THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Brad and Angelina have come to an agreement on their divorce, to keep it private and work out the deals behind closed doors, versus in public.
• Spotify has made the first job offer to outgoing President Obama. They'd like him to create special Presidential Playlist collections of songs.
• President Obama gave his farewell address as president yesterday in his hometown of Chicago.
• The NFL Wild Card games were down 7% compared with the year-ago playoff broadcasts. According to Nielsen, the AFC and NFC Wild Card games averaged 30.3 million viewers, down from the 32.7 million viewers.
• Ben Affleck is giving his brother Casey a hard time for not thanking him when Casey won that Golden Globe Award Sunday night.
• Last month, a 24-year-old Texas man was arrested and thrown in jail for three days for possession of meth. It turns out it wasn't meth, but just kitty litter he had put in a sock to help keep his windows from fogging up.
• 30-year-old Zachary Fernandez was arrested as the prime suspect of changing the Hollywood sign to say "Hollyweed" on New Year's Day.
• Jamie Foxx was attacked by another night club patron at one of Hollywood's new "in" spots over the weekend. The guy came over to complain that Jamie's group was being too loud and an altercation broke out.
• The coroner's report is in: Carrie Fisher did officially die of a heart attack, while her mom, Debbie Reynolds, died from a stroke.
• Brad Pitt attended the Golden Globes Sunday night, but skipped all the after-parties. Just not feeling very party-ish.
• Jean-Claude Van Damme has developed his own emoji app.
• Yahoo! is going to be renamed Altaba following its acquisition by Verizon.
• Flip or Flop's Tarek El Moussa has filed for divorce from his wife and former co-host Christina.
• 2016 was the second hottest year on record for most of America.
• Bernie Sanders says he won't rule out running for president again in 2020.
• The World Cup will expand to 48 teams in the year 2026.
• This Saturday's Seahawks/Falcons game will be the final NFL game played in the Georgia Dome.
• The Department of Agriculture now estimates that the cost of raising a child these days exceeds $233,000. Just so you can plan ahead.
• Piers Morgan said that George Michael was bragging at a party that he had over 500 lovers during the past 7 years.