Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Aug 15, 2018

With the execution of 60-year-old Nebraska prisoner CAREY DEAN MOORE with a dose of fentanyl yesterday, it should put a whole new spin on how dangerous the drug is.
Of course you've heard stories about how DEMI LOVATO overdosed on what were rumored to be fentanyl-laced oxycodone, according to TMZ.
But just how powerful the drug is can be underlined by the prisoner's death yesterday.
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is the same drug responsible for killing PRINCE and rapper LIL PEEP. It's reportedly 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine.
And in Moore's case, he was given a four-drug cocktail containing diazepam, a tranquilizer; fentanyl citrate to knock him out; cisatracurium besylate, a muscle relaxant; and potassium chloride, which stops the heart.

Despite all the mess with people trashing PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP's star in Hollywood, there are still many more deserving people who could likely get the tribute on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
"Star Trek" actor WILLIAM SHATNER has joined "Star Wars'" MARK HAMILL in calling for the late CARRIE FISHER to be given a star. Just about anyone can get one, provided you can pony up $40-thousand dollars and get approved by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Lots of movie companies do it to publicize the latest and greatest film from a star, who then has the ceremony the day (or week before) the movie opens to get even more publicity for it.
And there have been many people who deserved one but never got one, including ANGELINA JOLIE, BRAD PITT and ROBERT DE NIRO.

That Mini-Cooper which MADONNA had in her garage and drove around while she was living in London is now up for grabs on AutoTrader.com
She sold the car to her driver in the mid-2000s and then he sold it to a collector, who's put it up for grabs on the website. Technically a black Mini Hatch 1.6 Cooper S, and is selling for right at $70-thousand dollars HERE.