Table of contents for September 15, 2025 in Globe

SABER RATTLING EWAN MCGREGOR gets into Obi-Wan Kenobi form at FanExpo in Chicago HOT MIC! Country’s TEDDY SWIMS warms to his fan-signed microphone stand during a Nashville performance LASH LIFE MERYL STREEP gets a touch-up on the set of The Devil Wears Prada 2 PET SHOW Broadway baby BERNADETTE PETERS goes to the dogs at a West End Woofs charity fundraiser in London LONG IN THE TOOTH Actor JEREMY PIVEN shows a T. rex who’s boss at the L.A. premiere of Primitive War ALL THE BUZZ A bee surprises ZOË KRAVITZ and AUSTIN BUTLER at a U.K. gala screening for Caught Stealing in London…

TRAINWRECK Britney Spears appears to be going off the rails again after posting two bizarre videos of her singing off-key amid a shambolic household piled with clutter — and what looks like dog poop on the floor! “Messing around with lighting and cleaning my house like no tomorrow,” she captioned an Instagram post, followed by half a dozen emojis of shocked and laughing expressions. In the clips, the 43-year-old Toxic talent dons barely there PJs, black knee-high boots and a British accent while twirling and attempting to get a riff right. “I don’t know who I am, oh, oh,” she semi-sings on repeat — while behind her, to the horror of fans, a dog ambles past a brown clump of what appears to be animal feces! “Britney is insisting she…

SCANDAL-scarred Will Smith is accused of getting jiggy with his latest video, using AI to create a cheering audience. The slap-happy star, 56, who released his first full-length album in two decades in March, is on a global tour to promote it. But many fans are convinced that Will, apparently not satisfied with the size of the crowds at his concerts, tinkered with a promotional video so it looks like the audience is bigger. The Summertime rapper posted the minute-long clip on YouTube, which shows him performing in front of fans who display a creepy, almost cult-like adoration. Others hold up signs praising him, like “Love you, Fresh Prince,” and “Now this is a story all about how you changed my son’s life. Can he come onstage please?” Will captioned…

CODE BREAKERS Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a number. Use the given letters to get started by filling them in throughout the puzzle. Look out for patterns like repeated letters. Code Breaker puzzles use all 26 letters of the alphabet. There are no trademarks, abbreviations, hyphenated nor foreign words on the grid. HAVE A THICK SLICE Mystery words clue: Emma’s “prize cake” REFERENCE GRID MYSTERY WORDS WORD SEARCH Circle the hidden words in the grid, vertically, diagonally and backward. CONE SNAIL CROCODILE ELECTRIC EEL JELLYFISH MORAY EEL NEEDLEFISH OCTOPUS PIRANHA PUFFER RED LIONFISH SEA SNAKE SEA URCHIN SHARK STINGRAY STONEFISH DOMINOES Dots represent the domino tiles (with hidden borders). Identify a complete set of dominoes. Start with the unique tiles (e.g. doubles) as they are easiest to…

BILLIONAIRE sex monster Jeffrey Epstein secretly dated the late Princess Diana, who may have gotten trapped in the dead financier’s nefarious blackmail web, leaving Buckingham Palace desperate to cover up yet another scandalous royal connection to the convicted pedophile, sources say. Disturbingly, Diana’s 1997 death following a suspicious car crash in Paris also makes her the 23rd person linked to the creep to die under unsettling circumstances — and sources suggest the 36-year-old princess may have very well taken embarrassing dirt about her ex-brother-in-law Prince Andrew, Epstein’s onetime pal, to her early grave. Jailbird Ghislaine Maxwell — Epstein’s convicted madam who’s serving a 20-year sex trafficking sentence for delivering young girls to her alleged flesh peddler boss — dished about Diana’s connection to the money-man during her two-day interrogation in…

WILD Things star Denise Richards never made her estranged husband Aaron Phypers’ adoption of her daughter, Eloise, 14, legal. In court documents, Phypers, 62, alleges the mom of three, 54, had him sign adoption papers for Eloise in 2019, but then “failed to file” them. Phypers claims Eloise is “his daughter by bond of over nine years” and that “despite raising her as his own,” he’s now legally without access to her. “This has caused immeasurable harm,” he stated in the filing. Eloise, who has a chromosome disorder that has caused her to experience developmental delays, was an infant when Richards adopted her in 2011. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star also shares Sami, 21, and Lola, 20, with ex-husband Charlie Sheen.…

