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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - May 17, 2021
May 17, 2021
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Postponed for a year: MÖTLEY CRÜE and DEF LEPPARD's upcoming stadium tour has been postponed until 2022. The two groups, joined by POISON and JOAN JETT and the BLACKHEARTS, will now be kicking off their tour in Atlanta on June 16th in 2022, wrapping up in San Francisco on September 7th of 2022. The word was announced on Motley Crue's Instagram account, saying "This is the only way to ensure that we can play ALL of the dates for ALL of you who have purchased tickets. We appreciate you hanging in there and can’t wait to get back on stage and bring The Stadium Tour to all of our fans. It is going to be one for the history books!"
Ch-ch-ch-changes: Twitter is reportedly putting together a new version of the service which will be called "Twitter Blue" --for $2.99 a month. The changes in the paid version of the service will reportedly let you undo your tweets and create bookmark collections and give you a more clutter-free, premium experience, like what you might find on a news aggregation service. No word yet on when the new version will be rolled out to subscribers.
The mask controversy continues: Trader Joe's, Walmart and Costco announced Friday they've dropped the mask requirement for fully vaccinated customers at their stores. The grocery chain Publix and Wynn Casinos in Las Vegas also joined them Friday night. And Starbucks says face coverings and masks will be optional for vaccinated customers starting today (Monday). One problem: they aren't verifying guests' vaccination status.
Question for listeners: Will you still wear a mask?
Movie news: Paramount is re-releasing the classic TOM CRUISE movie, “Top Gun,” in theaters to mark the film’s 35th anniversary this week.
Tube talk: “Black-ish” has been renewed for an eighth --and its last-- season at ABC. The series, which ANTHONY ANDERSON as Andre “Dre” Johnson, TRACEE ELLIS ROSS as Rainbow Johnson, and others, was created by KENYA BARRIS.
Lottery: Mega Millions Jackpot for Tuesday is $468 Million.
Fast food: The A&W fast food chain has brought back Chili Cheese Fries and Cheese Curds for a limited time at participating locations around the country.
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