Table of contents for December 28, 2020 in Globe

TROUBLED twosome Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are hoping to put their year from hell behind them — by renewing their vows over the holidays in a desperate bid to keep their love alive, say sources. TV’s 62-year-old queen of mean wants to prove her long-suffering 47-year-old spouse comes first — ahead of Ellen’s daytime talk show and her many celebrity friends — and is going all out to show it, sources say. Ellen sat Portia down and had a heart-to-heart with her, telling her how important she is and how she wants to make their marriage work,” dishes an insider. She told Portia she’d marry her all over again and suggested they renew their vows and repledge their love.” Penny-pincher Ellen opened her wallet as wide as her…

SITCOM legend Matthew Perry was such a slave to his addiction, his former galpal Kayti Edwards says he’d send her to score drugs — while she was pregnant! At the time, the fiendish Friends star insisted she was the perfect drug mule because he believed cops wouldn’t stop a gal in her condition, Kayti claims in a shocking tell-all about her 2011 romance with Perry. “I was like five months pregnant, getting stuff for him,” she recalls. “He would say, ‘No one’s going to pull over a pregnant girl. Don’t worry.’ When she returned from a drug run, “we’d open the bag,” she says. “Sometimes it was pills, cocaine, sometimes it would be heroin and crack, it was just like a smorgasbord, you never knew what you were going to…

Real Housewives of Orange County spitfifire BRAUNWYN WINDHAM-BURKE, 43, maintains she’s not attracted to men — despite renewing wedding vows with her husband of over two decades! “I like women. I’m gay,” declares the Bravo celeb. “I love Sean. I love him dearly, he is my person, he is my family. But I’m not attracted to men and I never have been. We are in unchartered territories. Sean and I are still married, I plan on staying married. We are not sleeping in the same bedroom right now, but we are in the same house. We are raising our kids together, he’s my best friend. He knows the girl I’m dating.” As for SEAN BURKE, the 52-year-old’s sticking by his bride. “I love you. I’m proud of you. And I…

DOMESTIC diva Martha Stewart confesses her “painful” divorce in 1990 was a “terrible thing” — and she hasn’t talked to exhubby Andrew Stewart since! But the lifestyle guru says she bounced back from the pain and her infamous prison stint because she’s “very strong and I’m very motivated to get on with life.” What’s more, at 79, she claims to love doing “promiscuous, provocative things!” Still, Martha — who was raised Catholic — admits being dumped by her husband for another woman after 29 years of marriage nearly did her in. “Getting divorced was a terrible thing for me, because we were the first to divorce in my family,” she says. “And that we haven’t spoken since the 1990 divorce is even more painful.” Andrew is the father of Martha’s…

MILEY CYRUS says she’s mastered the art of staying safe during lockdown love — by having online sex! The determined twerker told Howard Stern the safest sex in these COVID-crazy times is the virtual kind — and that’s where the 28-year-old has been hooking up. “I do a lot of FaceTime sex … I’m not getting COVID!” says the Wrecking Ball siren. “I am definitely not going to be doing anything that’s irresponsible for myself or for other people.”…

GLEE star Naya Rivera drowned in a tragic boating accident July 8 after heroically saving her five-year-old son, Josey, by pushing him back onto their rented pontoon boat in a California lake. But Naya’s family believes she didn’t have to die — and have filed a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming Ventura County officials failed to warn swimmers about the dangers of Lake Piru. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Naya’s son and estate, claims the rented pontoon did not have “a safely accessible ladder, adequate rope, an anchor, a radio” and also lacked any flotation or rescue devices, in violation of state law. Forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht says the tragedy could have been prevented. Naya had a history of vertigo and he believes that triggered a panic attack. If she’d been…

