Table of contents for July 10, 2017 in Globe

CRUEL North Korean jailers and twisted doctors conducted unspeakable tortures on American captive Otto Warmbier in an evil attempt to erase his mind and force him to confess he was a U.S. spy, charge military experts. Sadly, Otto, 22, died without gaining consciousness — or being able to name his killers — in a Cincinnati hospital less than a week after being released by North Korea, where he had spent 18 months in captivity. But retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer believes Otto was repeatedly shot full of mind-numbing drugs like sodium pentothal, which leaves no physical marks. The crippling concoctions reduce victims to a zombielike status, and the savaged youth never woke from his trance. “He was tortured not so much by pulling out fingernails, but by repeated…

LEO LOSES BRANDO’S OSCAR! LEONARDO DICAPRIO is in legal crosshairs because of his slippery business partners. The feds are currently probing money-laundering schemes involving a Malaysian fund that helped finance Leo’s movie hit The Wolf of Wall Street. The Titanic star has returned a $3.2 million Picasso painting. Now he’s had to give back an Oscar won by MARLON BRANDO. The items were gifts to Leo, which he planned to put into a charity auction. But the feds say they were bought with tainted money from the sleazoid slush fund. BOSS BRUCE TAKES PAY CUT! Rock icon BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is paying for a new round of Glory Days. The Born in the U.S.A. singer plans an eight-week run at New York’s 975-seat Walter Kerr Theatre this fall. While Bruce normally plays…

FORMER CSI: Miami hunk David Caruso has literally gone to pot — belly and all — by gaining at least 30 unsightly and unhealthy pounds that could shorten his life span by up to SEVEN YEARS, says a top medical expert. The 61-year-old carrot-top vanished from the public’s eye after striking it big as Lt. Horatio Caine on the South Florida version of CSI. But he hasn’t had a TV or film gig since the drama ended its 10-year run in 2012! A recent photo of the once whippet-lean 6-footer shows he’s turned into a flabby, fat slob. New York diet and health expert Dr. Stuart Fischer says David has piled on at least 30 pounds — bringing his weight to 233 pounds — and has stopped taking care of…

THE has-been Hanson brothers, who topped the charts 20 years ago with their hit MMMBop, are NOT fans of Justin Bieber Ñ and have trashed his music as “chlamydia of the ear!” Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson didn’t hold back during a recent radio interview, with one brother saying, “I prefer not to get any venereal diseases, whenever Justin Bieber gets sort of near me or near my ears … I’m [out.]” There are no regrets in life. Just lessons.— Jennifer Aniston…

Blow your nose gently! AGGRESSIVELY clearing your nose of snot can cause serious damage! An Australian researcher says victims of stuffy noses should not honk too hard — because some blowers have even fractured the base of their eye sockets! “Vigorous blowing of the nose may carry more risk than benefifit,” says David King of Queensland University. He recommends flflushing out mucus with saline sprays — and if you must blow, go easy. Dog owners are healthier! DOG owners older than 65 are likely to have better health than pooch-less people of the same age! A recent study reveals canine owners are more active and less sedentary. They also walk about 22 minutes more per day than those without dogs. And those 22 minutes add up to over two hours…

BOOB-BITING rapper Azealia Banks wasn’t kidding when she called her first album Broke with Expensive Taste! She’s being sued for failing to pay more than $130,000 in credit card bills! The suit, filed by City National Bank, is just the latest court case for the hotheaded star, 26, who was arrested in 2015 for chomping down on a female bouncer’s breast at a New York City nightclub. Azealia, who copped a plea involving anger management counseling and additional mental health treatment, could have used a personal finance course, too!…

MTV’s reboot of the shockfest Fear Factor promises thrills and chills, but producers behind the scenes are hard at work playing it safe — leading critics to call the show a great big fraud! Known for challenging people to perform terrifying acts and eat disgusting meals for the chance at a cash prize, the reality contest is actually a carefully controlled collection of performances — that pose zero danger to participants! Contestants “are signing on for an adventure, and they know we’ve done millions of these [stunts] and that we’re always safe,” admits showrunner Anthony Carbone. “Part of what makes this kind of show hard to turn away from is the idea that people are risking their lives — or at least their health. But that’s not the case at…

1 What was the name of Jim Hardie’s horse on Tales of Wells Fargo? 2 The since-forgotten Down to Earth starred which current housewife from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills? 3 What was The Farmington Precinct also known as on The Shield? ANSWERS 1. Jubilee 2. Kyle Richards 3. The Barn NEWS EXTRA CONTROVERSY magnet NeNe Leakes has signed up for season 10 of Real Housewives of Atlanta. Whew! ... Julianne Moore, Tracy Morgan will appear on Alec Baldwin: One Night Only airing on Spike July 9 ... Game of Thrones director Matt Shakman will helm Olive Forever, USA’s new drama about a teenage cat burglar.…

