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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jan 22, 2019
January 22, 2019
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The Oscar nominations are out Tuesday morning (8:20 am Eastern), but as usual, the Razzies rolled out their nominations yesterday. The big categories for the Razzies include Worst Picture (nominated films include "Gotti," "Holmes & Watson," "Robin Hood," "Winchester," and "The Happytime Murders") along with Worst actress (JENNIFER GARNER for "Peppermint," AMBER HEARD for "London Fields," MELISSA McCARTHY for "The Happytime Murders" and "Life of the Party," Dame HELEN MIRREN for "Winchester," and AMANDA SEYFRIED for "The Clapper") and for Worst actor: JOHNNY DEPP (voice only) for "Sherlock Gnomes," WILL FERRELL for "Holmes & Watson," JOHN TRAVOLTA for "Gotti," DONALD J TRUMP (as himself) in "Death of a Nation" and "Fahrenheit 11/9" and BRUCE WILLIS for "Death Wish").
GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, the conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame this morning at 11:30 am (Pacific). He's also celebrating his tenth anniversary as Music & Artistic Director of the Philharmonic this season. HELEN HUNT and JOHN WILLIAMS will be on hand to help him unveil the star.
Everybody remembers when OZZY OSBOURNE bit the head off a bat --it happened onstage Jan 20, 1982 --37 years ago this past Sunday-- and to mark the occasion, Ozzy has decided to release a limited edition plush toy of a bat with a detachable head. It'll cost you $40 for the bat and the first edition is already sold out --but you can order one at his webstore --https://store.ozzy.com/products/plush-bat
The TSA no-shows are now at ten percent, according to news reports. Yesterday, the TSA issued a statement saying "Many employees are reporting that they are not able to report to work due to financial limitations" but claimed that despite the absences wait times were "within normal TSA times" of 30 minutes in standard lanes and 10 minutes for TSA PreCheck flyers at most airports.
As long as we're talking flying, the NY Post reported yesterday (Monday) that an overweight passenger aboard EVA Air, a Taiwanese airliner, forced flight attendants to remove his pants so he could use the toilet --and then wipe his butt as he moaned in pleasure. The 440-pound passenger, who was confined to a wheelchair, refused to leave the bathroom unless they wiped his butt. The flight attendant put on three pairs of latex gloves to accomplish the task. The flight attendants union later said it was blatant sexual harassment and asked that the airline sue the passenger, who had previously pooped in his underwear during a previous flight in May of last year as well.
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