Indice dei contenuti per March 29, 2021 in Globe

DUCHESS Meghan’s furious sister, Samantha Markle, is blasting Harry’s wife for playing the victim and using “depression as an excuse to treat people like dishrags.” Seething Sam, 56, who has the same dad, Thomas, as Meghan, also accused her 39-year-old kid sister of playing fast and loose with the truth when she trashed her tell-all book, The Diary of Princess Pushy’s Sister. “I think it would be very hard to tell all when you don’t know me,” Meghan sniffed in her explosive CBS tellall. Meghan claimed she was raised as an only child and she and much-older Sam hadn’t seen each other for two decades. But Sam exposed Meghan’s lie by producing photos of them together at Sam’s 2008 graduation from the University of New Mexico, where she earned a criminology…

GEORGE CLOONEY and wife Amal are taking a prolonged break from each other after months of togetherness imposed by the COVID pandemic, say spies, who fear the couple’s headed for a new marriage crisis! Right now George is producing and directing on the East Coast while lawyer Amal’s home in L.A. with their three-year-old twins, Ella and Alexander. Once his movie project ends, sources claim George plans to hotfoot it over to Europe for the summer — alone! Sources say his flick, The Tender Bar, won’t wrap until mid-April and he now craves alone time. “He’s ready to break free after being ‘grounded’ for so long,” dishes an insider. “George has given up so much to please Amal, everything from riding motorcycles to drinking with his buddies. “Now the fear…

GARY OLDMAN: MY BOOZE NIGHTMARE “I used to sweat vodka,” Oscar winner GARY OLDMAN admits. Now on the wagon for 24 years, Oldman, who won Best Actor in 2018 for playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, says he became a raging alcoholic early in life. “It becomes such a part of you. My tongue would be black in the morning. I blamed it on the shampoo,” reveals the star, 63. “I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy, to be in the grip of it. It’s hell. And that self-effacing humor? That’s just there to mask the inadequacy.” But all that boozing apparently made him the perfect choice to play Citizen Kane scribe Herman J. Mankiewicz in Mank, his latest movie. “How do you make this guy likable and not…

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SCHOOL of Rock star Rivkah Reyes suffered from “raging” addiction after the 2003 film’s success. Rivkah — the bass-playing phenom, Katie, behind Jack Black — recalls becoming a “raging addict using food, drugs, sex, alcohol and self-harm to get through a dark period” and “spent over a decade terrified that I’d peaked at 10 years old.” Rivkah, 28, adds: “I’ve survived dozens of toxic relationships and three suicide attempts.”…

REALITY TV daredevil Bear Grylls is lucky to be alive after a massive boa constrictor wrapped around his neck, dragged him underwater and was choking him to death! “It was terrifying!” says the 46-year-old adventurer, who was convinced he was staring death in the face. Bear and his crew were filming Netflix’s Animals on the Loose in East Africa and he was “in this deep, dark, flooded ravine,” the former elite British SAS trooper recalls. “We knew we had this big, maybe eight-foot, boa constrictor in there. They’re incredibly dangerous and unpredictable. Once they wrap, you can’t breathe or move, and if it takes you down you’re in big trouble.” The danger was so great even his two safety guys were “on edge. They said, ‘If this thing gets you…

A FORMER Maryland top cop was charged with multiple counts of attempted murder and arson after he was caught on camera torching his enemies’ homes in the middle of the night, police say! Deranged David M. Crawford, 69, was busted after lawmen found a “target list” linking the accused firebug to at least 12 blazes in five counties across the state from 2011 to 2020, according to cops. Once the chief of police in Laurel and nearby District Heights, authorities claim Crawford targeted people over “previous disagreements,” including two married chiropractors who’d treated him 19 times for a back injury and his own stepson, who had a “strained” relationship with the rogue. Crawford also set a fire causing more than $240,000 worth of damages to the home of a neighborhood…

