condition compared to those who only slumbered a standard eight hours. The scientists believe too much rest can cause a buildup of cholesterol in the arteries, triggering the potentially deadly ailment.…

THERE’S a new gang in town — pigeons wearing colorful cowboy hats! But concerned animal activists in Las Vegas want to nab the birdbrains responsible for the flighty fashions because they fear for the critters’ welfare! Mariah Hillman, co-founder of the pigeon rescue group Lofty Hopes, fears the accessories are glued to the animals’ noggins. “When we saw them today, you could see some loose feathers in the glue around the hat,” she says. “It’s definitely a concern.” Two of the quirky critters — dubbed Cluck Norris and Coolamity Jane by locals — have evaded rescuers’ efforts to aid them. But Hillman says she hopes her team can track them down and remove the headgear. “If you see these birds, just feed them until I get here,” she tells residents.…

THE TIRED and creaky S.S. Poseidon was headed to the scrapyard on her final voyage when calamity struck — she was flipped over by a tidal wave! The fictional liner’s demise — and the gutsy journey through the bowels of the ship by 10 passengers in a desperate search for escape — is the story of The Poseidon Adventure, which was the biggest-grossing movie of 1972. With a cast led by GENE HACKMAN, ERNEST BORGNINE, SHELLEY WINTERS and RED BUTTONS, the production was one of several disaster movies popular in the ’70s, such as Airport, Earthquake and The Towering Inferno. In this scene, Hackman, with a dying Winters, braves fire and flood as he battles through the wreckage. The plucky passenger is doomed, though his heroics enable six of his…

CRAZY SELF-LOVE FOR AWKWAFINA! Turns out Crazy Rich Asians standout AWKWAFINA is truly a hands-on actor! The NYC-born star, who’s getting lots of Oscar buzz for her riveting lead role in The Farewell, reveals that a scene in a previous flick involving self-pleasure resulted in an awkward moment with her grandmother. “I once had a masturbation scene in a school bathroom and I remember preparing for it so much, like practicing everywhere I was,” explains the 31-year-old. “And then my grandma watched the movie … I was like, ‘Grandma, I’m sorry.’” Surprisingly, though, unfazed granny didn’t give Awkwafina a slap on the wrist. “She was like, ‘About what?’ I was like, ‘The scene just now … because I was masturbating.’ And she was like, ‘Oh, I didn’t even notice.’” JULIA…

CAITLYN JENNER is in danger of getting clobbered with a $5 million lawsuit from her ex Kris for blabbing about Kardashian secrets on British TV’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! The sex-swapper, 70, had been spilling the beans about the family — and especially her feud with stepdaughter Khloé — while on the reality show. Sources say that’s a big breach of a $5 million gag agreement she signed for Keeping Up With the Kardashians and puts her in legal hot water with producers Kris Jenner and Ryan Seacrest. “The contracts were designed to protect inner secrets about the family,” notes a source. But Caitlyn insists she’s done nothing wrong.…

PLUS: CELEBRITY PREDICTIONS ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 20 Big decisions ahead — and get ready for loads of love! IN JANUARY, harmony comes to troubled relationships as friendships are unexpectedly transformed into love and present partners forge the bonds of a lifetime. A minor illness derails special Valentine’s Day plans, but your sweetie makes it up to you later! March brings the gift of knowledge that helps make a cherished dream reality. By early summer you’ll revel in financial growth and stability! Sleep is the best detox during the summer, restoring vitality faster than that trendy diet a friend recommends! Mars turning retrograde in late September leads to second-guessing a major decision. Hold off until December, when new details could change your mind! Although you’re facing needed home repairs in November,…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Rams could take a romance to another level, moving in together or even marrying! Ignore a friend or relative who may try to interfere — you’re on the right path! Later, extra cash arrives if you follow the advice of a money-smart Capricorn. Some could use it for a down payment on a new car or house! GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Be wary Monday, Twin! The deal that sounds too good to be true could be a trap! And listen between the lines when talking to a new friend! Someone is trying to take advantage of your good nature! Friday grab the chance to relax with a former co-worker over coffee or cocktails. You won’t regret it! LEO July 23 - Aug.…

DANIEL CRAIG wasn’t shaken or stirred about showing his gray hair in his last outing as James Bond — he’s the first actor to play the superspy as a silver fox! Craig, 51, returns as 007 for his final time in No Time to Die, and some scenes from the upcoming movie show the dashing British agent with a more mature look. “Bond with salt and pepper hair is really cool,” says one fan. I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.— Groucho Marx…

IN A heartbreaking mix-up, a vet mistakenly euthanized a family’s dog — after getting the okay from another dog mom whose pooch had the same name! “He was our baby! My daughter’s best friend!” cries a grieving Andrea Martinez. “Ziggy followed me EVERYWHERE and cuddled me every single night.” Andrea says the super-cute dachshund was having breathing problems, so she took him to a Davis County animal hospital in Utah, where a vet recommended surgery, she says. The family then left Ziggy and were told they’d get a call after the op. The call came at 2:30 in the morning — and it was the vet on the line to tell a groggy Andrea that Ziggy had been put down! Understandably, the animal lover “freaked out” and the confused vet…

A LOS ANGELES resident thought she’d gone nuts when she reviewed her security camera — and saw a squirrel steal an Amazon package from her doorstep! The pintsize porch pirate then fled with the much-bigger parcel, which was later recovered. EMPLOYEES at a Bed Bath & Beyond in Greenville, N.C., got quite a shock when they arrived to work — and found a 14-year-old runaway sleeping at the store! Police were called, and the teen, whose name was not released for privacy reasons, was returned to his home. A LAS VEGAS couple, Michael and Katy Branson, got their noses out of joint after a local hospital billed them a whopping $2,658.98 for a one-second procedure to remove a tiny doll shoe from one of three-year-old daughter Lucy’s nostrils! They later…