Table of contents for March 17, 2025 in Globe

LADY FINGER With her trademark ti ger mane still flowing at age 88, DYAN CANNON gets right to the point IN THE PINK True Colors singer CYNDI LAUPER turns phosphorescent during a wigged-out performance in London TONGUE TWISTER CHRIS NOTH gets tongue-tied during a family outing at Universal Studios EAT MY DUST! AMY SCHUMER cleans up her act at the 50th anniversary shindig for SNL CHECKMATE! Square guy ETHAN HAWKE gets his nose out of joint during a photo op for Blue Moon MINI-ME JOHN MALKOVICH’S creepy doppelganger is better dressed than he is at the Los Angeles premiere of Opus…

HOT-TO-TROT Kim Kardashian is thrilled to have reconnected with ex-love Pete Davidson at the SNL 50th anniversary party, and sources say that even if the comic is not up for another fullblown romance, the Skims hawker is pushing for the next best thing — a nostrings booty-call setup! “Sex was never their problem,” blabs an insider. “She loved it and bragged at the time that now she knew what she was missing.” Sources note that the 31-year-old funnyman is on good terms with most of his exes, so when the 44-year-old fashionista sashayed over to him at the celeb-studded Feb. 16 bash, he flashed her his best smile. As GLOBE has reported, the bottom-heavy reality star dated Pete for nine months in 2022, during which Kim’s jealous exhubby Kanye West bullied…

BAD BONNIE’S BLUE OVER PREGGERS STUNT When it comes to outrageous stunts, British porn babe BONNIE BLUE aka TIA BILLINGER knows no bounds. After sleeping with 1,057 men in 12 hours — a record hardly anyone wants — bonking Bonnie was booted from Australia by officials for attempting to bed a bunch of “barely legal” teen boys in a “Schoolies” event. Now, the 25-year-old XXX babe is being clobbered with backlash after hinting she was knocked up in a social media video saying she wanted to “take another pregnancy test … to see how far along” she was. Later, she admitted she wasn’t preggers, but was trying raise money for a pal’s fertility treatments. But followers didn’t buy it. Blasts a poster: “What a sick joke.” JASON SHUTTING DOWN BABY-MAKER…

ASHANTI The singer’s spandex-challenging mermaid dress-hoodie-bathrobe is one terrible remix! JOELY FISHER The ‘Til Death actress channels her inner Mrs. Roper in this colorful caftan LUCY BOYNTON The Bohemian Rhapsody actress’ prim Miu Miu dress is not in harmony with her goth gloves ROMA DOWNEY The Touched by an Angel star looks like she was touched by Brooks Brothers in a brown suit AULI‘I CRAVALHO A giant butterfly elevates the Moana star’s white bustier-style top and flowing skirt…

ANXIOUS Americans are scared to take to the skies after a shocking series of plane crashes, collisions and near-misses — but experts tell GLOBE that flying is still the safest way to get around! Four major aviation disasters — and a spate of smaller calamities — occurred within weeks of each other in the U.S., leaving increasing numbers of people jittery about traveling by jet. “It’s got me pretty nervous,” admits Darius Kilpatrick, a passenger who recently flew from Birmingham to Charlotte. “I got to take that risk, put my faith in God and do what I got to do.” Aviation apocalypse fears escalated when a military helicopter collided with a commercial passenger jet outside Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, killing 67 people. Two days later, a medical transportation plane…

THE identity of the baby mama who almost broke up Dave Grohl’s marriage has been revealed — 38-year-old Florida-born fan Jennifer Young confirmed she gave birth to the Foo Fighters frontman’s daughter Aug. 1. In a September Instagram post, Grohl, 56, confessed he’d fathered a daughter who was the result of an extramarital affair. “I plan to be a loving and supportive parent to her,” he wrote, adding, “I love my wife and my children, and I am doing everything I can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness.” He and his wife of 21 years, Jordyn Blum, 48, share three daughters — Violet, 18, Harper, 15, and Ophelia, 10. As GLOBE readers know, Jordyn is sticking with Dave for now, even though her friends don’t think he’s worthy of…

MUSIC power couple Vince Gill and Amy Grant are both performing again after she went through some hard times healthwise, but sources say their career paths are taking them in different directions and the time apart is stifling the romance in their 25-year marriage! “Vince is on tour, and it goes on till the end of summer,” shares an insider. “Meanwhile, Amy’s busy doing her own thing. She’s also touring and working on a new album, and all that doesn’t leave much opportunity for couple time. “They may say everything’s great, but people around them know that’s just Vince and Amy trying to be brave. They’re going to be facing a long and lonely road ahead, and the worry is that it will start to get to them. “Time apart…

