Table of contents for February 16, 2026 in Globe

STAYING MUM Child’s Play scream queen JENNIFER TILLY dons a chrysanthemum-print dress in L.A. at a special fan screening of her supernatural series School Spirits BEAN THERE, DONE THAT TV hunk ASHTON KUTCHER clutches a coffee cup in Italy while promoting his project The Beauty HOW FISHY! Songbird JESSICA SIMPSON shows off her trout pout after recording a new tuna jingle for Chicken of the Sea WHEELY COOL Back to the Future’s MICHAEL J. FOX doesn’t let Parkinson’s keep him from a music education fundraiser in New York City COURT JESTERS Star Trek’s CHRIS PINE boldly goes against Girls Trip goofball TIFFANY HADDISH as the sporty stars try their hand at TYPTI — a new mix of tennis, pickleball and badminton…

BROKEN Batman beefcake Ben Affleck is riding high again — this time with supermodel “It Girl” Brooks Nader! Sources spill to GLOBE that the blockbuster film star and the swimsuit model are a dynamic duo — at least for now. “[Ben has] finally found a fling that has brought his mojo back since divorcing J.Lo,” a source spills. And while Brooks has been knocking down big-ticket names such as Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady and Dancing With the Stars partner Gleb Savchenko like bowling pins, 53-year-old Ben has kept a much lower profile since his notorious split from Jennifer Lopez in January 2025. In fact, Ben hasn’t been romantically linked with anyone since his high-profile split from the Kiss of the Spider Woman star, 56, even though he remains…

DESPERATE Housewives alum Vanessa Williams reveals she “buried” being sexually abused as a child for decades to avoid upsetting her father. She finally opened up about the horror six years after her dad Milton’s death in the 2012 memoir she wrote with her mother. “I didn’t even mention it until my father had passed away,” says the 62-year-old former Miss America. “By the time we wrote the book together, my mother said, ‘Your father could not have handled it.’ Because as a father you want to be a protector.” The Ugly Betty star was just 10 and about to enter fifth grade while on vacation with a friend when an 18-year-old girl came into her bedroom and assaulted her. “She was one of the cool girls,” Vanessa recalls. “She made…

AMPAGING Queen Camilla is laying down the law for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ahead of their anticipated return to the royal fold — and now courtiers anticipate a colossal catfight between the consort of Britain’s King Charles and Prince Harry’s headstrong wife, Meghan, sources say. An insider confides, “Meghan is willing to be conciliatory and take the high road with a lot of people — but Camilla is a different story. She’s convinced Camilla has been trying to undermine her and paint her as the villain from day one, and she’s adamant that she won’t open herself up to more cruelty. “She’s not planning to start a scene, but she’s not going to pretend everything is fine and play nice with Camilla. She’s told Harry she refuses to…

AN INCREASINGLY frail Phil Collins requires 24-hour medical care as he faces an ongoing cascade of health crises. “I had everything that could go wrong with me go wrong with me,” the Genesis frontman, 75, says. “I mean, I got COVID in [the] hospital, my kidneys started to back up … everything that [started], that could [have] all seemed to sort of converge at the same time.” Now the In the Air Tonight singer, who also suffers from type 2 diabetes, has a round-the-clock, live-in nurse “to make sure I take my medication as I should do.” Last July, rumors began circulating that he was in hospice, but his team vehemently denied those claims, noting he was in the hospital for knee surgery, not a terminal illness. Still, the drummer…

HOT-to-trot senior Goldie Hawn claims a great sex life is the secret to the enduring success of her 42-year relationship with Kurt Russell. “[I’m] very sexually attracted to him,” the Private Benjamin star, 80, says of her 74-year-old paramour. “If you have a long-term sexual relationship, that’s actually really healthy,” she says, adding, “He’s my sexual object.” But giving each other freedom is equally key, she says, comparing herself to a bird. “You leave the cage door open, I may never fly out. But if you close that door, for my freedom and my independence, I would probably take all my feathers off.” Still, don’t count on hearing wedding bells anytime soon. “Even if we did get married, it wouldn’t make any difference because it’s 42 years now,” she says.…

MARVEL hunk Hugh Jackman is itching to get hitched to honey Sutton Foster — but the smitten stud has no plans for a prenuptial agreement, causing friends to fear for his $120 million fortune, sources say. “Hugh won’t even entertain the idea of a prenup. He shuts it down immediately,” an insider says. “He thinks it’s offensive and says the idea that Sutton would ever be with him for money is laughable. He actually gets annoyed when people bring it up.” According to the tipster, the Song Sung Blue star is so gaga for his girl that his sensible mindset goes out the window when it comes to Sutton, whose net worth is said to be $4 million. But sources fear the lovestruck stud may be making the same…

