She's working late, 'cause she's a singer. Sabrina Carpenter will be the musical guest on the May 18 episode of Saturday Night Live. This marks Sabrina's first appearance on the long-running sketch comedy show, which will serve as the 49th season's finale. "SABRINA NIGHT LIVE," Sabrina wrote on her Instagram.

Nick Jonas will star alongside Paul Rudd in the new musical comedy Power Ballad, Deadline reports. 
Once and Sing Street director John Carney will helm the film about a rock star, played by Nick, and a wedding singer, played by Paul, and a song that comes between them.

What if she told you she's a mastermind? Taylor Swift has seemingly confirmed a theory about how her albums Midnights and The Tortured Poets Department are connected. She liked a fan's video on Instagram about how the last song on Midnights, "Hits Different," and the first Tortured Poets track, "Fortnight," work in tandem. The final "Hits Different" lyric notably goes, “Is that your key in the door/ Is it OK?/ Is it you?/ Or have they come to take me away?” while Taylor sings on the opening line of "Fortnight," “I was supposed to be sent away/ But they forgot to come and get me.”

Speaking of Taylor, you can now use her music in as many TikToks as you please. Universal Music Group, which represents Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Adele, has come to a new licensing agreement with TikTok, which means the music from all of its artists will return to the social media platform.

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Shinedown is launching their own line of hot sauces.

Made in collaboration with the company Torchbearer Sauces, the first flavor is called Symptom Chipotle Garlic Sauce, a reference to Shinedown's "A Symptom of Being Human" hit.

"Cultivating this sauce has been a passion project and has been an absolute joy to accomplish together," says drummer Barry Kerch. "This is just the beginning of what we want to present to the fans of Shinedown. This debut 'Symptom' sauce is to be enjoyed by the masses because this one is just right. This sauce is for all of us."

"A Symptom of Being Human" is a single off Shinedown's latest album, 2022's Planet Zero.

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Nick Jonas' movie The Good Half is being screened in over 900 theaters nationwide in July — but he's already lined up his next movie role.

Deadline reports Nick will co-star with Paul Rudd in Power Ballad, a musical comedy directed by John Carney, who gave us the films Once, Begin Again and Sing Street. It's about a wedding singer, played by Rudd, and a rock star, played by Nick, and "the song that comes between them," according to Deadline.

The movie is currently being filmed in Dublin, Ireland. Nick and his brothers Joe and Kevin announced in April that they were rescheduling their European tour dates to later this year due to some "exciting projects." Perhaps this movie is one of them.

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Selena Gomez has made mental health the beneficiary of her Rare Beauty makeup line and Rare Impact charitable fund, and she showed her dedication to the cause by hosting her third annual Rare Beauty Mental Health Summit.

Sharing a collection of photos and videos on Instagram from the event, Selena wrote that it had left her "inspired by the next generation, filled with so much hope, and grateful to each of you for being on this meaningful journey with us."

She added, "Mental health means so much to me and I’m honored we get to share this mission with the world together. Thank you to everyone who joined us and continues to use their voice for good!" 

Selena's boyfriend, Benny Blanco, commented, "i’m so proud of u bb. you inspire me."

One of the summit's guests, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, wrote that he was "honored" to join Selena at the event. He noted, "We discussed the power of social connection and how communities, like the one Selena has created with Rare Beauty and the Rare Impact Fund, are paving the way for self-acceptance, support, and healing."

Meanwhile, May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Rare Beauty and Selena have launched a special phone line, 877-HEY-RARE, and are urging fans to "make a good call." If you're feeling down or lonely, you can dial the number and hear Selena offer advice and Rare Beauty employees share what they do to lift their moods.

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Doja Cat is 28 years old, but she can claim that she's had 23 years of onstage experience.

While appearing on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Doja told Jimmy about her first concert: Her mom took her to see Earth, Wind & Fire when she was 5 years old. "It sounds like a lie, but I was pulled up onstage, because we were in the front, and obviously, a tiny little peanut [like me] going 'Ahhh!' They're gonna...y'know, whatever. I get it."

Her second concert was Beyoncé, but for that one, she was in the "opposite" of the front row. "I was way up in the back," Doja recalled, noting all she could see was Bey's hair whipping. "I saw a tiny little Beyoncé."

During the appearance, Doja also gave Jimmy one of the hair-covered suits her backup dancers wore during her Coachella performance. He put it on and then attempted to replicate Doja's choreography.

In addition, Doja performed her song "Acknowledge Me."

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Noah Kahan fans sure love their vinyl.

Billboard reports that the "Stick Season" artist had both the bestselling album and the bestselling single of 2024 Record Store Day, held in April. The event's top-selling single was Kahan's split 7-inch with Olivia Rodrigo, featuring the pair's covers of each other's song, recorded during performances on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. Kahan covers "Lacy," while Olivia sings "Stick Season."

Meanwhile, the top-selling album was a blue vinyl pressing of Kahan's 2021 album, I Was/I Am.

