Table of contents for May 27, 2024 in Globe

AFTER splitting with businessman Richard Spitz, her boyfriend of three years, lonely Kathie Lee Gifford is open to dating again! Sources say the devout chatterbox is not actively seeking a man, but is leaving the fate of her love life in the hands of God. “It would be wrong for me to close the doors on romance, when God might have the perfect man in mind for me,” the 70-year-old former talk show icon, actress and singer told a pal. “God is in the driver’s seat when it comes to so many things in our lives, and who am I to ignore Mr. Right if he comes knocking!?” Since splitting up with 63-year-old Spitz just a few months ago, Frank Gifford’s widow has been keeping busy with her three adorable grandsons…

BLACK SHEEP Prince Andrew’s royal château is crumbling to pieces around him — because the money-challenged chump can’t afford the upkeep despite SWEARING to his dying mom, Queen Elizabeth II, that he was good for it! Photos of formerly stately Royal Lodge — where convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s bosom buddy has lived in splendor on 100 acres for two decades — show graying paint flaking away from dilapidated walls, exposing cracks in the architecturally significant façade. “Prince Andrew was told he must take charge of the necessary renovations or he will have no cause to stay in the house,” spills a source — adding King Charles’ kid brother has a “clear responsibility” for keeping things tidy around the place, but this “is certainly not happening!” Andy signed a unique sweetheart…

PRO wrestling kingpin Vince McMahon appears to be the last man standing after WWE exec Brad Blum quit while tangled in a sordid lawsuit filed by a woman who details kinky sexual shenanigans at the highest levels of the entertainment conglomerate! Blum has resigned his gig as the WWE’s chief operating officer after being named in the disturbing lawsuit filed by former employee Janel Grant, 43, who claims McMahon, 78, sex trafficked her and forced her to provide sexual favors from June 2019 to March 2022. While Blum wasn’t accused of any of those specific acts, Grant claims he knew about what was happening to her — including twisted threesomes with McMahon and another WWE executive, John Laurinaitis, 61. At one point, she claims McMahon and Laurinaitis took her into an…

RUMER WILLIS insists her action hero dad, BRUCE WILLIS, is doing well despite an unrelenting war with a brain-destroying disease. She says the beloved star, 69, is doing “great” and doting on his grandkids. It’s about time! Hollywood real estate mogul MAURICIO UMANSKY is finally moving out of the love nest he shared with Real Housewives of Beverly Hills vixen KYLE RICHARDS after a messy split. He’s landed a luxury condo. She’s keeping the mansion — at least for now. Singer KELLIE PICKLER has sold the Tennessee home where her hubby, KYLE JACOBS, died by suicide for $2.6 million — nearly double the purchase price. Amazing! ROSIE O’DONNELL‘s career is back from the dead! The controversial comic has scored a gig on the SARAH JESSICA PARKER Sex and the City…

TROUBLED lovebirds Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin are desperately trying to save their marriage by having a Band-Aid baby, according to insiders — who add that pals warn a cuddly bundle won’t magically make their problems vanish! “Pretending all the issues have suddenly gone away isn’t going to fix things long-term,” warns a tipster. The 30-year-old Stay singer and the 27-year-old model — daughter of youngest acting Baldwin brother Stephen — were spotted enjoying a much-needed break in Hawaii earlier this month after GLOBE revealed they’re in the middle of trying to save their five-year marriage. “They’re making progress as far as communication and being there for each other,” snitches a source. “Hawaii was a big help, as they had a very healing experience and found it extremely cathartic to…

ACTION man Keanu Reeves is dragging his grief-stricken buddy Sandra Bullock out of a terrible funk triggered by the death of her lover Bryan Randall — and back in front of the movie cameras, insiders tell GLOBE! While every major Hollywood movie factory is pressing Sandra to pair with Ryan Reynolds, her leading man in The Proposal, sources say clever Keanu has actually managed to lure the still-heartbroken beauty out of her early retirement and help heal her devastation over her lover’s passing. “There’s a huge appetite among studio executives for Ryan and Sandra to make one more rom-com, but there are realities to consider like Ryan’s insane schedule and Sandra’s rekindled passion to produce her movies herself after having such a huge win with The Lost City with Channing…

