Dark spots and uneven skin tone? Don’t know her.

While celebrity-founded beauty brands can be hit or miss, the ones that take off tend to be really good. Case in point: Scarlett Johansson’s The Outset, which Page Six editors can’t stop raving about.

So, when the clean-beauty brand recently dropped a lightweight serum that promises to fade the telltale dark spots of my reckless, sunblock-adverse youth, I was among the first to slather.

What happened next was genuinely surprising. On days I went without makeup, people started saying to me — unsolicited — “Your skin is glowing!” (I don’t even hear that after getting a spa facial.)

The “Lost in Translation” star has exceptionally sensitive skin, which prompted her to set out to find — or create — skincare that would not cause a reaction. As a result, everything from her brand is extra gentle.

That includes the Total Clarity Dark Spot Serum, which is made with a sensitive skin-friendly vitamin C alternative, which, for me, has been even more effective than the C serums I’ve tried before.

The texture is very lightweight and fluid, almost like water. It’s applied after cleansing and toning, and before moisturizer. (One dropper’s-worth covers my entire face.)

But what else was even more astonishing was this: As a writer, I obviously spend a lot of time exposed to blue light from laptops and digital devices. It makes my skin lackluster and even ashen, at times.

(The National Institute of Health has even documented that blue light “accelerates the aging process and produces cutaneous hyperpigmentation,” i.e., uneven skin tone and spots.)

Total Clarity Dark Spot Serum uses natural ingredients like Wild Butterfly Ginger to protect against blue light — and it’s undoubtedly given me some glow back by protecting against those premature aging-inducing rays.

It also has Photosomes V (plankton-derived enzymes), which help brighten sun-damaged skin, and gentle, plant-based AHAs to get your skin cells to turn over. Plus, it even contains skin-soothing aloe vera.

Frankly, if I use it straight out of the shower, when my pores are more open, at times I get the teeniest bit of tingle. However, my skin is pretty sensitive, and it’s more like, “Ah, I feel you working your magic!” rather than any level of ouch.

Are my dark spots completely gone? No, there’s not a real miracle that doesn’t involve a time machine yelling at my younger self. Are they very much lightened, faded, and growing less visible by the day? Yeah, baby.

Give it a try, that ScarJo glow might hook you, too.

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Kelly Clarkson accused “American Idol” of “lying” about the $1 million check that she was supposed to receive after becoming the singing competition’s very first winner.

The 43-year-old “Since U Been Gone” songstress made the bombshell claim during Tuesday’s episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” where she was joined by “Harry Potter” actor Daniel Radcliffe and reality star Rob Rausch.

Clarkson brought up the topic while discussing Rausch’s $220,800 winnings from Season 4 of “The Traitors” — which he revealed he still hasn’t received.

“You know what, I relate to this!” Clarkson said. “I relate to this so hardcore. You probably weren’t alive when I was on ‘American Idol,’ but I was literally on the show.”

The “Breakaway” singer claimed the show’s promises didn’t match what she actually got.

“They were like, ‘Oh, you win a million dollars,’ or whatever,” Clarkson said. “No, you didn’t. They lied. It was like a million dollars’ worth of investment in you.”

Radcliffe looked stunned and cut in: “Wait, what?”

“Yes!” Clarkson insisted, adding that she also never received another major prize she thought she had won.

“They said you get a car,” she explained. “And I needed it because my car was bashed in, and I couldn’t afford the deductible. And then — no! I did not get a car.”

Clarkson then claimed that Clay Aiken, who finished runner-up on the show’s second season, did end up getting a car.

“Clay Aiken, who didn’t win the second season, got a car — and [so did] his mom!” she told the audience as the crowd erupted in disbelief.

“I was like, ‘What the f–k!’” Clarkson added, recalling a conversation with the singer at the time. “He’s like, ‘Yeah, they gave my mom one.’ I was like, ‘I’m gonna actually kick your ass right now.’”

Radcliffe joked that early winners of a show should receive upgraded prizes if the rewards improve later.

“There should be some system where if you win something on the first season of something, whatever the prize has become, you should retroactively get that,” he said.

Clarkson pushed back, insisting the rewards had already been promised at the time.

“No, it was supposed to be the prize then, OK? It was supposed to be the prize then!” she said.

She then jokingly warned Rausch he might also be waiting a while for his payout.

