Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Oct 2, 2017

Trendspotting:

If you need to get your own "Make America Gay Again" hat like the one featured on the premiere of the new "Will & Grace" series last week --you're in luck. The Hollywood Reportersays the hat that DEBRA MESSING's Grace left in the Oval Office for the premiere of the reboot is being sold for $26 dollars and can be purchased on the Human Rights Campaign's website. (Bartha)

Sucking the life out of the wire services:

It's World Bullying Prevention Day and a few stars from "Spider-Man: Homecoming" are getting in on the action. TOM HOLLAND, ZENDAYA, LAURA HARRIER and JACOB BATALON released a new public service announcement for STOMP Out Bullying and hope everyone will wear a blue shirt today to support the cause.
The ultimate goal is for kids and teens to grow up in an environment that promotes inclusion and kindness and change the culture!(Lee)

Taking everything much too seriously:

A new world record has been set in Indianapolis.
Hundreds gathered in Indiana's capital to paint a massive chalk mural. By the time they were finished, a chalk painting measuring over four-thousand feet stretched across the Indianapolis Cultural Trail.
Guinness Records officially certified the artwork as the world's largest chalk pavement art display. The mural was created by over 500 volunteers and consisted of over 800 individual drawings. (Still)

Grace notes from Vinny Marino:

STEVEN TYLER says he did not have a seizure. The Boston Globe reported that after AEROSMITH's set last week at the Rock in Rio festival, Steven suffered a seizure and that's why the rest of the band's South American tour was canceled. On Saturday, Steven posted on Facebook (quote), "I give you all an A+ for creative speculations but I certainly did not have a heart attack or a seizure." He goes on to say (quote), "Sorry to have cut the tour short but I had to have a procedure that only my doc in the States could perform." (Marino)