Table of contents for October 3, 2022 in Globe

SLIMMED-DOWN sitcom legend Matthew Perry is on the prowl for a new girlfriend! Sources tell GLOBE the 53-year-old Friends alum has turned his life around after a series of personal setbacks, including multiple health issues and a devastating breakup. “Matt’s feeling and looking better than he has in months, and he’s asking friends to set him up on dates,” spills an insider. “He’s finally ready to open his heart again. “The great news is he’s lost a decent amount of weight, cut back on smoking and other bad habits, and had a full head-to-toe makeover that’s resulted in him looking fantastic.” The tennis buff showed off his new look by posting a pair of photos at the U.S. Open. Observers noted his thinner appearance and healthy complexion. Even his eyebrows…

TRANSFORMERS star JOSH DUHAMEL, 49, has officially robbed the cradle! The former soap actor wed Miss World America AUDRA MARI, 28. NICOLAS CAGE, 58, and fifth wife RIKO SHIBATA, 27, welcomed their first baby together, daughter AUGUST FRANCESCA COPPOLA CAGE. It’s Riko’s first child. Cage has two sons, WESTON, 31, and KAL-EL, 16, from previous relationships. JOEY LAWRENCE, 46, and actress bride SAMANTHA COPE, 35, are expecting their first baby together. “The blessings just keep on coming,” boasts the former child star, who fathered daughters CHARLESTON, 16, and LIBERTY, 12, with his second wife, CHANDIE YAWN-NELSON. Maroon 5 rocker ADAM LEVINE, 43, and supermodel wife BEHATI PRINSLOO, 34, are expecting baby No. 3. The pair have daughters DUSTY, 5, and GIO, 4. It’s getting serious for LIZZO, 34, and her…

A VICIOUS feud continues to rip apart the Jon & Kate Plus 8 reality family as the fed-up baby mom is suing her ex for $132,000 in back child support dating to 2018! Despite an existing four-year-old order requiring Jon Gosselin to cough up cash, Kate, 47, is telling a Pennsylvania court he hasn’t paid a dime toward the original judgment and wants his feet held to the legal fire again! Her action comes after Jon, 45, accused his ex of ripping off their kids to the tune of $100,000 by secretly withdrawing cash from their accounts. “She has been on TV telling the world she has saved her children’s money when she’s actually been stealing from them — she’s a hypocrite,” Jon charges. “There’s been no remorse from her at…

KIM KARDASHIAN and boyfriend Ray J shot three different sex tapes — and the beauty’s momager Kris Jenner picked out and released the video that launched the family’s billion-dollar reality show empire, the raging rapper charges. Ray J, who claims he’s never seen a penny of the porn jackpot, recently wrote to Kim saying, “You know what we did! Your mom controlled this whole sex tape deal. It was her idea to put out the tape.“ Kris insists she had nothing to do with the release and passed a lie detector test on The Late Late Show when asked about the scandal.…

KINKY Kelly Ripa’s sex life with hubby Mark Consuelos is so enthusiastic she passed out during one particularly frisky frolic! In a new memoir, the 51-year-old TV gabber recalls keeling over in a dead faint while doing the deed with Mark, also 51 — and the next thing she knew, she woke up on a stretcher wearing a French-cut leotard and super-stiletto heels! “He dressed me like a dime store prostitute in my time of need!” she wails.…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 The week kicks off with exciting news from a loved one — you didn’t see this coming. Whether it’s a baby on the way or an engagement, you’ll be shocked. Midweek, Mercury’s meet with Pluto foretells dividends headed your way linked to a forgotten account or former job. Single? New love wears a straw hat. TAURUS April 21 - May 21 The cooler weather motivates you to work out again. But Saturn warns: Warm up properly and don’t overdo it. The bargain you spot midweek is as good as it seems — go for it. Later, try the new hobby a friend has taken up. You’ll discover a new, potentially profitable talent under the Aries full moon. GEMINI May 22 - June 21 Although…

VICIOUS bickering has split the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, turning the show into a toxic cesspool insiders predict will make the upcoming 13th season the last! “The on-set mess has left Bravo execs thinking about throwing in the towel,” reveals a TV insider. “Everyone knows the premise of the show is based on tension between the stars, but things have gotten downright ugly!” A bitter battle between Diana Jenkins and Garcelle Beauvais, which has embroiled their families and caused castmates to take sides, is the current danger to the show’s survival, sources say. Diana, a 49-year-old entrepreneur and philanthropist from Bosnia and Herzegovina, charges Garcelle, a 55-year-old former fashion model, actress and author, mocked her recent miscarriage. Garcelle claims she’d never ridicule anyone for losing a…

