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With the box office success of Superman in theaters, the country has Supes fever with more and more people getting their hands on all sorts of merch to celebrate the Man of Steel.
Available at Walmart, these Superman toys and collectibles start at $25 and features characters from the movie, such as Superman, Lux Luthor, Krypto the Dog, Ultraman, Mister Terrific and others. In addition, most of these collectibles are designed by McFarlane Toys, which is a toy company known for their detail, quality and limited availability.
If you’re not a member, then you’re in luck: You can sign up for a 30-day free trial to take advantage of everything the retailer’s rewards program has to offer with perks such as free, fast delivery; fuel discounts; streaming access to Paramount+ to watch hit originals; more savings with early access deals and much more.
Meanwhile, Walmart+ comes with access to SiriusXM for all sorts of talk radio and music — including popular channels such as “The Coffee House” for stripped-down songs from recording artists, like Noah Kahan, Kacey Musgraves, The Lumineers, Phoebe Bridgers and others. Learn more about what Walmart+ can offer you here.
Additionally, Superman has an excellent score by composers John Murphy and David Fleming, as well as a killer soundtrack with pop hits, including Teddybears, Noah & The Whale, Sophie Madeleine and others.
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After a two-year hiatus, Miley Cyrus returned in June with Something Beautiful, a “one-of-a-kind pop opera fueled by fantasy,” according to a statement. Following the singer’s ninth studio album, the project was accompanied by a one-night-only theatrical release of a companion film directed by Cyrus, Jacob Bixenman, Brendan Walter, with cinematography by Benoît Debie. On July 17, the Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful film has finally made its way online to stream, exclusively on Hulu.
Want to watch Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful online for free? Keep scrolling to learn how you can get a 30-day free trial to Hulu right now.
How to Watch the Miley Cyrus ‘Something Beautiful’ Documentary Online
As of July 17, the music film is streaming on Hulu. Not subscribed? Right now, new users can take advantage of a 30-day free trial to check out everything the platform has to offer before committing to the monthly fee. After the trial period is over, you can keep watching Hulu starting at $9.99/month for the ad-supported plan. However, to go ad-free, the price jumps up to $18.99/month. You can also cancel before the trial period is up and not pay a dime.
In addition, there also great bundle options like Disney Duo, which includes both Hulu and Disney+ for $10.99/month with ads, or $19.99/month without ads. Lastly, there’s Disney Trio that bundles Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ starting at $16.99/month, or ad-free Disney+ and Hulu, along with ESPN+ with ads for $26.99/month.
Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful is produced by Miley Cyrus, XYZ Films and Panos Cosmatos in collaboration with Sony Music Vision, Columbia Records and Live Nation. The film, which is told in two acts, features all 13 songs from her recent album Something Beautiful. Want to know which songs are our favorite? Here’s how we’ve ranked each track.
Check out the trailer for Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful film below.
“I see a lot of you don’t like me and that’s okay,” Shane Gillis told the crowd of sports superstars and celebrities at the 2025 ESPY Awards on July 16. Spoken like a true comedian.
Even before the stand-up star’s monologue was over, the internet was awash in shocked posts about his jokes — and the cameras at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles showed plenty of double takes in the audience — but from a pure comedy perspective, Gillis killed way more than he missed, and his onstage moments brought an energy and tension to a production that was filled with many canned acceptance speeches that were oddly free of emotion.
When a joke didn’t land or drew a mixed response — there were some boos in the crowd — Gillis sometimes claimed he hadn’t written it. But given his unapologetic comic style, he might have been tweaking another comic, Jo Koy, who blamed his writers for the many jokes that bombed during his monologue at the 2024 Golden Globes.
Throughout the ceremony, which included performances by Clipse, Busta Rhymes and GELO, Gillis — who hails from Mechanicsburg, Pa.,(about a two-hour drive from Philadelphia), namechecked his favorite NFL team, the Eagles, with, “Go Birds,” and late in the production went all out when comparing the team to the other nominees for the best team ESPY.
