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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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Continuing the 17 Things tradition about Ashlee Simpson…

ASHLEE CONFESSES: I’m a huge fan of female singers like Etta James and Courtney Love.

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An update on the John Mayer/Cameron Diaz reports that took over the webosphere last week: IT’S TRUE. And they kept up their New York flirtation over the entire weekend.

The pair were first spotted out together in the city last week, were “all over each other” and “super flirty” at the Bowery Hotel Friday night. (We’ve seen Cameron and her PDA, so this is easy to imagine. Not that I *WANT* to imagine it. But you sort of can’t help it. I mean, it just kind of burns itself into your memory, like that time you bit into a raspberry with a worm hanging out of the center.)

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Star magazine’s recent UK edition of its magazine has a full spread on Jessica Simpson’s biggest regret: divorcing Nick Lachey. The magazine even goes so far as to claim that Jessica wants to win Nick back and is currently scheming how to go about doing that.

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Sometimes I wonder about Jessica Simpson. Sometimes I wonder whether she just plays the dumb blonde role really well, or if she’s self-absorbed, or if she really just doesn’t have any clue. She and Nick Lachey were so great together and I’m STILL holding out hope that Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey will get back together.

HOW PERFECT WOULD THAT BE?

Anyway, Jess has been rumored to have dated her share of guys since breaking up her marriage with Nick (Yes, Jessica, you’re right: that really WAS the worst mistake of your life), most recently and notably: John Mayer. But John’s moved on now, right into the open arms of another blonde…do you know who?

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Ashlee recently hooked up with Seventeen magazine for a photo shoot, and unlike some celebrities (ahem, Britney Spears!), the spread turned out delightfully. I’ve scanned it for you, just because I love you so. Without further ado: the cover, the article, the shoot. And stay tuned next week for SEVENTEEN THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT ASHLEE (and neither did I).

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Ashlee and Pete headed to Chicago this past weekend for a playdate at Lollapalooza. Check out the candid photos of the lovebirds at the concert! I usually don’t like Ashlee’s style when she’s out-and-about around town, but her black dress and hat are really cute this time!

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Jess is filming the movie Major Movie Star, which is set to come out in 2008. The movie follows what producers call a “fluffy, bubble gum movie star” (played by Jessica Simpson) who suddenly finds herself broke and humiliated in the public eye. After surviving a car accident (sound familiar, Lindsay Lohan?), she wanders from the wreckage and witlessly enlists in the U.S. Army hoping in vain that it will change her life.

I can think of a few celebrities who should maybe take a note or two from that plot line…

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Ok, poor Ashlee Simpson has rumors flying everywhere at the moment about her. Here’s another one. She might be engaged to Pete Wentz!

Nothing’s been confirmed, so hold off on having your head explode for now, but sources tell Pop Crunch that Wentz proposed to Simpson backstage at Live Earth before he performed with his Fall Out Boy bandmates. “Ashlee wasn’t expecting it at all; it was a total surprise,” says the source. “Pete whipped out a big engagement ring, dropped down on one knee and asked Ashlee to be his bride. Ashlee says it was romantic, sexy - and that she said ‘yes’ right away.”

“Ashlee and Pete are desperate to keep the engagement quiet for as long as they can so they can make wedding plans in peace,” says a pal of Ashlee’s. “All she wants is a simple ceremony with her family, his family and a handful of people.”

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