Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jan 19, 2018

Bid'ness is Bid'ness:

Jam City Games has put together a new mobile game called "Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery." In the game, you create a character and experience life as a Hogwarts student, attending classes, learning magical skills, joining one of the four houses; you can even choose your own "pet." The game will be out this spring and available on the App Store, Google Play and the Amazon Appstore.
FYI: Visit www.HarryPotterHogwartsMystery.com/ for more.

MARIAH CAREY's passion for tea has set off a hot, new trend. The NY Post reports hotels like The Whitby, The Peninsula, The Pierre and The Plaza have seen an uptick in guests popping in for high tea and requesting tea service.lately The diva made a splash on New Year's Eve by announcing: "I was promised tea" during "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest."(Lee)

At the local Cop Shop:

Pizza can make a man do a lot of strange things.
Four U.S. traffic wardens in Salt Lake City, Utah, were fired after it was discovered they were they were trading parking ticket favors for delicious pies. Officials estimate that the four agreed to not ticket the restaurant owner or it's employees in exchange for pizzas. Officials estimate that the wardens could have ticketed the employees up to three times a day saying they ate about $19 thousand dollars worth of fines. The restaurant owner said that the deal never existed and three of the officers are appealing the decision. (Myers)

Grace notes from Vinny Marino:

There's a new supergroup in town. UltimateClassicRock.com says DREAM CHILD was put together by former DIO guitarist CRAIG GOLDY, along with ex-OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE and Dio bassist RUDY SARZO, ex-AC/DC and Dio drummer SIMON WRITGHT, keyboard player WAYNE FINDLAY who was with the MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP and singer DIEGO VALDEZ. Dream Child's debut album is finished, but there is no release date yet. The band also plans on touring this year. (Marino)