Table of contents for July 12, 2021 in Globe

CHEEKY MILEY SHARES PEEK-A-BOO ASSETS Bottoms up! MILEY CYRUS, 28, can’t help sharing her derrière, blasting new eye-popping headless mirror selfies showcasing her bare butt in a barely there blue lace thong. “Probably a good time for my family to unfollow my ass … Literally,” writes the cheeky Wrecking Ball singer along with the risqué snaps. “Miley Cyrus & her bottom have popped up in my news feed a couple times now. To which I shrug my shoulders,” cracks a fan, adding: “understanding that there are times we all transition through stages in our life. Keep rocking it, girl — you look good & your music sounds great!” RACHEL’S LOSS IS ANNE’S GAIN The nerve! Imagine having the kind of inflated Hollywood ego that would turn down a starring role…

TEXAS native Michelle Rodriguez is known for tough chick screen roles and takes another spin as feisty gearhead Letty Ortiz in F9, the latest flick in the Fast & Furious franchise. She’s also voiced the character in the video game Fast & Furious Crossroads and for the Fast & Furious: Supercharged ride at the Universal Studios theme parks in California and Florida. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 43-year-old actress 1 Michelle is her middle name. Her first name is actually Mayte 2 From ages eight to 11, she lived in the Dominican Republic with her mother. 3 She was expelled from five schools during her youth. 4 She has a total of ten siblings and halfsiblings — including twin older brothers named Raul and Omar. 5…

Claims Bob Irwin, 82, has never given her ‘a kind word’ CROCODILE kid Bindi Irwin has blasted her estranged grandfather — claiming he’s subjected her to “psychological abuse!” In a shocking social media post, Bindi says her late father Steve’s dad, Bob Irwin, who founded the Australia Zoo, has “ignored” her for years! “Unfortunately my grandfather Bob has shown no interest in spending time with me or my family,” says Bindi, who gave birth to daughter Grace in March. “Publicly he continues to claim that he wants to spend time with us while privately my entire life has been psychological abuse from him.” According to Bindi, her 82-year-old gramps has even returned gifts she’s sent him over the years — AFTER opening them! “From the time I was a little…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Mercury’s clash with Mars warns of small annoyances ahead, from misplaced keys to a package delivered to the wrong address. But your love life flourishes and excellent financial news puts a smile on your face. The cosmos also offers a health boost — if you resist skipping workouts or blowing your diet. GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Your free-wheeling side comes out under the Venus-Mars meetup, making for a week of good times with friends and family. You could even try something you’ve never done before. But be extra careful if traveling, even around town. You’re prone to distraction. The number 9 links you to a terrific investment. LEO July 23 - Aug. 23 Mercury points you to a tempting work-at-home opportunity but…

ABC bigwigs quashed a looming racism scandal by giving former Bachelor host Chris Harrison a $9 million payout on his way out the door. The 49-year-old was reportedly demanding $25 million after he was forced to “step down” from his hosting gig for defending contestant Rachael Kirkconnell, who admitted attending a college Antebellum plantation-themed party. Rachael, 24, later apologized and is still dating Black Bachelor Matt James. Meanwhile, Chris, who threatened to spill dirt, took the cash and left “amicably.”…

FRIENDS’ beloved Central Perk boss Gunther is fighting a heart-breaking real-life battle with deadly late-stage prostate cancer that left him paralyzed after the pandemic torpedoed medical checkups! Actor James Michael Tyler — who played the coffeehouse manager with a crush on Jennifer Aniston’s Rachel for all ten seasons of the iconic show — has come forward with his tragic prognosis. “I was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, which had spread to my bones,” the brave actor, 59, admits. “It’s stage 4. Late-stage cancer. So eventually, you know, it’s gonna probably get me!” James says he made the painful decision to appear on the recent Friends reunion special via Zoom — instead of in person — because the disease has spread to his spine and bones and paralyzed his lower body.…

JAMES BROLIN has been gushing about his 22-year marriage to Barbra Streisand, but sources tattle there’s trouble in paradise because he craves socializing while the superstar songbird prefers living as a reclusive shut-in. “It’s true they were stuck together during lockdown and made the most of it, but since L.A. opened up again, James has been making up for lost time socially,” an insider spills. “He’s going out and enjoying the fresh air with friends and doing fun stuff. Yet Barbra rarely, if ever, joins him and it’s frustrating for the poor guy.” The 79-year-old Funny Girl legend “has always been on the shy and reclusive side, in spite of her Hollywood fame and fortune and opinionated personality,” notes the source. “She used to be famous for her dinner parties and…

