Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - May 20, 2021

Tube talk: People magazine asked the stars of "Friends" what they thought their characters would be doing now:
--MATTHEW PERRY said he thought Chandler would be "a wonderful father and comedy writer."
--COURTENEY COX said Monica would be involved in her local school and would probably be the head of its PTA.
--DAVID SCHWIMMER said Ross "would've invested in Joey's sandwich shop and lost a lot of his savings for his kids."
--LISA KUDROW said her character, Phoebe Buffay, would be living in Connecticut with her partner and their children and be "in charge of the arts program for the school."
--MATT LeBLANC said he thought Joey would own a chain of sandwich shops
--JENNIFER ANISTON said Rachel would have her own clothing line.

FYI: REESE WITHERSPOON, LADY GAGA, JUSTIN BIEBER and DAVID BECKHAM are among the celebrity guests expected to appear on the "Friends" reunion special on HBO Max next Thursday, May 27th.

Deadline reports Netflix ordered eight episodes of an hour-long series starring ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER. The series will also star "Top Gun: Maverick" actress MONICA BARBARO as Ah-nold's daughter. As the series begins, they both learn each other has secretly been working for the CIA and are forced to team up as partners.

The “Sex and the City” reboot is also coming to HBO Max, and will be called “And Just Like That.” The limited series will have ten half-hour episodes and along with SARAH JESSICA PARKER, CYNTHIA NIXON and KRISTIN DAVIS, 45-year-old SARA RAMIREZ will also be joining the cast, playing “a nonbinary, queer stand-up comedian who hosts a podcast on which Carrie Bradshaw is regularly featured.” What happened to KIM CATTRALL? She's not gonna be in the new series.

FYI: You may have seen Ramirez as Dr. Callie Torres on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy.” The series will be filming this summer.

Run for your lives! --Not. Turns out the world's largest iceberg split from the ice shelf down in Antarctica over the beginning of the week. It's big --about 80 times the size of Manhattan. Although some of the ice breaking off the ice shelf has been attributed to climate change, in this case, scientists believe it's just part of the natural occurrences in the area.

Are you a recent college grad? Have ya got a job yet? Turns out a new study from Monster.com shows nearly half of 2020 college grads are still out looking for work. And yes, it's been attributed to the pandemic --and could get worse because there's a new load of graduates coming as the 2021 grads join the out-of-work force. And it's a bit worse, since there are still professionals who were laid off during the pandemic and looking to reenter the job market as well. PS: Monster.com says the usual stats for college graduates is that 22-percent can't get a job right away. Today it's double that.

Fast food: the folks who make Kind Healthy Snacks are now putting out a new line of plant-based ice creams. With seven different flavors, Kind ice cream is vegan, dairy free, and offers 4-to-6 grams of protein per serving. They'll cost $5.99 a pint.