Table of contents for October 20, 2025 in Globe

BIGMOUTH Jimmy Kimmel seemingly returned to TV in triumph, but insiders reveal the jokester is fearful he’s on borrowed time, leaving him in a state of panic behind the scenes. “He’s far from out of the woods and he must know that this is only a temporary reprieve and that his job is still very much in jeopardy,” spills an insider. The 57-year-old choked back tears during his return to his show after being suspended for comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s murder on a Utah college campus the week before. “I have no illusions about changing anyone’s mind, but I do want to make something clear, because it’s important to me as a human and that is, you understand that it was never my intention to make light of…

FORMER child reality star Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson — once America’s sassiest li’l pageant princess — was left “banged up a little bit” and “lucky to walk away” after a speeding vehicle plowed into her car on a road near her Colorado home, according to her mom, June Shannon. Mama June broke the shocking news in an Instagram video that showed the reality matriarch standing in an airport terminal, where she said she was on her way to Denver to be by her daughter’s side. “We get a phone call around 3 o’clock and Dralin [Alana’s longtime boyfriend] is pale white,” she announced. “Alana is screaming in the background.” The Here Comes Honey Boo Boo alum, 20, was driving to a hair appointment when her car was T-boned by…

TEXAS terror Valerian “Will” O’Steen was hit with a death sentence for killing his galpal — over three years after stashing her corpse in the crawl space of his rental home and living above her battered body for 10 days, authorities say. O’Steen, 28, was convicted of capital murder for tormenting and fatally beating 26-year-old Marissa Grimes in February 2022. A month before the mother of two was reported missing by family, the bully was arrested in a domestic violence case where Grimes was listed as a victim — and forbidden from contacting her by an emergency protective order. Court documents related to the earlier incident allege that O’Steen refused to let Grimes leave his house for days and threatened to kill her — but she was able to text…

VIOLENT protests, bloodsoaked gun battles, political assassinations, bomb threats and deadly attacks on churches and government buildings have plunged America into anarchy and brought our great nation to the brink of a new civil war, sources say. Rogue insurgents, troublemakers and anarchists have vowed to cripple the U.S., prompting President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to take the unprecedented step of gathering America’s top military leaders in Virginia to devise a plan to crack down on the chaos. Retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely says some agitators are professionals hired to put the country on the road to ruin through a campaign of violence after Trump’s bold decision to send troops into the crime-ridden streets of Chicago, Memphis and Portland, Ore. “Trump is taking whatever action is…

TV MULTI-MOM Kate Gosselin has found love again after years of being single, but the relationship doesn’t stand much hope of lasting as she’s still scarred by her miserable divorce from ex-husband Jon, sources tell GLOBE. When asked on a TikTok Q&A if she was dating, the Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum, 50, revealed, “Finally, yes! I [have been] dating somebody for the past … year? A little over a year, maybe like 14, 15 months? I’m super, super happy.” It turns out the “new” guy isn’t so new! He’s Steve Neild, 50, her former bodyguard who was initially hired in 2008, shortly before Kate split from Jon in 2009. At the time, they were rumored to be having a romance, which Kate denied, calling allegations of an affair…

THE seemingly sudden split of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage sent shock waves through Tinseltown, but insiders reveal the image-conscious pair have been living a lie for months — and he’s already cuddling with a new galpal! Sources snitch that 57-year-old country crooner Keith pulled out of the marriage in June and moved into his own pad in Nashville while Nicole, 58, desperately hid their rift from the public as she battled to save the relationship before realizing it was kaput and filing for divorce on Sept. 30. “Nicole was stunned and betrayed by Keith’s decision to split, and she’s still trying to process it,” says the insider. Even more damning, Keith is reportedly already involved with another gal and showing no signs of wanting…

BRAVE James Van Der Beek is looking increasingly frail as he battles advanced colorectal cancer — but sources say his determination is inspiring his fellow Dawson’s Creek costars, even though they heartbreakingly had to hold the show’s recent reunion without him. Katie Holmes cited the cast’s “everlasting bond” during the emotionally charged gathering at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City, and tears flowed when the actor’s wife, Kimberly, and their six children made a surprise appearance onstage. They joined the original cast — including Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson, Mary Beth Peil, John Wesley Shipp, Mary-Margaret Humes, Nina Repeta, Kerr Smith, Meredith Monroe and Busy Philipps — plus Lin-Manuel Miranda as a last-minute replacement for James. “He’s staying positive and upbeat and doesn’t want anyone to worry about it,…

