Innholdsfortegnelse for February 24, 2020 i Globe

DOWDY ABBEY MAGGIE SMITH has gone from Downton Abbey’s elegant countess to a boring plain Jane ALL QUACKED UP MMA fighter CONOR McGREGOR shows his goofy side when he ducks into Disneyland BENCH PRESS Good Morning America’s KEKE PALMER gets a core workout in the Big Apple FANG-TASTIC Wolverine’s HUGH JACKMAN has got his hands full — but still manages to tote his tiny toothbrush LIPS DON’T LIE Here’s the ugly truth — pop sensation SHAKIRA isn’t always a flawless beauty QUICK-CHANGE ARTIST Shameless singer JUSTIN BIEBER nearly flashes his assets in L.A. THE BEST CELEB PHOTOS EVERY WEEK!…

MEGHAN McCAIN is kissing up to Whoopi Goldberg in a last-ditch bid to save her job! As GLOBE reported, Whoopi has told producers if they don’t rein in mouthy Meghan, she’ll walk — straight to a plum gig on Star Trek: Picard! “Meghan’s realized who the producers would side with and she’s pretty clear it wouldn’t be her!” snitches an insider. “Now she’s doing everything she can to mend her broken relationship with Whoopi before she’s out of a job. Whoopi’s heading towards the exit and everyone knows there’s no View without Whoopi!” In a now infamous on-air clash over President Trump’s impeachment, upstart Meghan kept interrupting View leader Whoopi. “Girl, please stop talking,” the Ghost star demanded. “Girl, please stop talking now!” Recalling the spat with Andy Cohen on…

COUNTRY songbird Shania Twain is singing the praises of her “beautifully twisted” relationship with Swiss spouse Frédéric Thiébaud — who’d once been married to her first husband’s mistress! The weirdness started when the Canadian chart-topper, who had tied the knot with producer Robert “Mutt” Lange in 1993, found out her spouse was having an affair with her personal assistant — Frédéric’s wife, Marie-Anne Thiébaud! Shockingly, Frédéric himself broke the news to Shania about Mutt’s horndog ways! The You’re Still the One singer reveals the betrayal — which led to her 2010 divorce — sent her spiraling into a deep depression and “there were days I didn’t really care if tomorrow came.” But Shania, 54, explains her and Frédéric’s heartbreak led to romance — she wed the executive less than seven…

ACTRESS Rae Dawn Chong says Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger took her by the hand and bedded her in his New York apartment — when she was a high school sophomore! That’s the shocking claim of the Knock ‘Em Dead actress, who says she was underage “jailbait” and the rock god was 33 and married to wife Bianca at the time! “He never asked me how old I was and I never told him. It never came up,” recalls the now-58-year-old Commando star. “He had tousled hair. I thought, ‘Oh, man, he is beautiful.” Rae Dawn — whose dad is famed pothead Tommy Chong — was in New York City trying to break into modeling when the Stone rolled up to her door. “He said, ‘What are you doing right…

VANESSA’S INKED UP & READY TO MINGLE! Everything’s coming up roses, or at least sunflowers, for newly single and ready to mingle VANESSA HUDGENS, 31, fresh off her unexpected split from handsome boyfriend of nearly nine years AUSTIN BUTLER. Head over heels with the 28-year-old Once Upon a Time in Hollywood heartthrob right up until their sudden breakup, the former High School Musical beauty’s literally looking on the sunny side — sprouting a new tattoo of a sunflower next to her left breast. The single lady’s also keeping abreast of fresh romantic options, like scoring a recent dinner date with NBA star KYLE KUZMA! The evening must have gone well — she showed up to watch the 24-year-old power forward play with the Lakers at Madison Square Garden the very…

THE hubby made me do it! That’s Madonna’s excuse for her pretentious-sounding English accent! The pop diva popped off about being mocked for her wonky Brit speak — and blamed her ex, director Guy Ritchie! “I didn’t know what anyone was talking about until I heard old interviews of myself,” the Material Girl singer said during a Jan. 29 gig in London. “And then I was horrified and flabber-gasted. Why did you let me do that to myself?” Madonna, 61, moved to England during her eight-year marriage to Guy, 51. The pair share son Rocco, 19, and adopted son David Banda, 14.…

TODAY co-host Savannah Guthrie doesn’t know whether she’s coming or going — she wore her dress backwards during a recent broadcast! The early riser copped to the mistake during the morning show, explaining she was “distracted” when she made the fashion flub and had been awake since 3:30 a.m. She joked on-air about the back-to-front frock and even flipped her collar down to display the garment’s tag. Savannah says her blunder dawned on her before the cameras began to roll, but by then it was “too late to change it!” The 48-year-old — who shares daughter Vale, 5, and son Charlie, 3, with hubby Michael Feldman — had returned to the show less than four weeks earlier following a break to recover from surgery to repair a torn retina that…

