Table of contents for September 22, 2025 in Globe

LEONARDO DICAPRIO’S bromance with Bradley Cooper blew up when The Hangover hunk started dating Gigi Hadid — and Leo desperately wants Bradley back in his posse, a source dishes. “The dynamic is mega awkward because Gigi fell hard for Leo back when they hooked up, but he wanted to play the field, so things fizzled out. At the time, there was a lot of resentment from Gigi and her friends towards Leo,” spills the insider. “Bradley came onto the scene soon after that and Leo kept his distance, assuming it wouldn’t last very long. But it’s turned out to be the real deal.” The Titanic hunk and super-model Gigi were spotted together several times between September 2022 and the following June. An insider even dished: “Leo is definitely pursuing Gigi,”…

SONGBIRD Kelly Clarkson is hoping to exit her talk show to focus more on music — including getting back to performing live and returning to the coach’s chair on The Voice. Even as she continues to console her children, River, 11, and Remington, 9, after the Aug. 7 death of their father, her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock, “Kelly’s priorities are continuing to shift back toward music,” says an insider. Although rumors swirled that her many absences from her talk-show set were a signal she was ready to quit, she actually needed the breaks to deal with Brandon’s illness. He was also the reason she postponed some dates of her Las Vegas residency — at the time, she told fans in an Instagram post she needed to step back to be with…

ZOË’S TREATS WERE WOWIE Big Little Lies actress ZOË KRAVITZ says she’s not fibbing about sending pals into lala land by dosing them with mind-blowing hallucinogens. “I’ve never accidentally taken hallucinogens, but I have accidentally dosed several people,” confesses the 36-year-old hottie. “It’s happened like four times … people who went into my fridge when I wasn’t home … once when I was shooting Batman. My friend came to visit me from Paris and went into my fridge when I wasn’t there and ate the chocolate mushrooms I had sitting there, and called me, and I had to leave work and take care of her. And then a month later, it happened again with another friend.” But the daughter of rocker LENNY KRAVITZ and actress LISA BONET has learned her lesson.…

JUSTICE for tragic child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is “fading away” after the legendary homicide investigator who pursued her killer since her shocking 1996 death case died last month — making him the latest in a line of people involved in the still-unsolved mystery to perish. Tom Haney Jr., the hard-boiled Denver Police Department detective brought in to interrogate and unsuccessfully elicit a confession from grieving mom Patsy Ramsey, suddenly died Aug. 19 at 77 while playing golf with pals. Haney joins a growing list of witnesses, investigators and persons of interest who have succumbed since the 6-year-old pageant princess was snatched from her Boulder, Colo., bed, sexually abused, then bludgeoned and garroted on Christmas Day 1996 in a crime that shook the country. “These people are dying and justice…

NIP/TUCK star Dylan Walsh nearly botched a happy ending after he crashed his Ford Explorer into two utility poles in Rumson, N.J. Although he admitted to officers he’d consumed alcohol earlier, the actor’s rep says Walsh, 61, suffered a stroke before the accident. But according to the police report, cops found “empty and open White Claw hard seltzer” and a cooler bag packed with cans of hard seltzer in the vehicle. Officers said the SUV was “severely damaged.” The Deadly Switch star’s wife, Leslie Bourque-Walsh, 53, and their two children, Amélie, 13, and Hud, 12, were also riding in the SUV. Two passengers were taken to the hospital. Walsh was cited for allegedly having an open container of alcohol, an expired registration, reckless driving and other charges.…

PET Sematary Two is a 1992 sequel to the 1989 version of the Stephen King horror story about dead pets rising from their graves — but this one, with EDWARD FURLONG, ANTHONY EDWARDS and CLANCY BROWN, got buried by bad reviews. The plot resurrects the bad idea of monkeying around with haunted graveyards and being dismayed by the grisly outcome. In the movie’s favor, it featured a stellar cast of feline thespians — all of whom came from a rescue shelter and were trained, cajoled and covered in fake blood-and-gore makeup to play both live and undead versions of their characters.…