TROUBLED rapper Lil Nas X was arrested after he was found wandering down a Los Angeles street wearing only his tighty-whities and white cowboy boots with an orange traffic cone on his head. The Old Town Road singer’s trip to the slammer started around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, when he was seen on surveillance footage grabbing a drink in the lobby of Short Stories Hotel in West Hollywood. The 26-year-old Grammy winner, whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill, was wearing a cowboy hat, jeans and a button-up shirt before he eventually shed his shirt and fanned himself to cool off in L.A.’s heat wave. Hours later another video appeared to show him walking on Ventura Boulevard at around 4 a.m. Thursday, wearing only his undies and boots.…

FURIOUS songbird Gloria Estefan and her music-producer hubby, Emilio, are reportedly on the verge of taking legal action after being named in a shocking lawsuit involving one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ notorious sex “freak-off” parties. The couple are in an uproar after Joseph Manzaro claimed in a lawsuit that in April 2015, he was drugged and kidnapped by Diddy’s people, taken to the Estefans’ Miami Star Island mansion and then through a secret underground tunnel to Diddy’s neighboring home, where he was assaulted in a “freak-off” party in which victims are forced to have sex with male prostitutes. According to Manzaro, one of Combs’ people said: “Diddy wants him to see what we do to snitches. This is part of his punishment.” After being sexually assaulted, Manzaro claimed he was…

FRIENDS beauty Jennifer Aniston is known for her stylish locks, but the former sitcom siren recently revealed a dirty little secret: She tries to avoid frequent hair-washing — and even for-goes cleansing her crowning glory after sweaty gym sessions. During Aniston’s days on the hit NBC show from 1994 to 2004, fans clamored for her signature ’do that became known as The Rachel — in honor of her TV character. The Morning Show star, 56, has since grown out that bob and now sports a longer brown-blonde mane — but Jen recently shared, “It’s good not to wash your hair every day and let your natural oils sort of do their thing.” Aniston says “after workouts” she’ll instead spritz on some dry shampoo containing rice starch, bamboo and crushed crystals…

SITCOM star Cheryl Hines has decided to forgive and forget hubby Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sleazy sexting affair with reporter Olivia Nuzzi, but insiders say Hollywood’s shunning the actress as critics buzz that she’s sold her soul to President Donald Trump’s head health honcho. “What’s confusing to people is just weeks ago, she appeared to shun a move to Washington, D.C., and was making a big show about sticking tight to Hollywood,” spills an insider. While Cheryl’s rep dismissed our report, the insider insists, “She seems to have done a complete U-turn. The talk is she’s fired up over this opportunity to be an influencer and Beltway powerhouse. “Friends think she’s clearly trying to be something she is not. She’s coming across as a doormat putting up with all Bobby…

NO PAROLE FOR KILLER BROS Mom and pop killers LYLE and ERIK MENENDEZ built up a big fan following pushing to spring them from prison for the shotgun murders of their parents, JOSE and KITTY, in 1989, but that didn’t impress California parole board members who just voted to keep them locked up. The killers had claimed they acted in self-defense following sexual abuse by their dad with their mother’s help, but jurors didn’t buy it. Now, 36 years later, they claimed they’ve been model prisoners. But the board noted they broke rules — like keeping banned cell phones and Erik getting into fights. The board believes “if you can’t follow the rules in prison, you can’t follow the rules in free society,” notes an expert. Next parole hearing’s in…

IN WHAT may be the first ripple of a political bloodbath, sources say chatty Kamala Harris is likely ready to reveal just how diminished former President Joe Biden was in damning testimony before the congressional committee investigating the commander-in-sleep’s mental acuity in the faltering, waning days of his administration. The stunning betrayal to expose the dirty laundry of the doddering ex-prez comes just weeks after Biden loyalists threatened to unleash shocking stories about the former VP’s limited knowledge and abilities during her tenure if she dared to drop a dime on Joe in her upcoming book, 107 Days. The potential Beltway brawl amped up recently when Kentucky Republican James Comer, chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, threatened to subpoena Harris. “I think that it would be helpful…

