Table of contents for August 2, 2021 in Globe

MONACO’S horndog Prince Albert is trashing his runaway wife, Princess Charlene, as a weakling who can’t handle the pressure of being a royal celebrity, stunned insiders dish. The 43-year-old blonde and former Olympic swimmer exposed the huge chink in their marriage by bolting for her native South Africa — after he was accused of fathering a third love child — and snubbing their recent tenth wedding anniversary. Now, royal insiders reveal 63-year-old Albert has been talking down his wife — who left Monaco months ago — saying she couldn’t cope with the demands of being the principality’s first lady like his late mom, American movie star Grace Kelly. Royal expert Phil Dampier says before the couple wed, “Albert was worried about the inevitable comparisons to Grace Kelly. “He was concerned…

Former WWE/Total Divas star RENEE PAQUETTE, 35, and husband JONATHAN GOOD, known as Jon Moxley to wrestling fans, welcomed their first baby, daughter NORA. Country crooner LEWIS BRICE, 38, is engaged to DENELLE MANZER, 32. “Biggest catch of my life I’d say,” gushes the groom-to-be. Below Deck reality star MALIA WHITE, 31, is black and blue after a scooter crash in Spain. Recovering from a fractured elbow, stitches, broken toes and severe road rash, she stresses wearing a helmet “literally saved my life.” Grey’s Anatomy alum JUSTIN CHAMBERS got an offer he couldn’t refuse — starring as MARLON BRANDO in The Offer, a limited series about the making of the 1972 classic The Godfather. It’s the 51-year-old actor’s first gig since leaving the ABC medical drama in 2019, after 15…

THE marriage of American Pickers star Michael Wolfe has hit the trash heap now that wife Jodi Catherine Wolfe has filed for divorce! After nearly ten years together, Jodi cited irreconcilable differences with the History Channel sensation, 57, who roams back roads with pal Frank Fritz in search of valuable antiques on the wildly popular reality show. The couple have yet to hash out a custody agreement concerning daughter Charlie Faeth, 9.…

FORMER glamourpuss Gwyneth Paltrow was nearly unrecognizable as she walked around Paris without a dab of makeup — and she capped it off by visiting a dermatologist known for plumping famous lips! The 48-year-old Goop girl has been embracing the “natural” nomakeup look — even though her company sells a full range of deluxe face paint! Gwyn posed for sun-squinting, naked-face photos with pals, and was also seen visiting the Paris clinic of Dr. Maurice Dray, a cosmetic dermatologist who specializes in “lip refresh” injections. “No stop to Paris complete without a visit to the maestro Dr. Dray,” the Shakespeare in Love star posted. Gwyneth has admitted pairing her fondness for the all-natural look with being “open” to injectable fillers. “I think it’s nice when women share, because there’s a…

A CALIFORNIA snorkeler was attacked by a great white shark — and miraculously managed to survive! Nemanja Spasojevic of San Francisco thought he’d found dinner when he spotted five Dungeness crabs in the underwater sand on July 3. But actually, HE was on the menu! While picking up the tasty crustaceans, he felt a sudden, sharp pain on his leg — and seconds later, Nemanja spotted the shark’s nose and realized he’d been bitten. Nemanja made it to shore and saw his wet suit was bulging at the ankle with water. When he opened it, “it was like the blood fell out almost solid,” he says. He improvised a tourniquet, yelled for help and a nearby fisherman called 911. Now stitched up and recovering, Nemanja says: “I feel like the luckiest…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Monday is an ideal time to catch up on neglected correspondence, return phone calls and pay bills, Ram. But the cosmos says take time for yourself Tuesday — enjoy a favorite hobby with a pal. Unexpected guests show up at the weekend disrupting your plans — but their arrival ultimately leads to fun. GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Poor Twin, you’re so tired of the daily grind but there’s no chance of a break while the sun clashes with Saturn. Keep your head down, knock out those tasks and before you know it, the weekend will arrive bringing relief — whether socializing or hibernating. Sunday, a phone call announces a prize win. LEO July 23 - Aug. 23 The sun’s clash with Saturn…