HAVING a gassy gut may blow over naturally. But if you find yourself troubled by trapped wind in your intestines, experts say to consider some of these remedies for relief. Drink warm water or herbal teas containing ginger or peppermint. Try some gentle exercise. Putting your body in motion may help get gas on the move. Dissolve a half-teaspoon of baking soda in water and drink it. If you frequently experience discomfort due to gas pains, doctors say you can lessen your future risk by cutting back on carbonated drinks, chewing food with your mouth closed and avoiding gas-producing produce, such as broccoli, beans and Brussels sprouts. Also be aware if you have any food intolerances, as some people find it difficult to digest dairy foods and fructose.…

COUNTRY queen Wynonna Judd confesses hormonal changes caused by menopause turned her into a mental mess. The 56-year-old redhead says the change of life a few years ago had her bursting in tears and wanting to do nutty, humiliating things. “You think crazy stuff,” she admits. Returning home following one concert, she recalls: “I stand in my closet and weep. The next thing is, I’m not sleeping and the next thing is I’m jiggling my leg. “And the next thing is: I’m thinking of running up to the mailbox naked and standing and waving at people.” Fearing she’d embarrass herself, “I called my friend who’s a doctor and I said, ‘Do you know anybody because I feel like I’m going to do something inappropriate and be on one of those…

BEFORE hitting it big in Hollywood, teenage Christopher Walken had a summer job as a circus lion tamer and was a backup dancer in a Madonna video! WITH lethal drugs in short supply, South Carolina’s Senate has approved a bill giving Death Row inmates a choice of execution methods — adding the electric chair and firing squads as options because there’s always enough juice and bullets! JACK is back! The escaped Alabama kangaroo has been captured after two days on the lam — and is now headed to a new home on a Tennessee farm, where Jack’s owners are jumping for joy! EL PASO, Texas, is closer to San Diego, Calif., than Houston, Texas. San Diego is 724 miles from the border town, while Houston is 746.…

MEGHAN and Harry’s public trashing of the royal family has left his blue-blooded kin heartbroken and fearful the gaping wounds the couple opened during a CBS TV interview can never be healed. Harry’s 94-year-old granny Queen Elizabeth said the couple’s allegations of racism “will be addressed by the family privately” and insists Meghan, Harry and son Archie are “loved” relatives. But palace insiders say Harry’s older brother, William, 38, is “devastated” by the revelations and “furious” his wife, Kate, 38, “was dragged into this whole saga.” “Behind the scenes Kate tried really hard to be a peacemaker between William and Harry,” says a friend of the family. “She has been deeply saddened by the brothers’ falling-out. Don’t forget she was incredibly close to Harry herself.” Meanwhile, Harry’s dad, Prince Charles,…

Big Daddy star ROB SCHNEIDER’s going to be a granddaddy thanks to his daughter, Ex’s & Oh’s singer ELLE KING, 31, and her fifiancé, DAN TOOKER. Selling Sunset star CHRISHELL STAUSE is dancing solo after now dumping her boyfriend of three months, DWTS pro KEO MOTSEPE. The reality star cheekily posts: “I will be fornicating with only myself for possible eternity as I am off of men.” Splitsville for secretive singer RITA ORA and French director ROMAIN GAVRAS. They went belly up around Christmas, but are just spreading the news now. JODIE COMER, the Brit beauty killing it in BBC America’s thriller series Killing Eve, is being wooed to play JOSEPHINE BONAPARTE in Apple Studio’s flick Kitbag, about Napoleon Bonaparte. Oscar-winning actor JOAQUIN PHOENIX is headlining as the ambitious emperor,…

GOOPY Gwyneth Paltrow handled pandemic stress like most people — she says she followed a “no-holds-barred” diet of wine, pasta, cheese and crackers, and packed on 14 pounds! “I was absolutely noholds-barred,” confesses the 48-year-old self-care guru. “I gained 14 pounds and my gut was a mess!” She says the high fatand-carb meal plan “got her through” the early part of lockdown, and she has since melted off 11 pounds by switching to bone broth.…

