Table of contents for February 19, 2024 in Globe

THE SWEAT LIFE Booksmart director OLIVIA WILDE is not gym dandy after a drippy workout in L.A. WIENER TAKES ALL The Real Housewives of New York City’s LUANN DE LESSEPS relishes a hot dog during a junk food binge in the Big Apple A DOGGONE SHAME Star Trek legend WILLIAM SHATNER and his ailing pup are having a ruff day! HANGING LOOSE Show-off PAULINA PORIZKOVA is a total boob as the aging model goes topless in St. Barts WHATTA DING-A-LING! Saturday Night Live alum CHRIS KATTAN can’t stop milking the show’s More Cowbell skit — nearly 25 years after its debut THE GAIN EVENT Massive MATT LeBLANC seems to be eating his feelings since the October death of Friends co-star Matthew Perry THE BEST CELEB PHOTOS EVERY WEEK!…

DURING her heyday, supermodel Christie Brinkley was considered the most gorgeous gal in the world, but now after four failed marriages, including one to rocker Billy Joel, the Uptown Girl can’t find a man. Christie is still a knockout at 70, but while she’s “open” to meeting a guy, the beauty says the pickings are so slim she’s about to give up looking. “There just doesn’t seem to be anybody out there,” says Christie, who has a daughter with Joel and a son and daughter with her last hubby, architect Peter Cook. “At the same time, I am pretty comfortable with my life the way it is, so, que será, será!”…

CRUMBLING Cher is suffering manic depressive episodes, according to insiders who insist her brutal legal war over son Elijah Blue Allman has plunged her into a tragic downward spiral that’s destroying her health — and her life. Sources close to the struggling 77-year-old songbird confirm she’s trapped in a living hell as she fights to save her 47-year-old son from drugs while also locking horns with his wife, Marieangela “Queenie” King, who told a judge Cher suffers from bipolar disorder. In a bombshell filing challenging Cher’s bid to have Elijah placed in a conservatorship, the 36-year-old claimed her estranged mom-in-law has admitted being a “manic depressive” and is not capable of managing her own affairs, let alone her son’s. “To my knowledge, the petitioner has never known the security code…

Songbird JENNIFER HUDSON, 42, and rapper COMMON, 51, confirm they are dating and even hint they’re hearing wedding bells! But word is Jen’s still gun-shy after an ugly 2017 split with baby dad DAVID OTUNGA. Love Is Blind’s MARSHALL GLAZE, 28, got engaged to CHAY BARNES. Unlike his infamous first proposal to JACKIE BONDS, he didn’t do it behind a wall. Bachelor Nation’s worst-kept secret has been revealed as SUSIE EVANS and JUSTIN GLAZE confirm they’re dating after months of speculation. Model SOFIA RICHIE, 25, and her record label executive hubby, ELLIOT GRAINGE, 30, are expecting a baby girl! Model PAULINA PORIZKOVA, 58, made sure she went on one last Caribbean vacation to flaunt her “old hips” before she underwent a “long overdue” hip replacement surgery. Oscar nominee NORMAN JEWISON,…

HEARTBROKEN funnyman Jay Leno has sadly filed for conservatorship over the estate of his beloved wife, Mavis, as her mind becomes progressively savaged by dementia. The 73-year-old former late-night talk star and Mavis, 77, are childless and tied the knot 43 years ago, but she’s now in the clutches of the dreaded brain disease. The comic once joked the secret to his long marriage was that Mavis was “normal” and praised his wife as “the perfect person” for him. “I said always marry your conscience,” he says. “Marry the person you wish you could be, who is kind and maybe whatever fault you have, doesn’t haven’t those faults. That’s worked out for me.” Sadly, Mavis’ Alzheimer’s diagnosis is the latest tragedy to strike Leno, who insists his wife’s health isn’t…

