Table of contents for April 8, 2024 in Globe

BRAGGART Donald Trump has brazenly bloviated he’s worth “eight or nine billion dollars,” but the former president ended up with egg on his face when more than 30 financial institutions refused to underwrite a $464 million legal bond! In a blockbuster legal motion, the real estate baron’s own lawyers confessed the 77-year-old isn’t rich enough to cough up $454 million in cash — plus another $10 million in interest — to appeal a civil judgment imposed by New York Judge Arthur Engoron for decades of committing massive business fraud. The bond would keep the Empire State’s Attorney General Letitia James from carving up the family empire — and selling off properties such as New York City’s Trump Tower — to satisfy the devastating judgment. The Donald’s stunning lack of cash…

THE clomping Budweiser Clydesdales are back in the spotlight after their triumphant return to the Super Bowl ad lineup this year — and it turns out they have a better retirement plan than many gridiron greats! Suds sippers who worry whether the distinctive red steeds are in for a ripe old age or a trip to the glue factory were relieved to learn the high-stepping horses may retire as early as ten years old and spend their golden years put out to pasture on one of two lavish ranches in Missouri. Equine enthusiasts with gobs of greenbacks and the right kind of horsey setup may also qualify to adopt one of the maned majesties — but it’s a lifetime commitment, because they must agree never to back out later and say…

FORMER bandmates Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora haven’t spoken in 11 years and their furious feud is still running white-hot, insiders dish. The iconic New Jersey group formed in 1983 and skyrocketed with hits like You Give Love a Bad Name and Bad Medicine, but guitarist and co-songwriter Richie, now 64, bolted suddenly for personal reasons, leaving the group high and dry in the midst of their 2013 Because We Can world tour. Now, 62-year-old Jon, the band’s namesake, admits he’s still on the outs with Richie. “We’re not in contact because he’s not in the organization any longer,” says Jon. “That doesn’t mean that there’s not love forever, but it’s 11 years ago that he just didn’t show up anymore.” While he apparently feels no urge to mend…

TRAGIC action hero Bruce Willis’ last days are haunted by the bombshell revelation his 30-year-old daughter, Tallulah, is autistic — and sources say he’s blaming himself! Insiders claim the 69-year-old, who fathered Tallulah and her two older sisters with first wife Demi Moore, fears he passed along the bad genes that ultimately triggered his own savage brain disease, frontotemporal dementia, to his daughters. With medical experts saying the two conditions are likely linked, Bruce is devastated and reeling with remorse as his disease destroys his ability to communicate and slowly ravages his mind. “Bruce and the rest of the family had suspected that Tallulah was autistic for quite some time now,” says a family insider. “It was an open secret. “Tallulah herself suspected, but it wasn’t confirmed until fairly recently.…

NO MOVIE in history took longer than The Other Side of the Wind to get to the big screen! Filming began in 1970 but audiences first saw it an astonishing 48 years later, long after most of the cast and crew — along with legendary filmmaker ORSON WELLES — were dead. The satirical drama about the final day of a Golden Age director, played by JOHN HUSTON, was intended as a comeback vehicle for Welles, but the production got snarled in tax, embezzlement and rights problems. Other Hollywood luminaries, including co-star PETER BOGDANOVICH, later came together to get it finished — and it was finally released in 2018.…

AUSSIE billionaire Clive Palmer wants to set sail on a replica of the Titanic, though he hopes it won’t meet the same tragic fate as the original. “It’s a lot more fun to do the Titanic than it is to sit at home and count my money,” says Palmer, 65. But the scheme to construct the boat has hit a number of logistical headwinds over the years, including financial problems. Now it’s full steam ahead, and Palmer hopes the liner will be ready to finally leave port in 2027. Titanic II will hold 2,345 passengers, who will be encouraged to don period costumes. Though Palmer could certainly afford a first-class cabin, he says he prefers to sail in steerage, recreating Leonardo DiCaprio’s raucous experience in the blockbuster movie.…

FOUR years after renegades Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan ditched their royal duties, the Buckingham Palace website has finally caught up with the so-called Megxit and downgraded their bios! Gone are the 4,000-word individual profiles, replaced by a shorter combined entry that sits at the bottom of the royal family page — just below disgraced sex creep Prince Andrew! The text now explains the Sussexes have “stepped back as working members of The Royal Family.” As GLOBE readers well know, since splitting from the royal family and moving to the Golden State, Harry and Meghan have antagonized their relatives, first in an explosive interview where they accused some in the palace of expressing racist views, then by spilling dirt about the royals in a Netflix documentary and Harry’s best-selling memoir, Spare.…

