Table of contents for August 18, 2025 in Globe

TAYLOR BOOTS BESTIE BLAKE JUST a breath ago, BLAKE LIVELY was so close to pal TAYLOR SWIFT, she was at her side in the Kansas City Chiefs’ stadium skybox cheering on the songbird’s football hunk honey, TRAVIS KELCE, but now, the actress isn’t even on the singer’s party list. In a shocking revelation, sources at @ShuterScoop tattle that Taylor had Blake crossed off the guest roll for SELENA GOMEZ’s 33rd birthday party. Blake reportedly got the bad blood flowing with her embarrassing $400 million lawsuit battle with the director and star of her flick It Ends With Us. Taylor got dragged into the spotlight of the legal mess, which has cast a mean-girl light on Blake. Sources say that behind the scenes, Selena was okay with Blake’s axing from…

DISGRACED A-lister Alec Baldwin has been reduced to signing autographs for cash at fan conventions alongside failed child stars and other has-beens! “It must be so humiliating for him,” an industry source tells GLOBE about the haughty actor, who once commanded a reported $300,000 an episode on the hit sitcom 30 Rock. “He considers himself Hollywood royalty and now he’s been forced to sell himself like a novelty item,” snarks the snitch. The star of such critically acclaimed films as The Departed is trying to raise quick cash with personal appearances at Comic Con events in Rhode Island, Salt Lake City and San Diego. Earlier this year, the beaten down blowhard even sank to hosting the reopening of a Planet Hollywood in Times Square for a reportedly hefty appearance fee.…

NEWLY released top secret government records have revealed shocking swarms of UFOs at an Ohio military base with close ties to the mysterious Roswell compound, where the first downed spacecraft is infamously reported to have crashed! The government was forced to release documents and video of two separate assaults by unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Greene County in December. According to the disturbing documents, the Air Force determined that the waves of unidentified objects were so serious, it halted flight operations, alerted local law enforcement agencies, and utilized thermal imaging cameras to pinpoint the location and identity of the mysterious UFOs. “The objects appeared to be lights moving as a group, but too high up to get an accurate assessment of what they looked…

KRISTEN WIIG Bridesmaids It’s not happening! One out-of-control poop scene was enough for the 51-year-old, who shut the door on making a part 2 to the rowdy flick. “It wasn’t a hard decision,” said the SNL vet, who cowrote the movie with Annie Mumolo. “We knew during the first one, this was it. We would have made a lot of money if there was a second one, but that’s not my goal in my creative life.” COLIN FARRELL The Penguin HBO’s spinoff series of the movie The Batman was arduous for the 49-year-old, between the prosthetics, fat suit and darkness he needed to play the villain. “By the end of it, I was b**ching and moaning to anyone who would listen to me that I f**king wanted it to be…

Slapgate Will deserves better DISGRACED Will Smith has few friends left in Tinseltown, but Queen Latifah’s still one, and sources say she’s miffed at his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, for the way she’s practically snubbing the outcast. TV’s 55-year-old Equalizer star, who’s called “Dana” by her pals after her real name, Dana Owens, has been sticking up for the Bad Boys star even after he wrecked his rep in Hollywood by smacking Oscars presenter Chris Rock across the chops in 2022. “It’s not fake, either,” insists the source. “Will has known Dana since they were both just starting out, and they have a lot in common, back then and now.” Indeed, Latifah guested more than once on Will’s first big TV hit, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, starting in 1991.…

BEST pals Gigi Hadid and Taylor Swift have made a wedding pact, insiders say, vowing they will play key roles in planning each other’s walk down the aisle! Sources snitch that it’s not a matter of if, but when the deal is sealed for Gigi, 30, and 35-year-old songbird Taylor with their future grooms. “They’ve made a pledge to be a huge part of each other’s wedding planning when the time comes, and they’re looking forward to a huge bachelorette bash to celebrate the happy news once it’s all official,” says an insider. Gigi and A Star Is Born hunk Bradley Cooper, 50, are careening toward an engagement, and insiders say the model is planning a mega engagement bash together with BFF Taylor once she and the Shake It Off…

