Table of contents for January 22, 2024 in Globe

JACKIE NO! Former Charlie’s Angel JACLYN SMITH is less than heavenly as she flies through Beverly Hills WHOA THERE! Sugarland singer JENNIFER NETTLES neighs with laughter while horsing around in L.A. THE BEST CELEB PHOTOS EVERY WEEK! DOWNHILL RACER Bloated Backdraft hero KURT RUSSELL looks like he’s gone overboard at the dinner table! MAC DADDY Home Alone’s MACAULAY CULKIN — now a father of two — lazes about at his California crib in papa pajamas THE BIG CHILL Former swimsuit model CHRISSY TEIGEN zones out in NYC while bundled up in a giant coat HOOFING IT Mad Men’s JON HAMM proves he’s no piggy as he gets a leg up on his laundry in L.A.…

AGING heartthrob Johnny Depp is being wooed to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow for a sixth installment of Pirates of the Caribbean, but Tinseltown insiders say he’s way too pudgy and frail to play the swash-buckling role! Sources squeal that the 60-year-old actor has become “bloated and physically unfit” from personal problems, including his high-profile defamation trial against ex Amber Heard. Although the notorious boozer and drug abuser won the case, the trauma of the cringeworthy battle took a big toll on his health and looks, the sources add. “There are some big shots around who still believe Johnny should take a stab at it,” spills an insider. “But inside Disney there are concerns about his physical ability to play the character he originated when he was still…

CRUSTY King Charles is poised to get a royal make-over on the orders of his domineering wife, Queen Camilla, sources tell GLOBE! Camilla, 76, is no stranger to Botox and other nip/tucks, which Charles, 75, has always encouraged. But now the tables have turned as she’s demanding he freshen up his appearance to look more like a king than a wrinkled penny-pinching pauper! “All things considered, Camilla looks pretty good for an aging battleaxe, and she no doubt owes it to a few cosmetic fixes over the years,” snitches an insider. “The point is her looks are important to her and she works at it. She wants Charles to put more of an effort into improving his looks, too.” That apparently will include help from a cosmetic surgeon. “She’s aware…

Cutup KATHY GRIFFIN is back on the D-List after filing to divorce marketing exec RANDY BICK, 46, after only three years. The comic, 63, says “this sucks,” but cites irreconcilable differences for the split. Musician ZAC BROWN, 45, and model wife KELLY YAZDI split just four months after their wedding! Kelly, 32, no longer follows Zac on social media and took down all his pix from her pages! Duggar family daughter JESSA SEEWALD gave birth to her fifth child with hubby BEN SEEWALD, 28, on Dec. 23. The 31-year-old needs only 14 more kids to equal her parents’ brood! LANCE BASS, 44, is teasing about an NSYNC reunion! He claims the boy band is “talking about” it, but he’s tearin’ up our hearts by but not sharing any details. BOBBIE…

HEARTBROKEN Cher is so desperate to save her junkie son Elijah Blue Allman, sources say she’s chucked her romance with 37-year-old stud Alexander “A.E.” Edwards to focus totally on her troubled kid — and it’s thrown her into a painful emotional tailspin, leaving pals fearing for the 77-year-old songbird’s health. Cher reluctantly broke off her affair with the music exec and begged a judge to put her 47-year-old child with the late rock icon Gregg Allman in a conservatorship with his life and finances under her full custody and control. But sources snitch the heart-rending choice has plunged the Moonstruck Oscar winner into emotional free fall over being forced to choose between A.E. and Elijah, who hates his mother’s younger lover. “Elijah refused to cooperate unless she gave A.E. the…

BOLD Barbra Streisand won’t let anyone rain on her fashion parade. The sassy singer, 81, says she’s “too old to care” if people think she dresses trampy! The Funny Girl star — who was recently called the “hottest woman ever” by Alec Baldwin — limited herself to buttoned-up looks during the early days of her career. But she now believes “people should express themselves and wear whatever they feel on any given day — and that has nothing to do with age!”…

THE wife of a top Florida sheriff and the woman’s twin brother are in double Dutch today after being arrested for running a sick, slick swindling scheme to swipe $25 million from Medicare funds earmarked for the elderly and disabled! Federal authorities claim the 46-year-old gruesome twosome, Erin Foley and fraternal twin Ted Albin, spent four years ripping off Medicare by billing the government and private insurers for wheelchairs, canes and other durable medical equipment with phony orders through their health care billing company. Mom-of-two Erin is married to popular Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Randy Foley, 49 — who also ironically heads up the Behavioral Services Division! The U.S. Dept. of Justice has also accused the terrible twins of taking kickbacks on sales of the illegally purchased equipment.…

