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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Aug 20, 2019
August 20, 2019
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Hot TV rumor mill: "Bachelorette" HANNAH BROWN reportedly will be joining "Dancing With the Stars" for its upcoming season 28. No word yet on the rest of the cast but ABC says the show will be back for the fall, beginning Mon, Sep 16.
More TV news: VH1 has picked up "RuPAUL's Drag Race" for a 12th season and also his All Stars show for a fifth season as well.
And still more on the TV front: CBS broke the news yesterday --they've renewed JAMES CORDEN's "The Late Late Show" through 2022. As you may remember, Corden replaced CRAIG FERGUSON, who left as host of "The Late Late Show" in 2014.
Movie news: TRACY MORGAN will be joining EDDIE MURPHY in the "Coming to America" sequel.
The Hollywood Reporter says the film, called "Coming 2 America" (with the number 2 in the middle) will bring back ARSENIO HALL, JAMES EARL JONES and SHARI HEADLEY and also star WESLEY SNIPES, LESLEY JONES and KIKI LAYNE in the large cast. The film will show Eddie as Prince Akeem, set to take over the throne, finding out he has a son in America he never knew about, and his dying father --the King-- wants to see his grandson and have Eddie groom him as a new prince. So guess who has to come back to America.
The movie will reportedly be in theatres right before the Christmas holidays next year.Forbes magazine says KEVIN HART --who made $59-million dollars in the past year-- is number one on their list of the highest-earning stand-up comedians for the past year. The top-10:
10. Aziz Ansari, $13 million
9. Jeff Dunham, $15 million
8. Terry Fator, $17 million
7. Amy Schumer, $21 million
6. Gabriel Iglesias, $22 million
5. Sebastian Maniscalco, $26 million
4. Trevor Noah, $28 million
3. Jim Gaffigan, $30 million
2. Jerry Seinfeld, $41 million
1. Kevin Hart, $59 million -
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