A PRECOCIOUS pooch regularly rides the bus to and from her favorite Seattle park — without her human in tow! Yes, extraordinary Eclipse waits at a bus stop near her home before boarding the vehicle to travel for some frolicking with her four-legged friends. Then, after about two hours of play, the canine commuter hops back aboard and heads home in time for dinner. But this Fido is no fare beater — she travels with a pass clipped to her harness by her owner, Jeff Young! Jeff says the unusual arrangement came one day when the Labrador retriever mix grew impatient for their jaunt to the park, leapt onto the bus and made the trip without him! The driver recognized his dogged passenger and let the ruff rider off at…

SQUEAKY-CLEAN superstar George Clooney has been investigated for his links to a Las Vegas racketeer and a $100,000 favor, FBI documents reveal! A GLOBE special report exposes the movie gangster’s business dealings with real-life wise guy Rick Rizzolo, who helped with location work for Clooney’s Mob flick Ocean’s Eleven. “Clooney has a history of deals with shady people and the FBI will always keep records on guys like him,” a former U.S. Marshal who worked with the feds tells GLOBE. In the early 2000s, federal agents probing racketeering called in Clooney, 58, to grill him about his friendship with Rizzolo, owner of the notorious Sin City topless club Crazy Horse Too. Rizzolo bragged “George is my buddy” to the local Las Vegas Review-Journal-newspaper — and he even let Clooney use…

SUPERMODEL Heidi Klum craves sex all the time — thanks to her boytoy third hubby, Tom Kaulitz, whose special TLC makes the 46-year-old feel like the most desirable gal in the world, sources say! The Project Runway babe and the 30-year-old Tokio Hotel bandman wed a year ago — and were still so touchy-feely at a Jan. 23 awards bash that “a partygoer joked the couple should ‘get a room!’” blabs a source. “Heidi thought that at her age she might be winding down in the sex department until she and Tom hooked up,” says the insider. “Ever since then … she wants to make love 24 hours a day.” Tom’s secret is “buying her sexy lingerie and writing her steamy texts and emails almost every day,” tattles the spywitness.…

PAMELA ANDERSON’s sudden, shocking marriage to movie studio mogul and former hairdresser Jon Peters was a sham! Just 12 days after the pair supposedly tied the knot in front of her two sons and his three daughters and an ex-wife on Jan. 20, the 52-year-old Baywatch babe announced they’d split “to reevaluate what we want from life and one another.” But a source says the pair never got their marriage license certified after the ceremony as required by law! Pam and the 74-year-old, who each had four previous failed marriages, first met at a Playboy mansion bash in the ’80s and Peters says he’s had the hots for her ever since. “There are beautiful girls everywhere,” he says. “I could have my pick, but — for 35 years — I’ve…

NATURAL wonder Elle Macpherson hit back at trolls who squealed she had plastic surgery, saying she wants to continue “aging gracefully without interference” and swears she’ll never go under the knife! The slender supermodel — nicknamed The Body during her ’80s heyday — says she boosts her beauty with vitamin injections and infusions. “I work on my nutrition,” explains Elle, 55. “I’ve learned that a good smile, good teeth, good hair, good skin, a good mood are worth a thousand injectables and Botox and facials and masks.”…

A STRIKING sandalwood sculpture once attributed to famed French artist Paul Gauguin sold for a reported $3 million in 2002 — but now experts say it’s a fake hunk of junk! The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles snatched up the devilish Head with Horns having been convinced it was carved by the Paul popular post-Impressionist painter, who died in 1903. But recent research caused curators to say the item’s creator is “unknown” and yank it from public view. The piece had previously been owned by New York gallery Wildenstein & Co., which was sued last year for allegedly selling a forged Pierre Bonnard painting in 1985 — a charge their lawyer calls “baseless.”…

LATE-NIGHT smart aleck James Corden has confessed his popular segment Carpool Karaoke is as phony as Milli Vanilli! The truth came out when a video shared online showed Corden filming with Justin Bieber — and even though Corden was in the driver’s seat, the vehicle was being towed! Millions of viewers checked out the clip and some media outlets blasted it as “the worst lie since Santa!” The hoo-ha prompted the Late Late Show host to address the scandal. “I’m just shocked I’ve done something that upset people more than Cats,” Corden wisecracked, adding: “This is a TV show. Not everything is real.” ›› We sleep in separate rooms, we have dinner apart, we take separate vacations — we’re doing everything we can to keep our marriage together.—Rodney Dangerfield…

