Nicolas Cage has announced he will be having a baby girl with wife Riko Shibata and even told people what she will be named.
The actor married Riko last February and, in January 2022, they announced the happy news that they were expecting. A rep confirmed that "the parents-to-be are elated!"
And now, during his appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Cage has confirmed not only that they are expecting a daughter, but that she will be named after former Beatle John Lennon.
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The Face/Off star explained that his father, August Coppola, who was a DJ, used to blast The Beatles' album Let It Be on the radio. In particular, the song 'Across the Universe'.
He said: "It's my favourite song ever written, which is why I'm going to announce some big news for everybody, I am gonna have a little girl! And her name, because of 'Across The Universe', her name is gonna be Lennon Augie – Augie after my father – and I'll call her Lennie for short."
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Cage, who has two sons from previous marriages, has spoken about his dedication to fatherhood. During his promotion of his new film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, he told People about the difference between his real-life self and exaggerated alter-ego.
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"First and foremost... there's no version of Nic Cage in reality that doesn't want to spend time with his children," he said.
"There's no version of Nic Cage that didn't put family first over career. I turned down Lord of the Rings and I turned down Matrix because I didn't want to go to New Zealand for three years or Australia for three years because I needed to be home with my son Weston, that's a fact."
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is now showing in cinemas.
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Asyia is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, theatre, music, books and general showbiz.
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