Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Aug 29, 2018

Froot Loops is expanding their reach with (drum roll, please)... new Froot Loops Mini Donuts. They'll be rolled out at participating Carl's Jr. and Hardee's locations nationwide for a limited time.
The "mini-donuts" are a Froot Loops-flavored mini ring cake donut coated in a sweet, Froot Loop-flavored frosting and available in five "frooty" vibrant colors (of course). A few locations have already begun (excuse the pun) rolling them out but most locations will begin today.

How about a cookbook from SNOOP DOGG? Yep, he'll be releasing a recipe-filled book called "From Crook to Cook" in October and it's set to include Snoop's favorite recipes, including Lobster Thermidor --and of course gin and juice.
Plugging the new release, Snoop said "I'm takin' the cookbook game higher with a dipped and whipped collection of my favorite recipes, ya dig?"
A list of 31 other celebrity cookbooks can be found HERE and includes OPRAH, ZIGGY MARLEY, PIPPA MIDDLETON, SAMMY HAGAR, "Little People Big World's" AMY ROLOFF (titled "Short and Simple") and more.

Only in LA?? MARIAH LYONS, who's a former Jimmy Choo publicist turned reiki master and yoga instructor is coming out with a new line of women's shoes --flat open-toe sandals containing crystals to make you feel better. She tells the Hollywood Reporter the sandals are primarily leather because "rubber blocks our ability to absorb energy from the earth," and claims the crystals in the shoes --which are charged with moonlight or sunlight in Venice, where she lives and works-- store energy, and "you can program them with specific intentions and they will hold that vibration and radiate it."