Table of contents for August 28, 2023 in Globe

BREW-TIFUL MORNING Former basketball bad boy LAMAR ODOM keeps it casual during a Calabasas coffee run LOST CAWS Crow’s-feet are making Bedazzled beauty ELIZABETH HURLEY look like one old bird! THE BEST CELEB PHOTOS EVERY WEEK! WIDOW’S WALK Heavy-hearted TAMMY SLATON — the slimmed-down star of 1000-Lb. Sisters — leaves her wheelchair behind as she legs it out to the Ohio memorial service for estranged husband Caleb Willingham DISCO DOUGHBALL HARRY WAYNE CASEY — frontman of KC and the Sunshine Band — kicks up his heels in New Jersey, but it’s time for the colossal dance king to hang up his Boogie Shoes! MOMENT OF TOOTH Soldier of Love singer DONNY OSMOND doesn’t bite back his emotions while performing in the Big Apple DOGGONE SMITTEN Model BROOKE SHIELDS has caught…

WHIRLWIND bride Sophia Bush is divorcing businessman hubby Grant Hughes following just 13 months of marriage — which lasted more than twice as long as her first one. Ironically, the 41-year-old former Chicago P.D. star posted marrying Hughes was the “best decision of my life” and she was “ecstatic” on their anniversary several weeks ago. Her first marriage, to her One Tree Hill co-star Chad Michael Murray, crashed after just five months in 2005 when she filed for annulment.…

MUSIC bigwig Sean Combs’ scheme to become a marijuana mogul and live up to his old nickname “Puff Daddy” has gone up in smoke leaving him looking like a dope. The flamboyant fat cat was set to shell out a whopping $185 million for a string of pot stores in Illinois, Massachusetts and New York, but a $2.7 billion merger between Cresco Labs and Columbia Care, which would have made them available, went to pot. The proposed merger would have forced the companies to divest a number of stores, which Combs planned to snap up. However, the 53-year-old hip-hop bigwig says he still plans to jump into the pot biz with his own “cannabis operation” and grow his billion-dollar net worth.…

ACCUSED of bullying, groping and kissing young actresses, Days of Our Lives honcho Albert Alarr has been given the bum’s rush, but insiders say cast and crew fear the scandal could lead to the soap’s demise after 58 years! Alarr’s Aug. 4 firing followed a nine-week investigation triggered by claims a series of layoffs unfairly targeted gals — and a petition being circulated demanding the producer-director’s ouster amid revolting sex harassment accusations and claims of physical and verbal abuse. Lisa Rinna, whose Days stint as Billie Reed led to her flamboyant gig on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, joined the protesters, saying: “I couldn’t believe the work environment. It was disgusting. I was shocked. I let many people know how I felt — Albert included.” Her former love interest…

Bachelorette GABBY WINDEY, 32, isn’t looking for a single guy to pop the question — she’s fallen head over heels for lesbian TV scribe ROBBY HOFFMAN! The nurse turned reality star came out to fans in a shocking online confession revealing, “I’m dating a girl! It’s been honestly, truly like really the best experience over these last three months.” Gabby says she wants to “live my life in truth,” adding she’s gone public because her ladylove, a former Hasidic Brooklyn-born comedian, deserves respect. She’s also sharing snaps with her new paramour, captioning a post: “Told you I’m a girl’s girl!!” Gabby’s much publicized engagement to Bachelorette finalist ERICH SCHWER, 30, soured within months of her giving him the final rose. She waltzed away from wedding plans while competing on Dancing with…

SEX swapper Brianna Kingsley has gone to court demanding her former lover William Wojciechowski return her testicles — removed during a gender-change op — which she claims he’s keeping in a jar in his fridge! Kingsley, 40, who says she’s converted to Islam, apparently kept her old balls as some sort of bizarre trophy after they were removed by doctors. In court papers, she complains Wojciechowski, 37, now has her by the balls, claiming, “Defendant retains possession of my surgically extracted testicles, preserved in [a] Mason jar, kept in [the] fridge next to the eggs. “Demand immediate return of my human remains specimen and damages of $6,500.” However, she previously made a joke about her grisly keepsake in a social media video titled The Unboxing of Dee’s Nutz. In the…

America’s sweetheart SANDRA BULLOCK, 59, is struggling to cope after losing “the love of my life,” photographer BRYAN RANDALL, 57, to Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was diagnosed three years ago, but kept it hush-hush. Canadian Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU, 52, and wife SOPHIE GRÉGOIRE, 48, are history after 18 years amid chatter he’s been cheating. The pair signed a legal separation agreement. NFL icon TROY AIKMAN, 56, made his split from wife CATHERINE MOOTY official. He let the cat out of the bag when he was caught in Italy with a curvy cutie. Charlie’s Angels star KATE JACKSON, 74, came out of hiding to attend the wedding of co-star JACLYN SMITH’s son, GASTON RICHMOND. She has been scarce since Angel FARRAH FAWCETT’s 2009 funeral. PAUL McCARTNEY and STEVEN SPIELBERG are movie…

