Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Mar 24, 2021

Movie news: Variety sez HALLE BERRY will co-star with MARK WAHLBERG in the upcoming spy movie, "Our Man From New Jersey" on Netflix. Knowing he's from New Jersey probably will help you understand why the film is described as “a blue collar James Bond.”

COVID update: Russian President VLADIMIR PUTIN got his first vaccination yesterday (but without photos from cameras). No word on which vaccine he got, although most reports say it was the "Russian vaccine" the country has developed and is trying to spread around the country... which may be one reason many people in Russia have hesitated to get vaccinated.

COVID #2: Texas has joined a growing list of states which has opened vaccinations for any Texan 16 years or older starting Monday. Other states where any adult can get vaccinated are West Virginia, Alaska and Mississippi; Utah is opening vaccinations to all adults today, and people in Tennessee over 16 will be eligible starting April 5th.

COVID #3: With the Pandemic closing movie theatres, it's been slow for chains to re-open. Yesterday, Regal Cinemas said they'll be opening some of its theaters starting April 2nd with the limited release of "Godzilla vs. Kong." More Regals will open on April 16th when "Mortal Kombat" is going to be released.

And COVID #4: a new report says counterfeit vaccine cards are now being sold on the dark web, along with counterfeit vaccines. Some of the more famous brands like AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson are going for up to a thousand dollars a dose, The fake cards are only $200-bucks each.

You may remember in "A View To A Kill" when James Bond chased a woman up to the top of the Eiffel Tower and she parachuted off. or the Base Jumpers who took off of the outdoor rooftop bar of the Grand Hyatt Nashville and landed safely. Doesn't always happen successfully in real life: in Panama City Sunday, cops said a man in his 20s jumped from the 14th floor of the and Sunrise Beach Resort and his parachute didn’t deploy. See ya.