Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Feb 16, 2018

Chinese New Year:

Happy Chinese New Year,and welcome to 4716 in the Chinese calendar --the Year of the Dog. In Chinese: Gung Hay Fat Choy!
Quotable: "Wow! I'm still writing Rooster on my checks!" (anon)

Famous people born in the Year of the Dog:

Celebrities born in the Year of the Dog include singersMadonna, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Justin Bieber, Elvis Presley, Prince, Dolly Parton, Andrea Bocelli, Linda Ronstadt, Liza Minelli, Luis Miguel, and Cher.
Other famous people include: Prince William, Steven Spielberg, Winston Churchill, Bill Clinton, Benjamin Franklin, Herbert Hoover, George W. Bush, Kate Middleton, Socrates, Jane Goodall and Mother Teresa.
And then there's Donald Trump.

Tonight's premiere(s):

Netflix has put together a series that many high school students could possibly relate to --called "Everything Sucks!"
TV Guidereports the seriesis set in a high school in Boring, OR (which is an actual place) back in 1996, and will follow "two Boring High School freshmen and their friends as they bridge the gap between their dorky A/V Club and the much-cooler drama students, bumbling through lofty dreams of romance and the stark reality of self-identification."
Sounds just like your high school career, doesn't it?
The show stars JAHI WINSTON and PEYTON KENNEDY, who are 14 years old in real life, and premieres tonight on Netflix.

Grace notes from Vinny Marino:

BEYONCE is working with ELTON JOHN on a new song for the live action "Lion King" movie. She plays Nala and Elton told the UK newspaper The Sun that the producers wants a new tune to run over the film's end credits, so he an lyricist TIM RICE will come up with something for Beyonce to sing. (Marino)

Taking everything much too seriously:

The world's largest delivery pizza has been unveiled in Michigan.
STEVE MALLIE, owner of Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar in Southgate, cooked up a 72-inch pie with help from his crew Wednesday. He sent pictures of the pizza to the Guinness Book for official certification. The previous record was for a 54-inch pizza. Mallie says customers can order his massive pizza for a starting price of $300-dollars. Add $50-bucks if you want extra cheese. Delivery is free within 5-miles. The business owner set another Guinness record last summer by serving up a 1,796 pound hamburger. (Still)