Posts with tag "joe simpson"

Another Man Tore Ashlee and Pete Apart: Her Dad

Posted Feb 17th 2011 at 11:43 AM by Rob Shuter

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz had lunch together with son Bronx in Beverly Hills this week, giving some hope to shell-shocked friends that they might reconsider their divorce. Insiders tell me, however, that's not going to happen if Ashlee's dad, Joe Simpson, has his way. "Just like when Jessica split from Nick, Joe is doing nothing to encourage Ashlee to give the marriage another try, if ...

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Joe Simpson 'Very Happy' for Jessica and Eric

Posted Nov 15th 2010 at 07:12 AM by PopEater Staff

Jessica Simpson just accepted a ruby-and-diamond engagement ring from her boyfriend of five months, football player Eric Johnson, and her father is already prepared to walk her down the aisle. "So very happy for Jess and Eric," Joe Simpson posted Sunday night on Twitter. "May they have a lifetime of joy and happiness." ...

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Time for Jessica Simpson to Let Papa Joe Go?

Posted Oct 19th 2010 at 08:31 AM by Rob Shuter

After Jessica Simpson's manager (and father), Joe Simpson, foolishly kicked a group of singing U.S. combat veterans off his daughter's PBS holiday special, Jessica has been under intense pressure from across the spectrum to fire her dad and hire a real manager. "Jess is really talented, it's clear that what's holding her career back is her father," an insider tells me. "Joe is impossible to ...

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Joe Simpson Teams Up With Nickelodeon

Posted Feb 5th 2010 at 12:25 PM by Scott Harris

Hollywood dad Joe Simpson has spent the last decade or more building his daughters into a media brand. Now he's back with an all-new product to push: himself. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Simpson, the father and manager of Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, has struck a deal with Nickelodeon to produce a sitcom based on his own experiences raising those daughters. The untitled project, which ...

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Papa Joe Got Too Close to Mama Gorilla

Posted Dec 2nd 2009 at 06:13 AM by Jo Piazza

It's nice to have famous daughters who want to hang out with you. Joe Simpson recently tagged along with his daughter Jessica while she was filming her new VH1 show 'The Price of Beauty' in Africa, but the cameras didn't follow dear old dad when he channeled his inner Dian Fossey, flying into the heart of the Ugandan jungle to chill out with the gorillas in the mist, and angering one motherly ...