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[[Image:A-simpson-shadow-sitting.jpg|frame|right|Ashlee Simpson in her "[[Shadow (song)|Shadow]]" music video (2004)]]
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'''Ashlee Nicole Simpson''' (born [[October 3]], [[1984]]) is a [[United States|U.S.]] singer, actress and the younger sister of singer [[Jessica Simpson]]. She rose to prominence in mid-[[2004]], when her first [[album]], ''[[Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson album)|Autobiography]]'', debuted at number one in sales, accompanied by a successful [[reality television|reality show]], ''[[The Ashlee Simpson Show]]''. In [[October 2004]], she was seen to be singing along with a pre-recorded tape on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', an incident that drew substantial ridicule from the press. Her album has been certified triple platinum and her reality show is currently in a second season.
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==Early career==
Simpson, the daughter of [[Joe Simpson (manager)|Joe]] and Tina Simpson, was born and raised in [[Texas]], where she was [[homeschooling|home-schooled]] by her mother. While her sister [[Jessica Simpson|Jessica]], four years older, displayed an early talent for singing, Ashlee [[dance]]d from the age of three and was admitted to the [[School of American Ballet]] in [[New York City]] at age 11.<sup><small>[[Ashlee Simpson#Notes and references|1]]</small></sup>


After her sister Jessica signed a record deal, the family moved to [[Los Angeles, California]], where Ashlee began auditioning for [[television commercial]]s&mdash;her first commercial was for the [[department store]] [[Kohl's]].<small><sup>[[Ashlee Simpson#Notes and references|2]]</sup></small> Jessica achieved success in [[pop music]] in [[1999]] with her song "I Wanna Love You Forever" and the album ''[[Sweet Kisses]]'', and Ashlee became a backup dancer in Jessica's concerts. She also appeared in an episode of the [[television|TV]] [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' and had a minor role in the [[2002]] movie ''[[The Hot Chick]]'', a comedy starring [[Rob Schneider]]. Simpson played the character Cecilia on the television show ''[[7th Heaven]]'' from 2002 until the beginning of her singing career in [[2004]], at which point she stopped regular appearances.
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==Music and film==
Cheers, [[User:Sam Spade|Sam]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:Sam_Spade&action=edit&section=new '''Spade''']] 17:29, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)
[[Image:Album_ashlee_simpson_autobiography.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Ashlee on the cover of ''[[Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson album)|Autobiography]]''.]]
In 2003, Simpson recorded a song, "Just Let Me Cry," for the [[soundtrack]] to the movie ''[[Freaky Friday]]'', and also signed a record deal with [[Geffen Records]]. She recorded an album, ''[[Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson album)|Autobiography]]'', released in the U.S. on [[July 20]], 2004. It debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200]] chart and was certified triple [[RIAA certification|platinum]] in [[September 2004]]. The single "[[Pieces of Me]]" preceded the album, was one of the most popular songs in the U.S. in mid-2004, and sold well internationally. The next single, "[[Shadow (song)|Shadow]]", was less successful and not released in the U.K. The U.K.-sourced "[[La La (song)|La La]]" single followed in 2005.


Simpson and her music career were the subject of ''[[The Ashlee Simpson Show]]'', a successful reality show on [[MTV]]. She had previously appeared on ''[[Newlyweds]]'', an already successful reality show about the married life of Jessica and her husband [[Nick Lachey]], and ''The Ashlee Simpson Show'' aired in the subsequent time slot. The show ran in the U.S. for eight weekly episodes from [[June 16]] until [[August 4]], 2004, and dealt with the process of writing, recording, and performing, and with aspects of Simpson's personal life. The first episode of the second season aired in the U.S. on [[January 26]], [[2005]].
==euphemist?==
As I saw that you used the term "boylover" in the [[List of self-identified pederasts and pedophiles]], do you not think that it is euphemist? In how far do you think is it helpful to link to pedophiles' sites? [[User:Get-back-world-respect|Get-back-world-respect]] 00:55, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
:I was not the source of those adjectives, I only re-named the page to make a distinction in an effort to strive for greater acuracy. As for the balance between using euphemisms and pejoratives, I am in favor of neither. I simply assume that the original authors (of "List of self-identified pedophiles") had valid reasons for making those distinctions. --[[User:Haiduc|Haiduc]] 01:55, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
::While "pedophile" is a scientific term, "boylover" is a euphemist label some pedophiles use to defend child abuses. I still cannot see why we need a page that mainly links to pedophiles' websites. [[User:Get-back-world-respect|Get-back-world-respect]] 02:08, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
:::I am not qualified to get into a semantic debate colored by political opinion. I did not see a particular need for the article either, but did not want to condone its inaccuracies. Since I am a newcomer to this project I am reluctant to delete in such cases, and restrict myself to making corrections.
::::Good for you Haiduc, its a very controvercial issue as you are aware. [[User:Sam Spade|Sam]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:Sam_Spade&action=edit&section=new '''Spade''']] 04:25, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)


