Table of contents for March 14, 2022 in Globe

CROWNING AROUND Hats off to RENÉE ZELLWEGER, who doesn’t hide her silly side while partying with pals in California SAX SYMBOL Saxophonist KENNY G goes undercover as an average goofball in Malibu by tucking his curly locks under his cap BIG MOUTH Tart-tongued comic SARAH SILVERMAN just can’t keep her yap shut while out and about in Hollywood GADZOOKS! Jumbo JOSH GAD can’t let it go when it comes to food! The flabby Frozen star has fattened up — again! OH NOSE! BROOKE SHIELDS runs into a ruff customer while handing out roses in NYC’s Madison Square Park FOR CRYING OUT CLOUD AL ROKER rains down drama during a fashion show in NYC, but no one’s forecasting a catwalk career for Today’s weatherman!…

POP icon Donny Osmond confesses as a teen, he flew into a rage and trashed his hotel room because a magazine described him as a wimpy teenybopper and he wanted to be a macho rocker. At the time, Donny had rocketed to the top at age 14 and was the crush of teen girls with his mushy hit Puppy Love. Donny, now 64, went bonkers and destroyed his Kentucky hotel room when Rolling Stone magazine “said, ‘The worst day in rock and roll history was the day Donny Osmond was born!’…

FURIOUS Martha Stewart is locked in a jealousy-riddled feud with new rival Kelly Clarkson, who’s moved into her homemaking territory and is now starring in a show with the domestic diva’s best buddy, rapper Snoop Dogg. Martha, 80, was already looking at Clarkson as a competitor after Kelly launched a signature furniture line, sources say. Now, Martha is fuming after learning her BFF Snoop, 50, is co-hosting NBC’s new American Song Contest show with Kelly starting March 21. “The women tolerated each other before and would roll their eyes behind each other’s backs, but now their dislike has reached new heights because Kelly’s collaborating with Snoop,” spills an insider. “Martha doesn’t like it one bit.” Martha also resents the singer for trying to elbow in on her territory with her…

WHO AM I? Answer the clues and place the initials to each answer into the appropriately numbered square to find our mystery celebrity. $100 PRIZE 8 & 3 Woody Allen directed this classic romantic comedy featuring Diane Keaton in the title role 4 Adrian Grenier and Jeremy Piven star in this sitcom about an up-and-coming actor and his friends as they navigate life and fame in Los Angeles 10 & 7 Actress who played bookish nerd turned powerful witch, Willow Rosenberg, in TV’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer 9 Long-running television series that followed the adventures of the Martin family and their beloved collie 13 & 1 Tony Award–winning actress and singer who provided the voice of Queen Elsa in Disney’s animated musical Frozen 11, 2 & 5 Oscar-nominated family dramedy starring…

THE tragedies continue for Ponzi swindler Bernie Madoff’s haunted family — his sister and her husband were fatally shot in a suspected murder-suicide. Florida lawmen doing a welfare check found Madoff’s sister Sondra Wiener, 87, and husband Marvin, 90, dead in their Boynton Beach home on Feb. 17. Convicted of ripping off investors for $65 billion, Madoff died of natural causes in prison last year at age 82. His oldest son, Mark, committed suicide in 2010 and younger child Andrew died of cancer in 2014. The only survivor is Madoff’s widow, Ruth, 80.…

A SPINELESS Washington driver making a bare-bones attempt to skirt the law was caught driving in the HOV lane — with a plastic skeleton in his passenger seat! State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson says the fake figure did not qualify the driver to use the carpool lane on southbound Interstate 405 in the Coal Creek area — even though it was safely buckled in and sportily attired in a yellow hoodie. Drivers have gone to great lengths to pretend they have a live passenger so they can knock a few minutes off their commute — including having mannequins, blow-up dolls and CPR practice dummies riding shotgun.…

+ A NEWLY developed nasal spray prevents COVID-19 infection for up to eight hours, scientists say. Researchers at Finland’s University of Helsinki created the drug to give extra protection to the immunocompromised and others who are severely vulnerable to the killer bug. The medication has yet to be tested in humans. But the team says in lab trials, the spray successfully blocked all current coronavirus variants — including the highly contagious Omicron. The researchers insist the spray is not meant to be a vaccine replacement. But they express hope it could give extra protection to those whose immune system does not produce a robust antibody response after receiving the jab. Lead study author and virologist Dr. Kalle Saksela is optimistic about the drug’s potential, calling it “cheap and highly manufacturable.”…

