Table of contents for July 1, 2024 in Globe

YELLOWSTONE star Kevin Costner is turning into a brooding mope with the flop of his vanity project Horizon movie and fast-fading romance with songbird Jewel, according to sources who say worried pals are telling him to get it together and stop sulking. “He’s no fun anymore. The joy and the spring has gone out of his step,” spills an insider. The 69-year-old Oscar winner has been busy promoting the first part of his epic Civil War passion project and sources say the slamming critics gave it at the Cannes film fest still stings. “He’s putting on this bravado and coming up with all these excuses why Hollywood is not on his side. But he’s becoming tiresome to everyone, and the pity party just never ends,” reveals the snitch. “He complains…

SPINMASTER Pat Sajak won’t be out of the game long after wrapping up 41 seasons on Wheel of Fortune. The host, 77, is trying his hand at acting, starring in a Hawaii Theatre production of Prescription: Murder, a 1962 play that was the basis for TV’s Columbo. Snarky Sajak is cast as an arrogant psychiatrist who thinks he’s come up with the perfect alibi when he murders his wife, while his pal Joe Moore plays the detective who solves the puzzle.…

A FEISTY teenager celebrating her high school graduation was attacked by a shark that latched its powerful jaws onto her hand in shallow water at a Texas beach — and she fought off the beast by pummeling it with her free fist! The frantic punch-out saved the life of Damiana Humphrey, 19, who was splashing in the surf with her siblings when the five-foot shark tried to drag her into the deep. “As I was turning, a shark grabbed a hold of my hand,” says the Oklahoma grad, who was on a family vacation in Galveston. “I looked down and there was a shark attached to my hand, so I guess I started punching it! That part is kind of blurry to me.” After she managed to KO the sea monster,…

Best weight-loss fruits + CERTAIN fruits and veggies carry more weight for folks looking to whittle their waistlines, according to nutritionist Aneequa Godart. The U.K.–based professional suggests eating fiber-filled apples and strawberries, blueberries and raspberries, which can satisfy cravings for sweets while being low in sugar. Godart also recommends celery because “your body may burn more calories digesting it than the calories it contains,” and non-starchy vegetables, such as broccoli, cauliflower and cucumber, which promote fullness due to high fiber and water content. Prenatal fluoride danger + EXCESSIVE fluoride consumption by expectant moms may take a bite out of children’s mental health — leaving tots twice as likely to develop neurobehavioral problems by age three, research suggests. University of Florida scientists found kids born to gals with high amounts of…

A RAGING controversy over who is the real Miss Alabama has exploded after a nearly unheard of pageant crowned plus-size cutie Sara Milliken as its winner. No height and weight was given for the squat, chubby-cheeked and obviously obese Milliken, 23, as she beamed while accepting the crown of National American Miss Alabama 2024 over Memorial Day weekend. But all hell broke loose when media outlets began calling her “Miss Alabama,” the title officially held by Diane Westhoven, who looks like a traditional beauty queen at 5-foot-9 and 120 pounds with measurements of 31-23.5-35. As Miss Alabama, Westhoven, 21, will represent her state in the upcoming Miss America pageant, according to former Miss Alabama Amie Beth Shaver. “Miss America now is 101 years old and then Miss USA, which goes…

BLABBERMOUTH Hoda Kotb admits she’s a lousy date! The 59-year-old Today co-host — who has been single since fiancé Joel Schiffman bolted in 2022 — admitted to colleague Jenna Bush Hager, 42, one of the “main relationship complaints” she receives from sulky suitors is that she’s too busy as a career gal and mom of two to give the fellas the time of day. “One of the main relationship complaints that I get is, ‘I don’t get enough time. I need more time,’ and I understand it, because your life is divided into a pie,” she confessed. “You always think, my relationship can wait until tomorrow. The kids can’t wait, but that can wait!” And although Hoda is against ghosting as a “cowardly way out,” she joked in April about various ways…

