Bezos' wedding and Bieber's catalog sold: The Scoop | Morning in America

I know that you know what that sound means. It's time now for some of the biggest trending stories you'll want to know today, including shocking details about billionaire Jeff Bezos' wedding to Lauren Sanchez, and how their big day may not be as big as expected. Plus, new reports detailing why Justin Bieber was forced to sell his music catalog for $200 million. We're bringing in our News Nation entertainment expert to break down the headlines. Paula Froelich is here with The Scoop. Hello, friend. Hello. So this has been dubbed the wedding of the century. Oh yeah. He's a billionaire, A-list guest. You know, what can we expect here? So a lot of people were expecting something like the Ambani wedding last year. You know, India's richest family, the Ambani's, threw their son a $600 million extravaganza across six months. This is not what's gonna be happening here this summer. So I have been told by sources close to the couple that they swear it is an intimate event with only less than 200 people. You know, as intimate as 200 can get. And it's obviously gonna be in Venice, as I first reported. And they are renting out the entire Amman, Venice. Now, that's gonna cost $500,000 a night. There's only 24 rooms, so this place is super expensive. However, they're also renting out the 82-room Gritti Palace for another $500,000 a night, let's say three nights. And it's going to be not as big as people expected. They thought they were gonna take over the whole town of Venice. That is not happening. It is only going to be family and close friends. 200 of their closest friends. Exactly, and family. Yeah. And you know, by my calculations, including jewelry, because as we've seen in her bachelorette, she's wearing like a 15-carat drop here. The girl likes her bling. So it will likely cost between nine and 11 million, but that is with jewelry. Just the basics alone, it's probably gonna weigh in at three to five. What do we know about the wedding itinerary? You know what's not happening? Lady Gaga and Sir Elton John. So there have been reports all over that Elton John, Lady Gaga, all this stuff, which would have added, by the way, 11 million to the bill. That's not happening. My sources tell me, yeah, that's ridiculous, no way. People are gonna get there the first night. They will likely be a reception dinner, you know, like a big thank you, the next day, possibly the wedding, the big dinner, the dancing, the next day, possibly some sort of excursions involving the boat. All right, sounds lovely. Let's move on to something not as lovely. Justin Bieber forced to sell his catalog, for a lot of money, $200 million, but what forced him to do it? This is really sad. It should be headlined, How to Lose $500 Million to a Billion in 15 Years. And while working, I might add, the issue is, you know, Justin became famous when he was around 14, and the bigger issue is, when you become famous at 14 and there are no limits, how do you learn limits? Guess what, you don't. So this kid was spending like crazy. I want this, I want that. So for example, on his 2022 tour, he insisted on two massive jumbo jets, one for him and one for his wife, Hailey. Now they had said, come on, can't you guys share a jet? Right. And Hailey was like, or can't you have smaller jets? And Hailey said something to the effect of, no, the Jenners have a jet and I want the jumbo jet. Was that the reason she gave? Apparently. Okay. And it's, you know, there's this new documentary out in TMZ, they were just spending, there was stuff like $300,000 dinner at Nobu at Coachella, which is a lot. I mean, that's a lot of really pricey sake and picking up the bill for a lot of people. And it's just, it just went. You know, it's kind of like when Michael Jackson went, almost broke the first time. Right. And people were saying, how can that happen? Well, guess what? If you're spending 50 million a month, just saying I want, I want, I want, I want, and no one is saying no, it happens. So any who, during the, during the big concert in 2022, he developed Bell's palsy. It was like, you know, very stressed. He had to quit. He was like, listen, I got to stop. However, he had been given $40 million in advance and he owed 24 million. So his manager at the time, Scooter Braun said, you know what, I'm going to cover it. Don't worry, Justin, you can pay me back. Justin did one payment and then stopped. And then at the end of the year, he was really broke. And he said, all right, I got to sell my catalog. Now, Scooter apparently had said, dude, wait a month, come on. If you wait a month, it's going to be good for your taxes. You can get it off, da da da. Nope, he did it and ignored the device. He and Jester are no longer working together. He then had another, he had Lou Taylor, the woman who was working with Britney Spears for a hot second. You've mentioned her before. She claimed that Scooter owed him money. PricewaterhouseCoopers did a thing and said, no, actually, Justin owes Scooter eight million more. Oof, all right. The hard thing is, when you have no balances, you have no boundaries, you don't know where to start. Especially at 14 and then on the way up. Paula Froelich, thank you. And be sure to subscribe to the Scoop newsletter for the biggest stories in entertainment. Thank you for watching. Subscribe below and download our News Nation app right now on your phone and you will get fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.