Table of contents for October 23, 2023 in Globe

NASCAR Truck Series drivers Nick Sanchez and Matt Crafton slugged it out in one of the bloodiest track-side brawls in history, leaving shocked officials fearing racing is turning into a blood sport! In the final stage of a Sept. 30 race at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, 22-year-old upstart Sanchez collided with Crafton, triggering a ten-truck pileup two laps from the finish that knocked the 47-year-old veteran driver out of the race and stoked him into a burning rage. After Brett Moffitt claimed the victory and Sanchez cruised to a seventh place finish, furious Crafton sought out Nick, tapped him on the shoulder and smashed a hay-maker into his face! The raging racers then traded a series of brutal punches until Sanchez was dragged away with a broken nose and bloody…

FORMER beauty queen and model Tracie Samara claims her craving to turn back time led to a “botched” facial rejuvenation treatment that destroyed her face and nearly left her blind! Now 61, the Miami model quit her successful catwalk career to start a family, but in her mid-40s decided to jump back into the game. But before she did, Tracie wanted to “freshen” her face and “turn back the clock” with rejuvenation surgery. “I should have gone to a reputable doctor but I stumbled upon a newspaper ad announcing a contest for free noninvasive facial rejuvenation,” she recalls. “I took a chance and entered. To my surprise, I won.” Tracie had never had a cosmetic procedure and didn’t know what to expect, but the offices “didn’t look shady or anything.…

PLUS-SIZED Valerie Bertinelli is finally embracing her fuller figure after decades of battling the bulge! The Food Network alum, 63, recently donned the jeans and blouse she wore in the first “before” photo for her iconic 2007 weight loss company’s ad campaign — and insists she’s “never felt more beautiful” or “more at peace” than she does today in her “fat clothes!” The blunt blabbermouth jaws, “That’s f*cked up.” The former Valerie’s Home Cooking host says, “I have done so much emotional and mental work to recover from years of pretending everything was OK when it wasn’t.” Bertinelli forked over nearly $3 million to ex-hubby Tom Vitale in 2022 to settle their bitter divorce. The doomed duo’s decade-long marriage fell to pieces after she rushed to the deathbed of cancer-ravaged…

CHATTERBOX Tamron Hall left TV news behind to helm her own show in 2019 — and her self-named gabfest is currently enjoying its fifth season in syndication. The effort has also earned her two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host. But Tamron, 53, isn’t just the emcee — she also shares executive producing duties with Good Morning America veteran Quiana Burns. Here are ten things you don’t know about the Today alum. 1 She was born and raised in the tiny town of Luling, Texas, which has a population of under 5,600 people. 2 She played clarinet in middle school and took piano lessons from ages nine to 12. 3 She was a teenage track star and reveals, “I was even on the record-breaking relay team in my…

PRINCE ANDREW’s ex-wife Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson is devastated after former aide Jenean Chapman was murdered in Texas two months after marrying her accused killer, James Patrick, who cops claim frequently beat her bloody during wild screaming matches! While lawmen are still being cagey about how Jenean, 46, died late last month, investigators found her body after she didn’t show up for work and neighbors near the couple’s Dallas apartment complained of a foul smell wafting through the halls. Patrick, 48, was arrested 200 miles away in Austin and is being held on $100,000 bond. The Duchess of York says she’s “shocked and saddened” by the slaying, revealing, “I heard from her just a couple of months ago and she seemed so happy.” But Jenean’s sisters Crystal and Nicole Marshall say things…

MANY popular treatments recommended to relieve disruptive hot flashes caused by menopause are useless, according to shocking new research. A team of scientists from the U.S., Australia and Italy analyzed data from over 200 studies and determined less than 15 percent of gals find effective therapies to adequately alleviate their discomfort. Menopause is the natural decline in reproductive hormones as ovarian function ceases. Hormone replacement therapy can eliminate hot flashes — a temperature dysfunction also known as vasomotor symptoms (VMS) — but many women opt for other remedies. Alternatives like acupuncture, plant estrogen supplements and the herb black cohosh proved no better than a placebo, the researchers say. Some prescription drugs — such as the anti-depressants paroxetine and citalopram, the blood pressure drug clonidine and the anticonvulsant gabapentin — are…

