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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Aug 26, 2020
August 26, 2020
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It's ba-a-a-ack: Starbucks is bringing back Pumpkin Spice Latte for its 17th year this fall. Other pumpkin favorites will also be back, including Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew, the Pumpkin Scone, the Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffin and Pumpkin Bread, which is available year-round.
Variety reports the cast and creators of “The West Wing” are coming back together for the first time in nearly 20 years to do a Get Out and Vote special at HBO Max. “A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote” will reportedly feature a theatrical staging of the “Hartsfield’s Landing” episode from the show’s third season and will be shot at LA's Orpheum Theater in early October.
Ain't gonna happen #1: Director ROMAN POLANSKI is not gonna be reinstated as a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. The “Chinatown” director's appeal was denied by a Los Angeles judge, who ruled that the Oscars folks had a right to expel the director, who is a convicted child rapist.
Ain't gonna happen #2: Producers of "DWTS" wanted
to come on the show as one of the dancers, but somebody realized that he was probably too busy to do it, and the invitation wasn't sent. Meanwhile, Reality TV World reports BACKSTREET BOYS member AJ McLEAN will reportedly be competing on 'Dancing with the Stars' Season 29. -
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