- Jay-Z will be stepping down as the president of Def Jam Records at the end of the year. Seeing how well his "retirements" from rap went, we'll see how long he can handle not being in charge. — Reuters [1]
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets took the top spot at the box office over the holiday weekend, followed by I Am Legend [2]. Seems like moviegoers were in the mood for big blockbusters! — BuzzSugar [3]
- Carson Daly says that he decided to return to his late-night talk show earlier this month, despite the ongoing writers' strike [4], because he was given an ultimatum by his bosses to either resume filming or fire 75 people from his staff. He was criticized for returning, but it seems like it was a no-win situation. — AP
- The Anti-Defamation League says Will Smith is all good after the actor had to issue an enraged statement of clarification
[5] yesterday when a Scottish newspaper made it seem like he was sympathetic towards Hitler. Glad that mess is all cleared up, but it's too bad that it had to interfere with his holiday with his family. — TMZ [6] - New evidence in Brandy's car accident case [7] suggests that the woman who died in the crash may have hit the car in front of her first, causing Brandy to swerve and hit the woman's car. The court has until the end of the day on Friday to decide whether to charge Brandy with vehicular manslaughter, after which the statute of limitations expires. Sounds like Brandy's 2008 may be getting off to a much better start than 2007. — TMZ [8]
- ICYMI, Katherine Heigl got married [9] this weekend!
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