Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Mar 7, 2017

The Stock Market:

Are you a Netflix subscriber?
   The Research Group's annual on-demand study says more TV households in the U.S. have Netflix than have a digital video recorder --54 percent for Netflix to 53 percent for DVRs. And about 23-percent of all adults in TV homes stream Netflix daily, according to the survey which was conducted in January of this year.

On, off and way-off-Broadway:

GEORGE TAKEI will be back on the New York stage. Playbill.com says he'll star in a revival of STEPHEN SONDHEIM's 1976 musical, "Pacific Overtures." This time around, more than 90-percent of the cast is Asian or Asian-American. Performances begin April 6th Off-Brodway at Classic Stage Company with opening night set for May 4th. (Marino)

Chic Sh*t:

Day four into Paris fashion week and RIHANNA schooled the fashion crowd last night, presenting her "Detention"-themed fall 2017 Fenty for Puma collection in a Hollywood-worthy production at the Bibliotheque National de Francein Paris. Surrounded by stacks of books three floors high, show goers were seated at study tables the length of the room that also doubled as the runways. The Hollywood Reportersays CARA DELEVINGNE played the role of a delinquent in a Fenty hoodie, seated next to NICK and JOE JONAS, FUTURE sat with SALMA HAYEK who rocked a varsity jacket from the Puma collection while hanging with her husband, fashion mogul FRANCOIS HENRI PINAULT. The university-themed wearables included a tennis sweater dress to a tartan bustier, velour track suits and cropped puffer jackets. They were accessorized with Fenty thigh-high sneaker boots, Mary Jane sock booties and creepers --in mixed tartan. (Bartha)

Stars and their movies:

It's tough to imagine, but JULIA ROBERTS' character in "Pretty Woman" almost wound up dead of an overdose! The NY Post's Page Six gossip column reports movie bigwig JEFFREY KATZENBERG revealed the deep, dark secret during a question-and-answer session last week and says the original screenplay was rewritten into the "romantic comedy we all know and love today." (Lee)