HUNKY Hugh Jackman is finally free to marry Broadway babe Sutton Foster after finalizing his split from longtime wife Deborra-Lee Furness, but insiders reveal that friends are alarmed because he’s nixing any prenup and they’re telling him that’s total madness! Sources snitch that the 56-year-old Wolverine star seems unconcerned about bucks despite having to shell out a “huge” settlement to his 69-year-old ex after a judge signed off on their $387 million divorce. “Hugh is so relieved this is all wrapped up, and is looking ahead and planning out the rest of his life with Sutton,” spills an insider. As GLOBE has revealed, Deborra-Lee and the muscle-packed movie superhero announced their separation in September 2023 after 27 years of marriage, during which they adopted two children, Oscar, now 25, and…

THORNY King Charles has struggled to hold on to gardening staff at his Highgrove Estate — and now the miffed monarch fears disgruntled workers may dish about his over-the-top demands, sources say. “Shockingly, 18 to 20 people on his gardening staff have quit on him because he’s so picky and drives them hard, and now the royal family is anxious it could come back to bite all of them in the backside,” a palace insider says. “The last thing they need is a series of scathing tell-alls.” Located in Gloucestershire, England, Highgrove — which serves as a country retreat for Charles, 76, and his wife, Queen Camilla — boasts a 15-acre organic garden that draws 40,000 visitors a year. But sources say a lot of blood, sweat and tears have…

ACROSS 1 “—It Romantic?” 5 Highest point 9 Beach, basically 13 Run after Q 16 Hawaiian greeting 18 TV alien 19 Fed a line 20 “Bingo!” 21 The “N” of USNA 22 “—on Down the Road” 23 Gumbo vegetable 24 Peke squeak 25 Swaps goods 27 Begin a tour 29 Miner’s find 30 Respectful 32 Born, in bios 33 Signs, as a contract 34 Atlanta-based station 37 “Hold on a —!” 38 Picnic pest 40 New Mexico art community 43 Set down 45 — Kirk, of Star Trek 48 Not at all similar 52 Chick’s cry 54 Nostalgic in style 55 Swarmed 56 Dracula’s resting site 59 Carve in stone 61 Raced 62 Calendar abbr. 65 Scrabble piece 66 Apple product 68 Like a fox 69 Eye impolitely 71 Shocked…

GUT REACTIONS TO WEIGHT LOSS YOUR gut really does have an instinct — and can even send messages to your brain telling it when it’s had enough to eat. In a breakthrough discovery, Duke University School of Medicine researchers have shed light on how this communication system works. Surprisingly, the brain is not responding to messages from our bodies themselves, but from the approximately 100 trillion bacteria and other microbes in our GI tract! The Duke study focused on neuropods, tiny sensor cells that line the colon. These cells can detect flagellin, a protein found in flagella, the tail-like structure that bacteria use to swim. When we eat, flagellin is released by some of our gut bacteria. The neuropods detect flagellin with help from a receptor called TLR5, then fire…

WRESTLING legend Hulk Hogan’s colorful life ended in a knockout by cardiac arrest as the gregarious grappler died at age 71 on July 24 — despite the valiant efforts of first responders in Florida, sources say. Rescue crews raced to Hogan’s $11.5 million estate in Clearwater to respond to a 911 call and spent over 30 minutes administering CPR to the pop culture icon — but he couldn’t be saved and was declared dead at a local hospital, insiders confide. Major Nate Burnside of the Clearwater Police Department says authorities have ruled out foul play and are conducting a standard investigation into the death, according to the New York Post. Born Terry Gene Bollea, the trailblazing personality brought wrestling into the mainstream during the 1980s with his showmanship both in…