FOLLOWING yet another embarrassing public blowout, battle-hardened Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are planning a trial separation in the desperate hope a cooling-down period will smooth their bumpy marriage, sources say. After less than 18 months as man and wife, the couple isn’t quite “ready to throw in the towel, but they do want time off. All this bickering is wearing them down — and they’ve talked divorce before,” tattles an insider. “Ben’s looking at rental options in L.A., since he doesn’t want to be too far away from his kids. Jennifer may head back East and hang with her mom and sisters for a while. They need to clear their heads, then reassess where they’re at.” The separation drama follows yet another public heated exchange between the sparring spouses…

TV titan Tom Selleck’s weight seems to be exploding, leaving alarmed friends and experts putting his growing bulk at a whopping 278 pounds amid fears the Blue Bloods star is digging his own grave with a knife and fork! Eye-popping new photos show the 78-year-old TV cop has piled on a mountain of flab in a matter of months and is a far cry from his 1980s Magnum, P.I prime when the 6-foot-4 star was a lean, muscled and manly 191 pounds. Selleck was recently spotted mid-snack attack picking up some yums from McDonald’s! He’s now nearly unrecognizable with his blubbery torso, which sources say is a sign that work on his 65-acre California ranch isn’t enough to sweat off extra calories. With his hit CBS police drama on hiatus…

CELEBS usually keep their nip/tuck work secret, but Aussie songbird Sia is crowing over her facelift and gushing about her plastic surgeon. The 47-year-old Chandelier singer recently presented Dr. Ben Talei with an award for outstanding achievement in medicine at L.A.’s Daytime Beauty Awards, saying: “I got an amazing facelift from Dr. Talei. He is incredible. And he is doing so much good work — and not just for the pop stars of the world. “I love him.”…

AGANGSTER who admitted he was in the drive-by car when rap music legend Tupac Shakur was shot to death has been arrested and charged with the Hit Em Up singer’s 27-year-old Las Vegas murder! Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, wrote in his 2019 memoir, Compton Street Legends, he was with three other dudes in the white Cadillac that pulled alongside Tupac’s car, rolled down its window and fatally shot the rapper four times in 1996. But Davis claims the triggerman was his 21-year-old nephew Orlando Anderson, a member of the South Side Compton Crips gang who was killed in another shooting two years later. But now, since everyone else in the car is dead, too, Davis has been indicted for Tupac’s shooting by a Vegas grand jury. He was arrested…

A TERRIFIED Texas clan was under siege last month when a 300-pound pig broke into their home and attacked them — and like a scene from a zombie movie, the frenzied fiend kept returning! Wendy Goldstein of Kings-land says the pugnacious porker foamed at the mouth as it went after her daughter, knocked down her dad, flattened her mom “like an accordion” — and disgustingly tried to hump their legs! “My grandma’s being attacked by a random pig!” a child’s voice can be heard squealing in a frantic call to 911. “Now my grandpa’s being attacked!” Wendy says the black-and white spotted glutton attacked her daughter in the yard and trotted after the kid right into the house. “My mom tried to lay on top of him to crunch him…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Start prepping for your future, Ram. Saturday’s full moon in your sign spotlights an opportunity to go after what you want, whether it’s something financial or romantic. But steer clear of anyone with a negative attitude — you don’t need downers around you now. The number 7 has special meaning Sunday. TAURUS April 21 - May 21 Blue is your color, Bull. Surround yourself with the tones of the sea for inner harmony and a feeling of peace. Later, plan a romantic outing under the Taurus full moon. You and your honey can close any distance between you. Return a relative’s phone call pronto Saturday for exciting news. GEMINI May 22 - June 21 The sun and Saturn join forces for money luck and…

ROCKER Bruce Springsteen’s wife, Patti Scialfa, is so fearful for her hubby’s health she’s pushing the 74-year-old Born in the U.S.A. singer to quit his legendary career and focus on beating a deadly intestinal disease, insiders say. Sources snitch Patti’s the boss in her 32-year marriage, and was the driving force behind Bruce’s decision to shut down his tour as he undergoes treatment for dangerous peptic ulcers — open sores on the inner lining of the stomach and small intestine — and takes the rest of the year off to recover. As GLOBE has previously reported, the rock ’n’ roll couple have had plenty of ups and downs in their relationship, but now Patti’s constant pressure for him to retire is triggering more tension and strain. “Bruce refuses to quit…

PRINCE HARRY and wife Meghan’s attempts to conquer Holly-wood and U.S. politics are being blocked by Michelle and Barack Obama, who are giving them the cold shoulder and have sabotaged the snooty duchess’ outrageous scheme to be a U.S. senator, sources reveal. Insiders snipe iron-willed Michelle, 59, recently used her clout to slam the door on Meghan being named to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of California’s Democratic powerhouse Dianne Feinstein late last month. “Michelle went out of her way to make sure Meghan did not get nominated,” an insider confirms. “It wasn’t difficult, given her power and influence within the party. “She made some calls and quietly told the right people in the right places to put a stop to any nomination that came…

