Table of contents for January 14, 2019 in Globe

COUNTRY stud Blake Shelton is flexing his muscles and demanding The Voice bring back his secret bride, Gwen Stefani, when the competition returns to the air next month! “Blake wants Gwen beside him on Season 16 — and that’s that,” spills an insider. “He misses working with her and he’s afraid they’re not spending enough time together. Having her back on the show seems like the best solution.” The Hollaback Girl served as a coach on the NBC hit during Seasons 7, 9 and 12, an adviser on Seasons 8 and 10 — and sources say the cash-strapped cutie needs another Voice gig. Gwen, 49, handed over half of her $75 million fortune to ex-hubby, British rocker Gavin Rossdale, in their divorce. She’ll also owe him a chunk of what…

SCIENTOLOGY poster boy Tom Cruise is still so gung-ho over the space-alien cult he’s targeting his Top Gun costars as religious recruits, insiders say. In the jet-jockey film sequel, Tom’s character, Maverick, trains characters played by Miles Teller, 31, and Glen Powell, 30, to be fighter pilots. But when the cameras aren’t rolling, the 56-year-old church leader is barraging them with Scientology teachings, say sources. “They like Tom and they’re thrilled to be working with him, but he does come off as too overbearing sometimes,” notes the source. “Tom brings his books by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard to the set and shares his insights and revelations with them, expecting them to be bedazzled. “He hands out books and pamphlets and it’s considered rude if you don’t take one! “Miles…

SUCCESS wasn’t all it was cracked up to be for Jada Pinkett Smith, who says her booming career worsened her fragile mental health — and nearly caused her to take her own life! “I was extremely suicidal. I had a complete emotional collapse,” confides the 47-year-old Nutty Professor actress. “Now I know that it was what people would consider a nervous breakdown,” says Will Smith’s wife of 21 years, who also admits to years of being “severely depressed.”…

A DAD and his new wife are accused of being cruel monsters who tortured a nine-year-old girl as if she were a terrorist — waterboarding her as punishment! Utah residents Joseph Mitchell, 29, and wife Ilaria, 28, now face child abuse charges for using the excruciating torture technique — forbidden by the U.S. military — on their young daughter, say Provo cops. The girl revealed on three occasions her dad and stepmom bound her hands behind her back so she was helpless, held her down in the bathtub, put a towel over her face and ran water over it while she suffocated, police say. “The nine-year-old stated she cannot breathe and it hurts when this happens,” says the police report. Waterboarding was a torture used on terrorists to make them…

TERRIFIC news for X-Men fans! Action star Keanu Reeves is rarin’ to take over as Wolverine now that Hugh Jackman’s done playing the metal-clawed mutant after nine hit flicks over 17 years. Bearded Reeves says he’s dying to play the comic book superhero and would pick Wolverine over Batman — now that Ben Affleck’s stepping down — if he gets his druthers. “Of the two, I’d love to play Wolverine,” says 54-year-old Keanu, who plays tough guys in the Speed, John Wick and Matrix franchises.…

STONEY WESTMORELAND, the 48-year-old actor who played loving grandpa Ham on Disney’s Andi Mack family series, has been sacked after police charged he’s a twisted sicko who tried to bed a kid the same age as his TV co-star! Disney Channel bigwigs fired Westmoreland, who’s appeared on Scandal, Gilmore Girls and Breaking Bad, noting some of his Andi Mack co-stars — like 14-year-old Peyton Elizabeth Lee — were around the same age as the child in the scandalous arrest. Salt Lake City cops say they busted Westmoreland while he was on his way to pick up the child — who he believed was a 13-year-old boy — and go to a hotel room. The twisted actor found the minor on an online site for “meeting people for the purpose of…

STAR TREK legend William Shatner is scared to tell women they’re looking good or have great legs because he doesn’t want to be accused of sexual harassment! The former Captain Kirk, 87, blames the #MeToo movement, which exposes male sexual predators! “I’ve changed my behavior to quite a degree because it’s a revolution!” he says. While he supports #MeToo for the changes it’s made in society, the father of three daughters believes it’s become too extreme. “It’s changed the whole man-woman relationship,” charges the star.…

HOLIER-THAN-THOU Mia Farrow is being slammed on social media — after a former model claimed she did threesomes as a teenager with the Rosemary’s Baby legend and Woody Allen! Mia famously accused Woody of sexually molesting her daughter Dylan — after he dumped Farrow for another daughter, Soon-Yi! Now Mia’s under fire after Babi Christina Engelhardt dished Allen bedded her when he was 41 and she was 16 — and Mia later joined in for drug-fueled lovemaking! LoriK wrote on Twitter: “Mia Farrow in a 3 way? Hmmm. That would make her as bad as Woody.” Caty added: “Certainly makes you think twice of Mia Farrow.” Seor snapped: “Woody Allen … deserves to live out his life in disgrace. Mia Farrow must have had a few screws loose as well.”…

