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When playing his first role since winning the Oscar for best supporting actor earlier this month, Robert Downey Jr. proved himself to be a total chameleon. The 58-year-old actor appeared completely unrecognizable in many roles in his forthcoming film The Sympathizer. Downey Jr. introduces Hoa Xuande's The Captain: "Welcome to the world of spycraft!" starts the two-and-a-minute preview.' Xuande, a 'incompatibility' protagonist, converts his talents into a spy, transforming him into a'synthesis of incompatibilities,'

Following the two-week closure, Robert Downey Jr. and his second wife Susan Levin Downey maintain their 18-year marriage. In her hubbie's People cover article, she said, 'It often feels too long, but we don't go more than two weeks without seeing each other and the family being together.' We're fortunate that we can be a traveling circus when we can.'

Robert Downey Jr. Since winning his first Oscar in Oppenheimer on Sunday for his scene-stealing appearance, there are no plans on slowing down. The 58-year-old Brat Packer told People at the Governor's Ball, 'I got a few other tricks up my sleeve.'

The plastic bag ban in California has rebounded nearly a decade after the state was the first to ban single-use plastic bags, sparking a national movement. A troubling trend emerged in the years that followed this historic decision. Plastic bag pollution in California has risen to historic highs. Customers now use thicker, heavier,'reusable' carriers, polluting more air pollution than ever despite the fact that only an extra ten cents at check out.

Whether or not they have no visa, California has become the first state to provide universal health care to all illegal migrants. For an additional 700,000 undocumented immigrants, aged 26 to 49, who are eligible for full coverage under Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, taxpayers will now be required to fork out thousands for medical care.

The new energy surrounding Boise-bordering town Eagle was revealed this month by The Los Angeles Times in the form of resident and local politicians - both new and old. They mainly expressed their dissatisfaction with how the town of 32,100 has been bombarded with new arrivals from The Golden State in recent years, many of whom have hefty pensions after careers in public service. The long-serving pension beneficiaries are quickly supplanting long-serving residents, they said, referring to the so-called 'liberal baggage' that the ex-cops and firefighters were carrying with them as the movement began hundreds of miles away. This ideological conflict came to an end in the town's mayoral election this month, in which City Council President Brad Pike won a landslide over incumbent Mayor Jason Pierce.

In recent weeks, House Republicans have opened an investigation into find out if Beijing's chiefs get paid in exchange for disseminating disinformation. DailyMail.com interviewed analysts who have followed Codepink's activities for the past two decades, finding that its leaders have forged links with other barbaric regimes around the world. Senior Code Pink members have cosied up with Holocaust deniers in Iran, aided Hamas' dissemination, and used antisemitic insults against influential, wealthy Jewish people in Washington, DC. 'Code Pink and its key figures have been known for years for supporting, defending, and excuses for some of the world's most violent dictatorships, militant groups, and Jew-haters,' said Lawrence Peck, an advisor to the North Korea Freedom Alliance.

Cynthia Papermaster, a West Coast activist, said, 'I don't recall a Codepink campaign or stance on the Uyghurs.' 'I've heard there's repression.' I've also heard that there is freedom.' Senior Codepink activists discussed the accusations of Chinese influence-peddling. www.dote.com They vehemently denied allegations that they receive cash from Beijing, but they also refused to discuss anything critical about China's long-reported human rights record.

House Republicans are asking that the rabble-rousing advocacy group Code Pink be illegally funded by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

When in China, California Governor Gavin Newsom played basketball and managed to knock down a teen with his on-court antics. While fueling rumors of presidential aspirations, Newsom is in China meeting with officials and discussing climate change. As he approached the child, Newsom displayed some of his on-the-court moves, dragging the two children to the ground. Newsom and the boy soon get up as the Governor laughs it off and says, 'I got you!' As they get back to their feet, the boy chuckles.

Leslie Van Houten is serving a life term for assisting Manson and others in the murder of Leno LaBianca, a Los Angeles grocer, and his partner, Rosemary. Governor Gavin Newsom's decision, who denied parole for Van Houten in 2022 and 2020, was reversed by the appellate court's decision. Since 2016, she has been approved for parole five times. All of those plans were turned down by either Newsom or former Governor Jerry Brown. California Attorney General Rob Bonta could petition the state Supreme Court to prevent her from releasing her. Questions were directed to Newsom's office, which didn't respond to inquiries about potential next steps. Van Houten, according to Newsom, is still a threat to society. In refusing her release, she said she gave an inaccurate and ineffective explanation for her Manson involvement at the time of the murders.

At a hearing in March, Frederick Newhall Woods was found eligible for parole, but after a 120-day clock had expired, the decision to release the 70-year-old was finalized on Wednesday. In 1976, Woods was one of three men found guilty of hijacking a school bus carrying children and retaining them and their driver for $5 million ransom. Woods no longer a danger to the public, according to Parole commissioners. In 1982, the convicted kidnapper became eligible for parole but was refused admission 17 times. In 2012 and 2015, his accomplices, brothers Richard and James Schoenfeld, were respectively released.