Table of contents for November 9, 2020 in Globe

JUST two weeks after splitting with his wife of 14 years, former Home Improvement kid Zachery Ty Bryan was arrested and tossed in the pokey on charges of trying to strangle a terrified galpal! The 39-year-old, whose career petered out in 2009 after starring as Tim Allen’s son Brad on the hit sitcom, was busted on charges of felony strangulation and misdemeanors of assault and interfering with a report on Oct. 16. After a night of partying at a club where he was photographed surrounded by four gals with an iced bottle of vodka at the table, Bryan, who starred on TV from 1991 to 1999, reportedly got into a heated clash with his galpal, who police did not identify. She claims furious Bryan grabbed her by the throat and squeezed,…

BAYWATCH hunk Jeremy Jackson’s cover girl ex-wife has been found homeless wandering California’s mean streets in worn and shabby clothes! Lost for two years, leggy former model Loni Willison, 37, is now virtually unrecognizable — missing teeth, with her long blond tresses cropped short. She was found pushing a grocery cart filled with her battered possessions in Venice, Calif. Despite her tragic situation, she insists, “I’m doing just fine. I haven’t spoken to Jeremy. I don’t want to speak to my friends, I don’t want anyone to help me. “I haven’t got a cellphone. I’ve got food and I’ve got a place to sleep. I get money here and there, and there’s food in the bins and near the stores. “There’s lots here.” Loni plunged from riches to rags in…

AMBUSHED by a stranger, a 61-year-old grandmother was left blind from a vicious acid-tossing attack right outside her Philadelphia home, authorities say. Phlebotomist Helen Jones was headed to her car to go draw blood for patients at a nursing home when a cruel creep splashed her in the face with chlorosulfonic acid — burning her lips, tongue and eyes! Aneesha Summerville, Helen’s daughter, says, “There was a man there, and he was like, ‘Hey, are you good?’ As if he was inquiring about her safety, making sure she was OK. “And when she looked up to say, ‘Yes,’ he threw the stuff in her face and ran off.” Aneesha says docs were unable to determine if her mom’s vision will ever return and adds, “It’s devastating.”…

PASSENGER planes are swarming with germs — but the dirtiest spots are the pockets on the back of the seats, warns a veteran flight attendant. Kat Kamalani urges passengers to bring sanitizing wipes on flights and wipe down areas like tray tables, air vents, seatbelt buckles and safety guides. But her biggest no-no is: “Do not touch the backseat pocket. “They clean them out between flights but they don’t sanitize them. Think of all the dirty tissues, barf bags and garbage that has been in there.” Another wipe-down must are the fold-out eating tables. “I have seen so many parents use this as a changing table for their child’s diaper and then they put it in the backseat pocket,” she notes. And don’t forget to wipe the air vents, she…

KATHLEEN TURNER will be back at Michael Douglas’ throat as his acid ex in The Kominsky Method — to fill the hole left by 86-year-old Alan Arkin, who abruptly pulled out of the third and final season of the Emmy-nominated Netflix comedy series. Husky-voiced Kathleen, 66, has a long history of working with Michael, 76 — from their steamy pairing in 1984’s Romancing the Stone to playing a bitterly divorcing couple in 1989’s War of the Roses. If you love two people at the same time, choose the second. Because if you really loved the first one, you wouldn’t have fallen for the second.— Johnny Depp…

DESPERATE to turn back time, 61-year-old Marie Osmond is going whole hog on a head-to-toe makeover, sources snitch. The Paper Roses singer is no stranger to cosmetic fixes, says an insider, who insists Marie is considering a slew of procedures to get a new look “that’ll knock ’em out! “She’s getting everything done from Botox and fillers to face-lift to boob job and lipo-sculpting to enhance her waistline.” The Mormon mother of eight, who previously lost 45 pounds while fronting for a national diet company, “still looks great” — and pals fear plastic surgery could leave the star looking freakish. “But there’s no changing Marie’s mind. She’s determined to wipe every new line, every new crease off her face,” the insider says. Sources claim the impending makeover’s motivated by revenge.…