AFTER banging his head in a nasty spill while battling a slew of health issues, former game show host Bob Barker is fading fast, and friends fear he’ll be dead in just two months. “He’s been getting more and more frail, and there’s a lot of concern that one of these days he’ll take a fall that’s deadly or suffer a stroke and that will be the end,” a Hollywood insider tells GLOBE, worrying Bob could be gone in nine weeks! “He’s on his last legs, I’m afraid, and doesn’t have long to live. Everyone is praying he’ll make it to 100, but at the rate he’s going, it doesn’t look likely.” The 93-year-old legend of The Price Is Right, which he hosted for 35 years, fell and hit his…

JAPAN’S Emperor Akihito has had enough! The 83-yearold will step down, likely by end of 2018, making him the country’s first monarch to abdicate in more than 200 years! Akihito is not the only aging royal weary of the gig. As GLOBE reported last year, Britain’s retiring Queen Elizabeth has been handing over more and more of her duties to favored heirs William and Kate, and Her Majesty’s consort, Prince Philip, recently announced his intended withdrawal from public life.…

Aging movie sex kitten DEMI MOORE is on the prowl for a new toyboy to prove she can still bag young guys at age 54. Topping her list of bedmates are Spider-Man TOBEY MAGUIRE, 42, freshly split from his wife, and baby-faced movie pirate ORLANDO BLOOM, 40, says a snitch. Some say BRAD PITT is also on her shopping list, but a source nixes that idea because he’s an old 53. “She’s been calling Tobey and sending sexy texts,” the snitch blabs. Demi and Tobey were lovers in 2002 before she hooked third hubby ASHTON KUTCHER, who is 15 years younger. But she’s also sizing up Orlando, who recently revealed his love mast while paddle-boarding in the raw with then-galpal KATY PERRY. “She’s not putting her eggs in one basket.…

ACTOR and activist Woody Harrelson has long had a reputation as a Hollywood hell-raiser — and box-office hero! The 55-year-old is poised for another blockbuster with War for the Planet of the Apes, starring as The Colonel, a villainous soldier obsessed with wiping out the chimp army. Here are 10 things you didn’t know about Woody. 1 He was born Woodrow Tracy Harrelson in Midland, Texas, in 1961, but his family moved to Lebanon, Ohio, 12 years later. 2 His father Charles was a mob hit man who murdered a federal judge! 3 In 1985, he scored his breakout role on Cheers as friendly bartender Woody Boyd, earning five Emmy Award nominations for the role. 4 During his high school years, he worked at Kings Island amusement park in Ohio.…

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A NEW wave of medications is being hailed as a major breakthrough in the fight against cancer — with the highly effective drugs extending some patients’ life spans by more than a year! According to researchers at the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago, the growth of prostate cancer was delayed for 18 months when the drug Zytiga was added to standard care. Alecensa, another new medication, held lung cancer at bay for 15 months among those in advanced stages of the illness who had the gene mutation called ALK, which is common in nonsmokers who get the disease. Another new type of medication, called a PARP inhibitor, keeps cancer cells from fixing problems in their DNA and showed promise in women with certain gene mutations. Meanwhile,…

MUSICIAN and former 24 star Kiefer Sutherland — who has long battled the bottle and has a string of DUI arrests to show for it — reveals his boozy go-to for karaoke nights. “If I’m drunk enough, I’ll do a song by America called Sister Golden Hair. You have to be drunk to start, so I’d expect that my performances of it are not great. I’m lucky if I keep my clothes on through to the end.”…

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY ARIES March 21 - April 20 Monday finds you in the grip of powerful anxiety for no apparent reason. But think hard and the root of your worry is soon revealed. Happily, the Aquarius moon inspires the perfect solution! Midweek, be careful not to blow someone’s words out of proportion. Saturday brings news of a legacy. TAURUS April 21 - May 21 Dress to impress on Monday, when it’s likely you will run into someone who could change your life in a major way. Thursday, the energy is all about fifinance, and if you’re seeking a new job, now is the time to apply. Play peacemaker when family squabbles erupt under the weekend’s Aries moon. GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Keep a low profifile to stay out…

THE widow of radio legend Casey Kasem claims she and her daughter were given mere minutes to say goodbye to the 82-year-old icon when he was on his deathbed in 2014! Casey’s widow, Jean, makes the shocking charge in a wrongful death suit filed against her husband’s kids! “Jean Kasem and daughter Liberty were only permitted approximately five minutes to see Casey Kasem, plaintiff’s husband of 35 years and Liberty’s father, before they were quickly escorted out of Casey Kasem’s room,” allege state court documents, which add the pair “never saw Casey Kasem alive again.” Jean — who’s had a longstanding feud with Casey’s three other kids, Julie, Kerri and Mike Kasem — says they fraudulently gained power of attorney over their dementia- addled dad in 2007 and then withheld…

