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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Oct 2, 2020
October 2, 2020
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Check your cabinet --the FDA says your hand sanitizer might contain methanol --and 17 people have already died this year after using it. But that isn't the whole story. Apparently people have been drinking the methanol-tainted hand sanitizer as a substitute for other forms of alcohol. One man was left permanently blind, and an FDA spokesman says they've received an additional 2,000 reports of exposure or injuries.
Sucks to be you: Sorry to report SUE BURGESS of Florida picked up $1,000 in the lottery --but her winning ticket got lost in the mail. Turns out Sue won Florida's Second Chance Lottery drawing and had to mail her ticket to Florida Lottery headquarters. But they never received her ticket and several weeks later, they contacted her to say she'd forfeited the second chance and they were giving the money to an alternate winner.
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC has already produced a song about this past week's presidential debate. Called "We're All Doomed," the music video takes clips from the debate and re-purposes them to have TRUMP and BIDEN "singing" their remarks.
The Oscars are still ahead and Variety says film star CHADWICK BOSEMAN --who died of cancer earlier this year-- could get a posthumous Oscar. He would be among seven people who have passed away and could still win an Oscar for their work on a film this year.
Warner Brothers films has reportedly picked up the rights to develop a film based on the Black Mask comic series. “Black” is set in a universe in which only Black people can develop superpowers. No word on stars or a director for the film, yet.
Stuff yer face update: TGI Fridays has reportedly added even more Beyond Meat plant-based protein menu items. Look for the new Beyond Chili, Beyond Chili Ballpark Nachos, Beyond Chili Loaded Potato Skins, and the Beyond Chili Cheeseburger.
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