Indice dei contenuti per September 10, 2018 in Globe

FRESH off her career comeback with Stranger Things, 46-year-old Winona Ryder reunited with her former Dracula co-star Keanu Reeves in the recently released rom-com Destination Wedding. Here are ten things you don’t know about the ’90s It Girl, who endured years in Hollywood limbo after being convicted of shoplifting in 2002. 1 Her first name came from the town Winona, Minn., which was near her birthplace, and her middle name, Laura, was taken from her parents’ friend Laura Huxley — wife of novelist Aldous Huxley. 2 LSD guru and counterculture icon Dr. Timothy Leary was her godfather, and she recalls him being “very protective” and “very fun.” 3 At age seven, Ryder and her family relocated to the Rainbow Family commune near Mendocino County, Calif., and lived for three years…

A NEW York mobster got whacked with 14 years behind bars for running a loan-sharking scheme that terrorized a neighborhood for nearly 20 years! Ronald “Ronnie G” Giallanzo was also ordered to sell the Sopranos-style mansion he built with his ill-gotten gains, cough up $1.25 million and pay nearly $300,000 in restitution to his victims! When the thug’s defense attorney tried to plead for leniency, saying some of the extortion victims knew what was up, the Brooklyn federal court judge exploded. “That’s like saying a prostitute who is out there selling her body might get raped, but what’s the difference,” Chief Judge Dora Irizarry snapped. “As they say, ‘You sleep with dogs, you get fleas.’ ” Giallanzo, 48, is the nephew of notorious Bonanno capo Vincent Asaro — who feds…

MANY folks swear by the healing powers of essential oils, but these fad-fueled natural remedies can be dangerous and trigger severe allergic reactions, rashes, burns and breathing problems that will send you rushing to the ER for treatment. Stacey Haluka, a 47-year-old motivational speaker from Ontario, Canada, is a scarred Cynthia victim of a sales pitch that citrus oils would offer “certain detoxify the skin on her face. “I fell for it completely and started using them every day,” she says. Rashes began appearing and after a few months she ended up in the hospital with a horrific toxic reaction — oozing blisters and swollen eyes. “Four years later, I still struggle,” she breaks out in hives even when she gets close to someone using the oils. California dermatologist Dr.…

EAT tofu for better bones if you’re a postmenopausal woman, say scientists. Dropping estrogen levels typically seen after the change of life have previously been shown to cause a dip in bone density as great as 20 percent, upping the risk of osteoporosis. But University of Missouri researchers found a diet rich in soy-based foods — like tofu, miso and edamame beans — made female test subjects’ bones more sturdy. “This study showed women might improve bone strength by adding some soy-based whole foods to their diet,” says lead author Dr. Pamela Hinton. “Women don’t even need to eat as much soy as is found in typical Asian diets, but adding some tofu or other soy, for example, foods found in vegetarian diets, could help strengthen bones.”…

YO-YO dieter Kirstie Alley has packed on at least 40 more pounds — leading a medical expert to warn gastric-bypass surgery may be her last hope to avoid an early grave! A gastric bypass “will reverse Kirstie’s massive appetite and create temporary weight loss,” says the life-span doctor, who has not treated the reclusive five-foot-seven actress. King-sized Kirstie raised eyebrows — and alarms — with her appearance when she entered Britain’s Celebrity Big Brother house on Aug. 16, her first official public appearance in nearly a year. The physician estimates the actress packed on another 40 pounds since she started keeping a lower profile — and now crushes the scales at 244! During her time out of the public eye, an insider says Kirstie was stuffing her face with “cakes,…

PEOPLE are leaving more than their hearts in San Francisco — so the city launched a Poop Patrol to clean things up! Amazingly, the government gets 65 phone calls every day complaining about human doo-doo on the sidewalks! The new patrol will do a swoop and scoop in the early morning and steam clean away the offending stains. HERE’S a whale of a tale! Two New Jersey fishermen were plucked out of the ocean after a gigantic sea monster overturned their 20-foot boat — while chasing a school of bait! Fortunately, the guys and the finned felon escaped unharmed! BELLEVILLE, Ill., cops saved a man — and his macaw — stuck in quicksand. The bird, who usually rides on his pal’s shoulder, got in trouble first, flying into the muck.…

