Indice dei contenuti per April 27, 2020 in Globe

BROADCAST veteran Robin Roberts tossed aside her dream of being a pro athlete while still in college and set her sights on TV. After a stint behind the desk at sports channel ESPN, the former jock began contributing to ABC’s Good Morning America in 1995 — and became a full-time anchor a decade later. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 59-year-old daytime fixture. 1 Robin’s father, Col. Lawrence E. Roberts, was an Air Force pilot with the famed Tuskegee Airmen. 2 She turned down a basketball scholarship at Louisiana State University because she thought the campus was too big and impersonal. 3 She opted to attend Southeastern Louisiana University on a tennis scholarship — but still became a standout college basketball star. 4 She’s a huge fan…

AN ARKANSAS heiress was murdered by the same man who killed her mother nearly 23 years ago! Martha McKay’s bloody body was found inside Snowden House, a ritzy waterfront estate in the eastern part of the state the 63-year-old had been running as a bed-and-breakfast. Deputies arrived at the historic home to respond to an alarm and say they saw Travis Santay Lewis, 39, leap out of an upstairs window and then take a fatal dive into nearby Horseshoe Lake. Authorities later recovered his body by using sonar equipment. Lewis was 16 when he shot Martha’s 75-year-old mom, Sally Snowden McKay, and the mother’s nephew, musician Lee Baker, 52, during a 1996 robbery. The twisted teen was sentenced to 28 and a half years behind bars after pleading guilty, but…

A BLOCKHEADED suspect led cops on a slow-speed chase in West Virginia when he hopped on a log and lumbered slowly down a river! The tree-traveling tomfoolery, according to the Cabell County Sheriff’s Office, came after deputies responded to a domestic disturbance in the Greenbottom area. But when cops showed up, they say Randall Lee Mays, 38, tried to flee the scene and rammed his car into a police vehicle — and then jumped into the Ohio River and climbed aboard a felled tree! The wet and not-so-wild ride ended about 90 minutes later when cops say they traveled down the side of the waterway and rounded up unconscious Mays. Sheriff Chuck Zerkle claims Mays, who was taken to the hospital, has an outstanding warrant for strangulation and malicious wounding…

HERE’S something to get your arms around — cuddling can help wounds heal faster! Snuggling produces the powerful hormone oxytocin, which plays a role in the speed at which tissues regenerate and helps fend off wound infection, say researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Oxytocin is a neurotransmitter that stimulates parts of the brain associated with bonding. It’s secreted when we hug, kiss or otherwise embrace a loved one and is best known for its functions in childbirth and lactation — it helps with the pain threshold of labor and creates the bonding experience of breastfeeding. But research shows oxytocin also activates the immune system’s regulatory cells, helping defend against infection and promoting faster, more efficient recovery. If snuggling and cuddling aren’t your preferred way to enhance healing, synthetic…

WANNABE Hollywood heavyweight Justin Theroux is looking to give his career a boost with help from La La Land’s Emma Stone and her Saturday Night Live star fiancé, Dave McCary — but his blatant power play is rubbing exwife Jennifer Aniston the wrong way, sources tell GLOBE. Justin’s star has dimmed considerably since his 2017 split from Jen — and now he’s scrambling to reclaim his rank, tipsters dish. “Jen hates how Justin’s still using the connections he made during their time together, and she’s dissing his lame cameo on SNL. But Justin makes the point that he has every right to talk to their mutual friends,” spills an insider. “What really bugs Jen is Justin’s extremely cozy friendship with Emma and Dave makes the show off-limits for her. She…

LOVELORN lothario Val Kilmer calls his breakup with Daryl Hannah his most difficult split! The Top Gun hunk, who’d been married to British actress Joanne Whalley from 1988 to 1996, dated the Splash beauty for a year after they co-starred in 2001’s In God We Trust. Though Val has previously been linked with A-listers like Cindy Crawford, Angelina Jolie and Cher, his dalliance with Daryl, now 59, made enough of an impression to get a big mention in his memoir, I’m Your Huckleberry. The Tombstone star, 60, fondly recalls his time in New Mexico with the statuesque stunner, who’d go on to marry folk rocker Neil Young in 2018. “Lord knows I’ve suffered heartache. But Daryl was by far the most painful of all,” he writes. I learned that courage…

DEAR old dad Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria are expecting baby No. 5 — after experiencing two heartbreaking miscarriages last year! The 36-year-old fitness instructor — who shares kids Carmen, 6, Rafael, 4, Leo nardo, 3, and Romeo, 1, with the actor — lost two pregnancies within seven months in 2019. But now she has good news: “All is well, and all is healthy with this little munchkin.” Alec, 62, is also father to Ireland, 24, his only child with ex-wife Kim Basinger. You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.— Brigham Young…

