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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Southern California Senate hopeful Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, made her first Sacramento-area campaign stop Wednesday at UC Davis — what she called “a little slice of heaven” — in an hour-long meet-and-greet with the Davis College Democrats.

Lena Dunham denies ever using the N-word with Donald Glover after the “Atlanta” actor cracked a joke about it over the weekend.

LOS ANGELES — A global Ukrainian group is protesting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ nomination of “Top Gun: Maverick” for multiple Oscars, including best picture, citing its concerns over the film’s alleged ties to a Russian oligarch sanctioned by Ukraine.

LOS ANGELES — Bruce Willis was seen grabbing coffee with friends this week in Santa Monica, the first time the veteran action star was spotted in public after revealing his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis.

LOS ANGELES — Actor Evan Rachel Wood denies pressuring or manipulating model Ashley Morgan Smithline into making false rape allegations against their mutual ex, musician Marilyn Manson.

LOS ANGELES — The family of "Saving Private Ryan" star Tom Sizemore is being asked to make end-of-life decisions as the actor remains in a coma with little hope for recovery.

LOS ANGELES — Actor Julian Sands' whereabouts remain unknown more than a month after he was reported missing in the Mount Baldy area in January.