THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

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  • One of the tabloids claims that Jennifer Aniston and her husband Justin Theroux are on the brink of a split. That would be interesting timing.
  • Florida Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was killed in an early Sunday morning boating accident. He was only 24 and he leaves behind a pregnant girlfriend.
  • Arnold Palmer, a seven-time major champion and inaugural inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame, died Sunday night. He was 87.
  • CBS has announced that Jane Pauley will succeed Charles Osgood as host of CBS Sunday Morning.
  • Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum has separated the figures of Brad Pitt and Angelina in the wake of their filing for divorce.
  • Carli Lloyd's memoir, "When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World," comes out today. The biggest surprise in the book -- that she and her parents are estranged and never see each other.
  • Burglars broke into the training facilities of a Cyprus soccer team and made off with 70 pairs of cleats -- every shoe the team owned -- from the locker room.
  • Some colleges are turning to coloring books to help students relieve stress.
  • Panera says they're going to start using "clean" bacon with no artificial preservatives, colors or flavors.
  • AC/DC bass player Cliff Williams has announced he is quitting the band.
  • Margot Robbie will host the season premiere of SNL this Saturday night.
  • People in Minnesota, Vermont, Virginia, and South Dakota can get this whole presidential election thing over with now -- early voting in each of those states started Friday.
  • After merging with Starwood on Friday, Marriott has become the world's largest hotel chain.
  • 25 years ago this month, Nirvana's second album "Nevermind" came out. Great story -- the night they finished their final recording for the album, Kurt Cobain came home to find out that he had been evicted from his apartment and slept that night in his car.
  • FXX is going to have a Simpsons marathon, showing all 600 episodes starting at noon on November 24th.
  • 74-year-old Terry Jones, of Monty Python, has been diagnosed with dementia.
  • Chris Pratt helped the Boys and Girls Club of Lake Stevens, Washington, by offering up a chance to hang out with him on the set of "Guardians of the Galaxy 2." $485,000 was raised for the club.
  • It looks like Twitter is about to be sold.


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