Table of contents for June 11, 2018 in Globe

THE finale of American Idol ended on a sour note — with angry fans howling the competition was “rigged!” Finalists Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Gabby Barrett and Maddie Poppe duked it out in a two-hour broadcast last month — with viewer favorite Barrett being the first to get the boot. Suspicions grew shortly afterward when finalists Hutchinson and Poppe revealed onair they’ve been dating! “It was very obviously staged with her and Caleb,” fumes a furious fan. “I don’t understand how Gabby didn’t win American Idol, and I’m actually really annoyed right now about it,” says another disgusted viewer, sickened by 20-year-old Poppe’s victory. “Not only is American Idol rigged — but Gabby not winning is the biggest upset of 2018!”…

SHARON JUST WANTS TO HAVE FUN Double divorcée SHARON STONE ain’t eager to stroll down the aisle with her new toyboy, Italian real estate tycoon ANGELO BOFFA. The 60-year-old love goddess is listening to her Basic Instinct, which tells her: no wedding with Angelo, 41 — just laughs and frolicking between the sheets. “They have a great connection, but she’s sworn off marrying again,” tattles a snitch. “What Sharon needs in Angelo is a traveling companion, a shoulder to cry on and a friend with benefits!” NICOLE SANDS OFF WRINKLES! Screen siren NICOLE KIDMAN has sworn off Botox but has a new weapon to beat Father Time’s wrinkle machine. The 50-year-old hottie’s latest face fix is Nuvederm Microderm — high-tech facial “sandblasting,” blabs a source. “It’s essentially a really expensive chemical…

WHIP My Hair singer Willow Smith shocked her famous mother Jada by admitting she started slicing her skin as a stressed-out 12-year-old but stopped when she realized her behavior was “psychotic.” The daughter of actor Will Smith made the self-harm confession on mom Jada Pinkett Smith’s online chatfest, Red Table Talk. “When were you cutting yourself? I didn’t see that part. Cutting yourself where?” asked stunned Jada before Willow, now 17, displayed a scar on her wrist. Ouch!…

WHO AM I? Answer the clues and place the initials to each answer into the appropriately numbered square to find our mystery celebrity. $100 PRIZE 10 Ray Romano sitcom, __ Loves Raymond 12 & 5 Spanish tennis player known as the King of Clay 4 & 11 Tilda Swinton stars as the tormented mother of a strange and dangerous boy in We Need to __ Kevin 9 & 2 2018 Guillermo del Toro-produced sequel to the 2013 sci-fi action adventure he wrote about robotic machines fighting huge alien sea monsters, __: Uprising 8 & 13 Actress who earned an Oscar nomination for her leading role in Casino and is often remembered for her lack of underwear in a scene of Basic Instinct 3 & 7 Famous beginning to the chorus of Rupert Holmes’ hit Escape,…

SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS’ relationship with his only kid is so lousy, he doesn’t even know if he’s a grandfather — and the 80-year-old Oscar winner doesn’t care! The Silence of the Lambs star admits he hasn’t spoken to daughter Abigail Harrison for more than 20 years — and has no idea where she lives! The 48-year-old actress, who purposely ditched her dad’s famous moniker, is his child with first wife Petronella Barker, who raised Abigail solo after a 1972 divorce. The father-daughter duo reconnected in the ’90s when she appeared in his films Shadowlands and The Remains of the Day — but their truce was brief. As for having grandkids, Hopkins barks, “I don’t have any idea. People break up. Families split … I don’t care one way or the other.”…

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY ARIES March 21 - April 20 Absentminded is not a term usually associated with Rams, but this week, make to-do lists for everything and pay extra close attention to where you leave your keys, phone and wallet! Wednesday’s cosmic lineup delivers cash savings via mail. The Leo moon gets you exercising Saturday — don’t overdo it! TAURUS April 21 - May 21 Romance and a hobby are linked while Mercury and Venus align, so don’t resist someone new joining your club or helping you work. This could lead to joy with your soul mate! Now’s a good time for that trendy haircut you’ve been mulling, but check the stylist’s rep first! Saturday, shop for bargain home items. GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Feeling stuck in a rut,…

NIP/TUCK diva Kim Kardashian is terrified her huge boob implants are about to spring a leak — or flat out explode — leaving her red-faced and with a pair of pancakes on her chest! “She’s heard about implants exploding and deflating and doesn’t want that horror to happen to her,” an insider tattles. “She’s been urged to get them replaced before one or both collapse. “It could happen anytime and anywhere, and she’d hate to be at some big event and find herself with boobs that look more like a couple of pancakes.” The 37-year-old mom of three and one-time sex-tape star has reason to worry. Plastic surgeons warn gals with breast implants may need one or two follow-up surgeries because of potential complications — often within seven years. “She…

