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stage 4 cancer, the singer and actress sold off most of her massive real estate portfolio in order to invest more into her foundation and wellness center, The Post has learned. “Olivia loved helping people.

statement on his website. “Extending this program will help ensure California’s world-renowned entertainment industry continues to drive economic growth with good jobs and a diverse, inclusive workforce.”If the bill, dubbed “SB 485,” is passed, it would extend the credit past 2025, which is when the current tax credit is expected to expire.Newsom also tweeted out an ad on Wednesday slated to run in newspapers that condemns anti-abortion states like Georgia and Oklahoma, which it claims have “waged a cruel assault on essential rights.”Today, Hollywood will wake up to this ad.Time to choose.You can protect your workers, or continue to support anti-abortion states that rule with hatred.We’re here for you.

won his bombshell defamation case against Amber Heard, the actress has quietly sold off her California desert oasis, The Post can confirm. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom Yucca Valley estate,which sits on 6 acres of land in California, sold off-market. Property records show, on July 18, the home traded hands for $1.05 million. New Jersey-based Rickard and Carol-Jeanette Jorgensen, who also own property in Nevada and are founders of Jorgensen & Company LLC, are the new owners, The Post has learned. It is unclear how the Jorgensens discovered the off-market home or if there’s a direct connection to Heard.

wore a skirt on the red carpet for his “Bullet Train” premiere in Berlin, snagged the approximately century-old D.L. James House in the Carmel Highlands along the Golden State’s central coast, The Wall Street Journal reports.

TMZ said.The biker suffered minor injuries after bouncing off Momoa’s windshield and rolling over the vehicle, according to the report. Momoa, 42, was not injured, TMZ said.No charges were filed in the incident.

robbing five separate victims over a span of nine months, from June 2021 to March 2022. Patterson would target potential victims by using Grindr, arranging to meet them at their homes or in hotel rooms under the pretense of sexual encounters. Once inside, Patterson would ask to use victims’ phones.During a July 2021 incident, one victim gave his phone to Patterson, who went to the victim’s kitchen, pulled out a kitchen knife, threatened the victim, and used the victim’s Venmo account to steal $3,950.

who charmed viewers as Stanford Blatch in “Sex and the City,” has left more than his screen legacy for fans in the wake of his 2021 death. His Los Angeles home — which, like Blatch, also comes with plenty of character — has just hit the market for $1.69 million, its listing brokerage told The Post.Located in Valley Village, in the San Fernando Valley, the Spanish-style residence has three bedrooms and stands on a 10,250-square-foot lot.

Ojai Valley News reported. During the public comment period of the meeting, Williams, 72, said the city needs “leadership that inspires a collaborative team,” according to the local paper.

’80s-inspired neon roller-skating outfits Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling sported on the live-action “Barbie” movie set. The movie’s viral ensembles are the vision of Oscar-winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran, Variety confirmed Tuesday.

the listing, which is held by Douglas Elliman agents Adam McKaig and Melissa Borders and currently listed for $1.795 million. In all there are 4½ baths, one office and five bedrooms, including two distinct bedroom suites, a result of Johnny and Vivian’s differing sleeping habits — and styles. While his still has a dark-tiled shower, the dark-colored toilet and original period wallpaper, hers offers more of a “pastel feminine sensibility.” The grounds offer views of the village of Casitas Springs below, the Ojai Valley beyond, a swimming pool and livestock-ready fields and corrals.

Emma Stone, the Oscar-winning actress who’s graced the silver screen with roles in “La La Land” and “The Help,” has parted ways with the beachy Malibu manse she’s owned since 2018. And it went into contract about a week after it was listed.The Wall Street Journal reports that Stone, 33, sold the three-bedroom for $4.42 million — a nice chunk above the $4.29 million she sought when she listed it in May.

hitting the market in April for $10.57 million, and for the first time in more than 50 years, the late Betty White’s Los Angeles home has sold, its listing brokerage told The Post.The final sale price: approximately $10.67 million, some $100,000 over the ask. The identity of the new owner isn’t immediately clear.The home stands in affluent Brentwood, at 506 North Carmelina Ave., and it’s where the “Golden Girls” titan lived at the time of her death this past New Year’s Eve at age 99 — less than three weeks from her 100th birthday and less than a week after having a stroke. Following her death, fans gathered outside the property to pay their respects for the star, who entertained generations of viewers during the course of her more than 80-year career.Despite the charm of the standing home, a 1952-built structure accented with canary yellow shutters, the listing notes the property would be sold for land value, adding it affords a buyer the chance to build their dream home on a flat lot.

according to The Hollywood Reporter.The outlet reported that Hopkins died in Van Nuys, California at Valley Presbyterian Hospital.One of the actor’s earliest film roles was playing Clarence “Crazy” Lee in the 1969 Sam Peckinpah film “The Wild Bunch.”A few years later in 1973, he appeared in George Lucas’ breakout film “American Graffiti.”In that film, he played the supporting character role of Joe “Little Joe” Young, a gang leader.“Graffiti got people out draggin’ and going up, and down streets cruisin’,” the actor said of the classic car film, speaking to Shock Cinema magazine.“It got people into cars doing that kind of stuff again.”Decades later the actor was still appearing at classic car shows as a result of his role in American Graffiti, and the film’s popularity among car lovers.“If I told you how many times people have come up to … me at these shows and told us that we’ve changed their lives, you wouldn’t believe it,” he said in the Shock Cinema interview.This story originally appeared on The Sun and has been reproduced here with permission.

