Saying the pandemic delayed plans for a 30th anniversary “Use Your Illusion” celebration, Guns ‘n Roses guitarist Slash says the albums are getting a belated deluxe box set in 2022. Slash added: “There’s a bunch of cool live stuff on it, a couple of shows. The Ritz from the early ‘90s and a show that we did in Las Vegas.” Released in 1991, Use Your Illusion I & II sold a combined 14 million copies in the US alone.

20 years after it was originally released, Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi” is going to get turned into a full-length feature film. In a new interview, Avril Lavigne shared that she’s currently working on adapting “Sk8er Boi” into a movie.

On Monday, Cardi B’s song “I Like It” with J Balvin and Bad Bunny reached Diamond status. She becomes the first female rapper to have three songs to have 10 million equivalent units. The other two songs are “Bodak Yellow” and “Girls Like You” with Maroon 5.

Over a month after the Astroworld tragedy, Anheuser-Busch has announced that it will no longer distribute Travis Scott’s Cacti line of hard seltzers. The beverage maker said: “We believe brand fans will understand and respect this decision.”

John Legend is applying his musical expertise to a modern-day movie musical adaption of “The Phantom of the Opera”, set in New Orleans. John has plenty of Broadway knowledge as he is a two-time Tony Award nominee and one-time winner.

Eric Church is one of several artists enlisted for the PBS special “In Performance at the White House: Spirit of the Season”. The Dec. 21 show will also feature Camila Cabello, Jonas Brothers, Norah Jones, Pentatonix and Billy Porter. Jennifer Garner will host.

BARACK and MICHELLE OBAMA were named the most admired man and woman in the world. Barack is followed by Bill Gates and Chinese Premiere Xi Jinping. Michelle is followed by Angelina Jolie and Queen Elizabeth.

HARRY STYLES raised over $1 million for charity during his Love On Tour. He also helped reduce the use of plastics and saved a total of 33,940 plastic bottles.

GARTH BROOKS will be turning 60 on February 7th, but he’s going to start the party a little early. He’s doing back-to-back shows at the Park MGM in Vegas on February 4th and 5th. It WILL sell out, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. Tickets go on sale December 22nd.

CMT released their “2022 Listen Up” roster. It’s 13 “up-and-coming artists” . . . although one name, WALKER HAYES, should NOT be there. He had a monster year in 2021. Others on the list that you may recognize include Elvie Shane, Lily Rose, Morgan Wade, Shy Carter, and Yola.

The first trailer for “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” is here, and it looks amazing. This is the one where NICOLAS CAGE plays a fictionalized version of himself.

Katy Perry, in collaboration with Theta Network, is launching her first sent of NFTs for her fans in honor of her Las Vegas residency, Play.

NBC is joining forces with Shakira on the dance challenge series “Dancing with Myself”. The network announced that the show will feature dancers competing in a series of high-energy dance challenges that are designed and demonstrated by the show’s celebrity creators, including Shakira.

Ben Affleck said that he felt “trapped” in his marriage with Jennifer Garner. He says this is part of the reason why he started drinking. “We probably would’ve ended up at each other’s throats. I probably still would’ve been drinking,” the actor said. Ben went to rehab in 2018.

Tom Cruise utilized his private jet to fly over 300 cakes to the ‘Mission Impossible’ set in London from his favorite bakery in L.A.

The box-office hopes are high for “Spider-Man: No Way Home”. The film will be released on December 17th, and critics believe this is the one that’ll get people back in the theaters. Deadline reports projections for the opening weekend will start at $290 million.

Wilmer Valderrama has been cast as the lead, Don Diego de la Vega, in the remake of “Zorro”. The original series aired on ABC in the 1950s. “Growing up, Zorro was the one character that made me, as a Latino, feel like I could be a hero,” said Valderrama, who will also serve as an executive producer.