Celebrity news recap
Back at work post-Christmas break and a few days behind on your celebrity tidbits? Here are a few things that have us scratching our heads.
--Jay-Z announced Monday that he's stepping down as president of Def Jam Records when his contract expires at the end of the year. Anyone looking for a job?
http://chicago.metromix.com/home/article/jay-z-to-leave/274352/content
--Queen Elizabeth now has her own channel on YouTube, featuring old news reels and snippets from daily royal life. You decide if that makes YouTube classier or just much, much more boring.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/offtopic/chi-071224queenyoutube,1,1182242.story
--Former "Boy Meets World" star Danielle Fishel was arrested Thursday on a drunken driving warrant. Yep, that's Topanga, and now we can file this under "Celebrity news about people who are no longer celebrities and we never expected to hear from again."
http://chicago.metromix.com/tv/article/former-child-star-fishel/274077/content
--"National Treasure: Book of Secrets" topped the box office over the weekend with $45 million. "Charlie Wilson's War" placed fourth with $9.6 million, just ahead of "Sweeney Todd" at No. 5 with $9.35 million. "P.S. I Love You" came in at No. 6 with $6.5 million, and "Walk Hard" turned out to be a surprise bomb, earning only $4.1 million to place ninth. America, would you really rather watch Nicolas Cage embarking on an unintentionally funny treasure hunt than see Chicago's own John C. Reilly in a movie that's actually supposed to be hilarious?
http://chicago.metromix.com/home/article/cage-finds-box-office/274298/content