CANDY CRUSH Sun., July 9, CBS, 9 p.m. The addictive phone app has morphed into a hightech game show hosted by Mario Lopez. Contestants use their wits and physical agility to compete on enormous, interactive game boards. WILL Mon., July 10, TNT, 9 p.m. Rookie Brit actor Laurie Davidson plays young Will Shakespeare with plenty of rock ’n’ roll swagger in this pumped-up period drama. 2017 BASEBALL ALL-STAR GAME Tues., July 11, FOX, 8 p.m. Major League Baseball’s biggest names face off at Marlins Park in Miami, Fla., in a battle for bragging rights and home fifield advantage in this year’s World Series. WOMAN OF THE YEAR Sat., July 15, TCM, 8 p.m. When a progressive political journalist (Katharine Hepburn) clashes with a conservative sports writer (Spencer Tracy), comedic and…

DAYS STARS HAVE FIGHTING SPIRIT DAYS of Our Lives star Judi Evans (Adrienne) was starstruck when she learned soap icon Morgan Fairchild was joining the cast as Anjelica. “I did a little fan-girling,” confesses Judi. But then she had to strike the star — literally. One of her first scenes with Morgan was a knockdown, drag-out fight. But when they started to film it, some adjustments had to be made. “It was modified a little bit, because both Morgan and I are a little bit frail and we didn’t want to get too intricate and physical,” Judi laughs. “But Morgan was game for doing the fight. She studied martial arts for years. It’s been so fun working with her. She’s a total professional.” BEAUTY LOVES ACTING HER AGE! SOAP vet Rebecca…

TWO miracle babies — twins born latched together at the top of their heads — have been given new lives after surgeons successfully separated them! Erin and Abby Delaney had already defied the odds by being born alive — as 40 to 60 percent of all conjoined babies arrive stillborn. And twins fused at the cranium account for only two percent of all physically attached siblings. Their parents Heather and Riley, of North Carolina, received the stunning news of the babies’ condition just 11 weeks into her pregnancy, with Heather eventually moved into a hospital facility in Philadelphia for care. The girls were delivered by C-section in 2016, 10 weeks prematurely, with each only weighing about two pounds. When the infants were 10 months old and strong enough to survive…

PIGGING out on cookies, cakes and soda in his cell, disgraced former football great O.J. Simpson has ballooned to a shocking 350 pounds and is on the verge of a life-saving kidney transplant, sources say. The 6-foot-1 food hog, who’s been behind bars on kidnapping and burglary charges in Nevada since 2008, had to be treated for kidney stones last July AND August. A prison insider says the 70-year-old accused murderer was “seriously sick — he was doubled over in pain” and was rushed to the prison hospital TWICE! Medical expert Dr. Gabe Mirkin tells GLOBE O.J.’s diabetes could well have led to the kidney stones — and may also be a sign “his kidneys are failing.” The doc, who hasn’t treated O.J., says diabetes is a common cause of…

CAPTIVATING R&B star TINA TURNER blew away fans with her sexy, impassioned performances, like one caught here in 1967. But she owned the stage from the moment she hit the spotlight. Born Anna Mae Bullock, the 18-year-old aspiring nurse was invited to sing with Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm at an East St. Louis nightclub in 1956. She ditched the medical books and hooked up with volatile Ike, who changed her name to Tina, married her and placed her front and center in their explosive musical act, The Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Off stage, Tina long suffered violent abuse at Ike’s hand, and they finally split in 1978. Tina made a huge career comeback in the ’80s with her blockbuster album Private Dancer. The Proud Mary singer, now 77,…

Just 14 months after his wife MICHELLE MCNAMARA’s tragic death, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D actor PATTON OSWALT has found new love with actress MEREDITH SALENGER. Thrice-divorced DREW BARRYMORE is being romanced by DAVID HUTCHINSON, a bigwig with the company making her Flower Beauty products. That’s keeping it in the family. Buffy the Vampire Slayer beauty ELIZA DUSHKU, 36, said yes to walking down the aisle with real estate mogul and former pro tennis player PETER PALANDJIAN, 53. American Housewife beauty KATY MIXON and Olympic javelin flflinger BREAUX GREER said hello to first child KINGSTON. The boy weighed in at 9 pounds, 6 ounces. Talk icon LARRY KING is crowing son CHANCE was drafted by the Chicago White Sox. Drummer JON FISHMAN, stickman to the jam band Phish, was elected selectman in…