SOFIA’S EX SCORES A DEAL — & A GAL! SOFÍA VERGARA’s studly ex-hubby JOE MANGANIELLO is running off to an island to lick his wounds — NOT! The 46-year-old Magic Mike star has signed on to host Deal or No Deal Island, an NBC spin-off of the network game show that once was hosted by Sofía’s current AGT colleague HOWIE MANDEL, 67, and famously featured a pre-Duchess MEGHAN MARKLE, 42, among its bevy of briefcase-carrying beauties! This time around, 13 money-hungry scavengers will vie for oodles of cash stashed all around the flora and fauna on “the Banker’s private island.” Although the spinoff isn’t a dating show, love is already in the balmy island breeze! Fresh off of filing for divorce in July from Sofía, 51, Joe already has a…

WHO AM I? Answer the clues and place the initials to each answer into the appropriately numbered square to find our mystery celebrity. 8 & 1 Filmmaker who directed, produced, co-wrote and starred in Citizen Kane 5 Cartoon series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone featuring characters Kyle & Cartman, South __ 10 & 9 Onetime weatherman who became an influential late-night TV chat show host 4 Seth Green’s character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer 11 Historical drama featuring Eric Bana as Henry VIII, The Other __ Girl 7 & 14 Regarded as one of the best actresses of all time, this Swedish-American star is remembered for her famously private off-screen life 3 & 6 Emmy Award–winning series set in Litchfield Penitentiary, __ the New Black 2 Co-founder and lead vocalist of rock…

SECRET Service agents guarding Joe Biden are facing a doggie danger — the White House pet pooch Commander. The German shepherd’s bitten nearly a dozen of the president’s protectors. Newly surfaced Secret Service emails reveal the two-year-old pup had nipped ten agents as of July and he recorded his 11th bite in late September. West Wing staffers are playing dumb to the charges, claiming Commander is “so friendly.” “Everyone loves him,” insists a staffer. “He’s always so friendly. It’s shocking that he can be so aggressive. I’ve never seen him like that.” They blame the snap attacks on agents sporting threatening, unfriendly facial expressions and a mean attitude. “The White House is just a crazy environment for a dog,” says a former White House worker. “There are enormous men with guns…

CRAZED college coed Sydney Powell will spend the next 15 years behind bars for killing her mom with a frying pan and a knife after her parents learned she’d been kicked out of school for bad grades! Ohio Judge Kelly McLaughlin ignored psycho Sydney’s tears while imposing the sentence on Sept. 30 after her lawyer Donald Malarcik revealed the slayer suffers from untreated schizophrenia and was out of her mind when she attacked her mother, Brenda, 50, in her Akron home. The brutal March 3, 2020, incident was triggered by Sydney’s fear that her parents would learn the shameful secret she’d been hiding for months — that she’d been booted from the University of Mount Union for flunking courses. Brenda was actually on the phone speaking with college officials when…

AFTER quitting his palace duties and repeatedly trashing the royals in the press, a memoir and film, rogue Prince Harry is outrageously demanding an apology from his family — leaving brother William baffled as to what his gripe is. Royal historian Gareth Russell says the 41-year-old future king “does not know” why Harry, 38, wants an apology from his family. Russell believes Harry is boiling over with a lot of secret grievances and slights that his kin are unaware of. He notes in Harry’s memoir, Spare: “There’s a bit where Prince Harry says, William was asking, ‘What is it? What is the problem?’ “And Prince Harry said to himself, ‘How could he not know?’ “So I think maybe there’s a lot of things Prince Harry is carrying around. Even according…

AFTER watching his stressed-out friend Britney Spears unravel, Elton John is zooming to her side like a rocket in a desperate bid to save the troubled Toxic songbird before it’s too late, say sources. Insiders dish Britney’s life seems balanced on a razor’s edge after her shocking dancing videos have become increasingly bizarre — with the latest including dangerous and terrifying knife play that resulted in the police rushing to her L.A. home for a Sept. 27 welfare check. The 41-year-old mom of two was given the okay by the cops, and she later claimed the knives were fake and rented from a prop shop. But sources say her longtime friend Elton, 76, is convinced Britney needs serious help. “It kills him to see her suffer, and clearly she’s not…