Table of contents for May 22, 2023 in Globe

ON THE CASE X-Men’s MICHAEL FASSBENDER gets a workout by handling his own luggage in Barcelona MOM’S THE WORD Shameless star EMMY ROSSUM mouths off at a NYC basketball game — three weeks after giving birth to her second baby! HOW SAUCY! Yellowstone’s RYAN BINGHAM, who has a country music side hustle, lifts his spirits with a swig of bourbon at a California concert OH PUDGE! Tubby Tin Man singer MIRANDA LAMBERT’s wildly swinging weight is on the rise! THE EYES HAVE IT It’s not unusual to see crooner TOM JONES bugging out — but that’s not a good look SWEAT ESCAPE Sopping singer GWEN STEFANI is all wet as the Hollaback Girl hits the stage in Florida…

YELLOWSTONE stud Kevin Costner and wife Christine, 49, are headed for the last roundup after 18 years of marriage and a herd of kids! The beauty slapped the TV cowboy with divorce papers in a Los Angeles court citing irreconcilable differences — but Costner responded a day later saying the split was “due to circumstances beyond his control.” Kevin, 68, may be headed for another divorce, too! He’s fighting with the creators of his hit Western over time and wages — and insiders tell GLOBE the show will go on with or without him!…

HOLLYWOOD hermit Jack Nicholson cleaned up his act and came out of hiding because GLOBE’s shocking pics captured the Oscar winner looking like a bedraggled bum, tipsters tattle. The Shining screen psycho, 86, sat courtside to watch his beloved L.A. Lakers take on the Memphis Grizzlies at the Staples Center — his first public outing in more than 18 months — just days after the sloppy superstar was caught on a balcony at his Hollywood Hills mansion. An insider dishes, “Those photos apparently bruised Jack’s ego. They made him realize he can’t just wallow at home forever and shut himself off from the outside world. So, he scrubbed himself up and showed his face in a bid to reassure fans he’s doing OK. “He wanted people to know he’s not…

KIERAN LEAKS URINATION SCENE Talk about an outrageous outtake! KIERAN CULKIN, 40, was clearly thinking out of the box while shooting a tense Succession scene with ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD — whose megalomaniacal character, Lukas Matsson, urinates against a wall during a bitter business negotiation. “One take they didn’t use,” says Kieran, “is where Lukas goes and pees on the rock. He has this little pouch for fake pee. I went up and just unzipped and tried to pee next to him, which wasn’t in the script.” Yikes. “I couldn’t pee, and then I remembered that it had been established that Roman couldn’t pee in front of other men,” he recalls, adding, “So then I just started peeing next to him, and as I was peeing, I started going into the scene,…

BOOZY Florida birdbrain Suzanne Mulalley got her feathers ruffled and fatally shot her pet parrot during a family squabble, lawmen say. Mulalley, 62, was liquored up in Largo when the heartless harpy turned a .380 caliber pistol on her African gray — and after committing the fowl killing, she started pecking at her husband, according to an arrest affidavit. The document states cops found the blotto battleax and hubby Steven, 66, bickering outside their house and “pushing each other.” Cops claim during the flap, meanie Mulalley used a spray bottle to soak her spouse, who was also soused. The hotheaded husband and wife were both charged with domestic battery, a misdemeanor — and ordered to steer clear of each other. In addition, officials told the cruel crone to have “no…

Fasting wrecks fertility + THE intermittent fasting fad popular with celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman and Mark Wahlberg may cause fertility problems! A new study out of the University of East Anglia in England found the diet — which consists of only eating during specific time frames — negatively impacted the production of sperm and eggs in zebra fish. Scientists discovered the fasting animals had less than half the offspring of fully fed critters — and their reproduction remained impaired even after normal eating resumed. Bears bare clot secrets + HIBERNATING bears may harbor the secret to preventing deadly blood clots! Researchers in Munich analyzed blood samples from wild brown bruins. They discovered when dormant the tubby teddies had lower levels of HSP47, a molecular chaperone that binds…

LIVID Lizzo complains New York City’s seen-and-be-seen Met Gala didn’t allow her to be livin’ large! The 308-pound performer, 35, says her first-ever appearance at the star-studded fashion fundraiser last year left her hungry, dry and dead on her feet. “I was like, b***h, can we get some hors d’oeuvres?” she salivated on Instagram, adding the event’s waiters are “stingy with the liquor.” The annual ball, held again at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art earlier this month, left Lizzo in a lather. “There’s a long f***ing line,” she wailed. “So you’re waiting and that’s the hardest part. I was sweating in a big-ass coat, my feet were hurting. “They don’t have no chairs, no cocktails. I was like, b***h, can we get some chairs or some drinks or…

HEARTBROKEN Sandra Bullock is in a world of misery as she and boyfriend Bryan Randall continue to live separate lives, tattle spies, who insist she’s ready to throw herself back into acting in a bid to numb the pain. The 58-year-old Hollywood golden gal — mom to two adopted kids — stepped back from movies last year saying she was exhausted and wanted to channel her full energy on family. But insiders dish she was also fighting to save her ailing romance with handsome photographer Bryan, 57, her squeeze for the last eight years. New photos of the Miss Congeniality rom-com queen — who was cruelly betrayed by cheating ex Jesse James during their five-year marriage — show her looking dejected while running errands in the Big Apple with her…

