Innholdsfortegnelse for July 5, 2021 i Globe

JENNIFER LOPEZ played The Wedding Planner in her 2001 flick and now she’s hiring one — because she’s set on getting hitched to former lover Ben Affleck, sources say. And the 48-year-old movie Batman is so lovestruck, he’s ready to trip down the aisle with the 51-year-old Latin hottie, insiders dish. But J.Lo wants their knottie to be “the most spectacular in Hollywood history,” blabs a snitch. “That’s going to take a lot of time. “Jennifer is being proactive and Ben is all for it. Ideally, she’d like it to be this year, but it all depends on the venues that are available and the schedules of her high-profile guests.” Witnesses, who gawked at their lovey-dovey canoodling while celebrating the 50th birthday of Jennifer’s sister Linda at Malibu’s Nobu eatery…

Entourage star KEVIN CONNOLLY, 47, and his partner, artist/actress ZULAY HENAO, 42, welcomed their first baby, a girl named KENNEDY. Country stud JIMMIE ALLEN, 35, and new bride ALEXIS, 25, are expecting their second baby. Along with the pair’s one-year-old daughter, NAOMI, Jimmie also has a son, AADYN, 7, from a previous relationship. Didn’t take long for MERYL STREEP’s daughter GRACE GUMMER to plan marriage No. 2! Freshly divorced from Nomadland’s TAY STRATHAIRN, the actress, 35, got engaged to music producer MARK RONSON, 45. Girls star LENA DUNHAM, 35, has a new Peruvian English beau, LUIS FELBER, 32. Professionally, the singer goes by his middle name, ATTAWALPA, a tribute to the last Incan emperor, who died in 1533. It’s not over for The Daily Show host TREVOR NOAH, 37, and…

SUFFERING New York socialite Libbie Mugrabi has reignited her divorce battle with billionaire art collector ex-hubby David because she simply CANNOT get by on “only” $79K a month! The 41-year-old lady of leisure has filed court documents to reopen the case, claiming antidepressants clouded her judgment when she agreed last December to settle the $100 million dispute. She now says $79,000 a month in child support is nowhere near enough to keep their tweener kids, Rosemary and Joseph, fed and clothed! The determined divorcée and 47-year-old David married in 2005. David’s art collector family is said to be worth $5 billion and own the world’s largest private collection of Andy Warhol works. Libbie has dismissed the idea of perhaps earning some extra pocket money on her own. Discussions about becoming a…

MOVIE hunk Chris Pratt suits up as a military tough guy in the new sci-fi flick The Tomorrow War. He’s also slated to appear in the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder and Jurassic World: Dominion. Here are ten things you don’t know about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 42-year-old son-in-law. 1 When he was seven years old, his dad, Daniel, died from multiple sclerosis. 2 During high school, he placed fifth in a Washington state wrestling tournament. 3 He’s a college dropout — having left school halfway through his first semester. 4 Before finding fame, he lived in a van in Hawaii and says, “It’s a pretty awesome place to be homeless.” 5 At 19, he worked as a stripper and says, “I loved to always get naked. I was very free, so…

MAFIA goon John Perna got socked with 30 months in the slammer after roughing up the beau of The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Dina Manzo, officials say. The feds say the former reality star’s jealous ex Tom Manzo, 56, sicced Perna — an alleged soldier in the Lucchese crime family — on David Cantin in 2015. In return, authorities say Perna, 44, got a steep discount at Tom’s New Jersey restaurant for a wedding reception attended by fellow wiseguys. Tom was indicted on racketeering and conspiracy charges related to the attack on David, who tied the knot with the Bravo alum in 2019. Tom has also been accused of terrorizing Dina, 49, and David, 41, in a 2017 home invasion. He has denied all charges in both ongoing cases.…

PUPIL size may give insight into a person’s level of intelligence, according to a new study. A team at the Georgia Institute of Technology says they found volunteers who excelled at tests of reasoning, attention and memory had larger baseline pupil measurements than their lower scoring counterparts. The scientists suspect those with larger pupils while at rest have greater activity in the locus coeruleus — the part of the brain linked to cognitive function and recall. But you don’t need to be an expert to see for yourself. At least three other studies indicate the relative difference in pupil size between smart people and their less gifted colleagues is visible to the naked eye. Docs are still baffled by the link between intelligence and the pupil — but the research…

