Simpson Watch

After literally hawking her reality TV show, The Price of Beauty, singer/ actress Jessica Simpson can finally say that she has found a home.

VH1 will air the reality show/ documentary, which will follow Jessica around the world as she investigates how different countries, cultures, and people find beauty and why. Personally, I would like to see Jessica try out some of a country’s weird ways to achieve beauty. But that’s just me.

Anyways, when asked about her show, Jessica made a statement of Monday saying that she has always believed that beauty comes from within and that confidence is what makes a woman beautiful. “But I know how much pressure some women put on themselves to look perfect,” she said to Us Weekly.

“I am really looking forward to discovering how beauty is perceived in different cultures and participating in some of the crazy things people do to feel beautiful,” she continued.

The question remains: will Jessica indulge in the unusual beauty regimens that different cultures do to be found attractive?

Would she dare to get scars cut into her stomach, as women do to attract men in southern Ethiopia? Or get her lips or chin tattooed, a beauty ritual among women of Polynesian descent?

And she would have to put on a lot more weight than that to pass for a catch in Mauritania, where roundness is the height of desirability. She’ll have to put more than “mom” jeans to be attractive there, I think.

Filming on the new show is set to begin mid-July.

Oooohhh….catfight! And involving very large cats indeed! Perez Hilton, Pete Wentz, and Ashlee Simpson, and more celebs were having a very public fight on Tweeter the day of Michael Jackson’s death (a very sad moment for me, personally. My dad loved MJ and made me listen to his songs. Condolence to the King of Pop’s family and his legion of fans.).

As I was about to Tweet on MJ’s death, I noticed that Pete Wentz had Tweeted a lot during the past few minutes. As a blogger of the Simpsons and in familial connection, Pete Wentz, I had followed the couple on Twitter. I had to retrace tens of Tweets before I found out the cause of the couple’s outraged comments: Perez Hilton.

I think that it was really insensitive of Perez to Tweet what he first tweeted regarding the then-rumors of MJ’s death. Because, even though he was far from perfect, no one could deny that he has touched the very essence of this generation’s musical sensibilities, even I was outraged at his original Tweet which said, “”We are dubious!! Jacko pulled a similar stunt when he was getting ready for his big HBO special in ‘95 when he ‘collapsed’ at rehearsal!! He was dragging his heels on that just like his upcoming 50 date London residency at the 02 Arena, of which he already postponed the first few dates!!!”

“Either he’s lying or making himself sick, but we’re curious to see if he’s able to go on!!! Get your money back, ticket holders!!!!”

It even showed a picture of Jacko with the header, “Heart attack or cold feet.” Seriously Perez, could you be any more crass and unfeeling?

Anyways, please look onto the second installment of this article to find out what Ashlee Simpson, Pete Wentz, and other celebs have to say about the blogger’s statement

For the past few months, we have seen Jessica Simpson’s weight move up and down, faster than a yo-yo. But while her “fat” image has made headlines for quite some time, a few of us could ever forget the figure she cut out in Dukes of Hazard as the sexily gorgeous, Daisy Duke.

But Jess’s trainer dishes out that Jess is not a fan of bending and bouncing to tone that trademark tush.

“Jessica really hates squats and jumping — any type of jumping she’s not on board with,” says her longtime trainer Mike Alexander, who is the man responsible for Jess’s Daisy Duke, revealed to Pop Tarts. “But she loves reverse lunges because it really isolates her glutes and her hamstrings.”

So ladies, how can you follow in her footsteps to go from flab to fab in just a few weeks?

“Squats and lunges are great butt exercises because you can use your own body weight and do several varieties of them. It’s the one thing that clients don’t enjoy because it’s not easy when done right, you’re working all the muscles in your legs which is far away from your heart so your heart is pumping like crazy so it elevates your heart rate and takes it out of you but its worth it in the end,” Alexander advised. “Cardio is also really important when working on a short time frame and don’t focus too much on mid-section. Women tend to do this because its showing in a bikini but then neglect other parts which are just as important aesthetically-speaking. If you work your stomach too much you can build up the muscles in your abdominals and it can then appear dissented.”

