THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Bob Craft has bought two Boeing 767's which are being painted into Patriots team jets. 
  • Disney is going to pull its movies from Netflix and start its own streaming service. 
  • South Korea has introduced the first tax on robots, out of concern they're going to put people out of jobs. 
  • They're looking at another "24" reboot at FOX. 
  • The house that was featured as the setting for "The Beverly Hillbillies" is up for sale -- and has the most expensive real estate price tag in the country: $350 million. It's in the Bel Air area, near Beverly Hills. 
  • The government will relax its rules that protect the endangered sage grouse. 
  • A bakery in California is refusing to make a pro-Trump birthday cake for a 9-year-old boy. 
  • Consumer daily spending in the U.S. reached a nine-year high in July of $109. What are you spending all that money on? 
  • The Knicks have signed President Obama's brother-in-law Craig Robinson to a front office executive position. 
  • Kyra Sedgwick recently found out that husband Kevin Bacon is a distant cousin. 
  • Baseball umpire Joe West has been suspended for three games by MLB after calling Adrian Beltre the 'biggest' complainer in baseball. 
  • New York City is excited about The Spotted Cheetah, a pop-up restaurant (from August 15-17) that is completely Cheetos-driven--including Purrfectly Fried Green Tomatoes, Cheetos Mix-ups Crusted Chicken Milanese and Cheetos Sweetos Crusted Cheesecake. 
  • Tiger Woods didn't attend his arraignment Wednesday on a driving under the influence charge, meaning under court rules the superstar golfer pleaded not guilty. 
  • Rebel Wilson was rushed to the hospital after a fall on Tuesday. The 37-year-old actress was taken via ambulance to an emergency room on Long Island, New York, after a stumble that left her suffering from "mild concussion." 
  • A Mormon church leader was removed from his post and kicked out of the religion Tuesday for the first time in nearly three decades. No details provided. 
  • FBI agents raided the Alexandria home of President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort late last month. Using a search warrant, they seized documents and other materials, according to people familiar with the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. 
  • Spike Lee is going to hold a rally at NFL Headquarters to find Colin Kaepernick a job. 
  • Airbnb has an offer to stay at Donald Trump's childhood home for $725 a night. 

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