THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Madonna's 16-year-old son, Rocco, was arrested last week in North London for possession of marijuana.
  • Florence Henderson, the mom from "The Brady Bunch," died on Thanksgiving Day last week. She was 82. Trivia: She was the first female guest host for "The Tonight Show." after Jack Paar and before Johnny Carson's arrival.
  • Ron Glass, best known for his work on the mid-1970s comedy Barney Miller, has died at age 71.
  • There was talk of Sir Elton John performing at Donald Trump's Inauguration. John says that's not going to happen.
  • The city of Dallas is reportedly on the brink of bankruptcy.
  • Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez and pro-Val Chmerkovskiy were the winners in the latest season of "Dancing with the Stars."
  • The minor league baseball team in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, has a new mascot: from now on, they'll be known as the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders.
  • AAA estimated that 48.7 million Americans traveled on Thanksgiving.
  • The Dalai Lama says he has "no worries about Trump" being president.
  • Lufthansa is dealing with a pilots strike and canceling flights.
  • A few weeks ago, a man was banned from riding the bus in Bremerton, WA, because he "smelled too much like pot!" He was hit and killed while walking along the street a few days ago.
  • Kathy Griffin has a new book out in which she seems to go after Ellen DeGeneres, calling her "mean."
  • Corey Feldman and his 27-year-old girlfriend tied the knot in Las Vegas last week.
  • A study sponsored by The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council found American millennials will spend nearly $50,000 in their lifetime during the holiday season.
  • The original Gerber baby, who was just 4-months-old when her face was captured and put on their baby food, turned the big 9-0 last week.
  • There's a woman from California who is driving by herself across the country to visit every single Costco in the U.S.
  • According to a new report, the say the night before Thanksgiving was the best night of the year for "casual hookups."


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