THE golden age romance between former Dallas hunk Patrick Duffy and Happy Days babe Linda Purl could be headed for the rocks as insiders say he’s tiring of the frenetic pace she’s set with her craving for constant change and travel. “They don’t seem to stay in one place for long,” spills an insider. “In the last month or two, they’ve been to Mexico, Tokyo and New York. It’s too much for Patrick.” Sources snitch the 75-year-old, who played good guy Bobby Ewing on the iconic primetime soap for 12 years until 1991, was content with his relaxed lifestyle as a widower until the 68-year-old beauty swept him off his feet and into her busy world. Patrick, whose wife, Carlyn Rosser, passed in 2017, and four-time divorcee Linda fell in…

FOR decades, UFOs have been mysteriously monitoring atomic bomb test sites, locations where the weapons are made and missile silos, leaving some experts to develop a shocking conclusion — space aliens are intent on preventing humans from destroying themselves! Three studies exposed by a research group led by retired U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Larry Hancock and Ian Porritt, a data analyst with Harvard’s UFO-hunting Galileo Project, found a mysterious link between nuclear weapons and strange spacecraft from 1945 to 1975 in the U.S. “This intelligence understands atomics, and they understand atomic weaponry,” says Hancock. The studies found that an extraterrestrial intelligence has “focused” on America’s atomic weaponry over the years since the U.S. became the first nation to develop nukes. Hancock notes alien observation “progressed from one type of…

Golfer RORY McILROY’s holed an uncontested divorce with wife ERICA STOLL. The pair’s prenup includes split custody of three-year-old daughter POPPY. Reality TV star KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN’s skin-and-bones baby daddy SCOTT DISICK reveals his diet secret. He quit “pounding” a carton of Hawaiian sweet rolls washed down with 20 ginger ales every day. Actor TOM BOWER, who starred in The Waltons and Die Hard 2, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his L.A. home at age 86. DONALD TRUMP White House aide STEVE BANNON was ordered to report to prison by July 1 to serve four months for defying a congressional subpoena. Screen heartthrob RICHARD GERE bought music icon PAUL SIMON’s Connecticut estate for a song. Simon originally paid $16.5 million, but Gere got it for just $10.8M. Progressive blowhard…

HOUSTON hip-hop artist Megan Thee Stallion, 29, isn’t horsing around as she gallops toward another Hot Girl Summer with her follow-up to 2022’s Traumazine. The newly released Megan is the Grammy winner’s third studio album — and her first since her tearful testimony sent fellow rapper Tory Lanez to the slammer for a decade for shooting her in the foot in 2020. Here are ten things you don’t know about the freestyling star. 1 Born Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, she later adopted her stage name after being called a stallion because of her voluptuous 5-foot-10 bod. 2 She’s the daughter of rapper Holly Aleece Thomas, who performed as Holly-Wood and would bring young Megan to recording sessions with her instead of placing the tot in daycare. 3 Megan has had…

THE chilling mystery of an elderly woman found brutally murdered inside her home has been solved — a bloodthirsty black bear did it! In the first fatal black bear attack in California history, a brutal bruin broke into 71-year-old Patrice Miller’s remote home near Downieville and mauled her to death before hanging around and feasting on her remains! Sierra County sheriff’s deputies on a welfare check last November encountered a grisly scene: the mutilated body of Patrice in her trashed home two hours northeast of Sacramento. Although there was a broken door and bear scat on the porch, the officers assumed a demented critter had been drawn by the scent of the woman’s bloodied corpse. Now they know the bear was the culprit! “It appeared the bear had probably been…

CASH-STRAPPED Kim Zolciak was ordered by a Georgia court to cough up $2,482 to pay her Target credit card as the Real Housewives of Atlanta star grapples with ongoing debt issues amid her divorce from ex-jock Kroy Biermann. The shopping mecca charged Kim, 46, “failed, neglected and refused” to cover her bill since forking over $500 in 2022. Sources snitch the judgment is a drop in the bucket for the Bravo babe, who reportedly owes the IRS over $1 million!…

EMBATTLED Alec Baldwin is being pushed by his fame-crazed wife, Hilaria, into starring in a family reality show just as he faces trial for involuntary manslaughter, say insiders, triggering fears the pressure could wreck his health and marriage! Sources say Hilaria, 40, is the driving force behind the TLC show The Baldwins, and while it doesn’t premiere until next year, the stress of working on it plus preparing for his July 9 trial has the 66-year-old 30 Rock star in a lather, say sources. “Hilaria’s fascinated with the spotlight and wants to turn herself and her family into superstars and not just through association with Alec,” spills an insider. “A lot of people around Alec think it’s bonkers for him to consider doing a reality show now when he’s absolutely…

