Table of contents for February 28, 2019 in Globe

THE BEST CELEB PHOTOS EVERY WEEK! GIVE THE LADY A HAND! Former pinup PAMELA ANDERSON gets a boost during a performance in Cologne, Germany A BLOND MOMENT Supermodel CHRISTIE BRINKLEY nearly loses her bling while waving to fans in NYC WHAT THE PUCK? Hockey nut JIMMY FALLON gets a little too excited by the action on the ice LIVE AND LET DYE Rocker PAUL McCARTNEY is a hair-raising sight as he gets back to his gray roots HOLDING COURT Life’s a game for DENZEL WASHINGTON as the Glory star cheers on the L.A. Lakers LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER The sands of time haven’t been kind to NICOLE EGGERT, who played ’90s Baywatch babe Summer Quinn…

THREE mobsters sent totorch a businessman’s Mercedes and terrify him into paying protection money got caught — because one of the bumbling wiseguys set himself on fire, FBI officials say. Surveillance cameras caught Gino Gabrielli Jr. fleeing the crime scene in New York City’s Howard Beach neighborhood with his right pants leg flaming. Shortly after the incident, authorities say the half-baked member of the Gambino crime family turned up at Jamaica Hospital where he was treated for third degree burns. When police grilled him, the gangster stupidly tried to get off by saying he accidentally caught fire cooking chicken and rice in the kitchen. All the while, cops say his clothes were “reeking of gasoline.” Gabrielli later squealed, pleaded guilty to the horrifying arson and faces five years in the…

FOLLOWING years of torment by depression, panic attacks and ballooning weight, Designing Women star Delta Burke is making a comeback! Fans can see the 62-year-old, who’s had one role in ten years, in an upcoming episode of Dolly Parton’s Netflix series Heartstrings. Delta secretly battled depression and panic attacks while playing Suzanne Sugarbaker on the CBS show. In one suicidal episode, she drove into L.A.’s hills with a gun and a bottle of Xanax, determined to end it all. Her weight exploded to 215 pounds, and she was axed in 1991. She became a hoarder and appeared on Boston Legal in 2006 and 2007 before checking into a mental hospital in 2008. The diabetic’s weight ballooned again and by 2015, she was unrecognizable and in a wheelchair. But on a…

MOVIE icon Gene Hackman has been missing from the big screen for more than a decade — trading acting for painting and writing! The five-time Oscar nominee, who won for Unforgiven and The French Connection, is now reportedly a virtual recluse. He rarely leaves the Santa Fe, N.M., ranch he shares with second wife Betsy Arakawa, 57, who he wed in 1991. Sightings of the actor are rare, but the 89-year-old was pulled over by cops last year for driving his 2014 Toyota Highlander with an expired registration sticker. And despite being struck by a car while bicycling in the Florida Keys in 2012, Gene just bought a $3,600 e-bike from a local dealer! As far as acting, he’s done. The only way fans will see him is “in reruns,”…

SEVENTIES teen idol Leif Garrett is penning an explosive tell-all about how the drugs he started using at age 14 crashed his life and career. Now 57, he’ll include the tragic drunkdriving crash of his mother’s Porsche while looking for cocaine, which left his best friend and passenger a paraplegic — but didn’t end his downward spiral. He’s had several drug-related run-ins with the law and stints in treatment, including TV’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew in 2010. The ex-boyfriend of Nicollette Sheridan says addiction “takes your soul. It’s your lover, your food.”…

MRSA infests ambulances! ✚ AMBULANCE-riding patients may end up infected with the deadly MRSA superbug along with their other ills by the time they arrive at the hospital! A whopping 96 percent of oxygen tanks carried by ambulances were found tainted with the drug-resistant bug, according to a study by Alabama’s Calhoun Community College. Dr. Michael David, assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania, says this points out the need for “new standard procedures to clean these objects with an antiseptic between uses.” PSA tests cut cancer deaths ✚ PROSTATE cancer tests or PSA screenings DO work — a new study found they slash the death risks due to the disease by a whopping 30 percent! The study results are important because PSA tests have been…

HALLE BERRY’S sister has blasted the Oscar winner for cutting her out of her life! “I don’t even read the headlines about Halle anymore. I couldn’t care less,” Renee Berry-Fields snaps to GLOBE. The feuding siblings fell out after the 2003 death of their father, Jerome — who’d dumped Renee’s mom for the Catwoman sexpot’s mother years earlier. Renee, 56, has never even met 52-year-old Halle’s children — daughter Nahla, 10, and five-year-old son Maceo. “I have nothing to say to Halle, but I hope the kids reach out to me one day,” says Renee, a food-processing factory worker in Montgomery, Ala. “We are family. And when you’re cold and dead in your grave, it’s only family that will be on the other side.”…