COUNTRY singer Jelly Roll just got a full-mouth makeover, which may be related to rumors he’s replacing Luke Bryan on American Idol. “I’ve had these same veneers for 20 years,” the Nashville newcomer says. “I’m finally getting them replaced, and I’m getting some implants and getting some cavities and wisdom teeth pulled out.” Jelly Roll says his new smile is sweet revenge. “I had an ugly smile when I was a kid. People picked on me and made fun of me and stuff — haha, bitch!’…

MONTANA rancher Arthur “Jack” Schubarth spent more than a decade as a real-life Dr. Frankenstein creating giant hybrid sheep to be sold and hunted as trophies at shooting preserves, lawmen say. According to court documents, Schubarth, 80, imported flesh from a slain Marco Polo argali sheep — the world’s largest species of the animal — from Kyrgyzstan to the U.S. and arranged for a lab to make 165 cloned embryos of the enormous ungulate. Argalis can weigh more than 300 pounds, and their humongous horns — which are prized by hunters — can exceed 70 inches in length. But the endangered beast is prohibited in Big Sky Country to protect native sheep from disease and hybridization. Prosecutors say the scheme yielded a single, pure genetic male argali that Schubarth dubbed…

Unscramble the letters highlighted in the finished puzzle to spell a taxtime professional. ACROSS 1 Taxis 5 Clearasil target 9 “Check this out!” 13 Periodical, for short 16 Hen’s hatchlings 18 Commuter line 19 Duel tool 20 Down with the flu 21 Use elbow grease on 22 “—do you good” 23 Larger — life 24 Battery size 25 Kind of closet 27 Bed covers 29 — Butterworth 30 Infomercials, e.g. 33 Kind of acid 35 “To — is human …” 36 Lens holders 37 Maximums 39 Mountain lion 41 Therefore 44 Give the slip 45 After-bath powder 47 Graduates 51 Ebb 53 Kind of bean 54 Gesture 55 Sounds of disapproval 56 Certain surgeon’s “patient” 58 Skirt’s edge 60 Waist circlers 61 Poet Angelou 62 Anger 64 Clark of Gone…

OLDER women who sit around all day like slugs are at major risk for early death — and a new study says even exercise won’t help! That’s the chilling finding by researchers at the University of California–San Diego, who alarmingly claim female seniors who sat for 11.7 hours or more per day at desk jobs or while being couch potatoes were a whopping 30 percent more likely to die before their time — and no amount of sweating in the gym put a dent in those dire statistics! Study co-author Steve Nguyen collected daily activity data from 6,489 women aged 63 to 99 and tracked the loafers for eight years. “Sedentary behavior is defined as any waking behavior involving sitting or reclining with low energy expenditure,” says Nguyen —…

WIMPY Wilmer Valderrama keeps weaseling out on saying I do to model Amanda Pacheco — and the NCIS hunk’s fed-up baby mama is running out of patience with her reluctant Romeo, tipsters dish. “He’s been dragging his feet on a wedding for the longest time. Clearly, he doesn’t want to do it — at least that’s what Amanda fears,” spills a source. The couple got engaged in 2020 — after one year of dating — and share tot Nakano Oceana, 3. But spies say Wilmer, 44, still won’t make an honest woman out of his gal! “He promised even before their daughter was born that they would get married. So it’s really troubling that he’s still putting up one roadblock after another,” squeals the source. Last year, a mole says…

MOVIE Godfather Al Pacino’s stinky hygiene, bumbling and absent-mindedness have people close to him fearful the 83-year-old acting icon is tumbling toward a dementia crisis, insiders tattle. The screen legend’s wobbly appearance at the March 10 Oscars triggered concern, especially when he announced Oppenheimer as Best Picture while failing to mention the other nominees as the presenter is supposed to do. The Scarface star lamely tried to excuse his bungle by saying it was the producers’ decision to skip the other nominees, but sources say his goof has triggered buzz that dementia isn’t far off. “His awkward appearance at the Oscars is just the tip of it — he’s been increasingly forgetful,” spills an insider. Also worrying is his snail’s pace work on his memoir, Sonny Boy, set for an…

CAGED spoiled brat socialite Ghislaine Maxwell threw such a fit prison bigwigs caved — and moved the convicted sex trafficker to a cushy, highly coveted “honor dorm” ahead of other convicts with more seniority, sources say. The late Jeffrey Epstein’s recruiter and trainer for his underage sex harem had been confined to the foul B Dorm — known as the “snake pit,” where 120 prisoners are stuffed into tiny four-bunk cubicles at a Tallahassee, Fla., federal slammer. “In the snake pit there are fights every day,” says a prison source. “The bullies jump the lines to use the phones and won’t let you watch what you want on TV.” But sources snitch the 62-year-old heiress’ tantrums and constant complaints got her transferred out of the hellhole to D South, a…

