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June 29, 2003 - The New York Post reports that Jessica Simpson and her 98 Degrees hubby Nick Lachey are driving their respective labels, Columbia and Universal, nuts. "They both want to release their solo albums on the same exact day [Aug. 19]," a spy said. "The labels are going crazy." A rep for Simpson's label, Columbia, said, "Nobody is upset as far as I know." The couple are banking on fans buying both CDs simultaneously, and no doubt would be appearing as a couple to promote both albums simultaneously as well.

June 27, 2003 - Jessica Simpson wason the Today Show on Tuesday to promote her new book 'I Do: Achieving Your Dream Wedding' and their website has an excerpt from the book. Check it out here.

June 27, 2003 - Jessica Simpson signed copies of her new book 'I Do: Achieving Your Dream Wedding' on Tuesday (June 24) at Planet Hollywood in New York City. Check out pictures from FilmMagic, GlobePhotos, and LFI.

June 27, 2003 - Jessica Simpson phoned into WBLI in Long Island on Tuesday (June 24) to talk about her new wedding book and CD-ROM, her wedding to 98 Degrees star Nick Lachey, the MTV reality show, and her new album 'In This Skin'. Listen to the short interview here.

June 27, 2003 - Jessica Simpson, Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child, and Ali Landry showcased their photographs of Lovable Bras to benefit charities on Monday (June 23) at Serena Bar in New York City. Check out pictures from FilmMagic, GlobePhotos, GettyImages, LFI, and WireImage.

June 25, 2003 - Anonymous writes "On August 19th, Jessica Simpson is set to release her 3rd studio album, 'In This Skin,' her husband Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees is also releasing his solo offering, 'Shut Up.' Nick is going for radio adds this week with, 'Shut Up,' and within the next two weeks Jessica will be releasing, 'The Sweetest Sin.' The albums will come out the same day since they both are releasing singles about the same time. Each album promises to be different, Nick has a fast pop feel, while Jessica is going for the traditional ballad."

June 23, 2003 - A fan on Jessica Simpson's official site message board claims to have seen the singer with her 98 Degrees hubby Nick Lachey at Disneyland on Friday. JessandNick2gether4eva writes, "I looked and looked at Disneyland all-day Friday. Finally at the Fantasmic Spectacular Show, I spotted Nick & Jess! They were like 3 feet in front of me, and Nick had his arm around her. Then we saw the fireworks show. During the fireworks, Nick & Jess hugged, kissed, and he wrapped his arm around her. They were sooooo cute & soo in love!" Read more.

June 23, 2003 - MTV News reports that Jessica Simpson, who just shot photos for an anti-smoking campaign by Circle of Friends, will sign copies of her new book, 'I Do: Achieving Your Dream Wedding,' Tuesday (June 24) at Planet Hollywood in New York from 4:30-6 PM ET. The Virgin Megastore across the street will be selling copies one day before it is available elsewhere.

June 23, 2003 - Carmen Electra, Cindy Margolis, Heidi Klum, Gwen Stefani of No Doubt and hubby Gavin Rossdale of Bush, Jessica Simpson and hubby Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees, Pink, and Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs were amongst the stars on hand for the premiere of 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle' on Wednesday (June 18) at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. Later, Kelly Osbourne performed with the Pussycat Dolls for the movie's after-party. Check out pictures from FilmMagic, CelebrityPhoto, StarFile, GlobePhotos, RexFeatures, GettyImages (premiere / afterparty), LFI, WireImage (afterparty / arrivals1 / arrivals2), and Yahoo.

June 20, 2003 - A picture of Jessica Simpson's forthcoming album 'Sweetest Sin' has been posted. Check it out here.

June 19, 2003 - Star magazine reports execs at MTV are working overtime to figure out how their new reality show starring Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees and Jessica Simpson more exciting. The pair aren't nearly as amusing as the Osbournes, and crew members practically dozed off while filming the two singers. MTV tried to spice the show up by sending the newlyweds camping in Yosemite, and they're trying to figure out more outings to get the out of the house.

June 18, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Rollingstone.com's message board is letting fans vote for who will be on the cover of the next issue. You can vote for people such as Britney Spears, Halle Berry, Jessica Simpson, and many more. You must be registered to vote. Vote for them here."

