Table of contents for March 5, 2018 in Globe

PITCH star Mark Consuelos didn’t miss a beat when FOX canceled the baseball drama in 2017, immediately signing on for season two of Riverdale, The CW’s noir reimagining of the Archie comic universe. The TV vet is now a series regular as Veronica Lodge’s mysterious father, ruthless businessman Hiram. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 46-year-old star, who has been married to Live cohost Kelly Ripa for 21 years! 1 He was born in Spain to an Italian mother and a Mexican father — but doesn’t speak Spanish. 2 Fluent in Italian, he learned English as a child by watching American television shows. 3 Mark once dreamed of being a meteorologist. 4 Before getting his big acting break, he worked as an exotic dancer in a Florida…

9/10 DIANE KRUGER Modernly classic, the actress fails to disappoint — and goes above and beyond with that pop of red on her sandals 3/10 KIM KARDASHIAN The Matrix is real as evidenced by Kim’s hobo workout look, which she fifinishes with a leather jacket 8/10 EMILIA CLARKE Spring is nearly in bloom and the actress is a breath of fresh, warm air in this flfloral Dolce & Gabbana dress 4/10 KIM FIELDS The buttons on Kim’s jacket are holding on for dear life — but she can use that thing around her waist to cover up…

SVU ON LIFE SUPPORT! Changes chase away fan favorite Esparza LONG-RUNNING NBC hit Law & Order: SVU is in crisis after the exit of yet another series regular. Raul Esparza’s ADA Rafael Barba departed the drama on the Feb. 7 episode — and snitches say it’s because the actor was fed up with the direction of the show! “I’ve done six seasons. I just felt it was time to move on,” Esparza cryptically claims. “Barba was created by showrunner Warren Leight, who’d approached Raul to take on the role. But after Leight left in 2016, it was only a matter of time before Raul followed,” dishes an industry insider. In fact, when asked if Leight’s exit factored into his decision to leave, Esparza confesses, “Yeah, I think that’s pretty much…

SICKLY shut-in Barbara Walters is so frail — and her mind is so foggy — she was forced to miss her best friend’s memorial service, pals tell GLOBE. Now friends fear the 88-year-old TV news legend is suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease — and is at death’s door. Walters was a no-show at a Feb. 2 New York City ceremony celebrating the life of famed gossip columnist Liz Smith, who died Nov. 12 at 94. “Liz and Barbara were very close,” dishes an insider close to the ex-Today show host. “Barbara was far too sick to attend.” The star-studded service brought out A-listers including Bruce Willis and Renée Zellweger, but once-vibrant socialite Barbara — who has not been seen in public since July 2016 — was noticeably absent! “The…

SNL’S favorite DONALD TRUMP mimic — ALEC BALDWIN, 59 — is recovering after getting a new hip. Young wife HILARIA, 34, will also soon visit the hospital to deliver their fourth kid. KYLIE JENNER’s given her baby girl a very fifitting name — STORMI. The bun’s barely out of the oven and her ex, rapper TYGA, claims he’s the dad and not current beau TRAVIS SCOTT. English hunk IDRIS ELBA is a real romantic. He got on bended knee on stage and proposed to gal pal SABRINA DHOWRE before the London screening of his new flflick, Yardie. She said, “Yup.” TV’s Breaking Bad star AARON PAUL and wife LAUREN PARSEKIAN are thrilled with the birth of a baby girl. No name yet. CAN WE TALK? If you’re a Hollywood insider…

SADLY single Drew Barrymore went online to look for love — and struck out! Eighteen months after divorcing third hubby Will Kopelman, the Never Been Kissed actress tried the exclusive dating app Raya — but confesses, “No one responded!” So the 43-year-old star, who shot to fame in E.T. at age seven, reached out to potential suitors — only to get the brush-off! “One guy wrote, ‘What is someone like you doing on an app like this?’ I was like, ‘Is that a compliment and an insult all wrapped ambiguously and super clearly in one fell swoop?’” recalls Drew, who adds another man couldn’t bother to fit her into his busy schedule! “And that was it,” says Drew, who quit the service after less than a week.…