LONGTIME TV cop Christopher Meloni is back on the beat as Detective Elliot Stabler as he rejoins his old franchise for the spin-off Law & Order: Organized Crime. Here are ten things you don’t know about the Washington, D.C., native, who’ll turn the big 6-0 on April 2 — a day after his new show debuts on NBC! 1 He’s a descendant of English colonist Matthias Farnsworth III, who was captured at age 14 by Abenaki Indians and taken from Groton, Mass., to Canada, where he lived for the next seven decades until his death. 2 As a teen, he was a quarterback on the football team at his Virginia prep school. 3 After studying acting at the University of Colorado at Boulder, he graduated with a degree in history…

NICOLAS CAGE has plenty of time to beat Zsa Zsa Gabor’s Hollywood record of nine marriages — he just got hitched for the fifth time and he’s only 57. The tux-sporting wild man tied the knot with kimonoclad Riko Shibata at a Catholic-Shinto ceremony in Vegas’ Wynn Hotel on Feb. 16. His union with Riko, 26, who’s four years younger than his first son, Weston, has already lasted longer than his fourth marriage to Erika Koike, which crashed after FOUR DAYS in 2019. His other exes are Patricia Arquette, Lisa Marie Presley and Alice Kim.…

MONSTER mom Brittany Gosney murdered her six-year-old son in Ohio — and her boyfriend helped toss his tiny body in a river, cops claim. Gosney, 29, reported James Hutchinson as missing — more than a day after he supposedly vanished, according to officials. But detectives say the heartless harpy cracked under questioning and confessed her kid was dead! “The mother is not showing much remorse at this time,” says Middletown Division of Police Chief David Birk. Birk claims Gosney took James and two other children from the household to Rush Run Wildlife Area — with plans to abandon them. Cops have yet to determine what happened next — and how James lost his life. But Birk says Gosney took her son’s body back home, then she and beau James Hamilton, 42,…

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TALK Dustin Diamond and his galpal Jennifer Misner were married before his death was brought to a “screeching” halt — by his death certificate! Diamond — who died at age 44 on Feb. 1 at his Florida home after a brief battle with lung cancer — was never legally wed to Jennifer despite his claims he married her in 2009 and they divorced in 2013! His death certificate states he was “never married.” Dustin, who played Screech on TV’s Saved by the Bell, had been wearing a ring prior to his death but his friend Dan Block, president of Insurance Kings, says it was just to show his dedication to Jennifer during their relationship. He’d referred to Jennifer as his wife in a 2012 interview. She reportedly suffered a miscarriage…

PILL-popping Paulina Porizkova says she’s taking an over-the-counter supplement to deal with her depression — after prescription medication caused her to pack on pounds and torpedoed her sex drive! As GLOBE readers know, the former supermodel was left reeling by the 2019 death of her estranged husband — Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, who didn’t leave the beauty a dime in his will! But Paulina, 55, claims the drugstore remedy “gives her enough energy” to deal with her feelings.…

PRINCE HARRY’S estranged father-in-law, Thomas Markle Sr., is slamming the rogue royal as “snotty” and a lousy spouse who failed to give his daughter the shoulder she needed to lean on when the blues made her “suicidal.” Meghan turned her back on her 76-year-old dad before her 2018 wedding, claiming he “betrayed” her by spilling secrets to the press and making a money deal with photogs. He admits it, saying he’s apologized “100 times,” adding: “We all make mistakes” and that Harry’s done dumb things too, like playing “naked pool” and dressing up “like Hitler.” But the retired TV lighting and photography director, who lives in Mexico just 70 miles from his daughter’s $14 million Montecito, Calif., digs, blames Harry, 36, for failing to boost Meghan’s spirits after she plunged…

