Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Sep 8, 2021

Music, take one: Lifetime and the A&E networks will be debuting a brand-new two-hour documentary about JANET JACKSON in January. The show, called simply “Janet,” will reportedly have clips of her older brother, MICHAEL, with his younger sister in home videos, and much more, including MARIAH CAREY and PAULA ABDUL talking about their relationship with Janet as well.

Music, take two: Amazon Prime Video will be releasing a brand-new JUSTIN BIEBER concert documentary film next month. The film will show Justin getting ready for his first concert in three years which debuted at the beginning of this year (2021) --“T-Mobile Presents New Year’s Eve Live With Justin Bieber.”

See ya: the folks in Virginia will be removing a giant 12-ton, six-story statue of Confederate Gen. ROBERT E. LEE this week. The statue, erected in Richmond in 1890, will be removed from Monument Avenue today (Wednesday) after legal battles which went all the way up to Virginia's Supreme Court.

Raising money: Former President DONALD TRUMP will reportedly be showing up at a National Republican Congressional Committee fundraiser in Tampa in early November. The event would be his first event with the House GOP’s campaign arm, and will reportedly help the Republican effort to pick up seats in Congress as well as raise money (of course).

The folks at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have added Jamaica and Sri Lanka to their list of high-risk places US people should not be traveling to because of the chance of contracting the Delta variant of COVID-19. But there are lots of countries on the CDC's list of the riskiest vacation spots: They include: (in alphabetical order) The Bahamas, Costa Rica, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Malaysia, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey and the United Kingdom --all of them in the category of highest COVID risk.

Freebie: the folks at Wienerschnitzel will be offering a free Chili Dog with any purchase there because Thursday, September 9th is Wienerschnitzel Day! Grab your coupon HERE: Read More >>