Innholdsfortegnelse for January 18, 2021 i Globe

Two years after splitting with Harry Potter star EMMA WATSON, Glee heartthrob CHORD OVERSTREET, 31, is smitten with The Bold and the Beautiful stunner CAMELIA SOMERS, the 25-year-old granddaughter of SUZANNE SOMERS. Retired Russian tennis ace MARIA SHARAPOVA, 33, got engaged to art dealer ALEXANDER GILKES, 41. JAMIE LEE CURTIS, 62, and CHRISTOPHER GUEST, 72, celebrated 36 years of wedded bliss. It was love at first sight for the Halloween star, who quips she instantly knew she’d marry her famous mate after seeing his picture in a magazine! It’s seventh heaven for singer TAYLOR HANSON, 37, and wife NATALIE, who welcomed baby No. 7! Their latest bundle of joy is named MAYBELLENE ALMA JOY. The X-Files star GILLIAN ANDERSON, 52, split with her boyfriend of four years, Brit screenwriter PETER…

YOU wouldn’t think Beatles icon Paul McCartney and comic Chris Rock had anything in common — but they do — bitter divorces! During a video chat with Rock, the singer agreed “women and wives always give you material” for songs and jokes, saying, “You start talking about your divorce and you’ve got a couple of hours on that.” Paul, 78, endured a 2008 nightmare divorce, paying second wife Heather Mills $50 million, and Chris, 55, went through a brutal split from ex Malaak Compton Rock in 2016.…

INDESTRUCTIBLE Cher reveals fans saved her from certain death when a thug tried to snuff her out! The 74-year-old Oscar-winning diva recalls performing in New York City in 1982 when she says: “I had a man try to kill me! “I always got dropped off at the stage door when I was doing Come Back to the 5 & Dime on Broadway. “I thought he was going to shake my hand, and he grabbed my arm and put it behind my back. “He started pushing me down the alleyway and he said, ‘If you make a sound, I’ll kill you.’ “Two fans, who later became friends, saw something was wrong, and they started screaming and ran towards me, and he ran away.” ›› Children begin by loving their parents; as…

NO JOKE! Former Saturday Night Live funnyman John Mulaney has checked into a Pennsylvania rehab for two months to battle booze and cocaine demons! The 38-year-old Netflix stand-up comic has laced his act with stories of his addictions — and credited boozing at age 13 with making him funny. “I drank for attention,” he says. “I was really outgoing, and then at 12, I wasn’t. And then I was drinking, and I was hilarious again.” Drinking led to cocaine and popping pills and showing off that he could handle it. “I wasn’t a good athlete, so this is the physical feat I can do. Three Vicodin and a tequila and I’m still standing — ‘Who’s the athlete now?’” But family and friends are delighted he’s getting help. ›› Education: the…

DIRECTOR William Friedkin furiously blasted buzz he was going to reboot his classic 1973 horror flick, The Exorcist. “There’s a rumor I’m involved with a new version,” he tweets. “This isn’t a rumor, it’s a flat-out lie. There’s not enough money or motivation in the world to get me to do this.” No wonder Friedkin’s furious. The three sequels to the megahit about priests trying to oust a demon possessing a 12-year-old girl — including a version with Richard Burton — all bombed!…

IF IMITATION is the best form of flattery, then actress Zooey Deschanel was thrilled to learn pop star Katy Perry scammed her way into nightclubs by pretending to be the New Girl TV star. Katy, 36, bared her brazen impersonation after Zooey, 41, appeared in her new music video playing a gal kidnapped by aliens, who think SHE’S the I Kissed a Girl singer. But at the turn of the century, Katy was a struggling unknown while Zooey was starring in big flicks like Elf and Almost Famous. “When I moved to L.A. maybe 18 years ago, I was pretty much a nobody and it was like Zooey Deschanel ran the world,” Katy confessed to her idol. “In that moment, I was so complimented to look like you.” Now insists…

KIRSTIE ALLEY thought she’d escaped Earthquake Alley when she left Los Angeles for Kansas, sources say, until multiple ground shakers jolted her Wichita home! The former Cheers star was all shook up on Dec. 18 when a cluster of quakes registering up to 3.7 in magnitude sent her rescue cat, Kit Kat, running around in circles and toppled several life-size Christmas decorations in her front yard, insiders say. “Kirstie was terrified because she’d never felt an earthquake in Kansas!” spills a pal. “She had been in plenty of quakes in L.A., but she thought she’d never have to worry about a quake in the Midwest! “One reason Kirstie left California was because Kansas never experienced earthquakes and she was petrified every time the ground shook in L.A.!” The 70-year-old former…

BLAKE SHELTON and fiancée Gwen Stefani exploded in a vicious public screaming match — and sources say the ugly spat has friends fearing The Voice lovebirds are near their breaking point! “The run-up to the wedding has put tremendous strain on both of them — and their relationship,” snitches an insider. “All the stress boiled over and suddenly they were at each other’s throats!” As GLOBE revealed, sources say country stud Blake is bent out of shape over pop diva Gwen’s plans to make new music with a string of stud-muffins, including The Weeknd, Tyga and Harry Styles — and their brutal argument erupted outside her Pasadena recording studio! “Blake knows more than anybody how flirty Gwen gets with other musicians,” spills the source. “He’s crazy jealous that she wants…

