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Melrose Star Expected Heather to Be Like Amanda
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Heather Locklear is nothing like the conniving evil be-yotch she played plays on Melrose Place.
So says Michael Rady, who costars on the revived prime-time soap as aspiring filmmaker Jonah Miller.
"It's totally surreal," Rady told me at last night's Environmental Media Awards in Hollywood about his scenes with Locklear. "I was expecting her to kind of be like Amanda Woodward, but she's just sweet and unassuming and very professional."
And what about her signature power suits?
Melrose Costar: We're Going to Miss Ashlee & Colin
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While Colin Egglesfield's dismissal from Melrose Place definitely came as a shock to his costars, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz's may not have been as surprising.
Stephanie Jacobsen, who plays med student/escort Lauren Yung on the revived prime time soap, says, "We'll miss them," but Simpson's future was always an unknown.
"I don't know whether Ashlee's involvement with the show was going to continue beyond the murder-mystery storyline she's been involved in," Jacobsen told me at last night's Vanity Fair/Guess? event for Invisible Children.
Egglesfield, however, is a completely different scenario…
Jessica to Ashlee: Keep Procreating, Please!
Jessica Simpson talked about having babies this weekend. Well, her sister, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, having babies, that is.
"I want her to have another baby," Jessica said at Ash's 25th birthday celebration on Saturday at the Wet Republic pool in Las Vegas. "I want another nephew or a niece."
The Melrose Place star, along with her big sister, jetted into Sin City on Saturday morning with family and friends, including hubby Pete Wentz and parents Tina and Joe.
Holding court in a private bungalow, Ash was surprised with a three-tiered cake topped with cupcakes.
Not sure if this has anything to do with the not-dating-anyone Jessica, but...
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz: A Melrose Sugar Daddy Hookup?
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Ashlee Simpson-Wentz's life at Melrose Place may include getting it on with a man old enough to be her father!
Thomas Calabro, who's reprising his role as Melrose Place's womanizing Dr. Michael Mancini, teases that he may swap spit with Pete Wentz's wifey on the revamped series, premiering tonight on the CW.
Simpson-Wentz, 24, plays small-town gal Violet Foster on M.P.
"It obviously wouldn't be Michael Mancini without a hookup, and he obviously has to hook up outside of his marriage…[so] it's always a possibility," Calabro, 50, told us about a possible Michael-Violet tryst.
His character may still be up to his old tricks, but Calabro says there's also a lot that has changed about Dr. Mancini since the original show last aired 10 years ago…
Ashlee and Pete's Gay Marriage Portrait
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Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz are keeping their mouths shut for gay marriage.
The couple are the latest celebs to take part in NOH8, a campaign supporting efforts to overturn Proposition 8.
They were shot by photographer Adam Bouska on Monday with the campaign's signature look: "NOH8" painted on their cheeks and duct tape over their mouths as a symbol of the pro-gay voices not being heard.
Ashlee also holds a wedding veil in the pic.
Which other rocker was in the studio with them? Find out after the jump…
DJ AM Looking to Spin Life Story
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DJ AM plans to tell all.
The celebrity DJ has battled substance abuse, used gastric bypass surgery to treat obesity, dated a slew of Hollywood starlets and, of course, most recently fought for his life after that tragic plane crash.
It's no wonder he's planning on releasing his memoirs some day...
Courtney Thorne-Smith: No Plans for Melrose Place Visit
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Will the new Melrose Place (Ashlee Simpson-Wentz included, natch) feature some old-timers?
While Heather Locklear may be having conversations with producers to return as witch-in-heels Amanda Woodward, it's unclear who else may or may not have already been approached for a resurrection.
"I think it's really for the younger generation," Courtney Thorne-Smith, who played Allison Parker on MP, told us yesterday at the John Varvatos seventh annual Stuart House benefit in West Hollywood. "I don't think there's much place for us old folks."
But that doesn't mean Thorne-Smith wouldn't consider an offer if one came through.
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Pal: Ashlee and Pete Expecting Twins
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Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz could find themselves facing another round of twin rumors.
Hip-hop artist Tyga, Pete's buddy, says that the parents-to-be are expecting not one but two bundles of joy.
“They’re having twins,” Tyga said in an exclusive interview yesterday at the House of Hype’s pre-VMA barbecue. “They’re really happy.”
Either Tyga spilled the beans or he’s repeating an Internet rumor that Pete started earlier this summer…
Pete and Ash's Wedding Still Creating Buzzzzz...
Nathan Sawaya
Pete Wentz has some wacky ideas when it comes to romance.
The Fall Out Boy rocker has shown his love for Ashlee Simpson by commissioning artist Nathan Sawaya to create a giant bumblebee for his new wife.
What the...?
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Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo Still in Play
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The breakup buzz keeps getting louder for Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo. But her camp is shooting down the split rumors.
“Not true, not true,” Simpson’s rep tells me. “I spoke to Jess yesterday and the day before. They are still together.”
And while Romo spent the weekend in Chicago, sans Jess, expect a reunion any minute now: The quarterback will be Simpson’s date when little sister Ashlee marries Pete Wentz this weekend, a source tells me.
But what about those photos that hit the Web today of Romo partying in the Windy City with a mystery blonde?
There was no hanky-panky, another source tells me. In fact, the source reports, the young woman has a serious boyfriend: “She’s a doll and they did have fun at the club, but nothing happened with Tony!”
Sightings: Ashlee, Lindsay and Diddy
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DIAMOND GIRL: Ashlee Simpson, showing off her engagement ring at the Condé Nast Traveller Hot List party at Mansion in NYC. Also there were Joan Allen, Adrien Brody and Alan Cumming.
DESERT HEAT: Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson, having dinner at Mister Parker’s restaurant and lounge at the Parker Palm Springs hotel in Palm Springs, Calif..
QUEER GUY: Thom Felicia, hitting Whiskey Blue at L.A.’s W Hotel while New York party queen Amanda Lepore was deejaying for Thursday’s Vinyl Vixens night.
MARGARITAVILLE: Vince Vaughn, celebrating a friend’s birthday at Velvet Margarita in L.A. a few tables away from professional skier Simon Dumont, who was chatting with pals about his upcoming appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
SHOP BOY: Gary Oldman, shopping at Jake on Chicago’s Gold Coast.
LADIES' NIGHT: Cynthia Nixon and girlfriend Christine Marinoni, having dinner at Koi in NYC.
Now click over to my videoblog to hear more, including sightings of Sean "Diddy" Combs at Pacha in NYC, Jay-Z at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and even my fellow gossiper New York Post’s Cindy Adams auctioning off lunch with her during the big ASPCA gala at the Plaza.