CRABBY Courteney Cox can chill now that she has FINALLY joined her sitcom Friends with an Emmy nomination! The 57-year-old actress was the only one in the ensemble cast who never received a nomination during the show’s ten-year run — but that changed when the recent Friends reunion special scored a nod for outstanding prerecorded variety special! “Yeah, it always hurt my feelings,” Cox has harped about trailing co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc.…

SITCOM queen Patricia Heaton is celebrating her freedom from booze! The 63-year-old actress, best known for playing feisty housewife Debra Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996 to 2005, says she’s thrilled to have been off the sauce for the past three years. The mom of four grown sons says she quit in 2018 after realizing she’d slipped into daily drinking and was enjoying it. “I noticed I was looking forward every night to cocktails,” says Patricia, whose series Carol’s Second Act ended after one season last year. “And if I happened to go to lunch, I might have a glass of wine or Prosecco.” Now, she hopes to enjoy being a grandma when her sons have kids. “I miss it [booze] terribly, but I feel better,” she reveals. “Never…

TRUSTY Chip and Joanna Gaines are shackled together for life — they reveal no matter how bad things get, they’ll have to fixer-upper their 18-year marriage because divorce is “not an option!” The high-profile reality partners insist they will never split up — even though they “had multiple opportunities to quit and it’s just not in our DNA,” according to Chip, 46. “Jo and I are not quitters. Throwing in the towel is not something that ever really comes to mind. Divorce or leaving one another is not really an option for us!” He and Joanna, 43, share a business empire — including their new Magnolia Network — and five children: Drake, 16, Ella Rose, 14, Duke, 13, Emmie Kay, 11, and Crew, 3. “We’re in it forever!” says Chip.…

INSULTED Kelly Clarkson is fuming after pal Blake Shelton shockingly didn’t invite her to his wedding with pop sexpot Gwen Stefani, insiders say. The 39-year-old mom of two was counting on joining other stars when fellow Voice judges Blake and Gwen tied the knot at their weekend wedding extravaganza in Oklahoma, spies claim. But Blake “made it clear it was going to be a small affair and there was no need to hop on a plane,” spills an insider. “Now she comes to find out it wasn’t that small after all. There were quite a few people there and not all of them were family. She counted over 50. “She would’ve loved to clink beer mugs at the pre-party Blake threw at his Ole Red eatery in tiny Tishomingo and be…

Accused of hiring merc assassins A HAITIAN-born Florida doctor is accused of masterminding the bloody plot to topple the island nation’s President Jovenel Moise, who was murdered by mercenary assassins while he slept in his bed. Haitian cops arrested Dr. Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, in his homeland. The accused coup leader had lived in Fort Lauderdale, Tampa and Kansas City, Mo., for decades. He’s charged with recruiting 28 soldiers of fortune who killed Moise, 53, at his Portau-Prince home on July 7. The thugs gained entry disguised as DEA agents and riddled Moise’s body with a dozen bullets and gouged an eye out. His wife, Martine, was later hospitalized with injuries. National Police Chief Leon Charles says Sanon “arrived by private plane in June with political objectives and contacted a private…

EMMA CORRIN, the Brit beauty who claimed international fame portraying the late PRINCESS DIANA in Netflix’s The Crown, has a royal confession — the 25-year-old likes to bind her boobs when cameras aren’t rolling. “Embrace it,” reveals the outspoken performer, who identifies as queer and uses they/them non-binary identity pronouns. Posting an online pic wearing a makeshift binder intended to flatten breasts, Emma spills: “Some time before I bought my first binder, we used boxing wrap,” which she insists is “very intimate, very new, very cool” while advising people to “bind safely.” Interestingly, Emma plays HARRY STYLES’ wife in their upcoming romantic drama, The Policeman. In the flick, the former One Direction heartthrob, 27, plays a closeted gay cop in 1950s England, who weds a female schoolteacher while in a…

WRESTLING champ turned movie hunk John Cena is following up his stint in the blockbuster action flick F9 by joining a ragtag group of comic book misfits in director James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. But ahead of his big screen debut as diplomatic do-gooder Peacemaker, he lined up an HBO Max spinoff series named after the character, which is set to be released in 2022 and feature him as the star. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 44-year-old performer. 1 His middle names are Felix and Anthony. 2 He started working out as a scrawny 12-year-old so he could defend himself because he was getting picked on at school. 3 During his senior year at Cushing Academy in Massachusetts, he was voted Best Body. 4 He was…