UNSINKABLE Simon Cowell walks five miles a day as he continues his grueling recovery after breaking his back in a freak electric bike accident last summer, according to singer Sinitta. The tough-as-nails America’s Got Talent judge, 61, suffered multiple fractures after taking a spill at his Malibu home in August. But pal Sinitta says he’s putting in 10,000 steps daily and “still having a lot of physiotherapy, seeing great doctors and doing non-weight bearing pool work.” ›› I am always saying ‘Glad to’ve met you’ to somebody I’m not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.— J.D. Salinger…

LATINA sensation Camila Mendes has played scheming Veronica Lodge on Riverdale since 2017, and this month she returns for season five of The CW’s subversive reinterpretation of the Archie Comics universe. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 26-year-old actress. 1 She was born in Virginia in 1994 to Brazilian parents. 2 Her family moved more than a dozen times, but she spent most of her childhood in Florida. 3 Camila speaks Portuguese fluently and lived in Brazil for a year when she was ten. 4 Her first acting job was a TV commercial for the Swedish furniture company IKEA. 5 She auditioned to play Jennifer Lopez’s daughter on Shades of Blue but lost out to Sarah Jeffery. 6 She was cast for Riverdale in 2016 — the…

FLORIDA cops say they’ve finally cracked the mysterious beauty in a suitcase murder after nearly 20 years — by charging pretty Rebeca Pena’s ex-boyfriend with her gruesome death. The 26-year-old brunette was last seen alive about 2:15 a.m. on April 11, 2001, driving from the south Florida set of the Will Smith movie Ali, where she was an extra, in her white Honda Civic. The car was later found parked at her Miramar apartment, but she’d vanished. Six days later, three boaters discovered a suitcase floating in the Biscayne River Canal and were horrified to find Rebeca stuffed inside! Also in the suitcase were two 25-pound weight plates that were supposed to sink it and a magazine with her previous Silver Springs, Md., address where she’d lived with boyfriend Berkley…

NO NEED to go to the drugstore for sore throat medicine — natural remedies also relieve pain and discomfort, experts say. While bacterial infections like strep need antibiotics, scientists say these work, too: • Salt water: Gargling with a teaspoon of salt mixed in a cup of water kills bacteria and soothes tissues. • Lemon juice: Slices of lemon or a teaspoon of juice in a cup of warm water relieves pain, cuts mucus and boosts the immune system with vitamin C. • Chamomile tea: Eases pain and improves immunity. • Licorice root: Boiled into tea it reduces swelling and irritation. • Marshmallow root: A tablespoon in warm water coats the throat. • Apple cider vinegar: Drinking or gargling kills bacteria. • Peppermint oil: Soothes with menthol and is antiinflammatory,…

LONELY Rob Kardashian has been stuck in a romantic rut ever since ex-fiancée Blac Chyna took him to the cleaners four years ago — and friends are worried he’ll never be able to trust his heart again! Sources snitched the drama between the 33-year-old and his baby mama has made him a shell of his former self — especially after Rob agreed to pay Chyna $20,000 a month in child support last year to end an ugly court fight Sources snitched the drama between the 33-year-old and his baby mama has made him a shell of his former self — especially after Rob agreed to pay Chyna $20,000 a month in child support last year to end an ugly court fight. who only want to be with him for what…

HOLLYWOOD pariah Charlie Sheen — once the highest-paid man on TV — has stooped to shilling personalized videos online for a measly $420! During his heyday, the hard-partying performer reportedly raked in $1.8 million per episode on Two and a Half Men. But Charlie was canned from the gig after eight seasons following a world-class bender — described by a source as a “36-hour marathon of vodka, cocaine and porn stars” — and a public meltdown, in which he ranted about being fueled by “tiger blood” and branded sitcom creator Chuck Lorre “a stupid, stupid little man.” Charlie, now 55, sobered up after a stint in rehab and came out as HIV-positive in 2015. He later said of his loose-cannon behavior: “It’s as though there was some alien or demonic…

SHE’S blooming beautiful! Mom-to-be Bindi Irwin shared an image of herself sweetly cradling her burgeoning baby bump as the adorable Aussie counts down the days to her little girl’s arrival! Five months after tying the knot in March 2020, the 22-year-old daughter of late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and her American hubby, Chandler Powell, 24, announced their first “Baby Wildlife Warrior” was on the way. Addressing her unborn daughter, Bindi captioned the pregnancy pic: “Oh how I love you.”…

