Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jul 13, 2018

Emmy Awards nominations:

Nominations for the 70th Emmy Awards were delivered yesterday morning at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center.
Netflix got the most nominations for the first time, breaking HBO's 17-year streak, while "Game of Thrones" led all shows with 22 nominations. In addition, JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS is not up for best actress in a comedy for the first time in seven years. Some interesting sidebars:
--ANTHONY BOURDAIN was posthumously nominated for "Parts Unknown."
--JOHN LEGEND could pick up an EGOT if he wins for "Jesus Christ Superstar."
--SANDRA OH becomes the first Asian actress nominated for lead actress.
--PETER DINKLAGE is now the most nominated person ever in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category, after his seventh nomination for his role as Tyrion Lannister on "Game of Thrones."
--MEGHAN MARKLE's name was submitted for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series" for her role as Rachel Zane on the USA Network show "Suits," but did not get a nomination.

Good luck:

A Massachusetts man says a "strange feeling" led him to buy nine lotto tickets from four different stores.
And those nine tickets --all with the same identical numbers-- paid off big for ROBERT LUNDSTEDT. Lundstedt won a total of $900-thousand-dollars. He gave two tickets to his children and kept the rest. He plans to use his $700-grand to pay off his mortgage. His kids plan to pay off their student loans. (Still)

Space, the Final Frontier:

There's supposed to be a solar eclipse today... but because today is Friday the 13th, we're stuck with the bad luck of not being able to see it. LiveScience.com says the partial solar eclipse, will mostly fall over the open ocean waters that lie between Australia and Antarctica --the region where the Indian and Pacific oceans merge. So, unless you have one heck of a commute planned for this morning, you'll have to rely on the Internet if you're hoping to catch a glimpse of it today. (Bartha)

TV Briefs:

Look for DENNIS RODMAN and MARTHA STEWART on the upcoming "Comedy Central Roast of BRUCE WILLIS," joining the celebrities including EDWARD NORTON, CYBILL SHEPHERD, KEVIN POLLAK, DOM IRRERA, NIKKI GLASER, LIL REL HOWERY and JEFF ROSS.
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT will be the roastmaster for the show, which will be taped this Saturday night (Jul 14) at the Hollywood Palladium and air Sun, Jul 29.