Tom Cruise, Helen Mirren and Damian Lewis will take part in the live TV special “The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee” on May 15. The program, airing live from the grounds at Windsor Castle, will feature 1,300 performers and 500 horses, plus the likes of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Dame Joan Collins, a number of British TV and film stars, and a 75-piece orchestra.

Megan Thee Stallion is among the artists set to perform at the Billboard Music Awards May 15 on NBC. Also announced among the first round of performers: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Burna Boy, Latto and Rauw Alejandro. Meg and Latto are finalists for top female rap artist.

Post Malone recently joined rising bluegrass star Billy Strings on stage in Santa Ana CA for a cover of Johnny Cash’s 1968 song ‘Cocaine Blues’. Posty is set to drop his new album “twelve carat toothache” next month.

Def Leppard have shared ‘Take What You Want’, the latest song from their upcoming album “Diamond Star Halos”. It follows the debut single ‘Kick’. The group’s 12th studio album arrives May 27.

Chris Stapleton and Brandi Carlile will headline the 2022 Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival, taking place Sept. 24-25 in Franklin TN. Also on the bill: Elle King, Jon Batiste, Lennon Stella and Better Than Ezra.

Sir Elton John, who is currently on his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” retirement tour, says he’s ready to work on new music. The Sun reported “The past few years have given Elton’s career a new lease of life. It started with his film Rocketman, then “Cold Heart” with Dua Lipa took him to a new level, getting him to number one. A few years ago he said he wasn’t interested in making new music but over the past 12 months, things have changed.”

Taylor Swift is being honored for her work in support of record stores throughout her career. She’s the first-ever Global Ambassador for Record Store Day. Taylor will drop a “special RSD 2022 release” in honor of the holiday’s 15th celebration. This year’s Record Store Day will take place on Saturday, April 23 where you can get a 7″ of “the lakes” from Taylor Swift.

ADRIAN GRENIER from “Entourage” is partnering with a startup that’s building a balloon to send people to a height of 100,000. That’s not outer space, but it’s far enough to see the curvature of the Earth and the darkness beyond our atmosphere.

STEPHEN KING wrote his scariest story on Twitter the other day . . . a recipe for salmon in the MICROWAVE. Users had a field day commenting on the atrocity, that even a celebrity chef called it a, “horror movie” and gave Steve some cooking tips.

SAM ASGHARI revealed that BRITNEY SPEARS keeps a framed photo of BRAD PITT as J.D. in “Thelma and Louise” in her closet. He imitated Brad in the movie and said he’s, quote, “10 times better than that guy.”

“Stranger Things” received quite the per-episode budget jump for season 4 . . . it went from $8 million in previous seasons to $30 million. The first part of Season 4 premieres May 27th on Netflix.

SNOOP DOGG says he charges $250,000 to do a feature on someone else’s song, and if they want him in the video, it’s another $250,000. And they only have an hour to film his part.

DUSTIN LYNCH and MACKENZIE PORTER have made history. Their song “Thinking ‘Bout You” has been in the Top 10 of the Billboard Country Airplay chart for 27 weeks . . . which is a new record. It passed the Jason Aldean – Carrie Underwood hit “If I Didn’t Love You” . . . which was in the Top 10 for 26 weeks last year.

ADELE is working on finally getting her Las Vegas residency up and running, and there’s going to be a documentary about it. There’s no word if it’ll cover how it originally broke down.

BTS returns to the kitchen with another season of their cooking show. It’s also an educational program, produced to spread Korean culture and language around the world. In a video announcing season 2, unseen hands prepare a series of traditional Korean dishes while jazz music plays in the background. “The BTS Recipe” is available online starting today and their new album will be out on June 10th.

Iggy Azalea says that American Airlines sold the seats she bought for herself and her baby shortly before the flight was due to take off, but left her bags on the flight. Making matters worse, they were almost left stranded overnight without their bags since there were no other flights with open seats available through the airline. She explained that stranding her was one thing, but taking a sick babies luggage was another. She wrote: “They do not care, I just wanted to warn other moms… Be careful!”

Nicolas Cage and his wife, Riko Shibata, are expecting a baby girl. The 58-year-old actor announced the big news on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’: “Her name is going to be Lennon Augie, Augie after my father, he said referring to his late father, August Coppola, who died in 2009.”

Zendaya will not be attending the 2022 Met Gala. The “Euphoria” says she will have to miss the May 2nd event because she’ll be working. The actress said, “Your girl’s got to work and make some movies, so I wish everyone the best. – I will be playing tennis. Zendaya is currently filming “Challengers”.

The VMA’s are heading back to New Jersey. MTV announced that the 2022 Video Music Awards will air live on Sunday, August 28th from New Jersey’s Prudential Center. The awards show was last broadcast from the Garden State in 2019.

HBO announced that the six-episode series, “The Time Traveler’s Wife”, will debut Sunday, May 15th. The drama tells the story of Clare Abshire, played by Rose Leslie, Henry DeTamble, portrayed by Theo James and “a marriage with a problem. . .time travel.”