COMIC Tommy Smothers took a heartbreaking family secret to the grave when he lost his fight with lung cancer late last month at age 86 — his beloved dad died at 36 as a Japanese POW in World War II! Sources say the tragic 1945 death of Maj. Thomas Bolyn Smothers fueled the strong anti-war stance of the counterculture legend, who hosted The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the late ’60s with sibling Dick, 85, and played guitar on John Lennon’s Give Peace a Chance. “Tom was a staunch peace activist, beginning at a very young age,” dishes a fellow funnyman. “That was largely because of his father’s brutal imprisonment and death.” Thomas was stationed in the Philippines, where he was briefly joined by his wife, Ruth, and two sons. But the…

TROUBLED Charlie Sheen is running scared after his neighbor from hell — a Buddhist blonde with two misdemeanor convictions and a pending charge for elder abuse — pleaded not guilty to trying to strangle him at his Malibu apartment! A lawyer for the former Two and a Half Men star, 58, says Charlie is “quite fearful” of 47-year-old divorcée Electra Schrock, who was hit with a felony assault charge after her Dec. 20 bust. Sheen claims Schrock shockingly assaulted him when he opened the door to his condo and her attack pulled out some medical stitches. The court issued a restraining order requiring Schrock to stay clear of the actor. But the woman’s public defender, Randy Kaplan, says that it’s all a big nothingburger, claiming: “There were no injuries.”…

AFTER suffering catastrophic illnesses that forced them to live like hermits for nearly three years, Justin Bieber and model wife Hailey have come down with a bad case of cabin fever and are fighting like cats and dogs, insiders dish. “Hailey and Justin have been arguing a lot lately,” says a source. “And Hailey blames it on the fact they’ve been a stay-athome couple for too long.” The 29-year-old Love Me singer was diagnosed with Lyme disease three years ago, and was so ill he was forced to cancel his 2021 tour. That same year, Hailey, 27, suffered a mini stroke that triggered PTSD and a fear of being too far away from home. Still, being cooped up 24/7 causes Hailey and her hubby to argue over even the smallest…

GEORGE CLOONEY is rich, successful, happily married with two kids and most importantly wise, which he proved in his recent comments about the tragic demise of his Friends star pal Matthew Perry. As GLOBE reported, Clooney revealed he’d known Perry in the ’90s when he was a struggling young actor desperate for success. “I just want to get on a regular sitcom and I would be the happiest man on earth,” Perry told paddleball partner Clooney. Well, Matthew got his wish. Friends was one of the biggest sitcom hits of all time and made Perry rich and famous — but he was still miserable. Single and childless, chronic addict Perry also starred in a string of other projects and died from a ketamine overdose in his hot tub at age…

PRESIDENT George Washington’s wife, Martha, is the only woman to be featured on U.S. paper currency. Her image appeared on the 1886 one dollar silver certificate and on a modified 1891 version. IT’S illegal to buy chilled soda or water in Indiana’s liquor stores and Utah forbids bars from having happy hours. Massachusetts outlaws scaring pigeons — and it’s against California law to eat a frog that competed in a jumping contest! THE Pillsbury Doughboy is 58 years old — but polls suggest most Americans don’t remember his name even though his face and body are familiar! The mascot’s name: Poppin’ Fresh. GROCERY stores always put freshest produce at the back of displays so older fruits and veggies get bought first. Stores also sell flowers in the produce section to…

CONVICTED rapist and former Scientology poster boy actor Danny Masterson will be practically cut off from the outside world with very limited privileges for the first three months in his new California lockup, insiders dish. After being transferred from the L.A. County Jail to North Kern State Prison late last month, the 47-year-old That ‘70s Show star began serving his 30-year sentence for raping two former Scientologists in Privilege Group U, where he’s banned from family visits and having personal property. Masterson is also allowed only one phone call a day and limited access to TV. The sex fiend, who’s being divorced by actress Bijou Phillips, mom of his nineyear-old daughter, will have some access to the recreation yard, but won’t get full prison privileges for at least 90 days.…

NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN The Desperate Housewives vixen is the talk of the town in a vibrant red velvet suit ROSAMUND PIKE Sparkly accessories would have spiced up the look of Saltburn’s scene-stealer NATASHA LYONNE The Poker Face star is dealt a losing hand with this laughably oversized suit NICOLE KIDMAN The Oscar winner is to die for in this elegant design, but its color is far too pale DONNA MILLS The Knots Landing knockout enhances her glam outfit with a perfect pop of purple…