Simpson performs live with a backing band, which consists of Ray Brady (guitar), Braxton Olita (guitar), Zach Kennedy (bass guitar), Lucy Walsh (keyboards and vocals) and Chris Fox (drums). On [[September 29]], 2004, she announced on her website that the band would be named "Ashlee Simpson and Submission," taking the name from the fact that they had received so many submissions of proposals for the name. Her manager is her father, Joe Simpson.
== Greek sperm ==


At the [[August 8]], 2004 [[Teen Choice Awards]] show, Simpson received the "Song of the Summer" award for "Pieces of Me," as well as the "Fresh Face" award. She performed "Pieces of Me" during the pre-show for the 2004 [[MTV Video Music Award]]s on [[August 29]], and during the actual show she presented an award with [[Tony Hawk]] for "Best New Artist in a Video."
Please see my reply @ [[User_talk:Sam_Spade#Greek_Sperm]].


Ashlee and her sister Jessica recorded a [[duet (music)|duet]] of the [[Christmas song]] "[[Little Drummer Boy]]" together for ''[[Rejoyce: The Christmas Album|Rejoyce]]'', a 2004 [[Christmas]] album by Jessica; they sang the song together during "Nick & Jessica's Family Christmas", a [[variety show|variety hour]] special which aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on [[December 1]]. [http://abc.go.com/specials/nickjess_xmas.html] Ashlee also sang "Christmas Past, Present, and Future" on the 2004 holiday album ''[[Radio Disney Jingle Jams]]''.
[[User:Sam Spade|Sam]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:Sam_Spade&action=edit&section=new '''Spade''']] 18:48, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)


Simpson has a role in the upcoming movie ''Wannabe'', which began filming in November. She cut her hair shorter for her role as Clea, an aspiring actress and "[[tomboy]]". The [[Lions Gate Films|Lions Gate]] property is directed by [[Meiert Avis]] and is described as a "[[romantic comedy film|romantic comedy]]". [http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1493864/11182004/story.jhtml] She was shown talking about the film on its set in a segment on ''[[Total Request Live]]'' on [[November 30]].
== How and why ==


==Style and personal life==
It does seem useful to point out why and how Buddhist practices change in America, but to say that the change is of a certain nature may take us into regions of NPOV. In particular, to say that what is being kept is the good stuff and what is being gotten rid of is the culturally-specific but ultimately unimportant stuff, is to take a particular POV stance on what is and is not important, and we can't do that here at Wikipedia. What you should do is find out who in the Buddhism community argues this point, describe their position objectively, and then cite your sources.[[User:Kukkurovaca| -- &#2325;&#2369;&#2325;&#2381;&#2325;&#2369;&#2352;&#2379;&#2357;&#2366;&#2330;]]|[[User talk:Kukkurovaca|Talk&#8253;]] 18:23, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Ashlee has affected a tougher image than that of her sister. Previously blonde like Jessica, she dyed her hair dark during the recording of the reality show (in the fifth episode), after she had finished filming for ''7th Heaven''. Ashlee's songs also have rock elements absent from her sister's music. Her vocals, while generally not thought to equal her sister's range, have been praised by some as fitting the more rock-oriented sound of her music, and are sometimes described (positively or negatively) as raspy.
: Having been a student of Chogyam Trungpa I have heard him say precisely that. Let me think about rewording and I will repost something in keeping with the guidelines.
::Cool, thanks.[[User:Kukkurovaca| -- &#2325;&#2369;&#2325;&#2381;&#2325;&#2369;&#2352;&#2379;&#2357;&#2366;&#2330;]]|[[User talk:Kukkurovaca|Talk&#8253;]] 18:24, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)


Simpson often wears shirts with "[[punk]]"-style designs and typically has her fingernails painted black. She has refused to discuss her sex life, in contrast to Jessica, who openly stated her intention to remain a [[virginity|virgin]] until marriage. "I decided that I didn't want to talk about that because it's super personal," she has said.<small><sup>[[Ashlee Simpson#Notes and references|3]]</sup></small> Ashlee also got a [[tattoo]] of a star on her left wrist after the release of her album.


