THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

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  • Dick's Sporting Goods announced they will stop selling assault-style rifles and will require all gun-buyers to be 21. 
  • Have you tried Vero yet? The new social app trying to give Facebook a run. 
  • What this country needs is another talk show, right? ABC is going to give Alec Baldwin his own show. 
  • If he stays on schedule, Wisconsin retiree Don Gorske will eat his 30,000th McDonalds Big Mac on May 4th. He's been eating two a day for many, many years. 
  • The Ring doorbell was a "Shark Tank" reject. This week, Amazon bought it for $1 billion. 
  • The agents of some stars are telling their clients to avoid Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet at the Oscars this Sunday, just to play it safe. 
  • Classes resumed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School yesterday for the first time since that February 14th shooting. 
  • President Trump will be the only president attending Billy Graham's funeral tomorrow. 
  • New connected car research from Parks Associates finds 57% of U.S. broadband households are interested in voice control features for their car, with interest highest among consumers who already own smart speakers or use voice recognition on their smartphones. 
  • If you're looking for someone to resent, how about the Michigan man who won the lottery three times in one day last week. Bought a scratch ticket. It paid off... bought another one... it paid off... and a third. When the winning was over, he walked away with $325,000. 
  • A study says Millennials are the fattest generation in history. 
  • Khloe Kardashian says she will announce the sex of her baby on "The Kardashians." 
  • Lisa Marie Presley says her $100-million fortune is gone. 
  • Apple is going to offer a 10-part TV series that will be be executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan, who is also going to direct the first installment. 
  • Department store Neiman Marcus is selling a Dolce and Gabbana toaster for $600. 
  • Johnny Weir tweeted out that he went to the dry cleaners and dropped off 73 items. 
  • Stan Lee has been battling pneumonia lately. A dangerous thing when you're 95. 

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