Hollywood's Richest Parents Are Cutting Off Their Kids — On Purpose

Hollywood's Richest Parents Are Cutting Off Their Kids — On Purpose

Sting broke it down plainly on CBS Sunday Morning on May 3: telling your children they don't have to work is, in his words, "a form of abuse." The musician — born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner — has six kids between his ex-wife Frances Tomelty and his wife Trudie Styler, and none of them are getting a trust fund. "I think there's a kindness there," he said, "and a trust in them that they will make their own way. They're tough, my kids." For the record, his youngest, Giacomo, is 30 — so "kids" is doing some heavy lifting here.

Sting is far from alone. Anderson Cooper told Howard Stern back in 2014 that he doesn't believe in inheriting money, calling it "an initiative sucker," and he hasn't softened that stance since becoming a father. Ashton Kutcher told the Armchair Expert podcast in 2018 that his kids aren't getting trusts — but if they come to him with a solid business plan, he'll invest. Guy Fieri put it most colorfully: "My dad says, 'When I die, you can expect that I'm going to die broke, and you're going to be paying for the funeral.' And I told my boys, 'None of this that I've been building are you going to get unless you come and take it from me.'"

The pattern is clear: the more these celebrities built from scratch, the less interested they are in handing it over — and the more they frame withholding wealth as the actual parenting win.

Gobble's Take: Turns out the most exclusive club in Hollywood isn't the Met Gala — it's getting cut out of your famous parent's will.

Source: E! News

Dua Lipa Walked Onstage Mid-Song at the O2 and the Crowd Lost Its Mind

No introduction. No warning. Midway through Tame Impala's performance of "After Thought" — their 2025 collaboration — Dua Lipa simply walked out onto the O2 Arena stage in London on Thursday night and launched straight into the chorus. The 20,000-person crowd erupted. When the song ended, Kevin Parker finally acknowledged her, calling her his "good friend" before announcing: "Let's play a song that we made together!" — and the pair broke into "Houdini," the funk-inspired single Parker produced for Lipa's third album, Radical Optimism.

The two have been trading stage invasions for years now. In 2024, Lipa pulled Parker out during her Glastonbury headlining set, where they performed "Houdini" and Tame Impala's "The Less I Know the Better." During her 2025 Radical Optimism tour, she brought him onstage in Melbourne and told the Sydney crowd: "I made most of Radical Optimism with this person and he's one of my favourite artists. I manifested and dreamt about working with him one day and then I managed to make one of my favourite albums with him." The pair first started collaborating in mid-2022 — Lipa has said she "was so nervous because I'm just such a fan of Kevin's." The result: "Houdini" peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, earning Lipa a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album.

This is what a real friendship looks like when both people happen to be superstars — and the fans keep winning every time.

Gobble's Take: Forget the surprise album drop — Dua Lipa just invented the surprise concert drop, and it's so much better.

Source: Billboard

Maná, J Balvin, and Tyla Are Opening the FIFA World Cup — and the Concert Starts 90 Minutes Before Kickoff

On June 11 at 11:30 a.m. local time, the Mexico City Stadium — officially called Estadio Banorte — will host one of the most stacked opening ceremonies in World Cup history. FIFA confirmed the lineup on May 8: Latin rock legends Maná, reggaeton star J Balvin, regional Mexican icon Alejandro Fernández, Los Ángeles Azules, Belinda, singer-songwriter Lila Downs, Venezuelan artist Danny Ocean, and South African breakout Tyla. The ceremony kicks off 90 minutes before Mexico faces South Africa in the opening match — and gates open four hours before that whistle.

The venue itself is already historic: it becomes the first stadium ever to host three FIFA World Cups. From Mexico City, the opening ceremony wave continues to Toronto and then Los Angeles, with each ceremony designed to reflect its host nation while tying the three countries together. FIFA President Gianni Infantino shared the announcement himself on social media, with the official statement reading: "Mexico will kick-off an unprecedented Opening Ceremony with a celebration full of sound, colour, and meaning." The full 2026 tournament runs through July 19, when the final takes place at the New York New Jersey Stadium — the rebranded MetLife Stadium — wrapping up 104 matches across 16 host cities.

Between Tyla's global momentum and Maná's legendary fanbase, this opening ceremony might genuinely outshine whatever happens on the pitch.

Gobble's Take: J Balvin, Tyla, and Maná on the same stage before a World Cup match — your alarm is set for June 11, whether you care about soccer or not.

Source: Billboard

Nate Bargatze Is Pushing Theaters to Lower Ticket Prices for The Breadwinner

Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze — one of the world's top-selling stand-up comedians — wants to make his upcoming family movie The Breadwinner affordable for everyone. The TriStar and Sony release opens in theaters on May 29, marking his most high-profile project since hosting the Emmy Awards in September. Before announcing the "Nate Rate" in a video posted to Instagram, insiders say AMC Theatres, the largest chain in the country, was among circuits that had already agreed to use matinee pricing, while Cinemark may discount prices by as much as 25 percent. In the video, Bargatze made his pitch: "We want everyone to come out to this movie. This movie is for your grandparents, grandkids, aunts, uncles, friends, sister…anybody. Your dog. Cats I think will love this movie, specifically."

Studios can't dictate pricing policies, but Bargatze is hoping cinema operators treat The Breadwinner the way they supported discounted pricing for 80 for Brady. The film is based on an original script he wrote with Dan Lagana, directed by Eric Appel, and stars Bargatze as salesman Nate Wilcox and Mandy Moore as Katie, the ultimate mom. When Katie's household invention leads to a once-in-a-lifetime deal on Shark Tank and takes her on a prolonged business trip, Nate has to figure out how to keep the house from (literally) falling apart. TriStar Pictures president Nicole Brown explained the film's appeal: "He was like, 'I want to be able to watch a film with my whole family. We can go watch animation now, but there's nothing with real people in it.'"

Gobble's Take: When a comedian has to personally negotiate ticket prices to get families into theaters, that says everything about how broken the moviegoing business has become.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Quick Hits

• Dua Lipa's "Houdini" producer has a cover version dropping: Joey Valence & Brae flipped Amyl and the Sniffers' 2021 punk track "Security" into a bass-heavy dance-rap performance on triple j's Like A Version, rebuilding the song around electronic production during the Australian leg of their HYPERYOUTH World Tour. Billboard
• Viggo Mortensen's post-apocalyptic thriller leaving Paramount+ May 24: The Road — the haunting adaptation starring the Lord of the Rings icon — exits the platform at the end of the month, so your watch window is closing fast. Collider

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