TALK about law and odor! Florida judge Jay B. Rosman was shamefully caught in a prostitution sting set up by undercover cops! The married dad of three was one of six johns who fell into a honey trap — arranging by phone to meet with a female vice cop posing as a hooker, say police. The jurist showed up eager for hanky-panky at a Naples hotel, lawmen claim. Cops say they nabbed the hot-to-trot 64-year-old after he negotiated a $300 deal for sex with a lady vice officer. But when cops closed in, the judge became irate and was also charged with resisting arrest on top of the solicitation crime. After being booked, Rosman was released on $4,000 bond. The busted judge has been sitting on the bench since 1986…

Ibuprofen makes men infertile + HIGH doses of ibuprofen can kill more than pain — it can nix the chance for fatherhood! French researchers found guys aged 18 to 35, who took 1,200 milligrams of the popular painkiller daily for six weeks, developed compensated hypogonadism, a hormone imbalance linked to reproductive problems normally associated with older men. In study subjects, sperm production wasn’t affected, but the pituitary gland pumped out more luteinizing hormone and testosterone levels remained constant, impairing patients’ fertility. Asparagus makes cancer spread! + ASPARAGUS encourages the spread of an aggressive form of breast cancer, claim British scientists. The amino acid asparagine, found in the vegetable, helped cancer cells transform and travel through the bloodstream to other organs. “When the availability of asparagine was reduced, we saw little…

BROKE sex perv Bill Cosby is in an emotional tailspin after key lawyers quit his defense team, leaving loved ones and legal experts fearing he’s heading for a monster breakdown. “Even his wife, Camille, is worried he could go off the deep end because of this,” snitches a source close to the disgraced star. Just weeks away from his April retrial on charges he drugged and sexually attacked a 30-year-old gal at his Philly mansion in 2004, the 80-yearold’s main local lawyer, Sam Silver quit the case. That L.A. hotshot Thomas Mesereau can’t work in Pennsylvania! Now, with the exit of attorney Brian McMonagle, who got Cosby off at the first trial but walked since he wasn’t getting paid, the financially strapped sex fiend may have to depend on a…

CANCER-RAVAGED Julia Louis- Dreyfus looks sickly and aged beyond her years as the ailing funnylady endures the harsh remedies needed to battle the deadly disease. “Her chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer have been brutal, and she’s been spending most of her time at home, trying to recuperate,” a source close to the rail-thin Veep star tells GLOBE. “But it’s been difficult.” Shocking photos show the oncebouncy Seinfeld cutie is now a shadow of her former self. “Julia’s lost a lot of weight, and her hair has fallen out in clumps,” reveals an insider. “She didn’t want people to see her like this.” Julia’s rep insists the actress hasn’t lost weight or hair, but New York internist Dr. Stuart Fischer says she “appears to have had very aggressive treatment, and she’s…

TODAY show’s new star anchor Hoda Kotb launched a heartwarming secret project while covering the Winter Olympics in South Korea — she’s ready to adopt another baby girl to be a playmate for her daughter, Haley Joy! “Ever since adopting Haley Joy last year, Hoda has desperately wanted a little sister for her,” says a source. “Now, her dreams could be coming true!” Friends are already calling the child “Hoda’s very own little Olympic miracle!” But her loving gesture is no surprise to GLOBE readers. We reported she was hot to adopt another tot in October. NBC’s 53-year-old rising star, who’s garnered great ratings since replacing disgraced sex fiend Matt Lauer, was desperate to have children after breast cancer treatments in 2007 robbed her of the ability to conceive. So…

