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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Oct 23, 2020
October 23, 2020
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TV News, Take One: Variety reports BURT REYNOLDS' classic action comedy “Smokey and the Bandit” is being remade into a TV series from SETH MacFARLANE’s Fuzzy Door company and a division of Universal Studio Group. No word on who'll get the Bandit role, since Burt passed away two years ago, or for that matter, any of the co-stars of the original 1977 movie including SALLY FIELD, JERRY REED and JACKIE GLEASON.
TV News, Take 2: Actress ROSARIO DAWSON has joined the cast of Hulu’s eight-episode limited series, “Dopesick,” about the opioid crisis. She'll play a DEA agent who fights to curtail the use of OxyContin in a distressed Virginia mining community. The series, also stars MICHAEL KEATON, PETER SARSGAARD, WILL POULTER, JOHN HOOGENAKKER, PHILIPPA SOO and KATILYN DEVER.
Coronavirus update: The folks at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals have started testing their COVID-19 vaccine on teens and preteens. Pfizer got permission to test its vaccine on kids, but the timing on the study will probably not let kids be vaccinated in time for the next school year even if it's eventually considered effective. Adult vaccines are in final-stage studies at this point, but researchers say it’s unlikely they’ll be recommended for children.
Coronavirus, take two: The owners of Roselynn Homemade Ice Cream Breakfast and Lunch in Epping, New Hampshire, have had to close their restaurant after they were reported to the state because the staff refused to wear masks, and didn't insist the customers did, either. The state gave 'em an ultimatum, and the staff replied: "What Happened to Live Free or Die?" One of the owners, JOE BODGE, said he can't wear a mask due to anxiety, and that other members of the staff also suffer from illnesses that prevent them from wearing a mask. He said he wears a mask in places that require them, like the grocery store, but that his anxiety is triggered when that happens.
See ya: The folks at Quibi said they were closing their doors after just six months. The company puts out an app which displays short videos, and was run by entertainment executive JEFFREY KATZENBERG and former Hewlett-Packard CEO MEG WHITMAN. For $6 a month, you'd get access to the videos, but with people staying home because of the coronavirus, they could watch their own TV or cable, and the service never took off.
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