Table of contents for May 11, 2020 in Globe

CRYBABY Ellen DeGeneres has gone to pieces after her stomped-on staff savaged her as a boss from hell, insiders tell GLOBE. The nasty onslaught has left the TV titan — dubbed by many as the Queen of Mean — barely able to sleep and crippled with anxiety, sources say. “Ellen can’t understand why everybody seems to hate her!” an insider dishes. “She insists she’s done nothing to deserve this hostility and feels like she’s being bullied, not the other way around. Ellen is on the edge and has shed a lot of tears!” Trouble flared after the 62-year-old ruthlessly axed workers at her daytime talk show, with staffers complaining the bombshell dropped without warning. Employees who didn’t lose their jobs were warned to brace for a whopping pay cut, insiders…

PRINCE CHARLES’ new plan for his organic farm stinks for his son William and daughter-in-law Kate! Charles intends to house 500 beef cattle on his massive estate — then use their poop as natural fertilizer for his organic veggies. The prince figures his herd will allow him to build six massive 400-ton mounds of manure. But there’s one problem. William, Kate and their three royal brats live only 650 yards away in Anmer Hall. Local villagers are also holding their noses. “Organic farming is all very worthy, but it comes at a price for people who live downwind of a dung heap or next door to the fields,” says one. “It looks like William and Kate will have to put up with the smell like everyone else.”…

DIE HARD hero Bruce Willis has “no issues” with wife Emma Heming, claims an insider — even though he’s self-isolating in an odd-couple arrangement with ex-wife Demi Moore and their three adult daughters in Idaho! Meanwhile, 41-year-old model Emma is in quarantine in California with the pair’s girls, Mabel, 8, and Evelyn, 6. “Demi and Emma are close, and all three get on great as a big blended family,” tattles a source. “There are no issues at all. Emma needed to stay in L.A. with the young kids.” Bruce, 65, wed Emma in 2009. He and Ghost star Demi, 57, divorced in 2000, and their life in lockdown has been shared on social media. A recent post showed the gang reading a book, with Demi writing: “Family book club ……

Perennially single former SNL comic WILL FORTE, 49, is getting married for the first time. After two years of dating, the Last Man on Earth star got engaged to live-in girlfriend OLIVIA MODLING, 29 It’s a boy for 90 Day Fiancé stars LOREN and ALEXEI BROVARNIK, who welcomed their first baby, Shai, four years after saying “I do.” PAUL NASSIF, 57 — cohost of the plastic surgery show Botched — and bride BRITTANY, 29, are expecting. The nose-job doc shares three sons with ex-wife, former RHOBH star ADRIENNE MALOOF. Former Miss Universe OLIVIA CULPO doesn’t have to worry about money — the 28-year-old actress’ football star boyfriend, CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY, 23, signed a $64 million contract extension with the Carolina Panthers. Like many other folks, Jersey Shore fave SAMMI “SWEETHEART” GIANCOLA…

BELOVED country music legend Dolly Parton rose above her humble beginnings in dirt-poor Tennessee to become one of the most successful stars in the industry — and did it all while keeping her sense of humor fully intact! Here are ten things you don’t know about the 74-year-old singer. 1 As a youngster, she played a homemade guitar but was given a real one by an uncle for her eighth birthday. 2 At age 13, she sang at the Grand Ole Opry and met Johnny Cash — and says of seeing the Man in Black: “That’s when I first knew about sex appeal.” 3 She moved to Nashville in 1964 — the day after she graduated from Sevier County High School. 4 Her 1974 hit I Will Always Love You…

A LEWD lawman in Maryland tried to arrange a sexual tryst with an eight-year-old girl in a twisted internet exchange, police charge. Authorities say Anne Arundel County Officer Zachary Steven Koshlap, 33, sent a message to an FBI agent who was posing as the father of a child on an adult website and attempted to set up a meeting with his “daughter” at a Washington, D.C., hotel. Local investigators later raided Koshlap’s home and claim they found digital devices containing “apparent child pornography.” Koshlap, who was suspended from the force, was charged with ten counts of possession of kiddie porn and one count of sexual solicitation of a minor. Police Chief Timothy Alto-mare says, “I am heartsick, physically ill, disgusted and enraged at the actions alleged in this case.”…

TOO much salt in your food can weaken your immune system, say German researchers. When given an additional six grams of salt every day beyond the recommended amount, scientists at the University of Bonn found subjects showed signs of pronounced immune deficiencies. The study proves “excessive salt intake … significantly weakens an important arm of the immune system,” says co-author Dr. Christian Kurts. The six grams examined in the report are about the same amount of salt found in two average fast-food meals — or two hamburgers and two orders of french fries. Health experts say the maximum amount of salt that adults should consume to remain healthy is five grams, or about one level teaspoon per day. According to the researchers, high salt intake inhibits the immune system by…