Muscle-bound Gladiator hunk DJIMON HOUNSOU’s baby mama, RIZA SIMPSON, was arrested by Atlanta cops after the star claimed she punched him in the face when he told her he wanted her to move out of their townhouse where they live with their two young kids. Simpson was charged with misdemeanors of domestic violence and obstruction for allegedly giving false information to police. She was released on $500 bond but moved to Fulton County Jail on an arrest warrant. Former Jon & Kate Plus 8 reality mom KATE GOSSELIN had a terrifying run-in with a thief in a New Zealand grocery store. The 50-year-old said she was recovering from a leg fracture operation and unsteady on her feet when the robber raced by trying to escape and nearly smashed her…

BEAUTY Yerin Ha is the belle of the ball in Bridgerton’s season 4 as her Cinderellalike character captures the heart of Luke Thompson’s nobleman. But before landing a role in the Regency-era Netflix hit, Ha also made notable appearances in TV’s Halo, Bad Behaviour and The Survivors. As she recounts being offered the part of Sophie Baek, she recalls, “They said the words, ‘You’re going to be the next Bridgerton lead,’ and I just jumped for joy and cried.” Here are 10 things you don’t know about the 28-year-old starlet. 1 She’s the granddaughter of famous Korean actress Son Sook. 2 Born in Sydney, Australia, her parents initially encouraged her to pursue acting in South Korea because they thought Asian actors had a harder time being cast Down Under. 3…

MORE than three years after Bryan Kohberger senselessly butchered four students inside an off-campus University of Idaho home, horrifying images of the scene of his unspeakable carnage have emerged. In a chilling glimpse into the 31-year-old’s savagery during the Nov. 13, 2022, rampage, the Idaho State Police released nearly 3,000 previously unseen photos from inside the slaughterhouse. Hours later, they took the photos down “for further review” — but said they would be rereleased in the future. Together, the images lay bare a chaotic and blood-soaked picture of unimaginable horror. In one shocking still, gruesome bloodstains are splattered on the side of a nightstand. In another, they coat a floor littered with clothing, crimson-stained napkins and a single white shoe. In yet another grisly photo, red-soiled bedsheets bear the appalling…

A 13-YEAR-OLD boy who was allegedly fascinated with the hockey-masked killer from the Friday the 13th horror franchise stabbed his mom 46 times, then sent a picture of her blood-soaked corpse to a friend. Derek Rosa, who’s now 15, attacked his 39-year-old mother, Elina Garcia, as she slept in their apartment in Hialeah, Fla., on Oct. 12, 2023. His newborn sister was sleeping nearby but was unharmed. After he butchered his mother, the teen reportedly sent a friend photos of her bloody corpse, as well as a gun and a selfie of his own blood-soaked hand. The friend initially thought the pictures were a joke, but “alternated between shock and disbelief” when he discovered the photos depicted an actual killing, prosecutors say. Rosa then called 911 and allegedly confessed to…

DEVASTATED Melissa Gilbert is in pieces right now after husband Timothy Busfield turned himself in on child sex charges — and a source says she’s leaning heavily on old Hollywood friends and costars, who are urging her to file for divorce and not look back. Busfield, 68, denies he’s a child predator after being charged by 11-year-old twin boys of alleged sex attacks while filming the Fox TV series The Cleaning Lady. Many pals and former Little House on the Prairie costars Alison Arngrim and Dean Butler are standing by Melissa as she tries to survive this humiliating horror. “They’re heartbroken that she’s having to go through this,” insists an insider. And while many believe that she should cut bait and move on from Timothy to avoid the stain of…

SEX and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker is panicking that her former leading man Chris Noth is about to spill all her secrets — including the dirty details on her feud with former costar Kim Cattrall, insiders tell GLOBE. Noth, 71, fired the first shot when he shared a gym snap on Instagram that he captioned, “F&@k new years – LETS GO!!!!” A fan commented, “You mean f**k SJP & her award right? Lol,” referring to the Carol Burnett Award that Parker, 60, had just received from the Golden Globes. Noth responded, “Right.” Although he later walked back his barb by claiming his comment was “offthe-cuff” and “slightly sarcastic,” he confirmed their estrangement in a recent podcast. “We’re not friends, I think that’s pretty obvious,” he said. And according…

FLABBY former action star Steven Seagal — who fled to Russia to pal around with Vladimir Putin — has been socked with new allegations of being a “disgusting” sex creep — this time by actress Shanna Moakler. The former Miss USA and mom to two kids, Landon and Alabama, with ex Travis Barker alleges that Seagal, now 73, lured her to his home around 1993 when she was 18 and he was around 41. Shanna, 50, says the Above the Law star, who was wed to actress Kelly LeBrock and had two children at the time, told her he would be auditioning her for a movie part. “He flew me … from New York to L.A.,” she says, and when the Hollywood Exes beauty told Seagal she was suffering back…