JITTERY Bradley Cooper is dealing with major proposal nerves linked to money worries, insiders say, that keep the big-screen hunk from popping the question and slipping an engagement ring on the finger of Gigi Hadid. Sources dish that the 50-year-old Hangover star has been fretting over the idea of merging his finances with the 30-year-old supermodel he’s dated since late 2023. Meanwhile, pals are urging him to put those lingering fears aside and seal the deal — especially now that Gigi’s best friend Taylor Swift is engaged to Travis Kelce. “Gigi’s not pressuring him and has ordered everyone in her life to do the same, but it’s no secret she’s waiting for this to happen,” says an insider. “And with Taylor and Travis getting engaged, it’s definitely bringing heat to…

PRINCE HARRY’S social-climbing sweetie, Meghan, is enjoying wine-fueled power lunches without her hubby, who is put out over being excluded from her star-studded circle, sources say. The Duchess of Sussex, 44, was reportedly spotted sipping white wine at a boozy lunch in the couple’s ritzy town of Montecito — without her spouse. “She always claims she’s going to work meetings, so it would be weird for Harry to tag along,” an insider shares. “But then it turns out it was more of a social thing because she’ll be gone for hours and come home with all this gossip from her girlfriends.” As GLOBE readers know, Meghan and the Duke of Sussex, 41, ditched palace duties in 2020 to chase fame and fortune in California. But sources say Harry has been…

WHILE Hugh Jackman and new ladylove Sutton Foster put on a brave face in the middle of their messy love scandal — which has turned some of the entertainment world against them — Hugh’s ex Deborra-Lee Furness is back in the swing and loving her sexy single life! The divorced and determined Aussie had spring in her step when she was spotted in New York City hugging and yakking it up with a hot guy — who turns out to be longtime friend Nicholas Evans, 45. “It’s having longtime friends like Nick rallying around her that’s helping Deb get back on her feet,” says a source. “Getting a divorce has been a huge life adjustment and now that Deb’s a very rich and single lady, she’s making sure she’s got…

Director RIDLEY SCOTT has helmed some of Tinseltown’s most iconic hits like Alien, Hannibal, Gladiator, Blade Runner and Thelma & Louise, but bigwigs couldn’t pay him enough to make the sequel Terminator 3 starring ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER. “Someone said: ‘Ask what Arnie gets.’ I thought: ‘I’ll try it out.’ I said: ‘I want what Arnie gets.’ When they said yes, I thought: ‘F**k me.’ But I couldn’t do it. It’s not my thing. I’m proud about this. I turned down a $20 [million] fee. See, I can’t be bought, dude.” Former Yankees World Series winner MARK TEIXEIRA is running for Congress in his home state of Texas.“As a lifelong conservative who loves this country, I’m running for Congress to fight for the principles that make Texas and America great,” spouts the…

HEROIC American tourist John Rudat, 21, says he was left with gruesome facial injuries after being beaten and slashed while coming to the defense of two women being assaulted by thugs in Germany — but the male model insists he’ll wear his scars “with pride!” A Syrian migrant — identified only as Majid A. — was arrested under suspicion of dangerous bodily harm after lawmen linked him to the savage knife attack on a Dresden tram that was left splattered with Rudat’s blood. Majid, 21, recently appeared in court and remains in pretrial detention as the investigation continues and authorities hunt for a second suspect. Rudat says of his mutilated mug, “The injury to the face, the cut to the nose. It severed my nose in two and part of…

Veggie protection ✚ ADDING more cruciferous vegetables — broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower — to your menu could reduce your risk of colon cancer, a new study found. In an analysis of 17 previous studies, Chinese researchers looked at the records of 639,539 participants and found that people who ate the most of these veggies had a 17 percent lower risk of colon cancer compared to those who ate the least. Their secret ingredient? Antioxidants that can halt the growth of malignant cells. Sniff out the flu ✚ HATE needles … but hate being sick more? Now you can get a flu vaccine in the form of a do-it-yourself nasal spray. AstraZeneca’s FDA-approved FluMist is available for home delivery in 34 states. The CDC recommends that everyone 6 months and…

KATE BECKINSALE Fed up with it! “Every time I post anything — and by the way, this has been the case since I was about 30 — I am accused of having had unrecognizable surgery/using Botox using fillers/being obsessed with looking younger, and it’s really such a tiresome and subtly vicious way to bully a person,” the 52-year-old posted online. “I don’t actually do any of those things.” PARIS HILTON During a recent episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, the 44-year-old former party girl attributed her smooth visage to her obsession with skincare — she even has a full-on spa with cryotherapy and HydraFacial machines at home. She then went on to deny even having injectables. “I’ve never done any Botox, I’ve never done a filler, I’m 100 percent…

WOMEN IN HISTORY EDITION: Some gladiators in Ancient Rome were women! Gladiatrices took these unusual jobs largely for money, fame and independence. Cleopatra, that sultry queen of Egypt, was actually Greek — descended from Alexander the Great’s Macedonian general Ptolemy. Her first language was Koine Greek. Witches were not burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials. Of the 2,000 mostly women accused of sorcery, most of the convicted were jailed and 19 were hanged. Prolific serial killer Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed is said to have tortured and killed more than 650 young women, mostly children. Her servants were executed for it, while the Hungarian countess stayed under a kind of home arrest and died in her sleep in 1614. Paul Revere was a slowpoke next to American Revolution…

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. MOOD OF COZINESS Mystery words clue: Danish way of living 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. CAR CHILDCARE DISCOUNTS FLEXTIME FREE SNACKS INSURANCE MEAL BREAKS NO DRESS CODE ON-SITE GYM PAID VACATION REWARDS SICK LEAVE SOCIAL SECURITY STOCK OPTIONS WFH DOMINOES Dots represent the domino tiles (with hidden borders). Identify a…

LONGTIME stage star Miriam Silverman, 48, has been acting for more than two decades — racking up extensive theater credits and landing a recurring spot on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. But she recently scored her first lead role in a feature film with the new sci-fi thriller Motherland, in which she appears with Holland Taylor and Nestor Carbonell. Here are 10 things you don’t know about the native New Yorker. 1 She made her debut in front of an audience when Miriam’s pregnant mother was featured on a special segment of Good Morning America documenting her birth. 2 As a child, she studied ballet and the piano — and regularly played soccer. 3 She successfully auditioned for NYC’s LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts — the school made famous…

SPIRITED weenie Marcia Morgan was on her wurst behavior after getting into a beef with a neighbor who was parked near her yard in Florida and covered her adversary’s vehicle with toilet paper — while dressed in a hot dog costume, cops say. According to St. Petersburg police, the pickled perpetrator was intoxicated when she first defiantly leaned against the neighbor’s ride — and then launched her TP caper with relish. Officers also allege that Morgan “refused to cooperate with the investigation.” The pink-haired gal was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting an officer without violence. Morgan pleaded no contest to both misdemeanor counts and was adjudged guilty of the charges. She was fined $550 — but has the option to work off her debt via community service at $13…

RECLUSIVE Ryan Gosling — the Barbie flick’s hunky Ken — has quietly struck up a surprise friendship with funnyman Conan O’Brien, sources tattle. The 44-year-old Notebook heartthrob has a reputation as one of Tinseltown’s most solitary celebrities — he rarely hangs with his acting peers, preferring to hole up with longtime galpal-actress Eva Mendes, 51, and their daughters Esmeralda, 11, and Amada, 9. But that’s changing thanks to his burgeoning bromance with the quirky 62-year-old late-night host, who’s got Eva’s stamp of approval. Reveals a pal, “The whole Mendes-Gosling household is mad about Conan! “They’ve socialized with him regularly over the 15 or so years that Conan has lived in L.A., especially as Ryan became one of Conan’s favorite guests on his old TBS show [Conan], where they would do…