When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. That’s how we’re supposed to see trials and hardships as, lemons to make the most of and make lemonade with. So when the entire media lashed at Jessica Simpson for gaining a few extra pounds, she made lemonade out of the whole situation and managed to turn it into a money-making event.

Jessica Simpson is perhaps best known for her “adorable” ditzy blonde attitude, made apparent in her reality show with ex-husband, Nich Lachley, Newlyweds. However, she is also known for her slim, drop-dead gorgeous body, as apparent in her movie, The Dukes of Hazard.

So when Jessica showed up in the most-blogged about “OOPS” and “No-No” moment in fashion history (a pair of high-waist jeans and leopard print belt), the media went into a frenzy on how she looked so “fat” in it.

“Clearly, since we saw her last, she slayed that dragon named dignity and just spooned frosting into her mouth full time,” wrote the blog “What Would Tyler Durden Do?” at the time. “Honest to God, her appearance couldn’t have been any more shocking unless she had grown glow-in-the-dark tentacles.”

Bad publicity? No, there’s no such thing as that. Really, when Jess’s critics pulled out their claws, they also threw her more publicity than she’d seen in years.

And while Jess didn’t specifically address the weight debacle that played into her scoring her new job, Jeff Olde, the executive vice president of VH1’s original programming and production, made the connection clear.

“Perhaps more than any other pop culture figure on the radar today, Jessica Simpson has been the target of our obsession with beauty on both sides of the equation,” the executive said in a statement to reporters. “She is a woman who can set trends and create firestorms with a single photo.”

Okies, if you missed the furor, you can go back to the article before this. Right, so after Perez Hilton Tweeted the message that may very well be the nail on his online-reputation coffin, outraged celebrities rushed to defend Michael Jackson and criticize Perez for his harsh statements.

But what shocked me was that Perez did a total 180 degree do over and erased his previous statements, and replaced it with, “To the paparazzi and mainstream media, PLEASE give the Jackson family space. Please. We DO NOT need to see pictures or videos of them now!”

Wow. Talk about recanting change of heart. I really don’t think that another celeb had a change of heart as quickly as Perez did. But, the damage had already be done. Here are a few Tweets that I was privileged enough to read that I would also like to share with you:

Pete Wentz: “PerezHilton u can’t make ur life tearing someone apart, who is a human being, and then flip on a dime and say respect and mourn him.”

Pete Wentz: “essentially that’s what you do. Recanting after someone passes doesn’t mean shit in my book. I have no beef. But mj was a legend.”

To which Perez retorted with; I’m not recanting. He was FAR from a perfect person. EVERYONE can acknowledge that.

To which a few more celebrities got outraged over:

Ash Simpson-Wentz: perezhilton - wouldn’t it be nice to live in a judgment free world. Life is short. I know u got a heart there somewhere. Decide what side ur on.

John Mayer, also in a long-time Tweeter fight with Perez Hilton also chimed in, taking the couple’s side.

Perez then replied with:

Perez Hilton: “You and Ashlee and John must really think I’m a monster. I’m not trying to change your opinions. Nor do I care to. But if someone dies, I’m not gonna fucking celebrate that! Even ‘monsters’ have feelings.”

Pete Wentz: “so ur saying u don’t know him as a person but say he was far from a perfect person. That’s the disconnect I’m talking about,”

Perez Hilton: “He WAS. This man was accused of being inappropriate with children MULTIPLE times!”

Oh Perez, you should’ve just said “sorry” and then stopped Tweeting on that day all together to not add more fuel to the fire. Whose side are you on in this Tweeter War?

Three of the hottest ladies ion country music posted in a sizzling cover for Shape magazine. And somehow, in the course of the interview, Jessica Simpson’s name gets dragged in.

Shape asks the country-singing trio about their fellow country singer, Jessica Simpson’s infamous dance with the tabloids over her weight. Here’s what they said:

LeAnn says: I think it’s just sad for someone to be picked on like that for gaining a few pounds here or there. Women’s bodies come in all shapes and sizes. Look at the three of us: We have completely different bodies, which is a good thing. Wouldn’t it be bad if we all looked the same?