SONGBIRD Natalie Maines’ estranged husband wants the country star to cough up major money for spousal and child support — despite signing a prenup that promised him nothing! Actor Adrian Pasdar, star of Heroes and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., has called the couple’s 2000 deal “unconscionable,” claiming the Dixie Chicks singer is worth $50 million, while he makes a measly $150,000 a year. Hubby wants $60G a month in support Now he’s demanding $44,076 a month for himself and an additional $16,427 for expenses for the couple’s sons — Jackson, 17, and Beckett, 14. Pasdar, 53, says his 44-year-old wife was the breadwinner and argues he put his career on hold to take care of the kids. Meanwhile, Maines — who filed for divorce in 2017 — has accused Pasdar of attempting to…

CRUEL death seemed to stalk TV’s Cartwright clan — played (from left) by Lorne “Ben” Greene, Pernell “Adam” Roberts, Dan “Hoss” Blocker and Michael “Little Joe” Landon. Blocker passed away at age 43, a year before the beloved Western drama Bonanza went off the air in 1973. Roberts died from pancreatic cancer 45 years after he quit the series in a huff. The same disease claimed Landon in 1991, four years after Cartwright patriarch Greene died following ulcer surgery.…

HORNDOG dinosaurs Clint Eastwood and Mick Jagger are tussling over a hottie who’s nearly a quarter of their age, sources say. Gorgeous 23-year-old Noor Alfallah had a fling with rock ’n’ roll relic Mick, 75 — and was spotted leaving West Hollywood hot spot Craig’s with the creaky Dirty Harry star, 88, on Jan. 28! “Whatever is going on is really weird!” tattles a snitch. “Clearly these old geezers are competing over Noor’s affections, and Clint seems to be parading her around. Word is, Mick finds it bizarre. “Obviously, Mick and Clint have more in common than they’re willing to admit. It’s no secret they both prefer the company of much younger, beautiful women, and Noor has caught both their fancies!” Now sources tell GLOBE things could get tense between…

The young lovebirds have been dating since 2013, and Florida-born Chandler even moved all the way to Australia to be with Bindi! CRIKEY! CROCODILE Hunter Steve Irwin’s beloved daughter Bindi is marrying her American boyfriend — and her mom, Terri, is getting in on the act by tying the knot with squeeze Russell Crowe in a double-barrel delight, sources tell GLOBE! Although plans for the late February nuptials at the family’s Australia Zoo are still being developed, insiders say Bindi, Steve’s widow Terri and his pal Russell are intent on using the ceremony to honor the memory of the popular star, who was killed by a giant stingray in 2006 while filming a TV episode off Australia’s coast. Bindi will pay tribute to her dad by wearing an emerald green…

MARY J. BLIGE It may be the dead of winter, but the songstress is dressed for summer sailing on the Riviera GAL GADOT Caped crusader! Wonder Woman is elegant in an all-black ensemble — a look reminiscent of another superhero, Batman ERYKAH BADU Supersized! The Bag Lady singer seems to have taken inspiration from her own tune to new proportions JANE FONDA Ahoy, Jane! The Hollywood legend looks spectacular in this saucy scalloped sequin gown KELLY ROWLAND Golden Child! The former Destiny’s Child chanteuse shines in this gold jacquard pantsuit…

SUSPICIOUS hubby John VanHorn was so fearful his wife was cheating, he left her chained inside their car when he went to work, cops charge. Lawmen busted the 50-year-old after witnesses reported seeing a woman cuffed inside a car parked in Albrightsville, Pa. Officers found VanHorn’s wife sitting with a shackle on her left ankle linked to a chain locked to the underside of the passenger seat. She told police: “My husband doesn’t want me to leave.” VanHorn was nabbed nearby driving another vehicle with the keys to the shackles and two “realistic-looking BB guns,” say police. He was charged with false imprisonment and released after posting bond. Officers say he told them he’d left his wife of 20 years chained in the car “numerous times” during the past half year because…

AFTER two successful TV series, ex-model Susan Dey quit Hollywood! The 66-year-old actress shot to fame playing Laurie on the hit ’70s show The Partridge Family, but now refuses to even attend cast reunions. While on the show, she developed the eating disorder anorexia and wasted away to a shocking 92 pounds. She ate so many carrots to stay thin, her fingers actually turned orange! Sadly, she began boozing, too, to battle the stress of playing a perfect teen — and had a disastrous romance with Partridge co-star David Cassidy, who died in 2017 without reconciling with the troubled brunette. It took years for Susan to beat her demons. Although she starred in the TV hit L.A. Law in the 1980s, and Love & War in the 1990s, she walked away…