GHOSTBUSTERS icon Dan Aykroyd has turned into a ghoulish recluse who rarely leaves his $25 million Martha’s Vineyard estate, where he’s now eerily planning his own funeral, say sources. The bizarre 68-year-old comic appears perfectly healthy yet he spooks around in his bed clothes muttering about who he wants to officiate at his memorial service and the goodies the chef should serve at the wake, pals dish! Dan has always found death and the afterlife intriguing, and now that he’s older he’s completely obsessed,” spills an insider. “The curious thing is he appears to be in no danger of dropping dead anytime soon. He’s sturdy as a horse, which is surprising given the cigars, the vodka and the big meals he enjoys.” The Saturday Night Live and Blues Brothers legend,…

STAR Trek’s captain Patrick Stewart isn’t turning into a grumpy old man — the 80-year-old confesses he’s been furious all his life and he’s still seeing a shrink to control his rage! The X-Men star, who’s reprising his Capt. Jean-Luc Picard role on CBS’ Star Trek: Picard, reveals he’s burned with rage inside since his childhood, when he witnessed his dad’s violence against his mom. “I had to suppress all that anger,” he says. At age 14, he feared he’d explode and kill his headmaster when he caned him. Later, he worried he’d hurt his two children with first wife Sheila Falconer in a fit of fury. Now at 80, “it’s still there,” he admits. “I am still in therapy. I see someone every week.” Maybe this world is another…

PEDOPHILE Jeffrey Epstein’s accused madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, is a paranoid mess — losing her hair and wasting away in federal prison where she’s terrified shadowy forces have marked her for death, sources say. The shrinking 59-year-old British socialite — who denies recruiting and grooming underage girls for Epstein’s twisted lust — is charged with sex trafficking minors as she rots in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center awaiting trial next year. Originally denied bail as a flight risk with money and friends in Europe, her attorney Bobbi Sternheim has again filed to get her out, saying: “She had lost over 15 pounds, and she is sustaining hair loss.” The lawyer charged prison bigwigs with harsh treatment of Ghislaine, like forcing her to wear paper clothes, frequent strip searches and waking her every…

MOVIE hunk George Clooney is a heartthrob to millions of gals, but he confesses wife Amal had him shaking in his boots when he popped the question — and she didn’t answer! The now-59-year-old star, who wed Amal, 42, in 2014, says, “I asked her out of the blue.” Instead of squealing “yes” immediately, the brainy lawyer just stood there. “I was on my knee for, like, 20 minutes,” he recalls. “I fifinally said, ‘Look I’m going to throw my hip out.’ She fifinally agreed. They now have threeyear-old twins Ella and Alexander You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.— Jack London…

Good Wife star JULIANNA MARGULIES is headed over to JENNIFER ANISTON and REESE WITHERSPOON’s Apple series, The Morning Show. She’ll play a news anchor on season two of the critically acclaimed show. It’s a girl for former Scandal star KATIE LOWES, 39, and husband ADAM SHAPIRO. Newborn daughter VERA joins big bro ALBEE, 3. Pretty Little Liars hunk BRANT DAUGHERTY, 35, and wife KIM are expecting their fifirst baby. They tied the knot in 2019. It’s a big bad breakup for Big Bang Theory star JOHNNY GALECKI, 45, and his girlfriend, ALAINA MEYER, 23. The pair, who met in 2018, have a oneyear-old son, AVERY. Selling Sunset siren CHRISHELL STAUSE, 39, is playing house with Dancing with the Stars hoofer KEO MOTSEPE, 31. PRISCILLA PRESLEY’s Beverly Hills mansion just sold…

A SERIAL bank robber dubbed the “Too Tall Bandit” is at it again — after a two-year layoff — and the FBI is desperate to cut him down to size! The soaring suspect, who’s a skyscraping six-foot-eight and hides behind Halloween masks, has hit 16 banks in South Carolina, Tennessee and North Carolina since 2009. After taking a 24-month break, he struck again — twice — in November, according to a report. We’re just hoping someone can give us that tip we need to identify him before someone gets hurt. It is definitely a concern,” says Charlotte, N.C.–based FBI official Shelley Lynch. Surveillance video caught the lofty lawbreaker wearing a skull mask at a bank in Etowah, N. The thief — who is believed to be a white man in…

