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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jul 20, 2020
July 20, 2020
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Another interesting weekend for Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, with various Hollywood memorabilia auctioned off for big bucks, including:
- A space suit from STANLEY KUBRICK’s "2001: A Space Odyssey" which went for $370-thousand dollars;
- That was the same price that a real control stick used by NEIL ARMSTRONG on his Apollo 11 flight to the moon sold for as well.
- A DAVID HASSELHOFF-signed KITT Knight Rider 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am sold for $192-thousand dollars, despite the fact that it was never used in the TV show, but just in tours and appearances plugging the series.
- A cape worn by CHRISTOPHER REEVE in the first two Superman films sold for $110-thousand dollars.
There were also some 900 other pieces of Hollywood memorabilia items up for auction as well.
The guys from LINKIN PARK have issued a cease and desist order against PRESIDENT TRUMP after his ad team used a cover of their hit “In the End” in one of his campaign ads posted on Twitter without their permission. In response to the President's tweet, the band responded “Linkin Park did not and does not endorse Trump, nor authorize his organization to use any of our music.” Other artists that have issued cease and desist orders to the President about using their music in ads have included the ROLLING STONES, NEIL YOUNG and the TOM PETTY.
Congressman JOHN LEWIS passed away on Friday following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years old. Lewis was a giant in the civil rights movement, and honored by many people for his work, including PAUL McCARTNEY, who tweeted “He was such a great leader who fought with honesty and bravery for civil rights in America. Long may his memory remain in our hearts. How about renaming the famous Pettus Bridge that he and MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr. and others walked across in the 60s for the civil rights movement and rename it the John Lewis Bridge?!!!” It should be noted that the bridge --which is in Selma, Alabama, is named after former U.S. senator EDMUND PETTUS, who was also a grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan.
Meanwhile, “Jeopardy!” host ALEX TREBEK --who's been battling Stage 4 pancreatic cancer-- told the New York Times over the weekend that he plans to stop cancer treatment if his current round fails. Pancreatic cancer has around a nine-percent survival rate, and Alex, who's 80 years old, has said he hopes to keep doing the show for as long as he's able, but plans to step aside should his physical condition worsen.
The 2020 “American Music Awards” have been rescheduled and will be on ABC on November 22. No word from Dick Clark Productions about whether an audience will be present, thanks to the coronavirus and social distancing.
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