HBO Max’s animated superhero slate is expanding with a “Harley Quinn” spinoff. Series co-creator Patrick Shumacker has announced that the character ‘Kite Man’ is getting his own series. It will be a laid-back, sitcom-style show, but with supervillains instead of regular characters. So far, Kite Man has been a comic relief figure in Harley Quinn.

Friday, Miley Cyrus will release her first-ever live album “Attention: Miley Live”. Alongside a trailer for the 20-track collection, she tweeted: “My fans have been asking me for a live album for a long time & I am so exxxited to give it to them! This show was curated BY the fans FOR the fans!”

Michael Bublé says Paul McCartney encouraged him to cover one of his songs. After meeting about 10 years ago, Paul wrote, saying he thought Michael would do a “great job” on Paul’s 2012 song ‘My Valentine’. When it came time to record his new album “Higher”, Michael not only recorded the song, he convinced Paul to produce it.

Elton John celebrated his 75th birthday Friday by releasing “Diamonds: The Ultimate Greatest Hits” on streaming platforms. It includes 48 songs mixed in Dolby Atmos for a “truly spatial listening experience”. It was originally released on CD and vinyl in 2017 to commemorate 5 decades of his work with song writing partner Bernie Taupin.

Mariah Carey teamed up with Latto on a new remix of the song “Big Energy” featuring DJ Khaled. The new collaboration blends the pair’s tracks “Fantasy” and “Big Energy” both of which sample Tom Tom Club’s 1981 song “Genius of Love”.

WILL SMITH apologized to CHRIS ROCK for slapping him during the Oscars. He said, quote, “I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be.” The Academy is still considering whether to take further action.

JASON MOMOA has put all rumors about his marriage to LISA BONET to rest . . . quote, “We’re not getting back together.” Then later at an Oscars after-party he was seen putting his arm around KATE BECKINSALE, and even gave her his jacket to stay warm.

CHRIS HEMSWORTH’s prosthetic penis from “Vacation” was gifted to him in a display box. He apparently has it sitting on his mantle next to a different type of hammer . . . Thor’s Mjolnir.

TAYLOR SWIFT is going to receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from New York University. She’s also going to speak at the commencement ceremony on May 18th at Yankee Stadium.

MORGAN WALLEN’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” is now historic. It’s been Number One on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for 51 straight weeks, and that’s the most weeks EVER for that chart. It passed Luke Combs’ “This One’s For You”, and Shania Twain’s “Come on Over” . . . which were TIED at 50 weeks at the top.

HARRY STYLES is releasing the first single off his upcoming album, “Harry’s House”. It’s called “As It Was” and it comes out Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Eastern.

Justin Bieber is being sued for using a paparazzi photo on his Instagram page without paying the photographer or giving him credit. According to court documents obtained by Radar, Josiah Kamau is suing the singer in federal court for sharing a shot of himself and Hailey Bieber in New York in February 2020. The suit is seeking unspecified damages from Bieber.

Chris Rock’s tour ticket sales have skyrocketed after Will Smith’s slap at the Oscars. According to sources, ticket sales for Rock’s “Ego Death” tour has went from $46 per ticket on March 18th to a whopping $341.

Reports also say that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith are set to break their silence on the Chris Rock Oscars slap on an upcoming episode of “Red Table Talk”. According to RadarOnline, the couple will allegedly tape the episode as early as this week.

While it might have summed up how many people felt after watching Will Smith slap Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday, the image of Nicole Kidman “reacting” was actually from earlier in the day. Apparently the photo was taken around 4:30 p.m. while guests were still arriving and taking their seats.