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Lady Gaga is coming for her Little Monsters’ underwear drawers. The 34-year-old pop icon, whose new album “Chromatica” is out on May 29, has launched a new line of merchandise tied to the music — including hot pink jockstraps ($30) and thongs ($20). Both skimpy styles are screen-printed with the title of Gaga’s upcoming LP …

These kids got a “Perfect” lockdown lesson. Ed Sheeran surprised a class of young British school kids by joining their Zoom video lesson — even teaching them to play some of his hits, according to a report. The “Shape of You” superstar surprised the elementary-aged kids at South London’s Ecclesbourne Primary School by joining the …

Uber laid off 3,500 people — in a 3-minute Zoom call — last week. “Today will be your last working day with Uber,” company manager Ruffin Chevaleau informed customer-support employees in a video phone call, according to footage obtained by the Daily Mail. “Right now, the rides business is down by more than half due …

MLB owners agreed Monday to the proposal that will be officially sent to the Players Association with the hope of initiating a new round of negotiations as early as Tuesday that most optimistically would begin spring training in about a month and start the season in the first week of July. The 30 control people …

Twitter will add labels and warning messages on some tweets with disputed or misleading information about COVID-19, the company said on Monday, as part of a new approach to misinformation that will eventually extend to other topics. Twitter’s new labels will provide links to more information in cases where the risk of harm from the …

Elon Musk gave girlfriend Grimes a break on Mother’s Day. The “Miss Anthropocene” singer, 32, shared a video on her Instagram story of baby X Æ A-12 lying on Musk’s chest as he pats the infant’s back. She placed pink heart emojis over the sweet footage. Elon Musk and GrimesWireImage Musk, 48, and Grimes welcomed …

General Mills said on Monday it expects to surpass its own expectations for fiscal 2020 organic sales, as people stock their pantries with breakfast cereals and other long-lasting packaged food amid lockdowns. The company, which makes such products as Cheerios cereal and Blue Buffalo pet foods, also said it expects fourth-quarter organic net sales to …

Countries involved in China’s massive international infrastructure push have reportedly asked Beijing for breaks on loans as the coronavirus roils their economies. China has lent countries hundreds of billions of dollars for infrastructure projects under its “Belt and Road Initiative,” which aims to build railroads, highways, energy pipelines and other arteries linking the country with …

Kelly Dodd is once again sparking outrage with her controversial views on the COVID-19 crisis. During Instagram Live last week, a pal told the “Real Housewives of Orange County” star, “It’s more every day. In New York, we’re down to 250 [deaths] a day.” Dodd, 44, then seemingly compared coronavirus to “the flu” and added, …

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials gave back some of last week’s gains on Monday, as investors worried about the possibility of a second wave of coronavirus infections with the reopening of several economies. Germany and South Korea reported a surge in new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, in an ominous sign for all countries …