Innehållsförteckning för August 14, 2023 från Globe

THE WATERBOY Soggy jokester ADAM SANDLER works up a serious sweat playing basketball in the Big Apple PREGNANT PAUSE Rotund tennis legend SERENA WILLIAMS stops at a soccer match in Florida ahead of her second child’s birth THE BEST CELEB PHOTOS EVERY WEEK! CRONE HOME Wrinkled Oscar winner TILDA SWINTON, who stars in the ET flick Asteroid City, waits in the wings for her spoken word performance at the Bluedot festival in her native England PROVING HIS METTLE Iron Man’s ROBERT DOWNEY JR. keeps his bike riding skills from getting rusty in New York — but the gaunt guy ain’t looking so super LION AROUND American Beauty bigmouth ANNETTE BENING roars on the picket line for the Screen Actors Guild in Hollywood NEVER SAY BYE Has-been COREY FELDMAN clings to…

MANEATER Angelina Jolie has reignited her romance with first ex-hubby Jonny Lee Miller, according to insiders who say she’s moving to NYC to give their love rematch a serious shot. The 48-year-old screen vixen and Miller, 50, who played a modern Sherlock Holmes in the hit TV series Elementary from 2012 to 2019, wed in 1996, but she dumped him a year later. Now, a snitch reports the Maleficent movie witch was recently spotted house hunting in the Big Apple for a place close to his Brooklyn pad. “One of the biggest attractions for this move is to be near Jonny again,” tattles the insider. “She says he’s the nearest thing to a soul mate she’s ever had.” The Eternals siren has been locked in an ugly custody and financial battle…

THE crystal ball doesn’t fall far from the tree — Raven-Symoné says she has “visions” just like the psychic character she played in That’s So Raven! “I do have moments where I really will just stare and I will see a scene that is happening to me or that is going to happen to me in another dimension and I’m like, ‘Yo, this is weird,’ ” says the Disney Channel darling, 37. “I believe in psychics. I believe actually humans have the ability in their brain to tap into energy fields that allow for truth to connect when you know how to translate it correctly!” The New Age–spouting actress says she’s had the gift of déjà vu since age seven and her “spirit guides” help her see into the future.…

THE mystery of the Loch Ness Monster lives on! Experts have debunked one long-held theory that the beast is actually a giant eel! A new analysis reveals there is just a one in 50,000 chance of an eel growing to the length of one meter (39 inches). Folk Zoology Society researcher Floe Foxon says it would take a Scottish eel 30 years to grow that big and, theoretically, 200 years to reach six meters. “Furthermore, the ‘breaching’ behavior attributed to unknown Loch Ness animals is not a behavior that is characteristic of eels,” Foxon adds. The most famous photo of the lake monster, snapped in 1934, was proven to be a hoax. Still, there have been more than 1,000 sightings of Nessie since then!…

UNHOLY terror Mark Grenon and his three scamming sons sold a toxic bleach solution as a cure-all for everything from cancer to COVID-19 to thousands of gullible folks through a phony Florida church — and now the fakers are going to a real prison! The despicable dad, 65, and kids Jonathan, 37, Joseph, 35, and Jordan, 29, chose to represent themselves but didn’t utter a peep during their two-day trial in Miami for selling $1 million worth of their bogus Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS), officials say. A federal jury took just 30 minutes to find the foursome guilty of conspiring to defraud the U.S. government and the FDA by distributing an unapproved and misbranded drug — convictions that carry a sentence of up to five years in the slammer! In addition,…

A FEROCIOUS new war has exploded between reality mom of eight Kate Gosselin and her estranged 19-year-old son Collin after he accused her of abuse and she called him a dangerous loose cannon. Collin, who with sister Hannah, 19, went to live with their dad, Jon Gosselin, in 2018, kicked off a new round of toxic squabbling by claiming on an episode of VICE TV’s docuseries Dark Side of the 2000s that Kate abused him as a kid and kept him separated from his siblings. But the former reality mom, who starred in Jon & Kate Plus Eight, furiously shot back, slamming Collin as “violent” and “unpredictable.” “My son Collin, whom I love with all my heart, has received multiple psychiatric diagnoses over the years,” insists Kate, who delivered twins in…