WET blanket Antonio Roman used his lawn sprinklers to soak his next-door neighbor’s two disabled kids in Florida for nearly a year because he was annoyed that their school bus deployed a wheelchair ramp into his driveway, investigators say. The family had lodged a complaint with lawmen, claiming Roman, 61, had consistently activated his sprinklers twice a day at his Ocala, Fla., home since Aug. 8, 2024, whenever their youngsters were being picked up or dropped off for school. Authorities say the alleged victims’ father even began wearing a swimsuit as he stood outside with the kids to shield them from the spray. Upon questioning, the grumpy geezer admitted to using surveillance cameras to pinpoint the arrival time of the bus and manually activating the sprinklers, according to deputies. “His…

ACCUSED serial killer Rex Heuermann’s family is getting trolled by the man who placed the winning $25,000 auction bid on the Long Island slay suspect’s Vietnam War–era Jeep — as the prankster refuses to pony up the dough, sources say. A rep for Heuermann’s kin placed a listing on eBay for a 1972 M151 A2 Military Utility Tactical Truck and a 1963 trailer, stating it was once owned by the “Infamous RH.” Sources say the brooding architect’s ex-wife, Asa Ellerup, was seeking to sell the items to the highest bidder — who happened to be local Jonathan Randall. Randall was initially outbid twice — and made three more offers before learning of his victory. He gloated on social media by sharing screenshots confirming his success and taunting: “Guess who’s not…

WANNABE wife Courteney Cox is desperate to beat her Friends costar Jennifer Aniston down the aisle, sources tell GLOBE. Jen, 56, has only been dating her new beau Jim Curtis, 50, for a few months, while Courteney, 61, has been with her on-again, off-again fiancé, rocker Johnny McDaid, 49, for 12 years. The two couples looked happy and in love on a recent double date at celeb hotspot Nobu in Malibu. But with things heating up between Jen and Jim, Courteney’s pressuring Johnny to put a ring on it before her BFF Jen becomes a bride, a source says. “Courteney is happy for Jen,” dishes a pal, even though at first she had some reservations about Jim, who works as a life coach and hypnotist. “But now it’s clear to…

OUTCAST Orlando Bloom has burned his bridges in Hollywood so he’s decided to flee to Miami, where he can sow his wild oats without ex Katy Perry’s judgy friends watching his every move, sources tell GLOBE. As readers know, the Pirates of the Caribbean hunk, 48, hit the singles scene immediately after he ditched the Firework songbird like a hot potato following nine years together. “He started hitting up a ton of sexy L.A. ladies and trying to schmooze entertainment bigwigs for new movie roles,” dishes an insider. “But he had strikeout after strikeout and the doors have been slamming shut on him so he’s changing tack.” That’s when the Gran Turismo star reportedly decided to plunk down $17.5 million for a lavish bachelor pad in Miami. Sources tell GLOBE…

MIRIAM MARGOLYES, 84, who played Prof. Sprout in the Harry Potter flicks, gave a gloomy prediction following a heart procedure, saying she doesn’t “have long to live.” The actress blames her weight, noting: “I’ve let my body down. I haven’t taken care of it. I have to walk with a walker now. I wish I’d done exercise. It’s the most ghastly waste of time, except that it keeps you going. So, I’m foolish.” Asked if she’d try to trim using Ozempic, she replied: “Absolutely not. That’s for diabetics.” She expects the end to come in “five or six years.” A bizarre fan has JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN laughing so hard, it’s nearly put the Walking Dead star in a grave. A wacko posted that from the “size of his thumb knuckles…

CUTUP Michael McKean, 77, is once again turning the volume up to 11 with Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. The new flick has the trio reprising their roles from the 1984 rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap under the guidance of director Rob Reiner, who’s also serving double duty by resurrecting his onscreen filmmaker alter ego of Marty Di Bergi. Here are 10 things you don’t know about the Laverne & Shirley legend. 1 He’s the son of Gilbert S. McKean, one of the founders of Decca Records, and Ruth Stewart McKean, a librarian. 2 In 1967, the novice musician was briefly a touring member of the New York City band the Left Banke, which was famous for Walk Away Renée. 3 He…

HEARTBREAKER Carl John Butcho II pretended to be the proprietor of a closed wedding hall in Texas — and pocketed more than $200,000 from 12 people who thought they were booking the facility for their big day, authorities charge. According to lawmen, Butcho used the handle Lance Miller and presented himself as the manager of the shuttered Charleston Lane Wedding Venue in Willis, Texas. Investigators say a dozen lovebirds forked over $202,424.90 for bashes that never took place — and also accuse Butcho of failing to deliver refunds to five others totaling $11,450. He’s been charged with theft of property valued between $150,000 and $300,000. The accused fraudster was booked into the Travis County Jail and given a $100,000 bond. His release was contingent on surrendering his passport, having no…

