THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The NFL conference championship games did some massive numbers Sunday. The AFC title game, with the Denver Broncos prevailing in an afternoon squeaker over the New England Patriots, attracted 53.3 million viewers on CBS.
• How did Jennifer Aniston celebrate her friend Heather Parry's birthday over the weekend? With a guest list that included Nicole Richie, Tobey Maguire, P-Diddy, Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom, Jessica Alba and a live performance by Courtney Love... all at the Nice Guy Restaurant in West Hollywood.
• Just to keep it interesting, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is considering a run as an Independent for President.
• Gillian Anderson and David Duchovney both make the same amount of money for starring in the reboot of "The X-Files"... but when they first approached Jillian, she was offered half of what David would get. She said, "No way."
• Google's parent company Alphabet is close to overtaking Apple as the most valuable company in the world.
• El Salvador has asked women not to get pregnant until 2018 because of the Zika virus.
• An Arkansas teenager says the Marines turned him away because of his Confederate flag tattoo.
• The Mexican Peso is at its lowest value ever to the dollar, worth only five cents.
• Billy Joel has pledged to give $1 million to save the Long Island High School for the Arts.
• Jon Gosselin says he hasn't seen all eight of his children together in three years.
• Now, it seems the Oakland Raiders want to move to San Diego, if the Chargers move to Los Angeles.
• A study says the human brain can store ten times as many memories as previously thought.
• That guy crashing parties at the Sundance Film Festival who looks like Bradley Cooper isn't really him.
• Andie MacDowell launched a Twitter war against American Airlines after she says she was booted out of a first-class seat that she had paid for... as well as her dog.
• Rapper Will.i.am is supporting Hillary Clinton for president, whereas rapper Killer Mike said he endorses Bernie Sanders.
• The Iowa caucuses are less than one week away. (they're next Monday)
• Birthing centers in the Northeast say they're bracing for a baby boom in 9 months, thanks to Snowmageddon 2016.
• Anheuser-Busch is sending 51,000 cans of drinkable water to Flint, Michigan, to help residents through the crisis.
• The first Super Bowl odds are out: Panthers are 4-point favorites.