Other 2024 RSD bestsellers included albums by Paramore, Pearl Jam, The 1975, Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac and David Bowie. Bestselling singles included Paramore's split with David Byrne as well as releases by U2, Daft Punk and The Beatles.

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Olivia Rodrigo just learned the hard way that playing in a brand-new concert venue can have its challenges.

Olivia's GUTS World Tour was scheduled to play the Co-op Live arena in Manchester, England on May 3.  But the brand-new venue, which was scheduled to open on April 23, missed that date due to power supply issues. Multiple shows have been rescheduled, and then, the new opening date of May 1 was also postponed.

Now, Olivia's written on her Instagram Story, "hello! I've been having such a great time in Europe so far and I'm sooooo disappointed that we're unable to perform in Manchester due to on-going venue-related technical issues. we're doing our best to reschedule the show."

After telling fans to hold onto their tickets or request a refund, she added, "im so bummed and I really hope to see you all soon."

Harry Styles, who grew up about half-an-hour away from the arena, is among its many investors.

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On May 1, American Idol season two winner Ruben Studdard and runner-up Clay Aiken were revealed as "The Beets" on FOX's The Masked Singer. But even though they had to wear crazy costumes that limited their movements, the two told Billboard that competing on Idol was much scarier.

"The interesting thing about Idol for me was obviously it was scary every week because you’re worried you’re going to go home because there’s stakes involved and it’s your life and your career," Clay explained. "On Masked Singer, we didn’t have that concern at all. We came off tour to do it and went back on tour after it and we came on knowing we were going to have fun and goof off and enjoy ourselves."

But he also noted, "I never worried about falling off stage on Idol. I was definitely worried about it every time we performed on this show."

Clay said he and Ruben had talked about being on the show over the years, but it wasn't until they went on the road together that he thinks the producers figured, "'[They're] on tour together, but people might not think of them as a duo, so that might be a way to trick the audience,' so it worked out perfectly for us."'

Asked if they were upset about leaving the show after only a few weeks, Ruben said, "I was disappointed to leave… I want to win everything. I don’t care if it’s marbles or jumping jacks — and I know I can’t do that many — but I want to win."

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Dua Lipa is a global pop superstar and says the criticism she got early in her career "fueled" her into showing people they were wrong about her.

Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Dua says, "There can be a moment where people really love you and you feel so supported and you're like, 'Oh, this is great.' Especially in the beginning. I was doing interviews and people were like, 'How do you deal with hate?' And I'm like, 'I don't get any hate. It's great.' And then that changed really quickly."

"I remember even when it was Grammy's Best New Artist nomination and I'd won it and there was people online being like, 'She's not deserving of it. She's got no stage presence. She can't do this ... she won't be here next year.' There was a lot of that. That fueled me in a way."

She says, "Every time someone has doubted me, I've proved them wrong. ... This is pushing me to be better, to work hard. And I get a real kick out of proving people wrong."

Dua also discusses what she's learned about relationships over the past few years.

"You learn about your own nonnegotiables. I think that's an important thing," she tells Lowe. "It's of course the right person, but it's really about the right relationship. What are you willing to give up? ... Maybe you have an ick or something, or you see that someone is disloyal. I'm like, 'That's a nonnegotiable.'"

"I want someone who's loyal and open and honest, and that's what I'm willing to be as well in return," she adds. "You figure out what those things are for you."

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Olivia Rodrigo might just be in lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-love. At the Tuesday, April 30, performance of her Guts World Tour in Dublin, Ireland, Olivia changed a lyric in her song "so american." Many fans took this as a nod to her boyfriend, Louis Partridge, who was in the crowd. Olivia changed “I don’t wanna assume this stuff/ But ain’t it love?/ Think I’m in love” to end with “‘Cause I’m in love” instead.

Selena Gomez is celebrating her boyfriend, Benny Blanco. In new photos shared to Instagram, Selena supported the release of Benny's new cookbook. "So proud of @itsbennyblanco - Open Wide is out now!!" Selena captioned photos of her posing with Benny and tasting cake. "life is better when i’m w u," Benny commented on the post.

In the promo for the May 4 episode of Saturday Night Live, for which Dua Lipa is set to pull double duty as host and musical guest, the singer helps cast member Chloe Fineman workshop her Dua impression. "I'm gonna actually just focus on my sketches, so I thought maybe you could, you know, do the performance for me," Dua jokes to Chloe.

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If you only know one thing about The Fall Guy, it's probably that in one scene Ryan Gosling's character sits in a car and cries while listening to Taylor Swift's song "All Too Well." It turns out the filmmakers were going to use a different song, until Gosling stepped in.

Producer Kelly McCormick tells Vanity Fair that The Fall Guy's director, David Leitch, who's also her husband, initially had a tune by late singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson playing in that scene. "But it felt a little melodramatic to me in a bad way," she says. McCormick says around the same time Gosling asked if they should try a Taylor song in the scene.

Accord to McCormick, her husband was against the idea until they went to see the Eras Tour. McCormick says David was blown away by Taylor's performance of the 10-minute version of the song. 

