THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • The Kraft Heinz Company is going to do what we've all thought for years: give all of its salaried U.S. employees the day off following the Super Bowl. Instead of spending millions to be on a Super Bowl commercial, they thought they'd do this and enjoy the publicity.
  • Meanwhile, Snickers is going to have their first-ever Super Bowl commercial this year.
  • The high school basketball player getting a lot of attention these days: Robert Bobroczky, a 16-year-old Ohio student who measures in at 7-foot 7-inches.
  • The NFL says Lady Gaga won't be paid for her Super Bowl Halftime performance.
  • A survey says Millennials plan to keep new cars for five years or less.
  • Michigan is the first public institution to pay three assistant football coaches each $1 Million a year.
  • Actor Shia LaBeouf (SHY'-uh luh-BUF') has been arrested after he allegedly got into an altercation with another man outside a New York City museum.
  • Scarlett Johansson and her husband Romain Dauriac have split after two years of marriage. They have a two-year-old daughter.
  • Jane Fonda and her longtime beau Richard Perry have reportedly gone their separate ways after eight years together.
  • Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer -- a day after he passed out while delivering the State of the State address.
  • I guess I didn't remember that Dan Aykroyd and Carrie Fisher were once engaged.
  • Tiger Woods was back playing yesterday at the Farmers Insurance Open at the Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego.
  • Tostitos has teamed with Mothers Against Drunk Drivers to put out a limited edition bag of chips that has a built-in breathalyzer on the side of the bag.
  • McDonald's celebrated the rollout of its revamped Big Mac sandwiches yesterday by giving away 10,000 bottles of Big Mac Special Sauce at various locations.
  • One of the founders of the Allman Brothers band, Butch Trucks, died Tuesday at the age of 69.
  • Madonna is denying reports she has applied to adopt two more children from Malawi.

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