Martina says: I agree with LeAnn. Why focus on that? Jessica got singled out, which isn’t fair. What’s upsetting is that when you look through those tabloid magazines, all they write about is who wore what best or what’s wrong with their hair or makeup. It’s constant judging.

Julianne says: And often what’s written just isn’t true. One magazine recently reported that I drink only orange juice for my carbs. I want to clear that up right now. If I did that, it would kill me. I don’t want anyone to read that and believe it.

LeAnn says and advices: I’ve been in the tabloids recently too, and it’s been really hard for me [they reported she was romantically linked to her married Northern Lights co-star, Eddie Cibrian]. I’ve been in the public eye since I was 14, so I have a tough skin. It’s fine dragging me through the mud, but don’t drag my loved ones through it. They’re my family, and it hurts them. All I’ll say is, I know what’s in my heart and what’s true.

Julianne advices: The rumors are always flying around and can be so cruel. You have to stay true to yourself.

Tony Romo may be quite the charmer on and off the field, but I think that he may need to work on his game when it comes to dates with his girlfriend, singer/actress, Jessica Simpson.

The busy Dallas Cowboys quarterback talked with Entertainment Tonight about life with Jess, pregnancy rumors, and the perfect date night.

So first up, what can he say about the pregnancy rumors that have been hounding the couple since late last year? “None that I can think of,” laughs Tony, adding, “but I’m sure you guys’ll tell me something new soon enough.” Uh-huh. So he’s actually waiting for the media to tell him about any news of pregnancy? Why not ask a more reliable source, Tony? You can ask, say, Jess, for example.

Moving on, the star athlete also talked about his dream date night with Jess. And that is…drumroll please… “A little bit to eat and probably watch a football game!”

Yeah. That’s it. Oh well, considering he’s a guy and all. But still, a football game? Seriously?

But hey, before you get discouraged by the guy’s lack of creativity, let’s hear him out.

“It’s exciting for both of us because I found someone I get to hang with,” he explains, “and she really embraces the game and really wants to see our team do well, and it’s great to have someone like that.”

Oh! So that’s why.

For those not in the know, Tony is the face of Starter, a high quality sports performance gear at an affordable price sold exclusively at Walmart. But he’s not going full-time into modeling just yet.

“I don’t think I’ll ever be a model; I don’t have any ‘Zoolander’ poses,” says a self-effacing Tony.

“But we’ll definitely get out here and have some fun with the Starter stuff. As an athlete you know you want to feel comfortable when you’re moving around, and have stuff on you that feels natural, and they do a really good job.”

Jessica Simpson is launching a new scent! After the successful launch of her first perfume, Fancy, last year, the pop-turned-country singer is setting her eyes on releasing another perfume this year.

And this is not just any scent. It is inspired by none other than Jessica’s beau, Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback, Tony Romo.

“It is a fresh, new expression of Jessica’s lifestyle,” Fox News quoted Vince Camuto, CEO of the Camuto Group. This is the same group that develops and designs the Jessica Simpson collection.

Apparently, Mr. Camuto, the CEO, has seen that the singer is “loved and in love”, and so, we may expect a sweet and flirty fragrance from this new scent.

“Tony brings out the best in Jessica,” said a source. Well, yeah, that’s what boyfriends tend to do. Especially when they’re as hot as Tony Romo.

“She is over caring about what everyone thinks,” the source added. Which is really a good thing, because if she lets the things that the media and haters affect her, then ultimately, she will be on the losing side. Personally, I’m glad that Jess has made it out of the whole “fat” issue, stronger and more beautiful than ever.

Anyways, the 28-year-old blonde beauty collaborated with a team of professional perfumers for a “timeless, romantic fragrance of falling in love.” She wanted a sensual floral that exudes her own flirtatious charm. Oooohh…what do you think girls? Would you want to buy her new scent?

I personally don’t fancy (pun intended) floral scents that much. But who knows? Maybe her new perfume will be a hit with women who want romance back in their lives. Go Jess!

