Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Aug 17, 2018

Congrats to ETHAN PECK, who'll be playing Spock in the TV show "Star Trek: Discovery" in season two next year.
Turns out Ethan is the grandson of Gregory Peck and has already posed with Leonard Nimoy's family with everybody giving the Vulcan salute and tacitly approving his selection.

You know you've been putting off cleaning out your closet for years now --and apparently so has ROD STEWART, who set about auctioning off some of the furniture from his home in Sheering near Harlow, in the UK.
Sir Rod's leopard print armchair and a figure of a banjo player are among the items being auctioned by Sworders' Fine Art of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex in September.

AEROSMITH has announced that they'll be doing a residency at the new Park MGM in Las Vegas beginning Sat, Apr 06 of next year.
Their "Deuces Are Wild" shows are currently scheduled through Jul 09. Members of Aerosmith's "Aero Force One" fan club will be getting the first shot at the tickets beginning today (Aug 16), with official pre-sale credit card Citi members next on Aug 20.