THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Finally legal in Saudi Arabia -- public movie theaters! It's the first time in 35 years. 
  • The Golden Globe Award nominations came out yesterday. "The Shape of Water" led with 7 nominations. Seth Myers will host the 75th Golden Globes on January 7. 
  • Celebrity chef Mario Batali has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple women. He's detaching himself from his restaurant and taking leave from his ABC TV show, "The Chew." 
  • Meanwhile, the ex-wife of Eddie Fisher is claiming that Larry King groped her twice. King is threatening to sue her. 
  • Delta is ending their free-checked bags program on flights to Europe. 
  • "Star Wars The Last Jedi" actually opens in theaters on Thursday. We'll be there. 
  • Last weekend's Sunday Night Football ratings were down 30% from a year ago. 
  • Steve Harvey is being sued for charity fraud by a former employee. 
  • Brown University will end student loans next fall. 
  • A New York woman is suing a surgeon, claiming he was taking a Spanish lesson over the phone during the operation. 
  • A Cosmo and SurveyMonkey teamed up on an exclusive political poll. They found that 34 percent of millennial men plan to run for office in the next four years versus just 8 percent of millennial women. 
  • The Miami Dolphins says every player on the team is registered to vote. 
  • Charlie Sheen is suing the National Enquirer, saying that the magazine defamed him by alleging he sexually assaulted teen actor Corey Haim. 
  • Princes William and Harry have chosen sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley to create a statue of their mother, Princess Diana, to mark the 20th anniversary of her death. The statue will be placed on the grounds of Kensington Palace, where Diana once lived. 
  • A former model claims late "Partridge Family" star David Cassidy was a "first class creep" who groped her and tried to put his hand up her skirt when she was 19. 
  • A notable Manhattan surgeon who treated U2 singer Bono after a serious bicycle accident was found dead in his Upper East Side apartment -- with a knife sticking in his chest. 
  • Taco Bell is going to add 20 items to their dollar menu in 2018. Yes, we only cover the big news items here. 
  • Russia's president Vladimir Putin has ordered the withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria.

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