The Ashlee Simpson- Pete Wentz split rumors are relentless, regardless of a representative of the couple insisting that “Everything is fine in their world.”

According to some unnamed sources, the young wife and mother to Bronx Mowgli has “reverted” to drinking because she feels unhappy with her life. The same sources say that Ash’s marriage to Fall Out Boy rocker, Pete Wentz is nearly on the rocks and the actress uses drinking as an “outlet for her unhappiness.”

“She is reverting to drinking and going out, because she is sick and tired of her life. This is an outlet for her unhappiness. It’s a bad situation, and Pete is getting fed up,” says a source, who wants to remain unnamed.

Another source reveals some of Simpson’s unhappiness comes from her constant responsibility to 7-month-old son Bronx. “Ashlee loves motherhood but misses her life without responsibility,” an insider claims.

Ash recently hit the headlines last week after saying some pretty harsh things to actress Michelle Trachtenberg, at a Los Angeles party. She subsequently apologized for the outburst, claiming there was a “misunderstanding” and that the two women “remain on good terms.”

An “insider” says, “Ashlee is having major problems with Pete right now. They fight constantly. She is seriously considering leaving him. They have been arguing a lot recently. They’re in different places (in their lives).”

However, a representative for the 24-year-old is adamant their romance is still going strong.

The spokesperson tells the magazine, “Ashlee and Pete are in a stable, happy marriage. They love one another and love being a family.”

This fall, brace yourself in seeing Ashlee Simpson-Wentz in the newly revamped Melrose Place.

Ash will make a come-back on the small screen for a new full-time gig on the CW’s new “Melrose Place.” The newly revamped series, based on the hit original from the ’90s, promises to be just as scandalous as the original. The original show starred Heather Locklear, Marcia Cross and Kelly Rutherford of Gossip Girls.

“I play the girl that’s straight-off-the-bus. It’s fun,” the young wife to Pete Wentz and mommy to Bronx Mowgli told MTV News about her character, the enchantingly naive Violet Foster.

“It’s exciting because we don’t get to see the next episode. We don’t get to read the scripts until we’re actually about to shoot it, and everyone is dying to know what’s going to happen to their characters, so it’s fun. It’ll be exciting to play that arc. … It’s got good drama,” she says, which does follow the lines of the drama-filled plot of the original.

“For me, I started off doing ‘7th Heaven,’” she says, which is really a far cry from this new show because there have been glimpses of a dead body and police tape in the preview of the pilot episode.

“I went on to do my music career so now I’m really, really thrilled [to be back on TV]. This is what I wanted to do and this is such a great show. I’m so excited about the show,” she continues.

Acting-wise, Ash recently made a cameo on “CSI” alongside her hubby, Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz.

Looks like the weight issue that Jessica Simpson faced months ago has been a blessing in disguise after all.

After all the bullying and the crying that the country singer has to go through for a relative time due to her sudden weight gain, now may be the time to rise up and make some good out of the bad. Reports have it that Jess is currently visiting TV networks pitching for a reality series that would delve in the society’s fickleness when it comes to women’s bodies.

Entitled, The Price of Beauty, the series’ premise would feature Jessica “and a friend set off on a road trip around the world in search of what people find beautiful and why.” A source shared that Jess will sure be hands-on with the show even thinking to try some of the “shocking things that women do to make themselves beautiful. Picture Fear Factor.”

“Jessica is indeed working on a new show, but network details have not been finalized at this time,” a rep of the singer shared.

Now this is one show I sure would look forward watching. The premise itself promises a life changing experience for its televiewers who in one way or another have been influenced with media’s bias on beauty.

I truly admire Jessica for having been able to come up with this idea and being brave enough to face what we call as social reality. Unlike Paris Hilton’s pathetic reality show of her looking for a best friend, I think this one would be worth-watching.

And take that literally.

Well it looks like Pete Wentz is into trouble today after turning 30 last Saturday.

Allegedly the Fall Out Boy spat in a photographer’s face during his birthday celebration at the Bank nightclub.

