After 25 years, Sly Stone speaks. The famously reclusive funkster broke his silence by granting his first interview since the ’80s to Vanity Fair. Stone, 64, who made a brief, blond Mohawked appearance at the 2006 Grammys, says in the August issue that he plans to start work on a new album in the fall. But after more than two decades away from the spotlight, why now? “‘Cause it’s kind of boring at home sometimes,” he says. “I got a lot of songs I want to record and put out, so I’m gonna try ’em out on the road.” Though he has been isolated, he says he’s been enjoying life. “I do regular things a lot. But it’s probably more of a Sly Stone life. … It’s probably not very normal.”
J.K. Rowling said she was sad, but relieved, to have completed the final “Harry Potter” book as she greeted fans at the European premiere of the latest movie in the young wizard saga. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the seventh and final volume in the series, will be published July 21. “Finishing it was very, very emotional. It was a combination of relief and sadness, really,” she said. Fans pleaded for clues, seeking to learn the answer to the most hotly anticipated plot twist: Will Harry die? Rowling said details are a secret from even her own family.
The wife of comedian Wayne Brady has filed for divorce. Mandie Brady cites “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for ending their marriage, according to court documents filed last week in Los Angeles Superior Court. She is seeking joint legal and physical custody of their 4-year-old daughter, Maile. The couple wed in 1999, but separated in April 2006, the papers said.