TV CHATTERBOX James Corden and his The Late Late Show were canned after eight years because they were big losers — costing CBS a whopping $20 million more a year than the program earned, insiders dish. While skits like Carpool Karaoke featuring singing celebrities were popular, the show was costing $60 million to $65 million a year — including Corden’s $5 million salary — while pulling in less than $45 million, sources say. “CBS could not afford him anymore,” says CNN anchor Brian Stelter.…

IT’S all about that backlash! Whiskey Glasses country boy MORGAN WALLEN and ’50s-obsessed All About That Bass pop star MEGHAN TRAINOR have more in common than you might think! Both 29-year-old chart-toppers are battling a barrage of bitter fan fury! Morgan, for his part, has 60,000 or so country devotees fuming after canceling a sold-out concert in Oxford, Miss. — mere minutes before showtime! A viral video shows a security guard at the venue wailing about Wallen being too drunk to walk. His peeps, however, insist that’s total hogwash, maintaining the crooner “lost his voice.” As for mouthy Meghan, currently expecting her second son with Spy Kids actor hubby DARYL SABARA, 30, she stupidly stepped into her own stinking heap of poor publicity. Revealing she’ll be homeschooling her kiddos during…

PARANOID King Charles is ruthlessly cleaning house — axing royal retainers, advisors and even his own relatives — as the mad monarch’s become convinced he’s the target of a sinister plot to oust him, high-level palace insiders say. Terrified his darkest secrets are being taped, the mentally tortured king has ordered hourly security checks for electronic bugs in ALL the royal residences — even his own chambers, say sources. “He’s obsessed with plugging palace leaks of conversations — even his own pillow talk,” dishes a well-placed courtier. “After waiting 70 years, Charles has achieved his destiny of becoming king. But he’s convinced people are out to get him and there’s a plot to make his reign the shortest ever. “His mission is to muzzle the palace’s loose lips and no…

SOBBING socialite Jasmine Hartin pleaded guilty to killing her police chief pal in the Caribbean country of Belize — hours before the blubbering blonde was slated to go to trial for manslaughter by negligence! The estranged wife of British billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft’s son will learn her fate on May 31. The moneybags killer, 34, may get off with a paltry $5,000 fine. But Judge Ricardo Sandcroft ominously warned he’s “not bound” by sentencing precedents — and sources say the well-heeled weeper could be forced to serve up to nine months behind bars at a notorious scorpion-infested prison! Gun nut Hartin claimed San Pedro Superintendent Henry Jemmott, 42, allowed her to handle his Glock on a deserted dock in 2021 and it “just went off” — putting a bullet in…

HUMILIATED over hubby Donald Trump’s shameful sex trials and fed up with his seeming indifference, former First Lady Melania Trump is splitting for Europe with their 17-year-old son, Barron, according to sources who claim the move is a trial separation before a $3.7 billion divorce! Trump’s failure to publicly tweet his wife of 18 years a happy 53rd birthday message on April 26 — while he was busy whipping off fuming messages about political rivals and his legal problems — apparently was the final straw for Melania, an insider says. “Donald is either causing her public embarrassment or basically ignoring her because he’s obsessed with his candidacy and his current trials, which are humiliating because they involve claims of cheating or sexual shenanigans,” says an insider. Writer and advice columnist…

SULTRY Ann-Margret promised lover Elvis Presley she’d do a rock ’n’ roll album — and now, 60 years later, the 82-year-old is making good on her vow. The still-sultry Swede belts out classic tunes including Born to Be Wild and Rock Around the Clock on a new album — her first in over a decade — backed by A-list rockers like The Who’s Pete Townshend and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry. The rock-fest was inspired by her year-long affair with The King, who swept the leggy 23-year-old hottie off her feet when they costarred in the hit 1964 film Viva Las Vegas. “Ann still looks back at her time with Elvis and how nurturing he was with her,” a friend says. “He believed in her talent as a singer and said she…

GENTLE James Brolin reveals why his marriage to notorious diva Barbra Streisand has lasted a quarter century — they go to couples therapy and “cry together!” The Catch Me If You Can acting veteran, 82, says he and 81-year-old songbird Babs owe their longevity to visiting a shrink! “Have a mediator you both are easy sitting with and resolving things,” he advises. “It solves it immediately!” Barbra and Brolin met in 1996 through a mutual friend and married two years later. Despite Streisand’s reputation for being so controlling that she only allows photographers to shoot her from one angle, she and Brolin have beaten the long odds on Hollywood marriages, though sources say it hasn’t been easy for the handsome heartthrob!…

DON LEMON’s firing from CNN came after his fiancé, Tim Malone, warned him to “cool it” with his arrogant antics, say sources. The 57-year-old gay news host was suddenly sacked April 24 amid claims he was sexist and hated women. Now a source says real estate mogul Tim, 39, who proposed to Don in 2019, had warned him to “just cool it down and go with the flow. “But Don is not the type of person to listen,” says the source. “He pushes the boundaries in every facet of his life and this show was no different.” Don’s axing, following his comment that GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was “past her prime” because she was a 51-year-old gal, has triggered “arguments” between the couple, says the source. But Tim still…