TUBBY Tammy Slaton has big troubles — the 1000-Lb. Sisters star says she’s “even more depressed” after gaining 21 pounds and crushing the scale at 665! The revelation dropped during the 32-year-old’s virtual weigh-in with Dr. Eric Smith on the season finale. Tammy, who appears on the show with super-sized sibling Amy, says of her dining habits, “I know I shouldn’t sit there and eat it all, but I do — and I don’t know how to stop.”…

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AN EX-CON is in the doghouse — and behind bars in a Florida county jail — for charges she threw a cat in her elderly roommate’s face! Cops say Wendi Hird, 56, and her 73-year-old male companion had a “verbal argument” that ended with the Largo, Fla., woman committing assault with a feline weapon! Hird “took their cat and threw it on the victim’s face, causing the cat to scratch the victim’s face,” and then throwing a punch of her own, according to police. Hird — whose rap sheet reveals an assortment of convictions for theft, battery, probation violation and more — was charged with felony domestic battery and was being held on $4,000 bond. Her plea is pending.…

BARBRA STREISAND’S pampered pooches are nosing out hubby James Brolin — and it’s making him barking mad, according to insiders! Sources snitch to GLOBE the 78-year-old singing superstar is so fed up with her guy’s griping about being chopped liver that she’s ready to put HIM in the doghouse! “James likes pets too, as long as they know their place — but Barbra’s dogs have the run of the house and he’s taken about all he can!” spills an insider. As GLOBE reported, Babs was so distraught in 2017 at the thought of losing Samantha, her beloved 14-year-old Coton de Tulear, she spent $50,000 to clone her TWICE! The result is Miss Scarlett and Miss Violet — genetic replicas of Samantha — and sources yap the adorable duo, plus a…

NOTORIOUS Chicago mob boss Al Capone went to his grave without ever recovering $100 million in hidden cash — about $1 billion in today’s money — because he couldn’t remember where it was! But his niece, Deirdre Marie Capone, firmly believes the secret treasure trove exists! “If it’s anywhere it would be Chicago,” insists 80-year-old Deirdre. “I also believe they had a lot of dealings in Cuba. I believe a lot of money was in safety deposit boxes in Cuba. But I have to let that be now.” Capone — the mastermind behind the notorious 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre — searched for the cash after he served time for tax evasion. But the vicious thug’s brain was so rotted from syphilis that his memory was shot! “I put it…

REAL HOUSEWIFE Margaret Josephs has a fetish for falsies — she’s been applying fake lashes since she was four! The RHONJ reality star, 53, says she got hooked on false lashes as a toddler when she appeared in a makeup tutorial. “Lash extensions,” she proclaims, are “my absolute non-negotiable” in her daily makeup regimen. “I think I’m faster than most people at the eyelashes — since at the age of four I had to do lashes!”…

JAMES Bond icon Sean Connery filmed 007 scenes in his boxer shorts! Actor Wesley Snipes says Connery — who passed last October at age 90 — shared his secret while the two shot the 1993 thriller Rising Sun. During their first scene together in a car, Wesley wore a suit while Sean donned boxer shorts and slippers under a jacket, shirt and tie — and told a shocked Wesley: “Why do you need your pants if the camera’s up there?”…

COUNTRY kingpin Garth Brooks is begging fans to pray his wife, Trisha Yearwood, makes a complete recovery from COVID-19! Trisha, 56, is no longer positive after being diagnosed with the killer virus in late February, but Garth’s terrified the lingering effects of the disease could ruin her stellar singing voice! “Officially, she’s diagnosed as ‘on her way out of the tunnel,’ which I’m extremely thankful for,” says Garth, 59, who tested negative. “Living with her, I sometimes take it for granted, she’s one of the greatest voices in all of music, so the possible long-term effects on her concern me as her husband and as a fan. “We’re very lucky she is currently under the greatest care in the best city for treating and healing singers.” Longevity expert Dr. Gabe…