Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Mar 15, 2021

Oscar Nominations will be announced today (March 15). The announcement ceremony in a two-part live presentation --hosted by PRIYANKA CHOPRAS JONAS and NICK JONAS will air starting at 8:19 am (Eastern) on Oscar.com, Oscars.org, as well as the Academy's digital platforms on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.

PS: The 93rd Academy Awards air Sunday, April 25 at 8pm (Eastern) on ABC.

With Oscar nominations out, nominations for the Razzies are out as well, and up for the Worst Picture Razzie are: "365 Days," "Absolute Proof," "Dolittle," "Fantasy Island" and "Music." ROBERT DOWNEY, Jr, and ANNE HATHAWAY are two of the Worst Actor and Worst Actress nominees.

You probably heard that JENNIFER LOPEZ and ALEX RODRIGUEZ have split after four years together --Nope! The couple released a statement Saturday morning through their representative clarifying that they remain in a relationship and are "working through some things." The rep says they are still engaged.

KALEY CUOCO announced she'll be playing DORIS DAY in a new series about the late movie legend. Entertainment Weekly says the series will be based on Doris' official biography, "Doris Day: Her Own Story." No word on whether Kaley will be singing “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be),” which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song from her 1956 film, "The Man Who Knew Too Much" with JIMMY STEWART.

French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo has been criticized for its latest cartoon, which shows QUEEN ELIZABETH kneeling on MEGHAN MARKLE's neck, who says she can't breathe, drawing a parallel to GEORGE FLOYD's death last year. People on social media and activists have branded the cartoon 'wrong' and 'appalling'.

Tennis legend SERENA WILLIAMS has reportedly listed her Beverly Hills, California, home for $7.5M and is looking for a new place in the Montecito area, where her friend MEGHAN MARKLE and OPRAH WINFREY currently reside.

At 48-years-old, actress JENNIFER GARNER just got her ears pierced. She told ELLEN DeGENERES she didn't do it when she was younger because she thought her dad would get upset with her for putting holes in her ears. When she recently asked her father again, he said "'Jennifer, I love anything you do,' so I was like, 'Okay.'"

Question for your listeners: What did you put off because you thought your parents wouldn't like it?