"The first time we dropped it in, we knew there was no going back, and we were going to be really upset if we couldn’t get it," McCormick says.

Luckily, according to McCormick, "Taylor is actually really open to sharing her music with film. We showed her what we had cut, and there were no notes. Thankfully, she ... didn’t price herself so far out of our budget that we weren’t able to include her.”

According to Vanity Fair, Taylor hasn't seen the movie yet, but she did praise the comedic version of "All Too Well" that Gosling and co-star Emily Blunt did on Saturday Night Live on April 13. On her Instagram Story at the time, she wrote, "Watch me accidentally catch myself singing this version on tour."

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Noah Kahan released a vinyl version of his 2020 EP Cape Elizabeth for Record Store Day last year. This year, he's marking the EP's four-year anniversary with a post about the record that he says "woke me up."

"Cape Elizabeth isn't just an EP to me," he writes on his Instagram Story. "It's a line in the sand that I have never stepped over again. Music is supposed to be fun. Music isn't supposed to make you bored and depressed and jealous and angry. It should be the same thing it was to you as a kid; a magic trick that makes you and the listener understand each other and yourselves."

"Cape Elizabeth was the first time in so long I felt like a kid again," he continues. "When you guys accepted this EP with open arms it genuinely rearranged the cells in my brain and completely changed my life. I remembered something. I try to never forget it."

Noah recorded Cape Elizabeth during the pandemic, and it was an acoustic, folk-influenced project, unlike his 2021 album I Was/I Am, which he's said was more influenced by what his record label wanted from him.

Speaking about the EP, he told Variety last year, "It was the first time that I let myself just not care about how it sounded at the end ... I just wanted it to make me happy. And to see it connect with people really inspired me to write Stick Season. It kind of gave me the confidence to be like, 'All right, this niche-specific storytelling stuff can actually connect with people in a more universal way.'”

"I really owe it all to that EP, and it’s still probably my favorite piece of work I’ve made. I just love it."

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Katy Perry is supportive of her fiancé Orlando Bloom's new show, To the Edge, in which he participates in death-defying activities like skydiving and rock climbing. She just wishes he'd be as disciplined when it comes to keeping the house tidy.

Katy posted photos of herself and Orlando, along with video clips of the crazy stunts he does in the show. She captioned the post, "In a world of AI/deepfakin/green-screenin/vfxing/stunt doublin etc etc my hero baby daddy @orlandobloom does it all and FOR REAL. If you haven’t seen #OnTheEdge [sic] on @peacock yet, buckle up and grab a ginger ale (like I did!) and stream it now…"

The caption continues with a note addressed directly to Orlando, asking him to "check slide nine." That slide is a photo of a pair of socks resting on what looks like a clothing hook.

"(CAN YOU PLEASE PUT YOUR SOCKS AWAY IN THE RIGHT PLACE FOR ONCE AND THEN FINALLY I WILL BE IMPRESSED)," Katy writes in all caps. "(I DONT NEED YOU TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST OK)."

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It may be hard to imagine that Dua Lipa has time to read, given all that she's doing to promote her new album, Radical Optimism, but she's officially announced the May pick for her Service95 Book Club.

The book is Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski, about two young men who fall in love in Communist Poland in the '80s, when such relationships were forbidden. Dua describes it as a "beautiful coming-of-age love story" that's "poetic and tender," yet "burning with a quiet rage at the persecution the LGBTQ+ community in Poland has suffered for decades and continues to fight against today."

As part of this month's Book Club content, Dua's done a Q&A with Tomasz. For context, you can read an article about LGBTQ rights in Poland; Tomasz has also contributed a reading list and a playlist of songs he listened to while writing the book. 

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Lenny Kravitz recently went viral with an Instagram post that showed him lifting weights in boots and leather pants. While you may have thought he was doing it just for the social media post, it turns out that's actually his normal workout attire. 

"I'm always working out in leather pants or jeans and boots and whatever — if I'm not doing cardio," Kravitz tells Variety. "If I'm doing cardio, obviously I'm going to wear sweats because I'm going to be sweating all over the place. But if I'm lifting weights, I don't sweat so much."

As for why he wears leather for his workout, it seems Kravitz doesn’t see the point in wasting time changing.

"I'm coming from somewhere or I'm going somewhere. And I just don't care. I'm gonna pop in, I've got 45 minutes, we're gonna hit it and I'm gonna go run to where I'm going,” the 59-year-old rocker says. “So I don't do it for effect. I didn't do that to be like, 'Oh, let me be just so different and wear leather pants and glasses.' No, it's just me walking in off the street.” 

As for critics who blasted his choice of gym wear, Kravitz doesn’t pay them any attention.

“I know what I'm doing. And my trainer knows what he's doing. And I know my body and what my body does and what it can do and how it feels and it's all good,” he says. “I trained with elite athletes, I trained with football players, NFL and NBA stars. I trained with MLB stars, wrestlers, boxers. I've played with them all. I won't mention names, but they're all people you would know. And they'll tell you I train very seriously."

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