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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Sep 23, 2021
September 23, 2021
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Big deal: Netflix has picked up the rights to ROALD DAHL's classic children's books from his family, so you'll probably be able to see movies like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and other films made from Dahl's stories. In all, there are 19 TV shows, films, stage shows and more already in the works. And the Netflix will pick up the royalties from any games or stage shows being done from the books as well. Dahl himself passed away at the age of 74 in 1990.
You probably don't think about ELVIRA, Mistress of the Dark until Halloween time, but the woman who dons the Elvira costume, CASSANDRA PETERSON, reveals items about her private life in a new book in stores this week. In “Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark,” she talks about her 25 year marraige to a man who became her manager and producer, a 19-year romantic relationship with a woman --whom she only identifies as “T”-- and meeting some of the biggest celebrities as well, including WILT CHAMBERLAIN. By the time she was 14, she was already hanging out in nightclubs, she'd won second place in a go-go girl contest and got a gig “shaking my ass in a glass cage” at night. Elvira is now 70 years old, by the way.
Sure, you might have gotten a COVID vaccination or two by now, but have you had a flu shot? Former FDA Commissioner Dr. SCOTT GOTTLIEB says “we’re in for a whopper” of a flu season because of a lack of immunity here in the US. That's because people have been isolating and haven't had flu shots for one or two years now. That also means the strains could be very aggressive this year, so it'll pay to get a flu shot before the season starts.
HBO Max has put together a new series about “The Sex Lives of College Girls,” which will begin November 18th. The series is about four young women who are thrown together as college roommates when they arrive for their freshman year at New England’s prestigious Essex College. And of course, their backgrounds and hormones get all mixed up together and you can see them partying, going out with guys and trying to make it to that early morning class.
Happy Birthday... and when you're blowing out the candles on your birthday cake, don't get too close! That's what happened when NICOLE RICHIE was celebrating her 40th birthday and friends posted the video of her hair catching on fire when she leaned in to blow out the candles. See it HERE.
Congrats to the person who picked up a Mega Millions ticket at Pronto Pizza in New York City and wound up with the $432 million first-prize by matching all six numbers. Of course, the winner could just take the lump sum payout for a mere $315 million.
Fast food: Kellogg’s has unveiled a new Elf On The Shelf Hot Cocoa Cereal, which will be available exclusively at Walmart stores along with its partner, Elf on the Shelf Sugar Cookie Cereal. You can get the cereal in a 12.2-oz box. No word on calories... but Kellogg's Froot Loops has 385 calories in a serving of 100 grams.
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