TART-TONGUED fictional TV physician Ellen Pompeo has attacked “out of touch” real-life TV doctors for their comments on the coronavirus! The Grey’s Anatomy medic claims Dr. Phil, Dr. Drew and Dr. Oz simply “play doctor” on TV and should not be doling out medical advice, sources tell GLOBE. “Hearing Dr. Phil liken COVID-19 to deaths caused by smoking cigarettes and car crashes set off a fuse in Ellen,” spills an insider. “It really ticks her off these guys are saying things that, in her estimation, have nothing to do with the reality of the situation.” Adds the source: “Doctors and nurses and other emergency responders are putting themselves at risk to help others — and Ellen isn’t going to back down until these guys stop spouting what she thinks is…

HOW about them apples! Fruit sleuths who scour remote areas of the Pacific Northwest made a sweet find — ten varieties of apples that were previously thought to be extinct! The team of retirees who participate in the nonprofit Lost Apple Project regularly keep their eyes peeled for forgotten pioneer orchards, and experts confirmed their recent rediscoveries included the largest number ever unearthed in a single season! The prized samples were among hundreds collected last fall in Idaho and Washington state.…

CAITLYN JENNER is worth a cool $100 million — but the sex-swap celeb is such a tightwad, she makes housemate Sophia Hutchins sit in the dark to save on electricity, an insider says! She’s also insisting the former model — who’s 23 and not long out of college — pay half the utility and grocery bills, GLOBE has learned! “The irony is that Caitlyn used to be a total sugar mommy. Now she’s done a 180 and Sophia’s wondering what happened!” snitches the insider. “Cait’s even asking her to pay the gardening tab. With a property that size, it’s not cheap!” Sophia, a transgender woman, and the former Bruce Jenner, 70, share a Malibu home and describe themselves as “partners.” “After living together for a couple of years, Caitlyn’s trimming…

POLICE in Taneytown, Md., have warned residents not to wear only underwear — or less! — when checking their mailboxes! “You know who you are,” say cops in a social media post about people staying at home in their skivvies because of coronavirus restrictions. A GEORGIA man whose middle school diploma was carried away when a tornado hit his Upson County home was reunited with the document after it was found 30 miles away. Kelvin Duke says a friend texted him to say the sheepskin had landed near an interstate. AN ANIMAL sanctuary in California is raising money by offering its animals as guests on the increasing number of Zoom meetings arising from the COVID-19 crisis. Called Goat2Meeting, the service features llamas, goats, sheep, pigs, cows and turkeys living at…

BILL COSBY died during a massive stroke in prison — but emergency surgery brought the pervy comic back to life, sources tell GLOBE. Now, the 82-year-old sex fiend is demanding a “compassionate” prison release, claiming the coronavirus is likely to kill him! Sources say the creep was found on the floor of his jail cell in SCI-Phoenix prison and rushed to the infirmary at the facility, which is about 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Doctors had found the carotid arteries on the right and left side of Cosby’s neck were 90 percent blocked by plaque buildup, says rep Andrew Wyatt. The disgraced star “was forced to have two major surgeries in order to sustain his life” around the fall of 2019, according to a statement released by Wyatt. “Those surgeries…

ALICIA SILVERSTONE says her 1997 turn as comic book crime fighter Batgirl became a “hurtful” experience when cruel critics dubbed her Fatgirl! Alicia, who was in her early 20s at the time, recalls she was mocked for her figure in the Batman & Robin flick and says the body-shaming barbs were “wrong.” The Clueless star, now 43, adds, “That definitely wasn’t my favorite filmmaking experience. There were working circumstances that were less than favorable in terms of how things went down. “And no, I didn’t say ‘F**k you’ and come out like a warrior, but I would just walk away and go, ‘Okay, I know what that is and I’m done, I’m not going near that again.’” Alicia admits afterward, “I stopped loving acting for a very long time.”…

CATERINA SWAPS HER TOT’S NAME! Time to reorder the embroidery! Grey’s Anatomy star CATERINA SCORSONE’s new bundle of joy was originally tagged ARWEN at birth — a Welsh name meaning “fair” or “fine” — but the 38-year-old TV star reveals she changed her mind four months later. “We went with what was her middle name. Lucinda. ‘Lucky’ for short,” gushes the actress, who plays Amelia Shepherd on the long-running hit ABC medical drama and shares daughters Eliza, 7, and Paloma “Pippa,” 3, with her TV writer husband, ROB GILES. Fun fact: Producers wrote Caterina’s pregnancy into the show, culminating with her character — the sister of PATRICK DEMPSEY’s tragically killed-off Derek Shepherd (a.k.a. Dr. McDreamy) — giving birth on the season finale. NAOMI IS KAFTAN-CRAZY! Supermodel NAOMI CAMPBELL has top…

