Table of contents for December 15, 2025 in Globe

NO SMALL THING Drummer TRAVIS BARKER pounds the pavement at his charity run in Santa Monica — 17 years after being horrifically burned in a plane crash WAY TO DOUGH Former Full House star CANDACE CAMERON BURE noshes on a bagel in New York City THE BEST CELEB PHOTOS EVERY WEEK! GRAPE GOING Bubbly rapper A$AP ROCKY toasts his Fashion Icon honor from the Council of Fashion Designers of America during their Big Apple awards bash UDDERLY BRAVE Broadway beauty KRISTIN CHENOWETH risks a wardrobe malfunction by taking a bow on the opening night of her musical The Queen of Versailles BUSTIN’ ASH Pot proponent MIKE TYSON sneaks a smoke in L.A. after the boxing legend appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! RUFF AND READY Funnylady RACHEL DRATCH has her hands…

TROUBLED Zachery Ty Bryan clocked his then-galpal in the head and threatened to kill her during their brief but stormy relationship, according to disturbing court documents — and now the former Home Improvement hunk has been ordered to keep 100 yards away from his ex for the next five years. The unidentified woman, who dated the onetime poster boy for three months in 2025, claims Bryan, 44, punched her in the temple after she playfully bit his nipple while they laid down together. The woman also alleges that days later she feared for her life after Bryan barked, “Shut the f**k up or I’m gonna shut you up.” No criminal charges have been filed in connection with the accusations — but Bryan has copped plea deals for previous incidents related…

BRADY BUNCH HOME IS A MONUMENT! We knew L.A. was tacky, but now the show-biz city’s going overboard with goofy plans to turn the ’60s ranch-style house from TV’s classic The Brady Bunch into a landmark. Yes, while Virginia has GEORGE WASHINGTON’s home in Mount Vernon, and Tennessee has ELVIS PRESLEY’s mansion in Memphis, L.A. bigwigs look to make the Bradys’ ho-hum home, filmed during the sitcom’s run from 1969 to 1974, a historical-cultural monument. “That show would not be the show without that house,” argues Adrian Scott Fine, head of the Los Angeles Conservancy. Fine argues that the house means a lot to fans. “It feels like stepping back into your childhood, it’s a place that feels good to so many people.” Currently, the pad is owned by super-fan TINA…

CODE BREAKERS Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a number. Use the given letters to get started by filling them in throughout the puzzle. Look out for patterns like repeated letters. Code Breaker puzzles use all 26 letters of the alphabet. There are no trademarks, abbreviations, hyphenated nor foreign words on the grid. WORD SEARCH Circle the hidden words in the grid, crossing them out in the list as you find them. Words can go horizontally, vertically, diagonally and backward. CENTENARIO DIABLO ESPADA GALLARDO HURACAN ISLERO JALPA JARAMA MIURA REVENTON REVUELTO SIAN ROADSTER URRACO URUS VENENO DOMINOES Dots represent the domino tiles (with hidden borders). Identify a complete set of dominoes. Start with the unique tiles (e.g. doubles) as they are easiest to spot. CRISS CROSS Words in…

TROUBLED pop tart Britney Spears is being thrown a lifeline by Kim and Khloé Kardashian, who want to bring her into the family fold and help her find ways to profit from her fame. Kim and Khloé recently broke the ice at a surprise pajama party with the 43-year-old singer and her manager, Cade Hudson. “Kim and Khloé are very close friends with Cade, who made this get-together happen,” the insider dishes. “They all snuggled up in bed together and watched an episode of Kim’s new show, All’s Fair. There was a lot of laughter and goofing around, with no judgment. “It was such a huge boost for her considering all she’s got going on with Kevin and his awful book.” As readers know, Brit’s ex-husband Kevin Federline recently penned…

GHISLAINE MAXWELL allegedly targeted Paris Hilton for sex creep Jeffrey Epstein’s harem! The Hollywood It Girl was still in her teens when she was photographed with the now disgraced British socialite at a New York City fashion bash on Sept. 18, 2000. At the time, the reality TV series The Simple Life had yet to launch Paris and her friend Nicole Richie to international stardom. But the blond heiress reportedly caught the attention of Maxwell — now notorious for recruiting sweet young things for Epstein’s sick pleasure—at a party, according to music composer Christopher Mason. In the 2020 docuseries Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, Mason said a friend was in the Big Apple with Maxwell, who was “scouring” the city for “younger girls to go on dates with Jeffrey.” “Ghislaine said, ‘Oh…