Simpson's relationship with [[Josh Henderson]], who had previously appeared on ''[[Popstars|Popstars 2]]'', lasted about two years and ended during the first episode of ''The Ashlee Simpson Show''. Soon she began her relationship with [[Ryan Cabrera]], a musician who also released his debut album in 2004; this relationship also featured in the reality show (particularly in episodes three and four), and Simpson appeared in the [[music video]] for Cabrera's song "On the Way Down" as Cabrera's love interest. The two were reported to have split up in [[August 2004]] due to their busy schedules, but they were still sometimes seen together in the months that followed, and in the first episode of the second season of ''The Ashlee Simpson Show'', Simpson indicated that they had gotten back together. In [[October 2004]], they did a series of concerts at [[high school]]s together.
==Hello==
Hi Haiduc,
The user [[User talk:Noah Peters]] who you inquired using his talk page about homophobia is indeed homophobic. The last few days he as attacked many gay-related pages on wiki. For example on the [[Homosexuals in Nazi Germany|gays during Nazi Germany]] page he has repeatedly inserted paragraphs alluding that many if not most Nazis were gay men, whether closeted or open. Such statements contradict reality and all the authorities’ on the Holocaust. I am trying to maintain vigilance against the vandalism.


Simpson and her sister Jessica were tied for third on Mr. Blackwell's list of the worst-dressed celebrities of 2004. Blackwell wrote that "from gaudy to grim to downright frenetic these two prove that bad taste is positively genetic."
:I appreciate the heads up, but I am an incurable optimist and I think it will all work itself out. Somebody else has entered the debate on homophobia (today), so here comes yet more grist for the mill. Let's hope that more light will be generated than heat.[[User:Haiduc|Haiduc]] 04:51, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)


==''Saturday Night Live'' incident==
==Gay Template==
[[Image:Cryingafterlipsync.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Ashlee Simpson walks away in distress due to her vocal difficulties while rehearsing for her ''SNL'' performance]]
Please vote your opinion of [[template:gay]]. Thanks. [[User:Apollomelos|Apollomelos]] 19:34, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Simpson appeared on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' as a musical guest on [[October 24]], [[2004]]. As is customary for musical guests, she was scheduled to give two performances, the first of "Pieces of Me" and the second of "Autobiography." As she was beginning the second performance, however, a recording of "Pieces of Me" started playing before she raised the microphone. Simpson, uncertain of how to react, danced nervously (as she later called it, a "hoe-down") and then left the stage. After an emergency commercial break, she appeared again during the show's closing with the guest host of the night, [[Jude Law]], and apologized, saying that her band had started playing the wrong song. Others, however, criticized her for what they saw as evidence that she was [[lip sync]]hing.


On [[Monday]], [[October 25]], Simpson called in to ''Total Request Live'', a popular U.S. top ten [[music video]] show, and explained that she had been having trouble with her [[vocal cords]] due to [[acid reflux]] and could not sing well, and thus had no choice but to perform with a [[guide track]]. For the second performance, Simpson said that her drummer had hit the wrong button and consequently the wrong track played.
== links ==


Prior to the incident, Simpson expressed her distaste with lip synching in an interview with ''[[Lucky (magazine)|Lucky]]'' magazine: "I'm totally against it and offended by it. I'm going out to let my real talent show, not to just stand there and dance around. Personally, I'd never lip-synch. It's just not me." Some pointed to this as hypocrisy, but it has also been pointed out that under the circumstances&mdash;with her voice in such poor condition just hours before she was scheduled to perform&mdash;she may have had little choice but to rely heavily on the backing track.
I deleted the links because the articles really have nothing to do with homosexuality, and those links at the most part are much fringe arguements and cause distractions. If you want to make separate relevant articles and incorporate those links then that's fine. I deleted the link on the samurai page but not on the shudo page. HOpe this helps.[[User:Wareware|Wareware]] 07:06, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)


During the [[October 25]], 2004 [[Radio Music Awards]] broadcast, Simpson made fun of the ''SNL'' mistake by pretending at first to be caught in the same mistake with "Pieces of Me" as before, before saying "Just kidding, you guys!" and going into a performance of "Autobiography." On the morning of October 26, she discussed the incident with [[Katie Couric]] on ''[[The Today Show]]'', and on [[October 31]], the [[CBS]] news program ''[[60 Minutes]]'' aired footage from Simpson's rehearsals before the ''SNL'' performance, in which she was shown having trouble with her voice and being visibly upset.