LONELY divorcée Reese Witherspoon is finding it tough as a single lady looking for love — and her dateless nights are extra painful knowing her ex Jim Toth has a new flame, spies dish. The 47-year-old beauty has little going on besides work — her Apple TV+ series The Morning Show, her book club and her Hello Sunshine production company. “She’s finding it challenging,” spills an insider. “She’s having the worst luck and it bugs her that Jim has moved on so quickly.” Toth, 52, a former talent agent and onetime exec for short-lived streaming company Quibi, was spotted with a new gal in Costa Rica four months after his March split from Reese. “Men get all the luck, at least that’s how she sees it,” tattles the insider. “The truth…

NIP/TUCK nut Kim Kardashian has been forced to surgically plump up her famous, behemoth behind, according to sources who say the colossal caboose was shockingly on the verge of a total collapse! Ironically, the 42-year-old reality princess dropped nearly 20 pounds last year to squeeze her enormous booty into Marilyn Monroe’s dazzling Happy Birthday, Mr. President dress that caused a sensation in 1962. But a Kim-watcher says her most famous asset appears to have upsized again, noting, “She’s back to having really curvy hips and a very high and round rear end. She’s still very thin everywhere else so it’s extra noticeable.” According to an insider, the 5-foot-2 fashion maven, who dropped 16 pounds to wear Monroe’s glitzy gown, had no choice but to go back to her voluminous butt.…

SICK to death of being trapped behind bars and desperate to end her seemingly end-less 20-year sentence, Jeffrey Epstein’s convicted madam Ghislaine Maxwell is ready to sing to prosecutors and rat out the rich and powerful old leches who disgustingly romped with her former boss’ harem of young girls, sources snitch. The disgraced 61-year-old former British socialite has been caged in a Tallahassee, Fla., federal slammer for the last 14 months on five felony counts — including sex trafficking a minor for Epstein’s twisted sex slavery operation. Now prison insiders say she’s at the end of her rope and wants out — especially after putting her life on the line by turning jailhouse snitch! “Ghislaine was so sure of herself going in,” dishes a source. “She thought her friends were…

Macho man DOLPH LUNDGREN, 65, married Norwegian-born personal trainer EMMA KROKDAL, 27, in Greece. The Rocky series action star, who’s battled cancer for eight years, met his bride at a West Hollywood gym in 2019. “We felt it was finally the right time to celebrate love, life and happiness in the land of the Gods,” say the newlyweds. It’s a boy for Fresh Off the Boat/Crazy Rich Asians star CONSTANCE WU, 41, who secretly welcomed baby No. 2 with musician boyfriend RYAN KATTNER. “Breaking news,” spills the actress, whose daughter turns three in August, announcing: “Nobody knew I had a son.” She’s mum on her tots’ names. Director GRETA GERWIG, 40, not only delivered summer’s smash Barbie movie, she also debuted her second son with co-screenwriter hubby NOAH BAUMBACH,…

SONGBIRD Tori Kelly was enjoying dinner with friends in L.A. when she suddenly passed out and was rushed to the hospital, where docs battled to save her life from killer blood clots! The 30-year-old double Grammy winner, singer of the gospel hit Never Alone, was later in the intensive care unit at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, where she faded in and out of consciousness as docs continued breaking up clots in her legs, lungs and around vital organs, says a source, who labeled her condition “really serious.” The tragedy began as the Nobody Love singer, wed to former pro hoopster Andre Murillo, 33, was dining out with friends July 23 and suddenly was stricken with an abnormally fast heartbeat, according to the source. Alarmed, she told friends just before collapsing unconscious.…

