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Yahoo news just reported that the rumors are true - Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are engaged! Here’s the scoop:

Ashlee Simpson and her rocker boyfriend Pete Wentz are engaged.

“We know there has been a lot of speculation recently about Pete and I, and we wanted our fans to be the first to know, because you guys are the best,” Simpson said in a statement posted Wednesday on People magazine’s Web site. “Yes, we are thrilled to share that we are happily engaged.”

Simpson’s manager-father, Joe Simpson, told the magazine he’s “totally happy” and “so excited to have Pete as part of (our) family.”

The couple began dating in fall 2006, according to People.

Wentz, 28, is bassist for Fall Out Boy. Simpson, 23, a singer, songwriter and actress, is the younger sister of pop star Jessica Simpson. Ashlee Simpson’s new album, “Bittersweet World,” is set for release on April 22.

A phone message left Wednesday for Joe Simpson by The Associated Press was not immediately returned.

From the NY Post:

Jessica Simpson does not want you to know how she fit into her Daisy Dukes. In 2005, during a lull in her career, Simpson starred in a workout tape produced by Speedfit, a fitness video company. Although she signed a multimillion-dollar contract, she later changed her mind and prevented the video from being released by not giving final approval. (more…)

Papa Joe Simpson is ticked off that he’s being accused of tipping off the paparazzi that his daughter was off in Cabo with Tony Romo the week before his big game.

But a source says everybody knows Joe makes deals with the paparazzi so that the family gets a cut for the sales of any good photos.

The source says, “Nobody would have known that Tony was down in Mexico with Jessica if there hadn’t been those pictures everywhere. So a lot of people suspect he tipped off the photographers, causing Tony this huge headache. But, when you date Jessica, you date Joe, too.”

Meantime, John Mayer is defending his former girlfriend, blogging that it’s not fair that the state of Texas has turned on their fair-haired daughter. He says, “That girl loves Texas more than you know…So please don’t try and take that away from her.”

Things are so bad for Jess that she’s even beefed up security.

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I’ve heard rumors around Dallas that Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo have been dating here (Jessica is renting an enormous house in Plano, Texas, where many Dallas Cowboys live). It’s frustrating to LIVE in Dallas and never know where they are, because you KNOW I would totally follow them around and take pictures with my phone while pretending to talk on it.

Anyway, the most recent report about the two follows them on a romantic getaway to Mexico.

Talk about one way to relax before the playoffs.

They jetted off to Los Cabos, Mexico, on Friday night for a poolside vacation with some of Romo’s teammates – and Jessica’s parents. (HELLO, AWKWARD.)

The two – enjoying a post-New Year’s respite before Romo’s playoff game against the New York Giants next weekend – did opt for some extra privacy, though, staying at a house in a gated community with their own chef. (more…)

Jessica Simpson was beaming on November 30 as she boarded a private jet in Orlando, Fla. after taping a Disney special. She had a good reason-she was going to pick up her new man, Dallas Cowboy QB Tony Romo! An excited Jessica, with a couple of close friends, headed to meet Tony at a Dallas airport. “Jessica is a little nervous but so happy to see him,” says an insider. “Jessica thinks he is hot! He’s a really nice guy and her family loves him.”

In Touch reported last week that the couple spent Thanksgiving with Jessica’s family in Texas and were looking forward to spending more time together. The pair, who are both 27, will attend her best friend Cacee Cobb’s birthday party at Teddy’s in Hollywood on Saturday night. “She wants all her friends to meet him.” Also on the agenda for the hot new couple? “They are going take it easy and hang out at Jessica’s house.”

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Jessica Simpson & Tony Romo were spotted together not only once, but twice this past Thanksgiving weekend! The couple showed up at Jessica’s grandparents new home in Waco, Texas, on November 23rd, reports In Touch Weekly.

The family visit followed dinner at Dragonfly in Dallas the evening before.

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It’s always been said that timing is everything, but in the world of Jessica Simpson, this phrase is especially true.

A source close to the blond bombshell says that like her hookup with John Mayer, Simpson’s recent “dates” with Owen Wilson are meant to drum up good favor in the court of public opinion. “When Jess last had a new album coming out, that’s when she was introduced to John. She’s got her first country album coming out, so now she’s been conveniently introduced to Owen, who is a fellow Texan. Better yet, the public is sympathetic to him.” (more…)

Last Thursday, Jessica Simpson was a guest on The View. Below are some clips from that show, featuring Jessica discussing her clothing line:

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Owen Wilson and Jessica Simpson have known each other for years, but it took Willie Nelson to bring the Texas natives together. After reconnecting at the Spicewood, Texas set of a Nelson music video on October 15, Simpson, 27, and Wilson, 38, have been spotted getting friendly at bars from coast to coast. What we can’t figure out is WHY. I mean, we know about the rumors and all, but: WHY JESSICA AND OWEN?

On October 28, the couple hung out in a cabana at The Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica, California. A week later, they were seen again dining at New York’s Waverly Inn before heading to the Rose Bar, where a witness said, “Jessica was touching Owen’s arm and flipping her hair.” In return, the fellow patron says, “Owen was charming, making Jessica laugh…it felt very date-y.” (more…)

Jessica Simpson is going to have a chance to show off her more serious side when she co-hosts The View - and for those of us who know her only for her Chicken of the Sea quandry, this is exciting news! (And somewhat scary, because: DON’T MAKE A FOOL OF YOURSELF, JESSICA!) (more…)

Bam Margera, the star of Jackass and Viva La Bam, has come clean about his romance with Jessica Simpson. Bam and Jessica were romantically linked in 2005 while Jessica was still married to Nick Lachey. Bam is now married to his childhood sweetheart, Missy Rothstein, and we all know that Jessica is, unfortunately, divorced from Nick.

Jessica has always, always denied the rumors of a romance with Bam. Bam has adamantly boasted that he and Jessica briefly dated. Recently, Bam started talking about their brief romance again - and he came clean about the truth, admitting that his fling with Jessica ended when Bam’s former fiancee discovered the affair. (more…)

Now that Jessica has finished filming “Major Movie Star”, she’s got more time for the important things in life. Well, important to her, anyway.

She’s been seen lunching with her sister, showing off her Valentino bag and (lest your forget her origins) singing! I can’t confirm the rumor, but I hear that she’s working on a country album. With Willie Nelson. In Nashville. (more…)

Britney Spears’ backstage drama Sunday at the MTV Video Music Awards included her insistence that she wanted to have brown hair. But well-placed sources confide that she was overruled by her management team and she wore extensions from Jessica Simpson’s Hair-u-Wear line. (more…)

Wilmer Valderrama, Nick Lachey and Nicky Hilton have joined forces to open a restaurant in Las Vegas called “The Company,” which will be located in the Luxor Hotel. Valderrama described the restaurant:

“It’s a steak house,” added the actor. “Really great. It’s going to be really special for Vegas, a different flavor.”

By that, Valderrama says he is referring to the “architecture, the chef, the vibe of the restaurant. There’s a lot of great restaurants in Vegas, but this is exciting because it’s a different branding, kind of next generation type things.”

The restaurant is set to open in a couple months.

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Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz joined his lovely girlfriend, Ashlee Simpson, at the MTV VMAs in Las Vegas, and I must say: he looked happier than I’ve ever seen him in a long time. Relaxed, even. Of course, that might be because he’s trying to win big money…(not that he needs it).

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