“I bet you guys think, as an Eagles fan, I’m going to trash all of the other nominees. Far from it,” Gillis said with his trademark wait-for-it grin. “I think this race is wide open,” he said before comparing the team to the other candidates and one that was not. “One of the nominees for the best team this year is the Dallas Cowboys. No, I’m joking, obviously. Dallas sucks,” he said, uttering the chant usually heard at games between the Eagles and their decades-long rival. “Only real teams are up for best team.”
The Eagles did take home the best team award, as well as the best play and best NFL player honors for running back Saquon Barkley and his mind-blowing reverse hurdle over Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Jarrian Jones last season.
Gillis’ boosterism was not lost on the Eagles’ offensive tackle Jordan Mailata, who accepted the best team award and dubbed the comedian the team’s “sixth offensive lineman” — which, if it wasn’t a joke, could have been.
For those who didn’t catch the awards, here are Gillis’ 10 best jokes in descending order. And while the saying goes that if a joke needs to be explained, it’s not funny, background is included for those who don’t follow sports.
For Myke Towers, being an “Island Boy” means being ready for anything, at any time, while also being prepared to party.
As he was literally counting the days with great excitement for the release of his new album, Island Boyz, in the vibrant heart of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Myke Towers brought Billboard to the origins of his musical journey. With a stunning view of the impressive Castillo San Cristóbal as a backdrop in the restaurant Mar y Rosa, he shared the essence of the sound of his new album, which is deeply rooted in the rich cultural landscape of the island. The fort’s majestic presence not only symbolizes the Caribbean flavors of Puerto Rican heritage, but also serves as a reminder of the influences that have shaped Towers’ unique artistry.
From “Soleao,” his collaboration with Quevedo — which also reached No. 4 on Billboard’s Latin Pop Airplay and Latin Rhythm Airplay charts, and No. 19 on Latin Airplay — to tracks such as “No Hay Break” featuring Omah Lay, he infuses Afrobeats elements. In contrast, “No Quiere Flores,” a collaboration with Gabito Ballesteros, features reggaeton with heavy thumping beats. He also expresses his love for corridos and Regional Mexican music. The 23 tracks blend reggaetón, dancehall, dembow, Latin R&B and Afrobeats. This new body of work reaffirms his command over a global urban sound and offers a deeper look into an artist in full reinvention.
The project also introduces a rich variety of musical influences, seamlessly blended to create a cohesive listening experience. Together, these songs reflect Towers’ diverse inspirations and unwavering commitment to authenticity, making Island Boyz a compelling contribution to the contemporary music landscape that provides a new life soundtrack for the summer, departing straight from Puerto Rico.
“I say that it happened, that little by little, I was discovering myself more and more. … Someone close to me told me, ‘Don’t take it the wrong way, but your best song, you haven’t even recorded it yet.’ I was like, ‘What do you mean?’ I didn’t understand him,” he shares with Billboard. “Then he told me that I am at a level where better things will keep coming out, I have to keep going until. Wow, I take that very seriously! It’s not that I know it all, it’s through experience in the studio that one develops.”
Myke says he continues to improve his technique to maintain the characteristic flow and catchy bars that are part of the chorus of his songs.
The list of collaborators — Quevedo, De La Ghetto, Gabito Ballesteros, Manuel Turizo, Omah Lay, Ludmilla, DFZM and Izaak — comes not from rigid formulas, but from a deep sense of artistic kinship that enhances the album’s vision.
Check out Billboard‘s interview with Myke Towers above.
Myke Towers is confirmed for the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Week, taking place from Oct. 20 to 24 at the historic Fillmore Miami Beach. Spanning over 30 years and recognized as the most influential week in Latin music, the event will once again celebrate the heartbeat of Latin music and culture with four days of panels, marquee conversations, roundtables, showcases, networking, and activations.
Tickets are on sale now at BillboardLatinMusicWeek.com. The full schedule and lineup will be revealed in the coming weeks.