JESSICA BIEL SEX ED 101! Screen siren JESSICA BIEL confesses hubby JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE isn’t the only dude at their house who gets to see her birthday suit. The curvy cutie reveals she’s teaching their two-year-old tyke, SILAS, about the birds and the bees by showering with him and telling him: “‘This is what I’ve got. This is what you’ve got.’ Then we talk about it.” She believes an early sex education will help him adjust more naturally to the differences between boys and girls. As the French say: “Vive la différence!” KIM WINS BOOBY PRIZE The ladies of The View were in an uproar after learning KIM KARDASHIAN lets her four-year-old daughter, NORTH WEST, snap photos of her topless. Guest and legal expert NANCY GRACE says: “If it had been…

BAT-CRAP crazy Benjamin Walsh burst into a family birthday party at a Massachusetts restaurant and stabbed his mother and father — just hours after he’d secretly slaughtered his live-in girlfriend, cops charge. Walsh’s wounded father Michael says his 24-year-old son is battling mental illness and substance abuse and was “out of his mind” during the attack at Primavera restaurant in Millis, Mass. Indeed, witnesses say the bloodthirsty psycho was shrieking, “I’m going to kill you all!” when he suddenly rushed into the joint during a relative’s 70th birthday bash on Feb. 10. The raging monster stabbed his dad and mom, Laura, in their stomachs before his wounded father managed to wrestle away his knife. Walsh was restrained by his kin, say cops. Benjamin has already been charged with the attack…

90TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS Sun., March 4, ABC, 8 p.m. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences moved the Oscar date to avoid conflflicting with the Winter Olympics. The Shape of Water has the most nominations with 13, followed by Dunkirk with eight and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, with seven. LIFE SENTENCE (Series Premiere) Wed., March 7, The CW, 9 p.m. This new comedy-drama follows Stella (Lucy Hale), who beat cancer — and has to live with the long-term consequences of the bizarre bucket list decisions she made before she was cured. CHAMPIONS (Series Premiere) Thurs., March 8, NBC, 8:30 p.m. Gym owner Vince and his younger brother’s simple life of women and working out is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a teenage love child dropped…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Be bold and brave this week, Ram: bold for matters of the heart to connect with your soul mate, and brave when telling someone else how you really feel — even if it includes the word no! Mars aligning with Jupiter brings big cash savings on groceries and other household necessities. Stock up! GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Although money is tight and work seems endless, your partner’s behaving badly or a relative is cranky, things aren’t as bad as they seem, Twin! Take a walk to blow off steam — all this will pass after Mercury and Venus shift into Aries! Hit a neighborhood hangout for weekend fun with friends! LEO July 23 - August 23 Take a break from the cause…

BRUCE WILLIS is being urged to give up action roles after collapsing in the street while shooting the gang movie, Motherless Brooklyn. “This film should be called Grandpa’s Brooklyn,” snorts a movie industry insider. “It’s been 30 years since Bruce’s Die Hard days. Old men should retire — at least from action roles.” The actor, who turns 63 in March, took a bad spill sprinting away from his seven-foot-tall co-star, Radu Spinghel, who was ready to fill him full of lead. As Willis winced in obvious pain, director/co-star Ed Norton and another man raced to help. Ed, 48, struggled to pull the 200-pound father of five to his feet and into a car. “It’s sad to see Bruce like this,” says the insider. “He’s not aging well.” Set in the…

LONG before the latest Planet of the Apes reboot, Roddy McDowall made a monkey of himself playing chimpanzee archeologist Cornelius in the 1968 original and his own son, Caesar, in a sequel. Roddy’s groundbreaking makeup was so hot, he’d huddle under an umbrella between outdoor takes and “guzzle” soda. He loved the flicks but hated the prosthetics, which turned him into “a sweaty basket case” and forced him “to eat and drink through a straw.” BIZARRE BUT TRUE! REVENGE of the birds! Maryland hunter Robert Meilhammer, 51, was rushed to the hospital and treated for shock, a concussion and the loss of two teeth after a 14-pound Canadian goose — shot dead by one of his pals — fell out of the sky right on his head! Medics say his condition…