BOSSY Reba McEntire is not just tweaking the noses of her fellow Voice costars, there’s also a feud brewing between the country queen and collaborators Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson — who are sick of their friend pushing them around, sources tell GLOBE. “Miranda and Lainey have known Reba a long time and think she’s talented and worthy of respect, but they’d like some of that back and don’t feel they’re getting it,” says an insider. The trio recently collaborated on their first song together, Trailblazer, written by all three of them, and they sang it together at the ACM Awards in May — but sources snitch that Reba has taken possession of it! “Everyone saw how Reba took center stage promoting Trailblazer and how she had to have top…

AFTER being Ellen DeGeneres’ housewife since quitting acting seven years ago, Portia de Rossi is tempted to return to TV, insiders say, as bigwigs behind HBO’s hot-button The White Lotus named her their dream cast member for season 4. Pals snitch that the 52-year-old beauty, who previously starred on Ally McBeal and Arrested Development, is tired of hiding out in the English countryside as a homemaker and is keen to revive her career, but they predict it will cause all kinds of trouble with househubby Ellen, 67, if she takes the gig. “Ellen is not happy about the idea of Portia going off for five months to act on a streaming show,” says an insider. “The makers of The White Lotus understand that. The previous seasons have all been filmed…

THE prime suspect in the 2007 disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann from a Portuguese resort has been released from a German prison where he was serving time for an unrelated crime. But now British authorities are considering extraditing him to the U.K. to stand trial in Madeleine’s case. Christian Brückner, 48, who served a seven-year sentence for the rape of a 72-year-old American woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2005, was recently released from a penitentiary near Hanover, Germany. From 1995 to 2007, Brückner lived near the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz where Madeleine and her family were vacationing in May 2007. The young English girl vanished from the resort after she and her siblings, 2-year-old twins, were left sleeping in an apartment while her parents, Kate…

CRUEL cartel honcho Martha Alicia Mendez Aguilar — whose nickname La Diabla translates as She-Devil — was busted in a joint Mexican-U.S. operation for allegedly running a gruesome baby-trafficking and organ-harvesting ring, federal officials say. According to authorities, Mendez Aguilar — a member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which is referred to by the U.S. as CJNG — was recently collared South of the Border. Investigators charge the hellcat lured poor and vulnerable pregnant women to remote areas, where CJNG brutes allegedly performed illegal C-sections, often killing the mothers and swiping organs from their butchered corpses — with the network selling the babies to unwitting American couples for as much as $14,000. Mexican authorities were tipped off about the alleged crimes by intelligence provided by the U.S. National Counterterrorism…

ACROSS 1 Frozen’s queen 5 Arm or leg 9 Musical sign 13 Woodworking tool 17 Coconut tree 18 Aroma 19 City near Lake Tahoe 20 On the safe side, at sea 21 “Terrible” czar 22 Deal with difficulties 23 “… happily — after” 24 Christmas carol 25 Common cell phone feature 27 Too sentimental 29 Firstborn 31 Riverbank deposit 33 Candy bar Kit — 34 “So long!” in Rome 35 Bacon of The Following 38 Be next to 40 War of words 44 “I had no —!” 45 Animal catcher 46 Wheel of Fortune category 47 “—bad!” 48 Jokester 49 Blacken 50 Jam 51 Word with duty or set 53 Dressing-room compliment (2 wds.) 55 Black-and-blue 58 “Ah, me!” 59 Bullets, for short 61 Sun, e.g 62 Wood cutters 64…

JUNK food isn’t just bad for your waistline — it may also be putting your memory at risk! A UNC School of Medicine study found that a diet high in saturated fat — including foods like burgers and other red meat, cheese, fries, chips and desserts — rewires the brain’s memory hub, increasing the risk of cognitive dysfunction and dementia. The researchers found that a special group of brain cells in the region of the brain known as the hippocampus, called CCK interneurons, become overly active after people eat a meal high in fat, impairing the brain’s ability to process sugar. This overactivity disrupts how the hippocampus processes memory. In the study, the CCK interneurons in the brains of mice became abnormally active surprisingly quickly — within four days of…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Hearing of someone in need sends you on a mission. Plan extra time because this could be more involved than it seems at first glance! You’re in the mood for adventure and can have a blast with a buddy or your partner under Saturday’s active Sagittarius moon. Book tickets early to secure your place. TAURUS April 21 - May 21 Slowing down is the fastest way to get everything done — rushing will only lead to problems! Midweek, heed health advice from a fire sign — it could help you sleep more soundly. Is a meet-cute with a stranger on Friday the start of a lasting romance? Venus says maybe, but take things one day at a time. GEMINI May 22 - June 21…