ROYAL renegades Prince Harry and wife Meghan are secretly planning a band-aid baby to heal their fraying marriage after a series of business and personal disasters, palace sources tell GLOBE. But don’t expect to see fame-hungry, haute-fashion fiend Meghan with an unsightly ballooned belly at age 42 — spies dish the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are pinning their hopes on a surrogate to bring their third biological child into the world. “After five years of marriage, Harry and Meghan are on totally different paths and headed for a trial separation,” dishes a high-level palace courtier. “They’re being ripped apart by family feuds, business disappointments and a bitter public backlash over their shocking accusations of racism and bullying against the royal family. The marriage is being sorely tested on almost…

GOOPY Gwyneth Paltrow is really going to pot — the Oscar-winning wellness guru is on a natural high now that she has cornered the chaotic California cannabis market! Gwyn, 50, was an early investor in Cann, which has become the best-selling pot brand in the cannabis-friendly state, according to data from the analytics firm Headset. A report says Cann is not exactly in the weeds — it’s doing over three quarters of a million dollars in sales of “microdosed social tonics” each MONTH! And that’s nearly double the earnings of her nearest celeb competitor, Seth Rogen’s Houseplant brand, according to a report from MJBizDaily. Other celebs who have climbed aboard the wacky tobaccy train are by comparison making a hash of it, including Mike Tyson, Carlos Santana and Justin Bieber. Even…

GLOBE’S NO-NONSENSE OPINION PAGE DESPERATE for attention, model and rich man’s wife Chrissy Teigen has popped back into the news to show off her anus! The 37-year-old publicity hound is wed to crooner John Legend, father of her four kids, who’s worth a whopping $100 million — so she sure as heck doesn’t need money. But the cookbook writer — whose career was derailed by a bullying scandal — does crave attention to the point of revealing the most private part of her body to the whole world via social media. Incredibly, Chrissy has publicized her colonoscopy exam — or as she describes it, “a camera up my butt” — a medical test where doctors check the bowels for cancerous growths by inserting a fiber-optic camera through the anal sphincter…

FUNNYGAL Tiffany Haddish has revealed the tragic secret in her life — she’s suffered eight devastating miscarriages. The 43-year-old star of Disney’s current hit The Haunted Mansion reveals she hid the truth because she was so shattered, she didn’t want people asking if she was okay. “Like a wounded animal, I just rather go in a cave and lick my wounds,” Tiffany tattles. Haddish, who split with rapper Common, says she recently suffered her eighth miscarriage, noting: “I’ve got a uterus shaped like a heart. It just won’t keep anything in.”…

TWO top stars of their day and the funniest lady in showbiz as a director — what could go wrong? Plenty! The 1987 adventure-comedy Ishtar is still Hollywood shorthand for epic fail. But another look at DUSTIN HOFFMAN and WARREN BEATTY playing an untalented singing duo who try to become the next Simon & Garfunkel of an unstable North African country has brilliant comic moments — if you ignore how the stars and director Elaine May, all perfectionists, managed to send the movie soaring over budget with such production missteps as wasting time trying to find a blue-eyed camel, shooting 108 hours of raw footage and ultimately losing $40 million at the box office!…

SUPER Bowl legend Tom Brady has plunged into a sizzling romance with a new supermodel — gorgeous Irina Shayk was caught leaving the quarterback’s L.A. mansion in the a.m. following a cozy weekend sleepover! Then, Brady, 46, who’s divorced from world-famous catwalker Gisele Bündchen, gave the 37-year-old hottie a lift to her hotel in his Rolls-Royce, where he was seen stroking her face while she stared adoringly into his eyes. The July 23-24 overnighter was reportedly the second in a row for the lovebirds. A source blabs the seven-time Super Bowl champion, who has three kids from previous relationships, first picked up actor Bradley Cooper’s baby mama at her hotel on the afternoon of Friday, July 21, and whisked her to his home, where they stayed until 9:30 a.m. the…

