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The late night political satire show Mezhdunarodnaya Pilorama [International Saw-Panorama] has been condemned for a sketch which was broadcast on the Kremlin-funded channel NTV on Saturday night. During the clip, host Tigran Keosayan segues into an interview with what is supposed to be Obama, who is wearing a red bandana, chains and an oversized t-shirt. The sketch was part of the show which was ridiculing Obama following the release of his memoirs, A Promised Land....

Barca lost Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain in a shock world-record €222million move and his absence was noticeable as Barca were humbled in a 5-1 Supercopa de Espana defeat to arch rivals Real Madrid. Deportivo 9/1 to beat Real Madrid Their misery was worsened by a hamstring injury to Luis Suarez in the second leg of that tie. However, Valverde says Barca have no time to wallow and is keen for the club to work on bulking up the squad, with Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho and Borussia Dortmund’s Ousmane Dembele the subject of reported rejected bids....

Ronald Koeman told a press conference: He drew attention to the fact that Barcelona fielded a much younger and inexperienced team during their most recent defeat to the German giants. Ronald Koeman hit back at his critics and called for togetherness as off-field troubles continue to plague Barcelona. Bayern Munich: Barcelona’s top nemesis? If there’s any club that is capable of humiliating Barcelona on any given day, it definitely has to be Bayern Munich....

Barca recorded the greatest comeback in Champions League history last week, recovering from a four-goal first-leg deficit at Camp Nou to win the return match 6-1. Nuno: No Barca parallels for Porto Juventus are 2-0 in front going into Tuesday’s last-16 second leg in Turin, but Allegri is feeling far from secure. “It will not be easy,” Allegri, who will make a late decision on defender Giorgio Chiellini’s involvement after he was named in the squad, said at his pre-match media conference....

Over this long Thanksgiving weekend, we have been feverishly plugging away at the recent release of the PC version of Batman: Arkham City, in order to publish our review for early next week. Game Rant previously awarded a perfect score to Rocksteady Studios’ newest take on the Batman franchise in our review of the console version of the game. Because the console and PC versions are substantively the same game, we have been focusing mostly on the graphical improvements found in the PC version, including the DX 11 effects and 3D visuals....

Players and Bat-fans alike won’t be hurting for classic villains, with the Joker, Riddler, and even Penguin and Solomon Grundy all announced. But among that kind of roster, it would take one heck of a twist to bring a relative unknown to the top of the villain pile. But that’s the task that Dr. Hugo Strange, the new warden of Arkham Asylum is taking on. After Strange’s role was confined to audio logs of patient interviews in Arkham Asylum, it seems that Arkham City will be showing just what all of that psychiatric experimentation has led to....

[HTML1] Following a forty second tease for Batman: Arkham Origins, Warner Bros. Interactive has now released a full four-minute CGI trailer. Gameplay footage once again takes a backseat to a scripted cut scene but the new trailer successfully adds a bit more context to the previous video (which showcased fan-favorite anti-hero Deathstroke the Terminator trading punches with the Dark Knight), including a look at the game’s primary antagonist, Black Mask, and other villains that will be competing to takedown the Caped Crusader....

[HTML1] Despite the change of hands from the lauded Rocksteady Studios to brand new development studio Warner Bros Games Montréal, fans of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City have plenty of reasons to feel confident about the upcoming prequel Batman: Arkham Origins. Featuring a younger Bruce Wayne in the second year of his vigilante career as Batman, Arkham Origins brings back the stealth and combat abilities of the previous game and pits its hero against a succession of master assassins, including Copperhead, the Electrocutioner and Firefly....

But what gamers might not know is just how much gamers stuck with Call of Duty, even with a worthy competitor in Battlefield 3 to sway their gameplay time. According to Major Nelson’s Xbox Live activity numbers, Battlefield 3 has been beat out each week it’s been available by first Black Ops and even Modern Warfare 2, and then Modern Warfare 3. Black Ops, a now one-year-old game, was still generating a stronger player population than Battlefield 3, which was brand spanking new — but only on the Xbox 360....

Thankfully two sets of specs (both minimum and recommended) have been released to give hopeful Battlefield 3 PC players an idea of just how taxing the game might be on their rig. Settings-wise the minimum and recommended specs are nothing too out of the ordinary, and shouldn’t force too many hardcore PC players to go out for an upgrade. But, of course, these are only the minimum and recommended specs for the game to run smoothly....

