Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jun 23, 2017

Trailer Park update:

Warning: Note potentially disgusting content!
Roadkill restaurants could be headed for Oregon soon.
Okay, maybe not. But, the State of Oregon did just pass a bill allowing citizens to retrieve dead animals from the road to use as food. In fact, the so-called "roadkill bill" was passed "overwhelmingly" by the Legislature before being signed into law by governor KATE BROWN. Twenty other states already allow people to harvest roadkill. (Still)

The Reel Deal:

The movie "Wonder Woman" has now made over $600-million dollars in less than three weeks. The film crossed the mark Wednesday night, with $289.2 million in North America, and the remainder world-wide.
Variety says so far, "Wonder Woman" is the third-highest domestic movie of 2017, behind Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" ($503.5 million) and "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" ($376.2 million).

On, off and way-off-Broadway:

The stage musical version of MEAT LOAF's "Bat Out Of Hell" album opened Tuesday in London's West End. And, the reviews are in:
--The Times of London: "4 Stars! A mega-blast of a musical."
--The Telegraph: "Running to an overlong three hours, and cramming in greatest hits (and not so-great hits), Bat Out of Hell won't win awards for reinventing the musical. The book is even weaker than that long-running Queen cash-in."
--What's On Stage: "Everything that made Meat Loaf awful but also really great is wholeheartedly here, from the love-wracked crooning, the light-goth look, the rock, the roll to the uber sex appeal." (Marino)

Immigration Update:

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously yesterday that a naturalized immigrant cannot be stripped of his-or-her citizenship for making false statements during the naturalization process that are irrelevant to an immigration official's decision to grant or deny citizenship. The high court said that the government must establish that an immigrant's illegal act during the naturalization process played some role in acquiring citizenship.
The justices said a jury must decide whether the false statements altered the naturalization process and influenced the federal immigration official's decision. (Pacelli)