No matter how cool you are, or how many hoodies you own, parenthood is a pretty big deal. Sometimes it overcomes people in such a way that they feel compelled to make absurd analogies, such as “parenthood is like making a record,” a tidy nugget of wisdom for you to sew onto your next throw pillow courtesy of soon-to-be dad Pete Wentz. “You’re going to mix it for 18 years,” he adds, further digging his own grave.
Ashlee Simpson’s announcement of her tour cancellation starts with a surprising degree of candor–“My team gave me a few reasons I could use: 1. jury duty (but you can get out of jury duty once) 2. More »
Ashlee Simpson’s announcement of her tour cancellation starts with a surprising degree of candor–“My team gave me a few reasons I could use: 1. jury duty (but you can get out of jury duty once) 2. More »
Despite the attention their weekend nuptials received, Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz have left most of the quote-feeding to the anonymous sources who tip off the tabloids. Aside from that glorious “rock n’ romance” interview for People–in which Pete revealed that Ashlee without makeup reminds him of when he was little in the summer, back when he had a boner for Jessica Rabbit–there hasn’t been much chatter from the couple themselves as to what makes their union so magical, so worthy of our attention. So here are five clips that help capture the essence of the Hot Topic generation’s romance for the ages.
Pete Wentz is being sued for a beatdown he helped security give a heckler that we reported last June. One wonders what could make such a pleasant, sensitive man like Wentz open a can of whup-ass on someone, and the answer appears to be mocking Ashlee Simpson. If you want proof of how googly-eyed Wentz is for his future wife/babymama, you need look no further than the interview People‘s Most Beautiful Couple of ’08 gave the mag about their “Rock’n’Romance.” Warning: The following quotes are not for easily queased.
MTV News’ James Montgomery describes how soul-sucking and Google history-killing the life of a music journalist can be in 2008, the year that Miley Cyrus bra shots, High School Musical nude pictures, and Ashlee Simpson pregnancy rumors line the expressway that leads to the promised land of… More »
From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Under consideration today is the latest album by gossip-page staple Ashlee Simpson, whose third album Bittersweet World hits stores tomorrow and has one writer reaching for the slightly unfortunate metaphor:
Like the Timex Social Club, I spend a lot of time lamenting the rumors that surround me every day. How do they get started? And where do they get crazy? In Truthmongerer, I’ll try to suss out the kernels of truth in the rumors that are taking up airspace in gossip columns, blogs, and our tips inbox.
THE RUMOR: Ashlee Simpson’s camp is so nervous about Mariah Carey getting all the press–and the sales–when Ashlee’s long-delayed album Bittersweet World comes out at the end of April that they’ve actually leaked E=MC2 in an effort to make its release “less newsworthy.”
TRUTH THRESHOLD: 20%.
After much giggling over its arcade-photo-booth inkblots and bad font, Ashlee Simpson and her label have decided to make the cover for her forthcoming album, Bittersweet World, a little less k-razy. More »
I spend most Saturday mornings watching the local UHF channel’s presentation of the best of Soul Train–entire episodes, including the Scramble Board!–and occasionally I wonder what happened to the teen dance show? Club MTV is long gone and American Bandstand didn’t make it into the 90’s, but the reasonably-priced nature of throwing some teenagers on a soundstage somewhere in Studio City to dance to various pop and urban hits seems like a can’t miss programming decision. Apparently, someone at Nickelodeon has discovered a way to remotely read my thoughts (this isn’t the first time I’ve suspected this), as they’ve announced 12 original episodes of Dance on Sunset! Sure, Don Cornelius won’t be there or the Soul Train line, but you have to take what you can get. Instead, there’s some sort of Youtubeish element involved. Plus, we get to see the Akon and Colbie Calliat duet we’ve all been waiting for! And Menudo! And crossover promotion for other Nickelodeon programming!