AXED WWE superstar Lana plans to dish the dirt on boss Vince McMahon after getting the boot! “I can’t wait to spill the tea, because it’s hot and delicious,” vows the Ravishing Russian, who’d lit up WWE Raw since 2014. “I look forward to standing up and speaking out on things that for years I have been silent about.” The WWE — headed by billionaire chairman and CEO McMahon — recently sacked Lana, 36, and five other wrestlers, Buddy Murphy, Aleister Black, Braun Strowman, Ruby Riott and Santana Garrett. Her firing stunned fans since Lana — whose real name is Catherine Joy “CJ” Perry — had reportedly signed a new five-year multimillion-dollar contract through at least November 2024 that paid her $250,000 per year. While in WWE, she feuded with…

RAVISHING Vanna White is finally ready to say “I do” to her contractor boyfriend, John Donaldson, after a decade together, GLOBE has learned! A source dishes the timeless 64-year-old Wheel of Fortune co-host and letter-turner is turning the page on unmarried life — because even after ten years, she and John have never had a fight! “She wants to be married by the time she’s 65 next February,” spills an insider. “They have a perfect life and get along so well, and she can honestly say they’ve never had a single argument in all the years they’ve been together. “Plus, he’s so supportive and often visits the set just to see her high-heel it across the stage!” This will be Vanna’s second trip down the aisle. She was previously wed from…

TORMENTED Tiger Woods is so devastated by the car crash that has crippled him — possibly for life — he couldn’t even take a speaking gig on the recent U.S. Open golf classic, insiders say. TV kingpins thought a commentator stint for the June 17–June 20 tournament at San Diego’s Torrey Pines course would be an easy putt for recovering Tiger, but the 45-year-old jock slammed their offer into a bunker. An insider tattles “he’s still in a lot of pain and it’s a lot worse than he lets on. Tiger’s recovery is proving agonizing and slow-going. The cold reality is that he’s in no position to be going anywhere publicly — least of all where all the cameras are on him.” Sources predict the pain-wracked former links lion won’t…

WONDER what Rod Stewart’s answer is when wife Penny Lancaster — dressed in police uniform including handcuffs — asks: “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?” Amazingly, at 50 years old, third wife and former model Penny has nabbed a volunteer job as a Special Constable with the City of London Police and has been on patrol since April. She recently was spied reading the rights to a lout who tinkled inside a metal sculpture and forced him to buy a bottle of water and wash off his mess. While Penny didn’t make a bust during her first five patrols, she DID help talk down a suicidal gal on a bridge. Penny qualified for the gig by taking classes and says Rod, 76, approves. No wonder. Looking at Penny in a uniform, he’s…

RACY Jada Pinkett Smith went full TMI on a recent episode of her Facebook show — she steam-cleaned her vagina on camera! The Girls Trip star, 49, heated her hoohah along with daughter Willow Smith and mom Adrienne Banfield-Norris — all three opened their matching lilac gowns and hunkered over steaming pots! Medical experts warn gals against heating their genitals, but Jada insisted the trio “spend quality time” with their privates: “I’m sure boys sit around all day talking about their penises!”…

AN UNHOLY habit may send a retired nun to the big house for up to 40 years after she confessed to swiping more than $835,000 from a California elementary school and gambling it away in Sin City, say federal officials. Mary Margaret Kreuper, 79, of Los Angeles, was the principal at St. James Catholic School in Torrance for 29 years before leaving in 2018 — but prosecutors claim for over ten of those years the sticky-fingered fraud personally pocketed hundreds of thousands in donations, fees and tuition money! Investigators allege the twisted sister — who’d taken a vow of poverty — moved school funds into a convent account and used the dough for unauthorized transactions, including “large gambling expenses incurred at casinos and certain credit card charges.” They say she…

