Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jan 14, 2019

Looks like MAROON 5 will be performing at the Super Bowl half-time show after all... despite the sentiment for them to pull out of the concert because the NFL has been asking players to stand when the National Anthem is played. And rappers TRAVIS SCOTT and BIG BOI will also be performing as well. On the other hand --it *is* one of the biggest audiences for any concert when you remember that 100-million people watched last year's show with JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE...

Maybe you didn't see it --MEGHAN MARKLE's baby with PRINCE HARRY is reportedly due in late April... the little one will be the seventh in line for the throne and the London Sun tabloid says QUEEN ELIZABETH has yet to grant special permission for Meghan and Harry's child to be an HRH (His or Her Royal Highness). Not that you REALLY CARE, of course.

Let's all shed a tear for poor, poor NIKKI BELLA, who had to leave the house she shared with JOHN CENA last night on the fourth season premiere of "Total Bellas." In case you missed it, Nikki is now dating her former "Dancing With the Stars" partner, ARTEM CHIGVINTSEV, whom she was paired with during the 2017 season. Yes, life's tough in Hollywood.

Yes, that was BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN at the recent screening of the film version of his Broadway show Sunday at Monmouth University's Pollak Theatre. The Asbury Park Press reports most of the folks there didn't notice Bruce, who wore a baseball cap and left through a back door after the film ended.

And... yesterday was the day for the annual "No Pants Subway Ride" in New York City, with temperatures hovering around the freezing mark. The folks at Improv Everywhere, which stage the event, were expecting two-thousand folks wearing only shoes, underwear and coats.
In case you were wondering, it's not the walking around that's so bad, it's sitting on that cold, metal bench which will set you free. 'Jus sayin'...