Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check

Equal time:

No surprise that the first installment of SARAH PALINS's reality show was a big ratings hitfor The Learning Channel. The first episode of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" drew about five million viewers on Sunday night --the biggest ever program launch in TLC's history.
   Ah, but there was (of course) some "controversy!" An Alaskan environmentalist accused Palin and her family of violating the states' wildlife guidelines by fishing too close to a group of bears. It's not the biggest ratings ever for the cable channel, since "Jon & Kate Plus 8" once drew 10 million viewers. (Pacelli)

Stars and their movies:

As you know, producer BAZ LUHRMANN is doing a remake of F-SCOTT FITZGERALD's "The Great Gatsby" for his next film, originally done in 1974 with MIA FARROW as Daisy Buchanan, and ROBERT REDFORD as Jay Gatsby. Luhrmann has reportedly already cast LEONARDO DiCAPRIO and TOBEY MAGUIRE as Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway, respectively, and the Hollywood Reporter says he's now offered actress CAREY MULLIGAN the role of Daisy.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE told MTV News at the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows --Part 1" that J-K ROWLING told him the movies would be the last in the series, since she wasn't going to write any more of the books.
   Daniel said she'd sent him a text message after seeing the film at the London premiere: "Basically, it amounted to the fact that she felt I had been very good in this 'Harry Potter' film," he said, "...and as a reward for that, she wasn't going to [write] any more 'Harry Potter' [books]. I'm sure she will be writing other books," he continued. "But I can pretty much guarantee that Harry will not be a feature."

Actor BRAD PITT is reportedly developing a film based on those Chilean miners, and the Hollywood Reporter says he's in the process of negotiating the film rights for the story with the 33 miners themselves. But the miners apparently want to create a holding company to make sure that any profits are fairly shared between them before they sign with Brad's Plan B Production Company.
   The London Guardian says the miners have received over 1,000 job offers since their rescue and Plan B has offered "millions" for the rights to a film about the rescue.

Grace notes:

SEBASTIAN BACH was arrested and thrown in jail Sunday night after a bar fight. Billboard.com says the former SKID ROW frontman was asked to leave Riley's Old Towne Pub in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, after he got into an argument with a staff member.
   When Sebastian was told that he couldn't take his wine with him, he allegedly threw it against the front door, shattering the glass. When the cops showed up, Sebastian allegedly but the hand of a bar employee who was restraining him. Police searched the singer and found 1.95-grams of marijuana on him. Sebastian will be in court today. (Marino)

Stupid people, stupid places:

A passenger found himself in trouble over his tattoo on a Delta Airlines flight after a fellow passenger reported his "suspicious behavior" and the words "Atom Bomb" tattooed on his fingers.
   ADAM PEARSON said he thought he was getting an upgrade when he was tapped on the shoulder by a flight attendant on an L-A-to-Memphis flight over the weekend. Instead he was asked to step off the flight and questioned by the plane's captain and a flight attendant.
   He explained that the tattoo --one of many he has-- referred to a childhood nickname.
   Before the plane took off, he Tweeted: "Just pulled off delta flight, passenger said I was suspicious looking due to my tattoos @DeltaAssist not happy at all #goldmedallion fail." When he landed in Memphis, he had over 150 e-mails asking him what happened, and learned that his Tweet had exploded on the social media circuit.
   Editor's note: Because EVERY self-respecting terrorist would have Atom Bomb tattooed on his/her knuckles. Things could've detonated at any moment.
   --And the subject actually got through the pre-boarding security screening with those loaded fingers?
Obviously a disaster was narrowly avoided.
   --Sounds like they were just fission for trouble. Glad they defused what could've been an explosive situation.
   --I don't like tattoos but at least if when some people sit next to you (like this guy Pearson) there would plenty of stuff on him to read and keep you occupied. (Maiman)