NEEDY Blake Shelton is begging wife Gwen Stefani to join him on tour when he hits the road early next year, but she’s turned him down flat and wants a major time-out on their marriage, spies say! Sources close to the maxed-out pair say the 53-year-old No Doubt babe is tearing her platinum locks out as Blake, 46, continues to cling to her side like a lost puppy! GLOBE previously reported the romance is bobbing in choppy waters since they tied the knot on the country king’s Oklahoma ranch in July 2021 and set up a home in L.A., where they also work together as co-hosts on The Voice. Sources also report Gwen’s annoyed because Blake has chunked up since saying his “I do’s” and he’s playing lonely hearts to…

SHOCKING cheating accusations are ripping apart the nerdy world of championship chess with 19-year-old American challenger Hans Niemann accused of dethroning reigning king Magnus Carlsen by secretly using a computer! In a mysteriously vague social media post, Norwegian World Champion Carlsen, 31, hinted his much lower-ranked opponent cheated after losing a third-round match to the teen at the $350,000 Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis on Sept. 6. Carlsen suddenly quit the tournament and tweeted a clip of Portuguese soccer coach Jose Mourinho, saying: “I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I am in big trouble, in big trouble! And I don’t want to be in big trouble.” American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura — who covered the tournament on his Twitch channel — says he believes Carlsen’s bizarre tweet referred…

CANCER WARRIOR JANE STILL FONDA LIFE JANE FONDA’s updating her ongoing battle with cancer. After weeks of chemotherapy for B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the Oscar winner says she feels stronger than she’s felt in years, but accepts her days are sort of numbered — despite fans wishing her many more decades of life. Says the Klute legend, “Well, I’ll soon be 85 so I won’t have to worry about ‘many decades.’ One will do just fine.” LEA MICHELE MASTERS BARBRA’S LEGACY ROLE Former Glee diva LEA MICHELE’s scored six standing ovations during her debut in the Great White Way’s Funny Girl revival, taking over for Broadway bust BEANIE FELDSTEIN, the 29-year-old lil sister of JONAH HILL who just couldn’t hit the right note with fans of the musical made famous by…

THESE shocking images catch twisted Texas teen Pablo Antonio Avila-Banagas running over a disabled man in an electric wheelchair and then fleeing, dragging the wreckage halfway into the street, outraged cops say. The crazed display of cruelty came as the man, who was not identified by police, crossed an Austin parking lot in his motorized chair at 9:58 a.m. Sept. 3. When he noticed the onrushing white pickup truck, the victim — who was wearing a bright red shirt — held up his arm signaling for the vehicle to slow, but the truck sped on and mowed the man down. The pickup continued dragging the victim and wrecked chair to the street entrance. Turning onto the street, the truck nearly hit a telephone pole as it drove over the sidewalk…

NEARLY three decades after Quantum Leap wrapped its fifth and final season, the sci-fi franchise has jumped back to NBC. The new sequel series of the same name stars Ernie Hudson, 76, as Herbert “Magic” Williams — the new head of the titular top-secret time-hopping project. Here are ten things you don’t know about the Ghostbusters veteran. 1 The Michigan native never knew his father — and was raised by his maternal grandmother after his mom died of tuberculosis when he was two months old. 2 Two of his boyhood heroes were Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee. 3 As a teen, he worked at a foundry and considers it his “worst” job. “I had to shovel through the dirt for nine hours a day,” he recalls. 4 His Marine Corps…

A PENNSYLVANIA tourist’s seven-day dream cruise turned into a tragic horror story when she was torn to shreds by a bloodthirsty bull shark in the Bahamas! While on a snorkeling excursion near Green Cay, Harmony of the Seas cruise ship passenger Caroline DiPlacido, 58, suffered massive wounds on her left side when the savage sea monster — estimated to be about ten feet long — pulled her under right before the eyes of five horrified family members! According to law enforcement, Caroline’s kinfolk and tour operators desperately tried to pry the doomed mother of three from the jaws of death — but she was mortally wounded by the hungry predator! Royal Bahamas Police Force Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings says the Gannon University staffer sustained “serious” wounds before she was hauled on…

NATURE girl Martha Stewart’s love of strolling nude in the sunshine is freaking out her stuffy Hamptons neighbors, according to spies who insist folks are seeing more than they want of the 81-year-old lifestyle guru. Sources snitch the former model is proud of the way she looks at her age and thinks people just need to lighten up. “Martha loves walking around topless and sometimes with no clothes on at all, even if there are staff on the grounds or neighbors in plain sight,” spills an insider. “It’s no secret she’s had a few nip/tucks to help her along and the CBD [cannabis oil] products she loves to consume make her act even more free-spirited, like a flower child from the 1960s.” The billionaire gardens and rides her tractor in…

