Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Mar 12, 2021

It'll be not one, but two days worth of MTV Awards this year. MTV announced yesterday that the usual ceremony will air Sunday, May 16th from Los Angeles, followed on Monday night by the inaugural Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted, which they call a "first-of-its-kind celebration of all things reality television."

New baby for model EMILY RATAJKOWSKI. Her first baby with the hub, SEBASTIAN BEAR-McCLARD, is named SYLVESTER APOLLO BEAR, whom they call "Sly," and mom and dad have said they won't be revealing the sex of the baby. That goes with the remarks she made while pregnant, telling Vogue magazine "We won’t know the gender until our child is 18 and that they’ll let us know then... Everyone laughs at this."

Would you vote for MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY as governor of your state? If you live in Texas, you may have the chance, because he says he is seriously considering a run for governor there. Matthew says it may be what he wants to do with the next chapter of his life, and the current governor, GREG ABBOTT, is up for re-election next year.

COVID-19 Update: There's a new hour-long "South Park" special that takes on the folks at QAnon and also the complications of getting a Covid-19 vaccine. In the "South ParQ Vaccination Special," Cartman and the gang are trying to get a vaccine for their teacher, Mrs. Nelson. But along the way, they must face QAnon conspiracy theorists. Other people in the hour-long special include HILLARY CLINTON, BARACK OBAMA and OPRAH WINFREY, who are apparently part of a cult to "feed off children to maintain their elite status." CNN reports the official South Park website is streaming the show now for free.

Problems for one of the guys in Alaska's annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race --he's tested positive for coronavirus. GUNNAR JOHNSON --who's 52-- had to withdraw from the race and said he was "incredibly disappointed."

Meanwhile, a new study in Israel claims that if you're one of those folks who regularly take a low dose of over-the-counter aspirin might prevent you from being infected with coronavirus. The Israeli study says those people were 29 percent less likely to become infected. And the study also claims that the low-dose aspirin may also help reduce the length of the illness.