Olivia Rodrigo Walked Into a Williamsburg Dive Bar Unannounced and Played "Drop Dead" for 40 Strangers

Olivia Rodrigo Played Her New Single "Drop Dead" Unannounced at a Williamsburg Open Mic

No publicist. No fanfare. Just Olivia Rodrigo slipping into Pete's Candy Store — a low-key Williamsburg venue better known for showcasing emerging artists — and performing her new single "Drop Dead" for a small Brooklyn crowd on April 26.

Attendees shared clips and reactions online after realizing who had just taken the stage. Without the scale of a festival stage, Rodrigo delivered a pared-down version that leaned into the track's emotional core. It was "Drop Dead"'s second live performance — the song had already debuted live earlier this month during a surprise appearance at Addison Rae's Coachella set.

The Brooklyn stop is part of a wider run of smaller, under-the-radar performances tied to her upcoming third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love, due June 12 via Geffen. Days earlier, Rodrigo played an invite-only show at Los Angeles venue The Echo, where she was joined by Weyes Blood and debuted additional new material. "Drop Dead" also includes a lyrical nod to The Cure's "Just Like Heaven" — a connection that traces back to Rodrigo's 2025 Glastonbury set, where she brought out Robert Smith for live performances of the track.

Gobble's Take: She's got a major album dropping June 12 and she's warming it up in a room where the headliner is usually a guy named Derek — that's either genius rollout strategy or proof she genuinely loves a small stage.

Source: Billboard

Jonah Hill Says David O. Russell Was "F\cking Nuts" — Screaming at Lily Tomlin and Brawling With the Production Designer on His Debut Film

Jonah Hill was a complete newcomer when he watched his director get into a real fight on his first day on set. He's apparently been sitting on the story for a while.

Hill opened up at SiriusXM's SmartLess Live on Saturday night at Hollywood's Avalon, describing the I Heart Huckabees set as a slow-motion disaster from the jump. "David O. was fucking nuts at the time," Hill told the crowd — then quickly added that Russell is "one of the best directors ever" and a personal friend. The chaos was immediate: on his very first day, Hill watched Russell and production designer K.K. Barrett go from joking around wrestling to an actual fight, mid-setup for Hill's first scene. Russell has since acknowledged the production was difficult, telling IndieWire it was "painful" but that he became "a better filmmaker because of it."

The story came full circle. Hill said he made a commitment back then that if he ever directed, he'd hire Barrett — and he did, bringing him on as production designer for his new Apple TV film Outcome, calling him "the greatest production designer ever." Hill is also set to release Cut Off this summer, which he wrote, directed, and stars in opposite Kristen Wiig.

Gobble's Take: Watching your director brawl on day one and responding by hiring that same production designer 20 years later is either impressive loyalty or a very specific kind of Hollywood therapy.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Lizzo's Body Transformation Is About Mental Health First, Weight Second

Lizzo has been on what she calls an "intentional weight release journey" for about a year and a half — and she's been clear about why it started. The Grammy and Emmy winner began prioritizing fitness for mental health, not aesthetics. "Once I started working out for mental health," she said in a 2023 TikTok, "exercise has helped me shift my mind, not my body." The physical changes followed from there.

Her routine now includes thrice-weekly training sessions, daily cardio, Pilates, strength training, pickleball, hiking, and beach walks. On the nutrition side, she cut out potato chips, sugary Starbucks drinks, and soda, reduced alcohol — and more recently went fully sober, sharing in April 2025 that she was two months in. She also shifted away from veganism to eat more protein, including eggs, tuna, and poultry. In a January 2025 TikTok, she reported losing 16 percent of her body fat.

But Lizzo is reframing how she talks about the whole thing. "The weight that is no longer on me is not just fat or physical," she told Jay Shetty on his On Purpose podcast. "I don't want to describe anything as loss." She's also moved from "body positivity" toward "body neutrality" as her guiding philosophy — acknowledging that how you feel about your body shifts daily. Her fifth studio album, Love in Real Life, is on the way.

Gobble's Take: Lizzo built a brand on radical self-acceptance and is now proving that self-acceptance includes wanting to feel better — the internet was never going to make that easy, and she's doing it anyway.

Source: E! News

Pedro Pascal Fought Back Tears at a Star Wars Panel Talking About Watching Movies With His Family as a Kid

Pedro Pascal was at CCXP Mexico, ostensibly there to hype The Mandalorian & Grogu, when he grabbed the mic and started getting emotional about going to the movies as a kid.

"I went to the movie theater so much with my family, and I saw the Star Wars movies on the big screen," the Chilean-born actor said, voice breaking. He explained that bringing the character he originated on the Disney+ streaming series to a theatrical release had always meant something personal to him. The crowd erupted, chanting his name. He addressed them in Spanish, then blew a kiss. Jon Favreau was there too — an unannounced guest alongside Pascal — but the moment that landed hardest had nothing to do with plot details and everything to do with a grown man getting emotional about sitting in the dark with his family.

The film hits theaters May 22 and marks the first theatrical Star Wars feature since 2019. Favreau described the movie as an evolution of the relationship between bounty hunter Din Djarin and Grogu — no longer about rescue, but about Grogu coming into his own as a Mandalorian apprentice. Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White also star. The panel wrapped with a screening of the film's opening footage.

Gobble's Take: Pedro Pascal could sneeze on camera and it would go viral, but the reason it keeps working is that the emotion is always real — he's never performing the feelings.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

David Lee Roth Crashed Teddy Swims' Stagecoach Set — For the Third Time Running

David Lee Roth made a surprise appearance at Stagecoach on Saturday night, joining Teddy Swims onstage for a performance of "Jump," Van Halen's 1984 single. It wasn't a one-off moment of nostalgia — it was the third consecutive festival the pair have shared a stage, following multiple appearances together at Coachella, where Swims introduced Roth as being from "the best band of all time, Van Halen."

The appearance came after a chaotic evening. High winds forced a temporary evacuation of the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, knocking Journey and Riley Green off the lineup entirely. Emergency evacuation messages hit screens across the site. The festival reopened, Swims' set went ahead, and Roth walking out became the night's biggest moment.

Swims set up the appearance by performing "Mr. Know It All" and "Some Things I'll Never Know" — both from his 2023 debut album I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1) — before bringing Roth out. A festival evacuation, a reshuffled lineup, and Diamond Dave closing the night anyway. Hard to script that better.

Gobble's Take: Three festivals in a row means this isn't a cameo anymore — Roth and Swims are quietly becoming the most unlikely recurring act on the circuit.

Source: Billboard

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