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| Sly Stone's isolation shaped a generation of sound | In the fall of 1971, Sly and the Family Stone's "There's a Riot Goin' On" landed like a quiet revolution. After two years of silence following the band's mainstream success, fans expected more feel-good funk from the ensemble. What they got instead was something murkier and more fractured, yet deeply intimate and experimental. This was not just an album; it was the sound of a restless mind rebuilding music from the inside out. At the center of it all was front man Sly Stone. Long before the home studio became an industry norm, Stone, who died on June 9, 2025, turned the studio into both a sanctuary and an instrument. |
| Julianne Moore on 'Sirens' Season 2: 'It's not up to me' | Julianne Moore discussed the possibility of a sophomore season for her Netflix series Sirens on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday. The dark comedy, which also stars Meghann Fahy and Milly Alcock, amassed some 16.7 million views within four days of its arrival on the streamer. "Fans love it so much, they want it to come back, for Season 2," Fallon said. "It's crazy. Yeah," Moore responded. When asked about whether or not Season 2 could be on the horizon, Moore said, "It's not up to me. It's up to our writer Molly Smith Metzler... But the last time you saw me, I was on a ferry leaving town, and I don't know how she'd get back. |
| Tyla releases 'Everything Goes with Blue' for 'Smurfs' movie | Tyla has released "Everything Goes with Blue," a new song for the soundtrack of the upcoming Smurfs movie. The film opens in theaters July 18. The lyric video for the song shows the Smurfs dancing as the words flash across the screen. "I look in the sky, I see you. You're a star, bright and blue," Tyla sings. Singer Rihanna, who voices Smurfette in the upcoming film, previously released "Friend of Mine" for the soundtrack. John Goodman, Nick Offerman, Natasha Lyonne, JP Karliak, Daniel Levy, Amy Sedaris, Nick Kroll, James Corden, Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Sandra Oh, Alex Winter, Billie Lourd, Xolo Mariduena and Kurt Russell are also part of the movie's voice cast. |
| J-Hope visits Thailand in 'Killin' It Girl' video featuring GloRilla | South Korean singer and rapper J-Hope has teamed up with GloRilla on new music. The K-pop star and member of BTS released the single "Killin' It Girl" and an accompanying music video Friday. The music video opens with J-Hope lying in the middle of the street. He dances in Thailand and sings about a love interest who is a "10 out of 10." The new music follows his singles "Mona Lisa" and "Sweet Dreams" featuring Miguel, which arrived in March. "Both tracks are easy to connect with, yet they offer a glimpse into the broader, more evolved musical world I'm building. This is just the start -- I have plenty more musical experiments in store," he previously told Billboard. |
| Spielberg to introduce 'Jaws' for NBC's 50th anniversary broadcast | Steven Spielberg is set to introduce his classic shark thriller, Jaws, for a special NBC broadcast on June 20 in honor of the film's 50th anniversary. "Universal is home to the biggest movies in the world and it doesn't get any bigger than Jaws," Jenny Storms, chief marketing officer at NBCUniversal Television & Streaming, said in a press release on Thursday. "We want to celebrate 50 years of this enduring film that has captured the public imagination for generations by bringing it to audiences at home in all the ways they love to watch." The film about a Great White shark terrorizing a New England beach community around the Fourth of July stars Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton. |