Globe September 30, 2024

WHATTA MELONHEAD! Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman ANTHONY KIEDIS has a fruitful shopping run in Malibu PLANE FRIGHTFUL Rocker JOAN JETT flaps her bingo wings during a stopover in the Windy City RHYTHM & FOOL Loudmouth comic BILL MURRAY crashes a charity concert in Las Vegas and delights the crowd by belting out some tunes MODEL BEHAVIOR Cover girl BROOKE SHIELDS flashes some leg while strutting her way into a Big Apple fashion show OLD GORY Craggy-faced Oscar winner MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY proves his patriotic stripes with a flag-inspired headband THE ART OF ELF-EXPRESSION Gesturing CATE BLANCHETT — The Lord of the Rings’ Lady Galadriel — has no trouble pulling words out of her mouth in Venice…

SONGBIRD Carrie Underwood will have plenty of nerves as she takes Katy Perry’s hot seat on American Idol, but sources say she can expect support from a superfan — fellow judge Lionel Richie, who’s crushing hard on the married country cutie. “He thinks Carrie is the best thing that’s happened to Idol in a long time, and he can’t wait to work with her,” dishes a source. “He knows she’s married, but he tells people she’s the most beautiful, talented singer he’s set eyes on in many a year.” The 75-year-old All Night Long dude, who’s been dating 34-year-old entrepreneur Lisa Parigi for more than a decade, joked he hopes Carrie will be “a ham sandwich” sitting between him and fellow judge Luke Bryan, 48. “Lionel was trying to be…

JILTED Jennifer Lopez is trying to numb the pain of being dumped by hubby Ben Affleck with booze, according to insiders who say her inner circle is terrified she’ll plunge into a dark abyss. The 55-year-old beauty was seen knocking back a glass of her Delola Margarita cocktail in a video on her Instagram page and according to a source, she “needed” the liquid courage before meeting up with her estranged hubby on Sept. 4. “The fact she needed booze in her belly before her latest meeting with Ben kind of says it all,” spills an insider. “She appears to be self-medicating and unable to handle the raw reality of this divorce without some type of pick-me-up. “She used to only drink socially, but now it’s a bigger part of…

TV CHEF Rachael Ray has triggered fears with her slurred speech and unrecognizable appearance, and sources say even her cooking rival Martha Stewart is deeply worried about the kitchen cutie’s health. “Martha’s reached out to see how she can help, which goes to show how bad this really is,” tattles a tipster. Fans of the 30 Minute Meals kitchen dynamo say they’re “seriously concerned” as the 56-year-old foodie appeared to slur her words and got visibly emotional in a cooking video aired on social media Sept. 2 where she was paying tribute to the late crooner Tony Bennett by making his favorite dish — ossobuco. Now, everyone in Rachael’s world is buzzing about her bizarre behavior, says the source. “Her inner circle has been worried about her for a while…

LEGENDARY late-night rivals Jay Leno and David Letterman are still squabbling over who was the true apple of the late TV titan Johnny Carson’s eye, say sources. Although Leno succeeded Carson on The Tonight Show in 1992, our sources say Letterman still believes Johnny would have chosen him instead if it was up to him. “Dave will go to his grave believing Johnny wanted him, not Jay, to replace him,” dishes an insider. But another source says Leno, 74, believes Letterman is full of it! Leno was a frequent Tonight Show guest while Carson was at the helm and became his exclusive fill-in host in 1987. At the time, Letterman had his own NBC show that came on after Carson. He believed he was Johnny’s heir apparent — until Leno…

FINALLY, there is good news for the British royalty — the nation’s beloved Princess Kate has announced she’s completed chemotherapy in her terrifying battle against cancer! “As the summer comes to an end, I can’t tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemotherapy treatment,” the 42-year-old wife of Prince William says in a video released Sept. 9. Still, she remains guarded about her future. “Doing what I can to stay cancer-free is now my focus,” Kate adds in the video, which was reportedly filmed in August. “Although I have finished chemotherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long, and I must continue to take each day as it comes.” As GLOBE readers well know, the British monarchy has been rocked to its very…