LIFE co-stars Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence have another thing in common — the comedians’ oldest kids are dating each other! Jasmin Lawrence, 25, revealed her romance with Eric Murphy, the Coming to America cutup’s kid with ex Paulette McNeely, by wishing her “love” a happy 32nd birthday on Instagram. Eric later returned the favor by sharing two shots of him with his sweetie — whose mom is Martin’s ex-wife Patricia Southall — and gushing he was “head over heels!”…

ZSA ZSA Gabor’s ashes have been buried in the Hollywood legend’s native Hungary five years after her death at age 99 — after the urn traveled from L.A. first class! The much-married screen siren’s final husband, Frederic Prinz Von Anhalt, booked the urn its own luxury seat — because he says that’s what the golden-age glamour-puss would have wanted! “She was first class, she had her own seat and she had her passport,” says the widower, 78. “It was her last trip, she always used to go first class. She had her champagne, caviar…” Zsa Zsa — who died Dec. 18, 2016 — and her equally curvy sisters, Eva and Magda, together burned through a total of 19 husbands. She predated the Kardashians as the first person to be famous…

PRICE Is Right legend Bob Barker is fading fast 14 years after he gave up his game show gig, according to pals who fear the feeble TV icon may soon be heading for the final Showcase Showdown! Once a daytime dynamo, 97-year-old Bob is growing increasingly frail and doesn’t even come out of his Hollywood Hills home to visit his garden anymore, tipsters dish. “He’s living out his last days in relative peace and quiet. But the fact is he’s had two strokes and a few serious falls, and he can’t do much except sit and watch TV,” confides an insider. ‘He’s always said being a vegetarian kept his mind sharp, but there’s fear his mind isn’t as sharp as it used to be. He’s slowing down and feeble as…

NASTY Nickelodeon alum Drake Bell was sentenced to two years of probation and 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty to attempted child endangerment and sending dirty texts to a teenager! “I accept this plea because my conduct was wrong,” said the Drake & Josh star, 35, in an Ohio videoconference court appearance. “I’m sorry the victim was harmed. It was not my intention.” The girl testified she was 15 when Bell “ruined my life” in 2017.…

TOM CRUISE is putting his prospective bride, actress Hayley Atwell, through a grinding gauntlet as part of her Mission: Impossible to become his fourth wife, spies say. Apparently, the 39-year-old British beauty passed the first stage of her bridal boot camp and attended the Wimbledon tennis matches with the 59-year-old Scientology poster boy — her leading man in Mission: Impossible 7, insiders dish. “Being paraded around Wimbledon is a huge step, and now Hayley will be intensely vetted by Tom and his people to check there are no hidden surprises down the line,” blabs an insider. “She’s fallen head over heels in love with him, and the feeling’s pretty mutual. But with all the pain and trauma he’s suffered in the past, especially with ex-wives Katie Holmes and Nicole Kidman,…

DWTS PRO SWEEPS GREEN OFF HIS FEET! RIAN AUSTIN GREEN’s love life is on the mend after last year’s heartbreaking split with MEGAN FOX, who’s been growing more attached to MACHINE GUN KELLY’s rocker hip by the minute. The former Beverly Hills, 90210 actor’s moving on with Australian-born SHARNA BURGESS, 36 — the stunning Dancing with the Stars twinkletoes who’s now waltzed into his life! “It’s been a really long time since I’ve been with someone I can truly share life with,” gushes the 47-year-old hunk, who shares three sons, Noah, 8, Bodhi, 7, and Journey, 4, with his famous ex. CAVILL SPIES BIG 007 COMPETITION If he can’t fulfill a lifelong dream to be James Bond, handsome HENRY CAVILL, 38, will stir a different 007-style cocktail on a competing…

MAMA bear Megan Fox is fuming over “mean, awful and cruel” online bullies who mock her eight-year-old son, Noah, for getting gussied up in girls’ clothes! The Till Death actress, 35 — who’s currently dating Machine Gun Kelly but shares three boys with ex Brian Austin Green — says, “I don’t want him to ever have to read that s**t because he hears it from little kids at his own school who are like, ‘Boys don’t wear dresses.’”…

