Table of contents for May 20, 2019 in Globe

CUTTING A RUG COURTENEY COX could have used one of her Friends to help haul that heavy carpet around L.A. ALL THE BUZZ Brash comedienne SARAH SILVERMAN puts her money where her mouth is — and buys coffee for a construction crew in NYC THE QUIET MAN Scrawny KIEFER SUTHERLAND goofs off in London while promoting his album Reckless & Me DEAD MAN WALKING Scruffy SEAN PENN bums around San Fernando Valley, looking nothing like his on-screen self BIG SHOT MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY wets his whistle on stage at a benefit concert in Austin, Texas LOOKING BOARD Pop princess RIHANNA’s fashion game has really gone to pieces!…

FORMER Cheers beauty Shelley Long has turned into a frumpy, sad shell of her former self — and now, her face is unrecognizable following tragedies that nearly killed her! The 69-year-old actress was recently spotted shuffling around Pacific Palisades — and not a soul recognized the gal, who played snooty know-it-all waitress Diane Chambers on the super-hit ’80s sitcom. Except for an eight-episode gig on Modern Family and voicing a character on Disney’s cartoon Milo Murphy’s Law last year, Shelley’s largely faded from view. “Shelley pretty much keeps to herself and spends most of her time with her little dog or in the company of friends,” dishes a source. “It’s a far cry from when she was a big star!” When a GLOBE reporter tracked down the TV legend, there…

BROOKE SHIELDS demands her teen daughters use sunscreen after her own chilling skin-cancer scare. The Pretty Baby beauty, who skyrocketed to fame as a 12-year-old model, confesses baking in the sun as a youth caught up with her in 2009, when docs burned off a precancerous spot on her face. Since then, “sun damage has really been showing up on my face,” she says. Now, whenever she has something “burned off,” Brooke, 53, grimly warns her fair-skinned daughters, Rowan, 15, and Grier, 13: “You want this?”…

TORMENTED and suicidal rocker Elton John was struggling with his sexuality when he suddenly dumped his bride-to-be Linda Hannon just days before they were set to get hitched. Now, devastated Linda is breaking her silence after 49 years to reveal the heartache that’s never healed. “The wedding cake was ready … I thought he loved me,” Linda, 75, recalls. At the time, in 1970, the Rocket Man was working in London with songwriting partner Bernie Taupin and blues singer Long John Baldry. They knew Elton was a closeted homosexual and took him “out for drinks at the Bag O’Nails club in Soho and got him roaring drunk,” says Linda. “They told him to call off the wedding, insisting he was going to ruin two lives, his own and mine.” Baldry…

DIVA Kelly Clarkson rode her American Idol fame to the top of the charts, scored a coaching spot on The Voice and is set to debut her daytime chatfest this fall. But sources say the porky prima donna is being weighed down by rumors her high-flying career is built on a big fat lie! The 37-year-old singer says she’s “pretty stoked” about the upcoming Kelly Clarkson Show, but insiders insist she’s still haunted by the scandal surrounding her American Idol victory in 2002. Kelly, then 20, handily won the crown in the reality contest’s first season — soaring past judge Simon Cowell’s favorites. But after her victory, tech wizard fanboy Roy McCroy exclusively crowed to GLOBE: “I rigged American Idol!” The Clifton, Texas, resident, who has since passed away, bragged…

THE party’s over for fake heiress Anna Sorokin, who faces up to 15 years behind bars after being convicted for scamming banks, businesses and wealthy pals out of big bucks! As GLOBE previously reported, Russian-born Sorokin conned New York’s elite by claiming to be a German socialite with a $60 million fortune — which didn’t exist. According to Assistant D.A. Catherine McCaw, the money- grubbing liar stole $275,000 from businesses, hotels and friends to fund her luxurious lifestyle as Anna Delvey — and even attempted to score a $22 million bank loan using false information. But after a five-week trial, which was repeatedly delayed by the glam grifter’s sobbing fits over her courtroom wardrobe, the 28-year-old was found guilty of multiple larceny charges — and now faces hard time in a…

WONDER DRUG OFFERS HOPE FOR MS PATIENTS New discovery eases symptoms A BLOCKBUSTER medical breakthrough that repairs damaged nervecell coverings promises to relieve the crippling effects of multiple sclerosis! While years of testing and work are still needed, the miraculous compound could be a game changer for 2.3 million MS patients in the U.S., including actress Selma Blair, 46, and Ozzy Osbourne’s 33-year-old son, Jack. Legally Blonde and Anger Management star Blair describes her crippling symptoms: “I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is foggy. And my left side is asking for directions from a broken GPS.” While the effects of MS can vary, the cause is the same — the myelin sheath covering nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord become damaged and interfere…

