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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Aug 30, 2018
August 30, 2018
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How about a Hot Chicken Wing Oreo?
No, we're not kidding --Oreo's parent company, Mondelez International, has released the new flavor of its cookie in Asia, along with a Wasabi Oreo as well. The fillings are orange and green, respectively, but so far can only be found in China.Bad news for the fans of "Top Gun." The sequel, which will reportedly star TOM CRUISE and MILES TELLER, has been delayed a year for "more flight training." It'll now be in theatres in June of 2020.
In the movie, Teller plays the son of ANTHONY EDWARDS' character, Goose, Maverick's wingman, who dies in a tragic accident in the original pic.See ya: The Hollywood Reporter sez ALEC BALDWIN has bagged out of the movie, "Joker," which stars JOAQUIN PHOENIX as the villain.
Baldwin was going to play Batman's father, Thomas Wayne, in the film, which also stars ROBERT DE NIRO, "Deadpool 2's" ZAZIE BEETZ and MARC MARON.PRINCE HARRY showed up on stage in London's West End to to do a sing-along with the cast of hit musical "Hamilton" during a charity performance for Sentebale, which helps children affected by HIV in southern Africa. The Duke of Sussex got up on stage with LIN MANUEL MIRANDA and the rest of the cast to sing "You'll Be Back," the song performed by King George, who is Harry's sixth great-grandfather. The Prince's wife, MEGHAN MARKLE, showed up in a $595 black tuxedo minidress.
Wedding bells: "Splash" star DARYL HANNAH, who reportedly tied the knot with singer NEIL YOUNG last weekend in California. Various friends of their congratulated them over social media, with the London Mirror reporting the ceremony took place in Atascadero, CA, after a different ceremony on Neil's yacht in San Juan. For the record, he's 72; she's 57.
Rehab: Former SPICE GIRL, MEL B, who's reportedly headed in to treat alcohol and sex addictions, according to the London Sun tabloid. Mel reportedly claims she's had various trauma that she thought she'd buried in her past re-emerge as she worked on her upcoming biography, "Brutally Honest."
She's also been recently diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.The NY Post's Page Six gossip column reports a new TV miniseries about MICHAEL JACKSON is being put together. The series will reportedly be based on FRANK CASCIO's 2011 book, "My Friend Michael: An Ordinary Friendship With an Extraordinary Man." Cascio knew Michael for 25 years, meeting Michael for the first time when he was just five years old. He told "Good Morning America" in 2009 that Michael would visit his family's New Jersey home just to enjoy aspects of a normal life.