A banana duct-taped to a wall sells for $120,000 at Miami’s Art Basel??; Instagram going to ask new users to provide their age in attempt to better protect kids; Expedia replacing its CEO and CFO in leadership shakeup; Passengers suing Lyft over alleged sexual misconduct by drivers; Hedge-funder Steve Cohen nearing deal to buy Mets that values team at $2.6 billion; Old siblings Viacom and CBS reuniting (after more than decade apart); 2020 housing market – not looking so good?; What it’s like to ride Rise of the Resistance (Walt Disney’s most ambitious project – opens today in Orlando); Why you shouldn’t lie on your resume; A surprise mini-concert from Jimmy Fallon and Alanis Morissette at Rock Center subway station; An electric eel powering an aquarium’s Christmas lights; The Irishman (another best picture win).

Could coloring or chemically straightening your hair give you cancer? Large new study raising questions; Researchers developing once-a-month birth control pill; Costco now selling Nestlé’s “Awesome Burger”; Mindfulness – to lower blood pressure?; Why you should start thinking about your cholesterol in your 20s; How a device used to revive a heart could “revolutionize” transplants; The South Carolina teacher who gave his kidney to student’s dad.

Gucci owner Kering going to buy Moncler? Exploratory talks…; Supermodel Cheryl Tiegs (now 72?!) selling Bel Air, California mansion for $18.5 million; Beauty brands carving out niche products and marketing campaigns for pre-and post-menopausal women; L’Oreal’s Lancome beefing up stores as luxury cosmetics take off; Canada Goose’s newest store making big bet on experiential retail, w/all the sights, sounds, and spirit of the outdoors, but no inventory…going to pay off?; A new clothing and accessories line from…McDonald’s; An engaged Emma Stone.

And the workout that ClassPass deem’s 2019’s trendiest is…..the Megaformer class?????; Peloton peddles lower price for its digital service in effort to appeal to more users (shares stumble for 2nd straight day); Serta brings mattress comfort to new sneaker; Rent the Runway adds athleisure, ski apparel; Lululemon – next Nike?; A guy who has done 100 pushups a day, every single day, for 10 years; An AI-powered spin bike called CAR.O.L. that gives you 40-minute workout in just 8 minutes and 40 seconds; The four numbers that can tell you more about your health than your weight can.