THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Showtime has picked up a sixth season of the spy drama "Homeland" and ordered a third season of marital infidelity drama "The Affair." Both series currently air on Sunday nights starting at 9pm ET.
- New consumer research shows 10% of U.S. broadband households intend to purchase a wearable camera or camcorder by midyear 2016. Plus, 15% plan to buy wireless speakers by midyear 2016.
- The Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith marriage is officially over.
- "Revenge of the Nerds" star Robert Carradine is getting divorced from his wife, Edie Mani, after 25 years of marriage. He's seeking support from her.
- Sharon Osbourne said she left "The Talk" last May to deal with depression.
- Norway is offering refugees a free flight along with up to $9,000 to leave their country.
- Ringo Starr has auctioned off much of his collection of Beatles memorabilia, including his drum kit which sold for $2.2 million.
- The astronauts in the International Space Station used their mechanical arm to grab the Orbital ATK spacecraft and its 7,300 pounds of cargo, which includes holiday gifts for the six-person station crew.
- The North Face co-founder Doug Tompkins died Tuesday after his kayak capsized in freezing waters in Patagonia, Chile. He was 72.
- A new dating website allows users to post their STD results straight from the clinic.
- According to the Pantone Color Institute, rose quartz and serenity are the two colors of the year for 2016.
- Free-agent hurler David Price signed with the Boston Red Sox for $217 million over seven years -- or $85,000 every 24 hours.
- Time Magazine has named German Chancellor Angela Merkel their "Person of the Year."
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