Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Feb 5, 2018

The future in now:

If you love coffee and robots, you're in luck.
A new café in downtown Tokyo just unveiled a robot barista. The droid --named SAWYER-- at Henna Café features a single arm that scans the customers' tickets before brewing up a cappuccino, hot chocolate, or other beverage. The robot even grinds the coffee beans itself. General manager MASATAKA TAMAKI says the main purpose of the robot is to "increase productivity." But, he says it's also there to entertain customers.
But how's the coffee? One customer said, "It's quite rich, and tastes very good." (Still)

Grace notes from Vinny Marino:

BRUNO MARS is not quite done with his 24K Magic Tour. He announced on Thursday that after this current run takes him through Australia, New Zealand, Asia, South America, Europe and a brief residency in Las Vegas, Bruno will do one last North American leg hitting a whole bunch of cities including Boston, Brooklyn, L.A., Dallas, Detroit and others. No dates or venues yet, but CARDI B will open all of those shows. Tickets go on sale February 16th so the rest of the info will come soon. (Marino)

Trolling for publicity:

Don't be surprised if the SPICE GIRLS reunite like so many other pop sensations. VICTORIA BECKHAM posted a photo of the five-some on social media over the weekend with the caption: "Love my girls!!! So many kisses!!!" TMZ caught MEL B., MEL C. and EMMA BUNTON heading into GERI HALLIWELL's London crib last Friday morning, the ladies issued a statement saying the "time now feels right to explore some incredible new opportunities together" and hope to reinforce the "message of female empowerment for future generations."
This could be a plum move for Scary Spice. Sources from "America's Got Talent" tell TMZ that the singer has too much baggage for the show and ain't getting along with producers and crew members. Rumor has it the show is eyeing QUEEN LATIFAH to take her place.(Lee)