ANYONE who claimed before Elf’s release in 2003 that it would become a holiday classic would have been told they sat on a throne of lies. But the tale of Buddy the Elf, who travels from his home at the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, played by JAMES CAAN, earned $230 million at the box office and became an annual must-watch. WILL FERRELL leaned way into the role of the pathologically chipper Buddy, whose motto, “to spread Christmas cheer by singing loud for all to hear,” clashes hilariously with New Yorkers’ famously brusque ways.…

Beloved folk singer TODD SNIDER died on Nov. 14 at age 59 from pneumonia, according to his publicist and family. But questions swirled around his curious death when almost two weeks earlier, his record label canceled his shows and said he sustained “severe injuries as the victim of a violent assault outside of his hotel” in Salt Lake City, Utah. But cops determined the Just Like Old Times singer was likely alone on his tour bus and fell, hitting his head. Grey’s Anatomy star JAMES PICKENS JR. wasn’t shocked to learn he’s battling prostate cancer. “Prostate cancer has run through my family,” notes the 71-year-old. Adding his dad and several uncles “had it, I would have been surprised if I hadn’t gotten it.” The good news, he says: No one…

THE suffering Sussexes punctuated their worst year ever with vicious NEW backlash for seemingly trading on the popularity of Prince Harry’s mother, Princess Diana! Meghan was mocked for appearing to mimic the beloved late royal, who died at age 36 in a tragic 1997 car accident. Outraged social media users buried Meghan for appearing in photos in the cover story for the latest issue of Harper’s Bazaar in poses and fashions they deemed to be blatant rip-offs of pics of Diana! “Sick in the head!” wrote one enraged X user. “Diana … is her demonic obsession.” This is a familiar ploy for “Me Too Meghan,” who’s copied Diana in past photo shoots. One royal insider branded the images a “sick and tasteless” effort by Meghan to position herself as “the…

SILICONE-INJECTING “Butt Lady” Libby Adame — who previously served time for killing another victim with fatal buttock shots — has been convicted of murdering actress Cindyana Santangelo. Found guilty of second-degree murder and practicing medicine without a license on Oct. 10, the 55-year-old quack faced a minimum of 15 years behind bars in a California prison at her Nov. 5 sentencing for the death of Santangelo, 58, who appeared in Married … With Children, CSI Miami and ER in the 1990s. Prosecutors say that after Adame, nicknamed the “Butt Lady” for her treatments, gave Santangelo the injections, the actress was rushed from her Malibu home to a Ventura County hospital, where she reportedly died March 24 from an embolism triggered by the silicone shots. Ironically, the needle-plunging vixen was already…

DEMOCRATIC power couple Bill and Hillary Clinton’s 50-year marriage is on the brink of a $90 million divorce, insiders say, now that congressional and Department of Justice investigators are demanding the former president and first lady tell all about their association with dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein! Hillary, 78, is so rattled by the potential airing of Bill’s true relationship with the accused billionaire sex trafficker that she’s consulting attorneys and considering flipping on her philandering hubby to save her own skin, sources confide. “Hillary knows that once the House Oversight Committee and the DOJ investigations get going, and the FBI releases additional Epstein files, she is going to be humiliated,” presidential historian Leon Wagener tells GLOBE. “She’s prepared to protect herself and her legacy — even if it means turning…

WORRIED Hailey Bieber is scrambling to steady her psychologically struggling hubby, Justin, according to sources who say the model is now plotting a Band-Aid baby to shore up their shaky marriage. The Yummy singer, 31, and 29-year-old Hailey — daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin — married in September 2018 and welcomed son Jack Blues in August 2024. During the mannequin turned makeup mogul’s podcast appearance on In Your Dreams with Owen Thiele, the young mom gushed, “I know I want more than one.” Hailey later said in a GQ interview that she feels “much more prepared” for another child than she was for her first. Now, sources whisper Hailey hopes an additional baby may encourage Justin to walk the line. But an insider confides, “We all know he’s as fragile…

DEVASTATED Dolly Parton is drowning in grief more than eight months after the death of her beloved husband, Carl Dean, tipsters tell GLOBE. “She’s desperately trying to rally herself back to work, but it is very difficult. The loss is hitting her so hard. Her friends are very worried,” an insider confides. The Jolene singer, 79, was forced to reschedule her upcoming Las Vegas concerts as she endured kidney stones and multiple medical procedures — but has still pushed herself to continue running Dollywood, promoting business interests and even writing new music following 82-year-old Carl’s passing on March 3. Rumors that the country legend was desperately ill reached a fever pitch after her sister Freida Parton asked fans to pray for her. But days later, Dolly declared in an Instagram…