THE dogged work of a K-9 officer led to the arrest of two teens during a traffic stop — for allegedly smuggling a massive heroin haul worth $32,000! After Bellows Falls cops pulled over a car for a driving offense in Rockingham, Vt., at 1:20 a.m. on May 17, authorities say police pooch Caesar was on high alert. The canine cop’s behavior led his fellow officers to believe he’d gotten a positive drug hit. The 19-year-old driver, Solasia Graves-Trotman, allowed officers to search the vehicle, where lawmen claim they discovered a stunning stash of 3,185 bags of smack! Solasia and her passenger, 18-year-old Shaneika Graves-Trotman, were promptly arrested at the scene. Both Brattleboro residents were charged with drug trafficking, and Shaneika was also slapped with a charge of transportation of…

HELLO, it’s me — that pesky robocaller! A Florida man has been slapped with a $120 MILLION fine for generating more than 96 million robocalls in just three months! The Federal Communications Commission hit Adrian Abramovich of Miami with the hefty fine for his annoying scam. Robo-calls aren’t illegal, but it is illegal to “spoof” caller ID information, which is what Abramovich did, according to the FCC. He spoofed area codes and the first three digits of phone numbers to disguise his faux phone queries as legitimate. Folks answered what they thought was a real call, and then got smacked by a recorded message trying to sell them timeshares or other vacation packages. Abramovich’s 2016 scam was “one of the largest — and most dangerous — illegal robocalling campaigns” ever investigated, according…

GENTLE giant Clint Walker, star of the ’50s Western series Cheyenne, lost his life to congestive heart failure on May 21 at age 90 — but shockingly it’s the second time he died! The strapping Hollywood hunk was first pronounced dead in May 1971, after four inches of a ski pole pierced his heart in a gruesome accident at Mammoth Mountain in California. “I was traveling fast on difficult, steep terrain and took a spill. I wound up impaled on the sharp end. All my weight was on it. I could see the hole it had made as I rolled off it,” he recalled. “Spread out in the snow, getting weaker by the minute, I said, ‘God, I’m in real trouble. There’s only one way I’m going to pull out…

ANNOYING sniffles may be a thing of the past as researchers have discovered how to nix the common cold! British scientists have developed a potentially inhalable molecule that stops the pesky virus from commandeering the cellular protein it uses to multiply and protect itself from the body’s immune system attacks. This tactic succeeds where others have failed because it focuses on the way the illness replicates and defends itself — rather than targeting mutating cold bugs, which are notoriously difficult to nail down because they can quickly gain resistance to drugs. The elusive nature of the rapidly changing viruses is the reason why most existing medicines can only offer relief from miserable symptoms. In lab-based tests with human cells, the new drug was effective on multiple viral strains, and the…

PLENTY of people complain about work, but recent research shows it may actually make you crazy! That’s the shocking conclusion of an Australian study suggesting as much as 14 percent of common mental health woes are caused by job stress. The scientists — led by Associate Professor Samuel Harvey from the Black Dog Institute in Sydney — analyzed personal and professional data from nearly 7,000 subjects and found high-pressure work environments led to mental concerns, including depression and anxiety. “This research provides strong evidence that organizations can improve employee well-being by modifying their workplaces to make them more mentally healthy,” says Harvey. As a practical first step, Harvey suggests companies develop ways to involve workers in decision-making processes to increase their sense of control and reduce tension.…

WORLD EXCLUSIVE FORMER tennis queen Martina Navratilova’s three-year marriage to young model Julia Lemigova has hit a roadblock — and now they’re seeing a shrink to head off a $30 million divorce, sources say. Red-hot Julia, 45, whines the 61-year-old retired jock ignores her — spending too much time texting with friends and surfing Facebook and Twitter, insiders say. “It’s not that Julia thinks Martina is cheating or sexting other women. She just doesn’t like trying to talk to her partner and having her distracted by the sound of her phone constantly going off,” tattles a source. Meanwhile, Martina has her own gripes. “She doesn’t think Julia is romantic enough,” says the source. “Julia knows Martina loves thoughtful little gifts, and is thrilled when she receives a sweet bouquet of…

BODYBUILDER Lou Ferrigno became an instant star playing a green muscle-bound menace in the ’70s comic book-inspired action series The Incredible Hulk, which featured Bill Bixby as the monster’s mild-mannered alter ego Dr. David Banner! The former Mr. America and Mr. Universe — who was Michael Jackson’s personal trainer — went on to appear in Battle of the Network Stars and The King of Queens, but he insists, “The truth is, I’ve been The Hulk my whole life.”…

WORLD EXCLUSIVE VOICE coach Kelly Clarkson has dropped more than 37 pounds, and the singer’s buddies insist she did it the old fashioned way — by eating right! But the former American Idol winner’s rep claims Kelly didn’t peel off the pounds because she was unhappy with her body or health — despite years of cruel fat-shaming. That, of course, doesn’t address the reason for the star’s amazing transformation. Kelly “has told her fans she [and her husband] loved herself regardless of dress size [and] promoted body positivity for all shapes and sizes,” her rep insists. But Kelly admits starting a new health regimen four months ago, which includes a diet chef preparing “high protein” meals and raw veggie snacks and four workouts a week with a trainer. Fitness coach…