PARANOID Prince Harry and his fame-obsessed wife, Meghan, are being played like fiddles by royal relatives, who are waging a psychological war against the emotionally fragile couple, palace sources snicker. Determined to crush the monarchy-bashing renegades, King Charles and his oldest son, Prince William, are turning the tables by utilizing British intelligence tactics, a well-placed senior courtier exclusively tells GLOBE. “The royals have never faced a crisis like this, where two of their own are spewing scandals, lies and accusations, trying to bring the monarchy to its knees,” says the palace insider. “In the old days the solution was simple — off with their heads!” Since that’s not an option, the insider reveals Charles, 74, and William, 41, secretly sought psychological operations (PSYOP) professionals to help silence the Sussexes. “It’s…

A CONVICT with cotton for brains had a measly four months left on his seven-year prison term when he made the dumb decision to jailbreak and hold a family hostage at gunpoint — a move that resulted in having another 40 years tacked onto his expiring sentence! Shunekndrick Huffman, 21, was found cowering inside a trash can after flubbing his great escape — which included holding a man and his two daughters hostage in their home for hours, and totaling their vehicle, leaving him without a getaway car! Huffman pleaded guilty to two counts of kidnapping and was kicked back to the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility. Now, instead of bidding farewell to that ol’ prison gang of his and enjoying having reached legal drinking age, Huffman won’t see the light of…

EMBATTLED Kevin Costner took a vacation break from his bitter divorce woes in celebstudded Aspen, where he was seen grocery shopping accompanied by a towering bodyguard. The 68-year-old Yellowstone stud is 6-foot-1, but was literally dwarfed by his gray-haired security man, who toted a cantaloupe melon in each large mitt during the shopping stint. Dressed casually in jogging shoes, white pants, chambray shirt and black pull-over, Costner looked a bit like a sourpuss, rather than relaxed, which is no surprise considering his bitter divorce from estranged wife Christine Baumgartner, 49. Their children, Cayden, 16, Hayes, 14, and Grace, 13, were reportedly vacationing with him. The Colorado resort town is a two-hour flight from Santa Barbara and Costner’s $145 million seaside compound, where Christine was living until she was forced out…

SHOVE over, Kanye and Cardi B — country music stars are two-stepping over your toes to the top of the charts! For the first time in 42 years, the top three tunes on Billboard’s all-genre Top 10 were country: Jason Aldean’s Try That in a Small Town, Morgan Wallen’s Last Night and Luke Combs’ cover of the 1980s Tracy Chapman hit Fast Car. Meanwhile, new songs by pop princesses Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez all sagged lower in the Top 10! “The younger generation seems to be tiring of hip hop and dance sounds, and they’re gravitating toward country music,” a music industry insider tells GLOBE. “Heck, these days, most of the physical albums sold are by country artists. Country is king!” Country music hasn’t dominated the pop charts…

CHEATERS Ariana Grande and actor Ethan Slater met while filming the play Wicked, and that’s just what they were — secretly plunging into a sizzling affair while going on double dates with their unsuspecting spouses, spies say. Now locked in a torrid romance, Ethan, 31, recently blindsided wife Lilly Jay, 31, mom of his 11-month-old son, with divorce papers just days after 30-year-old hottie Ariana shocked friends and fans by revealing she’d split from her hubby of two years, real estate agent Dalton Gomez, on July 17. The marriages went into the toilet after Ariana moved to London to film Wicked, the hit musical about The Wizard of Oz’s Wicked Witch of the West, when the co-stars began steaming up the set in front of the cast and crew. “They…

HENPECKED heartthrob George Clooney dotes on wife Amal, and she’s making sure he stays that way, insiders say, by banning any hot young nannies from their twins and homes. The 45-year-old international lawyer only trusts staid and dignified folks between the ages of 40 and 60 to care for six-year-old twins Ella and Alexander, tipsters say. “Amal is perfectly secure and trusts George implicitly, but he still allows her to call the shots and gives her carte blanche when it comes to their domestic help,” tattles a source. “It’s no coincidence women in their employ tend to be middle-aged and matronly.” Of course, Amal’s got reasons to run a tight ship since George, 62, “was quite the ladies’ man up until he met Amal a decade ago,” the insider dishes.…

