*Kelly Clarkson is engaged to Brandon Blackstock....congrats! 

*Pippa Middleton is in talks to become a royal family correspondent on the Today show for a paycheck of $600,000 a year

*The Hobbi: An Unexpected Journey was the weekend's #1 movie, setting a new December box office record with $84.8 million in the opening weekend

*Simon Cowell wants Rihanna to join The X Factor as a judge next season, after L.A. Reid announced he's leaving the show.