FREQUENT Bachelor gal Demi Burnett is sharing her painful diagnosis — she’s autistic! The 27-year-old — who recently charted an emotional meltdown in a now-deleted post — is asking fans to be “open minded” after doctors told her she is very much on the spectrum of the feared developmental disability, which can cause social, communication and behavioral challenges. “I did a psychological evaluation and I’m autistic,” Demi posts on Instagram. “I encourage you to be open minded and accepting.”…

CLUELESS Courteney Cox has finally jolted awake and says she NOW sees what her friends have been trying to tell her — her overkill cosmetic procedures make her look “strange!” The 57-year-old Friends alum admits she “didn’t know” how weird she looked after she went “crazy” with cosmetic helpers like facial injections, plumpers and fillers in a vain attempt to turn back the hands of time. Critics even accused her of looking like a zombie! “I’m a product whore,” Courteney reveals. “I will try anything.” But now that she is staring down the barrel of turning 60, she claims she is laying off cosmetic procedures and trying to age gracefully. “There was a time when you go, ‘Oh, I’m changing. I’m looking older.’ And I tried to chase that [youthfulness]…

DAYTIME diva Kelly Clarkson wants to ditch more than her marriage — the single songbird is angling to drop her last name! Following her split with ex-hubby Brandon Blackstock, 45, the Miss Independent singer is seeking to legally change her handle to Kelly Brianne — her first and middle names — because it “more fully reflects” who she is, according to court docs. The talk show host, 39, slapped her former manager with divorce papers in 2020, nearly seven years after they got hitched. But The Voice coach and Blackstock — father of her kids, River Rose, 7, and Remington, 5 — are still bitterly bickering over cash! The deep-pocketed pop star, who’s worth around $50 million, is currently coughing up nearly $200,000 a month in support payments to her ex.…

AMERICA’S favorite TV shrink Dr. Phil McGraw is being accused of running a toxic workplace, according to some traumatized staffers who charge they’ve been reduced to tears, constantly fear for their jobs and suffer nightmares from their trauma! Shell-shocked employees claim they’ve gone public in a desperate bid to get Dr. Phil to implement backstage changes on his popular TV show before they all need therapy themselves. “Phil’s staff read reports on how Ellen DeGeneres fostered a horrible work environment, but for most of them it sounded like a walk in the park compared to their jobs,” notes a source. “Phil lives and dies by his ratings and he believes his iron-fist style is the only thing that’s made the show successful. “But it’s come at the cost of some…

SHOCKING new evidence into the supposed suicide of Walking Dead star Moses J. Moseley points to the actor having been kidnapped and murdered and his death staged, lawmen say. The 31-year-old actor, who played armless and jawless pet zombie Mike on the hit horror show from 2012 to 2015, was found with his brains blown out and a gun in his lap in his car in Stockbridge, Ga., on Jan. 26. Worried relatives had filed a missing persons report on that day and he was located through the OnStar security tracking device in his vehicle. Investigators first believed the death a suicide, but new evidence points to foul play. “During the preliminary investigation, the potential of the death being a suicide was considered while not ruling out any other possibilities,”…

DISGRACED royal rat Prince Andrew is abandoning Britain after sparking a firestorm by paying off a teen who accused him of rape, palace sources tell GLOBE. Just weeks after agreeing to an estimated $20 million civil court settlement with Jeffrey Epstein’s former teen sex slave Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the shamed Duke of York is fleeing to the safe haven of Dubai, where he has rich and powerful pals and doesn’t have to hide his face in disgrace, insiders say. But in his native land “Andrew is a pariah — to the public and his own family,” dishes a source. “Everyone hates him for putting his mother, the queen, through hell as she battles COVID and other health problems. He’s endangered the monarchy with his selfish, self-centered antic “His disgusted royal…

LONG-LOST supermodel Linda Evangelista has finally surfaced after holing up for six years over cosmetic surgery she claims ruined her body. But Linda’s horrifying tale will be lost on celebs caught up in Hollywood’s nip/tuck obsession. Linda, 56, truly one of the world’s most beautiful women in her heyday, is suing a company for $50 million claiming their fat-reducing treatment backfired, causing ugly bulges to form on her face, thighs and underarms. She claims the procedure left her “brutally disfigured” and “unrecognizable,” which the company strongly denies. But her tale of terror is likely to be ignored by A-listers desperate to “fix” their looks, even if they don’t need it. At the same time humiliated Linda is emerging from her self-imposed exile, reality star Kim Zolciak-Biermann, an admitted nip/tucker, is…