UNHOLY terror Josephine “Joe” Junio fatally shot pastor Nick Davi — and wounded his wife, Sarah — in the couple’s Las Vegas driveway as their two kids cowered in fear inside the family’s car, according to lawmen who say the bloodbath was captured on camera. Irate Junio, 36, confronted her neighbors after Nick, 46, barked about her to their condo complex’s homeowners association, complaining about her dogs and chickens, according to a police report. The document states the preacher, who tended the flock at Grace Point Church, approached the hothead and asked, “What’s your problem with us?” Authorities allege Junio’s answer was a deadly bullet to Nick’s gut! Sarah was also shot, but survived her injuries. Cops say the brutal attack was documented on video as one of the pair’s…

AN INDIANA highway turned into a real circus when a semi-truck toting animals for a traveling big top exploded into flames, sending camels, zebras and a miniature horse running wild down the road! Amazingly, none of the ten critters were harmed during the wild jumble, which was caught on video. Insane images show state troopers trying to corral a camel loping across Interstate 69 through clouds of smoke while five zebras happily snack on nearby grass — undisturbed by the blaring sirens of emergency vehicles in the background. But it was touch and go for a while! The Mizpah Shrine Circus’ animal-stuffed semi-truck was rolling down the interstate at around 2 a.m. on Jan. 27 through Grant County, about 60 miles northeast of Indianapolis, when the vehicle was suddenly engulfed…

SITCOM star Ed O’Neill reveals he’s to blame for his yearslong feud with Married with Children co-star Amanda Bearse — and explains what sparked the bitterness. The 77-year-old, who played loser Al Bundy, insists he and Amanda, now 65, were incredibly close when the show began but their friendship went off the rails when a magazine wanted to feature the Bundy family on its cover — but nixed including TV neighbors played by Bearse and David Garrison. Bearse and Garrison pushed to be included, but O’Neill, who would later star in the hit Modern Family, says he refused to “speak up” or “go to bat” for Bearse because he feared the mag would kill the cover. Ed now “regrets” his decision, which he believes contributed to Amanda’s decision not to…

CHEATER Scott Peterson was the most hated man in America when he was convicted of the monstrous 2002 Christmas Eve murder of his eight-months-pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn son, Connor! But now, incredibly, the rest of the 51-year-old’s life — which he’s sentenced to spend behind bars — hangs by a shred of duct tape and a stained mattress! As GLOBE reported last issue, pro bono legal eagles with the Los Angeles Innocence Project are appealing Scott’s 2004 conviction, which already was tainted when his death sentence was overturned, based on new evidence including: 1. A burglar’s documented claim his crony threatened Laci when she witnessed them robbing a neighborhood house while walking her dog just hours before she vanished. 2. Possible bloodstains on a mattress in an orange…

AN American Airlines flight from Phoenix to Austin turned around on the runway and returned to the gate after a disgruntled passenger repeatedly — and deliberately — unleashed a series of foul, eye-watering farts in the cabin. The gasbag got the boot. DESERT-dwelling camels use their humps to store fat, not water. Scientists say the critters’ signature lumps are located on top of their skinny bodies because the location makes it easier to shed heat. CALIFORNIA cutie Macie Davis-Southerland has the world’s longest arm hair — a single strand on her bicep that’s reached 7.24 inches in length. She’s been growing it since 2012! MCDONALD’S serves 75 burgers every second — but stopped keeping count of its sales after hitting 99 billion sold in 1993.…

HEARTSICK Hugh Jackman’s estranged wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, still loves the Marvel movie hero, who’s begging his honey to call off their divorce and save their 27-year marriage, sources squeal. According to an insider, Deborra-Lee, 68, can’t deny having feelings for her longtime partner, 55 — but she’s “eager” to dive into a new relationship! As GLOBE reported last week, tipsters tattled the onetime Aussie soap siren leapt back into acting with a role in Force of Nature: The Dry 2 — and into a cozy relationship with married co-star Eric Bana! But spies say Bana, 55, considers his castmate nothing more than a good buddy because he’s happily hitched to gorgeous publicist Rebecca Gleeson, 53. The insider dishes Deborra-Lee finds it “very daunting” to carry on without her hubby — but…