WORLD EXCLUSIVE FOLLOWING a bitter and ugly 20-month divorce battle, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie mended fences in a sizzling reunion between the sheets, sources tell GLOBE! Faced with finalizing their divorce, newly sober Brad, 54, and the high-strung 43-year-old Maleficent sorceress couldn’t bring themselves to sign the papers, say insiders. Instead, like a scene right out of their sexy 2005 flick, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the warring exes had a steamy, clothes-ripping reconciliation. “It was exciting and explosive, and it settled old scores and made them realize they weren’t done with each other,” dishes an insider. While the pair have seen others during their battling split, they found “no one else will do,” the source snitches. “They care for each other and they want to work things out.” In…

ALEC BALDWIN and wife HILARIA — who seems constantly pregnant — just had their fourth child together, an eight-pound, two-ounce boy, ROMEO! Bad boy bachelor HUGH GRANT, 57, is finally tying the knot with 39-year-old Swedish TV producer ANNA EBERSTEIN. It’s his first trip down the aisle. On the rebound from tech billionaire ELON MUSK, pirate JOHNNY DEPP’s ex AMBER HEARD is getting hot and heavy with art mogul VITO SCHNABEL, who just broke up with model HEIDI KLUM! Pop tart ARIANA GRANDE is “casually dating” Saturday Night Live funnyguy PETE DAVIDSON. Speaking of pop princesses, kidney transplant patient SELENA GOMEZ swears she’s off booze after a two-week stay in rehab. OZZY and SHARON’s kid JACK OSBOURNE has been slapped with divorce papers by wife LISA STELLY. The pair wed…

QUIRKY comic Howie Mandel is back on TV hunting for undiscovered stars on America’s Got Talent alongside fellow judges Simon Cowell, Mel B and Heidi Klum. The versatile entertainer is also gearing up to produce an autumn revival of the game show Deal or No Deal, which he’ll once again host. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 62-year-old funnyman. 1 Violinist Itzhak Perlman is his distant cousin. 2 He was expelled from school as a teen after impersonating an official and hiring a construction company to build an addition to his high school in Toronto. 3 His doctor ordered him to stop his signature stand-up stunt of stretching a rubber glove over his head and inflating it by blowing through his nose after he was diagnosed with a…

BRAZEN death row inmate David Braden complains he owes so much money in court-ordered costs he can’t afford to buy shoes! Braden — condemned to death for savagely slaughtering his girlfriend and her father in 1998 — earns $16 a month in inmate pay. But the self-absorbed brute is only allowed to keep $25 in his commissary account — and he still owes about $1,600 on a bill he received for sentencing nearly two decades ago, according to a suit filed on his behalf. Shoes cost $27.95. “The state of Ohio has incarcerated this person and has sentenced him to death. It doesn’t need to take away his most basic dignities,” said American Civil Liberties Union attorney Elizabeth Bonham. The $25 limit means Braden has to choose necessities he can…

Curry ointment cures impotence! ✚ CURRY could give guys a bigger boost in the bedroom than Viagra! A newly developed ointment — which contains curcumin, the chemical responsible for the spice’s yellow hue — improved blood flow to the genitals when rubbed on subjects’ stomachs in clinical trials. The treatment, developed at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is absorbed through the skin and helps increase circulation. The findings complement an earlier study showing curcumin pumps up the libido longer than prescription drugs. Losing sleep sparks depression! ✚ NOT getting enough shut-eye raises your risk of depression as much as 80 percent! That eye-opening stat comes from researchers at Georgia Southern University, who say sleeping just 60 minutes less than the minimum recommended seven hours a night over the long…

SKATING villain Tonya Harding is the biggest loser on Dancing with the Stars — she missed out on the Mirrorball Trophy AND claims she dropped “a lot” of weight! The notorious ice queen — who’s forever tarnished by the Nancy Kerrigan clubbing scandal — made it to the show’s finale, but was bested by champ Adam Rippon. Though Tonya is crowing about her new figure, she refuses to reveal how much she’s shed. “I don’t think that’s anybody’s business,” she snipes — but experts figure the former doughball dropped nearly 50 pounds of fat. ›› Less is only more where more is no good.—Frank Lloyd Wright SPOT THE EVIL TWIN Were these celeb look-alikes separated at birth?…

TALK about beginner’s luck! North Carolina hard hat Carlos Chavez won $400,000 the first time he ever bought a lottery ticket. Chavez says he scored the scratch-off on a whim while stopping at a convenience store with his buds. He didn’t even check it for days — but when he rubbed off the winner he reveals, “I thought, ‘Lucky me!’” LITTLE Owen Anter really rained on his mom Allyssa’s parade — the three-year-old was caught on video taking a sly pee as her boyfriend, Kevin Przytula, popped the question by the Ring of Friendship sculpture in Bay City, Mich. The good news — Allyssa said, “Yes!” HARD-UP Pennsylvania senior Allison Closs, 17, dragged her dream date to the Carlisle High School prom — a cardboard cut-out of pint-size superstar Danny…