IT’S a girl for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star RACHEL BLOOM, 33, and writer-producer husband DAN GREGOR. Former DWTS pro KARINA SMIRNOFF, 42, welcomed her first baby, a boy. No word on who the father is. Music producer/DJ/songwriter DIPLO, 41, and his girlfriend, former Miss Trinidad JEVON KING, 30, welcomed a son, PACE. The new parents met in 2015. Life’s a beach for power pair DAVID and VICTORIA BECKHAM, who shelled out $19.8 million for a posh Miami penthouse condo. The skyscraper boasts a helipad. Also relocating to Florida, TOM BRADY, 42. Fresh off landing a $50 million deal to QB for the Buccaneers, he’s leased baseball great DEREK JETER’s $7.7 million, 30,000-square-foot Tampa mansion. NCIS star EMILY WICKERSHAM, 36, paid $2.6 million for a 1930s Spanish-style “cottage” in L.A.’s Los Feliz…

MOUTHY Real Housewives of New York City star Dorinda Medley has accused cast-mate Tinsley Mortimer of trading sex for shoes! The footwear fracas came when the catty co-stars butted heads over 44-year-old Tinsley’s on-again-offagain fling with big-bucks businessman Scott Kluth. Dorinda, 55, has long hinted the couple’s relationship is a pay-for-play arrangement — and a recent on-air shouting match took the feud to the next level. The exchange exploded after Tinsley snarked about Dorinda’s heels looking too big — and was then given a big-time tongue-lashing! “The difference is, honey,” Dorinda dished:- “I bought them. I never laid on my back for them!” Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.— Martin Luther King Jr.…

FULL HOUSE star John Stamos has found a new use for the show’s iconic couch — it’s now a baby gate! The piece of furniture was front and center during the sitcom’s run from 1987 to 1995. Stamos, 56, posted a photo on Instagram that showed the blue-and-yellow couch blocking his son, Billy, from a stairwell. “Baby safety gate or one of the most iconic couches in pop TV history? You, make the call,” he wrote.…

A MEATHEAD wacko wandered naked into a Tennessee convenience store — and pelted a cashier with sausages, cops charge! According to officials, Jalen Clay entered the Rocky Top Market in Powell without a stitch of clothing, snatched a bottle of water and left. But they say the nude nutjob returned shortly afterward, punched a woman in the head and then began flinging food, including the pork-laden links! Arrest records show responding officers tasered Clay multiple times before they were able to subdue the suspect and take him into custody. He’s facing charges of assault and will be grilled in court at a future date.…

OH, LARDY! Tubby Tyra Banks has packed on 30 pounds in one year because the curvy clotheshorse can’t stop eating, insiders dish. And medical experts are worried the extra flab could be fatal for the snack-loving supermodel! Sources say after years of yo-yo dieting, 46-year-old Tyra is crushing the scales at 197 pounds — a whopping 60 pounds MORE than she weighed in her 2003 heyday! “She’s always had a huge appetite but has managed to keep the weight down after a big binge by crash-dieting and exercising like a maniac. But something changed once she hit her mid-40s,” snitches an insider. Friends fear five-foot-ten Tyra is locked in a midlife crisis — despite the highs of being a mom to four-year-old York, who was born via surrogate, and a…

TV GRUMP Larry David is still enthusiastic about accused child molester Woody Allen, claiming he doesn’t think the reviled filmmaker “did anything wrong!” The Seinfeld co-creator came to his conclusion after reading Allen’s new memoir, Apropos of Nothing, in which the Annie Hall director addresses his affair with then-lover Mia Farrow’s adopted daughter Soon-Yi and his adopted daughter Dylan’s molestation accusations against him. The 84-year-old perv maintains his “total” innocence in the book, which was dropped by its original publisher after an employee rebellion. But Curb Your Enthusiasm star David called the memoir “pretty great, it’s a fantastic book, so funny.” He adds: “You feel like you’re in the room with him and yeah, it’s just a great book and it’s hard to walk away reading that book thinking that…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Reckless Mars tempts you to ignore healthy habits and abandon your fitness routines, Ram, but doing so could lead to exhaustion by the weekend! Don’t overdo the partying — you need rest! Check financials midweek — a mistake could cost you cash. Look for exciting news from a relative on Saturday! GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Check your home’s security while Mercury clashes with Saturn, Twins. You’ll spot weaknesses that are an easy fix! Failing on your weight-loss plan? Stick to tried-and-true methods — the fad diet a pal suggests isn’t safe or effective! On Saturday, expect good financial news — and even a check in the mail. LEO July 23 - Aug. 23 It’s time to knock those chores off your never-ending…

