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June 30, 2002 - The latest magazine photo spread is causing varied reactions from fans at Jessica Simpson's official message board. Check out the debate and the pictures which have a shortcut on page three of the post here.

June 29, 2002 - MTV News reports celebs such as Donald Trump, Jessica Simpson, Ja Rule, Dwayne from 'What's Happening!!', and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani were amongst the celebrities invited by Britney Spears at last night's Nyla opening in New York City. Read more.

June 26, 2002 - musicbuff writes "Jessica Simpson was scheduled to perform at UCLA's Drake Stadium for the Adidas World Cup Party at 5pm on June 22nd. However, according to disappointed fans who posted at her message board, Jessica's equipment was loaded back onto the truck without her ever taking the stage after she was told by KIIS of the poor turnout." Note: You can check out more on the Jessica blow-out here. For something that Jessica's official site promoted, it's pretty sad if she pulled out simply because of poor attendance, and even worse that she still hasn't offered any apology on her site to some of the fans that traveled a long distance to see her.

June 19, 2002 - A  few video captures from Jessica Simpson's brief appearance on Entertainment Tonight on Monday where posted on the singer's official site. Jessica showed off her huge engagement ring given to her by fiance Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees when the two were at the Wango Tango concert at the Rose Bowl over the weekend. Check out the vidcaps here.

June 19, 2002 - Launch.com reports Jessica Simpson is again going to reinvent herself on her next album. Simpson revealed, "My new record that I'm working on right now, it's gonna be called 'In This Skin' and it's just about my life--and actually, I get to write it, which is the first time I've been able to write my own music, and it's going to be very inspirational." As for the dance based pop routines that Simpson did despite the fact that she never enjoyed it, she said, "No more choreographed dancing for me. I'm over it; I don't want to do it anymore." Read more.

June 18, 2002 - Anonymous writes "Jessica Simpson will be performing this Saturday June 22 at the Adidas Soccer Maniac Festival at UCLA. KIISFM.com has more info on how you can attend her performance for free."

June 18, 2002 - KTLA was at the giant Wango Tango concert sponsored by KISS-FM, and spoke with Rick Dees, Jessica Simpson, Aaron Carter and Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter (Nick doesn't talk), Vanessa Carlton, Tiffany, Trevor from O-Town, and Michelle Banch. There also are performance clips from Pink and O-Town. Watch the clip here.

June 18, 2002 - WireImage.com has more photos from Saturday's 102.7 KIIS-FM's 2002 Wango Tango concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on Saturday. Included in the shots are Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter with brother Aaron Carter, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Simpson with fiance Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees, Alanis Morissette, Kelly Osbourne, O-Town, Paulina Rubio, and Vanessa Carlton. Check out the pictures here.

June 16, 2002 - WangoTango.com has plenty of pictures from Saturday's KIIS FM All-American Wango event at the Rose Bowl. Amongst those pictured are O-Town, Alanis Morrisette, Marc Anthony, Celine Dion, Samantha Mumba, Paulina Rubio, Jessica Simpson with 98 Degrees star Nick Lachey, Vanessa Carlton, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter with brother Aaron Carter and more. Check out all the photos here.

June 4, 2002 - BigFanOfJess, a moderator on Jessica Simpson's official site's message board posted three clips from Jessica's unreleased gospel album that folded. Included are portions from 'Here and Now', 'Part of the Plan', and 'Feed the Fire'. Unfortunately the entire album will never be released according to the moderator. Check out the clips here.

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