Emma Stone‘s Malibu manse.Stone — an Academy Award-winning actress known for her roles in “Superbad,” “The Help” and “La La Land,” the latter of which secured her Oscar win — is listing her blufftop home in that celeb-approved coastal city for $4.29 million, the Wall Street Journal reported.The 33-year-old Arizona native purchased the one-story ranch home that looks out to the Pacific Ocean for $3.25 million in 2018, the Journal noted.The three-bedroom, roughly 1,800-square-foot spread sits on some 3.2 acres. Most rooms look out to the ocean and Stone recently remodeled the eat-in kitchen — whose details include painted brick, a skylight above the sink and glossy cabinetry.Other listing images of the chic midcentury crib show a cozy living area with a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows, beamed ceilings and a fireplace.

Alabama has criminalised Gender Affirming Care for transgender teens with those providing it now facing up to 10-years in prison.The Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act makes it a felony to provide puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries to transgender youth under the age of 19.The law, which went into effect on Sunday, is being challenged in court. U.S.

first reported news of this listing.What’s more: a sale at that sky-high sum would also mark one of the priciest residential transactions in the world.Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and his wife, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, set the current California record in late 2021 with the $177 million purchase of fashion tycoon Serge Azria’s Malibu compound. The Journal notes that the couple has since bought at least two more properties in Malibu since that record-breaking buy.The Eisner estate, Mediterranean in style with nine structures on approximately 5 acres, packs a real punch.

Hulu, “Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story,” which premieres Thursday, April 21. “I wanted to share Steve’s homecoming with the world. I wanted to share the happiness that we had — the good outcome but then that had a bad side too.”The series revisits Steven’s abduction in 1972, his daring escape with another kidnapping victim, and his struggles under an intense media glare after he returned home.

the untimely death of 34-year-old Dance Gavin Dance bassist Tim Feerick, an official told The Post on Friday.The rocker was found dead Wednesday of unknown causes at a modest apartment complex known as “The Retreat” on the city’s east side, according to records from the coroner’s office in Sacramento, Calif.Members of the post-hardcore screamo band announced Feerick’s passing on social media Thursday, prompting an outpouring of grief from dedicated fans.A small crowd of friends and band devotees gathered at the city’s Afterburner mural Thursday night to light candles and blast Dance Gavin Dance tunes on a portable speaker in Feerick’s honor, footage shows.Others mourned from afar.“Lighting [a candle] all the way from Scotland tonight. Been a fan of DGD since early 2014, Tim is and forever will be my inspiration as a bassist,” one fan wrote on Twitter.

initially purchased the estate in Orange County’s Dana Point last July for $10.3 million. Norm Christensen, the driving force behind the company AAE Aerospace, purchased the home from Haack, according to the deed obtained by The Post.The deed was signed on March 30, and the sale closed on April 8.

Adam Levine and his Namibian model wife Behati Prinsloo have shelled out a cool $52 million for a trophy mansion in this tony oceanside enclave, which has drawn in household names including Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres and Rob Lowe — the latter of whom built, and formerly owned, the property that the couple just bought.The eight-figure transaction seems to have happened off-market, so the home’s current inclusions aren’t immediately clear. But what’s for certain is that Levine and Prinsloo aren’t strangers to Montecito.

the vacancy left by retiring Judge Benjamin Davidian, reports The Press Democrat. She follows in the path of Alameda Superior Court Judge Victoria Kolakowski, who became the first openly transgender judge in the state after she was elected to her current position in 2010. Kolakowski later praised Murdyk’s appointment on Twitter.“Andi Mudryk is a great appointment and will be a wonderful judge,” Kolakowski tweeted.

A bill introduced in the California legislature would protect out-of-state trans youth and their families from legal action, if they come to California for gender-affirming healthcare. California State Senator Scott Wiener, a Democrat representing San Francisco, introduced the bill on Thursday, March 17.The bill would make any out-of-state judgements that aim to remove “trans kids from their parents based on parents allowing their kids to receive gender-affirming healthcare” unenforceable in California. 

KSBW. “It can be so infuriating and really scary all at the same time.”Some of the speakers at the flag-raising said it was important to show that members of the college community aren’t afraid of the vandals and will stand strong together.“Very frankly, I was told, ‘Oh, Steve, you’re not going to run openly gay are you? You haven’t been here long enough. You’re not going to get elected.’ Well, guess what? I’m here,” Cabrillo College trustee Steve Trujillo said.

