In today’s Quickies — Ricky Schroeder, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, David Dobrik, Dune, North West, Nick Cannon, Tom Hiddleston news, and more! Keep scrolling to check out more entertainment and pop culture news.
Ricky Schroder calls Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl an “ignorant punk” for supporting vaccines.
Having apparently nothing better to do with his time, Schroder joined a picket line of anti-vaccine activists outside the band’s first full-capacity show.
The band, led by frontman Dave Grohl, recently gave a small live performance to a fully vaccinated crowd in the Los Angeles suburb of Agoura Hills. Their performance at the Canyon Club was a hit but struck the wrong chord with Schroder, who was spotted with a group of anti-vaccine picketers outside the venue.
The Silver Spoons star also shared a meme on Facebook a couple of days before the Foo Fighters’ show that depicted Grohl holding a giant syringe and wearing a shirt that said “Pharma Sellout.”
Read more at The Wrap.
In Other News — The Headlines
Problematic YouTuber David Dobrik returned to the platform that made him famous after taking 3 months off following various controversies facing his popular Vlog Squad. [Entertainment Weekly]
It’s official: Denis Villeneuve’s hotly-anticipated Dune reboot will world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September. As first anticipated by Variety, the fest has announced that the big-budget sci-fi epic toplining Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya will world premiere in Venice out-of-competition on September 3. [Variety]
North West, daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, celebrated her eighth birthday by obligating her friends to dress up as smiley turds for a sleepover. [The Cut]
Nick Cannon is the father to twins once again! The 40-year-old comedian’s partner Abby De La Rosa took to social media to announce the arrival of their baby boys, who they’ve named Zion Mixolydian Cannon and Zillion Heir Cannon, on June 14. [Bang Showbiz]
EGOT-winner Rita Moreno has issued a statement on social media tonight, saying that she’s “incredibly disappointed” in herself after comments she made on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night regarding the In The Heights colorism controversy. [AV Club]
Scott Disick is going above and beyond for girlfriend Amelia Hamlin‘s 20th birthday. Though four days have passed since the model marked two decades on this earth, the reality TV star continues to shower her with love and gifts. The Lord most recently presented Amelia with a signed Helmut Newton print worth $57,500. [E! Online]
Tom Hiddleston has signed up to present a CBeebies Bedtime Story, which premieres on BBC pre-school channel CBeebies on June 25. The British actor will read Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet’s Supertato, which tells the story of a superhero potato and a supervillain pea. [Deadline]
Mark Zuckerberg, whose Facebook also owns Instagram, wanted to use the Pink Floyd classic ‘Another Brick in the Wall’ for some type of project on the site/app and Roger Waters was having none of it. [Evil Beet Gossip]
Joshua Jackson goes pastel at the Dr. Death premiere. [Go Fug Yourself]
Who is the most famous person whose sweat you’ve tasted? Follow-up question: How? If you’re Annie Murphy (of Schitt’s Creek and Kevin Can F**k Himself fame), the respective answers are Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and “touched him at a concert, then licked the sweat off my own hand.”