BIZARRE Pat Sajak’s on thin ice at Wheel of Fortune where bigwigs are eyeing a shocking change — naming letter-turner Vanna White as host of the longtime game show, sources tattle. Current host Pat, 75, and the 65-year-old blond stunner have reigned over the puzzle-solving game show for 40 years, but Sajak’s recent antics have triggered buzz Vanna may soon take the helm. “Vanna’s not trying to steal Pat’s job, but he’s upset everyone with his off-the-rails behavior and people are saying he could be gone,” dishes an insider. an insider. “He can still turn it around, but bosses have a contingency plan and are starting to look at other options. “Vanna did a fine job filling in for Pat when he was in the hospital for a blocked intestine…

BRANDI GLANVILLE is barking with joy after her scrappy pooch Buddy survived a vicious wolf attack! The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 49, shared a snapshot of the Chihuahua on Instagram — showing the dog looking mighty rough with an ugly injury above his eye — and admits, “My gangster pup started a fight he could not finish.” But the reality TV star, who lost canine companion Chica to a coyote in 2013, assures fans, “He is OK. Thank God!!!”…

RIHANNA The Umbrella songbird bundles up her baby bump in a simple trench but still looks stunning DEBORRA-LEE FURNESS Hugh Jackman’s wife should’ve given the cold shoulder to her oversized two-toned wrap RITA ORA The pop star’s chainmail top shows her fashion mettle, but her patchwork jeans are a letdown ANNE HATHAWAY The Oscar winner’s black outfit is sublime, but her harlequin-patterned coat steals the spotlight MARY J. BLIGE The Mr. Wrong singer’s glitter boots are glam, but her skimpy dress is straight out of a strip club…

FORMER Beatle Paul McCartney and third wife Nancy Shevell were forced to sell their NYC penthouse pad for a song — and lost nearly 50 percent of their initial $15.5 million investment, sources spill. The couple purchased the two-story digs, which overlook Central Park, in 2015. But when the singer, 79, and his spouse, 62, listed the posh property for $12 million in June, there were no takers. The four-bedroom spread eventually moved last month for just $8.5 million, tipsters dish.…

SCORNED she-devil Jasmine Martinez snagged a $15,000 federal pandemic relief loan — and used most of the money to hire a hitman who rubbed out her onetime love rival, authorities charge. Miami beauty shop owner Martinez, 33, received a Pay-check Protection Program handout in 2021, shortly before TSA agent Le’Shonte Jones, 24, was fatally gunned down last May in front of her terrified toddler, who was injured during the ambush. According to an arrest warrant, Martinez made withdrawals from her bank account totaling more than $10,000 ahead of the agent’s death. Cops say the hotheaded harpy had several run-ins with Jones, who’d dated one of her exes. She was even arrested in 2016 for hitting Jones, but the case was later dropped. After Martinez was cuffed again in 2018 for…

A REVOLUTIONARY gene therapy, which transforms blood cells into tiny cancer-killers, has cured two leukemia patients who were first treated more than a decade ago, experts say. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania administered CAR-T cell therapy to two men with the blood cancer in 2010. Now they say both patients later showed no signs of the deadly disease! The process involves taking cells from the patient’s own blood, which are changed in a lab by adding a gene for a manmade receptor — known as the chimeric antigen receptor — and injecting them back into the same individual. The technique converts T-cells — a type of white blood cell that’s the base of the body’s immune system — into cancer-fighting cells, which are described as living drugs. “We can…

MONACO’s cheating Prince Albert claims his runaway wife, Princess Charlene — who he’s kept locked away in a secret clinic for nearly four months — is “doing much better” and “he hopes she will be back very soon.” The tragic 44-year-old beauty, who split for her native South Africa in January 2021 and remained there under treatment for “sinus problems” for ten months, returned to Monaco, Albert and her seven-year-old twins on Nov. 8. Nine days later, Albert claims he held an intervention with her brothers and a sister-in-law and Charlene was shipped off to a secret location to be treated for “emotional and physical exhaustion.” The playboy prince claims just hours after her return to Monaco, it became “pretty evident” the former Olympic backstroker was “unwell” and she realized it.…