PROLIFIC drug aficionado Keith Richards was facing life in prison after he got busted for heroin possession with intent to traffic in Toronto in 1978. That’s when his Rolling Stones bandmate Mick Jagger implored his close friend, SNL creator Lorne Michaels, a local boy made good, to use his Canadian cred to be a character witness at the trial. But the producer had seen the guitarist using drugs firsthand and worried about perjuring himself. Fortunately, prosecutors only asked him about Keith’s role in the Stones, not his extracurricular activities. The legendary producer responded the axman was “the catalyst of the band,” and Richards — who later got clean — got off with a suspended sentence and an order to play a benefit concert for the vision impaired, leading to many…

COUNTRY cutie Kelsea Ballerini says it was the flu that caused her to grind her first-ever arena tour to a halt — but her rabid fans whisper that she may be coping with morning sickness! Insiders snitch that Kelsea is pregnant with her hot actor boyfriend, Outer Banks star Chase Stokes. The 31-year-old Cowboys Cry Too songbird set off alarm bells when she walked offstage just 20 minutes into a performance in Buffalo on Feb. 6, with her rep telling the disappointed crowd, “She can’t finish — she’s just too sick!” Ballerini also canceled shows in Toronto and Pittsburgh before returning to her Patterns tour Feb. 10 in Philadelphia, but a TikTok poster wasn’t buying her excuse, writing, “Maybe pregnant?” Ballerini responded in a video, deadpanning, “Or maybe it’s the…

WHEN Shakespeare wrote “The lady doth protest too much, methinks,” in Hamlet, it almost seems he was thinking ahead to comic Pete Davidson’s latest crybaby rant! As GLOBE reported last week, Pete whined about how he was notorious for being an “ugly” dude who has dated a boatload of celeb beauties — rather than being known and lauded for his work as a comic. And while Pete may not be Errol Flynn, his conquests rival the swashbuckling matinee idol! The frail funnyman has managed to get busy with such A-list ladies as Ariana Grande, Kate Beckinsale, Margaret Qualley, Kaia Gerber — and of course, billionaire fashionista Kim Kardashian. And while his powers of seduction may elude understanding in modern medicine, they are unquestioned in Tinseltown! But somehow Pete thinks he’s…

PLAYING Vlad the Impaler was a role GARY OLDMAN could really sink his teeth into in the 1992 gothic horror film Bram Stoker’s Dracula. But costar WINONA RYDER — playing the reincarnation of the evil count’s dead wife — has been baring her fangs over the experience ever since! Apparently, Ryder needed an acting coach to help her get into her role, while Oldman enjoyed acting like the undead even off-camera. Winona admitted: “Maybe it’s his way of working, but I felt like there was a danger!”…

BLUE BLOODS alum Tom Selleck is seeing red over the ultimate betrayal — former costar and protégé Donnie Wahlberg is stealing his beloved TV show! The 80-year-old former Magnum, P.I. star bitterly fought CBS execs to keep his hit show Blue Bloods on the air — and lost. Now sources say he hit the roof when he learned Donnie will be the star of the show’s just-announced spinoff, Boston Blue. The new series will reunite viewers with Donnie’s character, NYPD officer Danny Reagan, as he moves to the Hub and joins the Boston police department, where he’ll team up with detective Lena Peters, a character from a prominent law enforcement family. “This is a HUGE betrayal,” spits a source. “The Reagans never left New York. Now Danny’s just up and…

NUTTY Kanye West’s latest binge of bizarre rants and raves has been fueled by laughing gas, according to sources who say his lust for the brain-scrambling stuff will likely send him back to the loony bin! As GLOBE readers know, Kanye’s controversial exmanager, far-right pundit Milo Yiannopoulos, shockingly filed suit against dentist Thomas P. Connelly, claiming he got the rapper hooked on the gas, nitrous oxide, after he installed a $850,000 titanium grill last year. “When Kanye is inhaling laughing gas, he loses all his inhibitions and just says and does anything that comes to him at the spur of the moment,” spills a snitch. “Half the time, he doesn’t even remember afterward.” Yiannopoulos alleges that Connelly charged West a whopping $50,000 a month to supply him with nitrous for…