MOTORMOUTH Mama June Shannon is claiming a fancy Beverly Hills dentist gummed up her smile with a hatchet job on her teeth! The reality train wreck — who has had several rounds of expensive dental work in recent years after wrecking her choppers with a $2,500 a day meth habit — is threatening to sue the dentist, who she has not named, for $35,000! The 41-year-old From Not to Hot star reportedly fell out with the tooth doc over an agreement to help publicize his practice, leaving her in what her lawyer, Jeffrey R. Klein, called a “vulnerable and painful position” and with a half-finished smile makeover. The mom of Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson says the dastardly dentist put down his drill after removing temporary implants, leaving many of…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 An open mind and some research is vital when someone tries to put one over on you! Keep your wallet zipped until you know the truth! A family gathering offers a chance to heal wounds and mend feuds — and for some Rams, an intro to someone with summer romance potential! Wear yellow for luck! GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Venus sparks a huge wave of creativity but your ideas could face resistance from people who lack imagination, even your partner! Don’t give up, Twin! You’ll show them the artistic light! Midweek, you may need to admit to a mistake. Time to apologize and move on! The weekend brings a contest win! LEO July 23 - Aug. 23 Cosmic clashes find you quarreling…

BOMBSHELL revelations model Chrissy Teigen shamefully bullied and harassed celebs with vicious and hateful online messages torpedoed her business empire and now she’s begging for forgiveness. In an attempt to stop the bleeding, the mom of two penned a message apologizing for being an “a**hole” and hateful “troll,” insisting she was “no longer that person.” Claims contrite Chrissy, “Not a day, not a single moment has passed where I haven’t felt the crushing weight of regret for the things I’ve said in the past.” But her mean girl messages tormented a slew of celebs including Lindsay Lohan, Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham and Courtney Stodden and nearly drove designer Michael Costello of Project Runway to kill himself after she branded him a “racist” and wrote: “people like you deserve to…

SNAKES ALIVE! Big bad Charles Barkley is terrified of slinky serpents! The six-foot-six Hall of Famer recently jumped out of his chair during a segment of TNT’s Inside the NBA when a gal slithered onto the set with a python. Charles tried to hide from the coiling critter behind his fellow hosts, but Shaquille O’Neal grabbed him and said, “Face your fears, Chuck!” Barkley, 58, did no such thing! “Snakes aren’t to be played with,” he grumbles.…

GONE Girl actress Lisa Banes never recovered after suffering a traumatic brain injury when she was mowed down by a hit-and-run scooter driver in the Big Apple. The 65-year-old L.A. resident was visiting New York and crossing the street when the scooter ran a red light and slammed into her on June 4, cops say. She was hospitalized immediately but never woke up and died ten days later. The scooter driver did not stop after plowing into her, police say. They have made no arrests and an investigation is ongoing. Lisa began her acting career in the 1980s and played Tom Cruise’s older love interest in the 1988 film Cocktail. She was the prickly mother of the missing woman in Gone Girl, played by Rosamund Pike. After reading the Gone…

ELVIS PRESLEY’S former flame Linda Thompson couldn’t help falling in love with a hunky young impersonator of The King, sources tell GLOBE. The aging pageant queen, 71, and 30-year-old Cody Ray Slaughter — who started impersonating Elvis at age 13 — were recently spotted canoodling at an Elvis Festival in the hip-swiveling singer’s hometown of Tupelo, Miss. “Linda was all over Cody, snuggling up to him at every opportunity!” tattles a spywitness. “They stayed up late together, hanging out at after-parties until 4 a.m., where they slow-danced close together! “Her attitude was, well, if my ex-husband David Foster can be with a 30-year-old [wife Katharine McPhee], why can’t I?” Leggy blonde Linda was Miss Tennessee Universe when Elvis set his sights on her in 1972. During their four years together,…

DISTRACTED Manhattanite David Piette, 44, walked into the back of a parked Snapple truck, bounced backwards, hit his head on the curb and died. Cops say the freak accident was caught on surveillance cameras. NEARLY half of all American families have banned playing Monopoly after heated games triggered arguments and ugly feuds, according to a survey by OnePoll. TROUBLED Cathy Boone died in an Astoria, Ore., homeless shelter last winter after years of living on the street. After her death investigators discovered she had an $884,000 unclaimed inheritance. MORE than 90 percent of the world’s sharks were wiped out in a mass extinction 19 million years ago. Scientists have no idea what happened.…

