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Five News Stories of the Day
Here Are the Foods We'll Break Our Diets for During the Holiday Season (Story)
20 Holiday Movies You Won't Find on Your Streaming Services (Story)
"Time's" Best Movies, TV, Music, and Books of the Past Decade (Albums, Songs, Shows, Miniseries, Movies)
There's Now a "Maury" Party Game Called "You Are Not the Father" (Story)
A Guy Attacks His Brother for Not Supporting His Dream to Audition on "America's Got Talent" (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Curious George doesn't have a tail. And because of that, there's a theory he's not a monkey, he's an ape or chimpanzee.
2. Ronald Reagan's last movie before he got into politics was "The Killers" in 1964. And it was the only time he ever played a bad guy.
3. The person in charge of the Library of Congress is officially called the Librarian of Congress. They get appointed by the president and approved by the Senate and they make $183,000 a year.
4. Sacagawea either died in 1812, when she was in her mid 20s or in 1884 when she was in her 90s. Historians have proof both ways and can't disprove either one.
5. A town called Alert in Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost place in the world where people live. And it's still 500 miles from the North Pole.
Celebrity Birthdays
Michael Clifford from 5 Seconds of Summer is 24. "Youngblood".
Dan Byrd is 34. Travis Cobb on "Cougar Town".
Jeremy Jordan is 35. Winn Schott on "Supergirl". You might also remember him as Katherine McPhee's boyfriend Jimmy on "Smash".
Future is 36. Rapper.
Andrea Riseborough is 38. Mandy in the Nicolas Cage horror movie "Mandy", Tom Cruise's lover in "Oblivion", and Michael Keaton's girlfriend in "Birdman".
Nadine Velazquez is 41. Catalina on "My Name Is Earl", Sofia on the FX sitcom "The League", and Deputy D.A. Emma Rios on TNT's "Major Crimes".
Josh Turner is 42. Country singer. "Why Don't We Just Dance".
Dierks Bentley is 44. "What Was I Thinkin'" and "Drunk on a Plane".
Joel McHale is 48. Jeff Winger on "Community", and the host of "The Soup".
Callie Thorne is 50. Dr. Dani Santino on "Necessary Roughness".
Mike D from The Beastie Boys is 54.
Ming-Na is 56. Melinda May on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", Dr. Chen on "ER", and the voice of Disney's "Mulan".
Sean Young is 60. The android Harrison Ford falls for in "Blade Runner" and the transsexual cop in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".
Bo Derek is 63. "10", "Bolero", and "Tarzan the Ape Man".
Joe Walsh is 72. The Eagles and leader of The James Gang.
Veronica Hamel is 76. D.A. Joyce Davenport on "Hill Street Blues".
Joe Biden is 77.
Norman Greenbaum is 77. 1969's "Spirit in the Sky".
Dick Smothers is 80. The Smothers Brothers.
Five News Stories of the Day
Here Are the Foods We'll Break Our Diets for During the Holiday Season (Story)
20 Holiday Movies You Won't Find on Your Streaming Services (Story)
"Time's" Best Movies, TV, Music, and Books of the Past Decade (Albums, Songs, Shows, Miniseries, Movies)
There's Now a "Maury" Party Game Called "You Are Not the Father" (Story)
A Guy Attacks His Brother for Not Supporting His Dream to Audition on "America's Got Talent" (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Curious George doesn't have a tail. And because of that, there's a theory he's not a monkey, he's an ape or chimpanzee.
2. Ronald Reagan's last movie before he got into politics was "The Killers" in 1964. And it was the only time he ever played a bad guy.
3. The person in charge of the Library of Congress is officially called the Librarian of Congress. They get appointed by the president and approved by the Senate and they make $183,000 a year.
4. Sacagawea either died in 1812, when she was in her mid 20s or in 1884 when she was in her 90s. Historians have proof both ways and can't disprove either one.
5. A town called Alert in Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost place in the world where people live. And it's still 500 miles from the North Pole.
Celebrity Birthdays
Michael Clifford from 5 Seconds of Summer is 24. "Youngblood".
Dan Byrd is 34. Travis Cobb on "Cougar Town".
Jeremy Jordan is 35. Winn Schott on "Supergirl". You might also remember him as Katherine McPhee's boyfriend Jimmy on "Smash".
Future is 36. Rapper.
Andrea Riseborough is 38. Mandy in the Nicolas Cage horror movie "Mandy", Tom Cruise's lover in "Oblivion", and Michael Keaton's girlfriend in "Birdman".
Nadine Velazquez is 41. Catalina on "My Name Is Earl", Sofia on the FX sitcom "The League", and Deputy D.A. Emma Rios on TNT's "Major Crimes".
Josh Turner is 42. Country singer. "Why Don't We Just Dance".
Dierks Bentley is 44. "What Was I Thinkin'" and "Drunk on a Plane".
Joel McHale is 48. Jeff Winger on "Community", and the host of "The Soup".
Callie Thorne is 50. Dr. Dani Santino on "Necessary Roughness".
Mike D from The Beastie Boys is 54.
Ming-Na is 56. Melinda May on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", Dr. Chen on "ER", and the voice of Disney's "Mulan".
Sean Young is 60. The android Harrison Ford falls for in "Blade Runner" and the transsexual cop in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".
Bo Derek is 63. "10", "Bolero", and "Tarzan the Ape Man".
Joe Walsh is 72. The Eagles and leader of The James Gang.
Veronica Hamel is 76. D.A. Joyce Davenport on "Hill Street Blues".
Joe Biden is 77.
Norman Greenbaum is 77. 1969's "Spirit in the Sky".
Dick Smothers is 80. The Smothers Brothers.