NEWSHOUND Don Lemon’s broadcast career kicked off at local TV stations in Alabama and Pennsylvania before he made the leap to CNN in 2006. CNN Tonight prime-time host Don has also been a fun-loving — and occasionally tipsy — addition to the network’s New Year’s Eve coverage. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 54-year-old Emmy-winning reporter. 1 He was born in Baton Rouge, La., in 1966. 2 He says his grandmother Mary H. Bouligney was his best friend growing up. 3 During his teen years, he worked at McDonald’s. 4 His first ride was a red Volkswagen Beetle he nicknamed Herbie — after the car in the 1968 movie The Love Bug. 5 He’s a self-professed Law & Order junkie and admits to loving the SVU spinoff —…

HOLLYWOOD hardcase Kirk Douglas boasted he was a cheater and a “son of a bitch” — and cut his widow Anne and kids — out of his $80 million fortune when he died Feb. 5! But in the end, the 103-year-old Spartacus legend proved he secretly had a heart of gold, leaving his entire bundle to charity — with his family’s blessing! Douglas, a ragman’s son who grew up dirt-poor in Amsterdam, N.Y., was dedicated to “helping those who cannot help themselves,” his wife of 65 years recalled. Anne, 101, stuck by his side through thick and thin — and even saved his life twice! In 1958, she stopped him from boarding Around the World in 80 Days producer Mike Todd’s plane, which crashed after takeoff, killing everyone onboard and…

BELOVED TV icon Regis Philbin went to his grave nursing a grudge against his longtime co-host Kelly Ripa, pals say. The talk and game show host — who passed away at 88 on July 24 — admitted in 2018 he hadn’t spoken to Kelly since leaving Live seven years earlier. She got very offended when I left [Live]. She thought I was leaving because of her,” Regis said. “But I was leaving because I was getting older.” Regis later added he believed Kelly “resented” him for retiring, but insisted he only left because he was turning 80. In his final days, “Reege” reportedly fell into a depression when he was passed over by ABC bigwigs to helm 20th anniversary episodes of his former series Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?…

PRESIDENT Abraham Lincoln’s ghost has been spotted — and documented — by White House staffers and visitors since 1903! But chief execs William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor — who both died at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. — are apparently no longer in residence. RUDOLPH the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created in 1939 — a decade before Gene Autry’s classic holiday tune — as a marketing gimmick for the now-defunct Montgomery Ward department store chain. AFTER reviewing body cam video, Georgia’s Douglas County Sheriff’s Department confirmed a goat hopped into an open patrol car, ate reams of official paperwork, then knocked an officer to the ground with a vicious headbutt when confronted. The critter goat-away scot-free! MONOWI, Neb., is the smallest officially incorporated municipality in the U.S. It has one resident!…

THE nip/tuck freak daughter of Grease star Olivia Newton-John is being blasted as a hypocrite for coming out against the new COVID-19 vaccines! On social media, model Chloe Lattanzi claims she doesn’t trust doctors or the vaccine — but critics note she had no problem shelling out an estimated $550,000 to plastic surgeons for nose jobs, supersized boobs and ballooned lips. Snipes one critic, she’s “anti-vax but doesn’t mind injecting chemicals into her face.” Ouch!…

MORE and more Americans are convinced that UFOs exist — and are piloted by aliens from another planet. A new Ipsos poll found 57 percent believe in intelligent life on other planets and nearly half — 45 percent — think UFOs have visited Earth. That’s a big increase from last year’s Gallop poll that found only 33 percent believed space aliens had scoped out our planet and a big majority — a whopping 60 percent — thought UFOs could be explained as something from Earth. Interestingly, Gallop found the UFO and space alien believers were higher in America’s west, 40 percent supporting the theory compared to only 27 percent in the midwest and 32 percent in the east. An expert believes the difference is due to Area 51 being located in…

A POLLUTED politico pooped out at a fast food drive-thru and smacked into a pole, according to Kentucky cops. Shively Mayor Beverly Chester-Burton was charged with DUI after falling asleep at a White Castle and crashing into a utility pole, authorities say. Louisville Metro Police officers claim they found her standing outside her Cadillac as she was trying to leave the parking lot at 11 p.m. on Dec. 1. Chester-Burton was so out of it that people had to knock on her car window to wake her up, according to a police report. Cops say Chester-Burton reeked of alcohol and failed a sobriety test when she couldn’t walk in a straight line. The mayor was booked into the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections and released Dec. 2.…