EDDIE MURPHY’s got a whopper of a story about the late screen icon YUL BRYNNER — he says the King and I star, then 62, invited him to make it with his wife! Young rising star Eddie turned down breaking the Ten Commandments with the biblical flick’s pharaoh — and now wishes he hadn’t! It was 1983 and Eddie recalls: “My 21st birthday party … at Studio 54. Yul Brynner, from The Ten Commandments, he was with his wife, and he was like, ‘How would you like to go back to my apartment with my wife and I and party?’” Eddie says he didn’t realize the extent of the older star’s offer and nixed it, replying: “Nah, I’m cool.” But years later, “I thought back on it … I was…

7/10 NATALIE MORALES The Beast in Me alum looked fierce in a long turtleneck dress with an oversize leaf print 5/10 MIA GOTH The saddlebags on the Frankenstein star’s Dior gown seemed to be weighing on her mood 8/10 DEMI MOORE The Substance star made a major fashion statement in an embroidered Erdem gown 4/10 QUEEN LATIFAH The Girls Trip star looks like she’s going to the beach not a gala in this Lanvin caftan 1/10 ASHLEY PARK The Joy Ride star should have made a pitstop at a mirror before donning a mismatched mash-up…

TWISTED Katrina Favret has confessed to the unspeakable sexual torture and abuse of monkeys — including baby critters — by hiring creeps to create “animal crush” videos of the helpless creatures being brutalized. The Greenville, Tenn., woman pleaded guilty to scheming to create and distribute the horrific videos and to a second count involving a specific video she ordered, say U.S. Justice Department prosecutors. In particular, the demented dame and two equally sicko cronies paid people in Indonesia to commit the abusive acts on the creatures while filming it, say the feds. “According to court documents, Favret conspired with others to create and distribute videos depicting acts of sadistic violence against baby and adult monkeys,” say prosecutors. “The conspirators used encrypted chat applications to direct money to individuals in Indonesia…

ONCE hot-and-heavy Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner have cooled way off, as it becomes crystal clear to insiders that he sees her as just a glorified booty call! His decision to skip Kris Jenner’s star-studded 70th birthday bash, leaving Kylie to attend solo, added fuel to the rumors he wants nothing to do with her family and that their romance is on the rocks. The Marty Supreme star, 29, also refused to talk about his relationship with Kylie, 28, his girlfriend of two and a half years, for a recent Vogue cover story. “I just don’t have anything to say,” he told the reporter. “It sounds mean, but Timmy really has gotten everything he wanted out of this relationship,” snarks the snitch. “He was always a black sheep in the…

SONGBIRD Mariah Carey’s 14-year-old daughter, Monroe, seemed to shade her 10 half-siblings by her prolific pop Nick Cannon by saying her twin, Moroccan, is her “ONE brother.” Monroe made the announcement in an Instagram Stories post, explaining that she was “clearing something up.” She acknowledged that since splitting from her Hero hitmaker mom in 2014, her Wild N’ Out host dad, 45, has had a slew of kids with five other women — boys and girls who range from 3 to 8 years of age. The teen suggested her lack of closeness to her papa’s pack was due to the fact that the other kids “are all many years younger than me.” Mariah, 56, has diplomatically said of her twins and their father, “They spend time with him, and they…

SELENA GOMEZ & ICE CUBE Ice, ice, baby! On the June 25 episode of Complex’s GOAT Talk, the Lose You to Love Me singer admitted that rapper and actor Ice Cube, now 56, caught her eye when she was just a tot. The 33-year-old Only Murders in the Building star told Karol G, “I had the biggest crush on him when I was, like, 5. It’s so weird, but I just thought he would protect me!” GRETA GERWIG & LEONARDO DICAPRIO Maybe the filmmaker can cast him in a movie? “When I was 13 years old, I really thought I was going to marry him,” the Barbie director, 42, confessed, adding that she carried around a folder filled with the now 50-year-old’s photos that she’d printed from the internet. “I…

SOLSTICE EDITION: The winter solstice marks the exact moment when the northern half of the Earth is tilted the farthest away from the sun, making it the shortest day and longest night of the year. It usually happens on Dec. 21, but can fall anywhere between Dec. 20 and Dec. 23, because the movement of the Earth and the calendar are not in perfect sync. Although the winter solstice is marked by a whole day, it actually takes place in the brief moment when the sun is exactly above the Tropic of Capricorn. Because the sun is at its lowest point in the sky, shadows are at their longest. Stonehenge in England, Newgrange in Ireland and Machu Picchu in Peru were all built to align with the sunset on the…