==Recent events==
==[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]]==
On [[January 4]], 2005, Simpson performed "La La" at the halftime show for the [[Orange Bowl]] in [[Miami, Florida]]. When her performance was finished, a large number of the 72,000-plus spectators booed.[http://www.local10.com/entertainment/4048912/detail.html][http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1495731/20050111/index.jhtml?headlines=true]
Well done on Michelangelo's love life. So often that kind of thing is badly presented. --[[User:Wetman|Wetman]] 02:54, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
:Thank you [[User:Haiduc|Haiduc]]


On [[January 6]], an Internet [[petition]] [http://www.petitiononline.com/StopAsh/petition.html] complaining about Simpson's singing was started, accumulating over a quarter-million signatures in a period of a few weeks, placing it among the most popular of the site's many petitions. [http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news/14285421] Counter-petitions in support of Simpson also attracted signatures. [http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/TheSupportAshleeSimpsonPetition] [http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ashleerox]
== Erik Satie ==


==Discography==
Hi Haiduc,
*"[[Pieces of Me]]", [[single (music)|single]], [[June 29]] [[2004 in music|2004]]
*''[[Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson album)|Autobiography]]'', [[album]], [[July 20]] [[2004 in music|2004]]
*"[[Shadow (song)|Shadow]]", single, [[November 8]] [[2004 in music|2004]] (Australia), [[December 20]] [[2004 in music|2004]] (Europe)
*"[[La La (song)|La La]]", single, [[January 24]] [[2005 in music|2005]] (tentative)


==Notes and references==
I saw you recently added a reference to Erik Satie's homosexuality to the opening paragraph of the Erik Satie article. Kindly inviting you to have a look at the paragraph I added about Satie's sexuality to [[Talk:Erik Satie]]. I have come to the first version of the second step I describe there, and would care for your input!
# Although the minimum age for admission was technically 12, Joe Simpson said that he lied about his daughter's age to get her into the school in an October 2004 interview. (Leeds, Jeff. ''[[The New York Times]]'', [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C12FA3F5C0C708CDDA90994DC404482&incamp=archive:search "Who Wants to Be a New Simpson?",] October 3, 2004.)
# Brown, Janelle. ''[[Seventeen]]'', [http://www.ashleemedia.net/displayimage.php?album=334&pos=4 "Ashlee Simpson".] November 2004, pages 86&ndash;89.
# Adams, Patty. ''[[YM]]'', [http://www.ashleemedia.net/displayimage.php?album=207&pos=3 "The Sister Who Rocks".] September 2004, pages 112&ndash;117.


==External links==
Thanks!
*[http://www.ashleesimpsonmusic.com Official site]
*[http://www.ashleesimpson.net Fan site]
*[http://www.ashleemedia.net/ Pictures]
*[http://www.local10.com/entertainment/3845777/detail.html Article with video of ''Saturday Night Live'' incident]
*[http://media.ebaumsworld.com/ashlee-snl.wmv SNL video (Windows Media)]
*[http://www.lipsync.us Lipsync.us &ndash; an anti-Ashlee site]


[[Category:Ashlee Simpson|*]]
--[[User:Francis Schonken|Francis Schonken]] 15:57, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[[Category:Female singers|Simpson, Ashlee]]

