Things You Need To Know – Mon 5/26/17:

May 26th is the 146th day of the year. There are 219 days remaining until the end of the year

There are 25 days remaining until Summer Begins (June 20)

There are 209 days remaining until Winter Begins (Dec 21)

Today is National Blueberry Cheesecake Day, National Cherry Dessert Day, National Heat Awareness Day, National Paper Airplane Day, National Wig Out Day, World Dracula Day and World Redhead Day

Hostess is selling red, white, and blue Twinkies and Star Spangled cupcakes in honor of Summer.

Krispy Kreme is selling a new coffee spread called Caramel Macchiato. It is similar to Nutella

Back in December, the FDA approved the sale of PINK PINEAPPLES.  They’re genetically modified pineapples that use a safe chemical to turn the skin and the insides pink . . . and now they’re showing up in stores and on social media.

Thrillist.com just put together a list of the STRANGEST pizza toppings you can order at different restaurants around the country.  Here are our 10 favorites . . .

  1. Grapes . . . at Vinnie’s Pizzeria in Brooklyn.
  2. Peanut butter . . . at Randy’s Wooster Street Pizza in Manchester, Connecticut.
  3. Tuna fish salad . . . at Gianfranco’s in White Plains, New York.
  4. Celery . . . at Screaming Banshee Pizza in Bisbee, Arizona.
  5. Bananas . . . at Red’s Pizza in Los Angeles.
  6. An entire lobster . . . at Florian in New York City.
  7. Mustard . . . at Papa’s Tomato Pies in Robbinsville, New Jersey.
  8. Chili, sour cream, cheese, and Fritos . . . at Ian’s in Madison, Wisconsin.
  9. Kimchi . . . at Pizzeria Lola in Minneapolis.
  10. And an entire Thanksgiving dinner . . . at Fellini Pizzeria in Providence, Rhode Island.

A woman is suing Jelly Belly because she didn’t know their jelly beans contain sugar.  It’s not as crazy as it sounds . . . their ingredients disguised sugar as “evaporated cane juice,” which might be an FDA violation.

The Cleveland Cavaliers will be playing the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals after beating Boston in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals 135-102. Game 1 is next Thursday night on ABC.

The Pittsburgh Penguins will be playing the Nashville Predators in the NHL Stanley Cup after beating Ottawa in double overtime 3-2.

75% of us will go to a barbecue this weekend.  It’s the second most-popular holiday for grilling.  Fourth of July is first.

Between now and Labor Day, Americans will eat about 7 BILLION hot dogs.  That’s 818 hot dogs every second.

39.3 million Americans will travel during Memorial Day Weekend. That’s up one million from last year

42 million veterans have served in war time.  And a total of 1.3 million Americans have lost their lives defending the United States.  That’s an important stat since remembering THEM is what Memorial Day is really about.

6.6 million people watched ABC’s Dirty Dancing movie on Wednesday night. 8.6 million people watched the Survivor season finale on Wednesday.

Walking Dead star Jeffrey Dean Morgan is going to drive the Indy 500 pace car on Sunday.

Alec Baldwin is going to reprise his role as the Boss Baby in ”The Boss Baby 2”

Jennifer Lopez’s Bye Bye Birdie Live will air on NBC in 2018. NBC pushed back the musical’s debut date because of J Lo’s busy schedule

Ed Helms is doing a Comedy Central special called ‘The Fake News with Ted Nelms’. The show will feature nothing, but fake news

James Franco is going to be the new spokesperson for Coach’s new men’s fragrance Coach for Men

 

New Movies

Baywatch (Rated R) … STARRING:Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, David Hasselhoff, Charlotte McKinney, Pamela Anderson … Baywatch lifeguard leader Mitch Buchanan (The Rock) teams up with new lifeguard Matt Brody (Zac Efron) to stop a drug trafficking operation.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Rated PG-13) … STARRING: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Orlando Bloom, Paul McCartney, Keira Knightley … ghost pirates, led by Captain Salazer (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil’s Triangle with the intent of killing every pirate at sea including Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). Jack search for the Trident of Poseidon to save his life……………….It is expected to earn $230 million worldwide during its opening weekend. The movie cost $320 million to produce. The original budget was at $230 million