“That’s why I’m saying — you might not see it,” Clarkson quipped. “But, you know, I hope you got enough TV time.”

Clarkson famously won the inaugural season of “American Idol” in 2002, launching a chart-topping career with hits including “A Moment Like This,” “Behind These Hazel Eyes,” and “Because of You.”

In September, the singer reflected on the 23rd anniversary of her win, thanking fans who voted for her during the show’s early days.

“Winning ‘American Idol’ changed my life and I will be forever grateful for all of you that have supported me for so many years,” she wrote on social media.

She added, “It is a gift to find your purpose and passion, and to be able to make a living doing it is the cherry on top. Thank you, always.”

The candid comments come shortly after Clarkson announced she would be stepping away from her NBC daytime talk show after seven seasons to spend more time with her children, River, 11, and Remington, 9.

Her decision followed a difficult year after the death of her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, who died in August following a battle with cancer.

He’s about to go where many men have gone before – the operating room.

William Shatner revealed that he shattered his right shoulder after falling off one of his horses late last year and must undergo surgery to repair the debilitating injury.

The “Star Trek” alum, who turns 95 later this month, opened up about the scary incident during the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films’ 53rd annual Saturn Awards in Burbank, Calif., on Sunday.

The original James T. Kirk explained his hospital drama and how he was scheduled to undergo surgery on March 11 after he accepted the Hall of Fame award on behalf of the “Star Trek” franchise.

After asking for a chair to speak with select media, Shatner shared that he was feeling “old, tired and kind of hurt.”

“I ride the horses that can compete in equine skills, which is fast down and ends on a sliding stop,” he explained. “And the horse that I owned, I came off.”

Shatner continued, “And she had a habit of going too far, like six inches to the side. And I’m riding it. And I’m ready. And she goes [too fast and sent him flying].”

Although the “Boston Legal” alum utilized his experience as a stuntman to lessen the impact, he still got seriously injured during the incident.

“I’m not a young stuntman anymore. I started to roll, but hit the dirt with my shoulder. So I wrecked my shoulder.”

Shatner said he was scheduled to undergo a “new type of shoulder operation called a reverse something or other” on Wednesday.

“You put the ball in the socket and the socket in the thing, and you come out 10 hours later, and you’re pain-free,” he said in an attempt to describe the surgery. “So that’s what I am meandering towards.”

This wouldn’t be the first time the Hollywood legend has suffered a health scare in recent months.

Back in September, it was reported that Shatner suffered a mysterious medical emergency at his Los Angeles home.

Although the “Practice” star didn’t explain what happened, TMZ reported that it was an issue regarding his blood sugar.

“I over indulged. I thank you all for caring but I’m perfectly fine,” Shatner tweeted alongside a meme about his “greatly exaggerated … demise” at the time.

Meanwhile, Shatner received a standing ovation from the star-studded audience at the Saturn Awards Sunday.

In his speech, Shatner detailed how the original “Star Trek” series succeeded because “good or great science fiction is about human beings.”

The “T.J. Hooker” actor also explained why making non-human characters display key human traits appeals to audiences.

“You know what everyone tried to do, including myself, was to make the character human with all frailties and ambitions and fears,” he told the audience.

“At the same time, in a leadership role, you can’t show that, or if you show it, it has to be done in a particular way,” Shatner continued. “So that you’re a leader trying to lead people into battle or into danger, and you have to motivate people in some way.”

Meanwhile, Shatner also shared that he still hasn’t watched all of the original “Star Trek” episodes he appeared in.

“I haven’t seen all my 79 episodes. I just don’t have the time,” he said. “I’d like to see it, but I don’t have the time.”

Elsewhere during the Saturn Awards, “Avatar” creator James Cameron noted how genres like sci-fi, fantasy and horror are often overlooked by awards ceremonies – including the Oscars.

“They dismiss us, and yet consistently, over time, of the top 20 movies in history, or the top 20 films of the past 10 years, they are our films,” the “Titanic” filmmaker charged. “Sci-fi, fantasy, horror. We make the films that put people in the theaters and keep the theaters open.”

Cameron, 71, won this year’s Saturn Awards for best science fiction film, best film direction and best film screenwriting for “Avatar: Fire and Ash.”

Tom Cruise, who was also at the ceremony, won the Saturn Award for best actor in a film for “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.”

Cruise, 63, celebrated Shatner’s contribution to the sci-fi genre in his acceptance speech.