A PERVY 63-year-old reality TV creep was busted in Texas for sexually assaulting three teenaged girls in different incidents! Marrying Millions star Bill Hutchinson was released on $30,000 bond after being accused of molesting a 17-year-old high school student after she passed out on a couch inside his Highland Park home sometime in May. According to the arrest affidavit, the teen told cops she woke up to find Hutchinson sticking his finger in her vagina and she was frozen with fear. The teen also claimed Hutchinson frequently let kids drink alcohol and smoke marijuana at his home. He isn’t facing charges for assaulting a minor because the age of consent in Texas is 17. Meanwhile prosecutors in Orange County, Calif., charged the hotel magnate with one felony count of rape of…

WARNING signs signaling future strokes may appear up to ten years before people are stricken by the devastating brain bombs, according to a new study that suggests recognizing the red flags dramatically slash patient risk. Researchers at Erasmus MC University analyzed data from almost 15,000 stroke patients over 28 years. They say folks who had impaired memory, verbal skills and reaction times — and a decrease in ability to manage finances, cooking and cleaning — ultimately had increased incidences of strokes! Dr. Alis Heshmatollah says, “Our findings demonstrated future stroke patients start to deviate from stroke-free controls up to ten years before the acute event, suggesting that individuals with cognitive and functional decline are at a higher risk of stroke and are possible candidates for prevention trials.”…

HIGH-FLYING pop star Justin Bieber dropped more than $1,000 on weed and marijuana-infused edibles during a surprising splurge at a California cannabis shop, sources snitch. The Yummy singer, 27, “asked a lot of questions” during his pricey shopping spree and admitted “he smokes blunts,” according to a tipster. In the recent docuseries Seasons, Bieber copped to his past predilection for pot — and other drugs — and recalls, “The first time I smoked weed was in my backyard here — got super-stoned. And then I realized I liked weed a lot. That’s when my desire to smoke weed started, and then I started smoking weed for a while.” But Bieber also claims he “started getting really dependent” on marijuana and adds, “I don’t think it’s bad. It’s just that for…

Now brother & sis planning concert tour DONNY and Marie Osmond have buried the hatchet and plan to hit the road in an all-new brother-sister comeback, sources tell GLOBE. The showbiz sensations split over petty jealousies after Marie suffered bruised feelings when Donny, 63, announced he’d signed for a one-man show in Vegas right after she left TV’s The Talk last September, spies dish. “Donny’s first stint at Harrah’s begins in August and ends in November and he suggested they travel and do a round of shows afterward,” spills an insider. “Marie thought that was a great idea.” Sources say the 61-year-old beauty is “psyched up and ready to go now that she’s over the ugly business of The Talk. “Her youngest kid just graduated high school so the timing’s…

SEX-SWAPPER Caitlyn Jenner is a mess after being hit with ugly slurs at a key political event, say insiders whose friends fear the California governor wannabe is headed for a major meltdown. The stunned 71-year-old Republican was called “tranny” several times and practically chased from the July 9 Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas. One cruel heckler followed the failed reality star turned politician around with a video camera and kept calling her Bruce — from her days as a guy and Olympic decathlon champ — and “a sick freak.” Georgia’s controversial Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed Caitlyn via Twitter urging fellow Republicans not to help “this man in a dress” get elected. Caitlyn shot back that Greene was donating dough to “take guns away from lawabiding Americans” — but…

BRAVE Bob Wilson did the right thing, held his nose and freed a frantic skunk dashing around Montana’s Flathead Lake with its noggin caught in a jar. Amazingly, the critter wandered off without raising a stink! RETIREE Harlan Miller, 63, skipped his niece’s wedding to play in a Sin City poker tournament — and won the $367,800 grand prize! Harlan insists he “plans to get her a better wedding present now.” YOU blink about 20 times a minute — and your eyes can see 10 million colors! BACK in 1799 first-time mail thieves were punished with a public whipping and ten years in the can under federal law. A second offense resulted in a death sentence! That penalty was revoked in 1872.…