JUDE LAW Yes, please! The 2006 rom-com, in which the 52-year-old’s hot widower falls for the woman staying at his sister’s cute cottage (Cameron Diaz), is a classic for a reason. It’s picture-perfect and satisfying on all levels. While Jude’s falling in love in England, his sister, Kate Winslet, has her own sweet romance with Jack Black. As long as director Nancy Meyers is on board, Jude says he’s all in for The Holiday Part II. “I love the idea,” he said. “Why not?” DEMI MOORE Reunited with costars Melanie Griffith, Rita Wilson and Rosie O’Donnell at Elle’s Women in Hollywood event, the honoree reminisced about their 1995 coming-of-age movie, which she called “a sweet story” about friendship. “We’ve shared so much of our past, and there’s still more to…

BARBRA STREISAND has incredible energy at 83 and friends think she’s still sharp as a tack — but insiders say actor-hubby James Brolin is slowing down fast and it’s a cause for concern! The Funny Girl legend and the 85-year-old Life in Pieces hunk, father of Deadpool 2 and Avengers star Josh Brolin, 57, from a previous marriage, tied the knot 27 years ago. A source, who has known the loving couple for years, notes: “Jim still looks like Jim — he’s still the stoic, protective California cowboy that swept Barbra off her feet decades ago and has been the man of her dreams ever since. “But into his mid-80s he’s lost a step and he and Barbra would much rather order in from their favorite restaurant than hit the…

NEWLY single Jessica Alba is getting hot and heavy with hunky actor Danny Ramirez, but even so, she’s feeling pangs of jealousy now that her ex Cash Warren is dating model Hana Sun Doerr, who’s 20 year his junior. “Just because the marriage is over and Jessica is moving on doesn’t mean the prospect of Cash dating isn’t Jessica’s worst nightmare, because she can be prone to jealousy,” dishes a longtime friend of the family. “It’s just part of her somewhat paranoid personality.” Last month, the 44-year-old Honest Company mogul and Danny, 32, who starred in Captain America: Brave New World, sparked relationship rumors after they were spotted leaving Cancún together following a romantic getaway, seven months after she filed for divorce from Cash, 46, her husband of 16 years.…

STUNNING Ted Lasso actress Keeley Hazell has a shocking secret past — she grew up in a house of horrors with a wife- and child-beating dad, was devastated by a sex-tape scandal, and became a nude model in England before moving to the U.S. and finding success in Jason Sudeikis’ hit sitcom. Now Keeley, 38 — who played Bex from 2020 to 2023 on the show — is revealing her incredible rags-to-riches tale in the memoir Everyone’s Seen My T*ts. She writes that she was born the middle of three daughters in Catford, South London, to window-fitter dad Roy, who believed that “if your wife gives you any trouble, just knock her about a bit.” Roy also smacked her and her sisters with wooden spoons, yardsticks, shoes or a belt…

WHILE still a floppy-haired youth, KEANU REEVES starred with ALEX WINTER in the 1989 time-travel comedy Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, about two dimwitted but amiable teens seeking out historical figures for their high-school history report. The movie was a modest hit and spun off two sequels, despite being not exactly high-IQ stuff. Perhaps the bigger joke is that Keanu and Alex are now making their adult Broadway debut together in the absolute opposite of their slacker turn — Irish playwright Samuel Beckett’s intellectual, enigmatic tragicomedy Waiting for Godot, in which the pair ponders existential questions while waiting … and waiting … for the mysterious Godot to show up.…

VISION EDITION: Everything you see is upside down! Your eyes capture images that way and it’s up to your brain to straighten everything out for you to make sense of. That red-eye glare that sometimes crops up in photos is caused when light from the flash bounces off your capillaries. Who’s your daddy? Everyone with blue eyes shares a single common ancestor who lived between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago. Some people can “see” colors when hearing sounds — a condition known as synesthesia. It includes other sensorial mash-ups, such as the ability to “taste” words. There’s a blind spot in each eye where the optic nerve connects to the retina, but our brains fill in the missing visual information so we don’t miss anything.…