COUGAR Cher’s a pro when it comes to landing toyboys and now insiders spill the Believe songbird’s turned matchmaker to help good friend Meryl Streep find a young hunk to love. Last year, 74-year-old Oscar darling Meryl admitted she’d secretly been “separated for six years” from her hubby of 45 years, sculptor Don Gummer, 76, while pretending to still be married. The Sophie’s Choice star has been linked to funnyman Martin Short, 74, but according to a source, Cher’s convinced she can do better. “Meryl doesn’t seem to be having much luck on her own so Cher is stepping in,” squeals a snitch. “Meryl used to have a way with the guys and was known as a real flirt but that was decades ago, and Cher wants to fix that.”…

NICOLAS CAGE’s first-born son — 33-year-old Weston — is being accused of beating his very own mother black and blue, sources dish. The Con Air hunk’s ex Christina Fulton, 56, was spotted in L.A. with a serious shiner and other facial injuries — and tipsters say her only child, Weston, was named in a battery report filed after an alleged argument at her home. However, the 6-foot-4 bruiser has not been criminally charged. According to sources, the mixed martial artist lost his cool during an emotional moment. Mother and son are currently embroiled in a lawsuit against Weston’s estranged wife, Hila Arounian, who denies their allegations she embezzled $100,000 and filed a bogus restraining order to prevent them from seeing the former couple’s twin daughters, four-year-old Cyress and Venice!…

SHAQ NAILS HIS TOOTSIES Basketball giant SHAQUILLE O’NEAL has a shocking secret — he admits blowing $1,000 on weekly pedicures for his “stinky feet” because “I know they’re ugly, and I like to paint them. I want it to look pretty.” The 7-foot-1, 325-pound baller confesses he loves “sparkles and designs” on his tootsies. Shaq, 52, reveals his feet are an ogre-sized 22. His nail polish must come in gallon cans. BRITNEY’S MONEY IS FLYING AWAY! Troubled songbird BRITNEY SPEARS just settled her divorce with toyboy hubby of 14 months SAM ASGHARI, 30, but sources say the Baby One More Time star, 42, dodged a bullet because his payoff was dictated by a prenup. But it seems everyone’s after a chunk of her $60 million fortune. Ex-hubby KEVIN FEDERLINE is…

CODE BREAKERS Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a number. Use the given letters to get started by filling them in throughout the puzzle. Look out for patterns like repeated letters. Codebreaker puzzles use all 26 letters of the alphabet. There are no trademarks, abbreviations, hyphenated nor foreign words on the grid. BUSINESS DEBATE Mystery words clue: A type of meeting place REFERENCE GRID MYSTERY WORDS WORD SEARCH 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. ACCOMPLISH ACHIEVE ACTIVITY ATTACK BATTLE BOUNCING CAPERING CARRY COACTION COMPETE DEALING DRAG DRIVE EXECUTE FALLING FROLIC IMPLEMENT INITIATE JUMP LEAPING MANEUVER MOVEMENT PERFORMANCE PLAYING PROCEEDING PUSH RIDING RUNNING SERVICE SITTING SKIP SLIDING STEP STUNT TRANSPORT…

MARTIAL arts movie hunk Jean-Claude Van Damme is snapping back into action with Darkness of Man. Director James Cullen Bressack says the Muscles from Brussels has a “very dramatic role” in the new neo-noir thriller, which has been years in the making. And Van Damme, 63, gleefully promises, “The fighting — it’s going to be brutal!” Here are ten things you don’t know about the Bloodsport champ. 1 His real last name is Van Varenberg. 2 He studied classical ballet between the ages of 16 and 21 and calls the dance form “one of the most difficult sports.” 3 He speaks Dutch, French, German and English — and learned the latter by watching The Flintstones. 4 Movie tough guy Chuck Norris hired Van Damme to work as a bouncer at…