THE end is near for reality queen Teresa Giudice’s marriage to jailbird hubby Joe! “The divorce paperwork is almost done,” says Joe Gorga, the Real Housewives of New Jersey star’s brother. The Giudices decided to end their 20-year marriage in December when Teresa visited Joe in Italy, where he’s awaiting word on whether he’ll be able to return to the U.S. after being deported for federal tax crimes. Things are tough for the clan. Teresa, 47, is also mourning the passing of her father, Giacinto Gorga, who died at age 76 on April 3.…

TAKE that! When the Mars InSight lander’s machinery got clogged up on the Red Planet, NASA fixed it by telling it to hit itself with a shovel! Not that NASA called it that — the space techies used their usual gobbledygook to describe their MacGyver-like fix, calling it “concussive maintenance” — but their message was loud and clear. The lander is on Mars’ surface with a mission to understand how the planet was formed and if its core is similar to that of Earth. But the soil on Mars is denser than scientists expected, and a digging probe similar to a jackhammer — called the “mole” — got stuck. That’s when NASA scientists proved necessity is the mother of invention. After several months of practice and training, engineers managed to…

Fears he’s making entire family fat CURVY Kim Kardashian publicly claims quarantine is no problem for her family, but sources insist the reality star’s fed up with lazy hubby Kanye West’s TV binges, fast food pig-outs and indifference to their young kids. The 39-year-old Keeping Up with the Kardashians star tries to get Kanye, 42, to mind their kids, North, 6, Saint, 4, Chicago, 2, and Psalm, 11 months, when she wants to exercise, but he’s usually glued to the tube, especially when a favorite like American Idol is airing, sources claim. “She’s finding it so tough to do half as much exercise as she’s used to,” spills an insider. “Kim can’t even get through 50 crunches in their home gym before she hears the kids calling out for her.…

CHAT show empress Ellen De Generes kicked up a hornet’s nest of outrage as her at-home talk show reveals what a spoiled brat she really is! “This is like being in jail!” the wealthy crybaby whines while shooting her first episode from coronavirus quarantine in the luxurious mansion she shares with actress-wife Portia de Rossi. “Mostly because I’ve been wearing the same clothes for ten days and everyone in here is gay!” she blabs. While Ellen also tried to make light — cracking, “All the other rooms in my house are filled with toilet paper” — it merely worked to show her entitlement. Variety critic Caroline Darya Framke notes: “What a great look for Ellen as thousands of people sit in actual jail cells just hoping for the best without…

DON’T get in that car, kids — your dad’s a nutjob! But that’s what the Griswold family did in National Lampoon’s Vacation, a wacky comedy classic that became one of the most popular movies of 1983. Starring Saturday Night Live alum CHEVY CHASE as a dad who decides to take a cross-country road trip to a theme park called Walley World — loosely based on Disneyland but actually filmed at Magic Mountain in California — with his family. Wife Ellen was played by BEVERLY D’ANGELO and kids Rusty and Audrey by ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL and DANA BARRON. The flick turned into one of the biggest hits of the year and spawned four sequels, all with Chase and D’Angelo reprising their roles.…

A CAR-loving pooch that crawled into a cavity under its owner’s vehicle survived a furraising 40-mile drive near Rochester, N.Y. Zeke, a two-year-old beagle, was rescued after his owner heard him during a stop. The cooped-up canine had to be sedated before being removed by firefighters. A MICHIGAN couple are inviting more than 100 cardboard cutouts to their wedding! Dowagiac’s Dan Stuglik and Amy Simonson came up with the plan to fill the pews of a church after the coronavirus outbreak meant guests could not attend. SEVERAL children in Roy, Utah, needed medical treatment after eating candy handed out at a food bank that contained cannabis! The drug was in three or four “Medicated Nerds Ropes” that were included in 63 bags of food handed out at a church. The…

TODAY co-host Sheinelle Jones makes her living talking, but her recovery from vocal cord surgery has taught her that silence can be golden! The 42-year-old star, who took a six-week hiatus from her thirdhour duties at the show following the op, says she discovered something valuable when she wasn’t allowed to speak for the first 14 days. “The gift of silence and being still,” she notes. “We’re all so busy, very rarely do we give ourselves permission to sit still, and in that I found clarity, I found peace.”…

SOMERS ACHING TO BARE ALL! All of me, please see all of me — at 75! So says SUZANNE SOMERS. The 73-year-old former Three’s Company bombshell’s itching to do a new sexy nude layout memorializing her upcoming 3/4-century birthday in 2021. “I’m gonna make this happen,” insists the Thighmaster maven, who famously posed in the buff for magazine spreads in the ’80s. You may recall the star’s longtime manager hubby, ALAN HAMEL, 83, snapped some topless pics of the star last October that she couldn’t wait to share online — literally giving fans a sneak peek of her septuagenarian twin peaks! CHRISSY WANTS TO DEFLATE! Speaking of boobs, hilarious CHRISSY TEIGEN, 34, likes to keep abreast of important anniversaries — such as commemorating the day she got big breast implants!…