It was said that the incident took place when Pete along with his wife Ashlee Simpson and friends were ushered to one of the nightclub’s largest VIP tables Saturday night. Taking their time chatting and enjoying some beverage, fans and some papz took this as an opportunity to snap photos of the famous couple.

However, along the way, in some unclear reason, Pete was set off by one of the photographers that led him to spit on the latter’s face. Club security then promptly removed the offender from the area.

As we do not know what really happened that night, I still think spitting on someone’s face is just rude.

While we may have to wait until fall before we catch Ashlee Simpson on TV playing Violet Foster on Melrose Place, we may at least get an idea how the actress has been on the show’s set.

Caught by Hollyscoop.com during the 11th Annual Young Hollywood awards, Shaun Sipo shared how it is working alongside the famous star.

“She’s great she’s really sweet she has her son Bronx on set,” he said.

Answering as to what kind of mom Ashlee is, the cutie actor revealed, “I think she’s a good mum I mean I am not with her when she’s at home but from her being on set with her child she looks like a good mother.”

Quite a safe answer, isn’t it?

Anyway, since it would take a little while to see Ashlee back on the small screen, here’s a sneak peak of the show.

Scarlett Johansson is not the only celebrity who is into charity. On Sunday afternoon, singer/actress Jessica Simpson also showed that she wants to take an active role in charity too.

Jessica performed on that afternoon, but the audience wasn’t her usual crowd of screaming teenagers and awed males. Instead, she took the stage and performed four songs for 2000 pediatric cancer survivors, for the 18th annual Celebrate Life With Hope charity event.

“To be able to give back is my sole purpose in life,” Simpson says about why she decided to get involved with the event, which benefits the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The day’s events were part of National Cancer Survivor’s Day and are the fundraising event for the organization in the Western United States.

Afterwards, she hung around with the kids, signing T-shirts and just playing with them. Together with event planner Mindy Weiss, who incidentally planned both Jess’s wedding to Nick Lachey and also Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz’s wedding, the singer made sure guests had a great time.

“She was so nice and so warm. All the kids were getting a day out and the little ones were looking up at her, it was just really touching,” says a guest to the evemt.

“She kept telling them they were her heroes,” the guest added.

“At the end, she had a little meet and greet up on the stage,” the guest continued. “The kids were just so excited to see her and give her a hug and she was so sweet with them. She was signing T-shirts and the hospital gave her a plaque. She was just really happy to be there.”

A few months back, I made an article about Style Café Moms and their intention to give new mom, Ashlee Simpson, one of their famous gift baskets. Well, the said basket has arrived for the new mom, and I’m sure that she enjoyed every item and product that the resource café has painstakingly put up for her.

On June 5, 2009, the resource café released a press statement about their gift basket to Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, which included a lot of yummy items and other new products. Style Café Moms has sent several gift baskets on a monthly basis to celebrity recipients, which helps propel the exposure of many small product developers and vendors.

The Simpson-Wentz gift basket included these new products from the following businesses and up and coming designers:

Anchovies – Myanchovies.com
Ollie Golightly – Olliegolightly.com
Monkey Beanz – Monkeybeanz.com
Bobux USA – Bobuxusa.com
Hazel Brown Designs – Hazelbrowndesigns.com
Kewt Kids – Kewtkids.com
Pedisavers – Pedisavers.com
Hip Violet – Hipviolet.com
Tedde – Tedde.com
Rowdy Sprouts – Rowdysprout.com
RockerByeBaby – RockerByeBaby.etsy.com
UV Kitty – Uvkitty.com
Kiki Minky – Kikiminky.com
dokedo putty – dokedoputty.com

In addition to marketing services, Style Café Moms is a leading resource cafe for the trendy mom, where you can find updates on the latest fashion and retail trends and product reviews.

I think that this is a great way to help out those micro- and small entrepreneurs who haven’t got the big budget to pimp out their products for celebrities to use and to endorse, if they do like them. In this way, Style Café Moms not only makes celeb moms happy, but they are also making these little known entrepreneurs happy too.