GENEROUS TAY TAY SHARES BIG PAYDAY TAYLOR SWIFT, 33, paid workers on her Eras Tour $55 million in surprise bonuses — with 50 production truck drivers getting a whopping $100,000 apiece for a recent Santa Clara, Calif., concert gig alone! One jubilant driver’s kid says he now has a shot at college because of the Look What You Made Me Do singer’s generosity. “My father works for her as a truck driver. And he woke up this morning and told me: ‘Son, I have good news for you and me. I finally can pay your college!’ ” shares the lucky lad. “This whole situation made me cry, I never ever thought that one day I’d go to college. THANKS A LOT, miss TAYLOR SWIFT.” Tay Tay is expected to rake…

9/10 The Barbie babe is a living doll in a geometric-print mini and hot pink pumps 7/10 All eyes are on The View’s lifestyle guru in a glam gown featuring flattering side ruching 1/10 The How Do I Live singer is making us blue because her outfit looks like lousy curtains 2/10 A boxy blazer and negligee-like dress are a walking nightmare on the Ellen sitcom sidekick 8/10 The blooming beautiful newsgal makes her own headlines in a formfitting floral frock…

HAUNTED Mansion features Rosario Dawson, 44, as part of its all-star ensemble cast — but the spooky comedy is not the native New Yorker’s only project to debut this summer. She’s also headlining her own Disney+ TV series as the title character in Ahsoka — nearly 30 years after making her feature film debut in the coming-of-age drama Kids. Here are ten things you don’t know about the Rent actress. 1 She’s the niece of comic book illustrator Gustavo Vazquez, the original artist for Marvel Comics’ Sunfire and Big Hero 6. 2 At age 12, she appeared in a 1991 episode of Sesame Street in a clip featuring city kids talking about their neighborhood garden. 3 She was a straight-A high school student. 4 She loves scuba diving — and…

AFTER Kevin Costner’s estranged wife, Christine Baumgartner, begged a court for more child support from the moneybags star, she was spied running errands in Santa Barbara, Calif., toting a luxury designer handbag worth a whopping $5Gs. Spies spotted the 49-year-old former model, who also designs purses, carrying the ombre Prada bag that retails for a pricey $4,800. Insisting she was cash-crunched, Christine had asked for $248,000 a month in child support, but a judge gave her just $129,755 along with $300,000 for legal and other costs after Costner offered a mere $38,000 monthly payment. Since their split, Christine has moved into “a smaller house” on the actor’s $145 million estate on the Pacific Ocean that was once used as “staff quarters,” according to a source who calls the place a “temporary…

AFTER being diagnosed with the incurable stiff-person syndrome, superstar Celine Dion has been devastated to discover there’s no medicine available to ease symptoms caused by the crippling nerve disease, her sister reveals. The terrifying condition forced the 55-year-old My Heart Will Go On songbird to cancel her world tour after she suffered uncontrollable spasms alternating with muscles hardening and becoming as stiff as a board, causing rigidity in the limbs and torso. Her heartbroken sister Claudette dishes that despite working with experts, “we can’t find any medicine that works,” but continue “having hope. I honestly think that she mostly needs to rest. She always goes above and beyond. At one point, your heart and your body are trying to tell you something. It’s important to listen to it.”…

HOLLYWOOD gossips were beside themselves a few weeks back tittering Super Bowl stud Tom Brady was in a red-hot romance with Kim Kardashian but, frankly, everybody knows the 46-year-old quarterback is out of her league! With his bulging bank account and good looks, Tom has lots going for him — unlike Kim’s usual assortment of losers. His unwed baby mom, Bridget Moynahan, is a gorgeous actress and his ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen, is one of the most beautiful women in the world. Kim’s lovers include her sextape partner Ray J, disgraced blowhard rapper and ex-hubby Kanye West and toothpick-thin SNL goofball Pete Davidson, who dumped the much older diva like a hot potato after he had his fun. Now the 42-year-old’s many trips around the block are showing — and she…

GERMAN-born MARLENE DIETRICH was brand spanking new on the Hollywood scene when she made the 1930 romantic drama Morocco, playing a gloomy cabaret songbird who falls for an American serving in the French Foreign Legion played by GARY COOPER. The movie scandalized audiences with Dietrich cross-dressing in top hat, white tie and tails, and kissing a woman on the lips — and later kicking off her spike heels to march barefoot into the blistering desert sands to follow her man!…

KILLER whale attacks on boats are on the rise as the meat-eating sea mammals learn strategies to disable vessels by watching each other. Scientists insist the orcas are playing games, not looking for a meal. IT’S impossible to tickle yourself! But baffled scientists don’t know why. MORK from Ork’s famous red spacesuit was grabbed at random from the Paramount wardrobe collection for Star Trek. The silver triangle was added. Nanu nanu! AMETHYSTS are supposed to prevent hangovers. In fact, in ancient Greek, the stone’s name means not drunk. GEORGIA mom Cathy Weed was killed by ants. She suffered a fatal allergic reaction after being swarmed when she stepped on a fire ant mound. THE Wizard of Oz’s little people — the famous and beloved Munchkins — were named after a…