FLORIDA’s swamplands are crawling the 1970s. They can grow to 18 feet in length with too many fearsome pythons that are causing havoc with the ecosystem by gobbling all the raccoons and possums — so now, scientists are fighting back by sending in an army of robot bunnies, another of the serpents’ favorite snacks, to help capture the crushing critters. Burmese pythons are not natural to the state, but have been multiplying — well, like rabbits — in the swamps since and swallow a whole deer, and have become the top predator in the swamplands. No one knows how many are living in the Everglades, but more than 19,000 have been caught and removed since 2000. The robot bunnies are equipped with cameras that monitor for pythons and alert South…

COMIC Pete Davidson and fellow Saturday Night Live alum Eddie Murphy star as armored truck drivers ambushed by Keke Palmer’s criminal mastermind in The Pickup. Pete also has an important real-life role on the horizon as a new dad — his first child is on the way with girlfriend Elsie Hewitt. The preggers model recently shared a sonogram image of the couple’s impending bundle of joy on Instagram with the caption, “Welp now everyone knows we had sex.” Here are 10 things you don’t know about the 31-year-old funnyman. 1 The native of Staten Island, N.Y., was born to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. 2 His mental health issues date back to childhood after his firefighter dad perished on 9/11 — and he once pulled out much of…

CAREER-CHARGING Cameron Diaz is getting back in the saddle for a new role — and sources tell GLOBE she’s got rom-com rivals looking nervously over their shoulders as she vies to be queen of 50-something American Sweethearts! The 52-year-old mother of two is set to star in the action-comedy Bad Day, in which she plays “a single mom fighting to keep one little promise to her daughter on the absolute worst day of her life,” according to a Netflix release. The news comes just months after Cameron broke her 10-year hiatus and returned to the big screen in January for Back in Action opposite her old pal Jamie Foxx. “This is ruffling a lot of feathers,” reveals an insider of Cameron’s rekindled ambitions. “Cameron made such a big deal about…

AILING Bruce Willis’ family is furious at false claims that his condition has worsened to the point where he’s no longer able to speak, read or walk, sources tell GLOBE. Sources say the Willis clan, led by the 70-year-old Die Hard star’s wife, Emma Heming, 47, and including ex-wife Demi Moore, 62, and his daughters, are furious at all the rumors that he is on his death bed. Now they’re hitting back, insisting he’s got a lot more fight in him! “They don’t understand where these horrible rumors have come from,” spills an insider. “They understand people want to know how he’s doing, but hurtful conclusions like these upset them.” As readers know, the action hero retired from acting three years ago after being diagnosed with aphasia, which was upgraded…

SUPERMAN star David Corenswet and actress wife Julia Best Warner are heading faster than a speeding bullet away from Hollywood — with sources saying the pair is ditching the glitz to make a home for their infant girl in their native Pennsylvania. Sources say the 32-year-old star of the super blockbuster, and the family-oriented actress, who appeared in Netflix’s Ratched series, are shunning superficial Tinseltown so their baby can grow up in a more grounded atmosphere like the one they experienced as kids. “David knows it makes sense for him to be in the center of the filmmaking world, but he doesn’t like the values of Hollywood and thinks it’s even a dangerous place for them to raise a family,” an insider says. “They don’t want their daughter exposed to…

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ONETIME fan favorite show NCIS has plunged in the ratings and could be on the chopping block, so original star Mark Harmon is reportedly planning to return big-time to give it a boost — but why bother? The detective drama about U.S. Navy investigators working military-related crimes has been running since its 2003 debut and now competes with a bunch of copycat NCIS spinoffs without its beloved original stars — especially quirky Pauley Perrette, who quit in a tiff with Harmon, Michael Weatherly and Harmon as Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Over the series’ first decade, viewers learned to love these stars and their characters, so it’s no wonder that with new actors in what is basically the same stale premise, the audience is getting fed up. NCIS was the…