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The veteran actress and singer is highly critical of Trump and his administration and famously uses her social media platform to denounce the GOP. Now the “Wind Beneath My Wings” singer has taken aim at Trump once again, this time mocking the number of COVID-19 infections that have been associated with the current White House. “Before #Biden moves into the White House, it’s said to need fumigation,” Midler tweeted. “It will be misted with disinfectant to kill any lingering Covid from the totally infected #Trump administration....

RELATED: Bob Odenkirk: Best Movies, Ranked (According To Rotten Tomatoes) Although the stakes are high, no fan of Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul doubts the ability of showrunners Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan. Every loose end from both series is bound to be tied up in these final episodes. These ten questions involve the show’s biggest story arcs that fans are excited to see resolved in the coming weeks....

But there are a couple of big exceptions, and I have to say, they make me furious. The first is Attorney General John Ashcroft, who has now been revealed to be–how to put this gently?–a liar on an issue directly related to preventing future acts of terrorism. The other example: Democrats in Congress who want to keep the new Department of Homeland Security from being accountable for its performance. President Bush has threatened to veto their bill for the way it approaches civil service, and he’s right....

“Pal Joey” was a perfect choice to close out the series’s second season. The masterpiece of the long collaboration between composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart, the 1940 show shook up Broadway with its John O’Hara book that swept sugar off the stage in favor of sin. In “Encores,” Peter Gallagher played Joey Evans, the small-time hoofer/emcee whose studly talents earn him a temporary place in the bed and bankbook of rich bitch Vera Simpson....

The singing superstar has revealed in understated fashion that she will be releasing a new project titled Renaissance, which is landing on July 29. A tweet was shared on the verified Twitter account of music streaming service Tidal in the early hours of Thursday morning. “Beyoncé. RENAISSANCE. July 29,” read a caption, alongside a text image that indicated the project will be “act i” of Renaissance—suggesting there could be other parts to come under the banner....

Thanks to the singer’s expressive reactions at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony on Sunday night, Queen B is now a new meme with thousands of tweets joining the new trend. The queen of R&B and pop now has 28 Grammy Awards after netting four more trophies on Sunday but was nominated for nine awards in total this year. “I am so honored and I am so excited, thank you guys,” the singer said when she stepped onstage to accept the award for Best R&B Performance....

According to a jobs listing on LinkedIn, Ubisoft is currently seeking to hire a 3D Programmer to work on its Beyond Good and Evil 2 team. The position is within Ubisoft’s headquarters in Paris. The studio where this opening exists is described as the same team behind games like Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, Just Dance 2021, and Watch_Dogs Legion. RELATED: Ubisoft is Randomly Teasing Beyond Good and Evil 2 Again...

The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Netflix will be bringing the world of Beyond Good and Evil to film. The news also came with the announcement of a director who has experience with video game adaptations. Rob Letterman, the director of box office success Detective Pikachu, will direct what the publication calls a “hybrid live-action/animated feature.” RELATED: Unique Features to Produce Heavy Rain Film Adaptation Producing the film is Jason Altman and Margaret Boykin for Ubisoft Film and Television, a division of the video game publisher that had previously co-produced the Assassin’s Creed film....

Recent events should not have dimmed that glow. The killing of Amadou Diallo was obviously an aberration; cops aren’t in the habit of firing 41 times at an unarmed immigrant without any criminal record. In fact, the NYPD uses deadly force less often than police in other cities. And for all the excesses, poor neighborhoods are not roiling with complaints against police. I spoke last week with Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, who coauthored a new report on community-police relations for the nonpolitical Vera Institute of Justice....

The Indian team produced a series of impressive performances in the tournament, stunning higher ranked teams such as China, Jordan and Chinese Taipei to finish in seventh place. This is the best ever performance of the Indian men’s team at the Asian level since finishing sixth at the 1989 FIBA Asia Championship. From an individual performance standpoint, India’s ‘Big Three’ of centre Amritpal Singh, power forward Amjyot Singh and shooting guard Vishesh Bhriguvanshi have reaffirmed their status as among Asia’s best players in their respective positions....

Medicare announced last month that it would increase its monthly premium for outpatient care for “Part B” from $148.50 to $170.10, almost $22, beginning in January. “Rather than assessing the current $21.60 per month … premium increase in full, I urge you to reduce the amount,” Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, wrote health secretary Xavier Becerra. “Taking this type of approach would reduce near-term expenses for seniors on fixed incomes....

Biden came into office with strong approval ratings, but has since lost support from voters amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases and America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. Two Quinnipiac polls taken four years apart found both Trump and Biden had nearly exactly the same support from members of their own parties, but when it comes to the economy, voters felt better about Trump than they do about Biden. “Battered on trust, doubted on leadership, and challenged on overall competency, President Biden is being hammered on all sides as his approval rating continues its downward slide to a number not seen since the tough scrutiny of the Trump administration,” Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy said in a statement....

History, however, is not so optimistic. Though Democrats now lead Republicans in national preference polling, Biden’s approval ratings have so far failed to fully recover from the depths to which they’d plunged in mid-July, while more than half the national electorate continues to disapprove of his job performance. His approval ratings also closely track the pre-midterm election performance of his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, entering an election year in which his party lost 41 seats in the House of Representatives and ceded control of the chamber to Democrats....

In a series of paid ads earlier this month, the Democratic presidential candidate’s team asked users to sign a petition demanding that Facebook change its policies about fact checking, fake news and misinformation “for the sake of our democracy.” Funded by the Biden Victory Fund, some of the advertising posts had a potential reach of more than one million people, the social network’s Ad Library shows. The similarly-worded messages, which ran between 13-15 July, echoed Biden’s earlier open letter to the Mark Zuckerberg-led platform, which accused Facebook of failing to “limit the effect of false ads” while letting President Donald Trump “say anything....

U.S. and Polish officials are investigating the deadly blasts that killed two people in Polish territory on Tuesday. A statement from the Polish Foreign Ministry identified the missile as “Russian-made.” However, Biden told reporters in Bali, Indonesia, where he is meeting with G7 leaders, that there was “preliminary” evidence to indicate that the projectile was not fired from Russia. “There is preliminary information to contest that [the missile came from Russia],” said Biden....

The election is more than two years away, but speculation about whether Biden plans to run for reelection has already begun as he faces low approval numbers, challenges to key parts of his agenda and high inflation. Axelrod, a strategist who helped propel former President Barack Obama to victory in 2008, warned Biden’s age could be a possible setback to his 2024 campaign. Biden, 79, became the oldest elected president in United States history when he won in 2020....

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, had already delayed the vote multiple times, as the White House tried to negotiate a deal over money for road and bridge repairs, electric car incentives, and water system and broadband upgrades, among several other priorities that Biden had laid out during the presidential campaign last year. Negotiations are expected to continue on the effort, though its delay signals struggles in getting Biden’s agenda through under razor-thin margins in both the House and Senate....

The Catalans suffered a humiliating 4-0 loss at Anfield on Tuesday, which sent them crashing out of the Champions League semi-finals 4-3 on aggregate. Their 3-0 lead from the first leg had put them in a commanding position, but, as they did in the quarter-final with Roma last season, Barca collapsed in the return fixture to see their treble challenge come to an end. The result has led to serious questions about Valverde’s future as head coach, despite him guiding Barca to the LaLiga title and a Copa del Rey final with Valencia....