CONNIE CHUNG just rolled right over Bryant Gumbel in one of her recent dirtdishing media appearances — saying she was “invisible” to him when she subbed for his Today co-host Jane Pauley! “I’d be sitting beside him, but I was invisible,” tattles the veteran news anchor, who suspects Gumbel had “big shot-itis.” Says Connie, “I didn’t have a very good experience with a lot of male co-anchors, because they suffer from something called big shot-itis, and it’s sort of delusions of grandeur and sort of narcissistic behavior and a feeling of inability to stop talking.” Connie has been outspoken recently about her interactions with top TV journalists. But she adds Gumbel has shaken off his “big shot-itis” in recent years. ›› It’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole…

PRINCE HARRY and his high-living wife, Meghan, will finally cut all ties to royalty — and lose their cash-spinning titles — if he follows through with a vow to become a U.S. citizen, sources tell GLOBE. Already settled in a lavish, $14 million California compound with their tot, Archie, in the celebrity-peppered Montecito region, the couple have abandoned royal traditions to become a money machine despite coyly downplaying their connection to Britain’s monarchy. “Everyone knows the fairy dust they bring to the table, even if they don’t use the titles when signing a business deal or when they show up at a big event,” says a royal insider. “The titles are still there to people who want to bathe in the glamour of being around royalty.” Royal expert Marlene Koenig notes…

STEVE HARVEY’S DUBAI SURPRISE They’re playing our song! Sure seems like thrice-married STEVE HARVEY’s putting all those nasty old divorce rumors to rest, romancing wife MARJORIE during a cloud-nine dream dinner in the sky! Waving so long to pandemic problems, the Family Feud host, 64, and his 56-year-old bride got onboard a jet and landed in faraway Dubai, playland of billionaires. Next up, arranging an out-of-the-blue thrill for his spouse of 13 years — despite a marriage with more reported ups and downs than a roller-coaster ride! “Steve surprised his wife with a private dinner at the top of the Dubai Frame,” spills a source. “This is the first time a private dinner has been hosted on top of the landmark.” So far, so good. “As they ascended to the…

TALK chatterbox Kelly Ripa and actor hubby Mark Consuelos are returning to their romantic roots — they fell in love while on the soap All My Children and now are producing a prime-time spinoff, Pine Valley. The new drama is set in AMC’s original Pennsylvania suburb and tells of a journalist who returns to expose the town’s dark and murderous secrets while caught between the feuding Kane and Santos families. Kelly and Mark fell for each other off-camera while playing lovers on AMC from 1995 to 2010.…

AFTER 55 years of a childless marriage, country queen Dolly Parton’s gonna be a mom — at the age of 75, sources tell GLOBE! Dolly, who lost her shot at biological motherhood due to surgery four decades ago, will bring a ten-year-old child into her life, and hubby Carl Dean, 78, is on board, according to spies. “She’s keen to adopt a child of her own, despite the fact she’s turning 75 this month,” spills an insider. “And Carl is all for it. “They are quietly talking to attorneys who specialize in this type of thing and hope to bring home an orphan by early next year, if not sooner.” The busty blonde and her reclusive hubby wanted to have a family when they got hitched in 1966. As the…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 A relationship could transform from acquaintances to friends, then friends to lovers, within days. But are you ready for romance? Cosmic connections suggest it may be better to stay pals for now! A cash crisis is averted with news from far away under the midweek Taurus moon. The number 8 is lucky Sunday! GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Monday brings a family surprise, and by the weekend you could be hitting the road to visit someone in need. Not able to travel? Don’t fret! You can help out from home, Twin — the Mars-Uranus meet eases long-distance negotiations. Saturday brings an invitation you won’t want to turn LEO July 23 - Aug. 23 Your generous nature makes you vulnerable to a sad story…

EVIL North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is brutally working starving prisoners to death — forcing them to raise plump pigs for his dinner table — and then turning his victims’ corpses into fertilizer to grow pretty flowers! The chilling secret behind the monster’s death camps shockingly mirrors the classic Charlton Heston sci-fi classic Soylent Green, where human remains are turned into food protein for humans. Experts estimate up to 200,000 political prisoners — many unlucky mothers and children snared trying to flee the nation’s famine and brutality — are now in camps where pigs are fattened “to feed the privileged classes within the capital city of Pyongyang,” says a source. “Its inmates are directly tasked with providing meat, fish and salt to the power-holding elite in Pyongyang — the very…

A FEDERAL judge ordered Paul and Beth Werking to pay their 42-year-old son, David, $25,000 for tossing the “irreplaceable” pornography collection he stashed in their Glen Haven, Mich., basement after his divorce. FORT Pierce, Fla., cops are investigating how a 12-foot stainless steel monolith — similar to the obelisk found in the Utah desert, made an unexplained appearance in the garden of a local pub overnight. The joint’s baffled owners say installation was not captured on security cameras. Bottoms up! AMERICA’S largest underground lake, the Lost Sea in Sweetwater, Tenn., has never been fully explored! Divers can’t reach the end. NEW York City resident Thupten Topjy is lucky to be alive after a Queens sinkhole opened without warning — and swallowed his Toyota RAV4!…