DOLLY PARTON pulled no punches when discussing her longtime romance with Carl Dean, dishing, “My husband and I have been together for 57 years and married for 54. I’m sick of him and I’m sure he’s sick of me!” The country music legend, 74, and camera-shy Carl, 78, have rarely been seen in public together, and she says their marriage succeeds “because I stay gone. We’re not in each other’s faces all the time.”…

GALS were gaga over Sean Connery — once voted the Sexiest Man Alive — but in real life the James Bond star was accused of being a brute who thought nothing of smacking women around! First wife, actress Diane Cilento, claimed the Scottishborn hunk flew into a jealous rage when she danced up a storm with some young guys while he was shooting 1965’s The Hill in Spain. When she returned to their pitch-black hotel room, he knocked her to the floor with a whack to the face and hit her again as she got up, Diane charged before her 2011 death at age 79. After the attack, she said she locked herself in the bathroom, where she spent the night. They divorced eight years later. Although Sean denied Diane’s tale,…

TOUGH guy actor Robert Conrad took a dark secret to his grave — the rugged Baa Baa Black Sheep star was mobbed up! Conrad was close pals with Chicago mobster Michael “Mickey” Spilotro and crooked union chief Jimmy Hoffa! Being a pal of wiseguys never hurt his career, but Conrad began boozing heavily after a 2003 car wreck left him crippled and bitter. The oncehandsome inebriated star suffered serious spinal injuries after he crossed a median and smashed into another vehicle. “He was hellbent on destroying himself in the latter part of his life,” dishes source. “He couldn’t walk, he couldn’t drive, he couldn’t do anything without assistance and it made him very angry — and frequently fell down in public after benders.” Conrad lost his looks, control of his…

HUSKY-VOICED hitmaker Kenny Rogers scrapped his fifinal tour dates, citing “health challenges” nearly two years before his March 20 death at home in Sandy Springs, Ga. The 81-year-old Gambler passed after battling diabetes, bladder cancer and dementia. Although he was a father of fifive — including 16-year-old twins Jordan and Justin with fififth wife and widow Wanda, 53 — sources dish he shockingly cut his three oldest kids out of his $250 million fortune! “I believe he had dementia at the end of his life. He skipped a beat. He forgot things. I could see it,” a friend says, noting the tussle over the cash may not be over. But Kenny left behind other bizarre dramas. At the height of his fame, the Lucille singer set up an 800 number just…

POMPADOURED rock’n’ roll pioneer Little Richard struggled for years with health issues, enduring painful sciatica and hip problems — in addition to a 2013 heart attack. But sources say the flflashy performer’s personal battle between his sexuality and the Christian faith he preached haunted him for a lifetime. The Tutti Frutti singer, 87, who died of bone cancer on May 9, gave up his music career twice to spread the good word and record gospel music — and once dissed homosexuality by saying God “made Adam to be with Eve, not Steve.” But the legend also referred to himself as both “gay” and “omnisexual” and boasted, “Sex is like a smorgasbord. Whatever I feel like, I go for.” Hinting he may have secretly fathered love children, the Good Golly Miss Molly…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 The Capricorn sun inspires a burst of organizing. You’ll go into 2021 with an uncluttered mind and schedule! Thursday a friend could visit, bringing unexpected excitement along with a gift! Single and seeking? Romance may be stalled now — but big changes are headed your way. Be patient, Ram! GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Ring in the New Year in a low-key fashion, Twin, then get to work on those plans you’ve been postponing. With Jupiter in Aquarius, ideas flflow freely and help is at hand. Midweek brings a chance to try a new exercise routine — it’s perfect for your temperament. Steer clear of slick surfaces Saturday. LEO July 23 - Aug. 23 Making New Year’s resolutions feels like too much work,…