GALS were gaga over TV’s Dr. Kildare, but all the while, 1960s heartthrob Richard Chamberlain was hiding what was then a career-killing secret — he was gay. Now 84, he’s starring in Finding Julia, set for an April release. The handsome actor has had a slew of romantic roles, including the womanizing priest Aramis in 1973’s The Three Musketeers. He starred in the hit miniseries Centennial, Shogun and The Thorn Birds. In the early ’80s, he secretly hooked up with husband Martin Rabbett and finally came out as gay in 2003. He split with Martin in 2010. “Richard chose his career over love,” says a source.…

DEMOND WILSON has gone from being the “big dummy” son of TV dad Redd Foxx on the groundbreaking NBC sitcom Sanford and Son to a thoughtful preacher and brilliant writer. The 72-year-old has penned 11 children’s books, screenplays, his autobiography and even an egghead religious treatise. He quit Hollywood six years after the show ended and founded Restoration House, a ministry for ex-convicts. Married to Cicely for 45 years, he’s got six grown kids. “Clearly, I’m known mainly for Sanford — and that’s all right,” says Demond. “It afforded me the opportunity to do some wonderful things.”…

A STUNNING former Vegas showgirl, Valerie Perrine is tragically battling Parkinson’s disease. After brain surgery failed to ease her uncontrollable shaking, the 75-year-old — who earned an Oscar nomination for her role as a comic’s stripper galpal in 1974’s Lenny — lost her teeth when the medication she was taking made her choppers so brittle they fell out. The now-retired actress, who played Lex Luthor’s ditzy moll Eve Teschmacher in 1978’s Superman, was saved by a six-hour dental procedure that reshaped her jaw bones and used implants to permanently replace her upper teeth. Valerie never married after her fiancé, a wealthy gun collector she met while dancing in Vegas, accidentally shot himself a month before their wedding.…

THIS year’s Sundance Film Festival stunner is the documentary Leaving Neverland, about two young boys who say twisted Michael Jackson began molesting them at ages seven and ten. We applaud the flick. It’s about time. The King of Pop was dogged for decades by chatter he was a despicable child molester. In 2005, he beat the rap at a sensational trial where he was accused of boozing up a 13-year-old boy and molesting him at his Neverland Ranch — in a bizarre preview of the Bill Cosby caper. Sure Jackson was acquitted. He had the best lawyers money could buy. But for years, GLOBE had reported the Beat It singer’s sick cravings for boys and detailed a huge settlement he made to silence at least one of the innocent kids.…

B EFORE she sexswapped to be a gal, Caitlyn Jenner tried out to play Superman! Then Bruce Jenner, the decathlon gold medal winner and hunky poster boy for the 1976 Olympics, “did a screen test for the original Superman,” Caitlyn reveals. “I got the whole cape on, had fights with Lex Luthor, did all that stuff.” Bruce lost the part to Christopher Reeve, but doesn’t regret it. “I would have gone down as the most macho guy in the world and that’s not me,” she says. Ya think?…

ACTRESS Glenn Close says folks are scared of her roles as Cruella De Vil in 101 Dalmatians and murderous mistress Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction. But she insists, “I’m really not anything like those characters!” The 71-year-old, who’s recently collected Golden Globe and SAG awards for her role in The Wife, says, “I’m a shy introvert if anything.” But never say never. She chillingly notes, “What’s fascinating about being human … is I think we’re capable of everything.” Better watch out for Glenn!…

Elizabeth sits atop a monarchy worth a jawdropping $88 billion — but the 92-year-old cheapskate is still using the same patent leather purse from 1968! Though the miserly monarch, whose personal fortune is estimated at $520 million, is attached to the designer handbag, notoriously stingy Elizabeth rarely carries cash — aside from a five-pound note on Sundays for the church collection plate! And Her Majesty’s pennypinching ways are notorious in Buckingham Palace, her 775-room London residence. There, she’s known for cutting corners in the kitchen, where staffers use Queen Victoria’s crusty pots and pans from the 1800s and craft meals for the monarch using leftovers, claim courtiers. Elizabeth is also rumored to keep a close eye on the electric bill and is known for turning out the lights before she…

T WO-TIME cancer survivor Kathy Bates has dropped 60 pounds, colored her hair — and gotten a new lease on life! “I feel like a completely different person!” gushes the 70-year-old Oscar winner, who slammed James Caan’s ankles with a sledgehammer in the 1990 horror flick Misery. Kathy was diagnosed with stage 1 ovarian cancer in 2003. In 2012, she underwent a double mastectomy to treat breast cancer. She’s now battling lymphedema, which she developed after undergoing lymph node surgery and which causes painful swelling in her limbs. But Kathy says her weight loss has “really helped with my symptoms” — adding that she’s learned when to stop eating. “Mindfulness, just knowing when to push my plate away,” she says, adding that her niece taught her a “little secret.” The…