ENVIOUS movie witch Angelina Jolie has triggered a trash-talking feud with the wife of George Clooney, who she fears is replacing her as Tinseltown’s most glamorous humanitarian. The 43-year-old Maleficent star has long prided herself as the hottest United Nations goodwill ambassador as she’s traipsed around the world crusading for poor and oppressed peoples, insiders dish. But gorgeous international lawyer Amal Clooney, 40, has been getting noticed for her work — and she’s winning points for publicly backing Angelina’s estranged hubby, Brad Pitt, as their ugly divorce rages on. “Angelina is consumed with jealousy,” tattles a source. “She truly believes Amal is trying to replace her in Hollywood’s heart! “Amal’s smart and beautiful and has been doing important work in some of the biggest human rights cases, and helped her…

Preggers CARRIE UNDERWOOD insists she doesn’t know the gender of her unborn. The country cutie and hockey hunk hubby MIKE FISHER already have son ISAIAH, 3. Teen Mom 2 star JAVI MARROQUIN and preggers galpal LAUREN COMEAU moved into a new home to welcome their soon-to-be-born boy. Talk Dirty rapper 2 CHAINZ wed longtime love KESHA WARD. “I had to do it,” he says. The pair already have three kids. Guests included pals KIM KARDASHIAN and KANYE WEST. Southern Charm belle ASHLEY JACOBS, 33, has called it quits with co-star THOMAS RAVENEL, 56. Two gals have accused the cad of sexual assault. Game of Thrones redhead SOPHIE TURNER gave a girly reason for sobbing while strolling with singer-fiancé JOE JONAS. “Periods are a b***h!” she tweets. Rapper YOUNG THUG was…

MOVIE tough guy Robert Davi had his first taste of booze with Frank Sinatra! “It was this place in Little Italy on Mulberry Street at two in the morning,” recalls Davi, best known for playing a Bond villain in Licence to Kill. The two were filming 1977’s Contract on Cherry Street, and “Sinatra looked at me and said, ‘Robert, have a drink.’ ” Then in his mid-20s, Davi replied he didn’t drink. “You don’t drink, you’re fired,” Sinatra snapped. Wisely, Davi said, “I’ll have what you’re having.” Ol’ Blue Eyes grabbed a bottle of Jack Daniels, “poured two fingers” in a glass with ice and water, handed it to Davi and said, “Here’s your drink. This will get you where you want to go without getting you hurt.”…

STIR-CRAZY Heather Locklear — who’s been holed up in rehab for more than a month — is blitzing boyfriend Chris Heisser with furious phone calls! The 56-year-old Melrose Place mess checked in for treatment after her June 24 arrest for attacking a cop who’d responded to a call saying the boozy blonde was suicidal over fears Chris was cheating on her. Now a pal says, “She’s climbing the walls in there,” and “calls him three times a day, often screaming.”…

A SPLASHY spendthrift — who dished out a small fortune for a lavish pre-prom bash for her son — is in hot water with the feds, who charge the restaurant owner fraudulently collected thousands in disability payments! In 2014, Saudia Shuler claimed she couldn’t work because of a stroke and began accepting monthly social security checks from the government, totaling nearly $37,000! But authorities say she was far from helpless — and kept operating her Philly eatery! “She said she’d rarely make food for herself and had a cousin that cooked for her,” says Beth Leahy, deputy chief of Health Care Fraud for the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. “In reality, Ms. Shuler was running a food take-out business for Country Cookin’.” Known in the neighborhood…