AFTER being “kidnapped” by her family, pop dish Gwen Stefani escaped with cowboy king fiancé Blake Shelton and tied the knot in an apparent secret elopement, insiders claim. Buzz about the rumored hitching of the 51-year-old mother of three and 45-year-old Voice mentor exploded as Gwen flashed a new three-diamond band snuggling next to her engagement ring as she and the six-foot-four country hunk posed for lensmen in Santa Monica on June 12. The lovebirds, who met while working as judges on The Voice, had just arrived back in L.A. following some canoodling at Blake’s Oklahoma ranch. The day before, Gwen, who has three sons with musician ex-hubby Gavin Rossdale, hinted getting hitched was near as she blabbed on social media about the surprise bridal shower her loved ones tossed.…

QUIRKY queen bee Drew Barrymore is giving TV rival Kelly Clarkson a run for her money as Hollywood’s biggest names have promised to throw their weight behind the beloved actress’ recently renewed chatfest, insiders dish. During the first season of The Drew Barrymore Show, the former child star turned power player reeled in plenty of big fish, including Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Garner and her ultra-private Music and Lyrics castmate, Hugh Grant. Sources tell GLOBE Drew, 46, is quickly becoming a celeb and fan favorite — especially as Ellen DeGeneres is set to ditch her show in 2022. “Once Ellen officially steps down and Kelly takes her time slot, things will get really competitive,” spills an insider. “Drew’s A-list friends are seriously old school about this stuff, and they’re…

Reality spitfire LEAH McSWEENEY doesn’t hold anything back. In fact the New York Housewife’s quite upfront about jarring vertical scars on her breasts, resulting from her latest nip/tuck trip to the plastic surgeon. “Here it is in all its glory for the sake of transparency,” posts the reality star, along with an unretouched snap, showing an exposed right breast with the nipple covered with a gold pasty. Vanderpump Rules star STASSI SCHROEDER responded, “Gorge. I have the same scars and love seeing women embrace them!!!” Previously, Leah, 38, groused the operation had resulted in a truly painful December to remember, but she added: “I can’t wait to show off the new and improved girls.” And now she has! The Bravo bombshell’s no stranger to other uplifting procedures, having openly spilled not-so-secret…

RAP mogul Dr. Dre is officially a bachelor again! A judge has cut the 56-year-old music entrepreneur loose from his fractured marriage to Nicole Young, 51, declaring him legally divorced — even though there will be ongoing financial fallout as the high-profile couple hash out whether their billion-dollar prenup is still binding! Dre, who has battled back from a brain aneurysm in January, married Nicole in 1996. They share son Truice, 24, and Truly, 20.…

SUPERSTAR Elton John has piled on 40 pounds after recently dumping a ton of weight, say friends who fear his yo-yo dieting makes him a heart attack waiting to happen. The 74-year-old Crocodile Rock legend appeared supersized during a shopping spree in Beverly Hills with husband David Furnish — just four months after looking slim and even a bit gaunt. An insider dishes the five-foot-eight singer had dropped 30 pounds, but now has gained back 40 “and is crunching the scales at a whopping 200 because he can’t control his appetite or portion sizes, candy binges and late-night snacks. “Despite his flamboyant public persona, he’s emotionally sensitive and has been since he was a child, and many fear his overeating is a coping mechanism.” Florida-based Dr. Gabe Mirkin, who hasn’t…

ACTOR Ned Beatty took a surprising secret to the grave — he loved when fans shouted the line from his humiliating gay rape scene in Deliverance, “Squeal like a pig!” Beatty, who died at 83 of natural causes on June 13, made his film debut in the 1972 Burt Reynolds thriller, where his soft, city-dweller character, Bobby, was forced to strip down to white underpants, and “squeal like a pig” before being brutally raped by a hillbilly. “I suppose when someone shouts this at me I am supposed to duck my head and look embarrassed at being recognized as the actor who suffered this ignominy,” he once said. “But I feel only pride about being a part of a film classic.”…

JOY BEHAR rode to the rescue of slap-happy CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, who is back on the boob tube after eight months of suspension for being caught masturbating during a Zoom call! The mouthy View co-host, 78, told viewers she didn’t think Toobin pulling out his penis was a sign the talking head was “a bad person.” She said Toobin, 61, was probably just BORED when he startled videoconference participants by choking the chicken! “I don’t see the correlation between needing to engage Mr. Happy and being a bad person,” Joy insists. The married writer has said he didn’t realize the camera was still on when he got to second base with himself, and later apologized to his family for making “an embarrassingly stupid mistake.”…