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…with THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL! The obligatory "Summer in the City" because of course. But let's do the other big hits: "Daydream," "Do You Believe in Magic," and "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice." Also, the band gets some orchestral backing on "Darlin' Be Home Soon," which is lesser-known today, but which reached No. 15 on the Billboard charts in 1967.
YACHT ROCK: Daryl Hall may hate it, but the seminal DIY video series turns 20 and led to a reconsideration of 70s soft rock.
THE BESNARD LAKES returns with "In Hollywood."
BLOOD ORANGE shares "The Field."
WHY? covers Mac Miller's "Circles."
PROLAPSE shares "Cha Cha Cha 2000."
BRIAN WILSON's cause of death.
ZAK STARKEY, on being sacked from The Who, playing with Oasis, and Barry Keoghan playing Ringo Starr.
SABRINA CARPENTER smells the glove.
THE BEST ALBUMS of 2025 (So Far), according to NME.
ORLANDO BLOOM & KATY PERRY are dunzo after nine years.
F1: Will racing fans approve of Brad Pitt's latest? Plus, Jerry Bruckheimer takes you under the hood.
BRAD PITT's home was ransacked by burglars.
ALLISON WILLIAMS quietly married fellow actor Alexander Dreymon.
PAUL DANO will write and direct a comedy for Universal.
THE TOP 10 MOVIES of 2025 (So Far), according to Variety.
LALO SHIFRIN, the Grammy-winning composer of “Mission: Impossible” and film scores including “Cool Hand Luke,” “Dirty Harry” and “Bullitt,” died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was 93.
THE OCTOPUS: Master of Disguise.
A TARANTULA sheds a layer, goes blue.
A CATerpillar.