KELLY RIPA has revealed the secret to her sizzling sex life with hubby Mark Consuelos! “We learned each other well, and with that comes a certain level of comfort and competence, and experimentation and just fun. We have fun. We enjoy it,” says the 49-year-old daytime diva. They met while co-starring on All My Children in 1995. The key to their passion, Kelly says, is finding “each other at the right time in our lives.”…

POWER couple Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have brought their rocky 22-year marriage back from the brink, sources tell GLOBE. “They bottomed out last year and decided to stop leading separate lives — or leave for good on their own terms,” snitches an insider. “But after getting professional help, becoming more spiritual, talking out their problems and having family conferences, they’re back on solid ground.” Bad Boys star Will, 51, and 48-year-old Jada also vowed to be nicer to each other, pals say. “Jada knows she can be bossy, and she’s trying to nip the snippiness,” tattles the insider. “Will’s doing his part to help more around the house and be more supportive of her show Red Table Talk. Now they’re more in love than ever before!” Celebrity was a…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Choose your words carefully when Mercury and Mars clash Monday, Ram, making it easy to hurt someone’s feelings. It’s especially important to steer clear of online arguments! Later, grab the chance to improve your financial situation by learning a new skill a friend offers to teach you! GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Mercury moving into Gemini lifts you out of a sluggish mood and inspires you to find ways to help a neighbor or relative who’s struggling, Twin. But with Venus turning retrograde, don’t get so busy you neglect your stressed sweetie! A cash crisis is averted when your finances get an unexpected boost! LEO July 23 - Aug. 23 A chore you’ve been dreading turns out to be easy on Tuesday after…

MESSY Martha Stewart has been tossing back booze during lockdown, sources dish — and worried pals are begging her to put a cork in it! The domestic diva, 78, stunned fans by sharing a nonsensical message on social media and later admitting she’d been swilling the sauce! But while she tried to explain away the sloppy snafu as a one-time flub, sources say her boozing has gone bananas! “Martha loves cooking with wine, but lately she’s been knocking it back way too much,” an insider tells GLOBE. “She says it’s a good way to relax, but even she admits that recent social media post was silly.” Adds the snitch: “She is laughing it off privately, but deep down she knows she has to cut back.” Martha’s hooch habit came to…

GEORGIA bar owner Jennifer Knox was heartbroken for her out-of-work staff when she was forced to shutter her Tybee Island watering hole due to the coronavirus crisis. But she soon realized a way to help her loyal workers was right before her eyes — in the form of dollar bills stapled to the walls and ceiling of her business! In the 14 years she’s run the Sand Bar, it became tradition for customers to scrawl messages on money that eventually covered much of the inside of the establishment. But after she closed her doors on March 23, Jennifer realized the cash could be put to better use! “I looked around and thought we had to get this money in the hands of people who need it,” she recalls. Jennifer and…

PINING for the United States, Matt Damon has been guzzling up a storm during his coronavirus quarantine — leaving friends fearing he could spiral out of control like best pal and recovering boozer Ben Affleck! The 49-year-old star of the Bourne spy epics has been holed up in the small Irish seaside town of Dalkey with wife Luciana, 44, and kids — Isabella, 13, Stella, 11, Gia, 9, and Alexia, 21 (from Luciana’s previous marriage) — since March because of that country’s lockdown and the U.S. travel ban. And he’s been drowning his sorrows with local brews, including Guinness, first made in Dublin in 1759! “Matt says beer is his preferred way to relieve boredom,” snitches an insider. “They don’t have a lot of visitors, but there is the clerk…

VAL KILMER’S romantic riverside date with then ladylove Cindy Crawford almost ended with a crocodile attack! The Top Gun hunk, now 60, dated the supermodel in 1996 and says he set up a “fairy tale” picnic at the African game reserve where he was filming the historical drama The Ghost and the Darkness. “In deafening silence, I heard a ‘kerplunk’ from the river. Do I tell her it’s a crocodile and ruin the moment?” recalls Val who decided, “No.”…

POP diva Lady Gaga is so googly-eyed over new love Michael Polansky that she’s tagged the tech tycoon to be her baby daddy, insiders say! After a whirlwind romance of just four months, the 34-year-old Stupid Love singer is calling the 36-year-old Parker Group CEO “the love of my life” — and she’s determined to start a family with the brainy Harvard grad. “She’s openly wanted a baby for some years now, but none of the previous guys were suitable for one reason or another,” an insider dishes. “With Michael it just feels right. They’ve talked it through and have both agreed to start trying for a baby.” Gaga — real name Stefani Germanotta — went public with her passion for Polansky on New Year’s Eve. Up to then, her dating…