SHELL - SHOCKED Kim Kardashian is humiliated after being savagely booed and mocked at a roast of former star quarterback Tom Brady — where she found her goose cooked in front of a national TV audience! Even Brady, who GLOBE previously noted ignored Kim’s attempts to play touch tackle with him at a previous celeb bash, took a shot at the big-butted 43-year-old by joking she should be nervous to be there because that meant her arm-candy kids were left alone with her crazy ex Kanye West! Days later, she was again openly ridiculed at New York’s ultra-fashionable Met Gala for wearing a corset that made her waist look cartoonishly small and left her gasping for air! “She looked absurd!” guffaws an insider. Sources snitch the reality TV star is…

AILING Willie Nelson is showing his age with each passing day, according to alarmed friends who say the 91-year-old doesn’t know when — or how — to quit and his loved ones fear he’ll destroy his legacy. “Willie’s still roaming the country on tour and putting in these long performances as if he were still a young whippersnapper,” spills an insider. “Physically he’s worn out, anyone can see that. His singing and guitar playing are hitting a few snags, though his audience is too kind and loves him too much to complain, but honestly, it’s teetering on disaster. “The feeling is Willie should quit while he’s ahead before it gets embarrassing. But no one tells Willie what to do. He’s too proud to retire.” Sources snitch the On the Road Again…

JURASSIC Park pooh-bah Jeff Goldblum is holding his purse strings VERY tightly — he doesn’t want his kids getting their mitts on his estimated $40 million fortune until they’ve learned to stand on their own two feet! Goldblum, 71, hopes his two sons with his 41-year-old-wife, Canadian former rhythmic gymnast Emilie Livingston, will make their own way in life before dipping into pop’s bank account. “I don’t want to scare them, they should figure out — but hey, you know, you’ve got to row your own boat!” says the Boss Baby star. Goldblum, who was previously married to Patricia Gaul and Geena Davis, admits parenting this late in life is “challenging and sometimes maddening,” and likened his rugrats at times to “feral creatures unleashed!”…

MORE than a year after losing daughter Lisa Marie, Priscilla Presley has become so fed up with her junkie son, Navarone Garibaldi Garcia, she’s turned to tough love and is refusing to give him any more dough until he quits drugs completely, sources say! A family insider says the 37-year-old musician, whose dad is Priscilla’s former lover Marco Garibaldi, has a habit of cleaning himself up, and then a month or two later falling off the wagon. “It’s been a vicious cycle that’s lasted for decades now and Priscilla is desperately trying to help her son break it for good,” says the spy. As GLOBE has reported, Priscilla has seen too many members of her family die of drugs. “First, her ex-husband, Elvis, died from drugs in 1977, then their…

KATHARINE HEPBURN wore the pants when it came to the 1942 rom-com Woman of the Year, about a career woman whose high-flying ambitions get in the way of her marriage to a meat-and-potatoes sportswriter — and one of her first decisions was to cast SPENCER TRACY! They first met on the set, where 5-foot-8 Kate towered in heels over her 5-foot-9 co-star. “I’m afraid I’m a bit tall for you, Mr. Tracy,” she greeted him — but producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz responded: “Don’t worry, Kate, he’ll cut you down to size!” Tracy and Hepburn would go on to have a lifelong love affair and make eight more movies together.…

ARGO Oscar winner Ben Affleck’s openly yakking SO MUCH about how he loves his ex Jennifer Garner, his current wife, Jennifer Lopez, is hitting the roof! “Ben’s been spending all this extra quality time with Jennifer and it’s really hitting home how perfect she is,” spills an insider. “He’s so wowed by her and doesn’t shy away from saying so!” According to the tipster, the 51-year-old Batman hunk even admires the way Jen, 52, avoids the paparazzi on date nights with her boyfriend, burger chain CEO John Miller. “He used to keep it to himself, but now has started praising Jen in front of J.Lo,” squeals a source. “He claims he loves Jennifer like a sister — but for a lot of people, especially J.Lo, his obsession just screams that he’s not…