TOO many cooks did NOT spoil the broth when it came to the 1942 romantic wartime drama Casablanca, starring HUMPHREY BOGART and INGRID BERGMAN! Despite a revolving door of screenwriters and a script being written on the fly during shooting, it became a classic. Things were so confused Bergman had to keep asking which of two men in her love triangle she should “love more” — since no one knew how the movie would end. The beloved flick spawned the catchphrases “Here’s looking at you, kid,” “Round up the usual suspects” and “I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”…

FLAMINGOS’ heads must be upside down when they eat — and diet dictates their pink color! ALASKA has 100 volcanoes and volcanic fields — more than any other state! But there’s been only a couple of eruptions since 1900. LACK of sleep can make you more selfish! A new study published in the journal PLOS Biology finds people who don’t get enough rest at night are less likely to help someone! THE world’s first Coca-Cola was served in 1886 at Jacobs’ Pharmacy in Atlanta — to help people with minor illnesses. The secret ingredient was cocaine. CANADIANS Ernest and Viesia Godek had a surprise visitor while fishing in Pedder Bay — a crafty sea lion jumped into their boat to avoid hungry killer whales.…

DOLLY PARTON is devastated because her hubby, Carl Dean, is so ravaged by Alzheimer’s he often doesn’t recognize her after 56 years of marriage, insiders say. Tragically, once-strapping construction boss Dean, 80, is now housebound as the 76-year-old songbird desperately tries to help him remember their times together. “Dolly will enter a room to talk to Carl, and she sometimes sees a look of bewilderment on his face, like he doesn’t know where he is or even who she is,” says a source. “The disease has shattered Dolly’s dreams about what their golden years would be. She’s frightened it’s only going to get worse.” Carl was first diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in 2019, and for the first time in her long, storied career, the buxom 9 to 5 blonde has…

TRUTH is stranger than fiction, especially for Pitch Perfect star ANNA KENDRICK, who’s making her directing debut in a chilling doozy aptly called The Dating Game while also taking the lead role. Anna went bananas over the terrifying real-life tale of CHERYL BRADSHAW, a contestant on the hit ’70s matchmaking show hosted by the late JIM LANGE, whose charismatic, sweet talking bachelor No. 1, RODNEY ALCALA, turned out to be a psycho serial killer! But just like her character, real-life Anna apparently has a hard time picking Mr. Right. The brunette beauty, whose exes include BILL HADER, Brit cinematographer BEN RICHARDSON and JAKE GYLLENHAAL, now claims one of her boyfriends was an emotionally and psychologically abusive creep. “I was in a situation where I loved and trusted this person more…

RESENTFUL Ricky Martin has slapped a $20 million lawsuit on the nephew who did an abrupt about-face on his claims the Livin’ La Vida Loca singer sexually abused him! The Puerto Rican pop prince, 50, claims Dennis Yadiel Sánchez Martin “persecuted, besieged, harassed, stalked and extorted” him in a bid to “assassinate” his reputation. In July, the son of Ricky’s half sister got a restraining order against the star, but quickly changed his tune and admitted there had never been an incestuous relationship or sexual assault. At the time, Martin’s lawyers suggested the guy suffered from emotional issues.…

BEVERLY Hills Bling Ring burglars Jason Yaselli and Benjamin Ackerman stole millions from the rich and famous — including singers Adam Lambert and Usher — and their thefts were so surgical many victims didn’t know they’d been robbed, say cops. Accused Yaselli, 35, a real estate agent, and Ackerman, 36, are set to stand trial this month and face 31 years in prison if convicted on 14 counts of burglary and 32 counts of money laundering. The pair have pleaded not guilty, but lawmen charge the dudes ripped off $5.5 million worth of luxury goods — including jewels, watches, artwork and designer handbags — during a 17-month rampage that began in December 2016. In one break-in, Yaselli and Ackerman made off with 150 costly pieces worth $2.5 million, lawmen charge.…

DISGRACED former CNN host Chris Cuomo reveals he “drinks too much” — but he insists just because he likes to belt back booze doesn’t mean he’s an alcoholic! The 52-year-old fitness freak says he uses alcohol to “settle” his mind and “deal with emotions” to the point where even he is starting to get concerned. “I’m probably what people in the sobriety community would call a ‘normie’ but a hard drinker,” he admits on an episode of his podcast. “I drink, often. And I definitely think it’s not always for the right reason!” Chris — who is suing CNN for firing him from his $6 million-a-year job last December after he helped his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew, fight sex-harassment claims — says he’s trying to cut back on…