RABBLE-rousing rapper Kanye West has fessed up to battling the bottle — and admits he used to start his day by belting back booze! Referring to himself as a “functioning alcoholic” during his drinking days, the now sober star, 42, copped to swilling vodka and orange juice in the morning and getting soused to take the stage at awards shows! The self-described born-again Christian adds, “Every day that I don’t pick up that drink, I beat the devil.”…

A WOMAN who demanded to fly out of an airport while naked was arrested — and stripped of her freedom! Investigators says Mariel Vergara, 27, strolled up to the Spirit Airlines counter at New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong International Airport in her altogether and refused to leave when staffers told her she wouldn’t be allowed aboard a plane without clothes. Though the Colorado gal had donned a dress by the time authorities arrived, a deputy on the scene says she was not wearing underwear, and the garment failed to fully hide her private parts, which violated public decency laws. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office says Vergara was charged with obscenity, resisting an officer, battery of a police officer, simple battery and remaining in the airport after being forbidden. Five days later, the…

JEALOUS Jennifer Aniston is ticked off at former Friends castmate Lisa Kudrow for muscling in on her friendship with Steve Carell, insiders snitch! Sources tell GLOBE Jen, 51, and Steve, 57, had a wonderful rapport working together on The Morning Show — unlike their onscreen characters! “Jen has always had a huge crush on Steve, more as a doting father type, and she’s relied on their friendship to get through the best and worst of times,” spills an insider. But now bubbly blond Lisa, who co-starred alongside Jen for ten seasons on Friends, and The Office alum have announced they’re creatively coupling for Space Force, a new Netflix comedy — and Jen is not jumping for joy! “She finds it annoying that Lisa’s horning in,” reveals the snitch, “and is…

REESE WITHERSPOON says becoming a mother messed with her mental health! With “one kid I had kind of mild postpartum [depression], and one kid I had severe postpartum where I had to take pretty heavy medication because I just wasn’t thinking straight at all, and then I had one kid where I had no postpartum at all,” admits Reese, 44. “I was 23 years old when I had my first baby and nobody explained to me that when you wean a baby, your hormones go into the toilet,” recalls the Legally Blonde beauty, who shares daughter Ava, 20, and son Deacon, 16, with ex Ryan Phillippe, and son Tennessee, 7, with husband Jim Toth. “I felt more depressed than I’d ever felt in my whole life. It was scary.” Because…

TODAY co-host Jenna Bush Hager got to the root of her hair troubles while in quarantine — by touching up her dye job on live TV! The 38-year-old brushed up on her skills with video advice from celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton, who talked her through applying a temporary hue, and help from hubby Henry Hager! “I have my hair assistant, otherwise known as my husband, here to hold my hair back tight!” joked the mom of three. True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.— Kurt Vonnegut…

A NEWBORN goat has made Wisconsin residents do a double take — because he has two faces! Named Janus, after the twofaced Roman god, the kooky kid appears to be healthy — even though he’s got two mouths and four eyes, reports owner Jocelyn Nueske. “They weren’t sure if the middle eyes worked,” she says of the veterinarians who examined the “always hungry” critter. “But they were positive about the outside eyes working.” Jocelyn, who’s operated her farm for six years, says the birth of the unusual animal was quite a shock, adding: “I’ve heard of two-headed cows and lizards — but not a goat!”…

DAREDEVIL Mission: Impossible hunk Tom Cruise thought he was a goner when he leaped off a 200-story skyscraper and the movie stunt suddenly went terribly wrong! tached by a cable, he jumped from Dubai’s Burj Khalifa hotel while filming Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol (2011) and unexpected winds hurled him head-first toward the 2,700-foot building’s windows. “I thought I was going to go straight through,” he recalls. “I grabbed a rope and whipped my body around and landed flat against a window [and] bounced off it really hard.” His horrified movie crew went: “Is he alive?” Tom just went: “It’s OK, I’m good.” People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.— Joan Rivers…

WHAT?! Tough-as-nails CLINT EASTWOOD as a funny guy? Yes, that was the reaction to his 1978 action-comedy Every Which Way but Loose, in which the Play Misty for Me legend plays a truck driver whose main buddy is an orangutan named Clyde! Snooty critics panned the flick — which also starred SONDRA LOCKE, BEVERLY D’ANGELO and GEOFFREY LEWIS — but it went on to huge success, ranking among the most profitable in the Unforgiven actor’s storied career.…