CATTY Katy Perry is looking for new gigs now that her stint on American Idol has come to an end — and insiders say her top priority is to jump back onstage and give longtime rival Taylor Swift a serious beating -- firing up their long-simmering feud! “Katy might play like she’s Taylor’s pal but make no mistake, she’s incredibly competitive and wants to knock Swift down a notch,” spills a spy. The 39-year-old Smile singer, who shares three-year-old daughter Daisy with fiancé Orlando Bloom, 47, has been working on new music, according to moles who say she’s planning a tour — her first in more than six years. And it’s no wonder! She sees Taylor’s Eras concerts raking in $4 billion compared to her own $80 million haul for…

ANIMAL researchers are going ape over something they’ve never seen before — a wild orangutan figuring out how to treat his wounds with painkilling medicinal plants! Rakus, a thirtysomething orangutan, emerged from a fight with other males in the treetops of a rainforest in Sumatra, Indonesia, sporting quite a shiner — he had a pink, open wound right below his right eyelid and another inside his mouth. Fortunately, it turned out there was a doctor in the house! Rakus seemed to know just what to do to make himself feel better and help his wounds heal faster and without infection. The researchers witnessed the skillful simian chewing the leaves of a liana vine, known for its pain-killing properties, and later making a paste from the chewed leaves that he applied…

Heartburn cures cause migraines + HEARTBURN-quenching drugs — including calcium carbonate-based antacids and proton pump inhibitor pills — raise the risk of migraines as much as 70 percent! That’s the finding of researchers at the University of Maryland, who believe dehydration caused by acid-fighting over-the-counter meds may trigger the condition. Dr. Margaret Slavin, a nutrition science expert involved with the study, says, “People with migraine or severe headache who are taking these drugs should talk with their doctors about whether they should continue.” Bisexual and gay gals die sooner + BISEXUAL women and lesbians die sooner than their straight counterparts because social stigmas and isolation can trigger chronic, life-shortening stress, experts say. Researchers at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute discovered switch-hitters died 37 percent younger than heterosexuals, while gay gals…

EX-JAILBIRD Gypsy-Rose Blanchard — who served eight years behind bars for plotting her abusive mother’s murder — has a brand-new beak! Pal Nadiya Vizier chirps newly blond Blanchard, 32, surgically altered her schnozz to look “more feminine” nearly six months after being paroled. Lawmen say in 2015 Gypsy conned then boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn into fatally stabbing her mom, Dee Dee, who had subjected her to painful and unnecessary medical procedures. While the femme fatale is now breathing easy, Godejohn remains locked up for life!…

FOLKS in other countries must think the U.S. justice system is bonkers and favors rich and powerful sex creeps like movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, actor Bill Cosby and the late billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. A New York appeals court has erased Horrid Harvey’s conviction and 23-year sentence for forcing a production assistant to pleasure him orally in 2006 and for a 2013 assault on a young actress. For the moment Weinstein, 72, won’t be getting out of the slammer even if he isn’t retried in the Big Apple because he still has to serve 16 years in California for raping a gal there in 2013. The higher court didn’t overturn Harvey’s conviction because he was innocent of being a disgusting perv who forced struggling actresses and gal employees to satisfy his…

PRESIDENT Zachary Taylor’s body was exhumed and tested in 1991 after a researcher claimed his 1850 death was from deliberate poisoning. A medical examiner buried the conspiracy theory. MASSACHUSETTS’ Worcester Public Library is forgiving late fees — if folks return overdue books along with a photo of a cat! ROOT beer–slinging A&W, founded in 1919, was America’s first fast-food chain! LIGHTNING can heat the atmosphere to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit — or five times hotter than the surface of the sun! ANTARCTICA’s Mount Erebus volcano pumps $6,000 worth of gold flakes into the air every day! THIS is embarrassing! Cops in South San Francisco went nuts after identifying a feline caught on a resident’s ring camera as a mountain lion! Turns out it was just a big tabby!…