Globe September 22, 2025

LEONARDO DICAPRIO’S bromance with Bradley Cooper blew up when The Hangover hunk started dating Gigi Hadid — and Leo desperately wants Bradley back in his posse, a source dishes. “The dynamic is mega awkward because Gigi fell hard for Leo back when they hooked up, but he wanted to play the field, so things fizzled out. At the time, there was a lot of resentment from Gigi and her friends towards Leo,” spills the insider. “Bradley came onto the scene soon after that and Leo kept his distance, assuming it wouldn’t last very long. But it’s turned out to be the real deal.” The Titanic hunk and super-model Gigi were spotted together several times between September 2022 and the following June. An insider even dished: “Leo is definitely pursuing Gigi,”…

JITTERY Bradley Cooper is dealing with major proposal nerves linked to money worries, insiders say, that keep the big-screen hunk from popping the question and slipping an engagement ring on the finger of Gigi Hadid. Sources dish that the 50-year-old Hangover star has been fretting over the idea of merging his finances with the 30-year-old supermodel he’s dated since late 2023. Meanwhile, pals are urging him to put those lingering fears aside and seal the deal — especially now that Gigi’s best friend Taylor Swift is engaged to Travis Kelce. “Gigi’s not pressuring him and has ordered everyone in her life to do the same, but it’s no secret she’s waiting for this to happen,” says an insider. “And with Taylor and Travis getting engaged, it’s definitely bringing heat to…

SHATTERED shock jock Howard Stern is fighting to save his job at SiriusXM and hang on to his self-proclaimed title as King of All Media — but the satellite network is aiming to sideline the aging star after the conclusion of his current contract to clear the field for more relevant talent, sources say. But if Howard, 71, fails to secure a profitable new deal, he plans to save face by announcing he’s leaving his radio home of two decades to be by the side of his ailing mom, 97-year-old Ray Schiffman Stern, according to tipsters. The professional blabber-mouth recently blindsided fans — and his 95 employees — by unexpectedly announcing that he’d return to The Howard Stern Show nearly a week later than planned from his scheduled summer break.…

SONGBIRD Kelly Clarkson is hoping to exit her talk show to focus more on music — including getting back to performing live and returning to the coach’s chair on The Voice. Even as she continues to console her children, River, 11, and Remington, 9, after the Aug. 7 death of their father, her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock, “Kelly’s priorities are continuing to shift back toward music,” says an insider. Although rumors swirled that her many absences from her talk-show set were a signal she was ready to quit, she actually needed the breaks to deal with Brandon’s illness. He was also the reason she postponed some dates of her Las Vegas residency — at the time, she told fans in an Instagram post she needed to step back to be with…

PRINCE HARRY’S social-climbing sweetie, Meghan, is enjoying wine-fueled power lunches without her hubby, who is put out over being excluded from her star-studded circle, sources say. The Duchess of Sussex, 44, was reportedly spotted sipping white wine at a boozy lunch in the couple’s ritzy town of Montecito — without her spouse. “She always claims she’s going to work meetings, so it would be weird for Harry to tag along,” an insider shares. “But then it turns out it was more of a social thing because she’ll be gone for hours and come home with all this gossip from her girlfriends.” As GLOBE readers know, Meghan and the Duke of Sussex, 41, ditched palace duties in 2020 to chase fame and fortune in California. But sources say Harry has been…

MONEY-HUNGRY Meghan is scrambling to drum up more dough and salvage what’s left of her Hollywood dream, so she’s cozying up to the Kardashians — and the reality clan’s savvy momager, Kris Jenner, is plotting to milk her desperation all the way to the bank, sources say. Cunning Kris, 69, is said to be happy to throw a life preserver to the former Deal or No Deal suitcase girl — but she wants a ton of favors in return. The business whiz aims to use Meghan, 44, as a publicity puppet to promote her daughters’ products and enlist her for a ratings-grabbing appearance on her reality show, sources confide. And if that’s not enough to send Britain’s royal family into a tailspin, gossips gab that Kris also wants Meghan to…