But Hoda & Jenna ain’t happy CHAT show icon Kathie Lee Gifford is talking to NBC bigwigs about coming back to Today — and they’re hot over the idea, spills a source. “The producers are thrilled and are actually considering making the show’s fourth hour a threesome,” blabs an insider. “They feel it just hasn’t been the same without Kathie Lee.” The wine-tippling 67-year-old chatterbox left her Today gig in April 2019 and moved to Nashville to pursue a career in country music and produce family-oriented content for Hallmark Channel. Meanwhile, Jenna Bush Hager took Kathie Lee’s seat next to Hoda Kotb on the segment known for its breezy vibe and friendly gabbing. “Jenna never really grabbed the audience like Kathie Lee,” dishes the insider. “Kathie Lee’s been a Today mainstay…

TIGER King sensation Carole Baskin, whose first husband mysteriously disappeared in 1997, has news for all the cool cats and kittens — she’s bisexual! The controversial TV documentary and Dancing with the Stars celeb purrs that although she is now on her second hubby, Howard Baskin, she has another sexual side! “I was always very male-oriented in the things I did. I never had any mothering instincts or anything, you know, I never played with dolls,” says the Big Cat Rescue queen, 59. “And so I always thought there was something off there, that I couldn’t quite put my finger on.” She said she put her finger on it in the 1980s, when she realized she could “just as easily have a wife as a husband!” Me-yow! I’ve begun to…

CINDERELLA HAS BALL WITH A MARRIED MAN LOOKS like Cinderella’s been busy during COVID-time, and it has nothing to do with sweeping germy floors! LILY JAMES, the 31-year-old Brit beauty who charmed audiences as the living, breathing Disney princess, got caught brazenly canoodling with very much married DOMINIC WEST, ironically the star of Showtime’s adultery-themed series, The Affair. No kidding! The actress breezed through a reported summertime fairy-tale fling with Captain America star CHRIS EVANS, 39. But now, there are more scandalous doings she wouldn’t mind sweeping under the rug — a recent PDA-packed getaway in romantic Rome with the 51-year-old father of five! Dominic plays Lily’s dad on their new BBC miniseries, The Pursuit of Love! “I think women should be more indulgent of affairs,” the male performer professes.…

A FORMER Washington state police chief who worked as a pinup model is accused of bilking workers’ comp out of $67,000! Brenda Lynn Cavoretto, 47, was busted after strutting her stuff under the names “Tuff As Nailz” and “Black Widow Beattie,” authorities say. As Coulee County’s police chief in 2012, she answered a call and the 285-pound corpse of a man who’d hanged himself in a barn fell on her. After a brief stint as a cop in another city, Cavoretto filed for benefits, claiming she’d not only suffered back, shoulder and abdominal injuries, but also such severe psychological trauma that she couldn’t work or be around other people. She saw a psychologist beginning in 2015, complaining of nightmares and an inability to leave the house. According to charging papers,…

LONGTIME TV star S. Epatha Merkerson turned in her lieutenant’s badge after 17 years as Anita Van Buren on the police procedural Law & Order and landed the part of hospital bigwig Sharon Goodwin on Chicago Med in 2015. This month, the NBC medical drama kicks off its sixth season with Epatha continuing her role as the compassionate chief of services. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 67-year-old actress. 1 She was born in Michigan in 1952 and raised by a single mother after her parents split when she was five. 2 Her first name is Sharon, but she prefers to be called Epatha — which was the name of a teacher who’d helped keep her father in school during his youth. 3 She made her television…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Taking a more budget-minded approach to spending is a smart move while Venus and Mars clash early in the week, Ram, tempting you to blow money on things you really don’t need! Later, look for an opportunity to strengthen your relationship with a sibling or parent by reminiscing over old photos. GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Stressed over routines being upended by changes at work and for some, the kids’ school? Relax, Twin. The cosmos promises a sense of calm by the weekend! With Mercury moving direct, it’s easier to get things done now. Go ahead — organize plans for the upcoming holidays or start that big DIY project! LEO July 23 - Aug. 23 Monday finds Lions worrying about your appearance. Taking…

MILEY CYRUS says her pooch Little Dog bit off more than she could chew when the bowser gnawed backstage wires on The Voice — and was electrocuted! While the pup is “thriving and fine” now, Miley says it was touch and go. Recalls the Wrecking Ball singer, “My dog goes and bites on the wires of the TV everyone’s watching and all of a sudden we notice she’s convulsing and getting electrocuted.” Ruff day.…