ALL hell’s breakin’ loose in the KARDASHIAN bat cave as mom manager KRIS JENNER, 68, has promoted her toyboy lover COREY GAMBLE, 43, to right-hand man, leaving catty daughters KIM, 43, KOURTNEY, 44, and KHLOÉ, 39, miffed to the max and rattling their cages. Sources tattle Corey’s “got more control and veto power” and it’s gone to his head. “Kris has created a monster!” tattles a tipster. “Corey is doing it with a smug attitude. It isn’t sitting well with the sisters.” He now attends family meets, makes up show plotlines and got a big raise. Bad blood between Corey and the gals flowed in 2019 when Khloé accused him of being “pretty secretive” about his past. Soon after, Kourtney flew into a rage when her daughter PENELOPE scratched a…

Circle the hidden words in the grid, crossing them out in the list as you find them. Words can go horizontally, vertically, diagonally and backward. ALISON BRIE BETTY WHITE CICERO DIANE KEATON DIANE SAWYER DOLLY PARTON EDGAR ALLAN POE GAYLE KING JAMES EARL JONES JARED LETO JASON BATEMAN JIM CARREY JOHN LEGEND J.R.R. TOLKIEN KATE MIDDLETON KIT HARINGTON LEBRON JAMES LEE DANIELS LL COOL J MARY J. BLIGE MICHELLE OBAMA MONTESQUIEU ORLANDO BLOOM REGINA KING RYAN SEACREST SADE SETH MEYERS SISSY SPACEK TYRESE GIBSON…

Words in the lists appear in alphabetical order and are sorted by length. They need to be put into their correct positions in the grid. You’ll have to think a few steps ahead, as sometimes several words will fit in the same space! WORD BOX 4 LETTERS EXIT GAME GOAL TEAM 5 LETTERS CLOCK CLUES HINTS SOLVE STUCK TASKS THEME 6 LETTERS HIDDEN LOCKED MENTAL OPENED SKILLS 7 LETTERS NUMBERS PATTERN PLAYERS SYMBOLS VARIETY 8 LETTERS BRIEFING  DARKNESS DISCOVER PROGRESS SPECIFIC THINKING 9 LETTERS MECHANISM REASONING 11 LETTERS INFORMATION LIMITED TIME OBSERVATION 12 LETTERS WELL-DESIGNED…

VILE rapist Danny Masterson’s 30-year sen tence is sup posed to be punish ment, but insiders reveal the expelled Scientologist is living high as a prison big shot and con trols fel low con victs like a swaggering jailhouse don. “He learned through his Scientology teachings to be manipulative and crafty, how to reward people and dangle carrots in front of their noses,” dishes an insider. “Of course, he can also throw money at them.” A source snitches from the moment the former That ’70s Show star, 48, arrived at the cushy medium-security California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo after being caged in the harsh Corcoran State Prison, “Danny knew his luck had changed. He’s in a far less hostile environment and taking good advantage of it.” California Men’s…

AN AILING 11-foot alligator was seized from a house in upstate New York — after authorities accused owner Tony Cavallaro of allowing children to swim in a pool with the 750-pound beast! Now, furious locals are demanding gentle giant Albert, 34, be returned to the only home he’s ever known! The colossal critter was well known in Hamburg — a town around 15 miles from Buffalo — where Cavallaro created an in-ground oasis for his scaly sidekick. State officials say the animal lover long had a license to keep Albert — but the document expired in 2021 after inspectors determined his holding area failed to meet safety standards. Cavallaro gripes his beloved behemoth was swiped due to bogus permit issues — and unfounded allegations of neglect and putting people in…

MOM of two Britney Spears is desperate to have another kid, but insiders say her hunt for a dream sperm donor has so far hit a dead end — mostly because likely candidates fear getting involved with the wacky wild child! The 42-year-old Criminal singer is currently locked in a lingering split from ex Sam Asghari, 30, who she hoped would be a baby daddy, but instead clobbered her with divorce papers in August after 14 months of marriage. He’s accused the songbird of outrageous antics like posting nude pics of herself and cheating, which she denies. Now an insider says bipolar Britney “is still totally convinced that what she needs most right now is to have a baby, and she’s tired of waiting to fall in love to make…