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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jun 25, 2021
June 25, 2021
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Good news for people who love things that suck: ANNE RICE’s book, "Interview With the Vampire" is being turned into a series at AMC. The show will debut in 2022; no word on casting yet.
Sick bay: Actor HARRISON FORD picked up a shoulder while filming the latest “Indiana Jones” movie --number five. Disney says he'll have to take a break from filming while he gets treatment, but will be back to do the fight scene in which he was injured and more.
Say amen: TV preacher JIM BAKKER, who heads up the Morningside Church has been slammed in court for claiming that a so-called "health supplement" could cure COVID-19. Turns out that Jim preached that a product called Silver Solution, a colloidal silver supplement, could cure coronavirus. The resulting lawsuit claimed that Silver Solution can turn your flesh blue over time and may have other serious side effects. Bakker has agreed to pay a $156,000 settlement for the lawsuit and will have to return any money to viewers who bought the stuff on his show.
ABC News reports the TSA will be giving aircrews self-defense training again beginning in early July. It's not the first time they've done it, but they stopped because of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Now, with the increase in unruly passenger incidents on flights, the TSA says they'll have to resume the training to give crew members techniques "for responding against an attacker in a commercial passenger or cargo aircraft," including self-defense measures and ways to identify and deter potential threats. There's already been around 2300 incidents on flights in the first half of the year from passengers who wouldn't wear face masks.
What were people buying during Amazon's Prime Day sale? More than 1 million laptops, 1 million sets of headphones, and 40-thousand calculators to begin with. Here in the US, they also shelled out for Waterpik Electric Water Flosser, the Instant Pot Duo Plus 6 Quart 9-in-1 Pressure Cooker, and those Roomba vaccuum cleaners.
New to you: RENÉE ZELLWEGER and ANT ANSTEAD. TMZ reports the pair met during his upcoming Discovery+ series “Celebrity IOU Joyride,” a spin-off of “Property Brothers” DREW and JONATHAN SCOTT’s show “Celebrity IOU.” It's a pretty quick turnaround for Anstead, who just a few days ago finalized his divorce from “Flip or Flop” star CHRISTINA HAACK.
Get well wishes to BLINK-182's star MARK HOPPUS, who revealed he is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Hoppus, who's 49, said bluntly" "It sucks and I'm scared." No word on what kind of cancer he's suffering from.
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