June 14, 2003 - locomaza writes "Jessica Simpson's offical website had just recently posted two pictures of Jessica's latest video shoot for her new single 'Sweetest Sin. Check them out at jessicasimpson.com."

June 14, 2003 - Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees came by the Dees Studio to talk about his new reality show on MTV. Much like The Osbournes, cameras are following Nick and his wife, Jessica Simpson, all day long. Lachey also talked about his new solo album. Listen to the 17-minute interview more.

June 14, 2003 - Jessica Simpson has released the first single from her forthcoming album 'In This Skin'. Download and listen to 'The Sweetest Sin' at JessicaOnline.org.

June 10, 2003 - Entertainment Weekly caught up with Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees and his wife Jessica Simpson to talk about their new reality series 'Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica', premiering August 4th on MTV. While it will be a sitcom-style broadcast, Nick admits, "We can't try to be the Osbournes." Jessica is frank about why the couple signed up for the show. "It's good for record sales," she admits. But does the squeaky-clean singer worrying about swearing on TV? "If a cussword flies out, a cussword flies out," Simpson said.

June 8, 2003 - jnfan writes "Sony/Columbia has announced on Jessica's official website that her new album titled 'In This Skin' will hit stores August 19th."

June 8, 2003 - Jessica Simpson, recently married to Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees, tells Launch.com that the best advice she can offer to brides-to-be is simply to remain calm on the big day. "I was like the calmest bride," Simpson said. "Like I just knew everything was going to be great, and it was going to be the best day of my life. And I just kind of focused on the love and the excitement rather then, 'Oh, is this going to go wrong? Is that gonna go wrong?' Because there's always going to be stuff that goes wrong, but it's the best day of your life, so you want to enjoy every moment of it. I think that just relaxing is probably the best thing a bride can do." Read more.

June 5, 2003 - Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey appeared on 'Oprah' on Wednesday (June 4). Check out pictures from the appearance here, and check out a video clip here.

June 5, 2003 - jessfan writes "Catch Jessica Simpson reporting from the red carpet of this year's MTV Movie Awards (pre-recorded from Saturday night), beginning at 8:30pm (ET/PT) on Thursday, June 5th. Please check your local listings."

June 5, 2003 - jessfan writes "Jess98fanatic831 at the Jessica Simpson official message board writes, "Jess was on B96 this morning. She was sooo adorable! It was right before Oprah so she had to hurry up! First of all [Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees] was there but he didnt talk. Jess said he was still tired! Haha! She said she hates her middle name 'Ann' because its such a southern name and everyone has it! The DJ called her Mrs. 'Lackey' Simpson and she goes no its Mrs. Simpson Lachey! Nick wouldn't like the other way cuz it's not his name and I'm married to a Lachey NOT a Simpson! The DJ also asked her what she thought of Nick naked! She made a cute sound and was kind of astonished! She goes 'are you serious?' She said he was gorgeous! Haha! Jess will not have kids until she gets a dog and learns how to take care of a dog! lol! Well, it was cute!""

June 5, 2003 - jessfan writes "Jessica Simpson's new book is called 'I Do: Achieving Your Dream Wedding'. It is due out June 25th and is available for preorder at jessicasimpsonbook.com."

June 3, 2003 - Alanis Morrissette, 50 Cent, Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Queen Latifah, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Beyonce Knowles of Destiny's Child, Hilary Duff, Jessica Simpson, Joey Fatone and Justin Timberlake of *NSYNC, Kelly Osbourne, Fieldy of Korn, Mark Hoppus of Blink 182, Mya, Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees, Pink, Puddle Of Mudd, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Tyrese, Victoria Beckham, Method Man, Will Smith, Eve, and Ludacris were on hand for the 2003 MTV Movie Awards on Satuday (May 31) at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The show won't be broadcast until Thursday on MTV, but for now you can check out pictures at FilmMagic (pressroom / show / arrivals1 / arrivals2 / backstage), DailyCeleb, CelebrityPhoto (arrivals / pressroom), StarFile, GettyImages (backstage / pressroom / show / arrivals), LFI (pressroom / arrivals1 / arrivals2), WireImage, Yahoo, and GlobePhotos (arrivals / pressroom).

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