SINGER and actress Selena Gomez began her entertainment career starring alongside a purple dinosaur on the kids’ TV series Barney & Friends. Now 31, she’s headlining Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building with comedy giants Steve Martin and Martin Short. Here are ten things you don’t know about the talented Texan. 1 She was named after Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla, who was murdered in 1995. 2 She was fluent in Spanish — until age seven. 3 Her first kiss occurred onscreen when she guest-starred on a 2006 episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and smooched teen idol Dylan Sprouse. 4 She earned her high-school diploma through homeschooling in May 2010. 5 Her lead role as Alex Russo on Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place earned her more than…

HORNDOG Oklahoma judge Timothy Henderson’s secret extramarital fling with a prosecutor has been exposed — voiding a man’s murder conviction — and now experts say the shocking sex scandal may lead to hundreds of cases being overturned! Henderson sentenced recovering meth addict — and former cop — Robert Leon Hashagen III to life behind bars in 2021 after he was found guilty of robbing 94-year-old neighbor Evelyn Goodall and beating the beloved grandma so badly she later died from her injuries. But Hashagen’s lawyer challenged the jury’s finding after evidence emerged of a past undisclosed sexual relationship — between the married magistrate and an assistant district attorney directly involved in the suspect’s case! Defense attorney James Lockard argued, “If a man can be convicted and sentenced to die in prison…

FIGHTING for life with every breath, iconic 1960s sex kitten Brigitte Bardot is settling old scores by dishing dirt on her showbiz enemies and spilling the tea on sizzling trysts with A-list stars — including Marilyn Monroe, insiders say. France’s 88-year-old movie legend, bedbound since emergency services rushed to her St. Tropez home July 19 due to breathing problems, “has quite the revenge tell-all that she’s kept silent about until now — but Bardot’s talking about it to people who come to visit her,” spills an insider. “Brigitte is still very weak and can’t walk around, but she can sure talk! She’s had brushes with royalty, met presidents and all the famous rock ’n’ rollers, and had lusty stars throwing themselves at her.” The And God Created Woman star is…

LEGGY letter-turner Vanna White won a partial victory in her bid to boost her game show salary after Sony agreed to cough up $100,000 per episode for her to continue with Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, insiders dish. Sources say the fashion plate was shooting for half of retiring host Pat Sajak’s deal of $400,000 a show — but settled for the six-figure sum, which a tipster calls a “meaningful bump” from her previous payday. Vanna, 66, is still in negotiations for Wheel’s syndicated main series — but is locked into her current $3 million annual contract until 2024. Sajak’s sidekick of four decades reportedly hadn’t gotten a raise in 18 years — and a spy predicts it’s “gonna get ugly” if Sony doesn’t make a “serious” offer for her to…

SMUG Blake Shelton can’t get enough of folks branding his ex-wife Miranda Lambert as country music’s new mean girl — because he’s long considered his former honey a haughty hellcat, tipsters tattle. “Blake’s reveling in the backlash over Miranda’s decision to call out female fans for taking selfies during her Las Vegas show instead of paying attention to her,” says a spy. “He’s been telling people for years Miranda’s an arrogant jerk — and now she’s proved him right.” The Tin Man songbird, 39, recently stopped a Planet Hollywood concert to scold fans taking photos near the stage. “It’s pissing me off,” Lambert fumed. “Sorry, I don’t like it. At all.” Spywitnesses squeal the stunned gals were humiliated by the superstar’s tirade and some people even walked out in protest!…

AMERICA has had eight left-handed presidents: James A. Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. PRE-SLICED bread didn’t exist until 1928 when Davenport, Iowa, inventor Otto Frederick Rohwedder built the first bread-slicing machine! THINK the traffic is bad now? Experts insist the entire world population — up to 12 billion people — could fit inside the Los Angeles city limits, which contains about 1.2 billion square meters. THERE’S a secret missile base in Florida’s Everglades, just a few miles from Homestead’s town center. Once home to 140 troops, the barracks and Nike missile silos were built in 1964 and remained open until 1979. BEFORE striking it big in Hollywood, Humphrey Bogart hustled nickels and dimes playing chess in New…