BOMBSHELLS keep exploding in the ugly battle over Aretha Franklin’s $80 million fortune, including the shocking resignation of the Queen of Soul’s niece as executor of her will! In addition to the sudden Jan. 30 departure of executor Sabrina Owens, Aretha’s son Kecalf Cunningham, 49, is asking a Michigan judge to “disqualify” estate lead attorney David J. Bennett. He claims Bennett has improperly held onto items that were taken from Aretha’s residence and accuses his firm of keeping $988,656 belonging to Aretha in a trust account. Family members had accused Sabrina of putting friends and relatives on the estate payroll and using the Queen of Soul’s Mercedes Benz as her own car. She was appointed administrator by the singer’s four sons following Aretha’s August 2018 cancer death. ›› Worrying is…

This Is Us star CHRIS SULLIVAN, 39, and wife RACHEL are Rachel expecting their first baby, a boy. The couple married in 2010. Former tennis ace ANNA KOURNIKOVA, 38, and singer ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, 44, are expecting their third baby, two years after having twins. The pair have been partners since 2001 but never married. CIARA, 34, is pregnant with her third child, her second with husband, NFL quarterback RUSSELL WILSON. Second marriage for BRANDON JENNER, the 38-year-old son of CAITLYN JENNER and LINDA THOMPSON. The musician/TV personality married his pregnant galpal, CAYLEY STOKER, who’s expecting twins. ZAC EFRON, 32, is dating his stunning former Neighbors co-star, HALSTON SAGE, 26. He’d been previously linked to Danish Olympic swimmer SARAH BRO, 23. British-born Last Week Tonight host JOHN OLIVER, 42, officially became…

POP star Jessica Simpson says three days before she tied the knot with Eric Johnson, her father, Joe, told her he was bringing a “young male model” as his date to their wedding! The shocking news came in 2014, two years after the Irresistible singer learned her parents were splitting while she was in the hospital to have an early C-section for her first child, daughter Maxwell. Immediately after Joe separated from wife Tina, he’d blasted rumors labeling him as gay, and Jessica says she was later blindsided by her dad’s decision to attend her nuptials with a 22-year-old dude! “I reminded myself that I needed to accept my father for who he was as he worked it out in real time,” she explains in her memoir, Open Book. Here’s…

POWERHOUSE singer Kelly Clarkson hasn’t slowed down since shooting to fame with American Idol in 2002. On Feb. 24, she returns as a coach for season 18 of The Voice, and in April she kicks off a 16-night Las Vegas residency. And her successful syndicated talk show has already been renewed for a sophomore season. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 37-year-old mother of two. 1 When she was in the seventh grade, a teacher heard her singing in the hallway and asked her to audition for the school choir. 2 She originally pursued singing to score a college scholarship, but turned down free rides to University of Texas at Austin, University of North Texas and Berklee College of Music to focus on her career. 3While trying…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Don’t be sad over a missed opportunity, Ram. The Pisces moon lights a path to something much better! Get outdoors for fresh air! It boosts your vitality, and for some leads to a meeting with a potential partner! After Thursday, make time for a friend who lives far away. She really needs your wise advice! GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Look to the past for the solution to a problem, Twin. Mercury says you’ll find a silver lining in this dark cloud! Then take a well-deserved break for fun, with an evening out with your partner or pals! Later, don’t assume that someone is telling the truth. You’re vulnerable to deceit now — check your sources! LEO July 23 - Aug. 23 The…

RETIRED showbiz apes are the top bananas at a Florida sanctuary, where they spend lazy days playing and painting! The celeb simians in residence at the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula include 48-year-old orangutan Popi — Clint Eastwood’s sidekick in Every Which Way but Loose — and Michael Jackson’s former chimp chum, Bubbles, now 36. The residents’ artwork is regularly auctioned off — but there’s no monkey business. Proceeds go toward their care, which costs about $23,000 per year for each of the facility’s 53 animals.…

ANIMAL-rights activists have demanded that furry weather forecaster Punxsutawney Phil be replaced with a robot! People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals leader Ingrid Newkirk says the famed groundhog gets stressed out by the annual ceremony. HERE’S a man who will always have sparkling teeth! A Georgia dentist has assembled a world-record collection of 3,000 tubes of toothpaste, all of them different. Dr. Val Kolpakov of Alpharetta says patients who travel overseas often bring him foreign brands. CIVIL engineer Dan Del Tufo raised the bar on marriage proposals when he arranged to have a New Hampshire bridge span lifted so traffic would stop and he could propose marriage to his girlfriend, Julia Kallmerten, also an engineer. She said yes. SNAKES alive! Melvin Linot, a deputy fire chief in Rose Hill,…