SPOILER alert: That wheezing guy in the black helmet is Luke Skywalker’s dad! But you wouldn’t know it from the original script for the 1980 epic space opera The Empire Strikes Back! This Star Wars sequel — again starring MARK HAMILL, HARRISON FORD and CARRIE FISHER as the intrepid space cadets — got its great ending plot twist with Darth Vader’s confession from screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, who added it during rewrites. Today, the movie is viewed by many to be even better than the first Star Wars.…

REPUBLICAN President Abe Lincoln imposed the first income tax on Americans to pay for the Civil War. Folks earning at least $600 a year were hit with a flat 3 percent tax bite while incomes of $10,000 or more paid 5 percent. SMILE! All humans have the same facial expressions — and use the same muscles — to convey universal emotions regardless of sex, ethnicity, age or culture! TSA workers at America’s airports scooped up $1.5 million in loose change in 2020 and spent the loot — along with $900,000 found the previous year — to buy COVID-fighting masks, gloves and face shields. CREWS on popular cruise lines use secret codes to communicate and keep passengers in the dark, including PVI, which stands for Public Vomiting Incident. So much for…

MICHAEL JACKSON’s buddy Bubbles — who lived with the King of Pop at his theme park–like Neverland Ranch — celebrated his 40th birthday at a Florida retirement home, where he’s been since 2005 after the singer gave him away. The bash at the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, Fla., was totally bananas featuring “a special ape-healthy cake,” according to the center’s director, Patti Ragan. “We frosted it with mashed bananas and added a little bit of blue food coloring and then we wrote his name in blueberries.” And befitting his name, he got to monkey around with lots of bubbles. “We had tubs of bubble bath and paper bubbles everywhere,” says Ragan. The 4-foot-11, 185-pound chimp went ape over his guests, too, says Ragan, who adds, “He just wanted…

BLOWHARD Tucker Carlson was just the first loose cannon to be tossed overboard as FOX News battles to stay afloat after paying $787.5 million for lying about the 2020 presidential election, insiders say. Sources fear Donald Trump’s on-air FOX boosters — including hosts Sean Hannity, Jeanine Pirro, Steve Doocy, Laura Ingraham, Maria Bartiromo and others — are on the chopping block following the network’s monster settlement with Dominion voting machines over election lies. But even as FOX hosts and rank-and-filers brace for a bloodbath, sources say the fight is on to claim Tucker’s primetime job as Brian Kilmeade, Jesse Watters and even Geraldo Rivera go toe to toe behind the scenes, with insiders predicting Hannity’s squeeze, blond beauty Ainsley Earhardt, has the inside track! “There is a sense of doom…

CHEYENNE JACKSON, 47, relapsed after years of sobriety. “VULNERABLE is what I’m feeling today,” laments the Call Me Kat star. “After nearly a decade of sobriety I fell off the wagon. I’ve been carrying a lot of shame. Scared to share it. But I know it can help someone so here I go.” DEMI MOORE, 60, and ex-hubby BRUCE WILLIS, 68, became first-time grandparents to a baby girl, thanks to their eldest daughter, RUMER WILLIS, 34, and her musician boyfriend DEREK RICHARD THOMAS. The born-at-home baby is named LOUETTA ISLEY THOMAS WILLIS. Harry Potter magic man DANIEL RADCLIFFE, 33, and longtime girlfriend ERIN DARKE, 38, welcomed their first lil wizard! Bachelor alum BEKAH MARTINEZ, 28, and fiancé GRAYSTON LEONARD are expecting their third baby, due late September. Bad breaks for…

TRAILBLAZER Rita Moreno has spent more than seven decades in the spotlight. The dynamic West Side Story siren is one of the few performers to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony — and was the first Latina to accomplish the feat. Now 91, she’s zoomed into the Fast & Furious film franchise. The acting legend portrays the feisty grandmother of Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto in Fast X. Here are ten things you don’t know about Rita. 1 Born Rosa Dolores Alverío in Puerto Rico, she took dancing lessons in NYC from an uncle of Rita Hayworth, the Hollywood bombshell who inspired her stage name. 2 At 13, she made her Broadway debut in Skydrift, where she caught the attention of Tinseltown talent scouts. 3…

JERRY SPRINGER’s TV talk show made him rich and famous beyond his wildest dreams — but sources say the raunchy ringmaster went to his grave fearing he’d pay for promoting garbage in the afterlife! The 79-year-old, who died of pancreatic cancer April 27, first dreamed of becoming a political powerhouse but lost runs for the U.S. House of Representatives and governor of Ohio. He served four terms on the Cincinnati City Council and was the city’s mayor in 1977. A hooker scandal derailed his political career. When he launched his syndicated talk show in 1991, his original vision was to discuss serious issues like homelessness and gun control. “Jerry’s show bombed in the ratings and his distributor was ready to pull the plug,” a source says. “His staff switched to…