OSCAR-winner Jeff Bridges is battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma — a rampaging cancer that often spreads through the body to the liver, bone marrow and lungs. The 70-year-old Crazy Heart star, who has three grown daughters with wife Susan, 67, announced his diagnosis quoting his character in the flick The Big Lebowski: “As the Dude would say, New s**t has come to light. “Although it is a serious disease, I feel fortunate that I have a great team of doctors and the prognosis is good. “I’m starting treatment and will keep you posted on my recovery.” While the cancer can be deadly — it killed Jackie Kennedy — experts say the five-year survival rate is 73 percent. Former Star Trek actor George Takei sent Jeff the message: “You’re a fighter. You can…

TALK king Rush Limbaugh is losing his desperate fight against stage 4 lung cancer — and he knows it, sources tell GLOBE. The 69-year-old conservative radio host has given up hope for a miracle cure after tests showed the killer disease has progressed, insiders say. “Life’s over, you just don’t know when,” Rush admits. The powerful pundit says he’s gotten a “terminal diagnosis with a time limit on it … You know, I wake up every day and thank God that I did. I go to bed every night praying I’m gonna wake up.” An insider reveals: “Rush knows he’s living with a death sentence over his head. He doesn’t want to fool himself anymore. The end is near. He feels it in his bones. “The last round of aggressive…

IN 1922 America was rocked by riots over men’s hats. Traditionalists wanted to ban straw toppers after September and force dudes to switch to felt. Guys literally fought in the streets for eight days. The fashion police made no arrests. LAKE Superior is so big — and so deep — it contains enough water to flood North AND South America with one foot of standing water! PRESIDENT Dwight Eisenhower was actually lassoed by a horse-riding cowboy at his 1953 inauguration. Ike’s sidekick — Tricky Dick Nixon — laughed his butt off at the stunt. HOLY smokes! Nearly half of all Americans — 45 percent — believe in ghosts, demons and evil spirits, according to a national survey.…

Let the real fighting begin! Actor and pro wrestler JOHN CENA, 43, secretly tied the knot with SHAY SHARIATZADEH, 30. The celeb, left heartbroken when former fiancée NIKKI BELLA canceled their 2018 wedding, started dating his new bride, a project manager for a tech company, last year. RHOC star SHANNON BEADOR’s ex-husband DAVID BEADOR, 55, married pregnant fiancée LESLEY-ANN COOK, 37. The bride’s expecting her third child, a girl. It’ll be the groom’s fourth daughter. Former Bachelorette stars ASHLEY HEBERT, 35, and husband J.P. ROSENBAUM, 45, called it quits after nearly eight years of marriage. The pretty pediatric dentist and the real estate broker share two young children. Following a recent split from fiancé GARRETT YRIGOYEN, former Bachelorette star BECCA KUFRIN, 30, is freezing her eggs. “I’m not old but…

REALITY TV queen Khloé Kardashian confesses she once worked as Nicole Richie’s personal assistant because “I just needed a job!” The Keeping Up with the Kardashians cutie, 36, says, “I went to school with her. She was one of my best friends growing up and we were just really, really close and then when she started doing Simple Life — I think it was after Simple Life — she just needed some help.” Nicole’s reality career crashed in 2007, the same year Khloé’s series started.…

SERIAL sleaze Matt Lauer’s ready to pop the question to squeeze Shamin Abas over the holidays, sources tell GLOBE. Pals snitch the axed Today host, 62, hopes for a brighter future with the striking public relations guru, 50, a year after his 20-year marriage to Annette Roque ended in divorce. “Shamin has been a welcome breath of fresh air in his life,” spills an insider. “They were friends for years and moved in the same social circles. Matt’s always thought Shamin was attractive, smart and sophisticated. “He showers her with gifts and wants to buy a house on the East Coast, where they can make new memories. Matt’s hinted he’s already bought the ring and plans to propose by New Year’s.” Other sources insist the disgraced anchor is already putting…

MATTHEW McConaughey’s father predicted he’d die while making love to his wife — and he did! “He’d always told me and my brothers, ‘Boys, when I go, I’m gonna be makin’ love to your mother,’” recalls the Oscar-winning Dallas Buyers Club star, 51. “And that’s what happened. He had a heart attack when he climaxed.” His dad, James, passed in 1982 and Matthew revealed his parents “were, at times, violent” and “divorced twice, married three times.”…