THE moocher husband of Lisa Marie Presley has lost his cash cow — HER — after a divorce judge ruled a post-nup pact Michael Lockwood inked that bans him from getting any chunk of her $62 million fortune is valid! The agreement was hammered out a year after he became the fourth husband of Elvis’ daughter in 2006, and the document signs away any claim the 57-year-old musician had on her megabucks inheritance — or alimony in the case of a divorce. After the couple split, Lockwood was demanding an annual $263,000 in support — and whined to the judge he never read the post-nup, and if he had, “I wouldn’t have signed it!” But Judge Dianna Gould-Saltman didn’t buy it and ruled self-confessed junkie Lisa Marie, 50, owes him…

IRON-WILLED Jennifer Garner convinced Ben Affleck to dump squeeze Lindsay Shookus — but she’s A-OK with him dating young hottie Shauna Sexton, sources say. Jen, 46, “couldn’t stand” SNL producer Lindsay, 38, because she hooked up with Ben in 2014 when the A-listers were still working on their marriage, insiders tell GLOBE. Besides that, Jen didn’t want Lindsay anywhere near her or the couple’s three children, Violet, 12, Seraphina, 9, and Samuel, 6. “Jen viewed Lindsay as a homewrecker, and she was never going to let that go,” snitches an insider. “She believed Lindsay was leading Ben down the wrong path when he was trying to stay sober. “Ben appreciates Jen’s opinion, and when she said Lindsay wasn’t right for him, Ben listened. Jen said he should date other people…

FED-UP Nicole Kidman has walked out on hubby Keith Urban and is on the brink of filing for divorce, sources say. After 12 years of marriage, the Oscar-winning actress is finally through with Keith’s wandering eye, his history of drug addiction and lies, insiders tell GLOBE. “Nicole has fought so hard for this marriage to work, but the word is she can’t do it anymore,” snitches an insider. “She and Keith had it out over everything — his cheating, drug use and all the behavior she can no longer stomach. “Things got horrifically tense, and Nicole apparently ended up packing her bags and moving out.” Nicole, 51, and country stud Keith, 50, have spent huge chunks of time apart, reuniting mainly for the sake of their two daughters, Sunday Rose,…

A-ROD JEALOUS OVER J.LO’S GUY JENNIFER LOPEZ has her baseball slugger fiancé, ALEX RODRIGUEZ, twisted in knots after she handpicked MILO VENTIMIGLIA to be her leading man in her new flick, Second Act. “Milo’s been gushing about their special bond,” tattles a source. “The idea of Jennifer filming love scenes with a guy who’s openly got the hots for her is Alex’s worst nightmare. The fact that Milo clearly has a thing for her and she refused to work with anyone else is making him green with envy.” Word is this could really test their relationship. “This has really got under A-Rod’s skin and he hasn’t been able to let it go,” adds the source. THE WRIGHT STUFF The Princess Bride’s ROBIN WRIGHT makes a splash in Ibiza — days…

TROUBLED Todd Bridges was hit with a restraining order after his ex claimed the Diff’rent Strokes alum threatened her with a crossbow and a Taser! Former flame Tiffany Wolf, who met the ’80s sitcom star on a dating site, says the 53-year-old actor whipped out a Taser on their second date and “zapped it several times” in front of her face! Tiffany, who dumped Todd in May, also says he pointed a crossbow at her, admitted to beating up homeless people and once pulled a gun on a dog because “he thought someone was breaking in.” “I am in fear of my life because I know Todd is mentally unstable,” insists Tiffany, who has legally blocked the former cocaine addict from coming within 100 yards of her or her pets.…

MELANIE GRIFFITH’S skin cancer crisis made the Working Girl fear for her career! The 61-year-old actress had potentially disfiguring surgery on her nose last year to keep the deadly condition in check, which briefly left her with an unsightly sniffer. “It’s a scary thing when you’re an actress and you depend on your face for work,” confesses Melanie, who’s now disease-free and covers her beak with a bandage at the beach. “It’s fine. I just look like a dork.”…

