THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Singer R. Kelly has been charged with 11 new sex-related counts, including some that carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.
• There's a new Rambo trailer out there. Yes, Sly is back at age 72. If you're keeping score at home, this would be Rambo 5.
• It's been confirmed that Robert Pattinson will be the next Batman.
• We lost Leon Redbone last week, at the age of 69, although he always sounded like he was 120.
• Snoop Dogg has set the new world record for the largest gin and juice. The drink contained 180 bottles of gin, 154 bottles of apricot brandy and 38 jugs of orange juice, according to Guinness.
• After 20 rounds, eight winners were declared in the annual Scripps Spelling Bee last week. First time ever there was an 8-way tie for first.
• Former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen has named a 5-year-old girl in a lawsuit over alleged damage to his Florida mansion, claiming she ruined his pad by "defacing" it with crayons and markers.
• Corona has become the first major beer company to use plastic-like rings on their beer cans, that actually break down and become fish food.
• The world's smallest surviving newborn in San Diego at 8.6-ounces has gone home.
• Harley-Davidson is reportedly coming out with a sub-500cc, $4,000 motorcycle.
• Astro's player Carlos Correa reportedly suffered a fractured rib during a massage.
• Kenny Rogers was hospitalized for dehydration.
• New York University has canceled a class called "Reporting on the Far Right" because of a lack of interest.
• Miley Cyrus dropped several new songs last Thursday.
• As of September 1st, sending naked body pictures via email will be a misdemeanor.