Screen siren NICOLE KIDMAN is flippin’ her wig over her vanishing hair, insiders dish. Snitches insist stressing over her up-and-down marriage with singer KEITH URBAN and career headaches have her trademark tresses falling to the floor — threatening to leave the Aussie wonder balder than Ayers Rock. “Nic’s freaking out about her hair because it was always her calling card!” a source spills. “She doesn’t think her career will survive if she continues to lose it!” TOM CRUISE’s ex is so touchy about her missing mane, she hit the roof when a reporter harmlessly asked about the wigs she uses on her Big Little Lies TV series, spies report. “She has fabulous hairdressers who hide her patches but they are now suggesting special weaves or even a wig!” the source…

HOW celebrities lock lips — or avoid an incoming kiss — tells a lot about their relationship! GLOBE asked noted body language expert Susan Constantine to analyze these photos and give us the skinny on the state of these unions. Here’s the Orlando, Fla.-based author’s surprising dish! BECKHAMS BEND RULES MARRIED since 1999, David and Victoria Beckham still worry about appearances and resort to an air kiss Jan. 6 — appearing to make contact but avoiding “getting red lipstick smeared all over” their faces, says Susan. Victoria’s raised chin and downcast gaze are a true sign Posh Spice still has affection for the soccer stud — despite constant chatter their marriage is doomed. THE KISS OF DEATH “DIANA’S not feeling the love — and her expression tells it all!” Susan…

IT’S been three decades since 12-year-old Jaleel White stole the show as nerdy neighbor Steve “Did I do that?” Urkel on the hit sitcom Family Matters, which ran from 1989 to 1998. But don’t remind him! While Jaleel will reprise the role for the upcoming animated series Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, he has said: “If you ever see me do that character again, take me out and put a bullet in my head and put me out of my misery.” Transformed from wimp to hunk, Jaleel finished seventh on Dancing with the Stars in 2012. He’s done gigs on Dreamgirls, NCIS and CSI and hosted a show on SyFy. Now 42, he’s not only focused on his career but on his daughter, Samaya, 9, from his relationship to Bridget Hardy,…

A MIRACULOUS experimental injection holds the promise of restoring memory loss and crippled brain functions of patients savaged by Alzheimer’s disease and dementia! Scientists say Alzheimer’s riddled lab rats actually regained their memories after they were injected with a drug suppressing an enzyme that damages brain cells. University at Buffalo researchers “have not only identified the epigenetic factors that contribute to the memory loss, we also found ways to temporarily reverse them in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease,” says study author professor Zhen Yan. While still in the experimental stage, the shots appear to be a groundbreaking advance in the treatment of memory-robbing brain diseases that plague millions, especially as they age. The research team pinned the loss of learning and short-term memory abilities on an enzyme that destroys…

FUNNY PHOTO QUIZ SCRAMBLE SERIOUS MOVIE HOW TO PLAY Look up, down, diagonally, backward, forward, sideways — in all directions — to find the names or words in the list below. As you locate a word in the diagram, circle the letters and cross it off the list. After circling all the words, read all the unused letters to find the answer to the scramble solution. ADVENTURE ARTS AWARDS BIOGRAPHY BOOK BUSINESS CABLE CARTOONS COMMERCIAL COOKING DANCE DISCOVERY DOCUMENTARY EDUCATION ESPN GAME SHOWS GOLF HISTORY NATURE NETWORKS NEWS PAY PER VIEW PETS PROFILE RELIGIOUS SATELLITE TRAVEL CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Director and star of political thriller The Ides of March, __ Clooney 4. The Good Wife actress, __ Margulies 8. NCIS: Los Angeles actor, Chris __ 9. Billy Joel Top 10…

MARISA TOMEI was thrilled to discover a new branch on her family tree — long-lost cousin Julianne Moore! The Crazy, Stupid Love costars —who’ve been pals since their ’80s days on As the World Turns — learned of their blood ties after 54-year-old Marisa appeared on PBS’ Finding Your Roots. Host Henry Louis Gates made the shocking show reveal, which Marisa — who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for My Cousin Vinny — calls an “incredible gift.” Joyful Julianne, 58, later gushed on Instagram, “I knew we were alike! OMG, I’m so excited.”…

BAT-BITER Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train has jumped the tracks as the rocker battles a lung infection medical experts fear could kill the aging singer. The 70-year-old Black Sabbath frontman axed the European leg of No More Tours 2 after docs told the creaky former reality TV star he had an upper respiratory infection that could develop into deadly pneumonia if he continued to travel and perform. “Ozzy could have killed himself if he went on tour now,” says a music industry insider. A lifespan expert who has not treated the rock wild man, tells GLOBE pneumonia in a 70-year-old man like Ozzy is a very serious disease.” New York internist Dr. Stuart Fischer says “the most serious complication” of a respiratory infection “is developing bacterial pneumonia, a potentially life-threatening…