THOSE cute hobbits played by actors Sean Astin and Elijah Wood in the Lord of the Rings flicks are for real — scientists say tiny 3-foot humans named Homo floresiensis actually roamed an Asian island. “Homo floresiensis lived from about 700,000 to 60,000 years ago in the rainforests of Indonesia, partially contemporaneous with our own species,” reveals Tesla Monson, an anthropology professor at Western Washington University. “Aptly nicknamed hobbits, Homo floresiensis were shortstatured, at just over 3 feet tall, and had a chimp-size brain.” The skeletal remains of a Homo floresiensis that would have been 3-foot-7 were found in the Liang Bua cave on Flores island in Indonesia in 2003. Scientists first thought the remains were of a child because of the smaller size of the skull and body, but…

COWARDLY Prince Andrew is flipping on ex-wife Sarah Ferguson by angling to have her ostracized from the British royal family to salvage his own posh lifestyle as the palace grapples with the worsening fallout from the pair’s chummy friendship with dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, courtiers say. Insiders dish that King Charles recently informed the Duke and Duchess of York that they’re no longer welcome at the traditional royal Christmas retreat at Sandringham, England, after allowing his brother and former sister-in-law to attend other private functions, such as the funeral for the Duchess of Kent. “There’s been talk that Andrew is sweating over his already shaky standing and dreaming up a plan for his ex to take the heat for their association with Epstein,” a courtier explains. The rumored dis-invitation to…

ENGLISH actress Keira Knightley makes waves in The Woman in Cabin 10 as a sleuthing scribe, who’s convinced she saw a passenger tossed overboard from a luxury yacht. The Netflix thriller — which also features Guy Pearce and Hannah Waddingham — is just one of the latest projects for Keira, who’s also been tapped to voice villainous professor Dolores Umbridge in the new audio adaptations of the Harry Potter books. Here are 10 things you don’t know about the 40-year-old Pirates of the Caribbean star. 1 Knightley was supposed to be named Kira — without the “e” — after Russian figure skater Kira Ivanova, but her mother misspelled it when she registered the birth. 2 She began acting at 6 years old, scoring a bit part in the 1993 BBC…

BIG stinker Alexander Lewis found himself in a crappy situation after being arrested for allegedly unleashing fart spray on multiple occasions at the South Carolina high school where he’s worked as a teaching assistant, cops say. According to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office, some students required medical attention for respiratory issues after Lewis supposedly discharged an “internet acquired spray designed to imitate fecal odor.” Some of the affected pupils at West Florence High School also complained of nausea, dizziness and headaches after inhaling the strong gas-like scent. “I got physically sick the other day because of the smell. I feel like I’m going to pass out because I get so lightheaded and so dizzy,” says one student. One irate parent gripes, “My [son’s] asthma has been triggered multiple times because…

STAR TREK’S William Shatner insists he’ll live long and prosper following reports he was briefly hospitalized for a health crisis that caused fans to fear the 94-year-old sci-fi icon was heading toward the final frontier at warp speed! The Captain Kirk actor’s agent explained that Shatner experienced an issue with his blood sugar while at his home in Los Angeles, and was checked out by medical personnel. The good-natured goof later poked fun at the hubbub on social media by posting an image of himself looking like Mark Twain that included the humorist’s oft-quoted line: “Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated!” Shatner further elaborated, “I over indulged. I thank you all for caring but I’m perfectly fine.” He told GLOBE he was not hospitalized. However, the high-flying star…

SPIRITED Tanya Tucker is shamelessly knocking back tequila — but fearful friends are begging the country spitfire to stop boozing because of her rocky history with alcohol, sources say. The Delta Dawn singer, 67, recently shared a video on social media to crow about her tequila, Cosa Salvaje, which means wild thing in Spanish. Over two decades ago, Tanya declared she was booze-free. But in 2019, she admitted how she’ll have a “couple shots” of her liquor — yet swore she’s “not one to sit around and drink all day.” An insider confides, “The fact that she’s still drinking and boasting about it is causing deep stress among her friends and handlers, who are seriously talking about an intervention. “But Tanya’s got a wild streak, and her attitude is no…