[[Category:American actors|Simpson, Ashlee]]
==== 152.163.101.7 ====
[[Category:American singers|Simpson, Ashlee]]
* {{vandal | 152.163.101.7}}
[[Category:Pop singers|Simpson, Ashlee]]
** Keeps deleting entries on [[homosexuality]]. I have tried to communicate and ask explanation anon user refuses to discuss anything. Has also violated three revert rule. I noticed on anon user's talk page another wiki had warned him for deleting entire entries before on past dates. [[User:207.224.215.134|207.224.215.134]] 23:05, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[[Category:Rock singers|Simpson, Ashlee]]
::One more note. Anon user often fixes spelling mistakes after the deletion to try to deter reverting article to pre-vandalized state. [[User:207.224.215.134|207.224.215.134]] 23:09, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[[Category:1984 births|Simpson, Ashlee]]
:::Anon user finally starting to discuss revisions after warning. However I am not sure how discussion will result. [[User:207.224.215.134|207.224.215.134]]
::::Anon user used anon ip [[User_talk:152.163.100.11]] to discuss revisions on talk page. This other ip of the anon user appears to have been blocked in the past for vandalism. Still unsure if discussion will result in good ending. [[User:207.224.215.134|207.224.215.134]] 23:29, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
:::::: User has reverted [[homosexuality]] six times in under 24 hours many of which we now consider to be vandalism since user is deleting factual information to insert his POV and censor all others. [[User:Haiduc]] , [[User:PaulHammond]] , and myself have been trying to keep page in good shape from this user's attack. However this user continues to defy. Can an admin please issue a very stern warning to user or block? Thank you. [[User:Apollomelos|Apollomelos]] 22:40, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I am not quite sure, but I have noticed another user who was blocked temporarily for vandalizing pages I was working on and then impersonating me had an ip from VA. He created:
* [[User:Noah Peters]]
* [[User:Apollomelos2]]
* 199.111.225.59
* [[User:5440orFight]]
* [[User:4640orFight]]
* [[User:Abelincoln98]]

Notice these new ips and users attacking pages that I work at present are also from VA:
* 152.163.100.11
* 152.163.101.7
* [[User:Originaled]]
* 64.12.117.7
[[User:Apollomelos|Apollomelos]] 23:10, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

It appears the user may have taken to online gay-bashing. This is an excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's talk page by user Abelincoln98 :
*''This is yet another disgusting attempt to misrepresent an important historical figure in hopes of advancing the homosexual agenda. Similar attempts were made to hijack the personal lives and reputations of everyone from Jesus Christ to Shakespeare to Alexander Hamilton to James Buchannan, Lincoln's predecessor in the White House, to Adolf Hitler and even Yasser Arafat. That this book attempts to besmirch Lincoln's repuation and character by falsely portraying him as gay is not surprising considering the book's author was both a homosexual himself and a research assistant to the discredited Alfred Kinsey. He's just trying to project his own sexual perversions onto one of the nation's greatest presidents.''
[[User:Apollomelos|Apollomelos]] 23:23, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Please note a report by another user reagrding this vandal from jan. 27th. [[User:Apollomelos|Apollomelos]] 23:29, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
*{{vandal|Abelincoln98}}
**There has been an ongoing edit/revert war at [[Abraham Lincoln]] that has resulted in the page being protected. [[User:Abelincoln98|Abelincoln98]] has specifically been modifying/deleting text that had been voted as the "chosen" text for the article. Since the page has been protected, he has started deleting content on the talk page, including his comments and the comments of others. I doubt a 24 hour ban will do anything. --[[User:Brian0918|<font color="#BA0000">brian0918</font>]][[User talk:Brian0918|<font color="#BA0000">&#153;</font>]] 04:07, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
***User also tried to influence voting on [[template:gay]] for deletion by attacking pages pretending to be a "gay activist" to provoke others to vote delete. [[User:Apollomelos|Apollomelos]] 23:58, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Go through any of these users that I have listed and speculated to be the same individual and you’ll find every time they edit a gay-related page they either attack it or add negative comments. For example:
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_McGreevey&diff=prev&oldid=7108780 Revision to New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey Who Is Gay]
*“he likes dick in his butt”
[[User:Apollomelos|Apollomelos]] 00:25, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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I have added that to vandalism in progress and three revert rule violation page. Feel free to add any comments you have noticed. I thought I should give you the heads up on these users who are editing homosexuality since we are nearly the only ones who keep an eye out for it. Thanks. [[User:Apollomelos|Apollomelos]] 00:25, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

== "Photo_of_magazine_page.jpg" ==
Image "Photo_of_magazine_page.jpg" has been re-deleted. It most certainly was not "deleted in error"; it was tagged as a [[Wikipeidia:Copyright problems|copyright problem]] and went through [[Wikipedia:Images for deletion]] as well (either of which would have been enough for deletion. If you are not the photographer and copyright holder of the image, you have no right to release it as "PD-self". Please read [[Wikipedia:Copyrights]], [[Wikipedia:Images]], and [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags]] to inform yourself of Wikipedia practices and policies on image uses. You may also wish to see [[Wikipedia:Fair use]]; note that [[fair use]] is context dependant. I'll assume this was the result of some sort of confusion on your part; note that deliberately putting false information here is considered vandalism. Hope this helps, -- [[User:Infrogmation|Infrogmation]] 01:34, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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File:A-simpson-shadow-sitting.jpg
Ashlee Simpson in her "Shadow" music video (2004)