JERSEY Shore loudmouth Angelina Pivarnick was hit with criminal charges after an alleged altercation at her $1.3 million mansion in Freehold — but the reality gal’s attorney pooh-poohs the “very minor incident” and blames her behavior on “an adverse reaction to prescribed over-the-counter medication!” According to a municipal summons, Pivarnick, 37, is accused of simple assault, criminal mischief, obstructing the administration of law and resisting arrest. Sources snitch the TV star’s fiancé, 35-year-old Vinny Tortorella, was present at her home at the time of the incident. Local lawmen say they’re not able to discuss the exact nature of what may have happened at Pivarnick’s house because there are legal restrictions on releasing information related to domestic violence cases and/or ongoing investigations. Pivarnick’s lawyer, James Leonard Jr., jaws, “We look forward…

IN A gruesome triple whammy, sharks savaged three people in ONE day — at two neighboring Florida beaches! Authorities are issuing frantic warnings to swimmers along Florida’s Gulf Coast after the bloody June 7 shark frenzy that left one woman and two teen girls with devastating injuries — including partial amputations! In the first attack, Virginia resident and mom of three Elisabeth Foley, 45, had part of her left hand amputated after a shark tore into her near WaterSound Beach, according to South Walton Fire Chief Ryan Crawford. Hardly two hours later, a couple of Alabama teenagers were splashing in waist-deep water at Seacrest Beach when a shark — possibly the SAME one — chomped on the foot of McCray Faust, 17, and tore enough chunks out of 15-year-old Lulu…

INCURABLE lung cancer can be halted in its tracks by a daily prescription pill, which could extend the lives of terminal patients for years! That’s the finding of a trial led by researchers at Australia’s Peter MacCallum Cancer Center. The team analyzed the efficacy of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor lorlatinib against an older medication in the same class among people whose advanced disease had been previously untreated. Their study consisted of nearly 300 people living with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) caused by a mutation of the ALK gene. Lorlatinib is designed to bind to ALK receptors on the surface of cells, blocking the growth of tumors and stopping the advancement of the deadly condition. ALK-positive NSCLC is typically aggressive and often attacks the brain and central nervous system.…

VIRTUOUS vocalist Kenedi Anderson, who dropped out of American Idol after winning a coveted platinum ticket in 2022, has answered a calling from the ultimate judge — she’s serving an 18-month Mormon mission trip in Honolulu. After wowing the judges — Luke Bryan called her “the biggest star we’ve ever seen” — Kenedi withdrew from the show for “personal reasons.” The 20-year-old says she’ll continue to pursue her singing career after she completes her ministry.…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Mercury shifts into Leo this week, making you crave loyalty and stability at work or home. Speak your mind, Ram, but avoid pressuring others into commitments they may not want, or your wishes could backfire! Money luck arrives near the weekend — be sure to save some $$ for a rainy day! GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Jupiter helps you make a promising new connection by chatting with a stranger at a place you frequently visit. Keep a positive mindset and smile, Twin! Midweek finds you feeling under the weather — take a day off to rest! Enter a contest or buy a lotto ticket on Independence Day. Hint: Number 12 is lucky! LEO July 23 - Aug. 23 Cosmic connections re-spark enthusiasm…

PUDGY Prince Andrew is looking a pot-bellied, flabby mess as insiders tattle he’s stuffing his face nonstop and playing Russian roulette with his health. “He has no muscle tone and a big gut, which can be a walking advertisement for diabetes or a heart attack if he’s not careful,” a source warns. The eating binge is likely an attempt to find comfort as King Charles’ 64-year-old brother can’t afford the upkeep on his royal château and is facing an eviction, insiders dish. But instead of grabbing the bull by the horns he’s reaching for his fork, and “gorging on snacks and ordering his chef to whip up too many meat pies,” snitches the spy. “Food is one of his only comforts now.” As GLOBE reported, the Duke of York was…