SHAMELESS COSBY PLAYS THE RACE CARD JUST when we thought Bill Cosby couldn’t get any more disgusting, the convicted sex perv is proving himself to be an even bigger lowlife — by claiming he’s in prison because he’s black! The 81-year-old sleaze — once beloved as America’s Dad — is appealing his sexual assault conviction, charging Pennsylvania Judge Steven O’Neill showed “racial hatred” and “prejudice” against him during his trial. The pond scum continues to paint himself a victim, claiming he’s a “political prisoner” in the state’s SCI Phoenix jail. But let’s talk about the real victims. Cosby was caged for luring Temple University exec Andrea Constand to his mansion, drugging her unconscious and sexually violating her when she was 30 and he was 65 — nearly OLD ENOUGH TO…

COMIC Chris Rock has triggered a feud with Bobby Brown by making a “tasteless” drug joke about the singer’s late ex-wife, Whitney Houston. Riffing on social media about having to attend long, useless meetings, Rock posted a photo of a bored-looking Whitney, with the words: “Hurry up I got crack to smoke.” Tragic Whitney was blasted on cocaine when she drowned in a hotel bathtub at age 48 in 2012. “I thought you was a friend of the family,” fired back Brown, adding that Rock was “humiliating our QUEEN.”…

THE owner of the New York killing field where late mob Godfather John Gotti buried three butchered and bullet-riddled bodies claims his property is haunted by the spirits of the slain wiseguys! Known as the Mafia’s Graveyard, the area straddles the Queens-Brooklyn border, and authorities believe more than 20 gangland victims are buried there, GLOBE has learned. Lawmen have already identified the remains of three members of the Bonanno crime family — mobsters who were whacked in a brutal execution depicted in the 1997 movie Donnie Brasco. They’re now using high-tech forensics to examine the area and expect to unearth other big-time racketeers as they wrap up decades-old cold cases. The property’s horrified owner, a real estate investor named Charles, tells GLOBE he bought the empty lot and two adjoining…

AMBER HEARD GETS BIRTHDAY BASHED! No birthday blues for AMBER HEARD! JOHNNY DEPP’s ex-wife celebrated her 33rd with best pal/artist/author IO TILLETT WRIGHT —and posted a pic of the duo showing lots of skin while getting tattoos. She says, “There’s no one I’d rather share a tattoo (or a nap) with more than my bestie,” adding, “Thank u for the unforgettable bday weekend.” But the Aquaman actress quickly became embattled in a Twitter war when a snarky troll named Natalia got rubbed the wrong way over the snapshot, snapping: “For someone that is constantly harping about being objectified, you certainly do pose half naked a lot. You can’t harp about someone else objectifying you, when you post photos like this constantly. You may think you’re good looking … believe me…

JANELLE MONÁE Fashion isn’t always sunshine and rainbows — except in this case. The Moonlight star sparkles in a sequined skirt CHARLIZE THERON One in a million! The Long Shot stunner turns heads in an impossibly chic black and pink combo KRIS JENNER The Hollywood momager gives off Pretty Woman vibes in this brown and white polka dot wrap dress KATY PERRY If disco was dead, Katy just revived it with this eye-catching headpiece and matching crop top and pants DEBRA MESSING No saving grace! The Will & Grace actress’ long-collared pink palm tree-print shirtdress is indefensible…

BRITAIN’S newest royal baby has shockingly plunged the palace into an unprecedented crisis! In the days leading up to Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan, giving birth, the couple was stunned to learn a DNA test using amniotic fluid — routinely performed on royal babies — revealed the redhead is NOT the child’s daddy! “Harry was devastated!” a high-level palace source tells GLOBE in a world exclusive. “All the joy he felt for the infant evaporated in an instant. “He turned ghostly white and Meghan burst into tears as she stammered, ‘This is impossible! It can’t be true!’” Clutching her swollen tummy as she rested at their recently renovated home, Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, the Duchess of Sussex, 37, desperately shouted at her husband, “Do something! This is a nightmare!” Harry’s reaction…

