THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Mariah Carey has confirmed that Bryan Tanaka is indeed her boyfriend.
• Texas Governor Greg Abbott claims he was joking when he suggested earlier this week that Texas might pass a bill requiring players to stand and put their hand on their heart during the national anthem. 
• Now, George Michael's boyfriend says he has NOT been banned from the late singer's funeral.
• Derek Jeter's wife Hannah Davis was stuck in an elevator in Manhattan for 30 minutes last week before she was rescued.
• A report says online dating is up 35% since Donald Trump won the election.
• A Fox News anchor is reportedly in talks to join the Trump Administration.
• A report says deforestation in Brazil has increased 30% in the past 12 months.
• CBS is said to be close to renewing "The Big Bang Theory" for two more years.
• Scientists in the UK have come up with an algorithm that can predict who will go bald, for those who want to know.
• Now it appears Ted Nugent and Kid Rock are both considering a run for Republican Senator from Michigan in 2018.
• A father and son in Alabama were both killed in a head-on crash over the weekend when the father's truck ran into his son's truck. It appears alcohol was involved.
• Kurt Cobain would have turned 50 this week.
• Paulina Gretzky and Dustin Johnson are expecting their second child together.
• James Brown's drummer, Clyde Stubblefield, has died at the age of 73.