Movie tough guy JASON STATHAM, 51, is about to show his tender side — with a holiday season wedding to 31-year-old beauty ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY. They’ve been dating eight years. Chat-show motormouth WENDY WILLIAMS had her right arm in a sling after fracturing her shoulder. She says she won’t need surgery. No word on how it happened. Thrilled Real Housewives of Orange County alum GRETCHEN ROSSI is preggers with her first child at age 40. She and fiancé SLADE SMILEY, 45, have been getting IVF treatments for four years. CBS brass have vetoed giving accused sex perv LES MOONVES his staggering $120 million payoff. The former CEO was axed amid numerous charges of sexual assaults. DAVID BEADOR accused his estranged wife, Real Housewives of Orange County star SHANNON, of self-medicating with…

SCIENTOLOGY’S most feared enemy Leah Remini is being treated like a leper by cult members, who literally run for the hills when they see her, the actress says. When Leah gave her acceptance speech for a Television Critics Association Award in 2017 for her series exposing the church’s bizarre and frequently cruel practices, she says actress and sect member Elisabeth Moss actually bolted from the building to avoid hearing her comments trashing the faith. Leah says the cult demands members “not watch or listen to anything or anyone who speaks out against the abuses of it,” and orders its followers to shun family members who leave the church. “They literally run away from me,” says Remini. “It’s really sad to watch.” When everything seems to be going against you, remember…

HEARTLESS deer poacher David Berry Jr. got what he deserved — he was ordered to watch the tear-jerking Disney film Bambi every month for a year while he rots in the slammer! The 29-year-old Missouri creep brutally murdered hundreds of the critters with the help of family members over a three-year period. “The deer were trophy bucks taken illegally, mostly at night, for their heads, leaving the bodies of the deer to waste,” says Lawrence County prosecutor Dan Trotter. In addition to a year behind bars, the judge decided to teach pity to the shameful butcher. So he ordered Berry to watch Bambi once a month. The classic 1942 animated feature boasts one of the saddest episodes in movie history, where little fawn Bambi sees his loving mother brutally gunned…

ROCK HUDSON’S “true love” is telling all about his hush-hush affair with the closeted Hollywood hunk — who died of AIDS in 1985! Retired stockbroker Lee Garlington, 81, dated the Pillow Talk heartthrob from 1962 to 1965, after he scoped out the actor at Universal Studios. “He was the biggest movie star in the world, and the rumors were that he was gay. So I thought, ‘Let me get an eye on him,’” Lee says. The two were later introduced by a mutual friend and sparks flew. But Lee says Hudson worked overtime to hide his sexuality — to avoid wrecking his career! “We couldn’t take any pictures together. We could only take pictures of each other,” Lee recalls. “His agent told him he was never to have one of…

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HOLLYWOOD is going bananas over an upcoming animated flick about Michael Jackson’s life — as seen through the eyes of his pet chimpanzee! Bubbles: The Movie “was in the works for a while, but now it’s fully green lit,” says an entertainment insider. “The priority is to have it completed by the end of 2019. It’s going to tell the story of this chimp’s incredible journey from birth in a medical lab to adoption by a famous pop star!” Bubbles is now retired — and living in Florida!…

HORRIFIED fans are begging Kim Zolciak-Biermann to give the kiss-off to lip fillers, saying the Real Housewives of Atlanta star looks “ridiculous” with her inflated trout pout! The 40-year-old nip/tuck junkie posted a selfie on Instagram, but instead of being praised for her made-over mug, one clown suggested she should “look for work at the circus!” Though Kim’s been previously slammed for her love of lip fillers, last summer she proclaimed, “I love them.”…

GEORGE CLOONEY has put the brakes on a billion-dollar divorce from wife Amal! After agreeing to end their nonstop bickering, the two renewed their wedding vows — and now they’re planning to expand their brood, sources say. “They want to start all over and make things work,” dishes an insider. “For all their differences and arguments, George and Amal have come full circle. They realize they love each other very much and want to stick around for the long haul.” As GLOBE has reported, control freak Amal, 40, nagged her Oscar-winning hubby, 57, over everything from his cigar smoking and snoring to his potty mouth. According to a source, livid George told human rights lawyer Amal “he’s happy to lose $500 million in a divorce settlement — if it means…