BLUBBERY ex-beefcake Russell Crowe has taken a load off since ballooning to over 250 pounds, and sources tell GLOBE it was fears for his health that spurred him to get serious about slimming down! The Down Under chunker, 60, packed on the pounds for his role in the 2020 thriller Unhinged — but instead of getting healthy post-shoot, he continued to pack on more pounds! “The weight kept piling on until he was tipping the scales at well over 250 pounds,” tattles the tipster. “He had to do something drastic unless he wanted to keep on gaining and putting his life in jeopardy.” The extra poundage was also preventing him from getting choice roles, sources note. According to top diet doc Stuart Fischer, who doesn’t count the star as a…

REALITY star and former Bond Girl DENISE RICHARDS has dropped a bombshell about how she and other starlets were helpless against sex creeps in old Hollywood. CHARLIE SHEEN’s ex-wife says that early in her career she was threatened with being “blacklisted” if she reported a goon who was sexually harassing her. “I felt so vulnerable,” recalls the 54-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills babe. “This was the career I wanted to do. To be told that you’re never going to work in an industry that you are passionate about, it’s a hard thing.” Now the mom of three, who starred in the 1999 James Bond flick The World Is Not Enough, is thankful for the growing protections for actresses, noting: “There definitely needed to be a change — and not just…

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GUN-TOTING terror Nathan Gingles fatally shot his estranged wife, kidnapped their young daughter and killed two others during a harrowing slay spree in Florida, officials say — and disturbing evidence reveals the murdered mom’s final frantic moments! Mary Gingles, 34, her father, 64-year-old David Ponzer, and their neighbor Andrew Ferrin, 36, were discovered dead at two homes in Tamarac. Seraphine Gingles, 4, was initially reported missing but later found unharmed with her 43-year-old father in North Lauderdale, authorities say. Ponzer’s body was in his backyard next to a shattered coffee mug — and according to a complaint affidavit, an injunction issued against Nathan was on the residence’s kitchen table. The order forbade the suspect from having contact with Mary or their tot due to past allegations of domestic violence. Officials say security…

Oral bacteria bad for brain ✚ A NEW study found the bacteria in our mouths may fuel dementia! Scientists at the U.K. University of Exeter Medical School analyzed the oral microbiome — the microbes in the mouth — of 115 people. The mouths of the participants who had mild cognitive impairment had higher levels of Porphyromonas bacteria. Brushing and flossing twice a day, eating a healthy diet, including lots of fruits and vegetables, and limiting sugar, fat and alcohol may help protect against conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. Flushing out foul droplets ✚ PEE-EW! Chinese researchers discovered that flushing the toilet without putting the seat down can spray water droplets containing dangerous E. coli and staph bacteria into the air, where they can be inhaled and make you sick. Scientists at…

BRIDE wannabe Lainey Wilson’s not-so-subtle hints to reluctant boyfriend Devlin “Duck” Hodges to put a ring on it apparently worked like a charm — the reigning Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year is finally engaged! In January, 32-year-old Lainey voiced her frustration about her slowpoke beau, 28, of four years, saying, “I might have to propose to him. We waiting!” Lainey’s snarky remarks were apparently enough to spur the former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback into finally making a play — and he pulled out all the stops to ensure a win! He set a quintessential romantic scene with flowers, candles and photos of the pair. Then he got down on bended knee and presented Lainey with a $250,000 diamond engagement ring. A friend dishes Lainey is over the moon about…

DESPERATE Duchess Meghan is thrilled to learn Jennifer Aniston will be her new neighbor in Montecito, and sources snitch she’s begging her to broker powerful Hollywood friendships and repair the burnt bridges that have turned her into a virtual pariah! Sources say Meghan is frantic to get back inside the tent — and it’s well known in her circle that she genuinely hopes to turn the 56-year-old Morning Show star into a Friend! “Jen is at the top of Meghan’s wish list as a BFF,” spills an insider. “She has so much influence and prestige in the business and is on firstname terms with all the big power players.” According to our mole, Meghan, 43, is aware that Orlando Bloom and Ellen DeGeneres know Jennifer well, too — although now…