EX-PRESIDENT Donald Trump and wife Melania are trapped in a cold, sexless marriage, according to sources who snitch America’s former first couple haven’t been intimate in more than six long years and their relationship is business, not pleasure! In a bombshell revelation, sources tattle 53-year-old Melania and her hubby, 77, are living a lie by maintaining the public pretense their marriage is hunky-dory — despite rarely appearing together — while being secretly separated! The Trumps’ passionless partnership is all about cold political calculation and hard cash, an insider says. “Very simply put, Donald is with Melania because her presence could help him win the presidency again,” dishes the insider. “She provides a living, breathing defense against claims he’s a serial cheater and sexual predator. But sometimes life in Trump World…

TOM CRUISE seemed perfect to star as Jack Reacher, the hero of a line of action thriller novels by Lee Child — except for his puny size! Reacher, a wandering ex-Army military police officer who travels light and finds trouble wherever he goes, is a 6-foot-5 tower of muscle mass, so fans hated when the 5-foot-7 pipsqueak stepped into the role in 2012. “Reacher’s size in the books is a metaphor for an unstoppable force, which Cruise portrays in his own way,” author Child explained after the awkward casting choice. Hulking 6-foot-3 actor ALAN RITCHSON stars in the Amazon Prime streaming series Reacher.…

HEADSTRONG exes Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver are battling over the arrangements for their son Patrick’s upcoming wedding to longtime sweetheart Abby Champion and the bickering is threatening to ruin the couple’s special day, warn sources. “Maria and Arnie are both very opinionated and are already laying down markers and putting their two cents in,” spills an insider. “Arnie has ideas for the bachelor party and the wedding itself, while Maria thinks it should be a combined bachelor/bachelorette party, which is classier. She wants to over-see the wedding with her own event planner.” While journalist Maria, 68, is a better organizer, screen star Arnie, 76, has a better grasp on how to have fun, adds the source. Meanwhile, Patrick is said to be stuck in the middle. The actor-entrepreneur, 30,…

TV HOUSEWIFE Tamra Judge is battling accusations a trendy weight-loss drug triggered the medical emergency that put her in the hospital on New Year’s Eve! The 56-year-old Real House-wives of Orange County beauty insists an intestinal obstruction left her whimpering in agony and “praying I won’t need surgery.” But at least one online critic had no pity, charging her tummy ache was due to Ozempic, a diabetes drug celebrities have been using for quick weight loss. While side effects can include diarrhea, nausea and stomach pain, the weekly shot can help users shed five pounds a month, say sources. Tamara blasted the accusation, saying: “These comments are disgusting! I’ve suffered from intestinal problems for years. I’ve had multiple surgeries in the past 12 years. Remember when you all made fun of me…

TROUBLED singer Paula Abdul has clobbered her old American Idol boss Nigel Lythgoe with a shocking lawsuit claiming the Hollywood power player repeatedly sexually attacked her and she was forced to stay quiet to save her job. Now 61, Paula says she didn’t reveal the incidents — including an assault on her assistant April — because Lythgoe had the power to fire her as an Idol judge and from another gig on So You Think You Can Dance. She says Lythgoe, who produced Idol from its 2002 start to 2014 and was a producer and panelist on Dance from 2005 to 2015, first assaulted her in a hotel elevator during their first years of working together. “Lythgoe shoved Abdul against the wall, then grabbed her genitals and breasts, and began…

TRAGIC Friends star Matthew Perry claimed he was clean and sober, but sources insist he was a druggie mess, sneaking addictive pills into his mansion under the noses of a 24/7 nursing staff and a live-in sober companion. Incredibly, the dope-desperate, 54-year-old star, who died Oct. 28 in his hot tub with ketamine and other substances in his blood, used the dating app Raya to score drugs from younger babes. While the actor, who at one point popped a dozen Vicodins a day, insisted he was sober, like many desperate junkies, he had a sneaky system to beat the people keeping watch on him at his $6 million home. “He would meet girls on dating apps and have them come over,” dishes a source. “There was a slew of 21-to-25-year-olds that…

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Ginger clobbers cancer! ✚ SPICY kencur ginger proved to have anti-cancer properties in lab experiments, according to a new study. Experts at Osaka Metropolitan University found the root’s extract and its main active component — ethyl p-methoxycinnamate — significantly suppressed the growth of malignancies by decreasing the expression of mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) — a binding protein associated with the proliferation of diseased cells. Scientists say the research suggests the plant, also known as aromatic ginger, might be a component for future cancer-fighting therapies. Cholesterol vax in works! ✚ A PROMISING vaccine may be a shot in the arm to patients looking to lower their cholesterol without daily pills — and experts believe the annual jab could be available within ten years and cost less than $100 per dose! Researchers…