OUCH! CBS Mornings host GAYLE KING followed a local legend by kissing a stingray for luck and was immediately stung by an avalanche of angry animal lovers. The 71-year-old chatterbox innocently triggered fury when she showed a video of her and her sister during a sunny Caribbean vacation on Grand Cayman island where they swam with the creatures at the tourist attraction Stingray City. Her guide told her about a local myth so Gayle writes: “Rumor has it that you get good luck for seven years if you kiss a stingray — so I kissed that sucker twice! Hope this really works.” Unfortunately, bad luck struck immediately when social media users saw the smooch. Wrote one furious fan: “Gross … leave them alone. Kissing them upsets the natural bacteria on…

BRITT LOWER The Severance alum was totally put together in a custom emeraldgreen Loewe gown SHARON STONE The Casino star made a bad bet when she stepped out in this unflattering print dress KATE BECKINSALE The Stolen Girl star’s Nicole + Felicia gown looked like it was swiped from a prom queen KATHRYN NEWTON We’re not bending the truth — the Big Little Lies star stunned in a Nicole Miller “tattoo” gown PARKER POSEY The Best in Show star reached the winner’s circle in a Rodarte taffeta gown with masses of ruffles…

CONNIVING Queen Camilla is seizing power in the U.K. as she takes advantage of the cancerstricken state of monarch husband King Charles — and no one in Britain’s royal household is safe from the boozing bully’s reign of terror, sources say. “Camilla is horrendously controlling of Charles. She often insists he stay in his room and raises merry hell if he tries to get up and assert his independence,” an insider confides. “Of course, her official excuse for this is that he needs rest and she’s doing it for his own good. But everyone knows it’s her way to control him and give herself a platform to assert herself when he’s not there.” As GLOBE previously reported, Buckingham Palace revealed in February 2024 that the king was battling an undisclosed…

REVENGE-crazed twins Samuel and Solomon Gbadebo are accused of murdering two men in separate shootings — one of whom reportedly humiliated the brothers by forcing them to strip naked while robbing them! Cops busted the 20-year-old Fort Worth, Texas, look-alikes thanks to information from a mystery tipster that the twins allegedly killed Devan Randles, 19, on Nov. 15 and Isaiah Gonzales, 20, on Nov. 30. The tattler allegedly snitched to cops that Gonzales had ordered the twins to strip on camera during a 2021 robbery and the Gbadebo brothers had been boiling over with humiliation and vengeance for the embarrassing stick-up. Twins Surveillance video showed Gonzales’ killers waiting in ambush when he left work at 2 a.m. at Flips Patio Grill and got into his car with his girlfriend in…

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HILARY DUFF The 38-year-old’s new song Mature, about a younger version of herself dating an older man, has many fans believing Hilary is referring to ex Joel Madden, who she started dating when she was 16 and he was 25. “I took a few artistic liberties just to make the song work structurally, but the gist is the gist,” she admits. “I was looking back on this relationship and thinking about whether this guy had a habit of dating younger women or whether I was ‘special.’” DEMI LOVATO While the singer has credited then boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama with helping her get sober, the 33-year-old, who dated him when she was 18 and he was 30, has changed her thinking on age-gap romances. “For me, I was a teenager. And so…

SCREEN beauty SISSY SPACEK is a memorable sight in this iconic scene from the 1976 supernatural thriller Carrie. She plays an oddball teen who’s humiliated when she’s drenched in pig’s blood by the mean kids at the prom. But she soon gets revenge, thanks to her terrifying psychic powers. Sissy went on to play beloved country music queen Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner’s Daughter — a role that earned her the Best Actress Oscar for 1980. The former model, now 76, still has a busy career, most recently playing Jennifer Lawrence’s character’s mother-in-law in Die My Love.…

MARDI GRAS EDITION: In the Middle Ages, Carnival season extended from Christmas until Mardi Gras, the Tuesday before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. In the U.S., the first Mardi Gras was held in Alabama in 1703, when French-Canadian explorer Pierre Le Moyne hosted a blowout bash near present-day Mobile. Nearly a million purple, green and gold king cakes are sold in New Orleans during Mardi Gras celebrations. A plastic “baby Jesus” is baked inside — finding it in your slice is good luck. Nearly 47 tons of beads are tossed by NOLA revelers. The city has installed “gutter buddies” to prevent them from clogging sewers. Rio de Janeiro hosts the world’s biggest Carnival, which is attended by approximately 10 million people over five days.…