It wasn’t long before Battlefield 4 was was made official and it’s been fast-tracked for release just in time for the next-gen consoles and its head-to-head battle with Call of Duty. Unfortunately for the Battlefield faithful, its release is perhaps a little too fast. Judging by our own experiences and the official forums, BF4 isn’t quite ready for release and much like its predecessor in Battlefield 3, its launch has been met with a wide variety of bugs, from the usual in-game exploits to game-crashing errors in both the game’s single-player campaign and multiplayer modes....

However, the analysis firm of Stern Agee doesn’t see it that way. They believe that while Electronic Arts might have originally envisioned Battlefield 5 as a 2015 release they have changed gears for three key reasons. Before delving into those reasons, though, it’s important to point out that the 2015 release date is merely an assumption on Stern Agee’s part. Thus far, neither EA nor DICE has made any indication that they planned to release Battlefield 5 in 2015; the firm was simply operating under the assumption that Battlefield is now an annual franchise....

Both EA and Visceral Games welcomed a wide range of reactions when Battlefield Hardline was revealed, not only due to the fact that Battlefield 4 was still broken in the minds of many, but that the game bears little resemblance to past entries in the series. Focusing the action on city streets instead of distant battlefields - and between police and criminals instead of warring armies - is a clear departure from DICE’s past work, but the new developers aren’t intent on simply making the action look different....

With the win at the Allianz Arena, Bayern has collected 51 points, holding the second spot in the standings, on goal differential behind leader Borussia Dortmund, who is to take on sixth-placed Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday. Bayern has thus extended its domestic league winning streak to three successive matches, while Dortmund allowed the defending champion to narrow the gap after two Bundesliga draws in a row, reports Efe news....

There’s a strong cult following that gamers have for the witch-filled property, but the confirmation of a direct follow up was bittersweet for many. A majority of fans expected that they wouldn’t be forced to surrender $300-$350 for a new console in order to play Bayonetta 2, especially since its predecessor was available on PS3 and 360. What many people don’t realize, however, is that if Nintendo hadn’t picked up the publishing rights then the game may have never been made at all....

New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) will discuss the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) nominations for this year’s Arjuna Award among others things when they meet in the Capital on Saturday. GM Cricket Operations Saba Karim is expected to propose the names to the committee comprising of Vinod Rai, Diana Edulji and Lt. Gen. Ravi Thodge. While nominating players for the award will be on top of the agenda list, another important factor will be discussing the matter of the women’s head coach and refer it to the Ombudsman to take a call on the decision-making process....

The finale episode revealed what happened to Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) in the wake of the penultimate episode’s dramatic events, all of which is set post-Breaking Bad. Here is everything you need to know about the finale. Warning: This article contains spoilers for the ‘Better Call Saul’ series finale ‘Better Call Saul’ Ending Explained: What Happened to Saul and Kim? In the penultimate episode, Saul was forced to go on the run after cab driver Jeff (Pat Healy) was arrested following a con gone wrong and his mother Marion (Carol Burnett) learned who Saul really was and called the police on him....

The boy’s father, who was in the 20-foot-long fishing boat at the time along with two other men, jumped into the water to save his son before the shark released him and swam away, ABC News reported. The child was taken to North West Regional Hospital hospital on Friday afternoon where he received treatment for his injuries, which included cuts to his arms, chest and head. Medical staff say he is in a stable condition....

Nicole F. is a controversial player this season because of a rumor that started ahead of filming. According to the rumor, which was spread on Twitter by fans and fueled by former Big Brother players, Nicole F. spied on potential Big Brother All-Stars players and reported her findings on pre-game alliances to CBS. One of her supposed findings was that two legendary alumni—Dan Gheesling and Derrick Levasseur—were forming a pre-show alliance....

In a viral Reddit post published on r/AmITheA**hole, Redditor u/AnxiousSprinkles396 (otherwise referred to as the original poster, or OP) described the challenges they’ve encountered throughout their recent job search and said they were forced to cut an interview short after being reprimanded for asking about money. Titled, “[Am I the a**hole] for walking out of an interview when they would not disclose a salary to me?” the post has received nearly 10,000 votes and 2,000 comments in the last ten hours....