THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

1. Uproar in Chile after the Economy Minister posed with a blow-up sex doll at a dinner party.
2. Actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor died Sunday of a heart attack. She was 99.
3. Kanye West will not be performing at Donald Trump's Inauguration ceremony.
4. 19 moviegoers in India were arrested for failing to stand up during their national anthem played before the movie.
5. A new study out says that teens who use smartphones and tablets at least five hours a day increase their chances of obesity by 43%.
6. A study at the University of Vermont says the average college student gains ten pounds before graduating.
7. Los Angeles police arrested rapper Soulja Boy for a suspected probation violation after they found a firearm in his Hollywood Hills home.
8. Quite a war going on inside the Minnesota Gophers football program. They suspended 10 players and now the team is refusing to play their bowl game scheduled for Saturday unless the suspensions are dropped.
9. New research has found that a vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy is linked to an increased risk of autism traits in children.
10. We're hearing the Samsung Galaxy 8 will be the first to feature Bluetooth 5.0 technology.
11. Just in time for the holidays, Kit Kat has come out with Red Velvet Miniatures.
12. Julia Roberts is producing and starring in a limited TV series. Once produced, she'll shop it around to the networks.
13. Whoopi Goldberg is getting flack for comparing the right to celebrate Christmas to the right of a woman having an abortion.
14. The Democratic National Committee was actually hacked because one of its directors clicked on a fake email to change his password, which gave Russia access to his account.
15. The dating app Tinder is now available on Apple TV.
16. China's pole-dancing squad has pulled out of the World Pole Sporting Championships in Florence, Italy because the flags of competing countries flown outside the venue somehow didn't include the Chinese flag.
17. Martha Stewart says she's been dating a 34-year-old.
18. Tiger Woods has signed a multi-million-dollar deal with Bridgestone to promote their golf balls.
19. Nancy Mack, the wife of Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, could be banned from of their kids' elementary school activities after she went after Scott Baio for supporting Donald Trump. She kept yelling "Grab her by the pussy" over and over...