Yellowstone spinoff centered on Luke Grimes’ Kayce Dutton greenlit at CBS

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting … Read more

Did ‘Star Wars’ teach us the wrong ideas about rebellion?

I’m always struck by how many extras it takes to wage a rebellion. In an early cut of 1977’s “Star Wars,” George Lucas included a shaggy, chatty “Graffiti”-esque sequence between Luke Skywalker and one of his Tatooine pals, Biggs, who tells him, “I’m not going to wait for the Empire to draft me into service. … Read more

Luke Skywalker’s Medal of Yavin sells for almost $400K, Chewbacca’s bowcaster goes for $768K

There’s no way to put a price on the Battle of Yavin — an event that changed the course of history in “Star Wars.” But a medal given to the heroes of that key Rebellion win was sold for almost $400,000 at a recent auction. A prop medal given to Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in … Read more

Luke Combs says he struggles with ‘pure O,’ an OCD variant that’s literally all in his head: ‘It’s not fun’

Don’t get country singer Luke Combs thinking about things, because he might have a hard time stopping. The “Fast Car” singer says that in addition to anxiety, he has a “particularly wicked” version of obsessive-compulsive disorder. He described his “pure O” in a February interview on Australia’s version of “60 Minutes,” explaining that he focuses … Read more

Manchester United injury update: Amad Diallo, Kobbie Mainoo Luke Shaw latest news and return dates

The young star has been ruled out for the rest of the season with an ankle injury. Ruben Amorim explained how Amad sustained the injury during training, telling reporters: “Amad was alone. He was doing a tackle. The feet were sticking in the grass and some players felt during training sickness so it is everything.”A … Read more