TURNS out we’re all full of it — bacteria, that is! The human body is home to some 39 trillion bacteria, nothing to sneeze at. IT’S creepy, but studies say corpses can still MOVE for up to a year after they’re in the ground, from muscle contraction and decomposition. THE “demon” Halicephalobus mephisto worm goes about its business two miles underground in South African mines, amid extreme heat, no light and high pressure. YOU know the phrase “like a chicken without a head”? Well, “Miracle Mike” the rooster survived 18 months after a farmer botched chopping off his noggin in 1945. They fed the silly goose through an eyedropper. IN MOVIES, skeletons are dry and dusty — but actually your bones are alive, full of blood and WET from bone…

COUNTRY strummer Zach Bryan’s career apparently isn’t the only thing flying high right now, and sources fear the notorious boozer may crash and burn in a sea of alcohol! Zach’s latest drinking disaster played out Feb. 17 at a Big Apple watering hole when he nearly sparked a bar brawl by arguing with a dude and uttering a homophobic slur! The other guy was wearing Ray-Ban meta glasses, which can take photos and videos, and Zach thought he was filming him and his buddies shooting pool. “I wanna rip ’em off your face so bad, ’cause we’re at a bar,” Zach blurted out. The other guy insisted he was just shooting videos of his own pals, saying, “It has nothing to do with you. And you’re just being a f***king…

Rapper TYGA is devastated over the death of his 53-year-old mom, PASIONAYE NGUYEN, last month. “Can’t imagine life without you by my side,” mourns the Freaky Deaky singer, who gave no cause of death, and adds: “You were the best and most supportive person in my life.’ A New Jersey jury found HADI MATAR, 27, guilty of the 2022 on-stage knife attack that blinded author SALMAN RUSHDIE, 77, in one eye. Rushdie has reportedly been on an Islamic hit list for writings considered blasphemous by some Muslims. Matar could get 25 years behind bars at his sentencing April 23. Elf actor FAIZON LOVE is accused of clobbering a hotel worker in the head with a credit card reader after she told him the room he’d booked online wasn’t available at…

FOWL-TEMPERED Raymond Carey ambushed a New Jersey pet shop owner and shot her in the face with a crossbow, lawmen say — but the unruffled entrepreneur returned to work the very next day! Katarina Rukavishnikova was working at Birds by Joe 2 in Saddle Brook when her attacker’s bolt brutally pierced her mouth and throat. A store clerk, who did not divulge their name, chillingly recalls, “He was crouched down hiding behind one of the aisles, and she came walking down the aisle and he just stood up, popped out right in front of her and shot her in the face!” Katarina complains, “He shot me without any warning. When I got close to him, I saw the crossbow. And he shot me in the face with an arrow.” The…

CANCER-RAVAGED King Charles is revealing shocking palace secrets in explosive journals spanning five tumultuous decades — and rattled royals fear the damning diaries will become public after the 76-year-old’s death and put Britain’s monarchy at risk, courtiers spill. According to tipsters, the guilt-ridden king is determined to tell all before the end of his life about the 1997 murder of his first wife — Diana, Princess of Wales — his succession plans for the throne, and the true paternity of his son Prince Harry! Sources say Charles has taken after his late mother, Queen Elizabeth, by religiously keeping private diaries since he was a boy, documenting every detail about life behind the palace walls. “In between His Majesty’s mundane notes about his pampered life, like the quality of his breakfast…

DECREPIT drummer Phil Collins lives in agonizing pain and can no longer make music — and friends say the crippled Genesis legend is going downhill quickly and fear he could be dead in six months! “I just feel like I’ve used up my air miles,” admits the morose musician. The Easy Lover singer, 74, has had far from an easy time of it — GLOBE has reported on his longtime battles with chronic pain and deteriorating health, and sources say he has been in frantic free fall since the group performed their final concert in March 2022, when the frail fellow sat in a chair onstage while his son Nic, 23, took Phil’s place behind the drum kit. “The last tour was Phil’s way of saying goodbye to his fans,”…

SINGLE Top Gun hunk Tom Cruise is aiming his sights at former Brat Pack babe Demi Moore, according to sources, who say the aging action man thinks the Substance beauty can do a Mission Impossible — by sending his career and love life soaring again! The dynamic duo, who are both 62, set tongues wagging after they were caught getting VERY up close and personal at the recent BAFTA awards. Earlier, the 5-foot-7, movie mighty-mite sparked romance rumors when he was spied dining out in his adopted hometown of London with former Ben Affleck galpal Ana de Armas, 36, who is rumored to be dating Manuel Anido Cuesta, the stepson of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel. But sources say Tom would love a shot at dating Demi and thinks linking his…