FORMER George of the Jungle muscleman Brendan Fraser stunned horrified fans when he waddled onto the red carpet looking like a balding, bloated blimp to promote his new crime thriller, No Sudden Move, in the Big Apple! Ironically, spywitnesses claim the gigantic 52-year-old actor seemed to have trouble moving during the screening for his HBO project. But Brendan reveals his next movie, The Whale, is the reason for his shocking appearance. He plays a heartbroken 600-pound gay recluse in the tragic love story about a married man who deserts his family to be with his male lover. After his lover dies, Brendan’s character turns into a human eating machine to numb his heartbreak. Incredibly, Brendan’s still not done packing on the pounds — but the Mummy action man insists he…

CRANKY Kelly Dodd is lacing into Braunwyn Windham-Burke for getting them BOTH fired from Real Housewives of Orange County because of what she calls her reality rival’s “woke BS!” Kelly — who is no slouch when it comes to causing controversy herself — got in the mud with Braunwyn for turning RHOC “dark and political.” “We’d still be on the show if it wasn’t for your woke BS,” Kelly wrote to her canned co-star in a series of texts she made public. Kelly, 45, found herself under fire last year for boasting she’d enjoyed herself at a “super-spreader” event, and was dropped as a beverage company rep in February for her “controversial views and opinions” on COVID. But she blames Braunwyn, 43, for the final kick in the pants. “This was…

IF YA thought Magic Mike was eye-popping, wait ‘til you hear about CHANNING TATUM’s upcoming thriller called — wait for it — Pussy Island. “The title was kind of a joke at first,” explains the flick’s first-time director, Big Little Lies star ZOË KRAVITZ, who suggests the shocking title has multiple meanings. Okay, explain away, Zoë! “It alludes to this time and place we claim to not be in anymore, in terms of sexual politics. People are evolving and changing but there is still a bad taste in a lot of people’s mouths from past behavior,” she pontificates. “It’s also a really playful film in a lot of ways. I like that the title leads with that and has some heavy meaning behind it.” Huh? Anyway, the 32-year-old daughter of…

TROUBLED Tori Spelling and hubby Dean McDermott are sleeping in separate rooms amid talk their marriage is kaput! “Right now, my kids and dogs sleep in my bed,” the mom of five dished on the Jeff Lewis Live podcast, adding Dean, 54, sleeps “in a room.” The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum, 48, said the kids bunked with her while Dean filmed in “another country” for six months. “I currently still have four in the bedroom with me,” Tori tattles.…

SKIN flick stud Ruben Andre Garcia was sentenced to 20 years hard time after the lying louse conned gals into appearing in lewd internet videos for the now defunct girlsdoporn.com website. According to prosecutors, Garcia — who pleaded guilty to federal sex-trafficking and conspiracy charges — told young women their porn performances would only be seen by private collectors living overseas. But instead, the explicit clips were distributed via an adult internet site! Garcia, 31, was one of six people charged in connection with the case. The U.S. Attorney’s Office also says if gals changed their minds about continuing to get down and dirty on camera, the defendants blackmailed them by threatening to publicly release footage already filmed! Some of the victims testified they were sexually assaulted by Garcia and claimed they…

VAIN Angelina Jolie has been bugging out over her bulging veins for decades and is finally ready to fix the unsightly condition, spies tell GLOBE! Her billowing blood vessels were on full display — along with a brand-new tattoo — during a recent trip to New York City, despite trying to conceal them beneath flowing maxi skirts and floaty ankle-length dresses. The much-maligned Maleficent witch had flown to the Big Apple with her six children to continue her 46th birthday festivities and reunite with her first ex-husband, Jonny Lee Miller — but sources snitch the road map under her skin is giving her grief! “Angie’s biggest hang-up is her veins, but she was scared to have them taken care of because the surgery can be painful and complicated and require…

CLASHING co-hosts Joy Behar and Meghan McCain are at each other’s throats again! In an apparent dig at right-to-lifer Meghan, liberal View veteran Joy slammed “some people” with being “inconsistent” in their opinions on the sanctity of life. After Meghan announced on the show “abortion is murder, and that means the government funding of killing of the unborn,” Joy shot right back! “Some people believe the death penalty is also government-sanctioned murder,” responded Joy after her politically conservative crony spoke. “And a lot of the people who believe in the death penalty do not believe in abortion, so there’s a rather inconsistent thing right there!” Meghan later tweeted her spats with Joy get attention because she’s “the only pro-life woman in mainstream media.” “Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!”-…

NICK CANNON and ABBY DE LA ROSA welcomed twin sons ZION MIXOLYDIAN and ZILLION HEIR while the 40-year-old former AGT host awaits the birth of a son with model ALYSSA SCOTT! Nick shares ten-year-old twins MONROE and MOROCCAN with ex-wife MARIAH CAREY. He also has son GOLDEN, 3, and daughter POWERFUL QUEEN, born last December, with model BRITTANY BELL. Taste the Nation host PADMA LAKSHMI, 50, is cooking up a new romance with handsome writer/poet TERRANCE HAYES, 49. The pair was spied smooching in the Big Apple. TV cutie LA LA ANTHONY is giving the heave-ho to her husband, Portland Trail Blazers dribbler CARMELO ANTHONY, after 11 years of marriage and a 14-year-old son, KIYAN. Perfect Strangers, the ‘80s sitcom starring BRONSON PINCHOT and MARK LINN-BAKER, is getting an HBO…

