Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Apr 26, 2021

Movie news: The Oscars are over, and so are the Golden Raspberry Awards for the worst films and actors. The full list:
--Worst picture: "Absolute Proof"
--Worst actor: Mike Lindell (probably better known as the "My Pillow Guy"), in "Absolute Proof"
--Worst actress: Kate Hudson, in "Music"
--Worst supporting actress: Maddie Ziegler, in "Music"
--Worst supporting actor: former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani, in "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"
--Worst screen combo: former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani & His Pants Zipper, in "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"
--Worst director: Sia, in "Music"
--Worst remake, rip-off or sequel: "Dolittle"
--Worst screenplay: "365 Days"
--Special governors' award: 2020 as the worst calendar year ever

Movie news, take two: Variety reports WHOOPI GOLDBERG is reportedly working on a movie about an older black female superhero. Or in her words: "You know who’s really going to save the earth? Old Black women."

Tube talk: Not gonna happen --at least not at ABC: Variety reports the network has passed on the sitcom starring ALEC BALDWIN and KELSEY GRAMMER after network executives saw the completed pilot episode. Doesn't mean that another network might pick it up. The series is about three men who were roommates in their 20s until their big egos drove them apart. Now, years later, they've gotten back together.

A couple of ELON MUSK stories: The SpaceX pioneer was talking to PETER DIAMANDIS, the founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation for scientific discovery, about his planned Mars mission, and admitted that “a bunch of people will probably die” in the journey. But, he said, it will also be “a glorious adventure and it will be an amazing experience,” as opposed to being an “escape hatch for rich people.” But, with all that to think about, Elon has predicted that his company will have humans on Mars by 2026.

Meanwhile, ELON is taking his brand to TV, and will be hosting “Saturday Night Live” on May 8th. No word, of course, on what skits he'll be a part of and whether he'll do the opening monologue. But you can bet there'll be plenty of mentions of Tesla, SpaceX and Mars... MILEY CYRUS will be the musical guest for sixth time that night as well.

More rich people: RIHANNA just picked up another house next to her five-bedroom, seven-bathroom estate in Beverly Hills. Guest house, maybe? It’s not like she can't afford it. Her current net worth is a mere $550 million, thanks to her music career and Fenty business. And she does like houses --besides the two homes in Beverly Hills, she's got:
--a $6.8 million villa in the Hollywood Hills,
--a $14 million penthouse in Manhattan,
--a house in West London worth 7 million pounds, in order to be closer to her work with her FENTY fashion label.
--a mansion in her native Barbados,
--a flat in Los Angeles’ “Wilshire Corridor,”
--and a $5.2 million condo at Century City’s exclusive The Century complex.

How did you let everyone know what sex your child was gonna be? Lots of expectant parents toss a "gender reveal party," where they announce the sex of the baby-to-be and then have a red-or-blue-themed bash to celebrate. But sometimes these parties can have problems, --especially when the reveal is done with fireworks. In New Hampshire last week, a guy mixed a bunch of chalk with 80 pounds of Tannerite, an over-the-counter explosive. When he set if off, people in towns miles away reportedly felt the explosion, with a big blue cloud. And fortunately, nobody was injured. Of course, this leads to the question: did you ever have a gender reveal party --and how did you announce it-- with a big colored cake under white frosting, a balloon popping with the name of the child in a red or blue balloon-- or what?

Finally, what would you do if you found a bag filled with 36 diamond ring settings? NBC News says that's what happened to a conductor working on a commuter train on the Long Island Railroad in New York. And needless to say, the bag was worth about $100-thousand dollars. JONATHAN YELLOWDAY found the bag and turned it over to the Transit Authority's police department, where the jeweler later retrieved it --after getting home and finding it was G-O-N-E. PS: the jeweler said he was going to craft a piece for Yellowday at some point in the future, but no word on how much it might cost.