Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Mar 21, 2018

Idle gossip & unconfirmed rumors:

Will HEATHER LOCKLEAR's sixth shot at rehab be a charm? Sources tell RadarOnline.com that the actress has ponied up a whopping $144-thousand dollars to pay for two months at a live-in recovery home. Word is Heather has no access to her phone, but her fiance CHRIS HEISSER flies up to see her every Sunday.
As you know, the "Melrose Place" star was arrested for battery on four police officers late last month. (Lee)

Fashion Emergency:

BRITNEY SPEARS is wearing denim underpants (!!!) as the newest face --and rockin' bod-- for the Parisian brand Kenzo. Peoplesays 36-year-old stars in Kenzo's "La Collection Memento No. 2" ad campaign. The theme for the collection is "Icons" and the look Britney is modeling is definitely iconic. The denim-on-denim look shows Britney wearing sexy denim panties, over-the-knee lace-up denim boots and a cropped denim jacket --all topped off with a denim trucker's cap. (Bartha)

Grace notes from Vinny Marino:

That's SIR RINGO to you! RICHARD STARKEY was knighted yesterday by PRINCE WILLIAM, the Duke of Cambridge at London's Buckingham Palace. Ringo told the BBC (quote), "It means a lot actually. It means recognition for the things we've done. I was really pleased to accept this." Ringo and the rest of THE BEATLES got their MBEs 53 years ago, and PAUL McCARTNEY was knighted in 1997. Ringo and his wife, actress BARBARA BACH were all smiles. (Marino)

Good luck:

A Kansas man won big in the lottery, then lost his ticket.
The unidentified Lincoln County man was headed home to watch basketball when he pulled into a Salina gas station. He says, "My brother went in to check my tickets (but) dropped the unsigned Mega Millions ticket." The guy had no clue the dropped ticket was a winner. They went home but later went back out to run errands. That's when the gas station clerk spotted them and flagged them down. It turns out the dropped ticket was a $1-million-dollar winner. The lucky guy says, "I just couldn't believe it!" He says the kindness of the store workers restored his faith in humanity. (Still)