Aw, nuts! Ice cream hit with killer recall ✚ BEN & Jerry’s ice cream could kill you! Two of the brand’s products — Coconut Seven Layer Bar bulk and Chunky Monkey pints — contain tree nuts that could put people with an allergy or severe sensitivity to them at risk of a life-threatening allergic reaction. The two products may contain hazelnuts, almonds and Brazil nuts — but the nuts aren’t on their ingredient list or allergy information list, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The products have been recalled. Sunscreen lowers your blood pressure ✚ SLATHERING on sunscreen may do more than protect you from sunburn and reduce the risk of skin cancer. A new study has found using sunblock may also help blood vessels maintain function, which helps…

CAROLINE Kennedy’s body is wracked with pain by an incurable crippling disease that’s turned her every movement into torture! The last surviving child of assassinated President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jackie, has been battling rheumatoid arthritis since 1999, when she was diagnosed following a Colorado camping trip. But the autoimmune disease that savages joints like the knees, fingers, hips and lower back is now on a merciless rampage. “As time has progressed, the pain has gotten worse,” says a source. “It can be sheer agony!” The diagnosis was a double-blow, coming shortly after her beloved brother John, his wife, Carolyn, and her sister died when the plane he was piloting crashed off Martha’s Vineyard on July 16 that year. Caroline, now 61, ran to the doctors after waking…

JEOPARDY! players are banned from betting amounts of money like $69, because the number has a raunchy sexual meaning. Former champ Ken Jennings, who played for an incredible 74-game streak and won a whopping $2.5 million, blew the lid off the taboo numerals, saying contestants were forbidden to use “69” in amounts because the number refers to a racy sex position. Other banned amounts include the devil’s number, 666, or numbers linked to neo-Nazi propaganda like $14, $88 and $1,488, a reference to 14 words used to sign off race-baiting radio programs.…

STUFF a sock in it! Fast-talking TV gabbers SHARON OSBOURNE and CARRIE ANN INABA are clearly not KANYE WEST worshippers and aren’t holding back. The Talk co-hosts are enraged over Kanye selling pricey Church Clothes swag — $225 sweatshirts and two-packs of $50 socks! — under tents during his Coachella Sunday Service. “I don’t think the church has anything to do with his merch. And what church? The Church of Kanye? … I suppose everything he does is a business,” snaps Sharon. The 41-year-old rapper’s already rich as sin, raking in a fortune with his popular Yeezy fashion line. According to insiders, he started hosting VIP invite-only Sunday Services months ago at the massive estate he shares with his money-making reality megastar spouse, KIM KARDASHIAN, in Hidden Hills, Calif., before…

WHO AM I? Answer the clues and place the initials to each answer into the appropriately numbered square to find our mystery celebrity.  PRIZE $100 14 & 3 Comic actor known for his role as Ron Swanson in TV’s Parks and Recreation 8 & 9 All the President’s Men and Out of Africa star who founded the Sundance Institute 5 Emilio Estevez plays Billy the Kid in the Western drama film, __ Guns 11 & 4 Jurassic Park and Big Little Lies actress 12 & 7 Teen romantic comedy in which John Cusack holds a boombox over his head 13 Coming-of-age film starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves, My __ Private Idaho 1 Film-maker who directed and wrote Isle of Dogs, __ Anderson 10 Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet undergo…

A BRAVE K-9 in dogged pursuit of a suspect found himself in a prickly situation when an accidental run-in with a porcupine left the curious pooch with a face full of quills! Canine officer Odin was attempting to sniff out Devin Wilson, 29, who was wanted on several felony warrants, according to Oregon’s Coos County Sheriff’s Office. But while trying to locate his target, the German shepherd tangled with the wrong street tough — and was left with more than 200 quills stuck in his snout, tongue and near his left eye. Officers immediately halted the search and rushed Odin to Hanson-Meekins Animal Hospital for treatment. Though Capt. Gabriel Fabrizio says, “Odin is doing very well and is recovering at home,” deputies note Wilson — and the porcupine — remain…

BLAC CHYNA bragged she was headed to Harvard to “take things up a couple of notches” — but the university says she’s a liar! Rob Kardashian’s headline hungry baby mama, whose real name is Angela White, flaunted an official-looking note announcing her acceptance for an eight-week business course at the institution. But the school shaded the mom of Rob’s two-year-old daughter, Dream, by insisting, “Harvard Business School Online has not admitted nor provided an acceptance letter to a person named Angela White” after a stunned student complained about the scandal-scarred celeb being picked as a student.…