JANE’S PLAIN ABOUT BOREDOM! JANE FONDA’s never endured boredom a day in her 82 years? Seems not. “I have a lot of inner resources,” says the Barbarella babe, “and one of them is that I don’t mind being alone. And that I don’t get bored.” So what’s the actress doing to keep herself entertained? “I read two papers every day,” she reveals. “In my hand, materially — I need to hold the pages. I do that every morning before I work out,” she says, adding: “I watch Curb Your Enthusiasm, Better Things, Homeland. I started to watch Tiger King and was disgusted.” You growl, girl! A TALE OF TWO WEDDINGS! It’s a case of wedding day blues for Empire star TARAJI P. HENSON, 49, and her fiancé, former NFL player…

THE battered body of a South Carolina woman was found trussed up with Christmas lights in a shallow grave — and cops say her vicious roommates are to blame! Carolyn Jackson’s corpse was discovered five miles from her home in a field in Greenville County — two days after the 60-year-old was reported missing. Lt. Ryan Flood says Amanda Marie Scott, 36, and Denardis Jamont Kilgo, 39 — who were staying with Jackson at the time — are now facing charges of murder and kidnapping in relation to her death. Investigators claim the heartless duo bound Jackson with a string of holiday lights and tape, which inhibited her breathing, and then beat the defenseless woman before ditching her in the dirt. An arrest warrant states Jackson “suffered blunt force trauma”…

BRAZEN lovebirds got busy in a car parked outside an Alabama police station — and then were walked into the cop shop by officers, authorities say! Officers from Brookside Police Department claim they spotted Paula Garner and James Sanders’ indecent antics on security cameras and busted up the lewd love-in in their lot. The suspects were walked into the station and hit with indecent exposure and drug charges. Chief Mike Jones later thanked his crew for doing a “bang-up job” on the case.…

MONEY-grubbing Tori Spelling was angling to make bank during the coronavirus crisis — by charging fans an outrageous $95 fee for a virtual meet and greet! However, the cash-challenged Beverly Hills, 90210 actress drummed up more than interest for her proposed video chat — she earned the outrage of online fans. “Of course it’s $95 because during a pandemic we all have that to spare,” gripes one critic. Another slams the star by saying: “Damn, people are dying and you’re still thinking about how to gain money from us.” Tori, who shares five kids with hubby Dean McDermott, has been plagued with financial problems for years. The couple were recently ordered by a court to cough up $89,000 to settle their credit card tab with American Express, and they’re also…

KIDS do the darndest things! In a hilarious video that’s gone viral, a four-year-old girl pretends to happily chow down on her mom’s spaghetti — and then gags, not once, but twice! As daughter Piper makes like she’s ready to hurl, mom Annie Wilkins sarcastically says, “It looks like you’re enjoying yourself.” Prankster Piper pulls a face, lets out a nervous giggle and then mutters a shaky, “I’m okay.” Annie claims Piper, who recently turned seven, had always loved her spaghetti — but that day she suddenly decided she hated it! “We were all sitting down at dinner eating, and I look over at my daughter and she’s gagging with every bite she’s taking,” recalls Annie. “She isn’t saying anything to me, like she doesn’t like it or she doesn’t…

TV troublemaker NeNe Leakes dropped a diss track and took aim at her frenemies on The Real Housewives of Atlanta! The 52-year-old terror, who’s often at odds with her castmates, previewed a snippet of her dance song on social media, calling herself “the number 1 housewife PERIOD” and crowing, “I’m coming for you b****es.” Titled Come & Get This, Hunni, the tune features NeNe bragging about her flush bank account and fur coats.…

HERE’S something dog lovers probably suspect — cats are lazy! A study called the Cat Tracker Project put GPS collars on nearly 1,000 cats across four countries — and found that the majority of the felines barely strolled out of their backyards! “Most of them spent all their time within 330 feet of their yard,” says lead project author Roland Kays. While 7 percent covered more than 25 acres, the record-setter was Penny, a young female feline from the suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand, who walked an area greater than three square miles. According to Kays, the study found the vast majority of cats are “universally lazy.”…

GEARHEAD Jay Leno played roadside mechanic for a driver whose vintage vehicle got stranded in L.A.! Real estate agent Dwayne Henry pulled over when his 1953 Mercedes-Benz wasn’t running right, and before long, the former Tonight Show host, 69, passed by in a Tesla and offered to look under the hood! Jay, who is said to own nearly 300 classic cars and motorcycles, figured out Dwayne’s brakes were busted, and the vehicle was towed to a shop. And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.— Friedrich Nietzsche…