DEVASTATED by deadly medical crises, King Charles is shockingly abdicating his throne in favor of his oldest son and heir, Prince William, after serving less than 18 months as monarch, stunned palace courtiers tell GLOBE! The dying 75-year-old monarch’s bombshell decision after recent prostate surgery has plunged his 41-year-old son into a total panic, according to a high-level insider, who reveals the Prince of Wales doesn’t want to be king. “William is horrified his workaholic father is quitting — it’s the last thing he expected,” says the insider. “Charles always vowed he would use his mother, Queen Elizabeth, as an example and rule until his dying day. After all, he waited 70 years for the crown. But his rapidly declining health — and Queen Camilla’s secret breast cancer battle —…

ELVIS HAD AUSTIN ALL SHOOK UP It’s unusual for an actor to hire a dialect coach to help him lose a fake accent, but native Californian AUSTIN BUTLER, 32, couldn’t shake the Southern drawl he adopted to play Mississippi-born ELVIS PRESLEY. The Golden Globe winner worked on the Elvis biopic for three years and struggled to stop channeling the rock legend once cameras stopped. “I was just trying to remember who I was. I was trying to remember what I liked to do. All I thought about for three years was Elvis,” he says. Things came to a head when Butler only had one week to bury The King to transform into MAJOR GALE “BUCK” CLEVEN for the World War II drama Masters of the Air. HOLLANDER GETS A REALITY…

COCO AUSTIN Ice-T’s straight-shooting spouse is on target as she nails this winter’s mob wife trend KRISTEN STEWART This bites! The Twilight vamp is dead wrong in a blindingly busy logo-strewn suit CHRISSY TEIGEN The swimsuit model turned cooking whiz is asleep on the job in a pajama-like suit JENNIFER GREY The Dirty Dancing gal makes the right moves in a long-sleeved top and high-waisted skirt PATRICIA ARQUETTE The Medium psychic should’ve seen this coming — her ensemble doesn’t cut the mustard…

ACTRESS Shannen Doherty is feeling Charmed like her former witchy series after learning about a “miracle” breakthrough in her long, grueling battle with deadly stage 4 breast cancer. The 52-year-old former Beverly Hills, 90210 beauty, whose disease has spread to her brain and bones, says a new cancer infusion treatment appears to be working by “breaking down the blood-brain barrier.” “For me, that happens to be a miracle right now,” she says, adding, “hope is always there.”…

TENNIS icon Serena Williams was red-faced when she posted a video of her trying to slip into a designer skirt — five months after the birth of her second daughter — and her booty ended up out of bounds. “I got this cool Valentino skirt and I was like, ‘I’m gonna be able to fit this when I don’t have a belly,’” says 42-year-old Serena, who’s wed to Reddit tycoon Alexis Ohanian. But after huffing and puffing, she admits “I can’t fit it,” and vowed to go to “the gym.”…

BEEKEEPER beefcake Jason Statham is worth a staggering $90 million, but insiders say the action man is so haunted by his early life of poverty he’s become a driven clean freak and tightwad! Sources snitch the 56-year-old Brit can’t shake his grim days as a poor peddler on London’s Oxford Street and the trauma keeps him from being able to “relax,” spills an insider. “He’s a total perfectionist who runs himself ragged performing even the simplest task like cleaning the kitchen until it’s spotless or getting the car washed until it’s gleaming,” says the source. “It really bugs him to see spots on the windshield or too much stuff on the kitchen counter. “He’s into the details and despite his millions he’s still a cheapskate who’ll squeeze the toothpaste to…