FORMER Disney star Garrett Clayton has burst out of the closet, revealing he’s been in a gay relationship “for a long time” with writer boyfriend Blake Knight. Garrett, 27, starred in the Disney Chan nel’s Teen Beach Movie and played the lead in NBC’s Hairspray. He revealed his secret life on social media, noting his upcoming movie Reach, about a teen who becomes suicidal due to bullying, hits close to home. Ironically, Garrett played a gay porn star in the 2016 flick King Cobra.…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Monday has you feeling irritable, Ram, but your mood quickly brightens when you hear exciting travel news Tuesday! Mars in Aquarius sparks an idea that could make a fortune — it’ll involve a new cooking or gardening tool! Steer clear of cross words and conflicts during the cosmic clash Sunday. TAURUS April 21 - May 21 An old friend comes to town, but it seems one of you has changed so much, you’ve got little in common! Luckily, Venus reveals a way to bridge the gap, and you could soon be besties again — or even fall in love. What looks like a bargain can be found for even less — shop around before spending. GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Lately you’ve been…

MURDERER Aaron Hernandez was probably gay, admits the former fiancée of the football star who committed suicide in prison last year. Two days after a radio show speculated about his secret sexuality as a motive for murder, the disgraced New England Patriots player hanged himself in a Massachusetts cell at age 27. After his death, the All-Pro tight end — who left behind baby mama Shayanna Jenkins and their daughter, Avielle, then 4 — was rumored to have had a maximum-security squeeze in convict Kyle Kennedy. Though Shayanna insists, “I saw no indication he was gay or homosexual,” she adds, “He may have been the way he was said to be. I wouldn’t have disowned him.” Defense attorney George Leontire says Hernandez was gay — while his other lawyer Jose…

A FRACAS over french fries has erupted in Maine — where the owners of a restaurant have been physically threatened after going from crinkle-cut to straight-cut spuds! Some fans of Bolley’s Famous Franks in Waterville are so riled up over the switch, cops have even had to step in! Owner Leslie Parsons calls the change a “business decision” that comes down to shaving overhead. She claims cutting the fresh crinkle fries cost the business “thousands” every year! “The blades are ridiculously pricey and flimsy. It takes many blades to operate the cutter,” she reveals. “We still use the best potato in Maine. It is still a very expensive french fry and our process — minus the crinkle-cut — is still the same.” But after going with “an alternative cut,” all…

CHRISSY TEIGEN tossed her cookies when she met her daughter’s teachers! “Hello everyone from Luna’s school orientation today,” the supermodel, 32, posted on Twitter after her kid’s first day. “I’m sorry I projectile puked caffeine upon arrival, couldn’t open my eyes and had the noisiest newborn in the room. (Not a joke, very sorry, see you tomorrow.)” Little Luna, 2, attends school in Los Angeles, where Chrissy and hubby John Legend spend most of their time. Chrissy blamed her upset tummy on her previous night’s dinner. “It was last night’s wine and Korean BBQ and jet lag combo,” she quipped. When a follower asked if she was expecting, Chrissy — who gave birth to son Miles in May — answered: “please lord not right now lol.”…

THE EAGLES won out in the long run — beating Michael Jackson’s Thriller to claim the honor of best-selling album of all time. The mellow California rockers edged out the King of Pop’s iconic ’80s release by selling 38 million copies of their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 — moving five million more than Jackson’s record, which had zoomed to the top of the charts after his fatal 2009 overdose. Eagles vocalist Don Henley crows, “It’s been quite a ride.”…

CONNIVING double agent Dr. Zachary Smith stole the show on the ’60s sci-fi hit Lost in Space — thanks to JONATHAN HARRIS’ animated on-screen antics. Though the actor — and the series’ iconic robot — never appeared in the pilot episode about the adrift Robinson family, halfway through the first season Harris convinced producers to let him develop his character and write his own dialogue. Before long, the campy comic villain was chewing up the scenery as he hurled sharp-tongued barbs at his mechanical nemesis — and quickly became a fan favorite.…