In Touch Weekly January 22, 2024

CINDY CRAWFORD & RANDE GERBER A German model tried to extort $100,000 from the pair after showing them a pic of daughter Kaia, then 7, tied up and gagged. (Her nanny, who was dating the blackmailer, had taken the photo during a game of cops and robbers.) ANDY COHEN After getting a call from someone who claimed to be from his bank’s fraud-alert team, the TV host, 55, spent more than an hour on the phone with them, during which he inadvertently gave them access to his accounts which had “a lot of money” in them, he recently revealed. “What I should have said is, ‘Can I call you back?’ Or ‘I’m gonna go to my bank and handle this.’” KYRA SEDGWICK & KEVIN BACON “If something is too good…

GAME FACE Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 31 TAYLOR SWIFT cheers on beau TRAVIS KELCE as the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Cincinnati Bengals, clinching their eighth consecutive division title. PERFECT MATCH Pasadena, Calif., Dec. 28 The honeymoon isn’t over! JUSTIN LONG and KATE BOSWORTH look more in love than ever as they take an afternoon stroll. ROCCO-ING THE BOAT St. Barts, Dec. 31 MADONNA cruises around while on vacation with her 23-year-old son, ROCCO RITCHIE. NEW YORK STATE OF MIND NYC, Dec. 28 ANGELINA JOLIE and son PAX, 20, stop by the headquarters of her new sustainable fashion brand, Atelier Jolie. REINDEER GAMES St. Barts, Dec. 28 HEIDI KLUM takes a festive floatie into the ocean while on holiday with husband TOM KAULITZ. LIFE’S A BEACH Jan. 1 Surf’s up…

Beautiful, indeed! Christina Aguilera showed off her 40-pound weight loss during opening night of her Las Vegas residency at the Venetian on Dec. 30. The Genie in a Bottle singer — who previously embraced her curves, saying, “I don’t weigh myself...I happen to be very confident in my own skin. It’s all about embracing yourself and your body type” — reportedly dropped the weight in just a few months. “She hates dieting, so she simply cut back on her portions,” says a source close to the 43-year-old mom of two. “She looks amazing and has never felt better.”…

Cher’s FIGHT TO SAVE HER SON Cher has taken a page from the Spears family. In late December, the “Strong Enough” singer filed for a conservatorship over the estate of her son Elijah Blue Allman, her only child with the late Gregg Allman, her husband from 1975 to 1979. After years of alcohol and drug addiction, the 47-year-old musician is in a rehab facility in Mexico. But Cher isn’t convinced he can successfully live on his own. According to court documents, she fears Elijah is “substantially unable” to “manage his own financial resources” amid his struggles. Elijah’s wife, Marieangela King, 36, quickly hit back at her mother-in-law, accusing her of “kidnapping” Elijah and tossing him into a shady lockdown facility without consulting her. Now, it’s all-out war between the two…

Ben Affleck seemed to be blowing his top. During a shopping trip with wife Jennifer Lopez at a high-end jewelry store in St. Barts on Dec. 29, the exasperated-looking actor threw his hands in the air, a pained expression on his face, as Jennifer looked up at him defiantly. “It was a quick outburst,” says a source. “Within minutes, she had defused the situation and things calmed down. Ben is usually happy to accommodate what his wife loves, like going out and being photographed, but there are times he hits his breaking point.” Lately, that’s happening more and more often. “Jennifer and Ben are both incredibly passionate people. They have always loved hard and fought hard,” the source says of the pair, who got married in 2022, 18 years after…

The details are disturbing. In court documents filed on Dec. 29, Paula Abdul alleges that during one of the early seasons of American Idol, her then-boss Nigel Lythgoe pushed her against the wall in a hotel elevator, grabbed her genitals and breasts and tried to kiss her. She also claims she was “verbally insulted and belittled” by Nigel in a meeting with execs before she was hired on Idol, was paid less than fellow male judges, and was bullied by Nigel and the show’s production staff. Years later, after she joined Nigel’s So You Think You Can Dance as a judge, the “Straight Up” singer claims that during a dinner party at his home, he forced himself on top of her and tried to kiss her, saying they would make…