Ashlee Nicole Simpson (born October 3, 1984) is a U.S. singer, actress and the younger sister of singer Jessica Simpson. She rose to prominence in mid-2004, when her first album, Autobiography, debuted at number one in sales, accompanied by a successful reality show, The Ashlee Simpson Show. In October 2004, she was seen to be singing along with a pre-recorded tape on Saturday Night Live, an incident that drew substantial ridicule from the press. Her album has been certified triple platinum and her reality show is currently in a second season.

Early career

Simpson, the daughter of Joe and Tina Simpson, was born and raised in Texas, where she was home-schooled by her mother. While her sister Jessica, four years older, displayed an early talent for singing, Ashlee danced from the age of three and was admitted to the School of American Ballet in New York City at age 11.1

After her sister Jessica signed a record deal, the family moved to Los Angeles, California, where Ashlee began auditioning for television commercials—her first commercial was for the department store Kohl's.2 Jessica achieved success in pop music in 1999 with her song "I Wanna Love You Forever" and the album Sweet Kisses, and Ashlee became a backup dancer in Jessica's concerts. She also appeared in an episode of the TV sitcom Malcolm in the Middle and had a minor role in the 2002 movie The Hot Chick, a comedy starring Rob Schneider. Simpson played the character Cecilia on the television show 7th Heaven from 2002 until the beginning of her singing career in 2004, at which point she stopped regular appearances.

Music and film

Ashlee on the cover of Autobiography.

In 2003, Simpson recorded a song, "Just Let Me Cry," for the soundtrack to the movie Freaky Friday, and also signed a record deal with Geffen Records. She recorded an album, Autobiography, released in the U.S. on July 20, 2004. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified triple platinum in September 2004. The single "Pieces of Me" preceded the album, was one of the most popular songs in the U.S. in mid-2004, and sold well internationally. The next single, "Shadow", was less successful and not released in the U.K. The U.K.-sourced "La La" single followed in 2005.

Simpson and her music career were the subject of The Ashlee Simpson Show, a successful reality show on MTV. She had previously appeared on Newlyweds, an already successful reality show about the married life of Jessica and her husband Nick Lachey, and The Ashlee Simpson Show aired in the subsequent time slot. The show ran in the U.S. for eight weekly episodes from June 16 until August 4, 2004, and dealt with the process of writing, recording, and performing, and with aspects of Simpson's personal life. The first episode of the second season aired in the U.S. on January 26, 2005.

Simpson performs live with a backing band, which consists of Ray Brady (guitar), Braxton Olita (guitar), Zach Kennedy (bass guitar), Lucy Walsh (keyboards and vocals) and Chris Fox (drums). On September 29, 2004, she announced on her website that the band would be named "Ashlee Simpson and Submission," taking the name from the fact that they had received so many submissions of proposals for the name. Her manager is her father, Joe Simpson.

At the August 8, 2004 Teen Choice Awards show, Simpson received the "Song of the Summer" award for "Pieces of Me," as well as the "Fresh Face" award. She performed "Pieces of Me" during the pre-show for the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards on August 29, and during the actual show she presented an award with Tony Hawk for "Best New Artist in a Video."

Ashlee and her sister Jessica recorded a duet of the Christmas song "Little Drummer Boy" together for Rejoyce, a 2004 Christmas album by Jessica; they sang the song together during "Nick & Jessica's Family Christmas", a variety hour special which aired on ABC on December 1. [1] Ashlee also sang "Christmas Past, Present, and Future" on the 2004 holiday album Radio Disney Jingle Jams.

Simpson has a role in the upcoming movie Wannabe, which began filming in November. She cut her hair shorter for her role as Clea, an aspiring actress and "tomboy". The Lions Gate property is directed by Meiert Avis and is described as a "romantic comedy". [2] She was shown talking about the film on its set in a segment on Total Request Live on November 30.

