THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

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• The North American movie box office raked in $11.4 billion in 2016, making it the highest-earning year in history, according to box office tracker comScore. Last year's total eclipsed the previous record of $11.14 billion in 2015. 
• The music world is still reeling after the death of George Michael, who was just 53 years old. 
• Concerns are surfacing over Britain's Queen Elizabeth after she was unable to attend a traditional Christmas church service. First time she's missed it in 20 years. She's remained indoors for two weeks now. 
• A&E has canceled their controversial show on the life of some KKK members. 
• Ricky Harris, who had a recurring role in Chris Rock's Everybody Hates Chris sitcom, died a week ago. He was 54. 
• Carrie Fisher never recovered from her in-flight heart attack and died last week at the age of 60. The next day, her mom, Debbie Reynolds, died after having a stroke. She was 84. 
• She's Supergirl on TV. Now Melissa Benoist has filed for divorce from Blake Jenner, the husband she met while both were cast members of "Glee." She's in the new movie "Patriots Day." 
• Rapper T.I. and his wife Tiny are reportedly getting divorced. 
• Another holiday season, another trip to the E.R. for Rob Kardashian. Blac Chyna and Kris Jenner were spotted there as well. 
• It's a boy for Pink and husband Carey Hart: Jameson Moon. 
• Serena Williams got engaged over the holiday break to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. 
• The Jennifer Lopez and Drake romance rumors continues. 
• Ronda Rousey only lasted 48-seconds in her Friday night fight with bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. 
• Reggie Bush ended the season with minus-3 yards on 12 carries. That's his entire season total and yes, an NFL record. 
• We hear New Orleans Coach Sean Payton could be interested in the L.A. Rams head job. 
• After the big New Year's Eve celebration in Las Vegas, there was a total of 14-tons of garbage on the streets that had to be cleaned up. 
• Mariah Carey is suggesting sabotage was behind her failed New Year's Eve singing disaster. If you haven't seen it, it's easy to find on YouTube. 
• There were more murders in Chicago than the number murders in New York City and Los Angeles combined -- 762! 
• The inventor of the red Solo Cup, Robert Hulseman has died at age 84. 
• Victoria Beckham is reportedly on the Queen's short list to be given the Order of the British Empire. 
• There's a fancy, upscale restaurant in San Francisco that serves one of their specialty dishes on an iPad. 
• A new study claims that Pokemon go players have collectively walked 5.7 billion miles while using the app. 
• 2016 claimed one famous name on the way out -- "M*A*S*H." star William Christopher, who played Father Mulcahy for 11 seasons. He was 84. 
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. married his longtime girlfriend Amy Reimann right before midnight on New Year's Eve at Childress Vineyards in North Carolina.