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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Feb 8, 2022
February 8, 2022
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The Razzies are the answer to the Oscars, with the organization picking out the worst movies and worst performances of the year. And their nominations were released yesterday with Netflix's filmed version of "Diana the Musical" --based on Princess Diana's life story -- getting nine Razzie nominations, including worst film of the year. Bruce Willis also has his own category with people voting for his worst performance in the eight films he was in this past year.
There's also worst actor and actress categories and more. Check the nominees out at razzies.com.
The Who have announced a big tour called "The Who Hits Back!" Roger Daltry and Pete Townshend are the only remaining members of the original band since Keith Moon passed away in 1978 and John Entwhistle in 2002. Their touring band includes guitarist and backup singer Simon Townshend, keyboardists Loren Gold and Emily Marshall, bassist Jon Button, drummer Zak Starkey, and backing vocals from Billy Nicholls.
The tour begins in Hollywood, Florida on April 22 for 15 dates, then they'll take the summer off and be back starting in Toronto in October with 14 additional shows. Tickets for all dates go on sale Friday at 10 am.
Apple is doing its Spring thing today (Tuesday); they're reportedly going to announce their latest budget iPhone SE 3 with 5G capability and the new iPad Air 5 with upgraded internals.
Fans of the late Betty White are collectively grieving her death — by rewatching “The Golden Girls” and sending the series to the top of Nielsen’s charts, 30 years after its series finale. All seven seasons are still being streamed today on Hulu.
Not so sweet: Hershey is raising its candy prices. The chocolate company said Thursday in its 2022 financial forecast that it is planning “list price increases across all segments” because of manufacturing and ingredient costs.
Bad news for cat fans --the Hallmark Channel has cancelled it’s annual Kitten Bowl, which usually was an alternative to the Super Bowl. However, Variety reports that the GAC Family channel may pick up the event for next year (2023), but the move has not been announced yet.
Whoops! An Ohio couple filed a lawsuit against a fertility clinic and a doctor after they claim that a sperm mix-up resulted in their daughter not being biologically related to the man who raised her.
The couple was going to celebrate their daughter's 30th birthday when she took an Ancestry DNA test in December of 2020 --only to find out she was not at all related to her father. Apparently she was inseminated with another man's sperm who was also at the doctor's office undergoing "fertility treatments" as well.