Globe December 25, 2023

JINGLE BELLE Spirited JENNIFER GARNER gets her kicks at the premiere of her holiday flick Family Switch HOT DIGGITY DOG! Funnyman TRACY MORGAN beefs up on basketball while watching his favorite New York Knicks ROAR DEAL Maestro’s CAREY MULLIGAN orchestrates an animated appearance in the Big Apple OFF TO THE LACES Sporty Spice Girl MELANIE C is a playful roll model at a skating rink in London THE BEST CELEB PHOTOS EVERY WEEK! COMING TO A BOIL There’s nothing funny about comedian DAVID KOECHNER’s spotty skin! BRING IT ON! Copacabana crooner BARRY MANILOW looks frozen in time with his shockingly smooth face…

MONACO’S miffed Princess Charlene is taking costly revenge on her skirt-chasing hubby, Prince Albert, by blowing his dough on high fashion and anything else that catches her eye, insiders tattle! Sources insist the buying binge has notorious cheapskate Albert rethinking his deal with 45-year-old Charlene, who ran off to her South African homeland for more than ten months in 2021 and only returned to Monaco after the prince made shocking concessions! “Charlene said she would stay with Albert, but on her terms and with an unlimited spending budget,” spills an insider. “She spends lavishly on exquisite clothes and jewelry, plus buys whatever she wants for their eight-year-old twins, Gabriella and Jacques. The monthly bills are astronomical, but they get paid. Albert flinches, but he doesn’t squawk.” The former South African…

DAYTIME chatter-box Kelly Clarkson is doing cartwheels after hated ex-hubby Brandon Blackstock was ordered to repay $2.6 million in commissions he squirreled away while acting as her manager, spies tattle! A California labor commissioner gave Blackstock a black eye by ruling he overstepped in a big way when he demanded hefty fees that are usually earmarked for agents, not talent managers. The ruling clawed back $1.98 million in Brandon’s earnings from Kelly’s gig on The Voice, along with his commissions from contracts with Norwegian Cruise Line, Wayfair and the Billboard Music Awards — adding up to a tab of $2,641,374. The decision was a major victory for Kelly, 41, who has viewed the talent manager turned rancher, 46, as a thorn in her side — and her wallet — ever…

IN A bid to repair their image as cheaters and drum up sympathy, booted Good Morning America hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes insist they never romped in the sack with each other before splitting with their spouses. The scandal-tarred lovebirds launched their podcast on Dec. 5 by playing the sympathy card, claiming Holmes was so shattered when their affair was exposed, he bolted from ABC studios at 11 a.m. and was “pounding vodka” and “taking too many [cannabis] edibles” at his pad. Robach says she was frantic for his safety because “you sent me a text, basically saying, I’m sorry. You were the love of my life. I’m so sorry … You just kept saying you were sorry. But you were using past tense. “And I texted back: ‘You’re…

EX-CON actress Felicity Huffman is speaking out for the first time about her Varsity Blues scandal, insisting she was just a desperate housewife when she paid a bribe to boost her daughter’s college entrance exam scores so the kid could get into a prestigious university. The 61-year-old Primetime Emmy winner spent 11 days in the clink and paid a $30,000 fine after admitting she gave fixer Rick Singer $15,000 to illegally up her daughter Sophia’s SAT score in 2019. Felicity, wed to Shameless star William H. Macy, claimed their oldest girl, Sophia, suffered from a learning disability so “I had to break the law” so the kid would have “a chance at a future.” Now 23, Sophia attends the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University theater school after another college rescinded an…

TOP Gun ace Tom Cruise is on the no-fly list for John Travolta’s upcoming 70th birthday bash, because the Pulp Fiction stud can’t stand to spend any time with his fellow superstar, say sources. Even though they have a lot in common — Scientology, blockbuster movie careers and a love of aviation — the two simply don’t get along, insiders dish. While the Welcome Back, Kotter TV legend’s rep insists talk of a snub and feud isn’t accurate, an insider insists, “The ice had thawed for a while, but success went to Tom’s head and John wants no part of him and his enormous ego. “John means no harm. He just doesn’t want Tom at his party.” Spies reveal the big event is slated to take place in February at…