In the first half of 2025, growth of U.S. on-demand audio streams slowed to 4.6% from 8.0% in the prior-year period, according to Luminate’s mid-year report released Wednesday (July 16). Outside of the U.S., streaming is growing twice as fast as in the U.S., although the pace there also slowed considerably. The rest of the world’s on-demand audio streams were up 12.6% to 1.8 trillion streams, which was down from the prior-year period’s approximately 18.3% gain.
The differences in growth rates help explain why music companies are expanding to emerging markets. Mature markets will continue to grow with the help of higher subscription prices, but companies are attracted to the potential of fast-growing markets such as China, India, Thailand and Brazil. At the beginning of the decade, major labels were investing in tech startups in Western markets; now their M&A strategy focuses on capturing growth elsewhere in the world.
That the U.S. has a slower streaming growth rate than the rest of the world doesn’t come as a surprise. The U.S., as well as Western Europe and Australia, were early adopters of music streaming platforms, and global streaming services didn’t initially target populous countries such as India, Indonesia and the Philippines. As these and other emerging markets play catch-up, the U.S. accounts for a diminishing share of streams worldwide. In the first half of 2025, the U.S. accounted for 28% of on-demand audio streams, down from 29% and 31% in the two previous mid-year periods.
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While Luminate doesn’t track albums globally, the mid-year report also showed that U.S. album sales fell 6.0% to 41.0 million. Physical album sales slipped 3.2%, more than a six percentage-point turnaround from the 3.8% gain a year earlier, while digital album sales fell 17.7% to 6.8 million, more than seven percentage points worse than the 10.3% decline, to 8.3 million units, they suffered in the first half of 2024.
Total U.S. album consumption — a combination of streams and sales of tracks and albums — was up 3.9% to 558.9 million album units, which was down from the 7.4% increase in album consumption at the midpoint of 2024.
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After eight memorable seasons of TV, the fan-favorite drama Tyler Perry’s Sistas returns for season nine on Wednesday (July 16).
The new season pushes its sister’s circle further than ever before with new love triangles, twists and turns, and savage revelations. The first episode of the new season is titled “No Time To Wait” and it broadcasts on cable network BET. It’s available to access with a subscription to Philo, which is free to watch with a seven-day free trial.
Tyler Perry’s Sistas broadcasts starting on Wednesday (July 16) with a start time of 9 p.m. ET/PT. Each episode is 42 minutes long, while new episodes drop every Wednesday.
Where to Watch ‘Tyler Perry’s Sistas’ Online
Tyler Perry’s Sistas airs on BET. It’s available to stream on Philo. Keep reading for more details on how cord-cutters can watch the new spinoff series of reality TV online with Philo.
How to Watch ‘Tyler Perry’s Sistas’ withPhilo
A subscription to Philo — which comes with BET — gets you access to live TV from cable channels for just $28 per month.
In fact, you can watch more than 70 cable networks, such as AMC, A&E, Animal Planet, BBC America, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, EarthX, Food Network, Game Show Network, Hallmark Channel, HGTV, History Channel, Investigation Discovery, IFC, Lifetime, Logo, MotorTrends, Nickelodeon, OWN, Paramount Network, Pop TV, Revolt, Smithsonian Channel, Sundance TV, TLC, UPtv, Vice, We TV and many others.
Music fans will love that Philo also includes networks, like AXS TV, Fandor, CMT, MTV, MTV Classic, VH1 and more.
In addition, AMC+ is available on Philo. The premium streaming service comes with Philo Core for free, so you can get even more movies and TV shows to watch when you signup. AMC+ is the home to programming, like Better Call Saul, Gangs of London, Interview with the Vampire, Show Me More, Deadstream and more.
The TV drama stars KJ Smith, Mignon, Ebony Obsidian, Novi Brown, Crystal Renee Hayslett, Angela Beyince, Devale Ellis, Chido Nwokocha, Brian Jordan Jr., Kevin A. Walton and others.
Starting at 9 p.m. ET/PT, Tyler Perry’s Sistas season nine premieres on Wednesday (July 16) on BET. The TV drama is available to stream on Philo with the service’s seven-day free trial. In the meantime, watch a brief preview of season nine, below:
