Globe December 29, 2025

MAKING HISS-STORY Snake singer JASON DERULO pals around with a giant python at the Fame Park zoo in the United Arab Emirates SETTING THE BARRE SHIRLEY MACLAINE smooches her Turning Point costar MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV as they are inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame in L.A. TIPPING POINT Producer JONATHAN NOLAN goofily puts the spotlight on his Fallout star WALTON GOGGINS in England GETTING WIGGY WITH IT Game of Thrones alum GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE walks the red carpet at the Fashion Awards in London with a colossal cotton candy–like hairpiece JUST FOR KICKS TV writer MOLLY MCNEARNEY pretends to playfully punt her late-night host hubby, JIMMY KIMMEL, during a night out in Beverly Hills SAY CHEESE! Castmates MATTHEW LILLARD and SKEET ULRICH lap up attention in Hollywood at the premiere of…

ACTRESS Elizabeth Hurley and superclose son Damian have been growing apart as she spends all her free time with boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus, and insiders say the beauty feels torn in two — forced to choose between her lover and her only child. “Liz keeps saying this is just a rough patch, that these are growing pains and they’ll get through it, but everyone can see how stressful this is for her,” notes an insider. Damian, 23, a model and actor, is drop-dead goodlooking like his stunning Austin Powers star mom, who became preggers with him during a brief 2001 affair with the late, tragic movie mogul Steve Bing. A big spender, Bing inherited a whopping $600 million, but was worth a mere $300,000 when he leaped to his death…

STILL-GRIEVING Sandra Bullock continues to rely on a circle of friends for support after losing her longtime partner Bryan Randall, sources tell GLOBE. Behind the scenes, Hollywood pals Jennifer Aniston, her Speed costar Keanu Reeves and Practical Magic sister Nicole Kidman have stood by Sandra, 61, since Bryan passed in August 2023, according to insiders. “Sandra has close friends that she’s known for decades who have all stepped up for her in different ways,” confides a pal. “She constantly talks about how blessed she is in the friend department. She’s a homebody, but she will visit friends although most of the time she’d rather people come to her and everyone is very accommodating. “Not that she has a ton of downtime. Her son, Louis, is 15 now so she’s constantly…

HOMESICK Ellen De­ Generes is heading back to California with wife Portia de Rossi after a year’s exile in England, and insiders blab that the return is part of the disgraced former talk queen’s desperate attempt to rebuild her career as well as save her sputtering, 17-year marriage. The gruesome twosome fled to Europe in November 2024 after moaning that they couldn’t hack life in America under President Donald Trump, and played house in a home in a remote English village 100 miles from London. But life slowly got boring on the other side of the pond. Reveals a source, “It was a great idea at the time that got them away from Trump’s America and provided Ellen a refuge to carefully plot her comeback without the noise or pressure…

DOTING mom Vanessa Hudgens Hudgens is ready to ditch her acting career — but not everyone on the High School Musical alum’s team is thrilled about it, an insider tattles to GLOBE. Still a bankable star almost two decades after her Disney debut, Vanessa, 37 on Dec. 14, is worth an estimated $18 million. And the insider suggests she’s happy to rely on that massive nest egg as she turns her attention to rearing her two young kids with husband and former ballplayer Cole Tucker, who caught a lot of cash in his major league career as well! “While she’s not retiring, exactly, she’s determined not to have her children be raised by hired help,” says the insider. “It’s stressful for her people, who helped her build a career and…

NEEDY Daniel Craig is shaken and stirred over the impending Hollywood comeback of wife Rachel Weisz in the Mummy franchise because the longtime James Bond star suffers from terrible separation anxiety when she’s not around, according to sources who predict the pair’s time apart may put their 14-year marriage to the test. Rachel, 55, and castmate Brendan Fraser, 57, have reportedly signed on for the fourth installment of the beloved monster series that debuted in 1999. “Thirty years into being a movie star, Rachel is still very picky when it comes to studio movies and blockbusters,” an insider confides. “She has turned down some pretty huge movies over the years. It’s a big deal, and a big change for her and Daniel.” The Favourite actress and Craig, 57, got hitched…