Laurel Goodwin was an actress known for co-starring with Elvis Presley (1935–1977) in “Girls! Girls! Girls!” and playing Yeoman Colt in the rejected “Star Trek” pilot, “The Cage.”Goodwin’s movie debut came with 1962’s “Girls! Girls! Girls!” She played Laurel Dodge, one of two women who caught the eye of Presley’s sailor character. In 1966, Goodwin became a part of “Star Trek” history when she appeared in the show’s original pilot, which was scrapped when the show was retooled with mostly new stars. Her character, Yeoman J.M.

whose show will end this year — and her wife Portia de Rossi, 49, aren’t strangers to Montecito. Dirt notes the couple owns a $14.3 million ranch there, as well as a small cottage there too. Also in Montecito, a property that DeGeneres and de Rossi bought in September 2021 for $12 million off-market, which now asks $13.9 million for sale.

Ralph Ahn was an actor best known for playing the mostly silent grandfather figure Tran on “New Girl.”Born to a family of Korean independence activists who were some of the first Korean immigrants to the U.S., Ahn grew up in California and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

recall effort in San Francisco that led to the ousting of three school board members for prioritizing wokeness over the well-being of their students. Maher then asked Brooke Jenkins, the former assistant San Francisco district attorney who is leading the recall effort against liberal DA Chesa Boudin, if it was “about time to chuck” the masks on kids. Jenkins agreed. “Having a 5-year-old in school right now, I would like to see them go,” Jenkins said. “They don’t need them,” Maher responded, referring to face coverings. “I mean, kids are the least, least vulnerable.

Frank Pesce was a character actor known for roles in movies including “Beverly Hills Cop” and “Top Gun.”One of Pesce’s earliest roles was an uncredited bit part in “Rocky” alongside his friend, Sylvester Stallone. He made early appearances on TV shows including “Kojak” and “Police Story” and in such movies as “American Gigolo” and “Flashdance.” Pesce had a small role at the beginning of “Beverly Hills Cop,” playing a criminal buying illegal cigarettes from Eddie Murphy’s Alex Foley.

Ivan Reitman was a filmmaker who directed movies including “Ghostbusters” and “Stripes.”This is a breaking news story. We will continue to update this page as more information becomes available.

Jeremy Giambi was an outfielder and first baseman who played for major league teams including the Oakland Athletics.Giambi played college baseball for the Cal State Fullerton Titans, helping the team to victory in the 1995 College World Series. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 1996, making his major league debut with the team in 1998. Giambi was traded to the A’s in 2000, where he was involved in a notable moment during the 2001 American League Division Series.

Martine Colette was an animal welfare activist who founded Wildlife Waystation, a Los Angeles-area sanctuary for wild and exotic animals.Colette was working as a costume designer in Hollywood when she rescued her first animal, a mountain lion that was being exhibited in an animal show. She took pity on the animal’s plight in a small cage and brought it to her own home. As Colette began rescuing more animals, her home and yard couldn’t contain them anymore, so she founded Wildlife Waystation in 1976.

called on nations to outlaw unnecessary genital surgeries on intersex individuals, calling in “tantamount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” Three former U.S. Surgeons General have also called for intersex surgeries on infants to be banned.Wiener’s bill, which has been backed by several LGBTQ advocacy groups, has been introduced in committee for three consecutive years, but has failed to emerge from committee due, in part, to a lack of understanding about intersex health issues, and in part due to intense lobbying from some medical associations, especially those representing the limited number of specialists in reproductive health and/or genital reconstruction surgeries.“SB 225 was a basic civil rights law, standing for the important principle that people should be able to make decisions about their own lives, as opposed to having other people make those decisions for them,” Wiener said in a statement issued after withdrawing the bill.

California Department of Public Health, the number of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea infections in California — taken together — rose more than 62% from 2013 to 2019. In addition, COVID-19-related lockdowns and social distancing, as well as the shuffling of some medical staff to prioritize treating COVID-19-related illnesses, have made it more difficult for state residents to seek out free or low-cost STI testing, especially in rural areas where testing locations or services may not be as readily accessible.The bill also requires expectant parents to be screened for syphilis during the first and third trimesters of pregnancy in order to protect infants from contracting congenital syphilis, rates of which rose 232% in California from 2015 to 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

has announced it will implement changes to “include new adventures that stay true to the experience we know and love – more humor, wildlife and skipper heart – and also reflect and value the diversity of the world around us.The boat ride — first opened in 1955 in Anaheim and later at the Orlando park — was originally inspired by European wilderness explorers of the early 20th century, and simulates the world’s most storied waterways including the Mekong and Irrawaddy rivers in Southeast Asia,

accepted an offer on Jan. 3 for a whopping $10.5 million. She purchased the 5,572-square-foot estate in the LA neighborhood for $5.9 million back in 2010, during the third year of her hit E! talk show “Chelsea Lately.”The stand-up comic, best-selling author and Netflix documentarian has said it was the first home she ever purchased.

posted on his Instagram, along with a four-minute video of himself giving an impassioned speech at the Point Mugu outing.Overhead footage of the event taken by ABC shows dozens packed closely on the beach without masks.“We’re hoping that we’re going to have hundreds of people here. Please come and join us by candlelight as we sing and as we pray for our country,” Cameron said on Instagram.State Sen.