MOODY musician Bob Dylan gave a stirring lecture for his 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature, but critics say he stole the words from someone else’s back pages — and even faked a quote from Moby-Dick! The Blowin’ in the Wind singer, 76, finally submitted his speech — just in time to ensure his nearly milliondollar payday — and focused on the relationship between literature and music. Numerous phrases and ideas appear to have been lifted from an online study guide, according eagle-eyed critics. While the theft was not wholesale, Northwestern University literature professor Juan Martinez says: “If Dylan was in my class and he submitted an essay with these plagiarized bits, I’d fail him.” The folk legend also “quoted” the Herman Melville classic Moby-Dick — but the cited passage isn’t…

MONSTROUS Michigan father William Watt is behind bars after he performed an impromptu exorcism on his daughter — and left the teenager covered in blood! Weirdo Watt, his wife and teenage son began chanting, trying to drive “demons” out of the teen, whose name is being withheld by lawmen, as the 18-year-old sat on a couch watching TV. In a scene straight from the 1973 thriller The Exorcist, the twisted trio began chanting: “The power of Christ compels you!” Then the girl’s brother, who was repairing a wall in the home, allegedly slathered plaster on her face while the rest of the family tipped over the couch! As she tumbled onto the floor, her brother allegedly chucked a plastic water bottle at her face, cutting her cheek. When the girl…

PEOPLE suffering from osteoarthritis in their knees finally have a new treatment option that’s been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Called Coolief, the minimally invasive procedure freezes nerve cells by using a radio frequency, preventing them from transmitting pain signals to the brain. The treatment is a welcome alternative for those seeking nonsurgical relief — and keeps agonizing symptoms at bay for up to a year. That’s a longer-lasting pain treatment than steroid injections, which are only effective for 12 weeks. Doctors administering Coolief insert needles into the affected knee to properly target the nerves involved. The treatment only takes 40 minutes — compared to the two hours needed for knee surgery — and doesn’t carry the same risk of post-surgical complications. Coolief costs $2,000 to $4,000…

SONGBIRD Katy Perry recently ranked record-spinner Diplo as one of her top three lovers — but the music man claims he doesn’t recall their dirty duet! “I don’t even remember having sex,” Diplo tweeted, citing a story featuring Katy’s rude reveal. The clapback came after the I Kissed a Girl cutie, 32, told late-night TV host James Corden that 38-year-old Diplo, aka rapper Thomas Wesley Pentz, came in third in her sack race — after leading ladies’ man John Mayer and runner-up Orlando Bloom, star of Pirates of the Caribbean. But Katy claimed all three were “amazing lovers.” Diplo — a DJ briefly linked to the pop singer in 2014 — continued his cheeky comebacks on social media, adding, “I won the bronze metal [sic] in sex Olympics.”…

MICHAEL JACKSON’S son Prince has made a bombshell admission — he doesn’t care whether the late King of Pop was his biological father or not! The 20-year-old says the Moonwalker took care of him, his sister Paris, 19, and his brother Blanket, 15, showering them with love — and that’s what counts! “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,” Prince tweets. “I was raised by my dad with my brother and sister.” Prince’s bombshell came in response to internet speculation that Michael’s dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein is his biological father. Klein’s medical assistant Debbie Rowe claims to be Prince and Paris’ mother. Klein, who died in 2015, once hinted he was Prince and Paris’ dad, but liked to play things coy.…

THE official verdict is in: Stephen Colbert is the new late night talk show king — and insiders are buzzing that Jimmy Fallon’s head may be on the chopping block! After losing miserably to NBC’s Tonight Show in last year’s ratings, Colbert’s Late Show on CBS has made a stunning comeback — drawing close to a million MORE viewers a night than Fallon and scoring a full-season victory. “Colbert had been steadily gaining on Fallon all season, so this comes as no surprise,” notes one critic. “Jimmy’s refusal to get political has hurt the Tonight Show, and if he can’t right the ship, he’ll be looking for a new job!” “The Tonight Show used to be a sure thing for NBC. Network brass can’t be happy about how this season…

POPULAR game show host Pat Sajak and his letter-turning charmer Vanna White are furious at knucklehead producers who aired a picture of “slaves” during Wheel of Fortune’s Southern Charm Week! Now the TV power duo has issued a warning to staffers — NO MORE BLUNDERS! Fans of the duo were outraged over the show’s use of a photographic backdrop of a historic Louisiana plantation — that showed African-Americans in slave-era clothing! “Pat and Vanna are livid,” says a source. “They are the faces of the show, and now they’re facing backlash with upset fans! “They’ve worked their butts off for decades to cultivate a welcoming image and always make their viewers feel at home and comfortable.” But while the show’s producers “regret the use of this background image” and have…