Style and personal life

Ashlee has affected a tougher image than that of her sister. Previously blonde like Jessica, she dyed her hair dark during the recording of the reality show (in the fifth episode), after she had finished filming for 7th Heaven. Ashlee's songs also have rock elements absent from her sister's music. Her vocals, while generally not thought to equal her sister's range, have been praised by some as fitting the more rock-oriented sound of her music, and are sometimes described (positively or negatively) as raspy.

Simpson often wears shirts with "punk"-style designs and typically has her fingernails painted black. She has refused to discuss her sex life, in contrast to Jessica, who openly stated her intention to remain a virgin until marriage. "I decided that I didn't want to talk about that because it's super personal," she has said.3 Ashlee also got a tattoo of a star on her left wrist after the release of her album.

Simpson's relationship with Josh Henderson, who had previously appeared on Popstars 2, lasted about two years and ended during the first episode of The Ashlee Simpson Show. Soon she began her relationship with Ryan Cabrera, a musician who also released his debut album in 2004; this relationship also featured in the reality show (particularly in episodes three and four), and Simpson appeared in the music video for Cabrera's song "On the Way Down" as Cabrera's love interest. The two were reported to have split up in August 2004 due to their busy schedules, but they were still sometimes seen together in the months that followed, and in the first episode of the second season of The Ashlee Simpson Show, Simpson indicated that they had gotten back together. In October 2004, they did a series of concerts at high schools together.

Simpson and her sister Jessica were tied for third on Mr. Blackwell's list of the worst-dressed celebrities of 2004. Blackwell wrote that "from gaudy to grim to downright frenetic these two prove that bad taste is positively genetic."

Saturday Night Live incident

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Ashlee Simpson walks away in distress due to her vocal difficulties while rehearsing for her SNL performance

Simpson appeared on Saturday Night Live as a musical guest on October 24, 2004. As is customary for musical guests, she was scheduled to give two performances, the first of "Pieces of Me" and the second of "Autobiography." As she was beginning the second performance, however, a recording of "Pieces of Me" started playing before she raised the microphone. Simpson, uncertain of how to react, danced nervously (as she later called it, a "hoe-down") and then left the stage. After an emergency commercial break, she appeared again during the show's closing with the guest host of the night, Jude Law, and apologized, saying that her band had started playing the wrong song. Others, however, criticized her for what they saw as evidence that she was lip synching.

On Monday, October 25, Simpson called in to Total Request Live, a popular U.S. top ten music video show, and explained that she had been having trouble with her vocal cords due to acid reflux and could not sing well, and thus had no choice but to perform with a guide track. For the second performance, Simpson said that her drummer had hit the wrong button and consequently the wrong track played.

Prior to the incident, Simpson expressed her distaste with lip synching in an interview with Lucky magazine: "I'm totally against it and offended by it. I'm going out to let my real talent show, not to just stand there and dance around. Personally, I'd never lip-synch. It's just not me." Some pointed to this as hypocrisy, but it has also been pointed out that under the circumstances—with her voice in such poor condition just hours before she was scheduled to perform—she may have had little choice but to rely heavily on the backing track.

During the October 25, 2004 Radio Music Awards broadcast, Simpson made fun of the SNL mistake by pretending at first to be caught in the same mistake with "Pieces of Me" as before, before saying "Just kidding, you guys!" and going into a performance of "Autobiography." On the morning of October 26, she discussed the incident with Katie Couric on The Today Show, and on October 31, the CBS news program 60 Minutes aired footage from Simpson's rehearsals before the SNL performance, in which she was shown having trouble with her voice and being visibly upset.

Recent events

On January 4, 2005, Simpson performed "La La" at the halftime show for the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. When her performance was finished, a large number of the 72,000-plus spectators booed.[3][4]

On January 6, an Internet petition [5] complaining about Simpson's singing was started, accumulating over a quarter-million signatures in a period of a few weeks, placing it among the most popular of the site's many petitions. [6] Counter-petitions in support of Simpson also attracted signatures. [7] [8]

Discography

Notes and references

  1. Although the minimum age for admission was technically 12, Joe Simpson said that he lied about his daughter's age to get her into the school in an October 2004 interview. (Leeds, Jeff. The New York Times, "Who Wants to Be a New Simpson?", October 3, 2004.)
  2. Brown, Janelle. Seventeen, "Ashlee Simpson". November 2004, pages 86–89.
  3. Adams, Patty. YM, "The Sister Who Rocks". September 2004, pages 112–117.

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