THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Gloria Vanderbilt, the intrepid heiress, artist and designer jeans pioneer, died Monday at the age of 95.
  • NBC has canceled "Abby's," "The Enemy Within" and "The Village."
  • Mastercard says it will allow transgender customers to use their chosen names on credit and debit cards. The move will not require a legal name change.
  • Massive power outage over the weekend down in South America that left tens of millions without electricity in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
  • Meanwhile, Target had a two-hour shutdown of it's scanners such that stores had to close and turn away shoppers, the day before Father's Day.
  • O.J. Simpson launched a Twitter account over the weekend with a video post in which he said he's got a "little gettin' even to do."
  • If you want to rent the cabin where Tony Stark went to escape his life as Iron Man in "The Avengers: Endgame," the lakeside home can be yours for 800 dollars a night through Air BnB. It's in Georgia.
  • Daniel Craig has mostly healed and is back on the set of the next James Bond movie. The cameras begin rolling again this week.
  • Rodney Smith, Jr. has done it! The Alabama man says he has completed his quest to mow lawns for veterans in all 50 states.
  • The cult comedy "Napoleon Dynamite" turns 15 years old this month.
  • Britain's oldest woman who claimed whiskey was the secret to a long life has died at 112.
  • Maine has legalized assisted suicide.
  • Britney Spears has gotten a five-year restraining order against former manager Sam Lufti.
  • A study says 83% of Canadians stress about their pay and money problems.
  • Tennis star Caroline Wozniacki and former NBA player David Lee tied the knot over the weekend at a star-studded wedding in Italy.
  • Tickets are already on sale for Coachella 2020. General admission tickets for the three day weekend start at $429 and, they're offering a payment plan. With a down payment of $25, with six payments after that of $67.33.
  • The gun that Vincent van Gogh ended his life with is going on the auction block in Paris this month and is expected to get $67,000.

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