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A new animated “Star Wars” series is imperial marching its way towards the small screen. Disney Plus has issued a series order for “Star Wars: The Bad Batch,” a spinoff of the popular “Clone Wars” series, Variety has confirmed. This new show, which is slated to launch on Disney Plus sometime in 2021, hails from Lucasfilm …

Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King have reunited for the first time in months — after King spent two weeks in Oprah’s guesthouse. King — who flew in from NYC — and her “CBS This Morning” team holed up in the guest quarters at Oprah’s estate in Montecito, Calif., until their COVID-19 results came back negative. …

Walt Disney is temporarily closing its Hong Kong Disneyland theme park from July 15 amid rising coronavirus cases in the Chinese-ruled city, the company said Monday. The announcement came two days after Disney reopened its biggest resort, Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., as coronavirus cases surged in the state. “As required by the government …

Will Smith appeared to reference his and wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s secret separation in a resurfaced video from 2018. In the video, obtained by the Daily Mail, Smith is on a golf course explaining to the camera why he decided Pinkett Smith had to go and “make herself happy.” “You can make a person smile, …

Tesla on Monday slashed the price of its Model Y SUV by $3,000, just four months after its launch, as it looks to keep up its strong sales numbers amid the global pandemic. The Model Y now starts at $49,990, down nearly 6 percent from its previous price of $52,990, according to Tesla’s website. The …

Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp. has rolled out technology at its Tokyo headquarters that can recognize employees’ faces even when they’re wearing masks. NEC is reportedly using the advanced facial recognition system in an experiment it started Monday that aims to reduce the amount of touching in its offices and stem the spread of the …

Ever wonder what your favorite celebrities buy when they’re browsing their favorite boutique or shopping online late at night? Welcome to Six Picks, where we ask stars to spill their style and beauty must-haves — so you can shop like you’re famous, too. One of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue’s three 2020 cover girls, Kate …

Two penguins went on a date night at the museum. The Shedd Aquarium, which recently reopened in Chicago after months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, has been delighting animal lovers from home with videos of their birds waddling around the wildlife habitat. Now, two of the adorable critters have broken out from their …

The Washington Redskins football announced it will retire its name on Monday, following a review begun after corporate pressure. Dan Snyder, the team’s owner, has previously insisted that the name would never change. A 2016 poll by the Washington Post found that nine in ten Native Americans were not offended by the name, although some consider …

Florida set a record for the highest single-day total of new coronavirus cases on Sunday, with 15,299 new infections, surpassing the previous high of 12,274 cases on April 4. Some of the increase in cases is in part due to an increase in testing —  Florida doubled its testing over the last month to 50,000 …