COUGAR Kris Jenner is moaning to pals her hot times with longtime boytoy Corey Gamble have fizzled to the point he’s become little more than a manservant, leaving her lonely and horny because they sleep in separate beds, spies tattle. The 68-year-old Kardashian momager has been with the 43-year-old music manager for seven years, but according to our tipster she’s ready to kick him to the curb if he doesn’t start sizzling between the sheets. “She’s completely unsatisfied and frustrated and complains it’s been a good six months since they were intimate,” snitches a source. “She’s always arranging romantic dinners and trips for them, and while Corey plays the part of the loving boyfriend in public, it’s different when they’re behind closed doors. “Then he makes some sort of excuse…

RAPPER Nicki Minaj dumped jet fuel on her white-hot feud with Megan Thee Stallion by releasing a new tune aimed at embarrassing her music rival with mocking lyrics about a secret cosmetic fix. Mean girl Minaj, 41, taunts Megan, 29, in her tune Big Foot with the line: “Um, why did you lie about your lipo?” and continues with the nasty lyric, “F*ckin’ your best friend man is crazy, you the type, though.” The attack comes two days after Megan released her song Hiss, which seemingly refers to Minaj’s hubby, Kenneth Petty, aka Zoo Bang, being a convicted sex offender. Petty, now 45, spent four years in the slammer for the attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl when he was 17. As GLOBE previously reported, he was sentenced to a year…

ROYAL renegade Prince Harry is caught in a gruesome scandal amid charges his favorite African charity operates a vicious militia staffed by cutthroats who rape, beat and torture primitive local tribes. Survival International, a group promoting native peoples’ rights, is urging the 39-year-old Duke of Sussex and other donors to cut ties with African Parks (AP), an organization claiming to manage national parks in a dozen countries. Shocking testimony accuses AP of using savage methods to drive an indigenous people, known as the Baka, from the forests where they’ve hunted, fished and foraged for centuries. Survival International director Caroline Pearce says an investigation has exposed “horrific” treatment of the tribe, saying, “African Parks rangers are accused of brutalizing the Baka people and enforcing theft of their rainforest.” In one horrifying…

Crippled rocker OZZY OSBOURNE, 75, admits he “sometimes doesn’t love” his razor-tongued wife, SHARON — and gossips are snickering they’re not certain they can blame him! The Parkinson’s-ravaged Black Sabbath frontman, who needs a cane to walk, dishes, “Sharon is like my soulmate. Sometimes I love her, sometimes I don’t love her, sometimes I’m angry with her, sometimes I’m crazy about her, sometimes I’m very jealous of her, sometimes I wanna f*cking kill her.” His wild rant came days after Sharon confessed she attempted suicide over his four-year affair with hairdresser MICHELLE PUGH in 2016. The TV talker, 71, says she locked herself in the bedroom and “took I don’t know how many pills.” They briefly split up, but reunited after he got help for sex addiction. The Osbournes celebrated…

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GLAMOROUS Parisian art dealer Alexia Wallaert could be the key to unraveling the kinky mysteries of the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his powerful pals like Prince Andrew, but insiders say the sophisticated beauty is terrified talking will mark her for death. While the 51-year-old is being urged to speak with American lawmen, she’s so far refused, saying, “I am not going to discuss my friends.” But an insider insists Wallaert fears dishing the dirt could be fatal. “It’s common knowledge this woman wants to speak up and tell authorities everything she knows, but she’s terrified to do so because it would ultimately endanger her life!” says a source. “She’s well aware of the string of mysterious deaths that have occurred involving others tied to Epstein since he was found…

WRESTLING rogue Vince McMahon is on the ropes again — a furious former employee is suing him for sex trafficking and trying to bury her testimony with $3 million in hush money! But in an effort to defuse the scandal, the 78-year-old WWE founder resigned as executive chairman of the pro wrestling conglomerate even as Janel Grant’s explosive lawsuit sent shock waves around the world with claims he pooped on her head during a threesome — and forced her to continue to pleasure the other man while still covered in excrement! However, McMahon insists Janel’s lawsuit is a total lie and contains “made-up instances that never occurred” — despite quitting his role as the WWE’s CEO in 2022 when the company conducted an internal probe of his bizarre behavior and…