A DIRTY dentist zipped his lips and refused to enter a plea to charges he sexually abused nine women while they were in his chair, lawmen claim! Prosecutors say the detestable tooth doctor molested patients ranging in age from 27 to 73! Los Angeles dentist Emad Fathy Moawad, 50, was jailed in lieu of $2 million bail on charges of more than a dozen counts of sexual battery. “This case is especially concerning because its victims are low-income people and immigrants who are less likely to report crimes,” says Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón. One of the women alleges the white-coated wretch molested her in 2018 while she was woozy from anesthesia, and the attacks only ended when a dental assistant shot video of the filthy fondler!…

EMBATTLED actor Kevin Spacey scored a legal win when parts of a sexual assault lawsuit were dismissed because one of his accusers refused to be publicly identified. A man known as “C.D.” claimed the now 61-year-old — who was axed from House of Cards in 2017 after a series of allegations he was a gay sex predator — assaulted him in 1983 when he was 14. Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed C.D.’s accusations after his lawyers argued identifying him would bring “sudden unwanted attention” to their client. Meanwhile, actor Anthony Rapp’s part of the suit continues. Rapp also accuses the star of making unwanted sexual advances when he was 14 — and had jointly filed suit with C.D. While Spacey has never been arrested or lost a civil suit, he’s…

HUMANS may have the untapped ability to regrow damaged body parts, researchers claim. Experts from Maine’s MDI Biological Laboratory studied the axolotl, a nearly extinct Mexican salamander they say is a “champion at regeneration” and is able to regrow nearly every body part — including its heart and brain! By examining the amphibians on a molecular level, the researchers say they found macrophages, the immune cells that trigger a response after an injury, are responsible for the animal’s ability to regrow lost parts. However, they say in humans, similar macrophages instead trigger scarring — but add their study suggests it may be possible to change that process. “If we can solve the problem of scar formation, we may be able to unlock our latent regenerative potential,” says team leader Dr.…

BARBARA and Richie Dickstein had a bizarre hobby that added spice to their marriage — for two decades they became intimate pen pals with at least 100 of America’s most evil serial killers! Now, their trove of 30,000 letters filled with gruesome descriptions of what happened to victims, recorded phone calls and twisted artwork are being bared on a podcast, Killer’s Vault, which exposes the couple hoodwinked killer clown John Wayne Gacy, cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer, “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez, Charles Manson and “Son of Sam” David Berkowitz into becoming their buddies. In 1992, Berkowitz became the first target. Barbara decided to write to him because she knew someone who narrowly missed being his victim. She got Richie, a former corrections officer who died in 2018, to join her scheme to…

They ain’t got talent KNOTS Landing alum Donna Mills, 80, is letting the Kardashian sisters have it with both barrels — she says they have “poor values” and “don’t do anything!” “My daughter used to watch the Kardashians and I would say, ‘What is wrong with you? What kind of values are you getting from that?’ It makes me crazy!” fumes the former soap siren. “Shows like The Bachelor and The Bachelorette and the Kardashians and all that, I hate. I hate!” Donna says she even attempted to sit through a single episode of the long-running and now-concluded Keeping Up with the Kardashians (KUWTK) reality series “and I hated it even more!” The aging actress has had a long career on daytime TV soaps — as well as the prime-time…

FOX News pundit Tucker Carlson’s obsession with crackpot conspiracy theories has TV insiders wondering if he’s in danger of plunging over the edge! But the ratings-hungry ranter is crazy like a fox, other sources say, noting Tucker’s latest tantrum — blaming FBI operatives for igniting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot — has helped make him the new king of nightly cable news! “He’s obsessed with taking all the viewers he can away from his rivals by pushing the envelope and raising topics nobody else has the guts to,” spills an insider. “But there’s a growing fear he’s imploding and one step away from being canceled himself. People are advising him to turn it down a notch and play it safer, but he’s totally bullheaded and sees that as giving in.”…

FLORIDA gym owner Bobby Read’s real estate deal with the city of Brooksville was all wet. He paid $55,000 to buy the old municipal building — and got the community’s water tower, too! He sold the tower back — for $10. BEFORE the fur started to fly between them, Katy Perry used to carry around a lock of rival Taylor Swift’s hair! DESPERATE to escape crowds and enjoy the fresh air? Then avoid Yellowstone National Park, where the roads are clogged with miles-long conga lines of bumper-to-bumper traffic and it can take three hours just to get in the gate! DAM! There are at least 70,000 beavers hard at work clogging up Maine’s rivers and streams every year!…