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And the Oscar for best documentary goes back to Russian filmmaker Pavel Talankin after Transportation Security Administration workers mistook the golden statuette for a weapon and removed it from his carry-on bag for a flight to Germany.

Talankin will soon be reunited with the Academy Award he won this year for his 2025 film “Mr Nobody Against Putin,” Lufthansa Airlines said in a statement.

“We can confirm that the Oscar statue has now been located and is safely in our care in Frankfurt,” the statement said. “We are in direct contact with the guest to arrange its personal return as quickly as possible. We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused and have apologized to the owner.”

Sara Gore, yearslong host of NBC New York’s “Open House” and “New York Live,” has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

The Emmy-winning TV personality shared the news in an emotional segment on “New York Live” aired April 30.

“It just felt right to tell you myself, I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and I’m going to be stepping away for treatment and surgery,” Gore said. “If I didn’t say that I was a little bit scared, I’d be lying.”

After weeks of headlines about domestic disputes, physical violence, criminal investigations and off-screen drama, a Utah court official put it to reality stars Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen simply: You “need to stay away from each other.”

The official ultimately granted the “The Secret Lives of Mormon Housewives” stars mutual protective orders at a court hearing Thursday. It was the first time the on-again, off-again couple had been seen together in public since their domestic violence case made national headlines and a video of an altercation scuttled the productions and broadcasts of two popular reality series, “Secret Lives” and “The Bachelorette,” which Paul was supposed to be fronting.

Paul and Mortensen’s meeting Thursday was unlike the ones “Mormon Wives” viewers are used to on screen — neither Paul nor Mortensen appeared to acknowledge the other. Both were calm, respectful and attentive during the nearly two-hour hearing, which hashed out the merits of their competing temporary protective orders.

Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci received stars on the Walk of Fame Thursday in a two-for-one ceremony in the heart of Hollywood honoring the Oscar-nominated actors and real-life in-laws.

The “Devil Wears Prada 2” co-stars were joined by the film’s star, Meryl Streep, Dwayne Johnson, Matt Damon and Robert Downey Jr. The follow-up to the 2006 original, which featured Tucci, Blunt, Streep and Anne Hathaway hits theaters Friday.

“Emily, I feel like I birthed you,” Streep said. “I’m so proud of you… I can’t wait to work with you again. I’m in love with you like everybody else.”

Pop star Britney Spears has been charged with misdemeanor DUI after she was pulled over last month by California Highway Patrol officers on a Southern California freeway.

Spears’ arraignment was scheduled for Monday morning in Ventura County Superior Court. She is not required to attend due to the misdemeanor-level charge.

Jimmy Fowlie, a writer for NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” said in an Instagram post Wednesday that his sister was “no longer alive” four months after he said she had gone missing.

“The LAPD has informed our family that Christina is no longer alive, and the case has officially transitioned from a missing person to a homicide investigation,” Fowlie wrote on the social media platform.

“Our prayers for her to be found safely have transformed into prayers for the truth to be revealed and for those responsible to be held accountable,” he added.