FAT GIRL MARLO THOMAS, the brunette beauty from ’60s hit That Girl, has grown older — and wider! JACKIE CHAN’S DAUGHTER BROKE Megabucks martial arts movie star JACKIE CHAN turned his back on his lesbian love child, who’s so broke she couldn’t pay her hotel bill. Jackie’s kid ETTA NG, 19, and her wife, ANDI AUTUMN, 31, tried to settle their $287 tab for five nights in a Hong Kong hostel with $2.50, telling the owner it was all they had. He said no dice and was about to get the cops when Etta called her mom, former Miss Asia ELAINE NG, for help. Jackie triggered a huge scandal when he bedded hottie Elaine in 1999 and knocked her up while wed to actress JOAN LIN. Elaine rescued the couple,…

NINA DOBREV found a part she could really sink her teeth into on The CW’s The Vampire Diaries, which she scored after a successful stint on the teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation. After six seasons and a two-year break, she revisited the paranormal hit as it bid TV goodbye in 2015. But she returns to the small screen this month in the CBS sitcom Fam. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 30-year-old actress. 1 Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1989 as Nikolina Konstantinova Dobreva, she moved to Toronto, Canada, with her family at age two. 2 Nina is fluent in English, Bulgarian and French. 3 She attended Ryerson University, majoring in sociology — but left to pursue acting. 4 She represented Canada in international competition for…

TINA TURNER thinks Princess Beatrice is simply the best for helping her overcome her embarrassment over her learning disability. The Proud Mary singer, 79, admits she felt “ashamed” of her reading and writing difficulties — until the British royal went public with her own dyslexia diagnosis in 2005. “I finally got over my lifelong sense of inadequacy,” says the hitmaker. “For the first time, I truly understood what my problem was and felt better about myself.”…

HYPNOSIS is twice as effective in treating the painful symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome as other methods, according to a recent study. The mental therapy, which includes soothing imagery and progressive relaxation techniques, helped 50 percent of test subjects find relief after one year, say researchers from University Medical Center in the Netherlands. IBS is an incurable gastrointestinal disorder that affects as much as 16 percent of the population and typically causes abdominal pain, vomiting and bouts of diarrhea and constipation. “We do not know exactly how gut-directed hypnotherapy works,” says study leader Dr. Carla Flik. “But it may change patients’ mindset and internal coping mechanisms, enabling them to increase their control over autonomic body processes, such as how they process pain and modulate gut activity.”…

MOPEY Mayim Bialik is single again after The Big Bang Theory star’s most recent romance went bust! The 43-year-old divorced mom of two — who didn’t reveal the name of her former beau Mayim Bialik is of five years — whined online: “I’ve got a half bottle of Manischewitz, four cats, and a wicked puzzle waiting for me. And for now, I am grateful in my tears and in my sadness for small blessings. They abound even now.”…

KATIE HOLMES’ parents have given her longtime squeeze Jamie Foxx their blessing — and an engagement is just around the corner, insiders say! “Jamie was nervous about meeting Katie’s parents, Martin and Kathleen, who’ve long been suspicious about his motives,” tattles a source. “But he’s assured them he has nothing but love for Katie and he’ll honor that once they’re man and wife. “Katie and Jamie have been unofficially engaged for quite a while, and now that her folks approve it’s just a matter of time before they announce it officially.” The unlikely love-birds began dating after Katie’s 2012 divorce from superstar Tom Cruise, but kept their romance on the down-low. As GLOBE reported, the Dawson’s Creek cutie nearly walked out on the Django Unchained hunk over his friendship with…

BLUE-EYED hunk PAUL NEWMAN and knockout blonde JOANNE WOODWARD starred in Hollywood’s most enduring love story during their 50-year marriage — and in 11 films together! Two years after tying the knot, the glamorous pair played against type as an unhappily married couple in the 1960 drama From the Terrace, based on the novel by John O’Hara. They had three daughters, but tragedy struck when Paul’s son from his first marriage, Scott, died of a drug overdose in 1978. Paul passed away in 2008 at 83 after a battle with lung cancer. Sadly, 88-year-old Joanne has been ravaged by Alzheimer’s disease and is now a virtual recluse.…

A COMPUTER glitch at Circle K stores around the Midwest reduced the price of gas — which is averaging $2.38 a gallon nationwide — to a mere two cents per gallon! The company reports several lucky customers were able to fill their tanks for under a buck before the error was caught. WHAT the pluck? KFC is hawking an 11 Herbs & Spices Firelog that gives off the scent of the Colonel’s secret recipe chicken when thrown on the fire. It’s, well, a birdbrained idea. AN ARMORED car’s rear doors burst open on New Jersey’s Route 3, showering the busy highway with $100 bills! As you’d expect, all hell broke loose as motorists hit the brakes and abandoned their vehicles to scoop up fistfuls of cash. East Rutherford cops are…